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THE DREAM PROJECT
A world-class production of
three countries, one vision
Yonder Window Theatre Company presents The Dream Project; an immersive
experimental theater piece inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Dream Project
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Yonder Window Theatre Company is dedicated to enriching
and exploring cross-cultural and social relationships. Through
the use of inter-disciplinary art we strive to explore community
as culture to create innovative and relevant productions that
speak to the elements of our humanity.
Yonder Window Theatre Company se dedica a enriquecer y a
explorar relaciones interculturales y sociales. Con el uso del
arte interdisciplinario intentamos explorar la comunidad como
cultura para crear producciones innovadoras y relevantes que
hablan de los elementos de nuestra humanidad.
Through the medium of theatre, art, and performance, we
create relationships with communities and cultures
internationally. Our focus is on the local artists of these
communities and how we can bring together their work with
ours to create multidisciplinary, multilingual, performance
pieces.
EXPLORATION AND EXCHANGE
YWTC is a platform for cultural conversations and exchange.
Committed to connecting with artists around the world, each
production is inspired by a specific culture. As the discussion
and research begins, our team starts to build a foundation
with the artists in this community and a story is chosen. This
story is explored through workshops and laboratories, where
artists can begin to experiment with their talents and ideas.
Laboratory exploration is the infrastructure in which we build
our productions.
The Dream Project
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Dream Project is a
collaboration between North
American artists from Mexico,
United States and
Canada. Shakespeare’s
ageless tale will be
deconstructed and reinvented
into an immersive, bilingual and
multidisciplinary piece that will
have audiences enchanted with
the folklore of this cultural
celebration. Complete with
traditional dance and music,
both Spanish and English text,
masks, costumes, and
multimedia design, The Dream
Project will encompass the most
compelling art forms of Mexican
culture.
The Dream Project es una colaboración
entre los artistas norteamericanos de
México, Estados Unidos y Canadá. El
cuento eterno de Shakespeare será
deconstruido y reinventado en una obra
inmersiva, bilingüe y multidisciplinario que
tendrá encantados al público con el folclore
de esta celebración cultural.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & EDUCATION
The Dream Project includes an educational
outreach program on the text of ‘A
Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for Grades 2 to
7. Students are invited to attend matinee
performances after receiving in-school
workshops with specially trained Teaching
Artists. Teaching Artists lead a theaterbased curriculum designated to enhance
student’s literacy, verbal and non-verbal
communication, reading comprehension,
theater concepts and understanding of
Shakespearean text. Students review
setting, characters, plot and receive
additional information on ‘Things To Look
For’ in preparation of the live performance.
After the performance, there are talkbacks
with the actors about the play and
production process. Students are
encouraged to ask questions, try on
costumes, play with masks/puppets and
step into the world of the show.
Phase One, The Workshop
Inspired by the text of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream”, Yonder Window company members in
collaboration with local Mexican actors and artists
will work together to begin the process of creating
of The Dream Project.
Phase Two, The Production
YWTC in conjunction with its Mexican and
Canadian partners will present a full-scale formal
production of The Dream Project in Mexico
City. The production will go into rehearsals
beginning six-weeks prior to production dates, TBD
winter 2018.
Phase Three, The Exchange
YWTC aspires to create a mobile production,
traveling to the United States for a second fullscale production, giving our Mexican and Canadian
partners the opportunities to present their work
internationally.
