Dana is a native Northern Californian who was born and raised in Sacramento. She has previously worked with Kareem Fahmy and Heather Hollingsworth on DON JUAN DOES NEW JERSEY. Favorite roles include L’il Bit in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Mae in FOOL FOR LOVE, Anna in THE BALTIMORE WALTZ, Helena in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and Luciana in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. She has her MFA in Acting from Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts.

McKenna is a company member of the Obie Award-winning New Paradise Laboratories (NPL) and has created and performed their work since 1999. With NPL, McKenna has performed at the Humana Festival at Actors' Theatre of Louisville, PS 122, Walker Art Center, Andy Warhol Museum, Touchstone Theatre and the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. McKenna has also performed with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company, People's Light & Theatre Company, Headlong Dance Theatre, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, and toured Ireland performing in the ReJoyce Festival. Most recently she performed in the Ice Factory Festival at the Ohio Theatre. Next up: THE BULE BIRD with Witness Relocation. Film: LEBANON, READY OR NOT. TV:  HACK, ALL MY CHILDREN.

David was born and raised in Texas and moved to New York nine years ago. He is honored to be a part of this project. Theater credits include: FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN STAR (La Mama ETC), DEATH BY JOINERY (La Mama ETC), and a regional tour of ULTRA-LIGHT. He can also be seen as a visiting actor with the improv troop the Nefarious Popes and the satirical protest group Billionaires for Bush. He would like to thank his friends, family, and fiancé for their support. He would also like to thank Kareem Fahmy and Heather Hollingsworth for giving him this opportunity.

Kyle Knauf was recently in NOT DARK YET a production in the New York International Fringe Festival. As a member of the NU classical Theater he will be featured in a book about the technique of Comedia del Arte written by Nicky Woltz and Arnold Arronson. He has performed in New York Classical Theater's LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, Classic Stage Company's Young Company version of TARTUFFE and SCAPIN, and the Flea Theater's Obie winning production of BENTEN KOZO as Benten. Internationally he took part in two festivals: The Schauspiel Festival in Essen, Germay with COMEDY OF ERRORS and The Arezzo Festival in Italy with SCAPIN. Regional credits include: ROMEO Y JULIETA (Quantum Theater, LA), TAMING OF THE SHREW (Shakespeare by the Sea, CA), NAKED ANGELS (Sacred Fools, LA). He is a member of the Present Company's artist workshop "The Pool."   Other projects include: FETES DE LA NUIT– Charles Mee (Columbia Stages), 365NYC Final Presentation– Suzanne Lori Parks (Ars Nova) at the Public, I, CLAUDIUS (Theater Askew) and various independent films. Kyle is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA acting program.

NY credits: MINA (La MaMa E.T.C.) PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM (Zootopia Theatre Co.); THINGS BEYOND OUR CONTROLl (Grid Theater); DRESS (Six Figures/Isadora Prod.); TWELFTH NIGHT (Play Outside Fest./Aisling Arts); and SNAKE IN THE FRIDGE (Themantics Group). Favorite regional credits: Puck in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); THE THREEPENNY OPERA and SCAPIN (New Repertory Theatre).  Independent Film: THE WEEKEND. Brandeis University (MFA). Matthew is also Co-Artistic Director of Zootopia Theatre Co., an emerging organization devoted to producing new works. Please visit zootopiatheatre.org and matthewjnichols.com for more information.

Hailing from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Kareem is a graduate of McGill University and of Columbia University (Dean’s Fellow, Willard Fellow, Shubert Grant recipient) where he received an MFA in theatre directing. Directing credits, New York: THE OKLAHOMA QUARTET (reading at New York Theatre Workshop), DON JUAN DOES NEW JERSEY (also adaptor, with Prospect Theatre’s Dark Nights Series), PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM (NY premiere, with Zootopia Theatre), A FIRST CLASS MAN (world premiere, with Alter Ego Productions), C4: THE CHEKHOV PROJECT (with Prospect Theatre’s Dark Nights Series), THE COLLECTED WORKS OF BILLY THE KID, CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, LION IN THE STREETS, DRUMS IN THE NIGHT, THE WAY TO BEGIN, ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO. Montreal: TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS, W/O U I’M NOTHING (world premiere, also playwright), VENUS (Canadian premiere), LANGUAGE OF ANGELS (Canadian premiere), CLOSER. As Assistant Director: GOOG BOYS AND TRUE (Second Stage), THE CAVE DWELLERS (The Pearl Theatre Company), THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA (Columbia Stages). Kareem is the founder and Artistic Director of The Alternate Theatre. He was recently a Van Lier Directing Fellow at Second Stage Theatre Company. www.kareemfahmy.com

Ellen’s recent credits include Mile Square Theatre’s COMEDY OF ERRORS and Theatre Lila’s FIRECRACKER. Other professional design credits include two seasons as resident costume designer at Whittier College in CA, the film SUPERHERO, and short film: WHERE IS JOEL BAUM? Other projects include producing Narciso Rodriegz’s costumes for Chris Wheeldon’s Dance Company Morphoses and as a dresser for the American Ballet Theatre. She graduated with an MFA in Costume Design from Rutgers University. She is a member of Local 764.