The National New Play Network
NYC Rolling World Premiere of

FULL
CONTACT

Written & Performed by Ariel Estrada*
Directed by Gaven D. Trinidad

A Developmental
Workshop of

X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM

Written & Performed by Đavid Lee Huỳnh*
Directed by Nana Dakin

A One-Night-Only
Staged Reading of

BLOOD/
SUCKER

Written by Anamaria Guerzon
Directed by Nicholas Polonio

ARIEL ESTRADA

Ariel Estrada (Writer/Performer, FULL CONTACT; he/him/his). Off-Broadway: A PERSISTENT MEMORY, MBL Productions (Jessi D. Hill, dir.); DOUBLE FALSEHOOD, Letter of Marque (Andrew Borthwick-Leslie, dir.); FAR EAST, Lincoln Center Theater (Daniel Sullivan, dir.); SHOGUN MACBETH, CAMBODIA AGONISTES, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Selected Indie/Regional: The Legionnaire/Danny, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, Perseverance Theatre (Leslie Ishii, dir.); FULL CONTACT, Perseverance Theatre (NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Leslie Ishii, dir.); BLENDED 和 (HARMONY), History Theatre/Theater Mu (Lily Tung Crystal, dir.); MADE IN CHINA (NYT Critics Pick); Wakka Wakka (Gwen Warnock, dir.). TV/Film: Nero, Title VII, “Osprey“, Blue Bloods”, “The Americans”. As an arts administrator and educator, he has raised over $1M in government and foundation funding for indie arts nonprofits in NYC. His leadership has been recognized by National Alliance of Acting Teachers, Theatrical Intimacy Education, artEquity, New York Community Trust, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Theatre Communications Group. www.arielestrada.com

GAVEN D. TRINIDAD

Gaven D. Trinidad (Director, FULL CONTACT; they/he/siya) is a first-generation Filipinx American dramaturg, playwright, director, and educator from NYC. Their artistic work explores the intersections of race, language, immigration, queerness, ritual, community, and futurity. They have collaborated in artistic and administrative roles at Signature Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, The Juilliard Drama Division, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, National Queer Theater, Breaking the Binary, and more. Selected plays: LEARNING HOW TO READ BY MOONLIGHT (BAPF Finalist 2021), NOVENA (Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist 2024), MERCURY MAKES THE SKIN GLOW (Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist 2025, BAPF Finalist 2025). Selected dramaturgy credits: THE DUAT (Philadelphia Theatre Company, PlayPenn), PREP PLAY, OR BLUE PARACHUTE (National Queer Theater, NCTC), JUNE IS THE FIRST FALL (Yangtze Repertory Theatre), COLLIDESCOPE 2.0 (Ping Chong + Company). Selected directing credits: JOKER (National Queer Theater), ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN? (Pride Plays, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, The Parsnip Ship, Leviathan Lab), SA AMING PUSO (Global Forms Theatre Festival, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York Theatre Salon). Gaven holds a B.A. in American Studies from Dickinson College and an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from UMass Amherst. They were named a 2021 Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group. Playwriting Groups/Fellowships: Orchard Project Greenhouse Lab, Ma-Yi Writers Lab. As someone living with bipolar disorder, Gaven is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness. In these challenging times, they encourage folks to support organizations like Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, United We Dream, and Make the Road NY. www.gaventrinidadtheatre.com

ĐAVID LEE HUỲNH  

Đavid Lee Huỳnh (Writer/Performer, X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM) is a Ragin’ Cajun Asian who went from working on his family’s shrimp boat to making Theatre all over the world. Onstage, he’s trod the boards in one of the rare American productions of a Shakespeare play to transfer to the United Kingdom (THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Royal Lyceum Theatre) and is a regular player in New York’s Off-Broadway scene. On-camera, his work includes an eclectic range of credits from crime drama (“FBI”, “Blue Bloods”, “Children of the Dust”) to science fiction (“Solitary”) to high fantasy (“Encounter Party”). His work as a writer has been supported by Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America, HB Studios, Second Generation Productions, Ma-Yi Theater, Ozark Living Newspaper Theatre Co., LIT Council, and others. He is a professor in the Randolph College MFA Theatre Arts program and the associate artistic director of Second Generation Productions. MFA: University of Houston | www.davidleehuynh.com | @huynhsome | “không phải tôi. chúng ta”

NANA DAKIN

Nana Dakin (นานา เดกิ้น) (Director, X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM) is a queer Thai American director of new work, classics and devised performance based in NYC. Her work pursues social equity by examining the way culture is constructed and unsettling dormant biases. She is the first Thai theatre director to direct at the Royal Court Theatre in London and was the Associate Director for 4-time Tony-nominated play MARY JANE on Broadway, including Best Direction. In NYC her work has been presented and developed at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, Bedlam, The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Mercury Store, New York Theatre Workshop, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Soho Rep and more. Recent regional productions include: THE CHINESE LADY (Everyman Theatre), AGAIN (Theater Mu), EURYDICE (American Shakespeare Company). Nana is the Board President of the Thai Theatre Foundation. She is also a core member of Future River, an organization dedicated to environmental and climate justice through creative projects and community action, and of B-Floor Theatre, Thailand’s most highly awarded theatre company. Nana has an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University and currently teaches for Randolph College’s MFA in Theatre program. www.nanadakin.com

ANAMARIA GUERZON

Anamaria Guerzon (Playwright, BLOOD/SUCKER; she/they) is a Filipino-American theatre artist based in Seattle, WA. Their work seeks to explore humanness, with an emphasis on marginalization within hierarchy, and the legacy of ongoing colonization. They believe in the inherent magic of the human experience, and seek to represent this lived reality through the fantastic and strange. Their work has been developed with The Playwright Realm’s Scratchpad Series (dir. May Adrales), Seattle Public Theater’s Distillery program in 2024 (dir. Zenaida Smith), Pork Filled Production’s Unleashed series (dir. Hattie Andres), among others. They have received various honors, such as: Finalist for Theater’s Mu’s New Eyes Festival (2024), Finalist for Live & In Color’s June Bingham New Play Commission (2024), andWE#@SSemi-Finalist for Ashland New Works Festival (2024), and Semi Finalist for Ojai Playwright’s Conference. Besides writing, they are also a Gregory Award-winning actor and dramaturg. They received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, from Pacific Lutheran University (2021). www.anamariaguerzon.com

NICHOLAS POLONIO

Nicholas Polonio (Director, BLOOD/SUCKER) is a director of plays and musicals based in New York City. He has developed new work at New York Theatre Workshop, Movement Theatre Company, Bedlam, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The TEAM, Normal Ave, Leviathan Lab, Asian American Arts Alliance, Sống Collective, and the American Playwriting Foundation. As Associate Director, his work includes SLAVE PLAY (West End and Broadway Premieres), JELLY’S LAST JAM (New York City Center), PUBLIC OBSCENITIES (Soho Rep), X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X (Metropolitan Opera), A RAISIN IN THE SUN (The Public), RICHARD III (The Public), and A LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Audible Theatre). Alumnus of the NYTW 2050 Fellowship, Drama League Directing Fellowship, Roundabout Directors Group, Young Vic Genesis Directors, and the National YoungArts Foundation. Nicholas teaches a directing seminar at NYU Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and received his BFA in Acting from Rutgers Mason-Gross School of the Arts. www.nicholaspolonio.com