Red Bull Theater and Bedlam present MEDEA: RE-VERSED, by Luis Quintero, a world premiere Co-Production with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Co-Conceived and Directed by Nathan Winkelstein, the production will feature Siena D'Addario, Melissa Mahoney, Mark Martin,
Jacob Ming-Trent, Luis Quintero, Stephen Michael Spencer, and Sarin Monae West.
ABOUT THE ACTORS
Siena D'Addario is an actor, writer, and producer. BFA: NYU Tisch (PHTS). Classical Training: RADA. Recent theater: Much Ado About Nothing (HVSF), The Winter’s Tale (VSF), Sisters on the Ground (Clubbed Thumb). Recent film & VO: The Space Within starring Jessica Chastain (Audible Podcast), Semper Fi (Lionsgate), “Wild Fire” (AppleTV), “K2 TOG” (Short – Producer & Writer) 38 official selections and 12 award wins.
Melissa Mahoney HVSF: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Henry V, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, So Please You, The Sword in the Stone/The Tempest (Tour), The Comedy of Errors (Tour). Off-Broadway & New York: Ivy & Bean: The Musical, The Pirate La Dee Da, This Girl Laughs… (Atlantic Theater Company), The Comedy of Errors (Smith Street Stage), Boats And (Ars Nova). Regional: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Square), A Christmas Carol (Portland Playhouse). Melissa is also a teacher (Atlantic Acting School & NYU Tisch), a solo performer (Melissa Mahoney is a Robot), and a hospital clown with the Healthy Humor Red Nose Docs. BFA: NYU Tisch.
Mark Martin celebrates and explores the middle ground between music and language, and how we communicate and connect with one another. From winning international beatbox battles to performing on Broadway and Carnegie Hall, Martin is a passionate educator, and co-founder of The Academy of Noise, a beatbox, music, and leadership program, presenting at institutions like Yale, Harvard, NYU, USC, and The New School. You can learn more by checking out his Tedx Talk “You’re a Beatboxer. Let Me Show You”
Jacob Ming-Trent Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody, Shrek the Musical. Off-Broadway credits include Red Bull Theater: How Shakespeare Saved My Life, The Alchemist (Lucille Lortel Award nomination); Public Theater: Merry Wives, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2, and 3 (Lucille Lortel Award), Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, The Tempest; Lincoln Center Theater: On the Levee; Theatre for a New Audience: The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Acting Company: The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Folger Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film: Superfly, The Forty-Year Old Version; R#J; The Possession of Hannah Grace. Television: "Watchmen," "White Famous," "Ray Donavan," "Feed the Beast," "Only Murders in the Building," "New Amsterdam," "God Friended Me."
Luis Quinteo, who will also serve as Emcee, is thrilled and humbled to be making his playwriting/composing debut in NYC with Red Bull Theater and excited to share this play with audiences and generous collaborators at HVSF and Bedlam. Graduating from UNCSA in 2016, Luis has worked all over the United States as an actor at theaters such as DCPA, Old Globe San Diego, The Alley, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Stages Repertory Theater, Triad Stage and more.
Stephen Michael Spencer Broadway: Clyde’s (u/s performed). Off-Broadway: Bedlam, Theatre for a New Audience. Regional: 4 seasons as a company member at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, The A.R.T., Arena Stage, The Rep. at St. Louis, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Cleveland Play House, Triad Stage, Ensemble Theatre Co, Chautauqua Theatre Co. International: The Heart of Robin Hood with Mirvish Productions in Canada. TV/ Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), "This Wild Abyss" (winner of best student short at Savannah Film Fest ‘22). Education: BFA UNC-Greensboro, MFA Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House. Stream “stephenspencer” original music on all platforms.
Sarin Monae West is an actor, singer, and writer originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sarin was most recently seen in the American premiere of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, on Broadway in The Skin of Our Teeth (LCT, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz) and in Merry Wives (Shakespeare in the Park, directed by Saheem Ali, adapted by Jocelyn Bioh). TV credits include “The Equalizer” on CBS starring Queen Latifah, “And Just Like That” and “The Other Two” on HBO, and “Evil” on Paramount Plus. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting.
For complete details about Red Bull Theater & Bedlam's production of MEDEA: RE-VERSED, visit here. This strictly-limited 4-week engagement will run September 12 - October 13, 2024 at the Sheen Center Shiner Theatre, NYC.
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