A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Neha Arjunji is a writer, actor, and dancer with experience across several western and Indian dance styles. She currently trains in theatre and film/TV at The Barrow Group. Past favorite credits include The Gunner Games and Avengers Civil Ward with Duke University Medical School’s parody show troupe. She is thrilled to be a part of her first NYC production!

Jeevika Bhat (she/her) is a dancer and choreographer who explores the confluence of her cultures through a contemporary Indian medium. Her background is in Odissi, an East Indian classical dance form known for its nuanced storytelling and graceful fluidity. She has been learning under the guidance of Guru Jyoti Rout for the past two decades, and is now a teacher and choreographer with her dance company, Jyoti Kala Mandir. Academically, she is a graduate of UC San Diego, where she earned a B.S. in Mathematics with minors in Linguistics and Dance, and UC Irvine, where she earned an M.F.A. in Dance. IG: @jeevika.bhat

Isabel Criado (she/her) is a Peruvian/Spanish multidisciplinary artist who wants to tell diverse stories that voice the experiences of multicultural immigrants. Most recent credits include Viola in Prague Shakespeare Company’s production of Twelfth Night. Isabel is currently pursuing a B.F.A. in Drama with a concentration on acting, and has been part of productions such as Let Flow the Blood of the Weak, Screen Door, and various musicals. She was AD for Federica Borlenghi’s new play Until Dark, produced by Et Alia Theatre. Her play You, Mimi and Me was presented at New York’s 2023 WinterFest, and she is part of National Queer Theatre’s Criminal Queerness Playwriting Studio. She is so incredibly grateful she’s able to bring Hermia into life at St. Marks! IG: @isabelcriadob

Madeleine Day (she/her) is a New York City-based actress and a current student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, training in the Experimental Theatre Wing. Some of Madeleine’s past credits include Once Upon a Mattress (Princess Winnifred), Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly Aster), and Grease (Rizzo). Madeleine is thrilled to explore Shakespeare’s magical world in this Midsummer Night’s Dream production and is so grateful to be doing her first show in the city with this wonderful group. She would like to thank her family, specifically her parents, for believing in her dream just as much as she does. Enjoy the show! IG: @madeleinedayy

Kade De Angioletti (he/him) is a trans actor and musician who is thrilled to make his NY theatrical debut at Under St. Marks! Kade is a graduate of Rockford University, where he studied Musical Theatre and Collaborative Piano. Additionally, he completed courses at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and Second City Chicago. Kade has worked as a pit musician, church pianist, music director, and accompanist — most notably with Camp Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He would like to thank Moss and the Gowanus Salon for their unwavering belief in his art and humanity. He would also like to thank Janani for entrusting him with this opportunity. IG: @kdeangioletti

TV: The Equalizer (S4 E7); Short Film: Mars in Motion, Slow Healing, Amusement Park: “The Coastal Currents”; Keyboardist/Vocalist (Dorney Park;) Theatre: Urinetown, The Importance of Being Earnest, Legally Blonde, The Laramie Project

Rob Gaetano is a native Australian who now resides in New York City. He is a graduate of the National Theatre Drama School in Melbourne, Australia and The William Esper Studio in New York. He is currently the Associate Producer/Associate Director of the North American tour of Bluey’s Big Play. Other directing credits include SHIVA for Rose and Bean Productions, and the short film That’s Messed Up (1st AD). His award-winning one man show My Pet, My Love has toured the world. Premiering at Melbourne's Midsumma Festival, it then toured to New Zealand Fringe, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and United Solo Theater Festival in New York City. Notable acting credits include Speechless (National Queer Theatre), Abigail/1902 (Boutique Theatre), As You Like It (Spark Theatre Company), Kiss Me Like You Mean It (MARC Up Productions), and I Wish You a Boat (Ward Theatre Company). IG: @rob_tano Website: robgaetano.com

Genesis Taina Luciano is a born and bred Nuyorican actor, choreographer/dancer, and an aspiring writer and filmmaker. Genesis is over the moon about joining this production in the role of Starveling/The Moon. As a recent graduate of Alfred University with a B.A. in Theatre and minors in Dance and Film Studies this performer is thrilled to put those degrees to work. Past works with Shakespeare include Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page). Currently Genesis is taping a sitcom pilot episode, Greenhand. Previous theatrical productions include Rich B*tch as Dani (leading), Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven as Althea (leading), and Narrator in Department Story with Big Telly Theater. Genesis is a recipient of the 2023 Bill Pullman Award, an award is given to an outstanding student who has shown leadership and commitment to Social Justice practices in Theatre. IG: @genesis.taina

