antonio miniño (they/them) (laertes/guildenstern) is a genderqueer native of the dominican republic whose work as an actor, director, writer, dramaturg, producer and intimacy coordinator, has been seen in santo domingo, new york, los angeles, toronto, dublin, and belgrade. antonio is also an intimacy consultant with intimacy coordinators of color, a jonathan alper directing fellow (manhattan theatre club, 2019 & 2020), and a two-time stage directors and choreographers foundation observer. When it comes to shakespeare they've had the honor of playing macbeth (fab marquee), oberon (original binding productions), and shylock (shakespeare theatre association). Antonio is the founder and a creative partner of different translation, and former founding member, company actor and co-artistic director at manhattan theatre works (2006-16). Outside of the performing arts world, antonio is also a well-being life coach at grace in progress consulting, and the writer of the #PersonOfChange series on Medium, showcasing persons of color and/or persons who identify as non-binary (soon to be a podcast). You might also catch them performing burlesque as mx dream beautiful and hosting the "queer dance N8k3d party". SAG-AFTRA/SDC. www.antoniominino.com
anuj parikh (claudius/lucianus) is a happy guy originally from vancouver. He is an NYC stage actor: classical, contemporary, indoors, outdoors. Anuj is also a nuclear astrophysicist. He has a PhD in experimental nuclear astrophysics from yale and was a professor in barcelona and expert on thermonuclear stellar explosions. He is particularly interested in developing theatre that explores the interface between physics and poetry. anujparikh.com
heather harvey (director), is a brooklyn-based writer/director/producer who specializes in nontraditional storytelling for stage, audio, and screen. Most recently, she has directed rita is the goat for dramatic question theater's american woman and BARS for four walls theater. She co-wrote aftetswarm with mieko gavia through a residency with the tank. aftetswarn premiered at JACK in brooklyn in 2019. She has also written the upcoming audio dramas bandana country, sojourner, and the green zone for BRTW with support from WBAI and black and latino film coalition. And when she’s not staying inside, she’s walking the cutest dog this side of the hudson River.
haydee “hr.” souffrant, (technical director) is a chicago-based haitian American teaching artist, writer and maker. Her work weaves performance, critical race and radical healing theory to probe the intersections of race, trauma healing and cultural memory through storytelling and creative writing. Souffrant's literary work has been featured in hair trigger issue 41, sixty Inches from center, medium. Her performance and production work has been featured at the whitney biennale under the dance diaspora collective, links hall @ constellation, threewalls at navy pier, stage 773, comfort station chicago, theater on the lake, and other venues in and around chicagoland.
As an arts administrator, souffrant’s work through arts programming, facilitation and creative writing workshops highlights the connection between spaces of empathy, healing and social justice for people of color. She's excited to be in collaboration dqt on this production of hamlet.
jazmyn d boone, (ophelia) is a “small but mighty” NYC-based actor originally from durham, NC. She is a recent MFA acting graduate from the new school for drama and a proud alumna of spelman college. Recent credits: she’s not alone (snowy owl media), disruptions of the body saros (transformation theatre), black hollow (argo collective), relations (4208 group), and more. www.jazmyndboone.com
joel issal, (polonius/grave digger) For the past 5 years joel has been training in new york city at the stella adler studio of acting, HB studio with karen ludwig and acting coach grace kiley. He attended the universidad del sagrado corazón in his native puerto rico. Majoring in audiovisual production and theater. He is also a singer with credits in joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat as reuben, oberon and theseus in a midsummer night’s dream. As well as mortimer in the fantasticks. Sometimes, we never really change and julia are his latest films.
tyshawn gooden, (player/messenger/osric) is thrilled to be taking the dramatic question theatre virtual stage! He trained with the university of west georgia theatre company and is currently a member of macon little theatre’s repertory company and an upcoming directing intern at actor’s express! regional credits: the winter’s tale (florizel) at the phoenix theatre; interface: an evening of new virtual plays (matt/ ickerus clay) at interface theater; cabaret (hans/rudy) at act3 productions; dogfight (fector) at elm street cultural arts village; a christmas carol (actor b) at SMP entertainment; the addams family (conquistador ancestor) at macon little theatre. Special thanks to the family and friends who have supported him along the way!
xander jackson (horatio/rosencrantz) is a TV/film & theater actor who has done off broadway work and lending his talents to short films since 2018. He's very excited to be participating in this production exposing the classical lense to more BIPOC audiences and giving a refreshing spin on an age old tale.
zane gillion, (hamlet) is a south african actor and performer living in new york with a bachelors in drama from the university of pretoria. Career highlights include priscilla queen of the desert, the color purple and dirty dancing, and the iconic part of angel in rent. He has appeared in numerous television series, soaps and commercials in south africa and internationally and presented popular TV programmes like the design-focused show hatch. Zane also facilitates business role-play workshops for companies that focus on growing leadership through communication and forum theatre. He is currently building his capacity in the development sector, focusing on sustainable development, and hopes to engage with communities affected by climate injustice.