ALL THE RIZZ OF A CLASSIC, BUT IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS Join Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre for three staged readings and one full performance of short plays written by women and gender expansive writers. A one night only performance on Monday, November 18 at 7pm at Mitu Theater in Brooklyn ( 580 Sackett St Unit A - Ground Fll). The staged readings will feature Maria Irene Fornes' TANGO PALACE!, Sylvia Plath's THREE WOMEN, Wu Zao's DRINKING WINE AND READING AND ENCOUNTERING SORROW (translated by Solphie Volpp) and a full performance of Alice Gerstenberg's SEAWEED. Directors for these plays include Skye Pagon, Emily Lyon, Kalina Ko, and Triza Cox. Adelphi University's Theatre Department will be the featured guest performers for SEAWEED. These plays were discovered through the EXPAND THE CANON (expandthecanon.com) initiative which advocates for classic plays by women and gender expansive writers. Tickets can be purchased https://www.eventbrite.com/e/classics-in-short-tickets-1048059443007 Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks
Cast and Creative team for CLASSICS IN SHORT at Mitu Theater
Cast
Tayla Madison
Linda Luchini in SEAWEED
Tayla Madison (Linda Luchini) is a performer from Providence, Rhode Island, and is currently pursuing her BFA in Acting from Adelphi University. Tayla has performed and produced at cabaret venues in the city such as 54 Below and Don’t Tell Mama. She also originated the role of Cell in a new work, ‘Lost Time,’ at Adelphi University. She is so excited to be performing in Classics in Short. She wants to thank the amazing cast, crew, and director of Seaweed for making this such a great experience! (Instagram: @taylamadison1)
Katrina Pedri
Pansy Richheimer in SEAWEED
Katrina Pedri (she/her) (Pansy Richheimer) is a sophomore Political Science major and Theatre: Arts Acting minor from Queens, New York. Tonight’s production, Seaweed, marks her debut at Mitu Theatre. Her previous productions include Adelphi University’s Seaweed and Francis Lewis High School's Puffs. In addition to her involvement in theater at Adelphi University, she currently serves as Parliamentarian for the Student Government Association and as the Director of Public Relations for the Adelphi Undergraduate Law Review. She would like to thank Seaweed’s director, Triza Cox, for this amazing opportunity, as well as her friends and family for always encouraging her to pursue her dreams.
Gagarin
Isidore in TANGO PALACE!
Gagarin (They/Them) is a theatre maker currently based in Brooklyn. With a practice grounded in physical and devised world, Gagarin works to develop and bastardize our classical monoliths. They currently serve as a Curator with Expand the Canon where they establish gender equity in the classical canon. Previous collaborations and works include; Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre, The New Georges, PhysFest, SITI Company and Blessed Unrest. They also run a low cost movement collective for artists and all others to practice physical theatre disciplines as a way of establishing a positive connection to their bodies. You can follow all of their shenanigans on insta @hotcephalopodsinurarea
Dorothea Gloria
Actor in DRINKING WINE AND READING "ENCOUNTERING SORROW"
Dorothea is an artist from Manila, Philippines. She is currently a teaching artist in several New York city schools as well as a resident artist for Spellbound Theatre and Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre. She has performed for La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Rattlestick Playwrights, The Flea Theater, and many more. She has performed in various theater companies back home as well such as Repertory Philippines, PETA (Philippine Educational Theater Association), and CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines) to name a few. She also earned BroadwayWorld’s Best Featured Actress for her performance with Repertory Philippines. She is often seen in Bryant Park where she practices her juggling and flow arts. For more info, check her website at www.dorotheagloria.com ig: @dorotheagloria
Guillermo Contreras
Leopold in TANGO PALACE!
Guillermo Contreras is a Mexican-American actor and writer, originally from Waukesha, WI.
Most recently Guillermo performed as Mercutio in Atomi Theatre Collective's production of Romeo and Juliet.
Other projects include: Where Are You? (Mabou Mines SUITE/Space Residency), BUST (Soho Rep Writer/Director’s Lab), Indeed, Friend! (Clubbed Thumb/Playwrights Downtown), and Prototypes (The Downstairs at La Mama). TV/FILM: Creep Box, Manifest (Netflix, S4), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS, S3). Guillermo also voices the character Gustavo in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 5: The Cayo Perico Heist.
Guillermo holds a BFA in Drama from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.
Shannon Summers
Myra Swanson in SEAWEED
Shannon Summers (she/her) (Myra Swanson) is a sophomore at Adelphi theatre arts: acting major from National Park, New Jersey. Besides her first-year showcase, this is her first Adelphi production for the main season. She recently worked in MT such as 54 Below (Feminine Rage parts one and two), Mamma Mia (Sophie), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), and Aida (Amneris). This past summer, she also worked inthe film Daley Dysfunction as Gabi. She is thrilled and thanks everyone for being involved in such an amazing production and wishes everyone to break legs!
