HomeBody: A Queer Modern Folktale at The Tank

Michela Murray is a queer Actor, Drummer, and Theatre-Maker based in NYC. Recent Credits: Trying For Hedda (La Mama ETC), Koi-Coy (Lenfest Center), Titus Andronicus (La Mama ETC), 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2024 (Off-Broadway). Training: The Theatre School at DePaul University (BFA Acting). She feels extremely lucky to be a part of Homebody. michelamurray.com

Isa DeLeón Garcia (they/elle) is a born-and-bred Tejané playwright, actor, deviser, dramaturg, director and producer based in New York City. BFA: NYU Tisch. Isa is the Founding Artistic Director of a new theater collective, Dyke Theater Co. (DTC), committed exclusively to theater made by and for dykes (and those who love them). DTC’s inaugural productions included ASÍ, written and performed by Garcia, and So Far Away, written by Jaden Tyler Urso (The Tank: PrideFest, 2024). Garcia was the Associate Producer of The Tank’s LimeFest 2024 which featured 4 DTC productions: $7 Girl, Spew’s Little Baby, Sam and Kiki’s Big Gay Road Trip, and the premiere of their original play, Sublimation (Dyke Theater Co., The Tank: LimeFest, 2024). Select acting credits include: DEZ in Jackie Heck's absurd full-length play, The Final Hole (The Tank: DarkFest, 2023); LEE in Noma Mirny’s Among The Coats (Good Apples Collective: Rootstock Series, 2024); LOU in Noma Mirny’s Are You Listening? (Playwrights Horizons Downtown, 2024); SARA in Florence Klein’s The Cut (The Vino Theater, Disrupt The Cis-tem, 2025); PERFORMER in Sophie McIntosh’s 4044 4040 4409 (The Brick, ?!: New Works 2025). Producer and Director of Chick Magnet: A New Play Incubator (Dyke Theater Co., The Vino Theater, 2025). Isa is very excited to work on Homebody again! Instagram: @isatheedyke

Anahita Monfared is an actor, writer, and dancer based in NYC/Lenapehoking. They experiment with text, movement, and performance art to explore the body politic, gender/sexuality, violence, disability, and disobedience. Upcoming: 1001 Nights (La MaMa Experimental Theater Club), Select T.V./Film: “Firefly Lane” (Netflix) , “National Parks” (ABC) and For Her, a feature film centering the ongoing Woman Life Freedom revolution in Iran.They are the Director of Development at Dyke Theater Co. and the Associate Artistic Director of MENA Artists Initiative. A graduate of NYU Tisch (BFA Drama ’24). To connect: anahitamonfared.com, @anabringsthehita

Sadie Shea is an NYC based actor, dancer, and cellist. She is a recent graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the Atlantic Acting School, Experimental Theatre Wing, NYU Berlin program, and Classical Studio. Credits: I’ll Be There (feature film), A Guide to Self-Synthesis (Opera Lab Berlin), in lucem (Tisch Drama Stage), Twelfth Night (NYU Classical Studio) and Homebody (Tisch Student Works). In 2024 she premiered her new piece, SMOKESHOW, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She would like to thank the entire Homebody team for their support and trust.

Ava Martinez is so excited to be returning to HomeBody! Ava is originally from Pueblo, Colorado, but now calls NYC home. She is a full time performer and teacher with her BFA from NYU Tisch. Previous credits include: Shimmer Fish & Others in the national tour of The Pout Pout Fish (TWUSA), Ethyl & Others in the national tour of Pete’s Big Hollywood Adventure (TWUSA), Antigonus/Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale (The Classical Studio/NYU), The Stage Manager in Our Town (Stella Adler/NYU), Mary in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Safe Hands the Musical (SheNYC) amongst many others. She just wanted to tell you she loves you! @avasusanne