KATIE MCHUGH, YWTC Artistic Director / Dream Project Director
Katie McHugh is a New York based director, teacher and producer of
theatre and film with a B.A. in Theatre from Florida State University and
an MFA in directing from The New School for Drama. She is the
Founding Director of the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company,
Co-Founder of the Teen Shakespeare Conservatory at the Actors
Movement Studio, and Co-Artistic Director of Les Exportables, theatre
company in New York and Quebec. Katie is an award-winning director
who specializes in devised and experimental theatre. Her enthusiasm for educational theatre earned
her a nomination for the Champion of the Arts Award in 2006, and the Big Read Grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts, 2007. New York directing credits include: Travis Winters by Nick
Gandiello in the New York 15-Minute Play Festival (Winner of Best Play, Audience Choice Award, and
Best Director), The Author’s Voice at The Cell Theater, Euripides’ Medea in the New School for
Drama’s New Visions festival, Jubilation Mississippi by Stephen Bittrich in the Drilling Company’s
Happiness festival, Producer and Director of The Winter Comedy Fest at Theatre 54, Dim Sum by
Deborah Savadge in the Drilling Company's Debt festival, and The List by Jennifer Tremblay in the
New York International Fringe Festival 2012 (Winner of Overall Excellence in a Solo
Performance). The List was chosen to perform internationally in the first Mexican Fringe Festival of
San Miguel de Allende, October 2013. Film credits include: Co-director of “Off Off the Webseries”
www.offoffwebseries.com, Director and Associate Producer of “Internet Affairs”
www.internetaffairs.tv. Katie is an Associate Member of the League of Professional Theatre Women
and producer of the Playwright’s Gallery reading series 2013-2014. She is also a four-time director for
the Writopia World Wide Plays Festival sponsored by David Letterman, as well as a guest director with
the NYU dramatic writing program. She most recently opened a program for young actors focused on
auditioning for college called the Audition Prep Intensive. After directing her second production in
Mexico in February of 2015, Waiting for Goddreau preceded by Shut up Kathleen, Katie was named an
Artistic Ambassador of the Mexican Fringe Festival San Miguel. She just spent the last two months in
Mexico working on the third annual Fringe Festival as well as co-producing Enemy, an adaptation of
Ibsen’s Enemy of the People directed by Dorothy Lyman at the San Miguel Playhouse Theatre. Her
new theatre company, Yonder Window, is making it’s maiden voyage in 2018 with a multidisciplinary,
multi-cultural, bi-lingual international workshop called The Dream Project.
Katie McHugh (Directora Artística) es directora de Nueva York, profesor y productor de teatro con
una maestría en dirección de The New School for Drama. Ella es el Directora Fundador de una
compañía de Shakespeare para adolescentes, cofundador de la Compañía Adolescentes de Teatro de
Shakespeare y Director Artístico de Les Exportables, en Nueva York y Quebec. Katie es un
galardonado director, que se especializa en el desarrollo de obras nuevas y obras clásicas. Su
entusiasmo por el teatro educativo le valió una nominación para el Champion of the Arts Award in
2006 y Big Read Grant, 2007 del Fondo Nacional de las artes. Créditos Seleccione Nueva York
dirigiendo créditos incluyen: The Author’s Voice en el Cell Theater, Euripides’ Medea en el New
School festival de Drama Nuevas Visiones, Productor y Director del The Winter Comedy Fest en
Theatre 54, y The List por Jennifer Tremblay in en el New York International Fringe Festival 2012
(ganador de la excelencia en un Solo). También es Directora de cuatro veces para el Festival de
Writopia World Wide Plays. Su más reciente trabajo directivo ha sido en México, donde ha sido
nombrada a ‘Embajadora Artística’ de la Mexicana Fringe Festival San Miguel y ha dirigido/producido
cuatro producciones, incluyendo coproducción Enemy; una adaptación del Enemy of the People de
Ibsen dirigida por el ganador del Premio Emmy, Dorothy Lyman. Su nueva compañía de teatro,
Yonder Window Theater Company, realiza su viaje inaugural en México con una producción
internacional multidisciplinaria, multicultural y bilingüe de Shakespeare 'Sueño De Una Noche De
Verano' del llamado el Proyecto Dream. Katie es un miembro de la liga profesional de mujeres de
teatro.
