STEFANIE BLACK Artistic Director | CARA GREENE EPSTEIN Executive Director
LARA MYRENE Producing Director | | MARGAUX SUSI Associate Artistic Director
A LETTER FROM OUR leadership
Dear friends,
Welcome to IAMA's mind blowing 2023-2024 season! We are forging a new path forward with a new leadership team and a renewed sense of purpose to cultivate the very best new work in Los Angeles. It's our 16th season and we're gonna make it a SWEET one.
Our "Sweet Sixteen" season will center the work of LA based playwrights all. year. long. Los Angeles is home to many of the most exciting new voices in theatre today, but too often new plays get stuck in years of development with no sign of a full production ahead. IAMA is committed to changing this! We want to create a stronger pipeline for our artists and help guide their work from development to production. And we want you, our audience, our community to be right in the center of it.
This season at IAMA, you'll see three world premieres by L.A. based playwrights. The first two are IAMA commissions - RADICAL or, are you gonna miss me? by Isaac Gómez and Arrowhead by Catya McMullen - and the third, The Body’s Midnight by Tira Palmquist, is a collaboration with Boston Court Pasadena. Artistic partnerships are a huge part of the future of theater, and we couldn't be more excited about joining forces with the amazing team at Boston Court.
We're also thrilled to welcome 14 new artists into our ensemble this season, and even more into our community through our Actors Summer Intensive and year round education and community offerings. New opportunities to learn, play, and grow with us will be popping up all season long, so be sure to keep checking in.
As we continue to cultivate new work and deepen the impact of theater in Los Angeles, we are so grateful to you, our audience, for your continued support and commitment to live theatre, and to IAMA. Thank you for allowing us to share so many new and exciting voices and stories with you.
Happy Sweet Sixteen and here's to many more!
With love and appreciation,
Stefanie Black, Artistic Director &
Cara Greene Epstein, Executive Director
A LETTER FROM the playwright
Arrowhead is my love letter to queerness. It’s a dialectic, a series of landmines; sometimes deeply controversial views told with empathy (hopefully). I’ve always found my own queerness exists in a bit of a holy trinity: what I want sexually, my identity, and my community. As I’ve gotten older, my relationship to all three have unraveled and rewoven themselves. Additionally, this isn’t a singularly queer story. It touches on my own navigation of the ways in which what I sometimes want conflicts not only with my queerness, but my feminism.
My hope is that all of you see some part of yourselves reflected in the perspectives and feelings on stage. I think many of us, or at least those of us in therapy, sometimes find ourselves questioning who we are and facing the bravery required to both uncover new truths and act on them. For me this gets harder and harder the older I get. It’s messy, it’s annoying, it’s weird, it’s painful, and deeply gratifying. All seven of these beautiful weirdo characters have their own journey with this.
This is not a play of answers, but rather an experience of the impossible questions it asks. If there's a point, it's that it's all fucking complicated.
In all my work I try to find the profound in the stupid and the stupid in the profound. Arrowhead is no different. So, I hope you have fun, and, as our brilliant director Jenna Worsham likes to say; laugh your way into a deeper conversation.
Thank you for coming.
