JAKE - THE ENTERTAINER

Artistic Director, New Ambassadors Theatre Company

Playwright: Irregulars (Cherry Lane, NY); Providence (Transient⁸ Theater, Chicago; Roy Arias, NYC); F*cked –up Family Trilogy: Experimenting with Katz, Irregulars & Unfinished (TheatreLab); More Myself Than I Am (Secret Theatre & Manhattan Repertory, Best Play); A Most Egregious Way (HEARTbroke); Inside & Out, Fault Lines (Blurring Boundaries, Secret Theatre, Best American Short Plays 2018-2019); Wee Annie’s Hold (octoberFEARfest),

Var: Axial Theatre, Theater Breaking Through Barriers. Playwriting instructor.

Dramatists Guild of America.

MIKE - THE ENTERTAINER

is delighted to make his debut with New Ambassadors. He has appeared off-Broadway with Classical Theatre of Harlem in numerous productions, including their portion of 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS at the Public Theatre. Off-off Broadway, he has worked with the New York Fringe, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, Theatre Ten Ten, Theatre 2020, and the American Living Room Festival at HERE. He is also a playwright, who was featured at this past June's Valdez Theatre Conference with his new play AN ARCTIC CONFEDERATE CHRISTMAS . Since 2019, he has served as co-Creative Director for Naked Angels' Tuesdays at Nine cold reading series.

OFF STAGE VOICE - Falling

OLIVER - What You Will

is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Company conservatory program. He is a versatile actor, singer, director, and writer. His most recent play, "Ephemory Lane", premiered at New Ambassadors' Blurring Boundaries Festival in 2021. Numerous NYC appearances include A Little Princess (US premiere-Signature); The Spoon River Project (NYC premiere-Greenwood Cemetery); Carnival Round the Central Figure (NYC premiere-IRT). Select film: Zero Issue; WARFIELD; The Lion’s Den. Web series: Mythos (ITVFest award-winner). David is a founding member of New Ambassadors Theatre Company, and was recently re-elected to its Board.

RAPHAEL - Falling

is a writer, actor, and director who's thrilled to be back with New Ambassadors for the third Blurring Boundaries festival! John studied at Yale and William Esper Studio. John most recently performed in David Adam Gill's IRREGULARS at the Cherry Lane Theater. John cowrote the full-length play TIGHT FIVE with Jennifer Downes, also at The Cherry Lane. Jennifer Downes is John's partner in all things and deserves at least half the credit, and blame, and on all John projects.

LUC - Falling

TUCKER - Skim

SILVIUS - What You Will

A proud member of NATC, Saadiq was most recently seen in David Gill’s “Irregulars”. This will be his fourth production with the company. He can soon be seen in the independent feature film “Broke Boi” (Also credited as 1st AD). He’d like to thank Mekiel, his fellow NATC members, and his entire support system! To the cast and crew— Let’s break legs!

SUNITA - Civics

is a New York-based actor, writer, and sketch comic. Most recently, she performed off-Broadway with Ma-Yi Theater Company. Her short film “Checking Out” was an official selection in multiple film festivals nationwide, and the viral social media success of her film “7 PM” led her to be invited to speak by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on its panel “Creating Content in Quarantine.” As a writer, her scripts have been finalists in the Screencraft Comedy Contest, the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, and the HollyShorts Screenplay Contest. www.piyalisyam.com IG @piyaltree

THE MAN WITH THE POWER - Civics

has acted with such luminaries as John Carradine, Stephanie Zimbalist, John Davidson, and Kim Hunter. He has performed in regional theatres across the country as well as off-Broadway. He just returned from Cape Cod where he acted in Young Jean Lee's "Straight White Men" to critical acclaim. Mark is delighted to be working with New Ambassadors on their ambitious projects. He is new to playwrighting and thrilled his piece "Sons and Fathers" has been selected.

