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.