Co-Producer/Dramaturg

MELODY BROOKS is the founder and Artistic Director of NPTC. She is an award-winning producer, director and dramaturg who has been working in the professional theatre and various educational institutions for 40 years. She has developed and directed a number of notable and award-winning original scripts and innovative classical productions with NPTC since its founding. Brooks was dramaturg for She Calls Me Firefly by Teresa Lotz, which won the 2019 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Best Short Play, co-produced by NPTC and Parity Productions. She was also dramaturg for NPTC's OOBR-winning production of The Taming of the Shrew. Brooks leads NPTC's Women's Work Project which develops new plays by 10-15 writers per year and reclaims historical women who have written plays through the ON HER SHOULDERS program. Brooks received the 2018 "Trailblazing Women and Arts Institutions Award" from Rhythm Color Associates and the "Spirit of Hope Award" in 2015 from Speranza Theatre Company for her career-long support of women theatre artists. She is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and a Board Member with the League of Professional Theatre Women. She has Co-chaired the triennial LPTW Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award since 2014. Brooks is a co-founder of 50/50 in 2020: Parity for Women Theatre Artists.  

Co-producer/ Lighting Design

María-Cristina Fusté; Boundless: Resident LD. New Perspectives: Debut. Broadway:  Jagged Little Pill, Associate LD 2021 remount. Off Broadway: Songs About Trains (Working Theater/Radical Evolution); Fur, Mud, and The Conduct of Life (Boundless Theatre Company, NYC) Regional: Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare, Bay Street Theater. American Mariachi (Goodman Theatre, Chicago); Measure for Measure (Chicago Shakespeare Co); Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage, MA); Airness (Geva Theatre Center, NY); Children of Eden (Aurora Theatre, GA); Sweat (People’s Light Theater, PA); In The Heights (Westport Country Playhouse, CT); The Heath (MRT, MA). Opera: Cecilia Valdés (Teatro Colón, Bogotá); Tosca, Bluebeard’s Castle, Madama Butterfly, Don Pasquale, and L’Elisir d’Amore (Ópera de Puerto Rico, San Juan PR). Training: MFA in Lighting Design (NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts). Awards: Princess Grace Award 2018. Suzi Bass Award 2016/ 2017, nomination 2019, HOLA Award 2022. MC is the Executive Artistic Director of Boundless Theatre Company: www.boundlesstheatre.org. Website: www.mcfuste.com  

Scenic Designer

Raul Abrego is a set designer for Opera, Theater and Television.  His work has been seen at The Juilliard Opera Center, The Manhattan School of Music, The Spoleto Opera Festival in Italy, The Rattlestick, Cherry Lane Theater and Intar.  Noted Recent projects: Adamandi for Princeton University, book and lyrics by Mel Hornyak and Elliot Valentine Lee Directed by Georgina Escobar, Ain't Misbehavin' for Barrington Stage, directed by Jeffrey Page. The Brobot Johnson Experience by Darian Dauchan at The Bushwick Starr.  Assistant Art Director credits for Television include: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 3 & 4, Ghost (Power Book 2) and John Wick,  Art Director for Falling Water (pilot), The Outcasts (film) and Production Designer for 2009 film Cruzando. 

Costume Design

CHRISTOPHER VERGARA (he/him/él). Recent credits include Elian (Miami New Drama), Sugar Skull! A Dia de Los Muertos Musical Adventure (Rhythm of the Arts), Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage); Windfall (Bay Street Theater), A Number, She Talks to Beethoven, The 17th Chapel, the bull-jean stories, Unfuckwithable (Drama League); A Survivor’s Odyssey, a live virtual opera (White Snake), Bodas de Sangre (Phoenix Theater); Once (VinWonders, Vietnam);  References to Salvador Dali… (Juilliard); Macbeth (McCarter); Shadows (Connelly) In the Heights (Orlando Shakes); Kidnap Road (La Mama); The Golem of Havana (La Mama, Miami New Drama); Texas in Paris, Last Dance (York); Danza-de-Fernando (somedance company); like the eagle (DASH); Madame Butterfly, Kiss Me Kate, La Traviata, Pirates of Penzance (Brevard Music Festival); Harlequinade, Walpurgisnacht, Majisimas (Ballets Trockadero). Broadway Associate credits include The Kite Runner, Free Man of Color, The Visit, People in the Picture, Eclipsed, The Color Purple, and Once on this Island. He is the Designer-in-Residence at the University of Michigan where he has designed Cendrillon, Junk, Rise to Freedom, Hair, Sophisticated Ladies, and The Heart of Robin Hood. He is also an adjunct faculty member at New York University. He is an alumnus of The Professional Internship Program of The Juilliard School and a member of IATSE-USA 829, Wingspace, Design Action, La Gente: The Latinx Theatre Network, and Gotham Knights Rugby. 

