Kristine m. reyes
Playwright

Kristine M. Reyes is a Filipina-American playwright raised and based in New York City. Her work has been performed in NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and San Francisco at Primary Stages, Leviathan Lab, Theater Mu and Bindlestiff Studio, among others. Her full-length plays include Eggs on Ice (Semifinalist: The O’Neill Center NPC, Bay Area Playwrights Festival; Nominee: Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project), Lily in Love (Queens Theatre’s New American Voices Reading Series; Mission to (dit)Mars Launch Pad Reading Series), and Queen for a Day (Diverse City Theater’s First Draft Fellowship). She has been published in The Dramatist Magazine and has contributed as a guest blogger on Howlround. She was a 2014-15 Fellow at The Dramatists Guild Foundation and is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America. www.kristinemreyes.com

Andrea Andresakis
Director

Ms. Andresakis’ early career includes performing at Lincoln Center, Radio City, on Broadway and in Tokyo and Minakami, Japan. She has over a hundred directing and choreography credits in New York City, the US and internationally including residencies in Alaska, India and China. Original work includes: Lola Luning’s First Steps (Abingdon), The Pearl Diver, which was recently streamed as a fundraiser for Asian Americans Advancing Justice; The Dragon Slayer and Lake of Sorrows (NY Theatre Festival); Spandex (Off-Broadway); Quiet Cry (Theatre Row); Fahrenheit 451 (Wing’s) and Hip Hop High (Fringe & Off-Broadway), which Andrea co-wrote. As Associate Artist with NY Classical Theatre, Ms. Andresakis has collaborated on six productions, including Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, where the cast reversed roles on alternate performances. Awards and honors include an SDCF grant to direct Shaw’s Arms and The Man at EMU and a Kennedy Center Award for her direction of Spring Awakening at Whitman College. Proud member of SDC. www.andresakis.com

Mars neri
PRODUCTION stage manager

Mars Neri (they/them) is a junior Stage Management major and Gender Studies minor at Fordham University. They are also a chair for Fordham Theatre’s BIPOC Alliance, and the 2021-2022 head of the Fordham Theatre AAPI Affinity Group. Most of their work is with the Fordham Theatre program, but they’ve also done work with Signature Theatre DC, the Song Collective, and worked on the Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Abridged fundraiser for Stop AAPI Hate. They’re devoted to doing work that brings unheard voices and untold stories to light.

Ching valdes-aran
lola

Ching Valdes-Aran is an OBIE award winning actress. She is a 2021 RUTHIE Award recipient in honor of the legendary actor-director and founding member of Mabou Mines Theater, Ruth Maleczech.

Other awards include: FOX Foundation Fellowship, Asian-Cultural Fellow, Ma-Yi Award for Artists Excellence, MAP Foundation Award, PACCAL Award in Arts & Culture, Charles Bowden Award, Spencer Cherashore (New Dramatist Award), Ilocano Assoc. of NY Award in Arts, U.S. Congressional Award in Arts & Culture & a Lucille Lortel nomination.

Before the March 2020 Covid 19 lockdown she was touring nationally & internationally in Geoff Sobelle's HOME which will resume in 2022. She has appeared on Broadway, Off and Off-Off Broadway and at major regional theaters, and in films and television. Ching is also a theater director and award winning visual artist. IMDB Page.

Lydia Gaston
Virgie

Lydia Gaston (Bloody Mary) B’way credits: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Miss Saigon, The King and I (1996, Lady Thiang u/s and performed; Lincoln Center 2015 revival), Shogun and The Red Shoes. Off-Bway productions with: Ma-Yi Theatre Group, National Asian-American Theatre (NAATCO), Pan Asian Rep, and The Public Theatre. TV credits: The Blacklist, The Path, Late Night With Seth Meyers, The Sopranos. Education: MA in Applied Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center. Upcoming feature film: Easter Sunday, starring Fil-Am comedian JoKoy, in wide release April 1, 2022. www.lydiagaston.com

precious sipin
gabriela

Precious Sipin is a Filipina actor, filmmaker, and teaching artist based in Lenapehoking Land (aka NYC). A believer of continuous learning and for the upliftment of Black,Brown,Indigenous, and Native communities, Precious has done solidarity work in Nicaragua and Ghana on performance art, education access, and women's activism. Her film “Expectations” recently received a few honorable mentions in several film festivals. She won “Best Director” for her film “Infectious” in 2020 as part of the Asian American Film Lab’s 72hr Shootout. Some acting credits include- Film/TV: Going in Style (dir. Zach Braff), Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee NY Theater: Not A Gift (FringeNYC), Do, Wager (Atlantic Pacific Theatre), Park Plays (Queens Theatre) Manna-Hata (Peculiar Works Project), The Journey Of A Brown Girl (dir. Jana Lynne Umipig), Tagalogue at the Nuyorican Poets Café (solo show: DALAGA), Bye Bye Birdie! (Harlem Repertory Theatre), Swoony Planet (dir. Mia Katigbak), Wedding Band (dir. Daniel Alexander Jones). Precious received her BA in Acting from Fordham University. www.PreciousSipin.com

kristi donna ng
narrator

Kristi Donna Ng is an award-winning writer, actress and producer. Her films have been screened at the Boston Asian American Film Festival, Syracuse International Film Festival (1st Place Winner), The Barrow Group's 48 Hour Film Festival (Two-time Audience Award Winner), Asian Film Lab's 72 Hour Film ShootOut, and at The Sparrow Film Project where she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Award. Select theatre credits: Same Time Next Week (Joust Theatre Company), Joker (National Queer Theatre), Love/Sick (PaperKids Theatre Company). Kristi was a playwriting mentor for Quinnipiac University's New Play Festival for three seasons and is a current Teacher-in-Training at The Barrow Group. www.krisdng.com