Debra Nguyen (she/her) is based in Brooklyn, NY and is excited to be a part of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at FRIGID. Past highlighted credits include Shakespeare Workshoppe’s The Trojan Women, Stupid F*cking Bird, Skin of Our Teeth, and Antigone with Wombat Theatre Co. Shakespeare credits include Macbeth with Zoom Theatre and Much Ado and Pericles in repertory with Hip to Hip Theatre Company. Some film credits include Soul’s Call, To Eat, or Not to Eat, and MilkyWay as well as web series Ground’s Crew. She has studied Shakespeare with Page Clements at the T. Schreiber Studio, and acting with Patrick Quagliano at Stella Adler and Nick Trotta at Atlantic Theater. IG: @deeeenggg Website: debranguyen.com

Alyssa Poon (she/her) is an audiobook narrator most of the time, an actress the rest of the time, and a costume designer wherever she can fit it in. Her favorite credits include performing in Drunk Shakespeare, voice acting in the upcoming season of Totally Spies!, and winning Best Costume Design from both the American Filmatic Arts Awards (2021) and North Europe International Film Festival (2022) for her work on Caprices with the Evening Crane Theatre. Latest audiobook series include Radley’s Home for Horny Monsters and Solar Dragons Need Love, Too!, both available on Audible. When she isn’t working on her myriad of professional passions, she can be found picking up new fiber art hobbies, min-maxing various video games, and tending to her numerous plants. Shoutout to NYU Tisch for the BFA! Website: alyssapoon.com

Austin Blake Sasser is currently an NYC-based actor. Some credits include Titus Andronicus, Pass Over, Polaroid Stories, As You Like It, and Ragtime! He made the big move to NYC in 2021 for attendance at The Atlantic Acting School’s full time conservatory which he graduated from this past fall. He would like to thank all his loved ones for helping him get to this point. He is very happy to get the privilege of performing for you all, and hope you enjoy the show! And with that being said….IIITTSS SHOWTIIIIIME!!!! IG: @theeaustinsasser Website: austin-blake-sasser.com

Dillon Siry is an actor and comedian originally from San Diego, California. He recently graduated from NYU Tisch with a B.F.A. in Drama. Dillon was classically trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and received additional film and TV training at Stonestreet Studios. Some of his previous roles in Shakespeare’s plays have been Borachio (Much Ado About Nothing) and Malcolm (Macbeth), and he is happy to be reprising the role of Demetrius. When he’s not acting on stage, you can find him improvising with NYU’s premier improv group, Pasadena Golf Club. Dillon’s greatest joy is making people laugh. IG: dillon_siry

Amora Sun (they/she) performed as U/S Gwendolen last year in The Importance of Being Earnest, beginning her long awaited NYC acting career after slaying the role of Clown in All’s Well That Ends Well with the Shawnigan Players back in Canada. They are a working member of the Urban Playwrights Club in Calgary, Alberta. After over 10 years of writing, performing, directing and overall wizarding live theatre, music, film and improv in Vancouver, BC, Amora starts her second graduate degree this Fall at the Berklee NYC College of Music for a Master of Creative Technology for Musical Theater Writing and Design (Class of 2025). Amora is also proud to be utilizing her first graduate degree in shrinking psychology to help the good people of New York via a new podcast, Saturday Night Shrinking. Amora is a voice performer studying with the Juilliard Extension program and privately with Kurt Alakulppi and will be focusing on writing new musicals featuring complex themes of human empathy, ethical conundrums and moral resurrection in her work at Berklee. Tune into her various exploits via her IG: @wecolorblush

McKenna (she/they) is an actor, costume designer, and producer from Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Western Oregon University with B.F.A.s in acting and costume design, McKenna is committed to producing rarely seen or new works created by artists from across the human spectrum. McKenna currently works as a background actor for film and television as well as volunteers their time as a reader and theatrical production consultant. McKenna has worked with several Oregon companies including Third Rail Repertory Theatre, CoHo Productions, Theatre Vertigo and Ashland New Plays Festival, as well as their Off Broadway debut with the Rogue Theater Festival. IG: @mckennatwedt

Camille van Putten is overjoyed to be making her New York debut in the same show that welcomed her back to the theater after she took her first break from acting. Cami moved to NYC in 2021, fulfilling a childhood dream despite over a decade of being intimidated by the high rent prices. She studied Theater at Dartmouth College and completed the 2-year Professional Conservatory Program at the Stella Adler Studio’s sister school in Los Angeles, The Art of Acting Studio. Past roles include Viola in Twelfth Night, Beth in Little Women, and Claudia in The Bluest Eye. Cami is excited to see what show will call her back to the stage next time. IG: @camilleofputten

Maren is an actress and choreographer based in New York City. She recently graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Dance, where she participated in many productions both as an actor and a dancer. Since graduating, she has performed with Stag & Lion Theater, Street Macbeth, the Gene Frankel Theater Festival, and Open Hydrant Theater Company, as well as danced for Hari Krishnan’s Lecture Demonstration of Bharatanatyam. Maren is currently a student in the Day Conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. IG: @marenwestgard