Sound Composer

Nathan Leigh is a sound designer and composer who has been collaborating with Boundless Theatre since 2016 working on Prospect, Mud, Conduct of Life, and Fur. Nathan has designed sound and scored over 300 plays at theatres including Cherry Lane (Original Sound), MCC (Space Dogs), Signature (Our Brother’s Son), New York Theatre Workshop (Nat Turner In Jerusalem), Red Bull Theatre (The Duchess of Malfi), Huntington Theatre (Skeleton Crew), Berkshire Theatre Group (Godspell), Stoneham Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2009 for Strangers On A Train), Central Square Theatre (IRNE Best Sound Design 2010 for The Hound of the Baskervilles), and many more. With Kyle Jarrow, Nathan co-created the musicals Big Money and The Consequences. With Jason Slavick and the Liars and Believers ensemble, Nathan Leigh composed scores for Song of Songs, Icarus, and A Story Beyond. Nathan’s latest solo album is House On Stilts. 

Fight/intimacy director

RAY A. RODRIGUEZ has been Resident Fight Director and a core teaching artist with NPTC since 1999. Credits: FUKT (Tank Theater) El Coquíi Espectacular And The Bottle Of Doom! (Julia de Burgos), JIHAD: the Play (NPTC), Dracula (13th Street Repertory Theater), GEEK! (Vampire Cowboys Theater), Strawberry And Chocolate (777 Theater), BOISE (Rattlestick Theater), Comic Potential, Sense And Sensibility, Gen T, The Bassett Table, SubUrbia (Adelphi University). Film credits: Renfield (stunts, 2023 Universal Pictures) Wu-Tang: An American Saga (stunts) The Crimson Mask (stunt coordinator), St. George’s University commercials (stunt coordinator). He is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors currently on faculty teaching stage combat, movement and acting technique at Adelphi University. He has previously taught at The Strasberg Institute, New York Film Academy, Harlem School of the Arts, NYU, NCC, Five Towns College & University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Combat Inc. (Facebook: @CombatInc).

Asst. Scenic Design/Props Master

Omayra Garriga Casiano (she/ her/ ella) . NYC based theater maker. Born and raised in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. Associate artist with Boundless Theatre Company. {Lighting design: La Carta-Danza (2021). Scenic Design: Mercado Libre (2022) El Barrio Raíces (2018- 2021)} Credits in lighting design: Callback Series (2016-2021), The One Festival (2017-2021), La Celestina (2019). Credits in scenic design: Callback Series (2015 & 2022). The Lesson (2018), The Waters of Friendship (2018), Nanas (2018), El barbero de Sevilla (2019). Holds a B.A. in Theater Education from the University of Puerto Rico and an MFA in Theater Design from Brooklyn College. Omayra has taken classes with international groups like Theater of the Oppressed (Brazil), Malayerba(Ecuador) and Yuyachkani (Peru).  