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TAMARA GEISLER, YWTC Associate Director / Dream Project Player
Tamara Geisler is an Actor, Teaching Artist, Producer and Associate Director
of Yonder Window Inc. and Audition Prep Intensive. Born in Mexico City, she
moved to United States at the age of 3. She received her education from the
Professional Performing Arts School in New York, the British American
Dramatic Academy in London, and received her Bachelors Degree in English
and Theater from Barnard College. Since 2000, she has assisted at
workshops on Mexican folklore and cultural traditions, including Dia de los
Muertos programs. Her commitment to teaching about Mexican identity
includes work at the American Folk Art Museum, The Newark Museum, the
American Crafts Museum and a 2012 JP Morgan Chase Artists in Our
Communities grant. Tamara has also taught theater in over a dozen New York City public schools and
theater companies. She is a teaching artist through the Center for Arts Education, Sundog Theater and
is the Spanish and Theater teacher at Building Blocks Montessori School, Staten Island and at the
Perry School. Tamara is a bilingual actress, who has spent much of her time performing and producing
Shakespeare, Experimental Theater and Children’s theater. Tamara is an acting member acting
member of the Writopia Play Festival, whose recent festivals performed at the June Havoc Theater
and on Theater Row. Tamara works internationally and made her London debut in “A Midsummer
Nights Dream” in 2009. For the past few years she has been working in Mexico and recently returned
from performing an adaptation of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” directed by Dorothy Lyman in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Tamara’s most recent work includes, producing and starring in several
Jose Rivera’s pieces in “Taproot: Poetic License 2016” as well as starring in the Solo Performance
“Digna” about the life and death of Mexican Human Rights Lawyer Digna Ochoa.
Tamara Geisler (Directora Adjunta/ Actriz de la Compañía).Es Actriz, Maestra, Productora y Directora
Adjunta de Yonder Window y Audition Prep Intensive. Nacida en la ciudad de México, Tamara emigró
a los Estados Unidos a la edad de tres años. Ella recibió su educación de la escuela Professional
Performing Arts School en Nueva York, British American Dramatic Academy en Londres, y recibió su
licenciatura en Inglés y Teatro de la universidad Barnard College. Desde el año 2000, Tamara ha
asistido en los talleres sobre folklore Mexicano y tradiciones culturales, incluyendo los programas de
Día de Muertos. Su dedicación a la enseñanza sobre identidad mexicana y cultural, incluye
presentaciones y colaboración de trabajo con instituciones como, American Folk Art Museum, The
Newark Museum, American Crafts Museum y fue premiada con una beca en 2012 JP Morgan Chase
Artists in Our Communities. Tamara también ha enseñado Teatro en una gran multitud de escuelas
públicas de New York City y Compañías de Teatro para niños. Ella también es maestra para el Center
for Arts Education, Sundog Theater y profesora de español y teatro en la escuela Montessori de
Building Blocks Montessori y la escuela de Perry School en la ciudad de Nueva York. Tamara es una
actriz bilingüe, que ha enfocado gran parte de su tiempo realizando y produciendo obras de
Shakespeare, Teatro Experimental y Teatro para niños. Tamara es una actriz que trabaja activamente
con Writopia Play Festival, una organizacion que produce obras escritas por los niños, y en donde
actores y directores profesionales producen las obras. Tamara trabaja internacionalmente y debutó en
Londres en "A Midsummer Nights Dream" en 2009. En los últimos dos años Tamara ha estado
trabajando en México y acaba de regresar a Nueva York despues de realizar una adaptación de
"Enemigo del Pueblo" de Ibsen dirigida por Dorothy Lyman en San Miguel de Allende, México. Los
trabajos más recientes de Tamara son la producción y protagonización de varias obras de Jose Rivera
en " Taproot: Poetic License 2016 '', además de protagonizar la Sola actuación “Digna" sobre la vida y
la muerte de la abogada de derechos humanos mexicana Digna Ochoa.
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RENATA WIMER, Dream Project Player
Renata is a Mexican performing artist. Her artistic research
interweaves the work in theatre, circus, music and dance. She
began her studies in physical theatre and classical music, and
since then she has collaborated with a diverse range of
independent companies inside Mexico and abroad.As an actress
and dancer she worked with theatre directors like Bill Buckhusrt,
Raz Swaw, Roland Schimmeplfennig, Peter Wynne Wilson, Sergei
Ostrenko, José Caballero, Emilio García Wehbi, Richard Viqueira,
Sergio Vela, David Meadows, Jaime Razzo, Jessica Sandoval,
Gabriela Ochoa, Gari Jones, among others. She has performed in
Finland, Lituania, Japan, India, UK, and in different international festivals in Latin America like Festival
Iberoamericano de Teatro and Festival Cervantino.She trained at Shakespeare´s Globe in London as
part of the 2015 International Actor's Fellowship. Her theatre experience in Shakespeare includes: A
Midsummer Night Dream, King Lear, Henry V, As you Like it , The Comedy of Errors.Multi‐
instrumentalist and composer. She studied cello in Paris with Emilia Baranowska . She also made
studies in India, Nepal and Iran of stringed instruments such as the Sitar, Esraj and Setar. She has
composed music for different stage productions and has collaborated with the ensemble of Eastern
music Ghazali and the Persian music ensemble Didar. She belongs to the International Actors
Ensemble, who devotes his artistic research to Shakespeare. A multi-linguistic and multi-cultural
company that includes 20 actors from 14 different nationalities and 10 different languages.
