Jamie Shapiro is a rising Junior at Tisch School of Drama/Playwrights Horizons Studio, and an alum of the Cherubs program at Northwestern. She fancies herself an actress, writer, and procrastinator and enjoys long walks on the beach, hoagies, and Chobani Strawberry Yogurt. While not at NYU, she can be found working various odd jobs at her other theater homes, Ars Nova, Fresh Ground Pepper and Pipeline. Follow her tweetsploits at @theJamieShap.
Nile Harris
Nile Harris is a 3rd year at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. She is originally from Philadelphia but now likes to think of New York as her home. She considers herself an actress predominantly with strong interests in devised movement and directing. Her favorite artist is Lauryn Hill and her favorite actress is Angela Davis. When she’s not acting she can be found looking for new small movie theaters in an effort to avoid going to academic classes, or eating an unhealthy amount of Mango High Chews in Washington Square Park!
Jessie Poole
Jessie Poole is a recent graduate from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BFA in Acting. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, Rep Stage, Centerstage, and is an Equity Membership Candidate. As a puppeteer, along with Dan Friedman, she has performed in their devised puppetry piece entitled “Red” at Black Cherry Puppet Theatre’s Apocalypse Puppet Slams. This August, she will present an excerpt from Fabulous Presto, conceived and directed by Colette Searls, at Puppets Take Strathmore! in Bethesda, Maryland.
Daniel Friedman
Daniel Friedman is a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BFA in Acting. As a puppeteer, he has performed in Fabulous Presto (at UMBC), several puppet slams at the Black Cherry Puppet Theater, and has studied under The Old Trout Puppet Workshop. He also performs stand-up comedy and co-hosts Chucklestorm, a monthly comedy show in downtown Baltimore.
David Brasington
David Brasington is a Co-founder and Company Member at The Interrobang Theatre Company in Baltimore, Maryland.
Zach Herchen
Saxophonist Zach Herchen performs music ranging from classical trios to jazz tone poems, multimedia works, afrobeat, and beyond. He has performed as a soloist in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and at American venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Kennedy Center. Zach was a Bang on a Can Summer Festival Fellow, a past staff member at NEC’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, and has given masterclasses and held residencies at schools such as Peabody, Berklee, UVA, Aaron Copland School and more. Zach performs with New Thread Quartet, Rhymes With Opera, and is the director of Con Vivo Music.