Gracie Rittenberg is a New York City based playwright, director, and actor who has done every possible role in the theater. Her short plays have been performed in multiple festivals, and her first short film Alien Invasion premiered at the New Filmmakers NY Fest and Emerging: A Virtual Film Festival (where it won *every* Audience Choice award). A Little Less Than Kind is her first full length play.

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Rory Byrne is an actress, voice over artist, director, producer and writer living in NYC with her husband and two children. She is a founding member of Bluebird Theatre Company and a graduate of USC's School of Dramatic Arts and the Atlantic Acting School's Professional Conservatory. Rory's most recent work includes performing in the reading of We Can't Breathe by Philip Christian Smith, directing in NYU Tisch's School of the Arts/Atlantic Acting School's One Act festival, voice work for Dunkin' Donuts and the debut of her self-written and directed piece Middle Aged Girl Talk.

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David Michael Kirby is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Company conservatory program. He is a versatile actor, singer, director, and writer. His most recent play Ephemory Lane premiered at New Ambassadors' Blurring Boundaries Festival in 2021. Numerous NYC appearances include A Little Princess (US premiere-Signature); The Spoon River Project (NYC premiere-Greenwood Cemetery); Carnival Round the Central Figure (NYC premiere-IRT). Select film: Zero Issue; WARFIELD; The Lion’s Den. Web series: Mythos (ITVFest award-winner). David is a founding member of New Ambassadors Theatre Company, and was recently re-elected to its Board.

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Daniel Sbriglio (he/they) is an actor, singer and creator based in the tri-state area. A founding member of Bluebird Theatre Company, Daniel graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Theater Arts program with a focus in Performance Creation and from the Atlantic Acting School’s Professional Conservatory. He will be playing Jack in an upcoming production of Newsies at the Connecticut Performing Arts Center in September. Daniel’s recent acting credits include Bluebird’s Trojan Women and The Secret in the Wings. He also worked as the costume designer on Bluebird’s production of The House of Bernarda Alba and voiced a series of animated informational videos on the skilled nursing industry called Honest Healthcare.

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Ariel Estrada is an actor, producer, writer, and advocate in support of Asian American equity in the performing arts. As an actor, he has performed on television, film, commercials, digital media, and Off-, and Off-Off-Broadway. As a producer, Ariel is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director for Leviathan Lab, a nonprofit creative studio for Asian American performing artists. As an arts advocate, he is the Marketing & Membership Director for the Consortium of Asian American Theatres and Artists and is the Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator for Actors’ Equity. He was designated an Emerging Arts Leader by New York Foundation for the Arts, a Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group, and a member of ArtEquity’s 2021-22 BIPOC Leadership Circle. As a grant writing consultant and has won over $195K in grant funding for small NYC nonprofits of color. He is also a Fortune 500-level graphic designer.

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Stephanie Mieko Cohen is thrilled to be a part of this project! A native of Los Angeles, Stephanie has lived in New York for the past seven years. Favorite credits include: Jeanie in HAIR (Sacramento Music Circus), Chloe Ellsworth in Solana (Tuachan New Works Festival), Savannah Yamamoto in Adventurephile! (Keen Theatre Company), and Monica Seles in Let Her Kick (National Asian Artists Project). Love and thanks to family, friends, and her kitty cats!

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Sam was a part of the original Broadway company of Allegiance as a swing and Sammy understudy. Other New York credits include Red Eye of Love Off-Broadway, and Hello Dolly! (Barnaby) with the National Asian Artists Project. Regional theatre credits include the Goodspeed Opera House, Sacramento Music Circus, Dallas Summer Musicals, Geva Theater Center, SpeakEasy Stage Company, and Boston Theater Company. TV credits include The Good Wife and Girls5Eva. He’s also the Managing Editor for Mixed Asian Media, an online lifestyle and entertainment media platform.

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Amanda Stamm is an NYC based actor, writer, and the current Director of Finance for Bluebird Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Atlantic Acting School’s full time conservatory and holds a degree in Musical Theatre from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Amanda’s recent theater credits include Myrrhina in La Sainte Courtisane, Andromache in Andromache: Princess of Troy (Theatre Dionysus), Gayle in Almost, Maine (The Drama Co NYC), & Agnes in She Kills Monsters (Bluebird Theatre Co). Amanda has also performed in numerous short films and recently did a national commercial for Culler Beauty.

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Georgia Gabriele (she/her) is a Brooklyn based theatre maker and a founding member of Bluebird Theatre Company. She holds a degree in vocal performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and is a graduate of Atlantic Acting School’s Full Time Conservatory. Recent theatre credits include Hecuba in The Trojan Women (Bluebird Theatre Co.) and Menelaus in Andromache: Princess of Troy (Theatre Dionysus). This summer she’ll be stepping into her biggest role yet- mom to a tiny human!

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