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Sanguine is back with a brand new team! After 12 years of producing new work by emerging artists, we took some time away to rebuild, reassess, and restructure the way we think about and produce art today.

Core Team

The administrative company.
Serves as the arms behind all big picture producorial aspects of Sanguine.

Associate Artists

The artistic community.
Assists programming selection, mission guidance, and creative team development.

Board of Directors

The structural centerpoint.
Our board includes several founding members of Sanguine.

CORE TEAM

Sarah Boess

She / Her

Sarah Boess

She / Her

Sarah Boess is a New York City based director and producer. She is the co-founder of Tredyffrin Performing Arts Camp, a non-profit community program that connects children in the Philadelphia area to affordable arts education in a safe social environment. Recent producing and directing credits include Black Feminist Video Game (Associate Producer, The Civilians), Showing Up (Associate Producer, The Civilians), Hack by Jordyn Stoessel (SheNYC), 24 Hour Play Fest: Nationals (Director, The 24 Hour Plays), A Mouthful of Birds (Director, Boston University), and 26 Pebbles (Director, Boston University). She has worked with a range of companies including Manhattan Theatre Club, The Civilians, Studio Theatre, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Brown Box Theatre Project, and People's Light and Theatre. She is most passionate about pieces written by lesbian and Trans/GNC playwrights telling specific stories that are accessible to a wide range of audience members.

Sarah is fully prepared to derail any conversations to talk about her dog, Odie, complete with photos and a full breakdown of his astrology chart.

Email:SBoess@SanguineNYC.org

Michael Valladares

He / Any

Michael Valladares

He / Any

Michael Valladares (he/any) is a playwright, performer, and dramaturg. Writing credits include Mad Little Reefers (2022, FreshFruitFestival at The Wild Project, NYC); Sometime When Everything Has Changed (2021, Theatre in the Open & Herter Park Amphitheater, Boston); and roped (2020, Pentameters Theatre, London). Previously, he served as a Marketing Coordinator for Concord Theatricals and an Associate Editor for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the America’s Review: The Journal of Dramaturgy. Production dramaturgy credits include Kate Hamill's Little Women at Cherry Lane Theatre, Chekhov's Swan Song at Pentameters Theatre, and the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He's also freelanced as a teacher at Boston Children’s Theatre and as an artist and technician at Double Edge Theatre. He believes that imagination is liberation: there's a story where we can live in which justice exists, love prevails, and our unknowable interiors are seen.

Michael will send you a meme, then ask, "how's your soul?"

Honey Ferhat

She / Her

Honey Ferhat

She / Her

Honey Ferhat is an actor based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Acting from Boston University and completed the Semester Programme at the London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Art. Honey’s acting credits include Hack (SheNYC), Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Boston University), and Polarioid Stories (Boston University). She is excited to be joining the Sanguine Theatre’s Core Team and to work as a producer on upcoming projects. In the future, she hopes to expand on her passion for writing and comedy. Honey currently works in Client Activation at DotdashMeredith, and in her free time she enjoys exploring new coffee shops and watching every coming-of-age movie she can find.

Max Mooney

He / Him / She / Her

Max Mooney

He / Him / She / Her

Max Mooney is a director, playwright, producer, dramaturg, stage manager, and theatre educator who works primarily in New York City and the greater Philadelphia area. Within all of his practices, Max focuses his energy on developing language-based new work in collaborative settings that find the intersections between poetry and theater. He leads processes that prioritize non-hierarchical power structures and balancing rigor with the undeniable joy we should feel when making work. Currently studying directing and playwriting at NYU Tisch's Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, Max has worked with Ars Nova, New Victory Theater, Playwrights Downtown, and The Strafford Players to create work. Currently, Max sits on the core artistic team of Sanguine Theatre Company in Brooklyn and is working on their relaunch in the Summer of 2021.

Ultimately, incapable of budging on his tightly held belief that the new Planet of the Apes trilogy is our generation's War and Peace.

Email:MaxMooney@SanguineNYC.org

ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

Programming Selection

Our artist community helps us determine what programming to move forward with by assisting with reading script submissions and voting on upcoming projects.

Creative Teams

When building out our show teams, we source project leads from our Associate Artists. Doing so allows us to expand our producing power and decentralize our artistic voice.

Veto Power

We empower our Associate Artists to stand on equal footing with our core team. They have the ability to step in, reject, or change any part of the company by a majority vote.

Specific Expertise

When initiating projects, our first step is to involve Associate Artists that have an invested interest or specific lived experience connected to the material.