Catya McMullen, Arrowhead Playwright
IAMA Theatre Company Presents
the World Premiere Production of
ARROWHEAD
Written by Catya McMullen
Directed by Jenna Worsham
Cast
CREW
*Indicates Ensemble Member of IAMA Theatre Company
arrowhead
was originally commissioned by
IAMA Theatre Company, Los Angeles
Stefanie Black, Artistic Director
CAST
Amielynn Abellera (she/her)
gen
Amielynn Abellera has never said the F-word this many times in a play before and is really having an excellent time. An award-winning stage/screen/voice actress, Amielynn’s theatre credits include Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Rogue Machine, Open Fist, Moving Arts, Playwrights Arena, Boston Court, Coeurage, Artists At Play, and Chalk Rep. Her screen credits include The Cleaning Lady, Bosch Legacy, and NCIS. She graduated from USC’s MFA in Acting program and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Many thanks to IAMA, Catya, and Jenna for this opportunity. Mahal to Anastasia and Sampaguita. www.amielynnabellera.com
Stefanie Black* (she/her)
STACY
*IAMA Ensemble Member
Stefanie Black is an actor/director/writer originally from Allentown, PA. She is a founding member and Artistic Director for IAMA Theatre Company. TV: AHS:1984 (FX), Station 19 (ABC), This Is Us (NBC), Scandal (ABC), Making History (FOX), Casual (HULU), Disjointed (NETFLIX), and others. FILM: Steppin' Into Christmas, The Party Planner, Adult Interference. THEATRE: Canyon (IAMA/CTG), Bachelorette (IAMA), Assistance (IAMA), My Renaissance Faire Lady (Ontological-Hysteric/Rattlestick), Ubu the King (Williamstown Theater Festival), Bush Is Bad (Noho Arts Center, LA Weekly Award); NYU/TISCH. Many thanks to my partners in crime, Lara, Cara and Margaux for making this turn on the stage so special. Love you Alex and Asher! www.thestefblack.com @thestefblack @blackski21
Lindsay Coryne (she/her/HE/HIM)
CAM
Lindsay Coryne is an actor known for roles on shows such as Orange is the New Black, Better Things, You’re the Worst, and Disjointed (playing opposite Kathy Bates) among others. Lindsay has also graced the stage as a musical artist impersonator with a national title as a drag king. Her/his theater background is also extensive, including the role of Rachel Corrie in the one-person play: My Name is Rachel Corrie. Fundamentally, Lindsay wants the world to know Love as it is her/his belief that it is our deepest connection. Lindsay would like to thank her/his girlfriend, Shelley, for her unending support during this process and then some, along with his family and friends.
Adrián González* (HE/HIM)
BRODY
*IAMA Ensemble Member
LA THEATRE: Kiss of the Spider Woman; Argonautika; Othello (A Noise Within); Tar (Playwright’s Arena); Fixed (Echo Theatre Company); Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers (Skylight Theatre); Colony Collapse, and Mojada, A Medea in Los Angeles [u/s] (Boston Court); Lorca in a Green Dress (CASA 0101). FILM/TV: With Love (Amazon); The Garcias (HBO Max); Vida (Starz); Superstore (NBC); The Affair (Showtime); Kevin From Work (Freeform); Your Family or Mine (TBS); The Bridge (FX); as well as smaller roles on NCIS, NCIS:LA, and The Mentalist (CBS) EDUCATION: Northwestern University, BS in Theatre and Psychology.
Kathleen Littlefield (she/her)
LILY
Kathleen Littlefield is beyond thrilled to be making her IAMA and West Coast debut! Broadway: The Nap (MTC), The Glass Menagerie (John Tiffany). Off-Broadway: Love, Love, Love (Roundabout), Linda (MTC). NY/Regional Theater: Twelfth Night (Two River Theater), Convention (Brontosaurus Haircut), Man of the Hour (Metropolitan Playhouse), Graduation Day (Middle Voice). Film: Tenured, Loserville, American Martyr. TV: Orange Is the New Black, The Blacklist, It’s a Hit! (pilot). Epic gratitude for Jenna, Catya, this incredible cast, crew, and team, everyone at IAMA, and always M & Z. All things SM: @kathleenslittle
Kacie Rogers* (she/her)
MAGGIE
*IAMA Ensemble Member
Two time NAACP Award-winning actor/writer, Kacie Rogers, received her classical training at AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts. You can find Kacie on screen as the face of the new board game Disparity Trap as well as on episodes of several TV shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grace & Frankie. Kacie is grateful to have worked with several prestigious theatre companies in the Los Angeles area including The Robey Theatre Co., The Road Theatre Co., Circle X, Theatre40, Theatricum Botanicum, Greenway Court, The Getty Villa, Sacred Fools Theatre Co., The Skylight Theatre, IAMA, Inkwell Theatre, The Fountain Theatre, and A Noise Within. In 2021, Kacie earned a fellowship, leading to her one-woman show, I Sell Windows, which premiered in both NY and LA. After successful performances, the show is set to return to the LA stage in May 2024. Kacie expresses deep gratitude to God, her supportive friends, family, and her agent/manager dream team for their unwavering support on this incredible journey.
Nate Smith (he/him)
levi
Credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mixed-Ish, There's Johnny, Red Oaks, The Mick, Odd Mom Out, Inside Amy Schumer, Silicon Valley, Happy Endings, 30 Rock, Angel From Hell, Adam Ruins Everything, Hits, Me Him Her, Hello Lonesome and pilots nobody ever saw like Black Jack for Comedy Central, Max for HBO and Lusty Crest for Adult Swim. Theater: Tail! Spin! Off Broadway NYC. Commercials- in the hundreds. Nate has been a regular improv and sketch performer at the UCB Theater since 2005. Nate is also a comedy writer and filmmaker and worked extensively in documentary films as an editor and producer.
Tessa Claire Hersh (she/her)
Gen/Maggie U/S
Tessa Claire Hersh is an actor, writer, singer and poet. You can see her regularly performing sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Ben Brantley of the New York Times raved about Tessa’s performance in the Off-Broadway show Blank The Musical. She was awarded Best Actress at the New York Film and Television Festival for two different series she starred in, and also received Best Actress in Hell’s Half Mile festival for the award-winning short Mahogany Drive. She is a proud ABC Diversity Showcase alum and delights in popping up on your television. Tessa will happily talk to you about Dogs, Dessert, and our shared mortality.
Caitlin Morris (she/her)
Stacy/Lily U/S
Caitlin Morris is an actor/producer originally hailing from St. Pete, Florida. This is her LA theatre debut! Select NY theater credits: Minor Character (The Public’s Under the Radar), David Greenspan’s The Things That Were There (Bushwick Starr), I thought I would die but I didn’t (Time Out Critic’s Pick), Drunk Shakespeare and The Antelope Party (NY Times Critic’s Picks), Jordan Harrison’s Play for Any Two People (Playwrights Horizons’ Soundstage). Creator of Sublets (Best Comedy, Vancouver Web Fest) and SoundTrip (Best Immersive Show, Hollywood Fringe 2023). BFA: Otterbein University. Lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
Puppett (THEY/THEM)
Cam U/S
Puppett is a queer non-binary Jewish actor and filmmaker whose work has played multiple Academy Award Qualifying festivals, including Tribeca, Slamdance, Urbanworld, SBIFF, and Outfest. Stage: Max in Hir (LA premiere, Odyssey Theatre Ens.); Rain in Stop Rain (Underground Theatre). Recent Screen: The Burden (Urbanworld, NFMLA); Nana Dara is Gay (American Pavilion's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes; Audience Award for Best Short Film at OUTShine Film Festival); Not Dating (Seattle Queer Film Festival); Disconnected (Best Thriller at Indie Short Fest; Award of Excellence at One-Reeler). www.AnActorNamedPuppett.com @puppetthappens
Ben Bocko (HE/HIM)
Levi/Brody U/S
Ben Bocko is new to the LA theatre scene and proud to be working with IAMA Theatre Company. After two years of Visual Effects work on productions for NBC/Peacock's (Ted S1) and Sony (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile), he is thrilled to be back in the theatre. Past Film/TV credits include costars on Showtime’s City on a Hill and NBC’s Good Girls, as well as supporting roles in two indie thrillers. Ben was classically trained in NYC, performed in various One-Act Festivals across the city, and originated roles in immersive shows at reputable institutions like HB Studio. www.benbocko.com, @benbocko
creative
Catya McMullen (she/her)
Playwright
Catya McMullen is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include Georgia Mertching Is Dead (Ensemble Studio Theatre, Time Out NY “Critics Pick”) for which she was awarded the Outer Circle Critics John Gassner award for best new play by a new playwright; AGNES (Lesser America, New York Times “Critics Pick”); the comedic hip-hop musical Locked Up Bitches (The Flea Theater); and Rubber Ducks and Sunsets (Ground UP Productions); among others. She is a proud alum of the Obie award-winning EST/Youngblood, and was the co-creator of The Homebound Project with Jenna Worsham, a fundraising theater initiative for No Kid Hungry, which raised over $150,000 to help feed hungry children affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She is currently writing the feature film adaptation of Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal for Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap Productions with Ruben Fleischer attached to direct. She has developed film and television with Amazon, Hulu, Universal, Showtime and Lionsgate, and has staffed on Amazon’s Youth (creator and executive producer); AMC's Dietland; Freeform’s Everything's Gonna Be Okay; Showtime, Taika Waititi and Peter Warren’s The Auteur; FX’s Y the Last Man; and others. She lives in Los Angeles with her dentally challenged dog.
Jenna Worsham (she/THEY)
Director
Jenna Worsham is a New York based stage director, writer, dramaturg, arts activist, and gold star lesbian. Off-Broadway and regional direction includes: Bryna Turner's At The Wedding (Lincoln Center Theater, NYT Critic’s Pick); Superstitions (The Pool Plays, New Ohio Theatre); Ren Dara Santiago’s The Siblings Play (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); Amy Herzog’s Belleville (Pasadena Playhouse); C.A. Johnson’s The Climb (Cherry Lane Theater); Catya McMullen’s Agnes (59E59 Theaters/Lesser America, NYT Critic’s Pick); Boo Killebrew’s Summer’s Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Pia Scala-Zankel’s Street Children (Vertigo Theater, NYT Critic’s Pick); Martyna Majok’s The First Immigrant (Williamstown); Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (Pride Plays); Gun Country (A.R.T./New York); Eve Ensler’s V-Day for Taconic Correctional Facility (Cherry Lane); Blue Ridge (co-creator, Williamstown/The Atlantic Theater); and Here to Be Seen, an advocacy project for formerly incarcerated women, commissioned by the Brooklyn DA’s Re-Entry Taskforce. Broadway: Picnic, The Heidi Chronicles, The Parisian Woman (Associate Director). Jenna is the recipient of a Drama League/Boris Sagal Directing Fellowship, a Jonathan Alper Award (MTC), and The O’Neill Theater Center’s National Directing Fellowship. She is the co-founder of New Roots, a rural residency program for LGBTQIA+2s artists, as well as the co-creator of The Homebound Project in partnership with No Kid Hungry.
QUINN O’CONNOR* (she/THEY)
season PRODUCER
*IAMA Ensemble Member
Quinn O'Connor is a disabled producer, stage manager, and arts administrator who has worked at various institutions across the country, including The Public Theater, East West Players, Center Theatre Group, L.A. Dance Project, and the LA Philharmonic. Apart from producing with IAMA Theatre Company this season, Quinn teaches Stage Management at the L.A. County High School for the Arts and is the Company Manager for L.A. Contemporary Dance Company. Originally from Southern California, Quinn works at the intersection of performance and disability access, both in audience experience and representation by consulting with arts organizations and approaching access through a lens of disability justice. Serving on the UCLA Committee on Disability for over 5 years, they are involved in various modes of advocacy, ranging from representation in the arts to accessibility in higher education. Quinn intends to open perspectives surrounding disability in the arts sector and create a more equitable environment for all. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Disability Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. @quinnfelisa
KATHARINE MEANS (she/HER)
CO-PRODUCER
Katharine Means is a Los Angeles based actor and theatermaker. She holds a BFA in Acting from CalArts and is currently Center Theatre Group’s Advertising Manager. An alum of IAMA’s 2023 Actors Intensive, Katharine is deeply grateful to IAMA for creating the space to foster L.A. theatre artists. @meanskatharine
Zaira Paredes-Villegas (she/her)
production stage manager
WITH IAMA: Debut. ELSEWHERE: The Bluest Eye, A Noise Within; Into the Woods, Broadway Tour (Production Assistant); Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games Ceremonies; Concacaf Gold Cup; The Heal, Round House Theater; Be a Good Little Widow, Odyssey Theater; Sweeney Todd, Boston Court; West Side Story, University of Southern California. Zaira is thrilled to be a part of this beautifully chaotic show and she hopes you enjoy it as much as she did the process.
Rosalind Bevan (she/her)
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
After 8 years in Boston, Rosalind has recently relocated back to Los Angeles. Some of her directing credits include Stew at Gloucester Stage; No Child… and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Newton Theatre Company; Echoes and The 54th in ‘22, two short audio plays at The Huntington Theatre Company. And Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, The Moors, and Proof at Boston University. She has also directed a number of readings and workshops. Rosalind has led workshops about professional theatre and audition technique at various colleges and universities including Boston Conservatory, Northeastern University, Emerson College, Tufts University, and Wabash College.
Carolyn Mraz (she/they)
set designer
Carolyn Mraz has collaborated on over 70 world premiere new works such as off-Broadway musicals, regional theater productions, immersive events, performance art, and international tours, including some favorite design challenges: a magic show, a spaceship, a sexy lounge on a decommissioned ferry, a rock musical staged in a church sanctuary, and a collapsible performance tent. Carolyn teaches at California State University Fullerton. Proud union member USA 829. Please visit www.cmraz.com for a visual peek.
Nicole Bernardini (she/her)
Assistant Set Designer
Properties Designer
Nicole Bernardini is a graphic designer and set decorator who enjoys making anything weird and wacky. Some favorite projects include Fefu & Her Friends at the George G. Golleher Alumni House, Hungry Ghost at the Skylight Theatre, and Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchet with OutsideIn Theatre and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Check out nicolebernardini.com for giant broccoli and more.
Danae Iris McQueen (ANY PRONOUNS)
costume designer
Danae's previous LA designs include Little Shop of Horrors (Pasadena Playhouse), Witch (Geffen Playhouse; Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle & LA Stage Ovation Awards), Annie (Hollywood Bowl), and The Pride (Wallis Annenberg Center). She has also worked with La Jolla Playhouse, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Delaware REP, Cincinnati Ballet, BAM, and more. Danae recently won an Emmy Award for her work as an Assistant Costume Designer on ABC’s Beauty & the Beast: A 30th Celebration. She has an MFA in costume design from UCSD. Proud member of the Costume Designers Guild, Local 892. danaeirismcqueen.com
Eliza Vedar (SHE/THEY)
SOUND designer
Eliza Vedar is a sound designer, composer, music director, and pianist based in Southern California. Their work has been featured in theatrical productions with La Jolla Playhouse, TuYo Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Moxie Theatre, Cygnet Theatre, New Village Arts, Common Ground Theatre and various educational institutions including: San Diego State University, CSU San Marcos, and University of San Diego. Eliza holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance: Piano from San Diego State University. https://www.elizavedar.com/
Celina Lee Surniak (she/her)
Intimacy and Fight Director
Celina Surniak is a Fight/Intimacy Director for stage, as well as a Stunt/Intimacy Coordinator for Film & Television. Arrowhead is her first production with IAMA, and she couldn't be more excited. Her recent credits for Fight and Intimacy Direction for stage include: Romeo and Juliet/Bold Stroke for a Husband/Titus Andronicus/Love's Labour's Lost/Cyrano de Bergerac (Island Shakespeare Festival); t/Romeo and Juliet (House of Bards); Angels In America- Parts I and II (Foolish Production Co.); Mamma Mia (Milken Performing Arts); Spring Awakening (Mouthbone Theater Co.); Let Me In (Theatre 68); NIMROD (Theatre of Note); and much more. Celina has studied with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) since its inception, as well as Intimacy Directors International (IDI), before that. Celina is also a certified Crisis Advocate with a specialization in working with survivors of SA and DV in Los Angeles- for whom she provides real time crisis intervention and support. She loves books, black cats, and would like a pet baby dragon. Break legs everyone!
Isabella Gomez (she/her)
Assistant Stage Manager
Isabella Gomez is a LA-based Stage Manager, she received her BFA in Stage Management from the University of Southern California. Isabella has been working at America’s Got Talent since Season 17 and has worked on the spin offs (AGT: All Stars and AGT: Fantasy League) as the lead of the judges team. She has also Stage Managed events at USC with Trojan Event Services and has worked as a show caller for corporate events. Isabella is excited to get back into theatre after working in television post-graduation and wants to thank IAMA and the Arrowhead team for all their hard work throughout the process.
