Jack Shamblin is a Queer, genderfluid interdisciplinary performance artist, healer, and playwright. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation (Anigilohi Clan), their work fuses ritual, personal myth, and experimental performance. They debuted Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker onstage with Philip Seymour Hoffman and originated a role in Anne Bogart’s Marathon Dancing. In NYC, their plays have been featured at La MaMa, Dixon Place, and HERE. Alexis Arquette once performed Jack’s version of Myra Breckinridge. Internationally, they’ve collaborated with Lisbon artists and taught at Centro Em Movimento. Jack published Queering the Stage in 2015 and currently hosts Queer Lab at the Dramatists Guild Foundation.

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Jack Shamblin (they/he) – Queer, genderfluid artist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Their ritual-infused performance work has appeared at La MaMa, Dixon Place, and HERE. They debuted Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman and cite Churchill and Anne Bogart as major influences. Host of Queer Lab.

Jane Catherine Shaw (she/her) – Director. Artistic Director of La MaMa’s Puppet Slam and Co-Founder of Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival. Frequent collaborator with Theodora Skipitares. Known for a process rooted in discovery and play. Work presented at La MaMa, Henson International Festival, and international puppet festivals.

Daniel Antoniu (he/him) – Sound Technician & Collaborator. Creates electroacoustic works, installations, and experimental performance using extended voice, bowed guitar, and electronics. Music performed internationally and at venues including SUNY Purchase, Neuberger Museum, and SICPP. Collaborator with ensembles like Apply Triangle Trio and Combustible Ensemble.

Colin Ginks (he/him) – Visual Artist & Dramaturg (Short Film Collaboration)

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Adrian Crawford (he/him) – Brooklyn-born playwright and author. Works include Blame, Billy’s Reckoning, and The Perfect Relationship in Bushwick. M/M romance novella Capturing a Deputy’s Heart released in 2024. Member of the Dramatists Guild and Queer Lab. Studied playwriting at Lehman College – CUNY.

Juan Ramirez, Jr. (he/him) – Director. Award-winning Nuyorican-Chapín playwright, director, and filmmaker. Creator of Calling Puerto Rico and Broadway of the Bronx. Dramatists Guild Fellow. Work presented at Urban Stages, Pa’lante Theater, Downtown Urban Arts Festival, and more. Founder of The PlayPen Collective.

Sergio Caetano (he/him) – Performer. Sergio Caetano is a first-generation Latine actor based in NYC/NJ area. He recently appeared in Goat Blood at Under St. Marks Theater. Previous credits: Fun with Panic Attacks, Sonnets for an Old Century, Intar Theatre. You Across From Me, Evocation to Visible Appearance, Actors Theatre of Louisville. Much Ado Para Nada, Shakespeare in Detroit. Rapunzel, Black and Brown Theatre. He graduated from Montclair State University’s BFA Acting program. He is a former member of Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Professional Training Company. He’s currently a proud member of Intar’s Unit 52. 

Energetic. Authentic. Emotional. Physical. He is really passionate about stories that reveal the hard truths and the farcical moments of relationships, family dynamics, queer identity, and characters overcoming emotional and physical dilemmas.

Ariel Pacheco (he/him) – Performer.

Katherine Harrington (she/her) – Performer. Katherine Harrington is an actor by choice multi hyphenate by force. Off Broadway, War Dreamer, Mokeb, Macbeth, Little Brown Girl Super Hero Play. Blud in the Water at the Royal Court in London.  TV/film credits include WWYD ABC studios, An Astute Woman Comedy Cellar, Last Breath on Earth NOWNESS ASIA. Katherine is a graduate of The Esper Studio and BADA. She is repped by CLA partners and Buchwald. 

Carli Mejia-Vásquez – Performer. Pin-Up Boy, actor, singer, and burlesque performer. Known for charm, cheek, and high heels.