A.R.T.: Barber Shop Chronicles. Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer and founder of: The Midnight Run (an arts-filled, night-time, urban walking experience.), The Rhythm and Poetry Party (The R.A.P Party) which celebrates poetry & hip hop, and Poetry + Film / Hack (P+F/H) which celebrates Poetry and Film. Identity, Displacement & Destiny are reoccurring themes in his work, where he tries to mix the old with the new: traditional African oral storytelling with contemporary poetics, paint with pixel, texture with vector. His books are published by Flipped Eye, Akashic, Nine Arches, Penned in the Margins, Oberon & Methuen.

A.R.T.: Over twenty productions, including most recently, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Jagged Little Pill, The White Card, Arrabal, Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Prometheus Bound, Best of Both Worlds, The Seagull, Julius Caesar, Britannicus, and Marat/Sade. Broadway: Indecent, The Gin Game; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change, National Theatre London; Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, Old Vic; Topdog/Underdog, Royal Court; Bells Are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince, Tony, Drama Desk nominations); Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, The Tempest. Recent productions include: Dreaming Zenzile, Light Shining…, NYTW; The Skin of Our Teeth, TFANA; The Invisible Hand (Henry Hewes Design Award); Red Speedo (Drama Desk Nomination); Grounded (directed by Julie Taymor). International: Théâtre du Châtelet, Avignon (Cour d’honneur Palais des Papes); Oslo, National Theatre; Abbey Theatre. Recipient, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design. Hernández is an Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Yale School of Drama.

A.R.T.: Endlings. Broadway: Doubt; Harmony; Summer, 1976; Take Me Out; Grand Horizons; Anastasia (Tony nomination); The Great Society; A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony & Henry Hewes Awards, OCC nomination); The Lifespan of a Fact; Velocity of Autumn. New York Theatre Workshop: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord; Endlings. Her extensive body of work includes productions at acclaimed theaters and opera companies across the country and around the world. Advisory Committee, American Theatre Wing. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama.

A.R.T.: Debut. NYC: How To Defend Yourself, NYTW; Uncle Vanya, OHenry; The Cotillion, New Georges & The Movement Theatre Company; Regretfully, So the Birds Are, Playwrights Horizons; Cornelia Street, Atlantic Theater Company; Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, Manhattan Theatre Club; This Beautiful Future, Cherry Lane; Fat Ham, Public Theater & National Black Theatre; Wedding Band, Theatre for a New Audience. 2018 Lilly Award Daryl Roth Prize recipient.

A.R.T.: Ocean Filibuster (original sound design concept co-developer). Broadway: Thanksgiving Play, Fat Ham, Death of a Salesman,Cost of Living, Macbeth, Thoughts of a Colored Man. Off-Broadway: On Sugarland, Sanctuary City, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, NYTW; Primary Trust, Roundabout; Fairview, Soho Rep; Rags Parkland, Underground Railroad Game, Ars Nova. Recipient: Obie Award, Creative Capital Award and Henry Hewes Award.

A.R.T.: Ocean Filibuster. Broadway: Network, The Waverly Gallery, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, The Crucible. Off-Broadway: Lazarus, Little Foxes, Liberty City, The Misanthrope, Beast, Kaos, NYTW; Hamlet; Antigone; The Damned; Kings of War.London: Get Up, Stand Up; Anna X. Opera: Exterminating Angel, Salome, Macbeth. Awards & Nominations: Lucille Lortel, Tony.

A.R.T.: Debut. Performance Credits: Camille A. Brown & Dancers company. Recent Choreography Credits: Angelique Kidjo’s Yemandja!, The Public; It’s Fine, I’m Fine and Citrus, Regional Theatre; The Wedding Band, Montclair State University; International Dance Company, TWU. Recent Choreographic Concerts: Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40th Anniversary Battery Dance Festival. Education: BA/MFA, Montclair State University. Recent Teaching Credits: Associate Professor, Indiana University Contemporary Dance.

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy.

A.R.T.: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Broadway: Pass Over, Sweeney Todd, Parade, White Girl in Danger. Off-Broadway: How to Defend Yourself, NYTW; Parade, NYCC; Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Confederates, My Broken Language, Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, Amani. Regional: Lempicka, The Outsiders, Trading Places. Sensitivity Facilitator: Columbia University, Harvard University, Brown University.

A.R.T.: 1776, Waitress, Crossing, Finding Neverland. North American Dialect Coach: Hamilton. Broadway: Parade, 1776, Macbeth, Slave Play, What the Constitution Means to Me, Once on this Island, Waitress. Off-Broadway: Sojourners, Her Portmanteau, An Ordinary Muslim, The House That Will Not Stand, american (tele)visions, How to Defend Yourself, NYTW; Richard III, Merry Wives, The Public Theater. MFA, American Conservatory Theater. NYTW Usual Suspect.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: King Lear. Off-Broadway: The Half-God of Rainfall, runboyrun, In Old Age, NYTW; The Jungle, St. Ann’s Warehouse, STC; Becky Nurse of Salem, LCT; Hamlet & Oresteia, Park Avenue Armory; The Vagrant Trilogy, The Outer Space, The Apple Family Plays, Public/NYSF; sandblasted, Vineyard; The Courtroom, Hamlet, Waterwell; Sense & Sensibility, Bedlam. BA: Barnard College.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: Crumbs From The Table Of Joy, Keen Theater; Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Audible Theater; Native Son, The Acting Co.; If Pretty Hurts…, Playwrights Horizons. TV/Film: “Blue Bloods,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” (CBS), “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC), “The Good Fight“ (Paramount Plus), Mother/Android, The Upside.