Pinkolandia

Andrea Thome is a Chilean-Costa Rican, Wisconsin-born playwright who grew up navigating the multiple landscapes and languages that inhabit her plays. Pinkolandia was first presented at Two River Theater in 2012’s Crossing Borders Readings Festival, also directed by Jose Zayas. Through the Lark Play Development Center’s Launching New Plays program, Andrea has had the extraordinary opportunity to participate in three more production processes for Pinkolandia: at New York’s INTAR Theatre (May 2013), Austin’s Salvage Vanguard Theater (October 2013), and the Chicago area’s 16th Street Theater (coming in April 2014). Her play Undone was published in Out of Time & Place: An Anthology of Plays by the Women’s Project Playwrights Lab (Women’s Project & Productions, 2010), and presented by Queens College Theatre, Victory Gardens Ignition Festival (Chicago), INTAR New Works Lab, Lark BareBones. Other plays include her physical theater farce Worm Girl (Cherry Red Productions, DC) and a multidisciplinary work-in-progress, The Necklace of the Dove, a Mabou Mines Resident Artist Project (2012-13). Andrea’s translations include Neva, by Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón (produced at NYC’s Public Theater and Center Theatre Group/South Coast Rep/La Jolla Playhouse, 2013), and Rodrigo García’s You Should Have Stayed Home, Morons (commissioned by CTG, premiered at Radar L.A. Festival, September 2013). Since 2006, she has directed the Lark Play Development Center’s Mexico-US Playwright Exchange, in which theater artists from both countries collaborate to create theatrical translations. Andrea became a playwright by necessity in San Francisco, where she and her fellow Red Rocket Theater company founders helped pay their theater’s rent by creating and producing a new play each month. Andrea also co-directs FULANA, a New York-based satire collective that creates cutting-edge political & cultural parodies (www.fulana.org), and has taught at various universities, schools and cultural centers nationwide. Fellowships include NYFA, the City of Oakland, New York University (MFA Fellow), and the Women’s Project Lab. Andrea is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.

José Zayas (he/him/his) is an award-winning director. He has directed over 100 productions in New York, regionally, and internationally. Credits include: El Perro del Hortelano (Gala Theatre), Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts), The Queen of Basel (Studio Theatre, DC), Exquisita Agonía (Repertorio Español), The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (BAM, MASS MoCA, US & European Tours), A Nonesuch Celebration (BAM), Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse, The Flea Theater), Undocumented (Joe’s Pub), Pinkolandia and El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom (Two River Theater), The House of the Spirits (Teatro Espressivo, Gala Theatre, Denver Center, ACE, HOLA, and Ovation Awards for Best Production and Direction), Your Name Will Follow You Home, La Nena Se Casa, Love in the Time of Cholera, In the Time of the Butterflies, In The Name of Salome, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Burundanga (Repertorio Español, ACE and HOLA Awards for Best Production and Direction for the latter two), Corazon Eterno, (Mixed Blood), Southern Promises and Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (PS 122, The Brick), Useless (IRT), Father of Lies and Vengeance Can Wait (PS 122); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, Feeder: A Love Story (TerraNOVA Collective); Privilege, Okay, Mrs. Jones and the Man From Dixieland (EST), The Idea of Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Queen Bees (Queens Theatre in the Park), Manuel Vs. The Statue of Liberty and Children of Salt (NYMF), Cancun, Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gala Theatre, DC), Wedding Dress, The Island of Lonely Men (Teatro Espressivo, Costa Rica). José has premiered works by Stephin Merritt, Hilary Bettis, Nilo Cruz, Caridad Svich, Robert Askins, Thomas Bradshaw, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, Taylor Mac, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Lynn Rosen, Saviana Stanescu, Carlos Murillo, Rob Urbinati, Kristina Poe, Catherine Filloux, James Carter, Gerardo Cardenas, Matt Barbot, Susan Kim, and Jordi Galceran. ​Notable fellowships and affiliations include: a Drama League Fellowship, Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab, Soho Repertory Theater’s Writer/Director Lab, and the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors. He is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) and he was the Resident Director at Repertorio Español from 2008-2018. José was born in Puerto Rico. He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University. https://www.josezayasdirector.com/

Raul Abrego is a set designer for opera, theater, film, and television. He has designed for the Juilliard Opera Center, the Spoleto Opera Festival in Italy, and the Manhattan School of Music. Recent credits include La Ruta by Ed Cardona for the Working Theater (recipient of the Belle Geddes Design Enhancement Grant); Lucy Loves Me by Migdalia Cruz at INTAR; Cosi Fan Tutte at the Manhattan School of Music, directed by Dona Vaughn; Kithless in Paradise (Lion Theatre); La Barberia (New World Stages); Underneathmybed by Florencia Lozano and Post No Bills by Mando Alvarado (Rattlestick). Raul is a two time HOLA Award winner. He received his BFA from Webster University and MFA from Brandeis University.

Ásta Bennie Hostetter NYC: The Wolves (Lincoln Center), The Rape of the Sabine Women… (Playwrights Realm), Fulfillment Center (MTC), Smokefall (MCC), John (Signature), Men on Boats (Playwrights Horizons), The Terrifying (Abrons Arts Center), Porto (Bushwick Starr), Picnic/Come Back, Little Sheba (Transport Group), Coriolanus (Red Bull Theater), 10 Out of 12, Generations (Soho Rep). Regional: Mystery of Love & Sex (Signature Theatre), 4000 Miles and After The Revolution (Baltimore Center Stage).

