Michael Henson, musician, is a counselor in chemical dependency at Talbert House and for the Drop In Center. A poet and essayist himself, he is the winner of the 2002 Jack Kerouac Poetry Prize for poems later published in "Crow Call," an extended elegy for his friend, Over-the-Rhine activist Buddy Gray. His column, "Hammered: Essays on Poverty and Addiction," appears monthly in "StreetVibes." John Ray, director, is co-founder of TS&M Productions ("Wanda Wilde: Christmas on the Edge," "The Gomorrah-a-Go-Go Club") and a playwright.