Our Current Associate Artist Company

Katherine Bahena-Benitez

They / Elle

Katherine Bahena-Benitez

They / Elle

Katherine Bahena-Benitez (They/Elle) is a Mexican-Indigenous Gay, Two-Spirit Theatre & Film actor, slam poet, playwright, director, dancer, and advocate. Their art centers BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ stories, lived experiences and voice. Katherine is inspired by poetry, music, dance, and rhythm to convey story. Their work centers topics on: Identity, Queer Love, Liberation, Intimacy and more. Katherine has had the pleasure of training and performing with the American Conservatory Theatre, 24HourPlays: Nationals, Teatro Espejo, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Fiasco Conservatory Theater* and Broadway Advocacy Coalition at Columbia University*. They’ve also had their poems American Dream, Yo Ya No Rezo, and La Morena published with RISD Museum Guild and been featured in Apostrophe’s Digital Magazine. She is most passionate about pieces written by lesbian and Trans/GNC playwrights telling specific stories that are accessible to a wide range of audience members.

Stevie Davis

They / Them

Stevie Davis

They / Them

Stevie Jae Davis (They/Them) is a Queer, Non-Binary activist, actor, collaborator, and Playwright. Prior to Quarantine they were a part of the developmental readings of Off-Broadway bound Musicals 10 Days in a Madhoue and Maxa: The Maddest Woman in the World. They have been involved in quite a few readings and virtual productions throughout quarantine including a Music Video for the song Strange Power from Maxa: The Maddest Woman in the World. In Philadelphia they are co-founder of an all queer/trans theater company, Theater Oblivion!

Cortland Nesley

He / Him

Cortland Nesley

He / Him

Cortland Nesley (He/Him/His, CBIS) is an Autistic dramaturg, Disability advocate, and public health practitioner. Cortland currently resides in Morgantown WV where he works as an assistant for West Virginia University’s Traumatic Brain Injury program at the Center for Excellence in Disabilities. His work centers on building up Disabled communities, combating harm caused by the medical-industrial complex, and expanding our collective imagination about disability/neurodiversity/madness. He is the founder of NeuroTales, a group made by and for Neurodivergent and Mad writers to collectively hone their craft. www.neurotales.com. Cortland graduated from Boston University with a BFA in theater arts and studied playwriting at the National Theater Institute.

Camille Simone Thomas

She / her

Camille Simone Thomas

She / her

Camille Simone Thomas (she/her) is a bi-cultural African-American/Jamaican actor, writer, arts educator, and producer from Detroit, Michigan. As an arts educator she has taught with Harlem School of the arts, Dreamyard in the Bronx, and worked with Manhattan Theatre Club's Education department and Off-Broadway Stargate program. She has produced and acted in her own original one woman show "yOU CaN TAke ouT a PArEnT pLUs lOaN”, as well as produced and acted for the New York based theatre company American Slavery Project, and The 24 Hour Play Nationals in 2020. Her film “Only” which she produced, wrote, and acted in was recently accepted into the 2021 New Ohio Theatre Indie Film Festival. In addition to being a 2021 D.E.A.R fellow with The Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute, Camille was also an artist involved with the Tony Award winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Columbia University's Theatre of Change: Reimagining Justice Through Abolition course. Currently she is a line producer with Moxie Arts’ 2022 Incubator program.

Nia Banks

She / Her

Nia Banks

She / Her

Nia Safarr Banks is a Costume Designer from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is currently studying to receive her Master of Fine Arts at Boston University.She was nominated in 2019 for Richmond Critic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design in a Play An Octoroon ( TheatreLab). Her credits include: Pipeline (Virginia Repertory Theatre) , and Passover (American Shakespeare Center), The Barber of Seville (The Santa Fe Opera).

Elissa Goetschius

She / Her

Elissa Goetschius

She / Her

Elissa Goetschius (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based director and dramaturg. She has directed for Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ugly Rhino, the Austin Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, Catholic University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Glass Mind Theatre, EMP Collective, Wandering Souls, and Forum Theatre. Formerly the Literary Manager at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in DC, she has trained with the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, SITI Company, LAByrinth Theatre Company, Sojourn Theatre, and the Movement Theatre Studio. She studied at the British American Drama Academy and holds degrees from Brooklyn College and Columbia University. www.egoetschius.com @egoetschius (Twitter & Instagram)

Joseph O'Malley

They / She

Joseph O'Malley

They / She

Joseph O'Malley (they/she) is a photographer and interdisciplinary artist from New York. They started their career as a theater photographer and video producer, combining their original studies as a playwright and filmmaker. They've shot projects with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Golden Globe winning artists, and their work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and numerous other publications. Joseph now primarily works as a music photographer and independent fine artist, producing work that combines still photography, documentary film, physical installation, music composition, and even live theatrical movement performance.

