Elle Key is an award-winning film, television, and commercial director, writer, and producer. She was born in the Bronx and spent her early years working off-Broadway with theater companies such as Malaparte, Naked Angels, and the Atlantic. She went on to produce a number of independent feature films, including Nanette Burstein’s Sundance award-winning documentary American Teen and August with Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, Naomi Harris, and David Bowie, and was a second unit producer on Doug Liman’s Fair Game with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. She is the co-president and founder of Bigger Picture Media Group and has been writing and producing for almost a decade with her partner, Keegan-Michael Key. She has helmed numerous national commercial campaigns as well as several projects for the NFL, the Pro Bowl, the Peabody Awards, and the Gotham Awards, and was the first female head writer for The NFL Honors. She was an executive producer on Brain Games for Disney/Nat Geo, as well as an executive producer with James Corden for Game On! for CBS. She is a member of the Creative Coalition and Women in Film, and is on the Leadership Council of RFK Human Rights. In 2022, Key won the People’s Voice Webby Award for Best Writing for her original Audible series The History of Sketch Comedy. Her book of the same title, co-written with Keegan-Michael Key, was published on October 3rd.

Keegan-Michael Key is an Emmy and Peabody Award–winning actor, writer, and producer. In the comedy world, Keegan-Michael is perhaps best known for starring alongside Jordan Peele in their multiple award–winning show Key & Peele. Additional credits include leading turns in Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated Schmigadoon!, playing Meryl Streep’s love interest in Netflix’s The Prom, his Critic’s Choice–nominated role in Hulu’s Reboot, and starring alongside Timothée Chalamet in the Warner Brothers feature Wonka. His voicework in feature animations includes The Lion King, Toy Story 4, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He made his off-Broadway debut in Hamlet with Oscar Isaac. The History of Sketch Comedy, co-written with Elle Key, was published on October 3rd.

Kenan Thompson is an award-winning actor, comedian, and producer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live. Thompson received two nominations in 2021 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Kenan and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for SNL. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2018 for the SNL song “Come Back, Barack” and a nomination in the same category in 2017 for co-writing “Last Christmas” from the popular “Jingle Barack” SNL music video. In 2022, Thompson hosted the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He recently appeared in season two of HBO Max’s That Damn Michael Che and Prime Video’s The Kids in the Hall. For two seasons, Thompson executive produced and starred as the title character in the NBC comedy series Kenan. He served as producer and judge on NBC’s comedy competition series Bring the Funny. He also served as an executive producer on Nickelodeon’s 2019 All That reboot. A native of Atlanta, Thompson made his television debut as an original cast member of Nickelodeon’s all-kid sketch comedy series All That. He and Kel Mitchell debuted on the wildly popular spinoff Kenan and Kel in 1996. His past projects include Clifford the Big Red Dog, Home Sweet Home Alone, Hubie Halloween, Snakes on a Plane, Wieners, and The Magic of Belle Isle. Additional film credits include Fat Albert, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Good Burger, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Brother Nature, Heavyweights, My Boss’s Daughter, Barbershop 2, Going in Style, and They Came Together. He also had a recurring role on the WB’s Felicity. Thompson showcased his voice talents as Bricklebaum in The Grinch. He has also lent his voice to the animated films Trolls World Tour; Wonder Park; The Smurfs; The Smurfs 2; and Space Chimps; the television series Sit Down, Shut Up; and the Kobe Bryant/LeBron James Nike puppet campaign during the 2009 NBA playoffs. Thompson was the voice of Austin “Impresario” Sullivan in the Hulu animated series The Awesomes and Riff in the film Rock Dog.