DIRECTOR - Hot Blood Sundae

is an actress, director, and writer. A native of New York, she was born and raised in the Republic of Brooklyn. Her credits include Power Book III Raising Kanaan, Black Feminist Video Game, Angry Boy, Queen of Glory, A Chance, The Widowers, Production among many others. As a director, theater companies including The Rising Sun Company, The Road Company of LA, Culture Project. She was a 2014 directing fellow with New Perspectives Theater and an alum of the 2015 Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab. She has published essays in the Lambda Literary award nominee Pinned Down by Pronouns, Getting Bi and was a featured writer in 2021 Chicken Soup for Soul “I Am Speaking Now”. Her tiny play The Phone Call was included in Minnesota’s Little Red Theater Tiny Play Quarantine Festival in 2020. Check her out www.miayandersonchannel.com.

DIRECTOR - Red, White and Blue

“Two Wings to Heaven: The Bessie Coleman Story” by April Armstrong, Martha's Vineyard Playhouse; “The Boogie Down Gospel” by Jessica Carmona; “Lady Susan or The Captive Heart: a Jane Austen Bodice Ripper” by Lynn Marie Macy, The Theatre Project; “SPEAK” by Marla Mase and Tomas Doncker for Summerstage; "The Color of Vengeance” by Lynn Marie Macy, New Perspectives Theater; “The Surprising Measure of Buried Treasure”, “Getting Grandma’s Goat”, by Lynn Marie Macy; "I Was Fine..." by Rich Orloff; "Duck Sauce", "Entonces Vivamos", "Nursery Rhymes in the Ninety Nine" by Cesi Davidson, "Mapplethorpe's Flowers" by Gregory Fletcher.

ACTOR - Hot Blood Sundae

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.

DIRECTOR - Fear Floor

is a founding member of NATC. Recently seen as an actor playing Prometheus, as well as Roger in Irregulars. This is he third time directing for the company, previously, For Mr. Cuddles; Heartbroke series. Off Broadway alongside Tony-Nominated Lou Liberatore in "Gay. Porn. Mafia", the Audience Award Winner at the 2018 Downtown Urban Arts Festival. He was Governor Bullard in the Abingdon Theater’s production of My Deah, co-starring Tony Award nominee Nancy Opel; directed by Marc Waldrop of When Pigs Fly fame. He has also performed in Funeral Games at the Public Theater and as Axel in HERE Theater’s production of The Pelican. Film roles include: Jimmy in Broker The Priest in Confessions of a Paralyzed Robot; on Television Mr. Butera can be seen in Alien Dawn as Dr. Luther, on All My Children and other Prime Time shows.

ACTOR/PLAYWRIGHT - Playing with Matches

is a writer, actor, and producer based in NYC. She is the Associate Artistic Director of New Ambassadors Theatre Co. Jennifer is a graduate of the William Esper Studio, and studied screenwriting under Jerome Perzigian and Stephen Molton at JKS Studio. She has appeared in New Ambassador’s A Most Egregious Way, and HEARD (HEARTbroke festival), Marvelous, and Autobiography (Blurring Boundaries festival). FILM: Good Mourning (Third Coffee, Victress Productions), She Was Famous (Ghost of Elysian Films). For links to Jennifer’s body of work, please refer to www.jenniferdownes.com

DIRECTOR - The Hand

Irregulars (Cherry Lane, NY); Providence (Transient 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; HEARTbroke 2022); A Most Egregious Way (HEARTbroke); Inside & Out, Fault Lines (Blurring Boundaries, Secret Theatre, Best American Short Plays 2018-2019); Wee Annie’s Hold (octoberFEARfest), Inside & Out (Blurring Boundaries 2021), Defying Lorelei (Blurring Boundaries 2022). Co-founder and Artistic Director of New Ambassadors Theatre Company. DGA Member.

PLAYWRIGHT - Hot Blood Sundae

is a playwright, performer, and teaching artist from Long Island, New York. Her award-winning, internationally produced work focuses on women’s stories, with a touch of magic, science, history, and/or the uncanny. She is a Creative Associate with EastLine Theatre and a recipient of a 2022 Long Island Arts Grant for Playwriting. Her new, explicitly queer adaptation of The Great Gatsby, "These Gilded Souls: A Jazz Age Ghost Story" will premiere in December. She’s thrilled to be collaborating with the New Ambassadors for the third time after a wonderful experience during HEARTbroke and Blurring Boundaries 2022!

ACTOR - Hot Blood Sundae

credits include Tight Five (New Ambassadors Theatre Co), the world premiere of Crying on Television (Everyman Theatre), Anthem Award Winner Black Feminist Video Game (59E59, Center Theatre Group, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williams Center for the Arts), New York Times Critics' Picks Zoetrope (Exquisite Corpse Co) and TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever (JACK), of the woman came the beginning of sin and through her we all die and Sons of the Prophet (Normal Ave), HOTTENTOTTED (The Tank), ALICEGRACEANON (New Georges), and Hephaestus (Theatre in Asylum) www.starrkirkland.com

ACTOR - Fear Floor

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.

ACTOR - Red, White and Blue

Christine started her career as a teen in L.A. on shows such as Sister, Sister, Moesha, and Party of Five. Since then she has gone on to perform, direct, and teach solo shows as well as star in various TV and film productions. Some highlights include: Blue Bloods, Power Book II: Ghost, Spoiler Alert (Focus Features dir. Michael Showalter), and upcoming as the new spokesperson for Lubriderm. Don't forget to moisturize!

ACTOR - Red, White and Blue

Quentin trained at the Atlantic Acting School and then later joined the faculty as a voice/dialect coach where he teaches high school teens to senior citizens how to connect to their breath for vocal impulsivity and responsiveness. He has acted on stage, tv, and voiceover and is so happy to be performing live again. I love you Mom!

ACTOR - The Man in Red

PLAYWRIGHT - The Hand

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!

ACTOR - The Hand

PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR - The Man in Red

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.

ACTOR - Do You Remember?

A founding member of New Ambassadors Theatre Company, Marie Eléna recently appeared in 'ENDGAME' (New Perspectives), 'MINOR DEVIATIONS' (Estrogenius), 'VALER' (She NYC Arts), 'GREEN WITH ENBY' (L.A. Pride Festival), 'FROZEN FOODS' (Nylon Fusion), 'RICHARD III' (Blunt Ensemble), ROUND WENT THE WHEEL' (Broadway Bound Festival) and New Ambassadors' 'BETTER ANGELS', ‘TO DATE’, 'EXPERIMENTING WITH KATZ', 'BIBBIDI BOBBIDI BOOS', 'FAULT LINES' (Best Actress; LIC One Act Play Festival) and 'GUNS AND AMMUNITION'. Having co-directed David Adam Gill's 'IRREGULARS' at Cherry Lane Theater this summer, she's glad to be back and treading the boards just in time for Halloween.

DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT - Playing with Matches

is a writer, actor, and director who studied at Yale University and William Esper Studio. John was a founding member of the experimental comedy troupe ‘His Majesty, the Baby’, performing original theater pieces at Dixon Place, The Duplex, and NYCFringe Festival. Past plays include AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Blurring Boundaries Festival), DEATHBED (Fearfest), and ONE NIGHT ONLY (Heartbroke). John created, wrote, and produced the television pilot GOOD MOURNING and the audio play series THE GREAT ESCAPISM with collaborator and partner Jennifer Downes. John is a proud member of the New Ambassadors Theatre Company and regular contributor to Naked Angels. @johnwritesandacts

ACTOR - The Man in Red

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.

ACTOR - The Man in Red

is an actor based in New Jersey. She is extremely excited to be back on the TADA stage with these wonderful people. She wishes to thank Mandy Murphy who cast her in the role as well as Perryn Pompato and David Michael Kirby who were the most amazing scene partners! She also would like to thank her family and friends for always supporting her and getting her to this point.

ACTOR - Fear Floor

is an actor and model with an adoration of Renaissance plays and new works. Trained in Shakespeare at RADA with her B.A. in Drama and English from U.Va., Maille-Rose recently had the joy of playing Beth in Scott Mullen's CARL FLUNT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM TRUCKS (Dir. Amy Benson), Bella in Caitland Winsett's MR. PINKY at the Players Theatre, and Claire in WATCH ME at the New York Theatre Festival. She is so honored to be a part of this spooktacular festival!

ACTOR - Black, White and Blue

New Ambassadors: “Iphus & Ianthe at the Courthouse”; NYC: “Click Chamber” (Producer’s Club); Upstate: “Number the Stars” (Theatre of Youth), “The Lonesome West” (Irish Classical Theatre). Film: Trew Calling, Hope for Christmas, Malicious Compliance; Streaming: Diary of a Lunatic; Internet: Failed First Dates.

PLAYWRIGHT - Do You Remember?

Nina is a playwright, storyteller and immersive theatre creator based in Scotland, UK. She is a fan of dark tales that play with audience perception, and especially loves writing short fiction and plays, creating whole worlds captured in small intimate moments. Much of her current creative practice involves interactive, immersive and experiential theatre, experimenting with ways to break down the boundaries between audience and performance, and bringing the audience into being part of the story. Nina writes independently, as well as for Electric Goldfish (Digital and in person immersive theatre) and Incognito Experiences (bespoke theatrical adventures and alternate reality games)

ACTOR - Playing with Matches

Off-Broadway: The Life & Loves of Jack London (Marvell Rep), Richard II (Pearl Theatre). Film/TV: Townhouse Confidential (Best Feature - NY Indie Film Fest 2022), While He Talks (at festivals), Female Narratives (in post-production), Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel). Directing: Stirrup (Best Documentary Series - Austin Web Fest 2017). University of Michigan BFA. @leetylersee

ACTOR - The Hand

Raquel Valiente is a New York based actor and dancer from El Salvador. She graduated from the William Esper Studio and holds a BFA in Dance from Adelphi University. Raquel has appeared as a judge in the Salvadorian TV show Bailando for un Sueño, performed in venues such as New York City Center and La Mama, was recently lead in the short film This Isn’t Even About Her, and seen in various commercials. She is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be part of New Ambassadors Theatre and for the unwavering support of her mentors and family.

PLAYWRIGHT - Red, White and Blue

is an actor and playwright based in New York City. Writing Credits include Equitas; Me, Myself & O; Attempted Burglary (Nominated for Best Short at CIFF), Hero Complex, Free Will; As an actor: TV/Film: 40-Year Old Version (Sundance Award Winner); “New Amsterdam”; “Endgame”; “Bull”; “Wu-Tang’s American Saga”; “SVU”; “Blindspot”; “The Blacklist”; “Madam Secretary”; “Nurse Jackie”. Stage: Three Musketeers; Romeo & Juliet (Acting Co); Perseverance (Portland Stage); Jordan (Northern Stage), Thirst (CATF), Sweat, Ruined, Jackie &; Me, One Night in Miami (Denver Center); Othello, (Cincinnati Shakes); The Christians (Gulfshore Playhouse), Lombardi (Cleveland Playhouse); Will is originally from Cincinnati, OH.

ACTOR - Do You Remember?

FEARfest 2022 marks John’s first on-stage appearance with NATC, after being active in their ongoing Play Development Labs as both a playwright and actor for the past 2 years. He has appeared with Chelsea Rep Company in One Flea Spare, Stage Door, and Paradise Lost. He has appeared in over 50 films, short films, TV shows, and digital series. Many have screened at major festivals including TIFF, Locarno IFF, Austin FF, and Dances With Films. He is on the creative team of Golden Ceiba Productions, appearing is several of their productions, including The Flowers, now available on Amazon Prime.

PLAYWRIGHT - Fear Floor

is a playwright from Memphis, TN with a degree from the University of Virginia. This is her second time working with New Ambassadors and she's so excited and honored to be back. Previous works include "Door Knock," "Butterfly," "Mr. Pinky," "Tub Therapy," and "Watch Me."

DIRECTOR - Do You Remember?

Jonathan is an NYC based actor and director. He holds a BFA in performance from George Mason University and a degree in Directing from Le Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais. This past year he has been thrilled to return to the director's chair and is excited to director with New Ambassadors once more!

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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