Assistant costume designer

Oriana Lineweaver is a Costume Designer, Actress, and Stylist. She has been a part of Boundless Theatre since 2016 where she started as an Intern and then became part of the team of designers. She has worked on multiple Barrio Raices performances, Boundless Exposed, and was the Costume Designer for Mercado Libre. Some of her other design credits include Aloha Boricua (PRTT), Harlem Hellfighters (PRTT), and Luciernagas (NQT).  As an actress she has performed with Repertorio Español, Boundless, and was the producer of a one-woman show, Ay Fefa, Where is the Wind. For more about Oriana follow her on IG @0rianasophia 

Assistant director

Kaelani Burja (she/her/ella) :Boundless and New Perspectives debut! Chicana from Guam and Bakersfield, California. Grateful to be a part of, and learning from, such an incredible team! Assistant director: Spindle Shuttle Needle (Clubbed Thumb), La Paloma Prisoner workshop (Chelsea Factory), PAPILUCHO reading (Ensemble Studio Theatre), upcoming: bull-jean/we wake (Pillsbury House + Theatre), Daniel Alexander Jones residency (McCarter). Dramaturg: SolFest 2020-2022 (Sol Project), O.K.! reading (The Artist Co-Op), PAPILUCHO. Other: El Corrido de California reading (PA, Roundabout), Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat reading (PA, Pregones/PRTT), This Beautiful Future (Wardrobe Sub, Cherry Lane), Expand the Canon Research + Reading Committees (Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre), Fornés in Context editorial assistant and contributor (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Education: Princeton University 2023. Directing and performing in her senior thesis, an immersive piece about cumbia and community, April 21st-28th. 

Production Manager

BRITTANY KOSCINSKI (She/They) is a singer, dancer, actor, and choreographer from Oviedo, Florida with a degree in musical theatre and a minor in dance from Otterbein University (2023). She has a deep love and passion for theatre/arts and continues to hone her craft through devising and creating. She is a strong believer in making theatre more inclusive, specifically embracing body positivity, the LGBTQ+ community, and neurodivergent/disabled artists. She proudly identifies with each of these communities and strives to create a space where all voices can be heard. Brittany is beyond thrilled to begin working as an intern at New Perspectives Theatre Company and is looking forward to this wonderful learning experience.

Stage Manager

ZEYNEP AKÇA is a Brooklyn-based director, stage manager, producer, and educator. She is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. She was recently the directing apprentice for Sam Gold on Macbeth on Broadway. She is currently working on developing new and reimagined works with fellow artists 

Her favorite credits include: Events (The Brick/The Hearth Co.), Pocket Curiosities: Novae (Queerly), Twelfth Night (Match:Lit), Dangerous Games (Brick Theater: ?! Festival), The Catamite (BBTF), [HAMLET CURSE QUOTE] (The Tank Pride Fest), The Argentinian Prostitute Play (BBTF). She is the artistic director of No Exit Theatre Collective. 

Talk-Back Series Producer

GWYNN MACDONALD has directed and produced numerous projects for theater, TV, film and radio, receiving cable Ace and Emmy nominations, and Radio’s Gracie Award. She is a member of Juilliard alumni-founded Juggernaut Theatre, League of Professional Theatre Women, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Drama League Directors Council and Society of Directors and Choreographers. Recent projects: Siachen a new play by Aditya Rawal in a residency at Baruch Performing Arts Center; The Monument by Randall David Cook and Cheryl Davis (Orchard Project Perf Lab); a workshop of Amy Freed’s Taming of the Shrew co-produced by Play On! Shakespeare and Theater Breaking Through Barriers; E+T  by James Magruder, a romcom about an inter-abled couple; and RM Cohen’s American Pastime, an historical look at systemic racism in Baseball. International play development includes works from Eastern Europe, U.K., Argentina, India and Israel. International directing includes American plays in Cuba and Bogotá. Gwynn studied theatre and film at Princeton, is a Drama League Fellow, and a graduate of Columbia University’s Arts Leadership Institute.

Ximena

TATIANA MIRABENT is a NY-based actress who recently graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, playing the title role in the classic Greek tragedy Antigone for her final project. She just finished performing in the national tour Sugar Skull! A Dia de Los Muertos Adventure with Rhythm of The Arts, in the leading role of "Vita Flores". This past year she also played the lead role in Noa’s Arc, a TV pilot for the Tisch School of The Arts, as well as a supporting role in the independent film The Claddagh. She hopes to continue working on projects that tell the stories of the unheard and the unseen, and to share the beauty of Mexican culture with the world. 