MOLLY - Tub Therapy

is an actor of stage and headphones, having recently appeared in New Ambassadors' last HeartBROKE festival, a Long Island production of The Drowsy Chaperone, and the ongoing sci-fi podcast ROGUEMAKER (which they also co-direct and co-produce). They have a BA in theater from Swarthmore College. This summer, you can find them running around Inwood Hill Park as various gods, monsters, and heros being hit by children with foam swords. Or, you can just follow them on social media as @CorvidCastle12 on Twitter and @CorvidCastle on Instagram.

T - Tub Therapy

No relation to the Menendez brothers. Matthew is the solution to your casting problem. Funny, sassy, and with a flair for the dramatic there is no acting challenge to big or small that he doesn't enjoy tackling. Since taking the big apple by storm, he started out by living it up on the off, off...off broadway stage and has since then moved to off off broadway and can be seen in indie films, short films and in, the new media, world of web series.

ROBBIE - Defying Lorelai

is a writer, actor, and comedian turned mathematics teacher. Upon graduating from Wesleyan University, she joined experimental comedy troupe His Majesty, the Baby. Past credits include GOOD MOURNING (co-producer/writer), DYL (actor), and multiple seasons with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (actor). She is thrilled to act with New Ambassadors.

ROBERTA - Defying Lorelai

is a transgender actress and comedian. She studied acting at the Lisa Maile school in Orlando, Florida, while working as a Journalism Professor at Full Sail University. Her love for storytelling began while serving as a combat journalist in the Navy. There, she became comfortable being on camera doing video news stories for the Armed Forces Network. Due to Erika's military and MMA experience, she has appeared in several popular television shows such as FBI Most Wanted, Law and Order, and The Best Man. Additionally, Erika worked with Whoopi Goldberg on Strut, a reality show about transgender models.

MACK - Skim

PHEBE - What You Will

is a playwright and teacher based in New York City. She is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and an Arthur Miller Fellow. Erin also loves being a cat mom to two tuxedo kittens and being married to David. She also knows that her title references a different Shakespearean play. Some of her short plays can be found in several editions of The Best Ten Minute Plays edited by Lawrence Harbison and one of her monologues about teaching can be found in Voices of America Vol 1& 3. Check more of her plays out on the New Play Exchange and follow her on Instagram: @erinplaywright!

REMI - Skim

ROSALIND - What You Will

is an actor, techie, producer, and general creative originally from New Orleans, LA. She graduated from the Louisiana State University Theatre Program before moving to New York. She is thrilled to have accepted her new role as New Ambassadors’ Programs Director. She was most recently seen in BLURRING BOUNDARIES 2021 and HEARTbroke 2022, both NATC Productions.

KATE - Skim

CELIA - What You Will

is a NYC based actress/playwright. She hails from the great state of Texas and holds a BFA in Acting from TxST. Favorite roles include: Lucy in Mister Marmalade, Red in Late: A Cowboy Song & Lil’ Bit How I Learned to Drive. She is a proud company member of New Ambassadors Theater Co. and The Playground Experiment. Mandy has a deep passion for new work and has been so psyched to dive into each of these wonderful scripts and share them with you back in person. Keep up with Mandy and her latest shenanigans at www.mandymurphyplaywright.com.

ORLANDO - What You Will

is thrilled to be performing and directing in his second festival for NATC. This past spring he made his NATC debut in Heartbroke- directing Ranch Country and starring in Standing Up and Sense. Prior to Heartbroke, Perryn collaborated with NATC to produce the Zoom production of his hilarious web series This Encounter May Now Begin, based on his experience working as a Standardized Patient. The series is still available to view on Perryn's YouTube Channel. Simply go to www.perrynpomatto.com and click the YouTube link. Thank you to NATC for the opportunity, and to my husband, Michael DeRosa, without whom none of this would be possible.

