Moby Dick Blues - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Broadway: End of the Rainbow, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, 110 In The Shade (Tony nom.), Shining City, Well, Awake and Sing! (Tony nom.), Rabbit Hole, The Light In The Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics awards), Reckless, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Seven Guitars (Tony nom.), among others. Recent: King Lear (Public Theater), Kdo! (Foret Nationale, Brussels), Kafeneion (Athens Festival), Garden Of Earthly Delights (Minetta Lane); Orpheus X (TFANA), Kaos (NYTW). Awards: Obie/Sustained Excellence, among others. Joe Battista Joe Battista, (Director/Producer/Actor/Photographer/Graphic Artist/Videographer) Artistic Director of the Historic 13th Street Repertory Theater and a member of Actor’s Equity, and the Dramatist Guild. Graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts who studied with William Hickey, Stephen Strimpbell, Uta Hagen, Eve Collier, Hugh Whitfield, Jack Melanos, Paul J. Curtis and Gates Mcfadden. At the age of 21 he was hired as a Director at the Bucks County Playhouse but soon realized that New York theater was his first love and soon was directing experimental theater off-Broadway. Joe also is a professional photographer and has worked ... read more Kavi Gasper is an actor, musician, director, and producer from Rhode Island based in NYC and Boston. Mari Tompkins has worked as associate/assistant director Off-Broadway and for many downtown productions (La MaMa).