Rhiannon Ling
Actor in THREE WOMEN
Rhiannon Ling (she/her) is a multi-industry artistic professional, specializing in the creation and development of politically-driven, community-engaged story across mediums. Her work often revolves around gender and sexuality and its entwining with history, politics, the arts, and identity; she is passionate about amplifying the voices of those silenced, providing unity in discomfort, and sparking genuine query between opposition. Recent credits include: All the Daughters of Viola’s House, The Collapse of the Hubbard Glacier, Seasons, The Interview, Rebound, The City of Forget-Me-Nots, Assassins, Nunsense, A Woman’s Kingdom (actor); Best Time to Be Alive, Monsters in Our Blood, The City of Forget-Me-Nots, Manic Pixie Dream Girl Goes to Brunch (writer); Beethoven: Live in Concert, The Maids, (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling, This Mortal Life Also, The Selkie Bride (dramaturg). O’Neill and SheNYC Arts Semi-Finalist. NAPSeries Finalist. Recipient of the Mayor’s Arts Award, the NEA ArtWorks Grant, and the RedLine Arts in Society Grant. Proud member of Ring of Keys, the RISE Directory, LMDA, Parity Productions. BFA, Molloy College/CAP21 Conservatory. rhiannonlingnyc.com
Ricki Lynée
First Woman in THREE WOMEN
Ricki Lynée is an award-winning actress, writer, producer, and showrunner, born and based in NYC, and thrilled to be working with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre! She is the co-owner and Head of Development at Nuanse Entertainment, a resident artist with New Light Theater Project, and a recipient of the 2021 All Stars Project/Castillo Theater Fellowship for Young Artists of Color. Select credits include Off-Broadway: According To The Chorus (59E59, New Light Theater Project); Regional: Rabbit Summer (Mile Square Theatre) THE WOODS. (Pendragon Theatre); NYC: I’M SO HOT (New Light Theater Project, The Tank, Pocket Universe); meet you at the Galaxy Diner (New Light Theater Project, The Tank); birthday birthday birthday (Columbia University New Plays Festival); The Diplomats (Fresh Fruit Festival at The Wild Project); The Conspiracists (Stable Cable Lab Co. at IRT Theater); Because Me (Wild Project); The Yellow Wallpaper (St. Ann's Warehouse, LABAPALOOZA!). Select Film/TV credits: “The Retreat”, & “Anthology” (Nuanse Entertainment). www.rickilynee.com
Jen Anaya
Performer in THREE WOMEN
Jen Anaya is a queer Indigenous Mexican theater/music/art/ritual space-maker, doula, teacher, energy healer and baby whisperer raised on Yavapaiv Apache, Cocopah and O'odham land. From La Mama to Harvard Art Lab and Trinity Rep, Radio City Music Hall to The Kitchen and La Jolla Playhouse, across LenapeHoking, Turtle Island and the world, Jen has been weaving music, theater, art, movement and healing together everywhere they go. They’ve performed in everything from plays, web series, musicals, experimental music pieces and operas to public healing rituals and fandangos. They're a founding member of Constellation Chor, are a You Are Here Creations collaborator, a 2021 FORGE Fellow and a Reiki and 13th Octave La Ho Chi practitioner. When not on contract, they tend to their healing arts practice, De Luz Healing, play with their bands and have a blast with the young folks at 52nd St. Project. Jen is an AEA and SAG-AFTRA member. @jenitadeluz www.jenanaya.com
Ciarah Lungrin
Barbara Post
Ciarah is a Junior- Sophomore BFA Acting major and a MA Scholar Teacher Education Major from Far Rockaway, NY. Adelphi credits include Unboxing, and Seaweed. Previous productions of Check Please and Check Please Take 2 ( Girl). She wishes for everyone to break a leg.
Creative Team
Triza Cox
DIRECTOR: SEAWEED
Triza Cox is a theatre artist who is the current Director of Outreach and Engagement for Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre and Artistic Director of The Drama Lady Theatre Group. She has served as the Associate Artistic Director for Theatre for Change with Imagination Stage. Triza holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance from the University of Louisville and has worked for over a decade as an arts educator as well as a playwright, director, producer and actor. She is currently a National Leaders of Color Fellow in Arts Administration. She is also South Carolina Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild. Recent awards include the FY22 South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowship for screenwriting. Her research and creative work center on playmaking using Jungian archetypes, motifs, and symbols of the collective unconscious. Triza has trained with Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and as a Theatre of the Oppressed Facilitator and in Rainbow of Desire with the Mandala Center for Change. She has directed Macbeth and Julius Caesar for educational tours to Title I schools in the rural South as well as other classical and contemporary productions. Other directing credits include Miss Julie, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, 10 Seconds, The Stone Host , Seaweed, Suppressed Desires, and several staged readings for New Circle Theatre in Manhattan. Triza's original plays include A Last Supper, Life Route, Meritocracy and Melodies in E.
