Jaimie Van Dyke (Production Stage Manager) OFF-BWAY/REGIONAL: SM credits: Ironbound (Rattlestick/WP), A Beautiful Day in November…(New Georges/WP, Obie Award), Bright Half Life (WP), HERE (NY Comedy Fest/186k Productions), How to Get into Buildings (New Georges), Roar of the Greasepaint… (Goodspeed Musicals), Tonight at 8:30 (Guild Hall) and 10 productions with Blessed Unrest. TOURS: With Hasan Minhaj: “Off With His Head”, “The King’s Jester”, “Homecoming King”, “Before the Storm” (stage manager & tour manager). Sworn Virgin and Doruntine (Balkan tour with Teatri Oda of Kosova & Blessed Unrest) TV/FILM: Producer “The King’s Jester”, Assoc. Producer “Homecoming King”, Screens Producer “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj”, GFX Producer “Game Theory with Bomani Jones”
Samantha Tutasi (Properties Supervisor) Ecuadorian-American props and scenic designer, most recent collaborations include: Theater – Coping Mechanism (Wild Project); Virgin, Mother, Whore (Boundless Theater Co.), Captain Courageous and The Secret Garden (Powerhouse Theater Collaborative); Film -.Egg Timer (dir. Annie Tippe). She frequently works with the American Theater Wing on their educational program, Springboard To Design. BFA: State University of New York at Purchase, 2022. samanthatutasidesign.myportfolio.com
DAVID GARELIK (Nathan) Select TV/Film: “Power Book 2: Ghost” (STARZ), “FBI” (CBS), “FBI: MOST WANTED” (CBS), “The Blacklist” (CBS), “Dear White People” (Netflix), “MacGyver” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS), Trey Edward Shults’ Waves (A24), Peter Berg’s Mile 22 (STX), Zoey Cassavetes’ Junior (Blackpill), and a lead role in Daniel Byers’ upcoming film Paradise. Theater: u/s LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (The Geffen), THE GOOD MUSLIM (Ensemble Studio Theater). Love to my family, my teachers, and those that have believed in me/helped me memorize lines over the years. Thrilled to be here with WP Theater and Colt Coeur. Socials: @DavidGarelik
MALIKA SAMUEL (Melody) who starred in WP Theater’s Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, is an interdisciplinary storyteller and teaching artist, presently faculty at her alma mater NYU Tisch. Additionally, she applies her creative experiences and professional skills towards developing curricular interventions across the medical/healthcare education/practice continuum. Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (OBC), The Music Man NY Theater: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Double Feature Plays), Bernarda’s Daughters (TNG/TNBT and TNG/Audible Theater), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Keen), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP) TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, EVIL, Orange Is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Chicago P.D., Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, The Big C Hosting: Nick Studio 10, 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards Pre- Show, Kidz Bop Kidz Star USA Film: Holiday Rush, Submission, Central Park, Hello Apartment, Kilimanjaro Directing: in lucem: a devised piece (Tisch Drama Stages), The Wolves, Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes, The House of Bernarda Alba (NYU MSNR), Bloom Bloom Pow ( A.R.T/NY Theaters, movement direction) XOXO to family, friends, Paradigm and A3!
Eliana Pipes (Playwright) is a writer, filmmaker and actor based in her hometown of Los Angeles. Her plays include Dream Hou$e (world premiere co-production Alliance Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage, published by Concord Samuel French); Hoops (world premiere commission Milwaukee Chamber Theater); and Bite Me (world premiere WP Theater). She holds commissions from Two River Theater and South Coast Repertory. Her work has been developed or presented at the New York Theatre Workshop Dartmouth Residency, Playwright’s Realm Scratchpad Series, South Coast Repertory Pacific Playwright’s Festival, NNPN National New Play Showcase, Kennedy Center NNPN MFA Playwright’s Workshop, Old Globe Powers New Voices Festival, Fire This Time Festival, and Drama League DirectorFest. Her writing awards include the Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, Alliance Kendeda Prize, Leah Ryan Prize, KCACTF Harold and Mimi Steinberg Award, National Latine Playwrights Award, and Dr. Floyd Gaffney Award. As a filmmaker she’s been awarded the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women through AMPAS, the WAVE Grant and Outfest x Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant. BA English Columbia University, MFA Playwriting Boston University. www.elianapipes.com.
