Wilhelm Reich Unleashed: A Comedy about Cosmic Orgone Energy, Flying Saucers, and Magic Sex Boxes at Theater for the New City

Josh Shellman is a local actor who studied performance at Lee Strasberg, Juilliard, Stella Adler, and the New York Film Academy. Beyond his roles on stage, he has ventured into the realm of producing and writing for film and theater.

Donovan Otcasek is a New York–based actor, comedy writer, director, and improviser studying dramatic writing at NYU, with experience in theater, film, sketch comedy, and long-form improv. His stage credits include Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors.

Robin Brenner recently appeared in jinx (accepted into NY Indie Shorts Awards), freehold (short film), celebrations (short film, accepted into LIIFE festival), blackheads (animated short film, accepted into SXSW festival), Cellular (feature film). Several theatre credits from NYC to LA, including her one-woman show Robin Brenner is Off The Wall directed by Austin Pendleton. Training: Elizabeth Kemp, Joan D’Incecco, Amy Lyndon. Agent: Gwyn Foxx (818) 476-7702 gwynfoxxtalentagency@gmail.com.

Harry Cooper is a New York–based actor and a member of Fordham University Theatre’s Class of 2023. He is especially interested in new and original work that brings untold stories to the stage and screen.

Pavlos Plakakis is a professionally trained actor who studied at the New York Film Academy and the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. His screen credits include The Cost of Something Priceless and CherryBomb, and he continues his theatrical training with BEDLAM.

Gabe Landau is a New York–based actor whose screen credits include N.H., Two Man Job, El Pumita, and the 2026 sci-fi comedy Oscar’s Date. He has also performed extensively in theater.

Nat Heitmann is a New York–based actor, comedian, and improviser who performs regularly at Brooklyn Comedy Collective. He is a member of the long-form improv show Cast Party and creator and host of Get Going with Nat Heitmann.

Eric Kuzmuk is a veteran New York actor and a graduate of Williams College who studied acting at HB Studio. His many stage credits include Ada, Dear Anton! Dear Olga!, Gaslight, Murder Among Friends, and An Evening of Chekhov.

Snezhana Chernyavskaya is a Moscow-born, New York–based actress whose stage credits include The Seagull and work with Theatre 68. She played Lilya Brik in the film A Cloud in Trousers and won Best Supporting Actress at the 2024 New Jersey Film Awards for My Friend Doubt.

Ashley Brooke Cohen is a New York–based actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Her recent work includes producing for the Hollywood and New York Fringe Festivals, writing for the Winter Film Festival, and appearing in the film Soul of a Sister.

Cam Reid (they/them) is an actor and writer hailing from the Pacific Northwest. You can see more of their work at www.cam-reid.com

Carolina Kohn is a New York–based actress, vocalist, and pianist who performs as lead singer with Conga Cartel. Raised in Uruguay and France, she is a multilingual performer whose screen credits include Hello Au Revoir.

Rose Wallace is an actress whose recent stage credits include four roles in Christopher Durang’s Baby with the Bathwater at Spotlighters Theatre, where her versatility was singled out for praise. She has also worked extensively in both comedy and character roles.

Jim DeLois is an experienced lighting and sound engineer who has designed the sound and lights for numerous shows, including New Lux’s 2024 production at the Producers Club and Sartre and Simone at Theater for the New City.

Tingyu Hu is an NYC-based costume designer, and has worked in indie film, performance and Off-Off Broadway. Previous works with the New Lux Theater Company include Crazy About You and The Beat Generation (Producers Club Theater) in addition to Performance Costume work for Seena (The Beekman Hotel).

Audrey Shon is a saxophonist, actor, and theater artist currently pursuing a master’s degree in Performing Arts Administration at NYU. Her credits include productions at Theater for the New City and La MaMa, and she recently performed as The Bard/Saxophone in Odyssey and the Flowers of the Sun.

Hamad Naroze is a Queens-based theater artist and Pakistani playwright whose work explores immigrant and South Asian experiences. He studied Story Crafting through the CUNY Baccalaureate program and was selected for Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Festival.

Rudy Estremera is a New York–based theater artist with experience in stage management, set design, and art design. His credits include Rent: School Edition at Mount St. Michael Academy.