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COMPANY

  Zafirah Ahmed

    visual artist, photographer

committees: marketing & accessibility

YVONNE CONE 

performer, writer, producer 

Committees: Budget & Marketing

  Krysta Hibbard

    director, producer

committees: production

Rosa Procaccino  

performer, writer

committess: budget

  Pichteeda (Pita) TAIng

  producer

committees: accessibility & production

artistic advisory board

Adrienne Brathwaite 

Spencer Garrett

Danielle Harrow

Chukwudi Iwuji

Natalie Deryn Johnson

Maelyn Jarmon

Mahayla Lawrence

Teresa Avia Lim

Natalie Marmol

Ciara Renée

ZAFIRAH (ZAFI) AHMED (she/her) is a visual artist, photographer, and educator. She was born and raised in Akron, OH and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

 Zafirah received her B.A in Art Education in 2013 from The University of Akron and completed her MFA in Studio Art at Claremont Graduate University. Her paintings, prints, installations and digital works are inspired by pattern. Zafirah’s work explores patterns both as elements of decoration and as something inspired by the continuous evolution of culture and fashion. She uses multiplicity to emulate routines and trends as she sees them repeat in daily life.

YVONNE CONE (she/they) is a Los Angeles and New York City based actor, writer, and producer. She is a Co-Founder of THEE (previously Shrunken Shakespeare Co.), as well as the underground Jewish theater company JewFace, based in LA. She received her BFA in Theatre Performance from Chapman University.

Some of her Off-Broadway and Regional credits include: The Sneeze (The Pearl Theatre Company), Firebird (La MaMa ETC), King Lear with Paul Sorvino (The Barrow Group, Shrunken Shakespeare), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Shakespeare & Company), Pericles (Shakespeare and Company), The General of Hot Desire (American Shakespeare Center), Frozen Fluid (World Prem. – Coeurage Ensemble), Chukwudi Iwuji’s IRA (Shrunken Shakespeare). Film and TV credits include: The Mysteries of Laura (NBC), Happy! (SYFY), Perfect Chaos (Facebook), As Long As We Both Shall Live (Gravitas Ventures).

KRYSTA HIBBARD (she/her) is a New York based director and ‘artist wrangler’. She was raised on the West Coast and completed her under/graduate work in the Midwest, giving her an uncanny understanding of how theater is viewed throughout the country. 

She develops and directs new works—be they out-of-the-box musicals, exciting new comedies, or provocative dramas. Krysta brings tenacity as well as a feminist, queer, and inquisitive worldview to every narrative. Recent credits include: Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway), Summer (Broadway), and A Bronx Tale (Broadway). Some TV credits include: Annie Live!, The Tony Awards, Broadway’s Back, Kennedy Center Honors, and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. She also assistant directed Arrabal (A.R.T.), ¡Viva! Broadway (Playbill.com), and associate directed The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse) and Wildflower (The Apollo).

ROSA PROCACCINO (she/her) is a bi-coatal actor originally from the DC area, but now splitting her time between Los Angeles and New York. She graduated from Northeastern University with a BA in Theatre and is a classically trained pianist. 

Some of her recent stage credits include: Little Foxes and Murder on the Orient Express (Lyric Stage Company of Boston), Jerry Finnegan’s Sister (Emerging Artists Festival). Film credits are: I Have Love In Me (Anne DeMelo), Kilter and Hidden Valley Place (C-41 Productions), Steer (AFI), Black or Blue (AFI), Dreams or the Ones We Keep (AFI), Creation of the Mirrorball (AFI), Family Frenzy (AFI).

PICHTEEDA (PITA) TAING (she/her) was born and raised in San Gabriel, CA. She graduated from California State University Fullerton with her B.A. in Communications – Marketing with a minor in American Studies. She has a deep love for theater and the creative arts having started her career in stage management. 

Pita mainly produces variety television and live award shows. Her credits include: 2023 Super Bowl Halftime show starring Rhianna, People’s Choice Country Awards, Kids’ Choice Awards, The Golden Globes, The GRAMMYs, American Music Awards, The Academy Awards, BET Awards, MTV Unplugged, and many more incredible live events and experiences.