DIRECTOR - The Entertainer

(AEA/SAG-Aftra) is a writer, actor, and producer based in NYC. She is the Associate Artistic Director of New Ambassadors Theatre Co. Her full-length play Tight Five was presented at Cherry Lane Theatre this summer. She has been previously featured as a writer at NATC with her short plays The Devil You Know and Scan Incomplete. She produced and wrote for the anthology fiction podcast The Great Escapism with New Ambassadors, which is available on all major podcast platforms. Jennifer is a graduate of the William Esper Studio. For links to Jennifer’s body of work, please refer to www.jenniferdownes.com

DIRECTOR - Falling

is an actress, director, and writer. She was born and raised in the Republic of Brooklyn. In New York, she has in over forty film and theater credits include, Angry Boy ,48 Hours in Harlem, Queen of Glory, Sundance Lab, Here Theater among others. A 2014 directing fellow/New Perspectives Theater and a member of the 2015 Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab. A 2016 BarnArts Hamilton Project writing resident. In 2017, a 2019 QuickSilver Theater . Her play “The Phone Call” was in the Minnesota’s Little Red Theater Company 2020 Tiny Play Quarantine Festival. Check her out www.miayandersonchannel.com or @stagedame IG. Mia Anderson FB

DIRECTOR - Civics

is a NYC-based writer/director/producer. She adapted the young adult novel THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE QUEST with producer James Hornbeak. She’s a director for the The New Ambassadors Theatre Company and a member of the The Playground Experiment. She produced Cannes-winning short film HAPPY NOW (First Place, Cinéfondation) and the AMPAS-winning short THE WORMHOLE (Narrative, First Place, Student Oscars). As a journalist, she garnered Virginia Press Association awards for both writing and photography. Previously, she served as a VP in Finance. She holds a NYU Master’s degree in producing and screenwriting.

DIRECTOR - Tub Therapy

is a NYC based actress/playwright. She hails from the great state of Texas and holds a BFA in Acting from TxST. Favorite roles include: Lucy in Mister Marmalade, Red in Late: A Cowboy Song & Lil’ Bit How I Learned to Drive. She is a proud company member of New Ambassadors Theater Co. and The Playground Experiment. Mandy has a deep passion for new work and has been so psyched to dive into each of these wonderful scripts and share them with you back in person. Keep up with Mandy and her latest shenanigans at www.mandymurphyplaywright.com.

DIRECTOR - Skim

is thrilled to be performing and directing in his second festival for NATC. This past spring he made his NATC debut in Heartbroke- directing Ranch Country and starring in Standing Up and Sense. Prior to Heartbroke, Perryn collaborated with NATC to produce the Zoom production of his hilarious web series This Encounter May Now Begin, based on his experience working as a Standardized Patient. The series is still available to view on Perryn's YouTube Channel. Simply go to www.perrynpomatto.com and click the YouTube link. Thank you to NATC for the opportunity, and to my husband, Michael DeRosa, without whom none of this would be possible.

DIRECTOR - What You Will

DIRECTOR - Defying Lorelai

Artistic Director, New Ambassadors Theatre Company

Playwright: Irregulars (Cherry Lane, NY); Providence (Transient⁸ Theater, Chicago; Roy Arias, NYC); F*cked –up Family Trilogy: Experimenting with Katz, Irregulars & Unfinished (TheatreLab); More Myself Than I Am (Secret Theatre & Manhattan Repertory, Best Play); A Most Egregious Way (HEARTbroke); Inside & Out, Fault Lines (Blurring Boundaries, Secret Theatre, Best American Short Plays 2018-2019); Wee Annie’s Hold (octoberFEARfest),

Var: Axial Theatre, Theater Breaking Through Barriers. Playwriting instructor.

Dramatists Guild of America.

PLAYWRIGHT - The Entertainer

is a writer, actor, and director who's thrilled to be back with New Ambassadors for the third Blurring Boundaries festival! John studied at Yale and William Esper Studio. John most recently performed in David Adam Gill's IRREGULARS at the Cherry Lane Theater. John cowrote the full-length play TIGHT FIVE with Jennifer Downes, also at The Cherry Lane. Jennifer Downes is John's partner in all things and deserves at least half the credit, and blame, and on all John projects.