Rebecca Martínez (Director) is a multidisciplinary director, the Cohort Collaborations Director for One Nation/One Project and the former BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater. Recent projects: a musical adaptation of The Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit), Sancocho (WP Theater), Living and Breathing (Two River), Los Complicados (EST Marathon), Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle (Egg & Spoon Collective), Songs About Trains (Working Theater and Radical Evolution), Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre). Rebecca has developed new work with The Public Theater, Amas Musical Theater, the O’Neill, Latinx Playwrights Circle, the Sol Project, NAMT, INTAR, Working Theater, The Playwrights Realm, among others. Affiliations: Sojourn Theatre Ensemble, 2021 TCG Rising Leaders of Color; Sol Project Collective, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, INTAR’s Unit52, New Georges Affiliated Artist, WP Theater Directors Lab, Drama League Directing Fellow, member of SDC. Awards: Colorado Henry Award for Directing; four Portland, Oregon Drammy Awards; Lilla Jewel Award for Women Artists. Rebecca is originally from Colorado with deep ancestral roots in the Southwest. rebeccamartinez.org
Chika Shimizu (Scenic Design) is a New York based scenic designer. REGIONAL: RENT (Paper Mill Playhouse), Pacific Overtures (Signature Theatre, DC), The Great Wave (Berkeley Rep), Sanctuary City (Pasadena Playhouse), Somewhere (Geva Theatre), The Great Leap (Portland Center Stage), Vietgone, Tiger Style! (TheatreSquared), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Yale Rep, CT Critics Circle Award Nom). OFF-BROADWAY: Belfast Girls (Irish Rep), The Naturalists (The Pond Theatre Company, Soho Rep), The Winning Side (Epic Theatre Ensemble, Theatre Row), Awake (The Barrow Group), Romulus The Great (Yangtze Repertory Theatre). INSTALLATION: Another Dream, Un(re)solved AR installation (Ado Ato Pictures, 2022 SXSW Innovation Award, Emmy Award, Currently On Tour). MFA in Design from Yale School of Drama. chikashimizu.com
Sarita Fellows (Costume Design), born in Freetown Sierra Leone, her more recent works include projects such as Death of a Salesman, Broadway; Drinking in America, Audible Minetta Lane Theater; Theater of the Mind, Denver Center of Performing Arts; Elyria, Atlantic Theater Co; A Midsummer’s Night Dream at Portland Center Stage, Blues for An Alabama Sky and Sweat, Guthrie theater; Joy and Pandemic, and Our Daughters Like Pillars, Huntington Theater; Seize The King, Alliance Theater; A Bright Room Called Day, Public Theater; Fefu and Her Friends, American Conservatory Theater. In the dance world, Sarita has worked with choreographers such as Liz Lerman, and Edisa Weeks. MFA in design from Tisch School of Design. Sarita also instructs at the University of Connecticut and Princeton. Recent awards include; Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design (The National Black Theater Festival 2022). Lily Award (2020)
Lucrecia Briceno (Lighting Design) is a Peruvian artist currently based in Brooklyn. Much of her work has been in association with artists developing innovative and original pieces. Her work includes theatre, opera, puppetry & dance, as well as collaborations in several non-performance projects. Her designs have been presented at such venues as Spoleto USA, The Public Theater, Oxford Playhouse (UK), Arena Stage, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dallas Theatre Center, WP, BAM (Fischer), Kennedy Center, Atlas Performing Arts (DC), Berlind Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, La Mama ETC, Birmingham Repertory (UK), Pregones Theatre/PRTT, Intar, HERE Arts Center, Soho Rep, Ohio Theatre, Irondale Center, among many others. She is a co-artistic director of Anonymous Ensemble, associate artist with The Civilians, and resident designer with Pregones Theatre/PRTT and La Micro; she has also been a guest artist/lecturer at NYU, Princeton University, Hunter College, the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and JMU. MFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Member of 829
Tosin Olufolabi (Sound Design) (she/her) is a sound designer and deviser. Her sound designs include Ain’t No Mo (Woolly Mammoth/Baltimore Center Stage); Sense & Sensibility (The Village); Fires in the Mirror (Theater J); Crying on Television, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery & The Sound Inside (Everyman Theater); Incendiary, There’s Always the Hudson, Hi, Are You Single?, Gloria* (Woolly Mammoth); it’s not a trip it’s a journey, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Round House Theatre); The Great Khan (San Diego Rep); The Thanksgiving Play (Olney Theatre Center); In the Middle of the Fields (Solas Nua); A Wind in the Door (Kennedy Center TYA); Distance Frequencies (Rorschach Theatre); Loveday Brooke in the Mystery of the Drawn Daggers & Lovers’ Vows (We Happy Few); Head Over Heels (Monumental Theater); My Barking Dog (Edge of the Universe Players 2); Peepshow (dog & pony dc); Lela & Co. (Factory 449). Assistant design credits include Plays for the Plague Year (Joe’s Pub); Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (The Kennedy Center TYA); Still Life with Rocket (Theater Alliance); and Proof (Olney Theatre Center). *Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for a Hayes Production
Ashley Wise is a Wig Hair Designer, native New Yorker from The Bronx, who recently made her Broadway design debut on Bob Fosse’s Dancin’. Ashley earned her Master of Fine Arts for Wig Design & Makeup design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts after also completing the Juilliard Apprentice Program for wigs. She’s toured the country as wig and makeup Supervisor on the Hamilton tour and has made a career working on many other opera and theater productions. She also served as Hair Design Associate on shows including KPOP, 1776, Disney’s Hercules, and Once Upon a One more Time!
