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Malka Wallick is an actor, producer, and dangerous creature — at least that’s what it says on her business cards. Born and bred in Brooklyn, NYC is home — however, after two years, including a stint in grad school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London is where her heart is at. As an artist she is committed to using her voice to empower young girls and to help shift the narrative. After years of Shakespeare, she discovered a true love for new script development. She rarely does anything in between! Outside of the theatre, Malka can be found baking, doing the NYTimes crossword puzzle, and attempting to teach herself French and the Ukulele. She has an affinity for peaty scotches and Sheila Hetti novels. Ask her about her tattoos, she would love to gush about them! http://www.malkawallick.com/
Lida
Mara Kassin is a NY-based award-winning actress and producer. She has three award-winning films on the film festival circuit right now, EXTRA INNINGS, LADIES LOUNGE and FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD COVEN. She co-produced Shawn Christensen's CURFEW, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. Mara starred in and co-produced, GRANDMA'S NOT A TOASTER, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She co-starred, wrote & produced her award-winning directorial debut, NOW OR LATER, which screened at dozens of film festivals last year. Recent film credits include DATA RECOVERY, CUL DE SAC, BEFORE I DISAPPEAR, ROOTZ and TINY THINGS. Selected theatre credits include works by Elizabeth Irwin, Halley Feiffer, Heidi Schreck, Anna Ziegler, Erica Saleh, and Caroline McGraw. Member of AMPAS, SAG-AFTRA & AEA. https://www.marakassin.com/
Annar
Sanjit De Silva is an Actor/Writer/Director. He received his M.F.A. from New York University’s prestigious Graduate Acting Program. He wrote, starred and co-directed the short film Time After. He’s written four plays with Deepa Purohit, the latest, Crushed Earth, was commissioned by People’s Light and his TV pilot, Lankan, was recently developed at the Orchard Project Episodic Lab. Sanjit's various stage credits include: Broadway: War Horse (Tony-Award Best Play, Lincoln Center Theater). Off-Broadway: An Ordinary Muslim (NYTW, Dir. Jo Bonney), Dry Powder (World Premiere, Public Theater, Dir. Thomas Kail, starring John Krasinski and Claire Danes, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critic's Circle Award Nominations for Best Featured Actor), Awake and Sing (Public Theater/NAATCO) Sanjit has been in several films such as Afterparty, The Girl is in Trouble (produced by Spike Lee), The Company Men (with Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones), and the critically acclaimed Arranged. His television credits include shows such as Evil, Tell Me A Story, Y: The Last Man,Blindspot, Time After Time, Madam Secretary, Blacklist, Elementary, High Maintenance, Homeland, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife. www.silvadollarfilms.com. View more at IMdB.
SHANDRA
Theater, film and television actress, Geneva Carr, was born in Jackson, Mississippi and lived in Michigan and the Carolinas before moving to Atlanta, where she graduated high school. Following graduation from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in French, she moved to Paris. There, she earned an MBA from the prestigious ESCP Europe Paris campus. While working for a French bank on Wall Street, Geneva turned in her resignation after seeing an off Broadway play that awakened her true calling. She spent the next few years bartending and playing hostess in Manhattan hot spots, such as Pastis and The Waverly Inn, working full-time while booking voice overs, commercials, short films and doing lots and lots of innovative off and off-off Broadway theater productions. Just before landing the role of Marissa Morgan on CBS's hit series, Bull, she was nominated for the Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Play" for her headlining role as Margery in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of "Hand to God." Carr lives in New York City with her Burmese cat, Eartha Kitty, and Eartha's half brother, Hoffman. Geneva is fluent in French and speaks conversational American Sign Language. She loves entertaining friends at home, very dry champagne and very dark chocolate. See more at IMdB.
