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Emmy-nominated writers, Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner, both received BFA's from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts at the Experimental Theatre Wing. Shortly after college, Jordan and Erik co-created and starred in the smash Off-Broadway hit, The Bomb-itty of Errors, a hip-hop add-rap-tation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. They performed in over 300 performances of Bomb-itty and it has since played in the West End in London, Chicago, Florida, Dublin, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, and continues to tour around the world. The show was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critic's Circle Award, and won the Jeff Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. With the success of Bomb-itty, they signed the first ever three-tier deal with MTV and Paramount. Jordan and Erik co-created and starred in the hip-hop sketch comedy series, Scratch & Burn for MTV in 2002. They were both invited to be fellows at the Sundance Screenwriting Lab with the screen version of Bomb-itty. Their latest play, NERDS, a musical comedy about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, was workshopped at NYU and the New York Stage and Film Festival in 2004 and was one of the headlining shows of the 2005 New York Musical Festival. NERDS premiered at the Philadelphia Theater Company in January 2007 and won Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Original Music at the 2007 Barrymore Awards. Jordan and Erik were nominated for a 2007 and 2008 Emmy for writing on Robot Chicken, Seth Green and Matt Senreich's show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. They both reside in Los Angeles and are currently developing more projects for television, film, new media, and theater.

Jordan Allen-Dutton was born in Palo Alto, California. He is a Fulbright and Henry M. Luce Grant Nominee, and the first recipient of the Artist Scholar Award at NYU. Jordan's works for theater and film include, Kiera's Marbles, /joinsolitude, GeneWar, Junkie, Still Single, ARPA-Net, and Club Zig Zag. In 2003, Jordan invented the first talking travel phrase-book for mobile devices, iLingo, and founded the software company, Talking Panda. Talking Panda products have been featured in Time Magazine and are sold worldwide.

Erik Weiner was born and raised in San Francisco. He received the first ever Tisch Award at New York University. Erik made his feature film debut in the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy, Brown Sugar. The film stars Taye Diggs, Mos Def & Queen Latifah. Erik was a series regular on HBO's series, Unscripted, about the trials and tribulations of being an actor, executive produced and directed by George Clooney. Erik is currently acting on HBO's new series Boardwalk Empire, executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese.