A LETTER FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

“Connection in an isolating age.” How strangely prophetic these words written by Jonathan Larsen, in 1993, seem to be now in 2020. We find ourselves in an unprecedented time not only for IAMA and the Los Angeles theater community, but for the global community at large. This is a time where we must take a deeper look at the meaning of “essential.” Equality is essential. Justice is essential. Empathy is essential. And yes, theatre is essential. The ability to provide a place for celebration, questioning, reckoning, dismantling, this is the “essential” service that theatre and art provide to a community and to humanity. IAMA takes this responsibility very seriously and in this moment we promise to keep the “doors” to our theatre open. We are so proud to be able to continue to share our mission of developing new work with our now global community. As we embark on our 13th season, IAMA will be virtually celebrating new voices and works in progress. We are all “works in progress” in this moment, as we face uncertainty about our future in all aspects of life. At IAMA, we look towards the future with a strong sense of elevating voices that need to be heard to promote change in our world. By supporting a season of Virtual Solo Performance workshop productions, we are proclaiming that the road to change and transformation deserves a spotlight. Let’s illuminate this path together by supporting “essential” and diverse voices like Tom Detrinis, Anna LaMadrid, Sheila Carrasco, and Brandon Kyle Goodman as they break down the walls of isolation and encourage connection and community.

Stefanie Black and Katie Lowes 
IAMA Co-Artistic Directors

IAMA Theatre Company Presents

ANYONE BUT ME

Written and performed by Sheila Carrasco*

Directed by Margaux Susi*

Lexi Sloan*

Terry Li

Camella Cooper

Rose Swaddling Krol

Justin Huen

R. S. Buck*

John Nobori

Stephen Rowan

Christine Woods

Helton Najera

Tanny Jiraprapasuke

Mika Gonda 

Dane Wagner

Naeem Munaf

Shaylee Yamashita

Andrew Lui

Naeem Munaf, Dane Wagner

Terry Li

Lucy Pollak, Lucy Pollak PR

Kathryn Musilek, Shark Party Media

CAST

Sheila Carrasco*

* Indicates member of IAMA Theatre Company

CAST

Sheila Carrasco* (Writer/Performer) Sheila was last seen in IAMA's FOUND the musical, and has also performed at: JFL "New Faces of Comedy 2018", CBS Showcase (performer/ head-writer), the Groundlings, UCB, American Repertory Theatre, Moscow Art Theatre, Steppenwolf Garage, the Court Theatre. TV credits: GHOSTS, The Good Place, I Think You Should Leave, Jane the Virgin. This is Sheila's first solo theatre show and her first time doing one SANS wigs and costumes, so basically naked. Big thanks to Margaux for EVERYTHING, and to Josh, for well, being Josh.

CREATIVE TEAM

Margaux Susi* (Director) Margaux Susi is a Cuban-Jewish actor & director based in Los Angeles. As Associate Artistic Director of IAMA Theatre Company, Margaux has helped shape and develop new plays for over a decade. Most recently, she associate Directed Daniel Pearle’s A KID LIKE JAKE with IAMA Theatre Company as a guest production at The Pasadena Playhouse. Her other recent directing credits include a reading of Madeline Hendrick’s TREMOR and Kait Kerrigan’s FATHER/DAUGHTER. Margaux also directed Stephen Adly Guirgis' IN ARABIA WE'D ALL BE KINGS & Aaron Sorkin’s THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION at the Art of Acting Studio. You will also see her work as an actress in the upcoming season of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE on Netflix this Spring. Margaux holds a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Lexi Sloan* (Producer) Thrilled to be putting theatre safely out into the world with IAMA's virtual season. Producer: Anyone But Me (IAMA), The Oxy Complex (IAMA), Found: A New Musical (IAMA), A Kid Like Jake (IAMA), Mama Metal (IAMA), Fairy Tale Theatre (Ammo), A-ha Art Photo Series, The One Day Plays 2018 (IAMA); Co-Producer: Stockholm (Triptych); Associate Producer: American Hero (IAMA). Improv: Groundlings, Impro Theatre. Vocal training: Pat Whiteman. lexisloan.com

Terry Li (Associate Producer, Marketing & Social Media Coordinator) is an award-winning actor, producer, and makeup artist. She has spent the last decade developing creative spaces for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists, and was an Artistic Producer and Founding Member of On the Verge Repertory. Recent/favorite acting credits include title role of Athena (On the Verge), Stupid Fucking Bird (Elements Theatre), and Amelie the Musical (Out of the Box). Thrilled to make her IAMA producing debut! terryli.net IG: @ter.ryli

Justin Huen (Production Designer) Justin Huen is an award-nominated actor/director/designer who ‎has worked in intimate and regional theaters across the country. He is thrilled that IAMA has hired him to once again make theatre!.. Or “Work formerly known as Theatre”.

R. S. Buck (Lighting Designer) R.S. Buck is an international lighting designer for live performance, and a multimedia experience designer. In LA: Cages (Woolf and the Wondershow); Formulae and Fairy Tales (Invertigo Dance Theatre). Buck is a production manager and designer for the In[heir]itance Project. They have their MFA from CalArts.

John Nobori (Sound Designer) John Nobori is a California-based sound designer.  His work has been heard in plays produced by such organizations as South Coast Repertory and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  He is the recipient of the 2016 Ovation Award for his work on The Golden Dragon, Boston Court Pasadena. BA University of California, Irvine.

Camella Cooper (Production Stage Manager) Camella Cooper is a stage manager, femtor, a connoisseur of play, and an educator. She has worked with Seattle Shakespeare Company, on shows like Sophina Brown's Two Trains Running, and Malcolm Barrett's Brain Problems. She is excited for this wonderful work that is theater and film in a reimagined way.

Rose Swaddling Krol (Assistant Stage Manager) Rose Krol is an aspiring stage manager and recent graduate of UCLA’s theater program in stage management and design. Past works include Devised: A Creation Myth, A Wolf’s Mother, and most recently an online series including excerpts from Gloria. Rose is beyond excited to merge film and theater at IAMA.

Helton Najera (Technical Director) Helton has been with The Pico since February 2018. Since then he has overseen the lights and tech of all of the Creating Art Shows, I am Sophie, Under the Jello Mold and Three Black Girls. He has designed the lights for the following shows: Time Alone, Improv for the People, Coolbeans, Agatha Christie Unscripted and Peter Faber’s production of Hope and Gravity as well as many dance and camp shows.

Tanny Jiraprapasuke (COVID-19 Compliance Officer) Tanny is a certified COVID compliance officer and independent producer. She knows how to support an artist’s vision while maintaining a safe and functioning production. She is a mindfulness expert and holds a master from Harvard in Buddhist Studies. Tanny actively works towards emboldening the voices of the under represented in the arts.

MUSIC CREDITS

“Sexy Music” by www.bensound.com 

“Elevator Music” by Julian Avila 
https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila​ 
Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/ioi_-5sAuXQ 

Closed Captioning provided by TAKE Creative

IAMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Katie Lowes, Chair 
Tyler Ennis, President 
David Yanni, Secretary 
Victoria Lerner, Treasurer 

Jana Bezdek 
Gracye Cheng
Tyler Ennis 
Mike Jackson 
Victoria Lerner 
Katie Lowes 
Melissa Romain
Graham Sibley 
David Yanni

IAMA STAFF

Co-Artistic Director: Stefanie Black 
Co-Artistic Director: Katie Lowes 
Managing Director: Lara Myrene 
Producing Director: Cymbre Sklar 
Associate Artistic Director: Margaux Susi 
Associate Artistic Director: Rodney To
Director of the Ensemble: Tom DeTrinis
Basecamp Director: Christian Durso
Director of Social Programming: Anna LaMadrid
Social Media Manager and Marketing Associate: Justin Sullivan
Grant Writer: Laila Ayad