Judi Lewis-Ockler (Fight and Intimacy Director) has collaborated with Classic Stage Company (Snow in Midsummer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Man of No Importance), Signature Theater (Hot Wing King,One in Two,Jasper), WP theater/Second Stage (Hatef**k, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), Cherry Lane Theater (This Beautiful Future), New World Stages (Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors!, MsTrial), The Mint Theater (The Rat Trap, US premiere) Bedlam Theater Company (Persuasion), TOSOS (Bar Dykes, Rock the Line) and Williamstown Theater Festival (A Raisin in the Sun, A Human Being,of a Sort, directed by Robert O’Hara; Whitney White). Intimacy Coordinator tv/film credits include Out of the Blue, directed by Neil La Bute; Plan B, with Jamie Lee and John Heder, Up Here (Hulu). She teaches and directs intimacy and violence in performance at NYU Tisch, National Theater Institute, Atlantic Theater School, AMDA, and Sarah Lawrence College. Judilewisockler.com
Caren Celine Morris (Production Stage Manager) (she/her/hers) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist from The Bronx. She aims to promote inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in all of her projects. Caren has worked on projects with The Tank, The Shed, Ping Chong & Company, HERE Arts Center, Audible @ Minetta Lane Theatre, NYC Civic Engagement Commission, The Public, and The Bushwick Starr.
Siobhan Petersen (Assistant Stage Manager) (They/He) is a Brooklyn based stage manager. Their past credits include One Drop Cool (Moxie Productions), The Legend of the Chalk Circle (Tier 5 Theatre Company) and Twelfth Night (EMIT Theatre). He’d like to thank his parents for being pillars of support in his life, and always pushing him to do what he loves.
Addison Heeren (Properties Supervisor) is a NYC based prop supervisor. Some recent credits include (Broadway): Almost Famous (Asst. Props), Freestyle Love Supreme, Flying Over Sunset, Pass Over. (Off-Broadway): Monsoon Wedding (St. Ann’s), Sancocho (WP Theater), Fiddler Afn Dakh (Directed by Joel Grey), A Clockwork Orange (NWS), A Room of My Own (Abingdon), Pericles (Public). Instagram: @propstitutenyc
ZULEYMA GUEVARA (Caridad) is a NY based actress whose most recent stage credits include Somewhere by Matthew Lopez at Geva Theater, Carla in Grand Horizons at People’s Theater and this past spring was seen in the NYTimes pick of the week, Bruise and Thorn. Previous theater credits include the New Jersey premiere of Water by the Spoonful at Kean University, Columbia Stages La Paloma Prisoner and The Hour of The Star, the world premiere of Seven Spots on the Sun at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Working Theatre’s production of La Ruta. TV credits include “Sonia’s Choice”, “Legend of the 13 Suns”, “Gotham”, “FBI Most Wanted” as well as “Law and Order” and the CBS pilot “Limitless”. Film credits include New York State of Mind, Third Trinity, The Meal and the soon to be released Tumba del Mar.
