Schell had previously worked with The House Theater Company in Chicago, while Rubin had started a charity fundraiser for cancer research, after losing his father to cancer as a child.
Schell hatte für The House Theater Company in Chicago gearbeitet, während Rubin Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltungen zu Gunsten der Krebsforschung veranstaltete, nachdem sein Vater an Krebs gestorben war, als er noch ein Kind war.