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Geoffrey Owens can be seen in the soon-to-be released films “Fatale” (w/ Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy) and “Hide and Seek” (w/ Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Joe Pantaliano). He has appeared in “The Paper” (directed by Ron Howard), “Stonebrook” (w/ Seth Green), “Play the Game” (w/ Andy Griffith), and “Dreams.” On television, he was ‘Elvin’ on “The Cosby Show” as well as appearing on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Divorce,” “That’s So Raven,” and “Medium.” More recently, he appeared on “The Blacklist,” “Bluebloods,” “Lucifer,” “NCIS, New Orleans,” “Billions” and “On Becoming a God in Central Florida.” He will soon appear in the upcoming seasons of “POWER” and Tyler Perry’s”The Haves and the Have Nots.” Geoffrey has occasionally done theater. See more on IMdB and geoffreyowens.com
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Wai Ching Ho was born and raised in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese and Mandarin. She was last seen Off-Broadway as Bishop Winchester/Old Clifford in NAATCO’s production of Henry VI. Other selected New York stage credits include The Joy Luck Club, Carry The Tiger To the Mountain, Legacy Codes (Pan Asian Rep), No Foreigners Beyond This Point, The Square (MaYi Theatre Company) and Rosa Loses Her Face (Queens Theatre in the Park). Last winter she originated the role of Han Sol in Endlings at A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA. Other regional credits include The Denver Center of Performing Arts, Long Wharf, Pittsburgh Public Theatre and Palo Alto Theatre Works. Currently she can be seen in the film Hustlers playing Destiny’s Grandma. Other films include: Lucky Grandma, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Robot Stories and Premium Rush, among others. Television credits include all three Law & Order series, New Amsterdam, Orange is the New Black, Fresh Off the Boat, and the upcoming Awkafina Comedy Series. She can be seen in numerous episodes as Madame Gao in the Marvel/Netflix series of Dare Devil, Iron Fist and Defenders. Ms. Ho is a resident of NYC and will be reprising the role of Han Sol early 2020 in the New York Theatre Workshop’s production of Endlings. See more at IMdB.
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Angel Desai’s Recent TV: “NCIS: NOLA (recurring)”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “For Life”, “Bull”, “Jessica Jones recurring)”, ”Chicago Med", “Minority Report”, “Madam Secretary”, “Major Crimes”. Video games: "Gears of War 4" (First Minister Jinn, voice). Film: The Oh-Gees, This Time Next Tuesday, The Clique, The War Within, Heights, Black Knight, Robot Stories. Recent theater includes: “PlayOnShakespeare!”, “India Pale Ale” (Manhattan Theatre Club), “An Ordinary Muslim” (New York Theatre Workshop), ”Peer Gynt and the Norwegian Hapa Band" (Ma-Yi Theater), numerous developmental labs. Broadway: "Company" (2006, Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical). Off-Broadway includes: CSC, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public/NYSF, Women's Project, Ma-Yi, MCC, others. Regional includes: Yale Repertory, George St. Playhouse, Berkshire Theater Festival, Old Globe, McCarter Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Long Wharf, Arena Stage, Playmakers Repertory. Recipient: 2017 New Harmony Lab Grant, 2017 NYU Diversity Faculty Mentorship, 2014 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. Lifelong pianist, violinist, jazz vocalist. 52nd Street Project volunteer. BA in biopsychology/psychology from Oberlin, MFA in Acting from NYU. For more info visit IMdB.
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Florencia Lozano is an actor, writer and performance artist. Theatre includes: RINSE, REPEAT, DEVIL OF CHOICE (LAByrinth) AND SHE WOULD STAND LIKE THIS (Movement Theatre Co),WINNERS (EST), RED DOG HOWLS (NYTW)“Lady Macduff” (Shakespeare in the Park),Placebo (Playwrights’ Horizons), PRIVILEGE (Second Stage), LAST EASTER (MCC), “Where’s My Money?” (MTC/LAB), Dirty Story (LAB). TV includes: Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods, Ugly Betty, Law and Order:SVU&CI, The Mysteries of Laura, Madame Secretary, Kevin Can Wait, The Blacklist and ENEMY WITHIN. She played “Claudia Messina” in NETFLIX’S NARCOS and “Tea Delgado” on ABC’s One Life to Live, (upcoming) Baker and The Beauty. Films include: AMY MAKES THREE, Faraway Eyes, THE MINISTERS, PERFECT STRANGER, and Veronika Decides to Die. Florencia is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre and is LAB’s literary manager. Her play: underneathmybed was produced at the Rattlestick Playwrights’ Theatre and won HOLA’s (Hispanic Organization of Latino Actors) Best New Play Award in 2010. Her play BUSTED was produced by Rising Phoenix at CINO nights and her new play girl in window is currently in development. Florencia got her MFA at NYU’s Graduate Acting Program and her BA at Brown University where she studied Comparative Literature. See more at IMdB.