IAMA ENSEMBLE 

Anisha Adusumilli, Alexander Alcheh, Tom Amandes, Laila Ayad, Deanna Barillari, Stefanie Black, Michelle Bossy, R. S. Buck, Jon Caren, Sheila Carrasco, Dean Cechvala, Parvesh Cheena, Deborah S. Craig, Desi Dennis-Dylan, Tom DeTrinis, Christian Durso, James Eckhouse, Josh Epstein, Ryan Garcia, Chris Gardner, Jeff Gardner, Eli Gonda, Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Heine, Laura Holloway, Anna Rose Hopkins, Tina Huang, Bailey Humiston, Alexis Jacknow, Andria Kozica, Colleen Labella, Anna LaMadrid, John Lavelle, Sharon Lawrence, Katie Lowes, Laura Mann, Burl Moseley, Karla Mosley, Louise Munson, Lara Myrene, Melissa Jane Osborne, Brian Otano, Tim Peper, Geoff Rivas, Tim Rock, Devere Rogers, Kacie Rogers, Amy Rosoff, Emily Rowan, Adriana Santos, Mark Saul, Courtney Sauls, Micah Schraft, Brandon Scott, Sonal Shah, Adam Shapiro, Graham Sibley, Cymbre Walk Sklar, Lexi Sloan, Melissa Stephens, Margaux Susi, Rodney To, Sarah Utterback, Keliher Walsh, Jamie Wollrab, Christine Woods

IAMA THEATRE COMPANY IS A LOS ANGELES-BASED ENSEMBLE OF ARTISTS COMMITTED TO INVIGORATING LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR A STREAMING GENERATION. THROUGH CUTTING-EDGE, COOL AND HYPER-MODERN STORIES, IAMA IS INVESTED IN THE IMMEDIACY OF PRODUCTION AND STRIVES TO BRING AUDIENCES OUT OF THEIR PERSONAL SPACE AND INTO A SHARED EXPERIENCE.

Designated by Playbill as “one of 20 regional houses every theater lover must know,” IAMA is an ensemble of artists committed to invigorating live performance for a streaming generation. Through cutting-edge, cool and hyper-modern stories, IAMA is invested in the immediacy of production and strives to bring audiences out of their personal space and into a shared experience. The Ovation award-winning company has seen many plays generated at IAMA travel to off-Broadway, Second Stage and the Roundabout Underground, then go on to be performed regionally and internationally. Recent productions include West Coast premieres of A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle and Found, a new musical based on the Found books and magazines by Davy Rothbart, featuring a book by Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree and music and original lyrics by Eli Bolin. IAMA members have been featured in numerous critically acclaimed TV shows and films as well as in a vast array of theater and live performances all over the country, including off-Broadway and Broadway. IAMA has been dedicated to developing plays and musicals by new, emerging and established playwrights since 2007. IAMA is based in Los Angeles on the ancestral and unseated lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva people.

IAMA THANKS OUR 2020-2021 SPONSORS:

Shonda Rhimes & the Rhimes Family Foundation

DAVID LEE FOUNDATION

NONPROFITS INSURANCE ALLIANCE GILBERT GRANT

CAPLIN FOUNDATION

THE SHARI AND LES BILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION

VANGUARD CHARITABLE AND THE BEZDEK FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND

THANK YOU TO OUR IAMA DONORs:

Adam Howard 

Alexandra Grossi

Andrew Deffenbaugh

Anne Woodward

Barrett Foa

Belinda Glijansky

Bennett Sloan

Bud Coffey

Camille Scales

Cathryn Wilson

Chandler Grinnell

Christine Sobolewski

Courtney Ritchie

Daniel Franzese

Daniele Gaither

Daniel Pudi 

Eva Bilick

Evelyn Iocolano

Frances Mciver 

Fulton Management

Hallie O’Gorman

Harley J Neuman & Daniel C. Lam 

Jeff Bratton

Jennifer Adler

Jessica Hanna

Joel Morin

John Paul Karliak

Jonathan Deering

June Raphael

Kelsey Flynn

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

The Pico

Mika Gonda

Adrian Gonzalez

Alexis Jacknow

Andria Kozica

Carey Cannata

Christina Nieves

Christine Woods (Octopus Architect)

Graham Outerbridge

Helton Najera

Jeff Torres

Jeff Verge