Matt Owen grew up in Seattle, and has a BFA in Theater from the Boston Conservatory. He has performed in Regional theaters in seattle and across the country. In New York, he has performed Off-Broadway, and in the NYC Fringe Festival.
Matt has had the opportunity to perform with many Broadway/Television names including Fred Willard, Judy Kaye, Dee Hoty, Christopher Sieber, and Patti Cohenour, Michael Winters, and Bronson Pinchot.
In the spring of 2007, Matt relocated to Los Angeles, where he and roommate Chris Laxamana started Angry Dragon Pictures, currently producing the hit web series EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY.
Jesca Prudencio is a theater director and designer based in New York City. Recent directing credits include Traces of Eruption and Where the Heart (The Movement Theatre Company), and A Play for an All White Stage (Old Vic Theatre) as a 2010 directing recipient for the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange. Jesca has a BFA from NYU where she directed The Magic Cave of Salamanca, INFANCY, and BFE. She also directed original musicals Balik Puso and The Flipside both written and produced by the International Filipino Association. She is the Production Associate at Ping Chong & Company where she has assisted Ping Chong on various projects such as The Devil You Know and Throne of Blood.
Ana Nogueira - Off-Broadway/New York Theater: Knives and Other Sharp Objects (The Public/LAByrinth), Goodtime Charley (The York), Boy in the Bathroom (NYMF), Cutman: A Boxing Musical (NYMF), Perez Hilton Saves the Universe (FringeNYC). Regional Theater: Barrio Grrrl (The Kennedy Center, World Premiere), 26 Miles (World Premiere), After Ashley. Readings/Workshops include: Bring It On! (dir. Andy Blankenbuehler), Clueless (dir. Tina Landau), On a Clear Day (dir. Michael Mayer). Ana holds a BFA in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory. As always, for Mom, Dad and Raquel.
Christy McIntosh is excited to be popping her FringeNYC cherry. Off-Broadway: Annie/Shelly in Evil Dead: The Musical, Becky Warder in Clyde Fitch’s The Truth, Elvis and Juliet with Fred Willard. Regional Theatre: Allison Moore’s Slasher (Humana Festival), Clea in Theresa Rebeck’s The Scene (Hartford Stage and George St. Playhouse), Kirsten Childs’ Funked Up Fairy Tales (Barrington), Debbie in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, Bat Boy, Louis Sachar’s Holes, The Last 5 Years. TV: Law & Order: SVU. Member of sketch comedy troupe, Honorable Mention. Christy is a newlywed and loves her husband, Eli, a whole heck of a lot. Proud member of Actors Equity Association. www.christymcintosh.com
Tom Patrick Stephens - Off-Broadway: Gabriel (u/s); Parlour Song (both Atlantic Theater Company). Regional: The Pillowman; Noises Off; The Mystery Of Irma Vep (all Wellfleet Harbour Actors Theater). Film: BabyMama. TV: John Adams; One Life To Live; As The World Turns.
John Jalandoni is a native New Yorker. Design credits include: Bash, Little Women, The Rock Garden, Shooting Gallery and the North American premiere of Bintou. He is currently the studio assistant for Scenic Designer Julia Noulin- Mérat. Assistant credits include Tender, Penelope of Ithaca, Elixir of Love. John will graduate from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Tech Track program with a focus in scenic design in the spring of 2011.
Jennifer Fisher is happy to be working with Dalliance Theater again, after previously designing Refractions and Who Is Jordan Bishop? for the company. Jennifer is a Freelance Craft Artisan/Milliner for various theatrical productions around the city.
T. Rick Hayashi has designed lights for: FringeNYC: Ghost of Dracula, And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes; Movement Theater: Bintou, Traces of Eruption; Hope Speaks; Pipeline Theater Company: Psycho Beach Party; Examined Man Theater: Spaceship to Venus; NYU: Infancy, The Magic Cave of Salamanca, Monster, La Casa Azul, Talk to Me Like the Rain…, The Crucible, The Lesson, Springtime, The Crooked Cross, Shadow of a Man; NYMT: Madame Bovary by Adrienne Kennedy, as well as for PMT Dance Studios. As director, credits include: And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes with Eric Louie (Joe's Pub); Taming of the Shrew (Old Vic New Voices), M. Butterfly, Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 University, Two Marias, Bench Seat, The Fantasticks. He also served as a producer for Three Sisters, directed by Eve Best for Old Vic New Voices. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, he is currently the associate producer to Broadway producer Margo Lion, the manager for The American Associates of The Old Vic, the managing consultant to Wicked Japan for The Araca Group, and has consulted for Universal Studios: Japan.
Yusuke Namiki was born in 1985 and grew up in East Los Angeles. He has been a DJ since the 9th grade and began making beats in 11th. He moved to NYC at 17 to study education and philosophy at NYU. Currently, he is a special-ed teacher and recording artist in NYC. He has been creating music for film, live performances and theater with many talented people. He particularly enjoyed Bintou, She's Sleep and Finding God in China. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Sis, Dev, Ben, Matt, and Gi. Shout out to Nosaj Thing and crew!
Kate Freer- Designer: Seed (HAS Theater, Classical Theater of Harlem, dir. Niegel Smith), Neither Heaven Nor Earth (New School Theater, dir. John Hansen-Brevetti), Wanted (PS 122, soloNOVA Festival, dir. Kamilah Forbes), The Gay Ivy (Dixon Place), Uncensored (Julia Miles Theater, MCC Youth Company), Remembering Mr. Maugham (The Clurman, Theater Row, CSC, dir. Toni Speciale), The Office and the Metal Blob (Cherry Lane, NYC Fringe Festival), Cobb (DeerTrees Theater, DTT Festival), and The Footage (The Flea). Kate is a Brooklyn-based video artist and graduate of NYU Film School. In 2007 she founded Room 404 Media, a new media and interactive design collective with partner Dave Tennent. 404 specializes in creating context-specific media for theater and events. www.room404media.com
\Jennifer Tchiakpe was born and raised in Paris, France. She has studied theater and Stage Combat at HB Studio, Atlantic Acting School and SITI Company. Jennifer is also a proud member of Samurai Sword Soul, a Japanese sword fighting company, with whom she has been performing since 2006. Her credits include: Films: Illusion by Lamia Alami; Homecoming by Miriam Agwai; Public Hearing by James N. Kienitz Wilkins; Wake by Nick Spaventa, Dave Sainte & John Shaner; Zone by Jade Hemsi; Ichi by Christian Borja (as actor and fight choreographer). Theater: The Un-Marrying Project, writer Larry Kunofsky (TMTC Reading Series); Traces of Eruption, dir. Jesca Prudencio (The Movement Theater Company); After the Flood (Common Thread Theater); My sister’s place (Afrikan Women’s Repertory Theater). www.jennifertchiakpe.com
Dina Paola Rodriguez is excited to be working with Dalliance once again. NYC credits include Resident Second ASM: Jennifer Muller/ The Works; Resident SM: Gingold Group/ Project Shaw; ASM: Who Is Jordan Bishop; FL Credits: Resident PSM for two seasons at The Village Playhouse.
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