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Kenndall Wallace
Kenndall Wallace loves to write. She was an inaugural winner of the Farmers' Alley Theatre Lumen Playwriting Competition, an O'Neill Finalist, and has been honored with several National ACTF awards for their full-length plays 'To Cry Into Sand' and 'Reckless Black Dropouts'. Plays have been developed or performed in some capacity at the Kennedy Center, the Lynn F. Angelson Theatre, The George Washington Carver Museum, the Little Theatre of Alexandria, and in other theatres across the country. Notable residencies, fellowships, and cohorts include Torch Literary Arts, Dramatic Question Theatre, Estuarie, and Plowshares Theatre Company. Published in 1319 Press and VANTAGE Magazine, Kenndall is the recent founder of Late Fee Collective, a performing/cinema arts community organization.
Dante Crichlow
Danté Charles Crichlow is a Caribbean American actor, photographer, and writer based in New York City, with roots in Haiti and Barbados. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch Drama School of the Arts Danté has a deep curiosity for the human condition and a passion for storytelling that explores our capacity for self-actualization.
Desmond Fernandez
Desmond was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and currently resides in Carteret, NJ. From a young age, he has used his passion for the arts and love of people to make a positive impact in his community. Whether it’s lighting up children’s faces while performing as their favorite characters on the stage— or fighting for justice, equality, and love within dramatic tension-filled plots— Desmond wears his heart on his sleeve both on and off stage. In his spare time, Desmond enjoys firing up the grill or air fryer to share a meal with friends, video games, practicing meditation and Reiki, and constantly exposing himself to new creative works and life experiences. A few of his favorite musical artists include Michael Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, James Brown, Adele, and Chaka Khan. He earned his B.F.A. in Acting at Otterbein University.
Azarael Israel
Azarael Israel, reading for Mary, is delighted to be part of this hilarious, heartfelt, and timely new work. She recently appeared in a reading of Burned with the Rogue Theater Festival this July. Her stage credits include productions at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (Salt in a Wound and Richard II), and she has also trained at Stonestreet Studios in New York City. Azarael recently graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. She is deeply grateful for this opportunity and excited for all that lies ahead.
Marx
Marx (They/Them) is a New York-based actor from Texas and Arkansas. As a Black and Trans artist, they are thrilled to share stories that center marginalized communities and humanize their experiences. Off Broadway: On the Evolutionary Function of Shame (Second Stage), Goatman (SheNYC), Arcadia (Bedlam Theater Company)
Select Regional: THIS IS NOT A DEATH CULT (Drops in the Vase), Missionary Woman (LD&Kish Productions), Soft (Williamstown Theatre Festival), EWG (Primary Stages), Science Project (The Fled Collective). Insta: on1y_marx
Emani Brielle Simpson
EMANI BRIELLE SIMPSON is a multi-hyphenated artist and the founder of the production company, The Real Artists LLC (TRA), whose mission is to create an inspirational environment where artists can hone their crafts, thrive and network to build a career out of their passions. Emani is passionate about bringing artists together and collaborating on new works. She is a proud member of Breaking and Entering Theater Collective. Some of her recent credits include: SERIALS at The Tank (producer), Love is Respect produced by B&E (playwright), Holes in the Shape of my Father (Drama Desk Award Nominee) at The Tank, (stage manager), Night Witches produced by PickPocket Project (deviser), Loneliness Was a Pandemic at Theater Lab (production stage manager), Project Sankofa in the Broadway Bound Theater Festival (director), WAAFRIKA 123: A Queerly Scripted Tragedy produced by the National Queer Theater (stage manager).