WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY
ruth tang (they/them)
Author
ruth tang (they/them) writes plays & poetry and makes weird internet experiments out of Brooklyn, NY. Their play FUTURE WIFE was selected for the 2022 Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin. They are a member of the New Georges Jam, under commission from Long Wharf Theatre + NAATCO, and a recipient of the Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program Grant. In the recent past, they've been part of Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers' Group & NYTW’s 2050 Fellowship. Their past work includes FUTURE WIFE: Party in A Google Sheet (New Georges; Corkscrew Festival 4.0), Bad Chinese (Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival), and Building A Character (Wild Rice Singapore). MFA: The New School of Drama. ruthtang.com
Kedian Keohan (they/he)
Director
Kedian (they/he) is a trans director, creator, and plaything of live performance. They have collaborated with artists ruth tang, Jordan Fein, Erin Markey, Ann Marie Dorr & Paul Ketchum, minor theater, Geoff Sobelle, Andrew Schneider, Dance Heginbotham, and Alice Gosti. Upcoming: Panic Encyclopedia, developed in residency at JACK, will premiere at The Brick. Kedian will perform this September in Marie It’s Time at HERE Arts Center. Recent directing work: BLUSH (Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab), A Bone to Pick (Brunch Theatre), Venus in Gemini (Exponential Festival), *Chefs Kiss* (FEAST/Your Uncle Richard), and Fantasy (No Theme Festival). Recent assisting work: minor theater’s Pathetic (Abrons Art Center), Singlet (Bushwick Starr), and Rags Parkland Sings Songs of the Future (Ars Nova). Kedian is a New Georges affiliated artist. @justkedian
Lewis Fender (he/him)
Dramaturg
Lewis Fender (he/him) is a trans dramaturg and director based in New York City. Since graduating from NYU Gallatin with a concentration in the dramaturgy of adaptation, he has more recently done a variety of freelance stage management and dramaturgy. Currently he works as the Executive Assistant at New York Theatre Workshop and as an Associate Dramaturg with Beehive Dramaturgy. Interested in a wide variety of theatre, he has dramaturged Shakespeare as well as new work, with a specialization in experimental adaptation and devised work. Lewis has spent time both studying and working with German-language theater, specifically the works of Brecht, Müller, and Jelinek.
Elyse Durand (they/she)
Elyse Durand (they/she) is a New York City-based theater-maker and stage manager actively compiling instruments for her one-person band. Credits include: Stage Management for The Mountaintop, Into The Breeches, Desperate Measures, Orpheus in the Underworld + A Streetcar Named Desire, Assistant Director for The Story Box, a new storytelling work at HERE Arts Center, sound designer for The Wolves, Gay and Afraid, + Approachable Face and assistant director/dramaturg for Nilo Cruz’s Lorca in a Green Dress. A graduate of California State University, Northridge, they are the recipient of university and state-wide research prizes for her preliminary work on an original concept album, based on the legacy of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. She is the host/producer of a music and comedy variety show, entitled Fret Not, performed at The Tank.
Morgan Sullivan (he/they)
Morgan Sullivan (he/they) is a NYC-based actor and filmmaker. As a transgender advocate, many of the projects he works on address topics affecting the LGBTQI+ community. Morgan can be seen in TV projects including Dickinson, Broad City, and HBO's I Know This Much Is True, as well as starring in Matthew Puccini’s Sundance-selected film, Dirty for which he won a Special Recognition in Acting award from SXSW; Dirty can be watched on The Criterion Channel. Theatre credits include: Transformation with Glenn Close and Ted Nash at Lincoln Center, Galatea at WP Theatre, Grand Rounds at LaMaMa, and Queer Trash Theatre Cycle at Dixon Place. Morgan's filmmaking projects have screened internationally and at U.S. festivals including Frameline, Outfest, and Newfest. More information: www.morgan-sullivan.com
Sagan Chen (they/he)
Sagan (they/he) is a queer genderfluid chinese-american artist. They center their work on uplifting underrepresented new narratives onstage, onscreen, and on the page, and enjoy reading scripts for various reading committees. Some of his favorite credits: Onstage: Happy Life (The Hearth at Walkerspace), Joy of Painting (Clubbed Thumb), Two Mile Hollow (Yale), Six Years Old, Stone, and delicacy of a puffin heart (Corkscrew Theater Festival), Exposed Bone (The PIT Loft). Onscreen: Grand Crew (NBC), Survival of the Thickest (Netflix/A24), High Maintenance (HBO), Girl Talk (dir. Erica Rose), Here We Wait, and Sideways Smile. He has directed at Dartmouth College, Samuel French OOB Festival, Frigid Festival, Corkscrew Festival, and Women in Theatre Festival. Audiobooks: Ana On the Edge and All The Things We Don’t Talk About. IG: @sagan.chen
Z Infante (they/them)
Z Infante (they/them) is grateful for the opportunity to join the inaugural BTB Festival. They were last seen on stage at Hartford Stage in John Leguizamo’s Pre-Broadway production of Kiss My Aztec. Off-Broadway: Alice By Heart (MCC) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TFANA) Big River (NYCC) Film: School of Rock. Upcoming: Luna and The Star Bodies at The Atrium at Lincoln Center 10/27 www.zinfante.com @zrinfante
Marisa budnick (she/they)
Marisa Budnick (she/they) is thrilled to play a part in this special festival. They are currently in the premiere of XIMER Off-Broadway. Select past performance credits include The Tattooed Lady (Nora Hildebrandt, Goodspeed), Stranger Things Experience (Swing, Netflix/Fever/Mycotoo), The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and her Dog (Mom, Playhouse On Park), Nunsense II (Robert Anne, Millbrook Playhouse). Big big thank you to George for this wonderful opportunity and her family and friends for their constant support. Marisa is simply elated to work on a festival of queer works for and by queer people. This is the work that will bring necessary and exciting change to the industry.