Liz Amadio
(Playwright) (Militant Mom) has a rich history in the Theatre as dancer, poet,
actor, playwright, director and producer with credits spanning NY, regionally
and abroad. Liz has moderated DAPLab, the Alumni Playwrights Lab at The New
School CoPA-Drama, since its inception eight years ago. She produces all their
Readings, including Phase II, their full-length staged reading season. Other
mom roles include Tattoo Mother in Merri Biechler's Occupation, Veteran Mother in Maria Micheles’ PhotoPlay, Mamo-O in Jorshi Taleon-Sonza’s Haiyan and Evelyn Swain in Killian Beldy’s The Surge. Phase II Spring 2015 included her new play, Evolution: Among Statues. Directing
credits include a Best Director nomination for George Cameron Grant's PUSH at the 2011 Strawberry Festival.
Other recent directing projects: her own
Deeply & Roommate Simulation by Maria Micheles at Manhattan Rep Theatre,
& Jorshi Taleon-Sonza’s Haiyan at
the 2015 Potpourri World Women Works. Liz is the Artistic Director of Cosmic
Orchid, which launched in 2015 with The
Hoodie Play, and recently completed the inaugural cycle of their signature
production of Integrative Theatre, The
Voire Dire Project. The project developed four one-act plays inspired by
four works of art, and featured eighteen artists. She has an MFA from The Actors Studio Drama
School (New School), teaches, and is a member of The Dramatists Guild, LPTW and
NLAPW. Liz is grateful to TNC’s Dream Up
Festival for this opportunity to showcase Millennium
Mom. www.cosmicorchid.com
Glenora
Blackshire (Director) returned to her stage-directing roots with Millennium
Mom at the DAPLab's Phase II Fall Staged Reading series in
December, 2013. For most of the last decade, she has produced work
primarily for screens large and small. Glenora is the current camera-woman
for the CBS-local television show Toni On
New York, for which she has received two Emmy nominations. Her
feature-length documentary "Smell Me" is currently in
post-production. Her editing work for filmmaker/photographer Richard
Kern was recently included in the DVD-extra for the Taschen book "Shot by
Kern," and has appeared on Channel 4 in England. Her editing work for
artist Martynka Wawrzyniak has appeared at the Venice Biennale. Her
directing collaboration with Italian author Elena Perazzini produced several
short films that have played across Italy on Perazzini's book
tours. Glenora has produced and directed several short documentaries and
music videos. She is currently editing a feature film written and directed
by Dionne Jones called "The Goat Shearing," which first got its legs
as a staged reading directed by Glenora back in 2004. Glenora has an MFA
in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School (New School University).
Victor
Vauban Junior (Stage Manager) is an Actor, Dancer, Circus Performer,
Trapeze Artist and Dramatist, originally from Brazil. Victor has just wrapped back-to-back
productions of two of his own plays. Agape premiered at The New York Theatre
Festival’s Summerfest at The Hudson Guild Theater. Victor also acted in it. Oh,
Happy Dee premiered at MITF’s Short Play Lab at WSP’s Main Stage
Theater. He self-produces through his
production company, Brother Soul C & T.
Shelley Molad* (AEA) (Doula/Pediatrician/Lactation Consultant/Breastfeeding Mom #1/Breastfeeding
Mom Group Leader/Mom Support Group
Participant #1 & #2/Genetic Testing Nun) is a New York based actor, writer and producer. Originally
from Houston, Texas, with Macedonian and Israeli roots, Shelley moved to
New York to pursue her love of the Arts. Shelley works in film and
television, theater, new media, commercials, print, and industrials. Recent
projects include the critically acclaimed indie feature film Out of My
Hand (Winner Best Film at the LA Film Festival, Independent
Spirit Award Nominee, Official Selection Berlin Film Festival) now available on
Netflix, and the feature film Brennan,
set to release in AMC theaters in September 2016. Upcoming projects include the
TV Pilot Presentation Boys
v. Girls, created by Rob Alicea. Producing projects have included a
short film entitled A Big Black Space,written by and
starring Tanis
Pareanteau, as well as the original stage play Inspector Descending by
Eddie Aronoff. Shelley periodically writes for NYTheaterNow, a blog dedicated
to reviewing indie theater in NYC, is a freelance videographer, and works for
the SAG-AFTRA Foundation,
house managing their special events and assisting with the On-Camera Lab. http://www.shelleymolad.com/
Hank Morris (Millennium
Mom) most recently played Anna Now, who triumphs over domestic abuse in the new
play Capture, which debuted at the
Venus/Adonis Festival at the beginning of 2016. Hank is also a proud cast
member of the award-winning web series "Or So the Story Goes," and looks forward to shooting a new
season this Spring! She was seen as Faith in Foreclosure and Mother in PUSH,
both directed by Liz Amadio; and as Lisa in DAPLab’s Phase II Spring 2015
staged-reading of Evolution: Among Statues. Hank is thrilled to be
working with Liz again, bringing to life the insightful and unique perspective
of Millennium Mom. http://www.hankmorris.com/
Heather Wahl* (AEA) (Mainstream Mom) is a NYC based
actor/producer/director who has performed onstage in nearly all 50 states.
Theatre Highlights include: A Piece of My Heart (Speranza
Theatre); The Vagina Monologues (HCCC & SPU); Loose
Knit (Centenary Stage); A Body of Water (Garage
Theatre); The Daughters of Eve (Cherry Lane); Scenes
from an Execution (59E59); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir.
Austin Pendleton); and Anne Boleyn in Rex (world premiere
revival). On-Camera Highlights: 12 Steps to Recovery (winner
for Best New Comedy Series). She holds an MFA in Acting from The New
School for Drama and a BFA in Dance. Heather is Artistic Director of Jersey
City-based women’s theatre company, www.SperanzaTheatreCompany.org.
*Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity
Association.
