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Andrea Ambam (she/her) is a New York City-based artist, actress, and playwright; best described as a politically engaged theatre artist who challenges the art's potential for movement-building and transformative justice. She is a 2020 Artist-in-Residence for Anna Deavere Smith’s class “One Person Shows: A Way to Begin,” a 2020 EmergeNYC fellow at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics and a 10-time national champion in public speaking and dramatic performance where she has been awarded "Top Speaker in the Nation" three times. Andrea has performed at and/or been commissioned by Classical Theatre of Harlem, Abron Arts Center, NYU Prison Education Program, NYU Verbatim Performance Lab, Artists’ Literacies Institute, and Centre for Social Innovation. Recent Credits: Ernestine Eckstein/Morris Foote in Making Gay History: Before Stonewall (Provincetown Playhouse). Andrea holds a master’s degree in Art & Public Policy from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Let’s connect: www.andreaambam.com

Asha John (she/her) is a New York based actress, singer, dancer, and theatre practitioner from the islands of Trinidad & Tobago. Post her Baccalaureate career, Asha pursued a career on Wall Street as an actuarial analyst. In 2010 she pursued a career change and decided to focus on her acting and dancing career as one of her passions. She soon realized another passion: teaching and working with children. In 2011 she began working as a teaching artist bringing her love of step, theater, dance, and math to the students of New York City. Combining her passion for theater, arts, and education, Asha received her Master of Arts in Educational Theater for Colleges and Communities in 2019 from New York University. Since 2009, Asha has been determined and relentless in pursuit of her dream and has been cast in numerous productions for stage and film. Her current credits encompass original work as well as classics like Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the near future, Asha hopes to be cast in a major motion picture as well as a tony award-winning production on Broadway.

Kourtney King (she/her) is a New York City-based actress and teaching artist. Her recent work includes the short play Camille in New York (New Federal Theatre) and a film directed by Ilinca Calugareanu, A Cops and Robbers Story. King is currently an Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities grad student at NYU Steinhardt. With a desire to open a performing arts and design center, King is interested in creating art for/with youth and young adults. Follow her @kourtbrinyc or www.kourtbrinyc.com

For Zanneta Kubajak (She/her), limitations are fictional. She is a Mother, an Educator, a Musician, and a lover of Chicago’s south side. She also enjoys acting and finds her way to a stage whenever she can. Some of her favorite roles include Millie in Trouble in Mind, La Maestra delle Novicie in Suor Angelica, Lady Beaconsfield in Jekyll & Hyde, and Super Lit Party Guest #21 in Die Fledermaus. With the blessing of her ancestors, the motivation of those who journey with her, and through the medium of music, Zanneta seeks to improve the world for those who come after her.

Cree Noble (she/her), originally hailing from Central Illinois, is a 2018 graduate of DePaul University where she studied Journalism and Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies with a minor in Performance Studies. She received her Master’s in Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Her work includes a documentary theatre one-woman show called Sasha from Chicago which documented and performed the lives of women of color in Chicago whose lives had/have been impacted by the Trump Administration. At NYU she worked on a documentary theatre-styled show called What’s It All For? That highlighted the 2019 Jussie Smollett incident. She is currently pursuing her second Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at DePaul University to become a Registered Drama Therapist. She is interested in theatre as a social justice and a therapeutic tool, that not only creates social change but healing for people, especially Black women and girls.

Deanalís Resto (they/he/she) - Queer Pennsylvania-raised Boricua theatre artist, actor, singer, dancer, poet, & teaching artist.

Cancer Sun, Aries Moon, Libra Rising.

Dreams of playwrighting and living on a small farm one day.

Has been truly transformed by working with For Youth Inquiry (FYI), the theatre company of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH), developing and performing in participatory plays and theatre-based workshops for youth about sexual health and reproductive justice.

Some favorite credits from the last few years: Mopsa in Head Over Heels (Kokandy Productions), Luna in Luna (Filament Theatre), Trothe Pepperston in The Lady Demands Satisfaction (Babes with Blades), Trixie in Knuffle Bunny (Emerald City Theatre), devising & acting for Epic Tales from the Land of Melanin, an original participatory TYA adventure play crafted by FEMelanin, a femmes of color performance collective of which Deanalís is a founding member. Loves long talks with loved ones, bike rides, beaches, boujee beer, alliteration, naps, deep emotional processing & lists. Ithaca College Alum, BFA Musical Theatre.

Simone G. Reynolds (she/her) is a Chicago-based actress, singer/songwriter, and poet. Her performance credits include: For Colored Girls, 9 to 5, In the Next Room, and Lollapalooza Music Festival. She is a recent Theatre Arts and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate of Eastern Illinois University, a Black Arts Institute 2019 alumni, and Artist as Citizens 2017 fellow. Simone is committed to amplifying the stories and truths of marginalized communities.

Sabrina Lynne Sawyer (she/her) is a super proud native of Chicago, and a recent graduate of the University of Southern California with her BA in Theatre (Acting). Re-Imagining The Declaration is her first post-grad project, and has set an incredible tone for the meaningful and blackity black black work she hopes to do for the rest of her (hopefully long) career. She thanks God for every chance given to perform.