Sarah Shin

She / Her

Sarah Shin

She / Her

Sarah Shin is a Korean American director/performer/producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent directing credits include Final Contact (Central Square Theater), A Very Herrera Holiday (New Repertory Theater), The First Pineapple and Other Folktales (Central Square Theater), The Miseducation of Drea and Lon (Company One Theatre), ZAPI Artists' This is the Hour: Under Our Own Pen, Nothing Rhymes with Juneteenth (Free Soil Arts Collective), and Amputees (Boston University). Associate/Assistant Credits include Twelfth Night (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare) My H8 Letter 2 the Gr8 American Theatre (Assistant Director, Public Theater, Ma-Yi Theatre/AYE DEFY), Endlings (Assistant Director, NYTW), Moby Dick (Choreography Assistant, ART). She is the Co-Founding Artistic Producer of Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston (AATAB). Sarah is also a proud Board Member of StageSource, Advisory Board Member of Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 2020-2021 Asian American Arts Alliance Virtual Residency Cohort Member, and a Steering Committee Member of API Arts Network.

Email:SJShin@comcast.net

Amara Brady

She / Her

Amara Brady

She / Her

"Amara (She/Her/Hers) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from Chicago. Her purpose is to show the humanity and divinity of Black women and connect underserved communities with experiences that mirror their own. Favorite Credits: “my dick is david duke” or The Sad Fat Negress Can’t Get a Date (Ars Nova- Star; Writer; Producer), This is Where We Go (MCC- Actor + Writer), NYT’s Critic Pick, Jillian Walker’s SKiNFoLK (Bushwick Starr- Assistant Producer). YouTube series, ‘Skinny & White’ Aren’t Character Traits. Resist, check your privilege, & then make some space. Ashé to the ancestors. All Power to all people.

Nico Krell

He / They

Nico Krell

He / They

Nico Krell (he/they) is an Uruguayan-born director raised across three continents. He creates theatrical experiences: plays, musicals, operas, performance art, immersive shows, and, once, a gastrotheatical adaptation of Medea. His work is provocative and socially-conscious, building a modern forum through formally-inventive, design-forward drama. He is a consultant and educator at Princeton University, leading workshops and restructuring the program towards a more holistic, equitable theater culture. His directing work has been seen at the wild project, Princeton Summer Theater, the Tank, and Lucid Body House; he has supported projects at Soho Rep., Heartbeat Opera, Opera America, and Berkshire Theatre Group. nicokrell.com

Bea Perez-Arche

She / Her

Bea Perez-Arche

She / Her

Bea Perez-Arche is a Cuban American Theatre Artist, originally from Miami and currently based in New York City. Her passion for storytelling has led her to pursue playwrighting, directing and stand-up comedy, while the joy she finds in production has led her to work as a stage manager. She has primarily worked at The Public Theater on the New York Shakespeare Festival, Under The Radar Theatre Festival and with the Hunts Point Children’s Alliance. She has also worked at a range of companies including, Tectonic Theater Project, Women’s Project Theater, Little Island, Chelsea Factory and Boston Playwrights Theater. She received her BFA in Theater Arts: Design & Production from Boston University. She focuses her work on creating community in the rehearsal room and currently freelances as a Stage Manager and dramaturg.

Peter Walsh

He / Him

Peter Walsh

He / Him

Peter Walsh (He/him) is a NYC based comedy writer and actor. Regionally, Peter has performed with theater companies like Theater in the Open, Collective Hysteria, Actors Shakespeare Project, and has performed in New York in the SheNYC play festival and Just For Laughs’ Character’s Welcome. Peter has written and produced comedy sketches that can be found on Tiktok and Instagram and Youtube (@Peterluvsfun). Peter received his BFA in Acting from Boston University, and has trained in improv and sketch comedy at the U.C.B. Theater, The Squirrel Theater, and the Magnet. Website: https://www.peter-walsh.com/

Zahra Budhwanti

She / Her

Zahra Budhwanti

She / Her

Zahra Budhwani (she/her) is a queer Desi-American director, choreographer, and teaching artist based in NYC. Her work has been presented at Dixon Place, Permafrost Theatre Collective, and Playwrights Horizons Downtown. She has taught theatre and dance with Artists Striving to End Poverty, CO/LAB Theatre Group, Broadway Bound Kids, Child’s Play, and more. Zahra is passionate about creating community spaces for people of all ages to imagine new worlds.

