'CLOUD TECTONICS, Jose Rivera's often enchanting new play... Rivera has
successfully mixed two styles in which he previously dabbled, realism and magic
realism, to produce a naturalistic play interlaced with symbols and magical occurrences.'
- The Los Angeles Times
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Christopher J. Tan
(Performer)
Christopher J. Tan graduated this spring from the acting program at the William Esper Studio. His most recent roles include Don in The Universal Language and The Customer in Breakfast Special. Christopher's other passions include working as a civil rights attorney for youth and explaining to anyone who will listen that Jeremy Lin is the new Messiah.
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Jose Rivera
(Playwright)
José Rivera is the recipient of two OBIE Awards for Playwriting, a Fulbright Arts Fellowship, a Whiting Foundation Award, a McKnight Fellowship. He is currently writing a screenplay based on Junot Díaz's novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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Kat Yen
(Director)
Kat Yen is the Co-Artistic Director and Resident Director of Spookfish Theatre Company. Recent NYC directing credits (all world premieres): Pornography for the People (Theater for the New City, The Kraine Theater, HERE Arts); The ABC's Guide to Getting Famous (Created and developed with the plawright at Horse Trade Theater Group. Hailed as "Ingenious" by The Local East Village and "Brilliant" by Cultural Capital); Relax! Alice, the NY Times headliner for the 2012 Midtown International Theater Festival as well as nominated for 5 awards including “Oustanding Production of a Play” (Under St. Mark’s, The June Havoc Theater); WABI SABI! Not Wasabi (Developed with the playwright. The NY Times headliner for Dream Up Festival - called "Aware" - at Theater for the New City); The Privilege of Death: or how everything went from bad to good (The Gene Frankel Theater) and Anything Goes as part of the Detention series at Primary Stages. Recent assistant directing credits include Hand Over Hand, Night Before Christmas, and Blinded by the Night (Roy Arias Theater). Recent directing credits for a staged reading include Time Flies, Degas C'est Moi, and Speed The Play by David Ives at Primary Stages. Regional directing credits include Blasted and Oleanna (Colgate University). Other projects Kat has worked on include The Talk, written and directed by her put on at LAByrinth Theater as part of their Ensemble Workshop and Homeless Kitty, a guerilla puppet show performed on NYC subways. A member of the Asian American Arts Alliance and a sponsored artist at The Field, Kat has had the opportunity to study theater at St. Andrews University and earned her BA in Theater at Colgate Univeristy. Since then she has also had the pleasure of working with the Public Theater, McCarter Theater, TeatroStageFest LITFNY, Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, Ripe Time, and Red Bull Theater on various shows in various roles.
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Ming Peiffer
(Performer)
Ming Peiffer is the Co-Artistic Director and Resident Playwright of Spookfish Theatre Company, and a working actress based in New York City. Recently chosen as 1 of 6 female playwrights to participate as a 2012 LAB Member for NPTC’s Women's Work Project, Ming is the author of numerous works including: WABI SABI! Not Wasabi (described as “AWARE...” by the New York Times), The ABC's Guide To Getting Famous (“Brilliant...”- Cultural Capitol and “Ingenious”- The Local East Village) Pornography For The People (HERE Arts Center) RELAX! ALICE (Nominated for 5 Midtown International Theater Festival awards including: “Outstanding New Script” and “Best Overall Production”), TELLMEYOULOVEME (Colgate University), CEREAL (NPTC), and Spookfish Theatre Company’s Guerilla Theater Series: HOMELESS KITTY, an ongoing public puppet show aimed at raising the awareness of homelessness in NYC. She is a co-author of the play, The Privilege of Death: or how everything went from bad to good (Gene Frankel Theater, The Doctorow Center of the Performing Arts). Upcoming plays include: ADVANCE GUARD (developed with MacArthur Fellow Han Ong), Aokigahara/don't look for me, Netizens: a trio of plays, and Lotus Girls. As an actress, Ming has worked extensively performing both onstage and in film. Recent NYC acting credits include: The ABC's Guide To Getting Famous (The Red Room), NEW!TRICKS! (StrangeDOG Theater Company), and BARBARIAN! A hip-hopera (Under St. Mark's). Film/TV credits include: Girls Vs. Boys (Nickelodeon), Tomorrow Comes Today (Dir. Ming Lang Feng), and Off Season (Cold Hands Productions).
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Viet Vo
(Performer)
Viet is incredibly honored to be working with Spookfish/Horse Trade. Theatre Credits include, Liam/SEEKING SONDHEIM, Det. Rainrassek/FUNERAL!, Jigger/CAROUSEL(NAAP). Huge Mahalo to Kat and Ming-you guys crazy and I love it! Chris-you crazy too! Mom, Dad-Thanks for letting me fly, Lina-thanks for TEACHING me to fly
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