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew is a lighting and video designer based in NYC. Her designs have been seen across US cities and internationally at Havana, Prague, Lima, and Edinburgh. Jeanette is honored to return to Two River, where she last designed Honk!. Recent: the world premiere of Kamala Sankaram’s Thumbprint with Prototype Festival, Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rogue, Matthew Paul Olmos’ So Go the Ghosts of Mexico Part One (2013 New York Innovative Theatre Awards nominee for Best Lighting Design), Elizabeth Swados and Cecilia Rubino’s From the Fire (winner of the 2011 MTM: UK Musical Theatre Awards for Best New Production), Their Eyes Were Watching God at WNYC with Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Foundry’s How Much Is Enough, Erik Ehn’s commemorative cycle Soulographie: Our Genocides, Kara Lee Corthron’s AliceGraceAnon, Sheila Callaghan’s Roadkill Confidential (premiere production directed by Kip Fagan), Aya Ogawa’s Oph3lia and Journey to the Ocean (also a collaboration with Adhikaar and produced by The Foundry), The Civilians’ Paris Commune and In The Footprint and Chi-wang Yang’s Ocean Flight as part of the inaugural Live Arts Exchange (LAX) Festival in Los Angeles. Jeanette is also a puppetry artist who devises original works. Her recent production, Are They Edible?, premiered at La MaMa ETC in November 2013 to sold-out houses. Jeanette was a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program and is a lecturer with Stony Brook University. www.jeanetteyew.com.

Jane Shaw previously designed El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom, The Women of Padilla, Lives of Reason, Guadalupe in the Guest Room and Pinkolandia at Two River Theater. New York credits include I Was Most Alive with You (Playwrights Horizons); Actually (MTC, Williamstown Theatre Festival); Measure for Measure (Theatre for a New Audience); Ironbound (Rattlestick/Women’s Project); En el tiempo de las Mariposas (Repertorio Español) and 30 productions with the Mint. Regional credits include The Royale  (Cleveland Play House); Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theater); Rear Window, Breath and Imagination (Hartford Stage); They Promised Her the Moon (Old Globe) and productions at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Mark Taper Forum, ACT, and with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Next: Annie Get Your Gun at Bay Street, Into the Breeches at Cleveland Play House. Recognition: Bessie Award, Henry Award, Drama Desk, Premios ACE 2012, two Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, Meet the Composer grant, Theatre Communications Group’s Career Development Program, and nominations for three Lortels, Henry Hewes and Elliot Norton Awards. She was born in Kansas and lives in Brooklyn.

Alex Basco Koch Broadway: Be More Chill, Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: Buyer & Cellar (North American Tour; Menier Chocolate Factory; Barrow Street; Rattlestick); Fireflies (Atlantic); I Was Most Alive With You (Playwrights Horizons); The Liquid Plain (Signature; Oregon Shakespeare Festival); GOODBAR (The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival). Regional: El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom, Pinkolandia (Two River Theater); Indecent (The Guthrie); The Who’s Tommy (Denver Center); Approval Junkie, Tiger Style (Alliance; Huntington Theatre Company); Pride & Prejudice, Marley (Baltimore Center Stage); Invisible Man (Court Theatre, Chicago; Studio Theatre, Washington DC; Huntington Theatre Company); ReEntry (Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Roundhouse Theatre). Concert: The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir.

Kate Freer is a multimedia designer and video artist for theater, film, and installation. Off-Broadway and Downtown: Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theater); Around the World in 80 Days (New Theater at 45th Street); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City (The New Ohio); Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo (La MaMa, Undesirable Element Festival); Bullet for Adolph (New World Stages); Chimera (HERE, Under the Radar 2012). Regional: Fahrenheit 451 (Aquila Theatre); Stuck Elevator (American Conservatory Theater); The Mountaintop (CenterStage); The Clean House (Syracuse Stage); Holiday Review (Oregon Ballet Theatre). Her installation work has been exhibited at the National Building Museum, Hammond Museum, 3LD Art & Technology Center, Front Room Gallery, and the World Wide Words Festival (Denmark). She has taught master classes at Harvard University, Syracuse University, Wesleyan, and New York University. Kate is a founding member of Imaginary Media Artists. www.imartists.com

Dave Tennent creates interactive video installations, custom theatrical software, and projections designs for theater. Off-Broadway and Downtown: La Ruta (Working Theater); P.S. Jones and the Frozen City (New Ohio); Bullet for Adolf (New World Stages); How to Break (HERE); The Language Archive (Fordham); Chimera (HERE, Under the Radar 2012). Associate Projections: Sweet Bird of Youth and Crowns (both Goodman Theatre). His interactive installation work has been showcased at 3LD Arts & Technology Center, The New School, and LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. He has taught master classes at Syracuse University, New York University, and Harvard University. Dave is a founding member of Imaginary Media Artists. www.imartists.com

Zoe E. Rotter Broadway: Waiting for Godot/No Man’s Land and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. West End: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Regional: Pinkolandia and Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Two River Theater!), Wild Swans (A.R.T./Young Vic). World Tour: Einstein on the Beach. Film: The ADK, Ce sentiment de l’été (NY Casting), The Girl in The Book, To Whom It May Concern, BearCity, Socks and Bonds (short), Just the Three of Us (short) and Mountain Low (short).  Zoe is also in her fifth season of casting Symphony Space’s reading series ‘Selected Shorts.’

Alison Hassman Two River: Ropes, Pinkolandia, Crossing Borders Festival. New York: Hamilton, The Nutcracker (New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cherry Lane, Westside Theatre, 59E59, the York, 24 Hour Play Company. Regional: McCarter, Theater Horizon, Trinity Rep, Bristol Riverside, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Premiere Stages, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Huge gratitude to Jean and Nicole. As always, for CW and AS.