Lim Mui

They / Them

Lim Mui

They / Them

lim is a creator of theatre and film, by way of writing and directing, as well as acting and puppetry. in the theatre realm, they’ve collaborated with Ars Nova, La MaMa, Dixon Place, and the Tank. lim has been in residency with AMiOS, as a First Draft Playwright, as well as a participant of the Object Movement Festival, which will be live this April.

Lucy Powis

She / Her

Lucy Powis

She / Her

Lucy Powis works in the Theatrical Literary Division at A3 (formerly Abrams) Artists Agency, representing writers, directors, designers, choreographers, and more. Previously, she worked in the artistic/literary departments at Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Producing and dramaturgy work includes the 2020 Prelude Festival (Segal Center), Global Forms Theater Festival (Rattlestick/NY Theatre Salon), and work that has been seen at NYTW, Ars Nova, The Tank, and HERE. She holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from Columbia University and hails from Toronto.

Annie Jin Wan

She / her

Annie Jin Wan

She / her

Annie Jin Wang (she/hers) is a first-generation Chinese-American dramaturg working across the United States with a focus on decolonizing the artistic process. Her work has recently been seen at The Civilians, Fault Line Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Shotgun Players, and the Croatian National Theater. Annie currently serves as the Associate Director for Programming & Communications at PlayCo, Resident Dramaturg at Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company, and Artistic Associate at Theater Mu; her writing has been developed with Fresh Ground Pepper and she is a member of the PlayGround-NY Writers’ Pool. MFA: Columbia University, BAs: Wellesley College. wang-annie.com

Michelle Chan

She / Her

Michelle Chan

She / Her

Michelle Chan (she/her) is an internationally trained director, theatremaker, and arts facilitator from Hong Kong. She is a first-generation Taiwanese American with a directing degree from Pace University’s International Performance Ensemble. While at Pace, Michelle was an inaugural fellow of their Storytelling for Equity and Inclusion Fellowship and also a founding member of the Council for an Inclusive Ensemble. As a facilitator, she has held a variety of positions from producing to casting to literary development. Michelle’s work aims to uplift the stories that have been marginalized or unauthentically portrayed in order to redefine the roles that fabricate the American culture. michchan.com @miichellechaan

Michelle Moriarty

She / Her

Michelle Moriarty

She / Her

Michelle Moriarty (She/Her) is a New York City based actress and comedy writer. She holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Boston University and a certificate in Classical Acting from LAMDA. Since moving to the city, Michelle has studied sketch and improv at the UCB, Squirrel Theater, and Gotham Writers Workshop. When she is not writing or performing, she likes to cook, read, wander around Manhattan, and watch the Real Housewives. Michelle is thrilled to work with Sanguine and excited for upcoming projects!

George Strus

They / he

George Strus

They / he

George Strus (they/he) is a genderqueer Latinx theatermaker currently serving as Second Stage Theater's Manager of Artistic Development. They have previously held positions at A3 Artists Agency, Manhattan Theatre Club, Pride Plays at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Stacey Mindich Productions, Joey Parnes Productions, Alchemation (Kevin McCollum), Telsey + Company Casting, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They received a BA in Theater from Marymount Manhattan College.

Andrew Watkins

He / Him

Andrew Watkins

He / Him

New York City: "The Oresteia" (TFANA Studio/Digital Presentation); “Uncle Vanya” (3xChekhov);“The Yellow Wallpaper” (IRT and Dixon Place, Director/Adaptor); “Miss Julie” (Access); “Hedda Gabler” (Fordham); “The Buck” (Fordham); “The Dumb Waiter” (Fordham). Regional:“Miss Julie” (Rochester, NY); Before You Go (Minneapolis); Dostoevsky’s A Gentle Spirit (Minneapolis); As Associate/Assistant: "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune" (dir. Arin Arbus, Broadway), “Network" (dir. Ivo van Hove, Broadway), "Winter’s Tale," "Skin of Our Teeth", “A Doll’s House” and “The Father” (all at TFANA). Regional: The Lion in Winter (The Guthrie, Minneapolis). International/Other: "The Things That Pass" (Toneelgroep Amsterdam), Schatten (Schaubuehne, Berlin). Awards/Invitations: TFANA Peter Brook Director Lab, TFANA Actor and Director Lab, Puffin West Grant. Education: Fordham University, BA Theater Directing; London Dramatic Academy; New School for Social Research, MA Psychology.

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