BRETT WATSON, Dream Project Player
Brett is a professional actor for over twenty years , Brett has extensive
credits in theatre , film , television and voice .Based in Montreal , he
has worked across Canada and throughout the United States . Stage
credits include ' Glengarry Glen Ross and Amadeus ( Segal centre for
the performing arts, 'Triplex Nervosa , Paradise by the river , Romeo
and Juliet, Cheech , and Twelfth Night'( Centaur theatre ) , 'Private
Lives ' ( Hudson village theatre ) , ' The Bacchae (Scapegoat Carnivale
- Meta Nomination , best supporting actor ), 'Elizabeth Rex( Tableau
D'hote theatre ), 'Teaching Hamlet ( Centaur wildside ), Sexy Beton (
Porte Parole - Theatre Denise Pelletier ), 'So Many Doors '(Sour Brides
- Canadian Tour), 'Zarathustra said some things , no ?'( Infinitheatre Mecca nomination , best actor ) , A midsummer night's dream and Macbeth ( Repercussion theatre North American tour). Film and tv credits include ' Pawn Sacrifice , White House down, This life , Being
Human, I'm not there , Affinity , Deepwater , Mind over murder, Out of control , Erased , Shattered
Glass , Rumours, 15/ love ,Abandon , Willed to Kill, Delta State, and The Dead Zone .Brett is a
graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto.
KENDALL RILEIGH, Aerial Choreographer, Dream Project
Player
Kendall is a NYC-based actor, aerialist/acrobat, and
choreographer who is most interested in integrating aerial
acrobatics and theatre. She is co-founder of Only Child Aerial
Theatre and was a 2016 resident aerial choreographer at
Firkin Crane in Cork, Ireland. In April she will be the aerial
director for Hetty Feather at Delaware Theatre
Company. Other work as an aerial/acrobatic choreographer
and performer includes ASYLUM at 2017 Circus Now
(Skirball Center) and other venues; national tour of Trenches;
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and Mystery Ballet Theatre 3000. Her acting experience includes the Broadway tour of the onewoman show Golda's Balcony (as Tovah Feldshuh's understudy); national tours of Great Expectations
and Charlotte's Web; many off-Broadway and regional productions; and NBC's 30 Rock. Training:
Duke University, Moscow Art Theatre, Circus Warehouse. She is thrilled to visit Mexico and work with
this team of international artists! www.onlychildaerialtheatre.com www.Kendallrileigh.com
ELKE VAN DYKE, YWTC Director of Training, Dream Project Player
Elke is a New York based teacher, director, actor and producer of theatre
and Shakespeare. She is the Co-Founding Director of the Teen
Shakespeare Conservatory NYC at the Actors Movement Studio and CoFounding Artistic Director of Gotham Shakespeare Co. She trained as a
teacher and actor at Shakespeare & Company with Founders Tina
Packer and Dennis Krausnick and is a graduate of Brooklyn College 's
MFA Performing Arts Management and The New School University's BA
Theatre programs. She is currently a producer and actor for the East
London Fringe in the UK, where she is collaborating with Shakespeare &
Company founders to bring their actor training and educational programs
to London in conjunction with an interactive production of Henry IV, Part
1 this July 2017. In addition to coaching professional and young
professional actors in workshops and private sessions, she has also
headed three high school theatre programs (nationally and
internationally, including Mexico), and is currently working with Mexico
City based theatre, dance and music conservatory, Sunland Studios in La Roma, to become the first
unprecedented performing arts high school in Mexico City opening in Fall 2017. Elke also served as
the Theatre Education Special Projects Manager at the New York City Department of Education where
she co-authored American Voices (a theatre curriculum for high school teachers) and collaborated with
the Royal Shakespeare Company's Education Department to bring Shakespeare into NYC classrooms
for the RSC's summer residency at Lincoln Center. Elke continues to teacher facilitate in the
NYCDOE’s Professional Development workshops where she trains teachers in theatre pedagogy and
physical theatre techniques. Directing credits include: Servant of Two Masters (University of West
Florida), Everywhere I Look (International Applied Theatre Conference, London, UK) and Talk
Between the Holes (Network One-Act Festival, NYC). Stage credits include: Puck in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Pensacola Shakespeare Theatre), Alva Vanderbilt in the Grand Ball in the Belle
Epoch (Actors Movement Studio, NYC), Tamora in Titus Andronicus (Gotham Shakespeare Co. NYC),
and Emma in Fefu and Her Friends (20% Theatre Company, NYC). Elke has also been an avid improv
performer with London’s Hoopla group.
