Bios: Actors Charles
Everett
began acting at age 9 in community theater in his native Connecticut. He continued
his acting training with the historic Negro Ensemble Company of New York City
and starred in their touring production of Colored Peoples Time. Other
credits include King of the Road at Theater Row, Youth Communication's
25th Anniversary at Symphony Space, and a supporting role in the independent feature
film The Assassin. Charles has been featured in numerous national television
commercials as both an on-camera and voiceover talent. Charles has recorded and
toured with rock band The Hotheads and is producing the debut album for hip hop
group Black Astronauts.Shayna
Padovano
most recently appeared as La Llorona in La Llorona which she co-wrote,
co-directed and choreographed at the Boston University School of Theatre. Other
credits include Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Huntington Theatre,
Gertie in Fuddy Meers at Boston University, Shy in the original play White
Rabbit at the Valley Arts Festival in Amherst, MA., Eurydice in Polaroid
Stories and Wasp in Bartholomew Fair both at the Accademia dell'Arte
in Arezzo, Italy. Shayna holds a B.F.A in Theatre Arts and a minor in Italian
Studies from Boston University. Francisco
Solorzano*
has appeared in the original short play, The Hunger Arts (Makor Theater),
40th Anniversary Revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead opposite Anna
Chlumsky, The Water Engine (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland),
35th Anniversary production of The Indian Wants The Bronx at Israel Horovitz's
Gloucester Stage Company. Originated role of Ismail in A Mother's Love
by Israel Horovitz (Gloucester Stage Company, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 78th
Street Theatre Lab). Francisco is a founder and has been Artistic Director of
Barefoot Theatre Company since 1999 and received a BFA in acting from Brooklyn
College. He is honored to have been invited to join this badass, wonderful, &
talented group. Special thanks to his peeps!, family and Victoria. Tasha
Guevara (DJ Tabu)*
-This is Tasha's third Fringe Festival and she has been doing the struggling actor
thing in New York for the past four years. Tasha has several independent movies
and commercials under her belt and serves as an acting teacher with the Creative
Arts Team at CUNY and MCC Theater. She can be found DJing in and around the city
and is working on her own record label/DJ management company with her partner
Emma Holmes who is based in England. She would like to thank everyone involved
in this production for this lovely opportunity to give a voice to teen writers. *
These actors are appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
EQUITY
APPROVED SHOWCASE Director
& Adaptors
Tamilla Woodard,
Director and Adaptor-Most recently, Tamilla directed The Book of the Who
for MCC's Fresh Play Festival and An Evening Honoring Toni Morrison at
Lincoln Center Jazz featuring readings and tributes by Sonia Sanchez, Phylicia
Rashad, Bill T. Jones and Sweet Honey in the Rock among others. Also, this year:
The premier of Stanton Woods' Mr. Hoovers Tea Party for Off World Theatre,
the national tour of WeGotIssues! and the remount of Valiant, winner
of a 2004 Best Of Fringe award for performance, a Best Of listing in New York
Magazine and recently nominated for an Innovative Theatre Award. She is honored
to bring these voices to this stage. Sharahn
McClung,
Adaptor-Sharahn was recently nominated for an IT Award for Ensemble for her performance
in Valiant (adapted by Lanna Joffrey, directed by Tamilla Woodard) at the
UNYYC. A reading of Valiant was also recently presented at The Williamstown
Theatre Festival and has been invited to join the Culture Project's IMPACT Festival
in the fall. Other credits: Valiant, FringeNYC 2004 "Best of Fringe Award"
and New York Magazine's "Pick of the Week"; Question Love
dir:Hayley Finn-FringeNYC 2004; American Myth Project (Primary Stages)
directed by Andrew Lensye; Women on Love (The Culture Project & Six
Figures Theatre Co.), Linked (Hypothetical Theatre Company), Four written
by Christopher Shinn; Beethoven N Pierrot (Denver Center Theatre),
War Story (Mill Mountain Theatre), Unreal City (Epiphany Theater Company).
Readings & Workshops include: NGO Commission of the Status of Women, Lark
Theatre Company, New Georges, Urban Stages, New Jersey Rep. Co., and Emerging
Artists Theatre, and THAW.
Choreographer
McKenzie
Frye, Choreographer-McKenzie is a Detroit native and Howard University
graduate whose credits include River Deep (Peter Jay Sharp Theater), Crowns
(Arizona Theatre Company), Damn Yankees (Lucille Lortel Theater/St. Louis
Black Repertory Theatre-Woodie Award for Best Supporting Actress), ABK for
Life (Columbia University), Dreamgirls (Arkansas Repertory Theatre),
Black Footnotes (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Harriet's Return starring
Debbie Allen (The Kennedy Center), and Donald Byrd's Harlem Nutcracker.
What a talented trio Here. This. Now. |