Kalina Ko
DIRECTOR: Drinking Wine and Reading Encountering Sorrow
Kalina Ko (she/her) is a Cantonese-American theater director, dramaturg, and literary administrator interested in the radical connection and community building of storytelling. She is currently a Co-Coordinator for the Ma-Yi Writer's Lab, Literary Manager at Atlantic Theater Company, and a Curator for Hedgepig’s Expand the Canon. Past experience includes directing Lizzie Hagstedt’s Sophie Blanchard’s Rock N’ Roll Extravaganza (Moxie Arts), Laura Neill's Pink Unicorn Frappuccinos (Chain Theatre), Nina Ki's Rescues (Clubbed Thumb Emerging Writers Group), Paige Conway’s Tag (drafted), and Sophie Poole’s Ethanol (NOMADS). She has served as associate director for Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife Gloria (NAMT, dir. Jess McLeod), assistant director for T. Adamson’s The Straights (The JACK, Brooklyn, dir. Will Detlefsen), and script assistant for Hansol Jung on Wolf Play (Soho Rep). Her dramaturgy experience includes Shirley Chen’s Chinatown, My Chinatown (Ma-Yi Theatre Company), Samantha Toy Ozeas’ One Day Down, and Victoria Kneubuhl’s Ola Na Iwi (Roundabout Theatre Company). She was also a NAMT Directing observer in 2021 and was part of the 2023-2024 Moxie Arts Incubator Cohort. www.KalinaKo.weebly.com
Skye Pagon
DIRECTOR: TANGO PALACE!
Skye Pagon (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based producer, director, performer, and arts administrator. She received her BFA in Drama from New York University, where she first fell in love with classical theater and telling epically theatrical stories in curious and intimate spaces. As a director, she has worked at NYU and with Hedgepig Ensemble on both classic and devised pieces, specializing in new adaptations and workshops. She is a resident producer for the actor-lead company, Atomi Theatre Collective, and has produced shows and events at Lincoln Center, the Tada! Youth Theater, and with Hedgepig Ensemble. She served as a founding Curator for Hedgepig's Expand the Canon and is a current member of the WP Theatre Lab (2024-26). She works on the Programming team at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Emily Lyon
Director: THREE WOMEN
Emily is a director, dramaturg, and writer working at the intersection of storytelling and social change. She curates Expand the Canon, leads Future Facing Films, works on the Hollywood Climate Summit, and created an environmental justice card game with The Civilians R&D Group. Over her 9 years with Hedgepig, Emily co-created the Expand the Canon project, and directed 8 shows, including All’s Well That Ends Well, Mary Stuart, A Taste of Shakespeare, and Secret in the Wings. As a freelance director, Lyon has directed 8 world premiere plays, and worked with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, The Old Globe, LaMaMa, Yale Rep, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Folger, and others. As a freelance dramaturg, she’s worked with writers on shaping 25+ new plays, as well as editing classical texts, including The Tempest for Shakespeare in the Park. Upcoming: Bold Stroke for a Husband at Island Shakespeare Festival. EmilyALyon.com
Sean Sullivan
Costume Designer, SEAWEED
Sean Sullivan (costume designer) is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre’s design technology and management program. Adelphi University costumes design credits include Sense and Sensibility, Comic Potential, The Hollow, Picnic, Boys Next Door, These Shining Lives, Madwoman of Chaillot and Steel Magnolias. Sean has freelance designed costumes for regional summer stock productions and in New York City. New York credits highlights include The Great Society, Long Day’s Journey Into Night with Yorkshire Shakespeare Company, Candida and Intrigue and Love at Jean Cocteau Repertory.
Olivia Reid
Sound Designer (SEAWEED)
Olivia Reid (Sound Designer) is a senior Communications major at Adelphi University concentrating in digital media and cinema studies with a minor in theater design and technology. They are a multi-hyphenate creative based in Queens, New York and split their time between theater and film. In their time at Adelphi they have worked on Unboxing (Sound Board Operator), The Moors (Audio Technician), Lost Time (Electrician), and, most recently, Love and Information (Sound Board Operator). In addition, she has worked on various short films including Take Two: Reclaiming Queer Adolescence (Director), Back the Students, Not the Second (Editor), and Gemini (Writer/Director). They love storytelling in all its forms, from page to stage to screen, and take every opportunity to share that passion in all of their work. Thank you to Triza and to the incredible team of creatives who made this possible.
Nikki Colaitis
Lighting Designer
Nikki Colaitis (She/Her) is a Senior Acting Major and Theater Design/Technology Minor with a concentration in Lighting and Stage Management. Her previous notable tech credits at Adelphi University include: Production Assistant for Trojan Women, Master Electrician for Melancholy Play and A Taste of Shakespeare, Assistant Stage Manager for UNBOXING, and the Master Electrician & Assistant Lighting Designer for The Moors. She has worked towards light design ever since she got into electrics and is so proud this piece as well as its partner in crime are her first official light designs. Nikki had the most hardworking yet very rewarding time working on these two one-acts and would love to thank Kevin Stemple, Oliver Littleton, David Shocket, and Mark Quiles, as this design quite literally wouldn’t have come to life without their guidance and support. Nikki is extremely thankful to everyone coming to see this beautiful piece of theater and hopes you enjoy Seaweed!
Kevin Stemple
Lighting and Audio Supervisor
Since graduating with his BA in Technical Theatre from King’s college in 2011, Kevin has worked in theatrical lighting as well as corporate theatre. Initially working for ArtsQuest in PA. He traveled with Carnival Crusie Lines while working as the Lighting Thecnician for three different ships. He then started in corporate events including awards shows, PGA and other branded press events and trade shows. Most recently, he has worked for Theatre 3 and The Staller Center as a Light Board Programmer. Some Notable acts include Alan Cumming, Wayne Brady, Kevin James, and The Impractical Jokers.
Vishal Ramnarine
Prop Master
Vishal Ramnarine(He/Him)Vishal started his journey in theater in his first year of high school at Berkeley Carroll with being prop master for CLUE. He even acted in shows like PIPPIN and LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. He was the Production assistant for LOST TIME. Vishal has even ventured to Off-Broadway with being costume setter and assistant stage manager for RENT (2022). This will be one of his first ventures into being prop master for professional theater, so we hope you enjoy this world he helped to create.
NayaJoy Dean-Colbert
Assistant Stage Manager
NayaJoy Dean-Colbert (she/her) is a Senior acting major and art minor excited to be a part of this show's stage management team. She loves photography, painting, and exploring using instruments onstage. Previous work in acting includes Maria/Bart in Mr. Burns a Post-Electric Play, Emilie in The Moors, Various Roles in the Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, and Sumner in Men on Boats. Her tech work includes Run Crew for The Wolves and Antigone, Production Assistant for The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Nighttime and Melancholy Play, and Wardrobe Supervisor for Lost Time. She wishes the cast and crew well on their wonderful production.
Cat Farrell
Production Stage Manager
Cat Farrell (She/They) is a Senior Theatre Tech & Design major from Freeport, New York. She has worked on many of Adelphi’s productions such as The Moors (Associate Costume Designer), Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Production Stage Manager), A Taste of Shakespeare (Costume Designer), Vanities (Production Stage Manager), This Is Our Youth (Assistant Stage Manager), & Comic Potential (Production Assistant). She wishes the best of luck to everyone in the production and hopes you enjoy the show!
Jamie Knafel
Master Electrician
Jamie Knafel (He/Him) is a second-year student at Adelphi University and currently majoring in Theater Design and Technology with a concentration in lighting. Last year, he worked as co-costume Designer and Props Master for Unboxing, a Production Electrician for Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play and Projections Designer for Lost Time. When not in the theater you can find Jamie around campus as a tour guide and event assistant for the Office of University Admissions and a Social Media Content Creator for the Office of University Communications. He has enjoyed working with the current cast and crew and hopes you enjoy tonight's show!
Danielle Pecchioli
Scenic Designer/Paint Charge
Danielle Pecchioli (She/Her) is a senior Design and Tech Major. Recent projects include Adelphi University's Lost Time (Scenic Designer/Paint Charge), Unboxing, (Scenic Designer/Paint Charge), Love and Information (Scenic Assistant/Paint Charge), The Moors (Scenic Associate/Paint Charge), Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play (Assistant Scenic Designer), New York Rep's War Words (Scenic Assistant/Props Master), The New Light Theater Project's Greatest Hits Down Route 66 (A1), The Lights Are On (Scenic Assistant/Props Master), Friends With Amenities (Props Master), Pendragon Theatre’s Summer 24' season (Assistant Technical Director), The Little Mermaid Jr, (Scenic/Sound Designer), and The Marvelous Wonderettes (Sound Designer). Break a leg cast and crew on a fantastic show!
Latrel Thompson
Assistant Costume Designer
Latrel Thompson (He/Him) is a senior Theatre Tech & Design major who lives in Freeport, New York. He has worked on many of Adelphi’s productions such as Men on Boats (Production Assistant), Vanities (Wardrobe Supervisor), Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Assistant Stage Manager), and most recently The Moors (Production Stage Manager). This production is his first costume adventure on a show here at Adelphi. He can't wait to see the final results.
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