Vivian Lemons (she/her) is ecstatic to be a part of HomeBody for PrideFest. She loves nothing more than ensemble stories told by primarily queer voices, and to be able to collaborate with people she loves and admires is such a joy. Vivian is a member of LoveChild Theatre Company, and was last seen as Liz Truss (and others) in Dave and Boris Killed the Cat. She was also seen as Angelica in The Rover at Tisch Drama Stage and Virginia in Decision Height at Stella Adler. Vivian holds a BFA from NYU Tisch Drama. She would like to thank her incredible friends, family, teachers, and everyone else who has encouraged her to keep being her weird self. www.vivianlemons.com ig: @vivian.lemons

Véro Matheny is a queer New York City based actor, writer, and director with a great passion for forever discovering what moves the human soul. She believes that to create is to fulfill the universe’s only direction and hopes that her creations will inspire others to create, and so on and so forth. She grew up on the west coast of North America by the Pacific Ocean and continues to be inspired by the oceans’ unapologetic strength, vastness, and the loving embrace with which it swallows the westward sun every night.

Molly Litvin (she/her) is a New York based Stage Manager, Sound Design and Educator. She is a recent graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA Production & Design) with a double major at Steinhardt: Educational Theatre. Selected credits: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tisch Drama Stage, Prod. Stage Manager), The Bacchae (Tisch Drama Stage, Sound Designer), Smokeshow (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sound Designer), The Nursery (The Flea, Sound Designer). To my HomeBody family: I love you to the bottom of the ocean and back!

Anahita Monfared is an actor, writer, and dancer based in NYC/Lenapehoking interested in stories we have never heard before, or have only heard single stories of. Upcoming: 1001 Nights (La MaMa Experimental Theater Club), Select T.V./Film: “Firefly Lane” (Netflix) , “National Parks” (ABC) and For Her, a feature film centering the ongoing Woman Life Freedom revolution in Iran.They are the Director of Development at Dyke Theater Co. and the Associate Artistic Director of MENA Artists Initiative. A graduate of NYU Tisch (BFA Drama ’24). To connect: anahitamonfared.com. So much love to the HomeBody family!

Luca is a Mexican American scenic designer with a passion for queer art and culture. Originally from Chandler, Arizona, he grew up with a love for desert plants and animals, and still draws inspiration from nature to this day. He has since moved to Queens, New York to improve his art and be closer to friends and family. He feels grateful for the opportunity to contribute such an important part of the city's history via its theatre scene. Whenever he isn't designing for a show, you can find him reading at home with his cats or listening to music.

Seo Yun is a South Korean costume and scenic designer, visual artist, and craftsperson based in New York. They are deeply inspired by the surreal and whimsical, and strive to create weird gay art by, for, and with other weird gay people. This is their second time working on Homebody since its inception and they are bubbling with excitement about its journey. Past credits include: The Nursery (The Tank), Can’t Make an Omelette (LenFest), Cinderella and Frankenstein are Dead (Brighton Fringe), The Duck (NYU Tisch). Awards: Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship. @seo_yun_design

Olivier is primarily a Scenic & Production Electrician, but is occasionally dragged (lovingly) into designing for incredible works of art such as Homebody. She couldn’t be more thrilled and honored to be bringing this story to life! She hopes you enjoy the show. Credits: | Broadway | Set Electrician for Maybe Happy Ending, Lempicka, Smash!, Othello, Purpose, Last Five Years, & Dead Outlaw (Tonys) | Off-Broadway | Production Electrician for Sesame Street The Musical & Five The Musical | Professional | Production Electrician for At The Barricades | Design | Lighting Designer for Heros of The Fourth Turning, Luna Gale, Manlet, & Homebody (Reading)

Vivian Hunt is an NYC-based actor, writer, and whimsy maker, and is thrilled to be returning to the ocean with Homebody! Recent productions include ‘The Bald Soprano’ (Mrs. Martin, Foul Fiend Theatre Troupe), ‘Unlearn the Stars’ (playwright, Foul Fiend Theatre Troupe), and ‘Doula Monster’ (Shalvah, Theater for the New City). Check back at https://vivian-hunt.jimdosite.com or @vivianhunts for more!