PLAYWRIGHT - Falling

a multi-ethnic, multi-hyphenate member of DG, AEA,AGVA. As Steven Hamilton, he earned a BA in English/Theatre (Niagara University). Members of the Choir (New York Foundation for the Arts grant /Broadway Inclusion Project); McGurk’s Suicide Hall: a fictional account of actual events (Great Performances Fellowship Award / Playlight Featured Musical Award): Ready for my Close-up (London); Truncation(Valdez Theatre Conference); Stand Naked in the River of Shame (Chain Theatre / New Ambassadors Theatre Company). “Just in Case” (PGE’s “Faces of America” monologue book). American Theater Group PlayLabmember, a professional space for BIPOC/Queer playwrights to develop work. EvanEdwardsAEA.org

PLAYWRIGHT - Tub Therapy

Caitland (she/her) is a playwright, producer, and general theatre lover whose works have been performed in New York, Virginia, California, and more! She is so excited to have New Ambassadors bring 'Tub Therapy' to life, and hopes that this piece opens up dialogue surrounding the expectations of queer people and their presentations.

PLAYWRIGHT - SKIM

(AEA/SAG-Aftra) is a writer, actor, and producer based in NYC. She is the Associate Artistic Director of New Ambassadors Theatre Co. Her full-length play Tight Five was presented at Cherry Lane Theatre this summer. She has been previously featured as a writer at NATC with her short plays The Devil You Know and Scan Incomplete. She produced and wrote for the anthology fiction podcast The Great Escapism with New Ambassadors, which is available on all major podcast platforms. Jennifer is a graduate of the William Esper Studio. For links to Jennifer’s body of work, please refer to www.jenniferdownes.com

PLAYWRIGHT - Civics

has had his work staged by a number of companies and festivals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Play productions include Same Same but Different (cowritten, New York City Children’s Theater) Debriefing (New York International Fringe Festival), Fresh Paint (The PlayGround Experiment), Cold Dead Heart (New Ambassadors Theatre Company), and Walima (Liverpool Arab Arts Festival). His short film How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music recently premiered at the Marina Del Rey film festival. He is a proud member of the New Ambassadors Theatre Company.

PLAYWRIGHT - Defying Lorelai

Artistic Director, New Ambassadors Theatre Company

Playwright: Irregulars (Cherry Lane, NY); Providence (Transient⁸ Theater, Chicago; Roy Arias, NYC); F*cked –up Family Trilogy: Experimenting with Katz, Irregulars & Unfinished (TheatreLab); More Myself Than I Am (Secret Theatre & Manhattan Repertory, Best Play); A Most Egregious Way (HEARTbroke); Inside & Out, Fault Lines (Blurring Boundaries, Secret Theatre, Best American Short Plays 2018-2019); Wee Annie’s Hold (octoberFEARfest),

Var: Axial Theatre, Theater Breaking Through Barriers. Playwriting instructor.

Dramatists Guild of America.

PLAYWRIGHT - What You Will

is a playwright and teacher based in New York City. She is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild and an Arthur Miller Fellow. Erin also loves being a cat mom to two tuxedo kittens and being married to David. She also knows that her title references a different Shakespearean play. Some of her short plays can be found in several editions of The Best Ten Minute Plays edited by Lawrence Harbison and one of her monologues about teaching can be found in Voices of America Vol 1& 3. Check more of her plays out on the New Play Exchange and follow her on Instagram: @erinplaywright!

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

is extremely proud to have worked with New Ambassadors on these ncredible new plays. She has previously worked with Shetler Studios, The Secret Theater, The Tank, Geva Theater, and Cherry Lane. Special thanks to David, Jenny, and Johnny for their art and camaraderie.

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