A LETTER FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
IAMA’s 14th season is dedicated to further developing what it means to be theatre-makers now and for the future. We believe that it is our responsibility to find the balance between storytelling that honors the moment and ensuring space for an equitable future. We continue to move through a global pandemic, fighting for social/racial justice and finding our way through political chaos, all the while allowing further exploration of the past, present and future. This is where our storytelling will continue. As sole Artistic Director of IAMA, for the first time, it is my great honor to bring us all back together, safely, in person, and continue to push the boundaries of what we are capable of, while continuing to explore the new digital theater medium. We will also focus on developing new voices and a new educational platform that will not only help train future theatre makers, but future theatre leaders for this country. IAMA is dedicated to matching our external output of content with our internal input of education, training, and firm dedication to the dismantling of white supremacy and oppressive barriers that have long been a part of the American Theatre. Please join us... our work has just begun.
With much respect,
Stefanie Black
IAMA Artistic Director
hindi
Written by Nandita Shenoy
Directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III
DRIVER
AMERICAN
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Eileen Rivera
Calm
Written and Composed by Adam Gwon
PERFORMED BY
Deborah S. Craig*
For Us All
Written by Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Jennifer Chang
DALE
DON
LORI
Jomar Tagatac
Paul Yen
Lois Shih
dishwaSHER DREAMS
Written and Performed by Alaudin Ullah
Directed by Chay Yew
Writers Theatre | Hartford Stage
long
Written by Charlie Oh
Directed by Jully Lee
THOMAS
ERIKA
Chris Aguila
Margaux Susi*
transfusion
Written by Kit Yan
Directed by Kat Yen
PERFORMED BY
Futaba Shioda
...i've no regrets
Written by Nicholas Pilapil
Directed by Rodney To*
MARA
COLE
MARYANNE
Lydia Gaston
Alexander Fox
Giselle Tongi
SELECTED POEMS
He Thinks Me a Passerby | Stoned | A Bird, A Stone
Written and Performed by Noa Gardner
Broken English
Written by Nina Ki
Directed by Gaven Trinidad
KYLE
UMMA
Wesley Han
Jennifer Yun
Kuʻu Pua i Paoakalani
Written and Composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani
Performed by Po'ai Lincoln
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A portion of the proceeds from the Pass the Mic Festival will be donated to the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, dedicated to advancing representation for Asian American and Pacific Islander creators and executives in Hollywood. Through industry-renowned programs such as the CAPE New Writers Fellowship, CAPE Leaders Fellowship, consulting and talent referral services, the CAPE Database and #GoldOpen, CAPE is breaking barriers to representation from the writers’ room to the boardroom to the living room. Learn more at www.capeusa.org and follow us @CAPEUSA on Instagram and Twitter.
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*IAMA Ensemble Member
IAMA Theatre Company would like to honor our Asian, South Asian, and Asian American Pacific Islander ensemble members and staff. Anisha Adusumilli, Parvesh Cheena, Deborah S. Craig, Tina Huang, Sonal Shah, Rodney To, Justin Sullivan and Nicholas Pilapil and all of the AAPI guest artists who have worked with IAMA over the years have helped elevate the theatre we create with their extraordinary talent and commitment and to them, we are forever grateful.
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
Artistic Director: Stefanie Black
Managing Director: Lara Myrene
Producing Director: Cymbre Walk Sklar
Associate Artistic Director - Artistic Development: Margaux Susi
Associate Artistic Director - Ensemble Development: Rodney To
Director of the Ensemble: Tom DeTrinis
Basecamp Director: Christian Durso
Director of Special Programming: Anna LaMadrid
Social Media Manager and Marketing Associate: Justin Sullivan
Grant Writer: Laila Ayad
Literary Manager: Celia Mandela Rivera
Under 30 Lab Program Director: Nicholas Pilapil
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 supporting the creation and cultivation of new voices and artists that challenge boundaries and take risks, while fostering an inclusive community that inspires theatre-makers of future generations. IAMA is invested in the immediacy of production and strives to bring audiences out of their personal space and into a shared authentic experience.
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. Founded in 2007, 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. IAMA is based in Los Angeles on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva people.
IAMA THANKS OUR 2021-2022 SPONSORS:
Shonda Rhimes & the Rhimes Family Foundation
DAVID LEE FOUNDATION
fourthwall theatrical
THE SHARI AND LES BILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION
VANGUARD CHARITABLE AND THE BEZDEK FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND
THANK YOU TO OUR IAMA DONORs
Kelsey Leljedal
Keri Safran
Kim Lambert
Krizia Bajos
Laura McClain
Lex Jubara
Linda Mendelson
Lisa Anderson
Margaret Faynberg
Maria Sten-Knudsen
Martin Brekeller
Megan Minor
Melanie Gladstone
Melissa Gragert
Melissa Kanias Wilde
Melissa Wilde
Michael Feldman
Michelle Hathcock
Monica Bernheim
Monica Marquez
Nancy Walk
Nicholas Caprio
Nicholas Hatton
Nori Laslo
Parvesh Cheena
Patrick McCann
Peter Doms
Rhonda Kohl
Rajiv Joseph
RD Robb and Amy Israel
Robert and Laura Black
Roger Mason
Rory Sheridan
Samantha Clarke
Samantha Schifrien
Sara Geiger
Sara McGanity
Sarah Mozeson
Scott Reese
Shaun Peknic
Smitty Kovach
Soleil McGhee
Stephanie Daria
Stephanie Rinaldi
Stephen Graybill
Sydney Blanke
Taryn DiCristina
Teri Boutot
Valentina Chamorro
Vicki Morte
Wendy Stern
Will French
Yael Palmon
Adam Haracz
Adrienne Gomez
Aiden Rees
Amy Evans
Andrew Davis
Andrew Deffenbaugh
Anna Katherine Moore
Anna Telfer
Asher Grodman
Belinda Glijansky
Braxton Crewell
Bruno Oliver
Bud Coffey
Camille Scales
Charles Curtiss
Christine Sobolewski
Cicely Rendleman
Conrad Woolfe
Daniele Gaither
David Burrough
David Hutchins
Devon Larson
Diane Sanfilippo
Elizabeth Heuer
Emily Curran
Emily Eichhorn-Nye
Evelyn Iocolano
Frances Cobain
Frances Mciver
Glo Atanmo
Graciela Aravena
Haley McConnell
Hallie O'Gorman
Ilene Garfield
Jessica Hanna
Jacqueline Martin
Jasmin Cruz
Jean Lowerison
Jen Scherr
Jennifer Adler
Jessa G
JoAnne Yarrow
Joel Morin
John Paul Karliak
John Pick
Jonathan Deering
Joyce Carrasco
Kameron Morgan
Kari Allen
Katey Moon
Katie Free
Kayley Bryson
Kelsey Flynn