SEAN DEVARE (Co-Producer, Writer, Performer) is a multi-disciplinary performer, director, designer, and musician. His work explores questions of cultural evolution through reinterpreting ancient performance traditions. He was a resident actor at The Flea and has since focused on original collaborative pieces in the city and abroad as a founding member of Trinacria Theatre Company. NY credits include: The People Speak (BAM); The Talmud (Target Margin); #serials@theflea (The Flea); The Saltmakers (Dixon Place/HERE); Artaud Artaud (Signature). Sean co-created and performed Juniper Tree for Puppet BloK at Dixon Place featuring handcrafted masks and puppets. He recently completed his MFA in Theatre at Sarah Lawrence College. Other training: Brown University, Dell'Arte Abroad (Bali), New England Puppet Intensive, Theatre Mitu (South India Intensive), and Movement Theater Studio NYC. BFA in Illustration, RISD.
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ALEX M. LEE (Director) is a director, writer, and visual artist from Seoul, Korea, recently based in New York City. She is a graduate of the Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program from which she holds a BA in Theatre Arts and a BFA in Film/Animation/Video. Her personal work is focused on intimate storytelling through transformative media, and she is thrilled to make her NYC directorial debut working with a piece and collaborator both very close to her heart. When she is not in the theatre you can find her down the hall in the HERE office, where she works as a graphic designer.
GUSTAVO SAMPAIO (Co-Producer) is a producer, designer, and performer from São Paulo, Brazil. He has studied clown with Christopher Bayes, Virginia Scott, and Justine Williams; and has performed at Jack, The Pit, and Theater for the New City. Gus holds an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College, a graduate certificate in Media Management, and is currently a candidate for the Master of Arts degree in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship at The New School, in New York City.
KATE AUGUST (Lighting Designer) has hidden out in downtown theater spaces, turning things on and off for the past decade. When not turning lights on and off, they’re often found in tech closets muttering. Past projects include but are not limited to Devil in a Box, a sex thing (or, a bunch of liberals getting uptight about the sociopolitical implications of their desires), Basil Twist’s Puppet Parlor, and Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire. They have a profound enjoyment of waffles.
GLENN POTTER-TAKATA (Stage Manager) is a performance artist from Los Angeles. Shiba Inus are his favorite dog. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College.
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www.seandevare.com
ALEX M. LEE (Director) is a director, writer, and visual artist from Seoul, Korea, recently based in New York City. She is a graduate of the Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program from which she holds a BA in Theatre Arts and a BFA in Film/Animation/Video. Her personal work is focused on intimate storytelling through transformative media, and she is thrilled to make her NYC directorial debut working with a piece and collaborator both very close to her heart. When she is not in the theatre you can find her down the hall in the HERE office, where she works as a graphic designer.
GUSTAVO SAMPAIO (Co-Producer) is a producer, designer, and performer from São Paulo, Brazil. He has studied clown with Christopher Bayes, Virginia Scott, and Justine Williams; and has performed at Jack, The Pit, and Theater for the New City. Gus holds an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College, a graduate certificate in Media Management, and is currently a candidate for the Master of Arts degree in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship at The New School, in New York City.
KATE AUGUST (Lighting Designer) has hidden out in downtown theater spaces, turning things on and off for the past decade. When not turning lights on and off, they’re often found in tech closets muttering. Past projects include but are not limited to Devil in a Box, a sex thing (or, a bunch of liberals getting uptight about the sociopolitical implications of their desires), Basil Twist’s Puppet Parlor, and Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire. They have a profound enjoyment of waffles.
GLENN POTTER-TAKATA (Stage Manager) is a performance artist from Los Angeles. Shiba Inus are his favorite dog. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College.
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First Violin was made possible by the generosity of:
Brian Alford • Aaron Blanton • Myken Bomberger • Francis Boncales • Patti Bradshaw • Ryan Caraballo • Jordan Carey • Connie Castanzo • Maren Celest • Lisa Chu • June Chung • Chris Cook • Mahua V. Dandekar • Anna Dart • Alida Rose Delaney • Doria Devare • Jenna Devare • Sushil Devare • Helen Diagama • Robert Dowling • Pat Dwyer • James Green • Teddy Hahn • Quinton Kappel • Jonathan Key • Allison Kiphuth • Alexander Kushi-Willis • David Lane • Jae Hyun • Lee Richard Liu • Zoe Lohmann • Claire Lordon • Jessica Lorence • Danitra Faithe • Jesse Freedman • Evan Maltby • Cary Patrick Martin • Susannah Melone • Paul Morejon • Alex Mumford • Sara Jane Munford • Sabina Nilakhe • Alison Novelli • Will O’Hare • Tiffany Peng • Jonathan Plotkin • Jonathan Posner • Glenn Potter-Takata • Allan Prikhodko • Joel Putnam • John Racioppo • Jeremy Rafal • Sarah Rhoads • Ari Rodriguez • Rita Rosenfeld • Aeneas Sagar-Hemphill • Neil Samuels • Luke Santy • Eloise Sherrid • Sooyoun Shim • Andrew Simon • Erin Elisabeth Smith • Adam Souza • Stew Stewart • Nicholas Truss • Jennifer Tsay • Stefan Uddenberg • Emma E. Wade • Samantha Weinryb • Rachel Yong