Jordan Bass (HE/HIM)
Casting Director
Jordan Bass is a partner in bass/casting, a bi-coastal casting company that specializes in curating strong ensemble casts across film. television, theatre, and new media. Select feature credits include Wind River starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olson; Amazon's Chemical Hearts starring Lili Reinhart; New Line's Annabelle, Lions Gate's The Last Exorcism; Blumhouse's Martyrs; HBO/Project Greenlight's The Leisure Class, and Wayfarer Studios' Love You Anyway as well as indies Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town starring Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, LaKeith Stanfield, and Alia Shawkat; and A Violent Separation starring Brenton Thwaites, Gerald McRainey, and Ted Levine. Select TV credits: Ghosts of Beirut (Showtime); Spartacus: Blood & Sand (Starz); Big Time Rush (Nickelodeon); Beerfest: Thirst for Victory (CW Seed); Hyperlinked (YouTube/Disney); The 5th Quarter (Go90); and Vin Diesel's The Ropes (Crackle). Select Theatre: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Radical (IAMA Theatre Co.), A Kid Like Jake (Pasadena Playhouse, IAMA Theatre Co) Canyon (IAMA Theatre Co., KDT), The Bottoming Process (IAMA Theatre Co, LA LGBT Center), and The Untitled Baby Play (IAMA Theatre Co.). Proud Union Member. basscasting.com
SPECIAL THANKS
Gemma Baker, Bago LA, Buddy, Laura Barry, Jenoa Harlow, Micheal Kingsbaker, Che Landon, Meerkat Design: Zachary Moore, Kristen Rodriguez, Lucy Thurber, Banks Mateo Thurber, Ellis Vedar, Tim Wright
IAMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Katie Lowes, Chair
Melissa Romain, Vice President
Cymbre Walk Sklar, Secretary
David Yanni, Treasurer
Jana Bezdek
Nicholas Caprio
Victoria Lerner
IAMA STAFF
Artistic Director: Stefanie Black
Executive Director: Cara Greene Epstein
Producing Director: Lara Myrene
Associate Artistic Director - Artistic Development: Margaux Susi
Associate Artistic Director - Ensemble Development: Rodney To
Marketing & Social Media Manager: Terry Li
Literary Manager: Celia Mandela Rivera
Director of the Ensemble: Tom DeTrinis
Emerging Playwrights Lab Program Director: Nicholas Pilapil
Education & Development Associate: Laila Ayad
Basecamp Director: Christian Durso
Public Relation Rep: Lucy Pollak
IAMA ENSEMBLE
Anisha Adusumilli, Alex Alcheh, Tom Amandes, Laila Ayad, Stefanie Black, Michelle Bossy, Josh Bywater, Sheila Carrasco, Parvesh Cheena, Dean Chekvala, Darian Dauchan, Tom DeTrinis, Christian Durso, James Eckhouse, Josh Epstein, Isabella Feliciana, Ryan W. Garcia, Jeff Gardner, Eli Gonda, Adrián González, Cara Greene Epstein, Laura Holloway, Tina Huang, Bailey Humiston, Alaska Jackson, Jenna Anne Johnson, Andria Kozica, Colleen Labella, Anna LaMadrid, John Lavelle, Bryan Langlitz, Sharon Lawrence, Terry Li, Katie Lowes, Celia Mandela Rivera, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Karla Mosley, Lara Myrene, Melissa Jane Osborne, Quinn O’Connor, Brian Otaño, Marnie Price, Geoffrey Rivas, Tim Rock, Kacie Rogers, Amy Rosoff Davis, Adriana Santos, Courtney Sauls, Micah Schraft, Brandon Scott, Sonal Shah, Adam Shapiro, Lexi Sloan, Margaux Susi, Rodney To, Tonatiuh, Sarah Utterback, Juan Francisco Villa, Cymbre Walk Sklar, Keliher Walsh, Christine Woods
IAMA THEATRE COMPANY is a Los Angeles-based ensemble of artists committed to cultivating new voices and creating new works that push boundaries and take risks, while fostering an inclusive community that inspires theatre-makers of future generations. IAMA is invested in challenging our audiences with an authentic experience that reflects our complex modern world.
Founded in 2007, IAMA is a Los Angeles-based ensemble of artists committed to the creation and cultivation of new voices and artists that challenge boundaries and take risks, while fostering an inclusive community that inspires theater-makers of future generations. Los Angeles is one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world and IAMA's work reflects the new voices and changing attitudes that continue to shape this city, state, country and world. Designated by Playbill as “one of 20 regional houses every theater lover must know,” the award-winning company has seen many plays generated at IAMA travel to off-Broadway, including to Second Stage and Playwrights Horizons, then go on to be performed regionally and internationally. 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 on and off-Broadway and across the country. IAMA has been dedicated to developing new plays and musicals by emerging and established playwrights, culminating in over 25 world, West Coast and Los Angeles premieres.
HISTORICAL CULTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
IAMA Theatre Company is based in Los Angeles on the sacred site of the Tongva/Gabrielino Nations who have lived and continue to live here. We recognize the Tongva/Gabrielino Nations and their spiritual connection as the first stewards and the traditional caretakers of this land. We honor them as the first storytellers of our Los Angeles community and we thank them for their strength, perseverance and resistance. We respect and value the many ways their cultural heritage and beliefs continue to have significance to the living people and remind us about the sacred and spiritual relationship that has always existed here.
a special thank you to our patrons of the arts
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and
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