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

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