[[I am the product of the brilliant teachings and generosity of many artistic mentors. Mentors in music, theatre, production, and writing. I think that I finally landed on Playwrighting because it was the one artform that rolled everything I had ever learned about art, into one discipline. It was also an artform that I could wield, while holding a full-time job, raising two boys and being a loving partner. I love live theater. I love that, in the darkness, we agree to focus together on something outside ourselves; that our shields lower, our unconscious comes out to play. In that space, I get to share with you something I’ve been thinking about, something I hope will resonate with you, or make you laugh, and perhaps, days later, give you pause. I believe that it is the playwright’s job, to challenge the actor, ignite the director and creative designers, and use the dynamic writing tools of structure, character, and action, to compel an audience to follow us, into that darkness, on an unexpected and compelling journey. Laughter is also encouraged.

My play “Wednesday in the Park with Blake” was recently produced in New York by the New Ambassadors Theatre Company, and my play “Bounce” was a semi-finalist at The National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. My screenplay “Clipless” was a Sundance semi-finalist, and my screenplay “Sin City” written with Sarah Schenck, was both a Chesterfield and Sundance semi-finalist. As a producer, I worked on the feature film Slippery Slope which was a Montreal Film Festival official selection. I have performed with The National Shakespeare Company, The Negro Ensemble Company, The Amistad World Theater, The Chicago Symphony, and The Lyric Opera of Chicago.]]

[[Nicole Greevy has been producing work for over 20 years, both solo and as part of writing teams and for large organizations. As an actor, she has toured the country and appeared in many productions in New York, most recently with Regeneration Theatre (a review of her performance in their production of The Shadow Box, said she “channelled Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra.”). As a member of the three-woman Numerical Productions she co-wrote and produced the TV Pilot Living in Captivity (Official Selection New York and Los Angeles Independent Television Festivals), and with her husband, actor and director Todd Faulkner, she co-wrote and produced the webseries Exorcists Local 667 (Official Selection, Los Angeles Independent Television Festival). With Numerical Productions she also co-wrote and produced Five by Three (Midtown Theater Festival), which included the short play 28 Years Later (winner, Best Short Play Midtown Theater Festival and finalist in the Samuel French Off-off Broadway Short Play Festival). Prior to becoming a mom, she worked over a decade in Wildlife Theater at the Central Park Zoo, originally as a performer, later as Theater Coordinator, casting and directing the summer ensemble of actors, and creating conservation-themed plays and songs for the zoogoers. She has also written conservation theater for the Milwaukee Zoo, and conservation-themed plays for performance in schools. She is currently working on the third season of Uncanny County, a multiple award-winning fiction podcast, on which she began as an actor and contributing writer and was promoted to producer for Season 2.]]

[[Mia Borrelli has been an event & theatre producer in the New York City metro area for 20+ years. She began her producing career as the General Manager of The Actors Shakespeare Company, in which she managed grant proposals, budgeting & finances, oversaw all employment contracts & payroll, costume & prop inventory and maintenance, casting and rehearsal management and box office procedures. As a member of The Actors Shakespeare Company, Mia was also an actor, director and stage manager at various times. She developed, managed, and performed in a comprehensive high school theatre workshop based on Romeo & Juliet. As a professional actor in New York City, Mia appeared in various national network commercials and print campaigns.

As an event producer for the past 15 years, she has worked extensively on many large high-profile NYC events to include the TCS New York City Marathon, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour and the NYC Triathlon. Other events include, but not limited to, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Cycle For Survival, Athletes Unlimited Professional Women's Sports Leagues, Gran Fondo, Tunnel To Towers, Susan G. Komen Race for The Cure, Wounded Warrior Project, WrestleMania Axxess, and many others. Her event producing skills runs the gamut to include onsite management, transportation logistics, permitting, vendors & contracts, client management, staffing, equipment.]]

[[Todd Faulkner has been a filmmaker, writer and producer for over 20 years. He is the co-creator and a primary writer/director on the award-winning audio drama podcast Uncanny County. The supernatural anthology, described as “a Southwestern Twilight Zone, as it might have been imagined by the Coen Brothers” was singled out by msn.com as “an essential piece of contemporary audio fiction.” Season 3 is currently in preproduction. He directed and co-produced the independent television pilot Living in Captivity (Official Selection New York and Los Angeles Independent Television Festivals), and co created, produced and directed the webseries Exorcists Local 667 (Official Selection Los Angeles Independent Television Festival and SharpCuts Festival, Canada). As an actor he is best known for his appearances as Agent Loeb throughout all six seasons of the critically acclaimed FX series The Americans (FX). He has also appeared on The Blacklist (NBC), as well as Mindhunter (Netflix), Seven Seconds (Netflix), Bull (CBS) God Friended Me (CBS), The Following (FOX), and many other New York based television shows. He played Sarge/Scarlett in the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Yank!, as Marlin in the original production of Disney’s Finding Nemo: The Musical, and has performed a variety of roles in theaters throughout the country.]]

[[Long time New York character actor/stage manager, Jay A. Nelson has worked with Circle Repertory Company, The Actors Studio, New York Stage Works and Charlotte Repertory Theater, among many others. His favorite roles include “Titus” Oates in “Terra Nova” and F.C. Carr Gomm in “The Elephant Man” at Charlotte Repertory Theater (Charlotte, N.C.), St. John Quartermain in “Quartermaine’s Terms” at Oldcastle Theater Co. (Bennington, VT.) and Lionel McAuley in the long running Off Broadway show “Perfect Crime”. He began his NY career stage managing at The Actors Studio.

Jay’s wife (Nancy Hamada, playwright of “The Bronze Boy”) convinced him to dust off his retirement shoes to help her bring “The Bronze Boy” to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on this adventure of a lifetime. ]]

[[Tony has over 20 years in the hospitality industry in New York City and has extensive experience in opening and managing restaurants. His career started as a managing partner of an upscale Bistro on the Upper East side. He then went on to open and manage several restaurants with Branded Restaurant Group. His role with the company was extensive to include, but not limited to staffing, vendor relations, inventory management, purchasing and developing operational procedures. With his approachable persona and good problem solving skills, he is a master at interacting with people from staff, to vendors, to customers. Tony also has onsite event experience both from a hospitality and operational perspective.]]