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REGINA CARREGHA is an award-winning bilingual actress originally from Cancún, México, based in NYC. She trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting's 3 year Conservatory. Regina loves working on challenging material especially featuring characters striving for a better life and Latine and Womxn empowerment stories. Regina's recent Theater credits include, "Mama/Abuelita" in the National tour of Sugar Skull (Rhythm of the Arts),  "La Diva of OZ/Mother" in El Otro OZ (TheaterWorks USA), "Chi-Chi" in The Briefcase (LAByrinth Theater Company), and "The Bride" in Blood Weddings (The Phoenix Theater). which earned her a Best Actress nomination from the Regional Broadway World Awards. Some of Regina's Film/TV credits include, "Carly" in Plant Moms (PinkAmongMen LLC), "Renata" in Duplicity (TeamTheater LLC), as well as Carta a Toda Mujer, TITA, A Decade Later, which she wrote, directed and starred in. Amor por siempre a mi familia. IG @reginacarregha

CLAUDIA ACOSTA is a New York-based actor, director, producer and teaching artist originally from Texas. As an actor, she most recently appeared as Lupita in Page 73’s Mancave. Other credits include: Rattlestick Playwright's Theater (Seven Spots on the Sun), WP Theater (Architecture of Becoming), HERE (Don Cristobal Billy Club Man), INTAR (Dance for a Dollar), Chautauqua Theater Company (Guadalupe), Platforma Internațională de Teatru București in Romania (Two Arms and a Noise). In Texas, she has been in many productions with Hip Pocket Theater, Cara Mia, Artes De la Rosa and Teatro Dallas. Claudia has been a featured narrator for Performing Arts Fort Worth and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in their annual bilingual Children’s Educational Programs at Bass Performance Hall for fifteen years. She is a teaching artist for Arts Connection, MTC, New York Theater Workshop and Lincoln Center Education. Claudia has directed for Lehman College, SUNY New Paltz, and most recently Teatro Dallas’s Grave is Given Supper in association with New Ohio’s 2021 Ice Factory Festival. As a founding collective member of The Sol Project, she has produced many readings and workshops for playwrights. Claudia currently co-produces Echoes Writing Group with Primary Stages. 

JOMACK MIRANDA is an alum of  the Gaiety School of Acting, The National Theatre School of Ireland. You may have seen him in It Was Fine Until You Came into the Room [Boxers and Briefs Play Festival], The Boogie Down Bronx [Si Se Puede Productions], Lady Susan [The Theatre Project], or The Program [Falconworks Artist Group]. A Brooklyn-born, Puerto Rican Jewish actor, he takes pride in diverse projects promoting the hidden stories of marginalized groups. How to Melt ICE is a poetic journey exploring the trauma of those who come to this country for opportunity but who are often met with racism. This story explores the meaning of boundaries - where we put them, how they are sanctioned, who holds the power to define them. He is very happy to be a part of this talented ensemble and commends Amalia Oliva Rojas for writing this brave and timely piece.

BRADLEY TEJEDA is a Tejano actor from Harlandale in San Antonio, TX. He holds a B.A in Theatre Arts from The University of the Incarnate Word and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Recent theatre credits include: "Young Man 1/Adam/Leo" in the The Geffen Playhouse production of The Inheritance,  "Alvaro" in The Rose Tattoo and "Tom" in The Glass Menagerie at Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. Pre-pandemic, he understudied and appeared as "Young Man 1 and 4" in the Broadway production of The Inheritance. Recent Film and TV credits include: "Mark Antony" in Apocalyptic Artists’ Julius Caesar and Blue Bloods and FBI on CBS.

BRUCE JIMENEZ is a proud Latino actor/singer/dancer based in NYC! He began his professional career as a classically trained vocalist in venues such as Lincoln Center, New York City Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Verbier Festival in Verbier, Switzerland. He was notably featured as a Specialty Dancer in the modern adaptation of West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg. He made his Off-Broadway debut as a lead in The Argentinian Prostitute Play at Theater Row. He is ecstatic and thrilled to work in this new play with Boundless Theatre and New Perspectives Theatre Company!