Elke Van Dyke es maestra, directora, actriz y productora de teatro y Shakespeare residiendo en
Nueva York. Es Directora y co-fundadora del Teen Shakespeare Conservatory NYC que pertenece al
Actors Movement Studio, así como Directora artística y co-fundadora del Gotham Shakespeare Co.
Recibió su entrenamiento como maestra y actriz en Shakespeare & Company de la mano de sus
fundadores Tina Packer y Dennis Krausnick. Cuenta con una licenciatura en Teatro por parte de la
New School University y con una maestría en Gestión de las Artes Escénicas por parte de la Brooklyn
College. Actualmente es productora y actriz para el festival de teatro East London Fringe en el Reino
Unido, en el cual colabora con los fundadores de Shakespeare & Co. para llevar sus programas de
educación y entrenamiento actoral a Londres, así como una producción interactiva de “Enrique IV,
Parte 1”, programada a estrenarse en julio del 2017. Ademas de ser coach actoral de actores
profesionales y jóvenes actores en talleres y sesiones privadas, ha sido cabeza de tres programas de
teatro para preparatorias (en EUA e internacionalmente, incluyendo en la Ciudad de México) y
actualmente se encuentra colaborando con Sunland Studios, un conservatorio de teatro, danza y
música ubicado en la colonia Roma, para crear la primera preparatoria de artes escénicas en la
Ciudad de México, programada a iniciar operaciones en el ciclo escolar del 2017. Elke también fue la
encargada de gestionar los Proyectos Especiales de Educación Teatral para el Departamento de
Educación de la ciudad de Nueva York y co-escribió American Voices (un programa de estudios de
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teatro para maestros de preparatorias) y también colaboró con el Departamento de Educación de la
Royal Shakespeare Company para llevar material de Shakespeare a los salones Neoyorquinos para la
residencia de verano que ofrece dicha compañía en el Lincoln Center. Elke continúa entrenando
maestros en las materias de pedagogía teatral y técnicas de teatro físico en los talleres de Desarrollo
Profesional del Departamento de Educación de la ciudad de Nueva York. Sus créditos como Directora
incluyen: Servant of Two Masters (Universidad de West Florida), Everywhere I Look (International
Applied Theatre Conference, Londres, RU) y Talk Between the Holes (Network One-Act Festival, NY).
Sus créditos como actriz incluyen: Puck en Sueño de una Noche de Verano (Pensacola Shakespeare
Theatre), Alva Vanderbilt en Grand Ball in the Belle Epoch (Actors Movement Studio, NY), Tamora
en Titus Andronicus (Gotham Shakespeare Co., NY), y Emma en Fefu and Her Friends (20% Theatre
Company, NY). Elke también ha sido una ávida improvisadora en el grupo Hoopla de Londres.