Jeevika Bhat (she/her) is a dancer and choreographer who explores the confluence of her cultures through a contemporary Indian medium. Her background is in Odissi, an East Indian classical dance form known for its nuanced storytelling and graceful fluidity. She has been learning under the guidance of Guru Jyoti Rout for the past two decades, and is now a teacher and choreographer with her dance company, Jyoti Kala Mandir. Academically, she is a graduate of UC San Diego, where she earned a B.S. in Mathematics with minors in Linguistics and Dance, and UC Irvine, where she earned an M.F.A. in Dance. IG: @jeevika.bhat

Fiona Hansen is a Brooklyn-based technician, writer, and occasional performer from Groveport, Ohio. They have worked at the NYC Fringe Festival as well as Dixon Place as a technical intern. Fiona also serves as a member of Flux Theatre Ensemble's Second Circle board. Their work includes The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Janani Sreenivasan (Stage Manager), Metra by the Hartfords (Stage Manager), The Portal Project by Flux Theatre Ensemble (Writer, Performer), Television by Cameron Bossert (Assistant Stage Manager), The Church of the Holy Abortion by Emily Davis (Stage Manager), Harmony Hall by Duncan Pflaster (Stage Manager), as well as the online international theatre festival Our New Gold (Writer, Director, Co-founder.) They are excited to be a part of this project and hopes everyone breaks a leg! IG: @fionahandsoap

Olivia (she/her) is a NYC-based intimacy professional working across theater and film. She’s thrilled to be working with Janani again after The Importance of Being Earnest last fall! Additional credits include Harmony Hall (Frigid Fringe), Tell Your Mom I Miss Her! (The Tank), SENDER (Playwrights Horizons Theater School), Heathers (Broad Street Players); Film: Chapped Lips, Heartstrings, Ludus in Ashes, My Best Friend's Boyfriend is a Vampire. Olivia has trained with Theatrical Intimacy Education and works in art history content development outside of theater. IG: @olivia.kormos

Ana is a Dominican actress with Turkish and Spanish roots. She began her artistic career singing, but then she would be seduced by the performance, to which she has been dedicated most of her professional life. Ana has practically worked with all Spanish-speaking theater groups in New York City. She is also a set builder and costume designer.

Emma Tattenbaum-Fine is a writer, performer, and producer who appeared as host of HQ Trivia, improvising live in front of a million viewers internationally. She can be seen in Netflix’s Explained and has written comedy for Comedy Central and NYTW (penning jokes for Heidi Schreck, Tituss Burgess, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Jeff Hiller, Jeremy O. Harris). She’s appeared in musical theatre productions at ACT of CT, Ars Nova, and Joe's Pub. Emma is the author of Trash Mermaid, an illustrated book of poems & stories. In 2023 Emma also co-created, produced and performed The Mister Rogers Variety Hour, a show that Time Out NY listed as among the weekend’s best NYC happenings. Read Emma’s latest stories & essays at EmmaTattenbaumFine.Substack.com, named a “Featured Substack of 2022.” IG: @emmatattenbaumfine Photo credit: Arin Sang-urai

McKenna (she/they) is an actor, costume designer, and producer from Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Western Oregon University with B.F.A.s in acting and costume design, McKenna is committed to producing rarely seen or new works created by artists from across the human spectrum. McKenna currently works as a background actor for film and television as well as volunteers their time as a reader and theatrical production consultant. McKenna has worked with several Oregon companies including Third Rail Repertory Theatre, CoHo Productions, Theatre Vertigo and Ashland New Plays Festival, as well as their Off Broadway debut with the Rogue Theater Festival. IG: @mckennatwedt

José Ignacio Vivero is an Ecuadorian multidisciplinary artist, as well as a director, actor, puppeteer, stop motion artist, playwright, and musician. IG: productionspin Website: www.pinproductionscompany.com

Janani is the show’s director, producer, floating choreographer, music director and sound designer, composer of “Bottom’s Theme,” social media goblin, and many other roles. An Oregon native with parents from Tamil Nadu, India, Janani has directed and acted for the Tank's Rule of 7x7 festival and the Chain One-Act Festival, placed short films in the L.A. Comedy Festival and the Iron Mule Short Film Festival, and co-founded the long-running NYC improv band The Vigilante with Rebecca Vigil. Her jokes have been featured in Reductress and The New Yorker, and her short play "Get Leo" depicted her hunger for Leonardo DiCaprio to portray her onstage and was staged and published by the Bechdel Group. Nearly 25 years after first seeing Midsummer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Janani is thrilled to reunite with several folks from her fall 2023 production of The Importance of Being Earnest to direct her first Shakespeare play. She hopes you laugh, cry, laugh some more, and leave the theatre asking “What the hell was that?” IG: jennyvasan

He wrote the play, but we’re convinced he mostly stole it from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.