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Alesandra Nahodil
(Performer)
Alesandra Nahodil is a New York based actor, singer and dancer with a BA from NYU in Drama. She has studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, the Stella Adler Conservatory, the Stonestreet Film & Television Studio and Wits University in Johannesburg, ZA. She's also enjoyed work directing, casting, and assistant directing in theatre, film, and television.
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Ben Kaufman
(Performer)
Ben Kaufman’s recent works include It comes from Beyond, and Attack of the Nearly Dead Russian Children. Join him in June for The Second Life of Gideon Finn at USM. Ben has a BFA in Theater Performance from Ohio University, and spent a year as an Intern at Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati.
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David Farrington
(Performer)
David M. Farrington has been seen in and around NYC originating roles for the premieres of Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods and Bodhisattva of Broadway as well as readings of the new plays Baptized, Hannah and Nemesis. Also watch for David in the upcoming short film [escape]. Kean University, BFA Acting.
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Eamon ORourke
(Performer)
Eamon O’Rourke studied Theater and Film at Colgate University. Eamon works as a film teacher for the Pierrepont School, he wrote and directed a multi-media play called The Privilege of Death, which ran at the Gene Frankel theater in ‘09, and again in the Catskill Mountain Festival in ’10. Eamon was in the 2011 film, Another Happy Day (Mandalay Pictures). He recently directed his first film, The House on Cox Curve showing at festivals 2013-2014.
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Kat Yen
(Director)
Kat Yen is the Co-Artistic Director and Resident Director of Spookfish Theatre Company as well as a Lincoln Center Directors Lab member. Recent NYC directing credits include (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 playwright 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 “Outstanding 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 Cloud Tectonics by Jose Rivera (StrangeDog, Red Room) and 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. Kat has a BA in Theater from Colgate University and had the opportunity to study theater at St. Andrews University. 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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Kate Dial
(Stage Manager)
Kate Dial's Stage Management credits include Four Messsages (Theatre Row), Rimers of Eldritch (Whitman Theatre), The Golden Veil (The Kitchen), My Mind is Like an Open Meadow (59E59), UltraViolet Live (Skirball), Finding Penelope (Sojourn Theatre). Kate holds a BFA from Brooklyn College and will be attending Columbia University for Stage Management this Fall. www.dialkate.com
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Mari Yamamoto
(Performer)
Mari Yamamoto is an actress/violinist from Tokyo via London. Trained at The Royal Academy of Music London and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Recent credits include Restoration Comedy, Job, Nectarine EP at the Flea Theatre, Pornography for the People at HERE Arts Center, and Oedipus Rex at La MaMa E.T.C. www.mariyamamoto.com
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Matt Stillo
(Performer)
Matt Stillo hails from Los Angeles and is a graduate of NYU/Tisch ('12). Most recently, Matt has performed onstage at Atlantic Theater Company (Stinky Cheese) and the Beacon Theater (Reality Show) under the direction of Tony-nominee Elizabeth Swados and on the set of Wolf of Wall Street under the direction of Martin Scorsese. He is honored and thrilled to be making his debut with both Horsetrade and Spookfish. Thank you to Kat, Ming, the cult and crew. Love to his family of friends. www.mattstillo.com
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Ming Peiffer
(Writer)
Ming Peiffer is the Co-Artistic Director and Resident Playwright of Spookfish Theatre Company and a working actress based in NYC. Her critically acclaimed works include: Pornography For The People (HERE Arts Center, Kraine Theater, Theater for the New City), RELAX! ALICE (June Havoc Theater, Nominated for 5 Midtown International Theater Awards including "Outstanding New Script"), WABI SABI! Not Wasabi (Theater For The New City, described by the New York Times as "Aware...") The ABC's Guide To Getting Famous (The Red Room, "Brilliant"-Cultural Capitol, "Ingenious"- The Local East Village) The Privilege of Death (Co-Writer, Gene Frankel Theater). Ming was 1 of 6 female playwrights selected for New Perspectives Theater Company's 2012-2013 Women's Work Project where she developed the play CEREAL. She wrote and performed 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" (The Kraine Theater, May 2013), "Netizens: a trio of plays", and "Lotus Girls". Ming is an active member of the Asian American Arts Alliance and a Sponsored Artist at The Field. She has training from both the Stella Adler School of Acting, and the Shanghai Theatre Academy where she lived abroad studying Traditional Peking Opera. She studied poetry at The New School and holds a BA with Honors in both Theater Arts and Mandarin Chinese from Colgate University. Ming will begin her Columbia University MFA Playwrighting candidacy this Fall '13.
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Norihito Moriya
(Set Designer)
Norihito Moriya received his B.A. in theatre from Hunter College. He was a set designer and
assistant set designer for several production in the college. He made his debut with It Comes
From Beyond at Red Room last year. More info: www.norihitom.com
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Porsche McGovern
(Lighting Designer)
Porsche McGovern (Lighting Designer) Previously, she designed Relax! Alice, The ABC's Guide to Being Famous, and Pornography for the People for Spookfish Theatre Company. Porsche holds an MFA in Lighting Design from California Institute of the Arts and a BA from St. Lawrence University. www.PorscheLighting.com
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