SHIRLEY RUMIERK (Renata) is of Puerto Rican and Colombian descent will next be seen in Zack Braff’s film Good Person starring Morgan Freeman. She was series regular “Vanessa Suarez” on the NBC series “Rise” and appeared in HBO’s “Scenes from a Marriage”. She recurred as “Autumn Cox” on “Manifest” and as “Yolanda Carrion” in the Netflix series “Teenage Bounty Hunters” Shirley has guest-starred on “Chicago PD”, “New Amsterdam”, “East New York” and “Power”. She starred in the independent film 11:55 and can be seen in David Frankel’s feature Collateral Beauty. Shirley is a board member and alumna of The 52nd Street Project and Oliver Scholars. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
RAUL ABREGO (Scenic Design) is a set designer for Opera, Theater and Television. His work has been seen at The Juilliard Opera Center, The Manhattan School of Music, The Spoleto Opera Festival in Italy, The Rattlestick, Cherry Lane Theater and Intar. Noted Recent projects: Adamandi for Princeton University, book and lyrics by Mel Hornyak and Elliot Valentine Lee, directed by Georgina Escobar, Ain’t Misbehavin’ for Barrington Stage and Geva Theater Center, directed by Jeffrey Page. The Brobot Johnson Experience by Darian Dauchan at The Bushwick Starr, Living and Breathing by Mando Alvarado, directed by Rebecca Martinez for Two River Theater, How to Melt Ice by Amalia Oliva Rojas for Boundless Theater Company and New Perspectives directed by Elena Araoz. Assistant Art Director credits for Television include: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 3 & 4, “Ghost” (Power Book 2) and “John Wick”, Art Director for “Falling Water” (pilot), The Outcasts (film) and Production Designer for 2009 film Cruzando.
HARRY NADAL (Costume Design) Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. NEW YORK: Lincoln Center Institute, Atlantic Theater Co., Brooklyn Academy of Music, Juilliard, Intar, Labyrinth Theater Co., Pregones/PRTT, Boundless Theater, HERE Arts Center and Theater for the New City among others. REGIONAL: Arena Stage (Washington, DC), Chicago Opera Theater, TheaterWorks Hartford, Des Moines Metro Opera, Zach Theatre (Austin, TX), George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ), UrbanArias (Arlington, VA), Baltimore Center Stage, Boise Contemporary Theater, People’s Light Theater (Malvern, PA), Open Stage (Harrisburg, PA), Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble and Danza del Alma (Cuba) among many. Faculty member at Pratt Institute’s Film School. MFA: New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. WEBSITE: harrynadal.com
MARÍA-CRISTINA FUSTÉ (Lighting Design) Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Associate LD 2021 remount. Off Broadway: Songs About Trains (Working Theater/Radical Evolution); Fur, Mud, and The Conduct of Life (Boundless Theatre Company, NYC) Regional: Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Bay Street Theater. American Mariachi (Goodman Theatre, Chicago); Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Co); Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage, MA); Airness (Geva Theatre Center, NY); Children of Eden (Aurora Theatre, GA); Sweat (People’s Light Theater, PA); In The Heights (Westport Country Playhouse, CT); The Heath (MRT, MA). Opera: Cecilia Valdés (Teatro Colón, Bogotá); Tosca, Bluebeard’s Castle, Madama Butterfly, Don Pasquale, and L’Elisir d’Amore (Ópera de Puerto Rico, San Juan PR). Training: MFA in Lighting Design (NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts). Awards: Princess Grace Award 2018, Suzi Bass Award 2016/ 2017, Nomination 2019, HOLA Award 2022. MC is the Executive Artistic Director of Boundless Theatre Company: www.boundlesstheatre.org. Website: www.mcfuste.com
GERMÁN MARTÍNEZ (Sound Design) A proud son of immigrant parents, Germán Martínez is a Honduran-American NYC/NJ based Sound Designer. Germán is a Montclair State University alum (2018), and is the current Eastern Representative for the TSDCA (Theatrical Sound Designer and Composers Association). His work has been featured at: The Public, Theaterworks Hartford, Playhouse 46 ,Page 73, Williamstown Theatre Festival, MCC, American Repertory Theatre, Repertorio Español, GALA Hispanic, George Street Playhouse, Two River Theater, and Trinity Rep. Broadway credits include Associating on: Into The Woods. The Piano Lesson, and Ohio State Murders. As a designer, he seeks work that will uplift and support BIPOC, queer, and immigrant stories in innovative and beautiful ways. Germán calls this work, “art from the heart”. He invites any like-minded artists to collaborate. You can keep up with his work on Instagram: @GermanTheSoundDesigner.
The Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC) is an artist-led development and production organization for Latinx(é) playwrights. Founded in 2017 by playwrights Guadalís Del Carmen and Oscar Cabrera with the mission to build a network of Latinx(é) playwrights nationwide in order to promote, develop and elevate their work while making their plays accessible to theater makers looking to find the next generation of American Storytellers. Its programs include Sunday Service, Fresh Draft Series, Greater Good Commision and Festival, Intensive Mentorship Program, LPC Community Nights and Page-to-Stage, whose inaugural production is Sancocho by Christin Eve Cato. In 2020 LPC received a residency at Kabayitos Theater, located in the Clemente Soto Velez Center where it produces a portion of their programming. In 2022 LPC was awarded a Creatives Rebuild New York Grant (CRNY) as well as the HOLA Award for Excellence in Theater.
For more information on Latinx Playwright Circle and its many programs please visit latinxplaywrights.com
LPC embraces the ever evolving landscape of Latinidad and the names used to describe this community, including Latiné, Latinx, Hispanic, and the next generation of names to come. Like language itself, this is an ever evolving name.
The Sol Project is a national theater initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices of Latiné playwrights by supporting, nurturing, and advocating for fully realized productions in NYC and beyond. Founded by Jacob G. Padrón and driven by an artistic collective, The Sol Project works in partnership with leading theaters to center Latiné dramatists and nurture a growing community of Latiné theater artists. With the writers we champion, The Sol Project aspires to create a bold, timeless, and kaleidoscopic body of work for the new American theater.
The Sol Project launched in 2016 with the world premiere of Alligator by Hilary Bettis in collaboration with New Georges, followed by the New York premieres of Seven Spots on the Sun by Martín Zimmerman (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) and Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro (The Public Theater). In the fall of 2018, The Sol Project collaborated with Yale Repertory Theatre to produce the world premiere of El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith and in early 2020 partnered with Baltimore Center Stage and The Playwrights Realm to produce the world premiere of Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally by Noah Diaz. In 2022, The Sol Project partnered with Soho Rep for the world premiere of Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members by Mara Vélez Meléndez. And in spring of 2023, The Sol Project will partner with MCC Theater for the world premiere of Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen, as well as WP Theater and Latinx Playwrights Circle for the world premiere of Sancocho by Christin Eve Cato. In addition to productions, The Sol Project advances its mission by producing a yearly new play festival, SolFest, in partnership with Pregones/Puerto Riacan Traveling Theater, while also supporting our community through readings, workshops, a podcast (SolTalk), and ongoing symposia.
The artistic collective includes Adriana Gaviria (Co-Artistic Director), Rebecca Martínez, David Mendizábal, Jacob G. Padrón (Co-Artistic Director), Julian Ramirez, and Laurie Woolery. Isabel Pask is the Producing Associate. Brian Herrera is the Resident Scholar. Stephanie Ybarra is the Resident Dramaturg. Our partners include Atlantic Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group, LAByrinth Theater Company, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Magic Theatre, MCC Theater, New Georges, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, The Playwrights Realm, The Public Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Soho Rep, WP Theater, and Yale Repertory Theatre.
For more information visit: www.solproject.org
Amara (she/her/hers) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from Chicago. Her purpose is to show the humanity and divinity of Black women and connect underserved communities with experiences that mirror their own. Favorite Credits: “my dick is david duke” or The Sad Fat Negress Can’t Get a Date (Ars Nova- Star; Writer; Producer), This is Where We Go (MCC- Actor + Writer), NYT’s Critic Pick, Jillian Walker’s SKiNFoLK (Bushwick Starr- Assistant Producer). YouTube series, ‘Skinny & White’ Aren’t Character Traits. Resist, check your privilege, & then make some space. Ashé to the ancestors. All Power to all people.
Website: https://linktr.ee/ajbrady
CHRISTIN EVE CATO (Playwright) is a playwright and performing artist from the Bronx. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University and completed her BA in Political Science and Philosophy at Fordham University. Cato is also a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. She is affiliated with NYC theater companies, Pregones/PRTT (ensemble member & former Resident Dramaturg), INTAR Theatre (UNIT 52 ensemble member), and the Latinx Playwrights Circle. Cato’s artistic style is expressed through Caribbean culture and the Afro-Latinx diaspora, honoring her Puerto Rican and Jamaican roots. Recent Off-Broadway productions include The Good Cop (DUAF 2022) . Recent productions include, Sancocho (Vision Latino Theatre Company/ Destinos, 5th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival); American Made (Samuel French OOB Festival/ NYC); and an audio play journey, The Mayor of Hell’s Kitchen Presents: A Time Traveling Journey Through NYC’s Wild West (The Parsnip Ship & Playwrights Horizons/ NYC). www.christinevecato.com
