RUSSELL LEES was a founding member of TheatreWorks/West in Salt Lake City where he was involved in producing, directing, and performing for many seasons. His play Monday Night Football and co-written musical, The Foggiest Notion were produced by TWW. For several years, Russell served as the director of the French Language plays at the University of Utah, directing works by Molière, Ionesco, and Feydeau, among others. He studied under the aegis of Derek Walcott at Boston University/Boston Playwrights’ Theatre which produced The Case of the Blue Narcissus directed by Constantine Arvanitakis. His play Nixon’s Nixon (initially workshopped at BPT) has enjoyed two off-Broadway productions and dozens of regional productions as well as a world-wide tour and a production at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End. His play Monticel’, about the complicated relationships of Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings family, was produced at BPT directed by Wesley Savick. Russell works writing interactive narrative and was the creative director of The Dark Eye, an interactive adventure based on the tales of Edgar Allen Poe featuring the voice of William S. Burroughs. Russell currently lives in Montreal where he writes for the video game franchises Assassins Creed, Far Cry, and Watchdogs.