WRITE CLUB is deeply indebted to the dozens of performers, board members, donors and audience members who lend their attention, time and talent to the enterprise. 

Our tireless Headquarters staff includes:

OVERLORD/Founder: IAN BELKNAP

The chicago team includes:

Corrbette Pasko, Producer/Host/overbeing

Corrbette Pasko is a Chicago native who hates the cold, so she's already self tortured enough to be a writer and an actor. She now does both of those things full-time in Sacramento, where it began pouring and being cold upon her arrival. She consumes the most coffee. She is a voiceover artist and singer, comedian, producer, parent, and speed-talker, and you can find her and her GenX Updates on TikTok. She and her and her swell writing partner/work wife, Sara Sevigny, have a digital series, "Corri and Sara Are Famous,” that you can watch on YouTube. You can see more of her writing at corrbette.com, or not. It’s entirely up to you.

JOSH ZAGOREN, TIMEKEEPER/CO PRODUCER

Josh Zagoren is from Iowa, schooled in Boston and has been a writer/actor in Chicago since 2006, working with numerous storefront theaters and wowing a million audiences. He’s also famous, performing every Saturday as Chad the Bird of The Paper Machete at Chicago’s Historic Green Mill Lounge. You can also find Chad on TikTok and Patreon. Terrified of airplanes, totally has a collection of skulls and falls asleep to The X-Files, Josh is very happy to be home.

BILAL DARDAI, CO PRODUCER, ALTERNATE EVERYTHING

Bilal Dardai is a playwright, essayist, and performance artist who has been based in the Chicago theatrical community since 2000. He is an emeritus ensemble member and artistic director of The Neo-Futurists and a current ensemble member at Lifeline Theatre. He is a regular fixture in Chicago's thriving live lit scene, performing essays at The Paper Machete, Write Club, and Salonathon; and he is a contributing scriptwriter to the audio dramas "PleasureTown" and "Unwell." Bilal has been nominated for three Joseph Jefferson Awards and is a past recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Scriptworks.

Laura Marsh, Marketing Wizard

Laura Marsh (she/her) is a performer, writer, and choreographer transplanted from Nashville, TN. Some of her favorite Chicago credits include Friends: The One Where They Sing, Caroline and Laura's Holiday Spectacular, The State of Chicago, Dodgeball Dungeon, and The Play That Goes Wrong. She toured the country with Curious George Live!, performed aboard a Disney cruise ship, and was a featured performer in Elspe, Germany at the Karl May Festspiele. She also wrote and produced The One: The Matrix Parody Musical and helped build a board game called Earworm! She currently freelances as a marketing (mostly) professional.

Kyle HAMMAN, Videographer/editor

Kyle Hamman is the owner/operator of KBH Media, a boutique multi-media production company that specializes in visual storytelling. His work has led him to work collaboratively with corporations (Target, Precor, Metropolitan Capital, YPO) as well as non-profit and arts organizations (Northwestern University, NPR, Actors Equity Association, Leica Historical Society). Since 2012, Hamman has worked with WBEZ and The Moth which has allowed him to form relationships with various artists and hosts including Brian Babylon (Panelist-Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me), Jill Hopkins (Host-Morning Amp, Vocalo), Jacoby Cochran (Performer, Storyteller, Professor), Stephanie Douglass (Growing Home) and Fawzia Mirza (Writer-The Red Line, Producer, Actor-Signature Move), whom he documented on the day of the historic Women’s March in Chicago in January of 2017.

Hamman has been involved in Chicago theatre as an actor, designer, director and producer for over 20 years. Hamman has been a member of the ensemble at Strawdog Theatre Company since 2000 and has been nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Directing, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Hamman has worked with numerous other theatres in Chicago including Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, Timeline, Northlight, Porchlight, Lifeline, Mary-Arrchie, The Factory, CollaborAction, Teatro Vista, Barrel of Monkeys, Noble Fool, Serendipity, Theatre Seven, WildClaw and Windy City Playhouse.

Jill Hopkins, co producer, Venue rep, alternate host

Jill Hopkins is Chicago’s favorite multi-faceted talent, according to everyone we’ve ever spoken to. She is the New Media and Civic Events Producer for Metro Chicago, GMan Tavern, and Smart Bar, as well as a guest host for The Moth and host of her popular quiz panel show, Pop Quiz Hot Shot! She is also a prolific podcast host and a former Vocalo host on WBEZ.