MIRI HUNTER, is an actor, scholar, and singer/songwriter and playwright. She received her Masters Degree in Playwriting and Directing from the University of New Mexico. In Los Angeles she studied acting with Janet Alhanti, Craig Wallace and Impov at the Lembeck Studio. For the past ten years she appeared in numerous theatrical productions throughout the Hi Desert. She is the Artistic Director and Producing Director of Thought Theatre Morongo Basin and Co-Founder of the Hi Desert Fringe Festival. Hunter grew up in a musical household. The family piano and acoustic guitar captured her imagination and at nine years old she began formal music study. Her mother loved country and western, her dad was heavily into jazz and blues. The expansiveness and solitude of the desert inspire her writing and performing. Hunter is an Adjunct Associate Professor at St. Mary's College in Moraga CA. This summer she will participating in the prestigious DIRECTORS LAB WEST program at the Pasadena Playhouse.
THOM MERRICK, a California native, was initially inspired by the sounds of new wave and punk rock. He was the bass player for the 1980's New Wave band, Modphilo. They released an EP in the 1980's entitled "What Went On." For ten years he played in various Southern California desert bands at festivals and roadhouse venues throughout the state. As a bassist he is credited with playing on various soundtracks in film and TV productions, most notably with the Showtime production, "Weeds." In 2014, he traded in his bass (temporarily) for guitar and began playing with Hunter and the Wick’d. Merrick has a passion for music and the desert lifestyle. When not moonlighting as a musician, Merrick enjoys a career as a renowned international visual artist.