GITANJALI JAIN, Dream Project Player
Born in Mexico City, Gitanjali’s background is in theatre
and voice. Highlights include a six-year stint performing
as an aerialist, actor, and dancer in ARRA Montréal’s
award-winning 'Ulalena on Maui, and attending l'École
Internationale de Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Montreal
theatre credits include The Bacchae and Medea
(Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre); Othello (Segal Centre);
Nuclear Sky: The Experiment (Title66 Productions);
Feste in Twelfth Night (META nomination - Best
Supporting Actress); Mark Antony in Julius Caesar
(META nomination - Best Actress) (Repercussion Theatre); Filo in Battered (Infinitheatre). As a vocalist
she has recorded and performed internationally with jazz saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts, with
salsa and R&B singer Joe Battan, and can be heard singing with Roma Carnivale (Montreal Jazz
Festival). In 2012 she co-created Alicuanta - a staged song cycle which recounts the legacy of her
great grandfather. Premiered at the Salle Gesù, Alicuanta was remounted at Aluna Theatre’s
Panamerican Routes Festival in Toronto in 2014. The record was released the same year. Gitanjali is
a graduate of the CCLT (Community Choir Leadership Training) and now leads choir workshops in
both Canada and Mexico at Santa Martha Acatitla’s female prison in Mexico City.
Gitanjali Jain Cantante y actriz profesional por más de veinte años, Gitanjali Jain ha vivido, estudiado
y trabajado internacionalmente durante la mayor parte de su vida. Realizó estudios universitarios en la
UNAM así como en la Universidad Mount Allison en Canadá. Posteriormente realizó estudios
profesionales de teatro y música en París en la Escuela Internacional de Teatro de Jacques Lecoq y
en Panthéâtre. Sus realizaciones incluyen la participación durante seis años como actriz, acróbata
aérea, bailarina y cantante en 'Ulalena - producción premiada de ARRA Montreal y Cirque du Soleil en
Hawai’i (1999-2006); miembro del coro en las producciones de Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre de
Medea y Las Bacantes (2010, 2012); cantante con Roma Carnivale en el Festival Internacional de
Jazz de Montreal por cuatro años consecutivos (2011-2014); cantante con la saxofonista y
compositora Matana Roberts en gira internacional (2010, 2013); nominada en los METAs (Montreal
English Theatre Awards) por mejor coactuación femenina por su interpretación de Feste en Noche de
Reyes (Repercussion Theatre 2015) igual que como mejor actuación femenina por su interpretación
de Mark Antony en Julio César (Repercussion Theatre 2016); dirección, composición, actuación, canto
y producción de Alicuanta - espectáculo multi-disciplinario presentado en la Salle Gesù en Montreal
(2012), así como en el festival Rutas Panamericanas de Aluna Theatre en Toronto (2014). Gitanjali ha
recibido becas del prestigioso Consejo de las Artes de Canadá (CCA) que permitieron la producción y
el lanzamiento del disco Alicuanta en noviembre de 2014. También trabaja como actriz en cine y
televisión. Gitanjali siguió una formación profesional en creación y dirección de coros comunitarios. El
curso, CCLT (Community Choir Leadership Training) se llevó a cabo en British Columbia. Actualmente
dirige coros en México y en Canadá.
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EVAN REGUEIRA, Dream Project Player
Evan has a BA (Hons) in Drama & Theatre Studies from Middlesex
University, London. Opera: The Barber of Seville (Palacio de Bellas Artes,
Dir. Juliana Faesler & Clarissa Malheiros); Atzimba (Palacio de Bellas Artes,
Dir. Antonio Salinas); Anita (Orquesta Sinfónica de Puebla, Dir. Luis de
Tavira & Antonio Salinas); Carmen (Royal Opera House, Dir. Francesca
Zambello); Carmen (Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dir. David McVicar) and
The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne on Tour). Theatre includes: Los Árboles de
Ocre Soñaron Mariposas Miopes (The 24 Hour Plays México 2016); The
Orbweaver (Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016); Lysander, Snout & Quince in
the rehearsed Reading of “Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
(Capilla Gótica, Centro Cultural Helénico); 3rd Witch in Macbeth, Talthybius
in Hecuba, Cassio (understudied Othello) in Othello (Lazarus Theatre
Company, Dir. Ricky Dukes); Death in Blood Wedding (Bridewell Theatre, Dir. Lara Muth); Friar
Francis in Much Ado About Nothing (Baron’s Court Theatre). Has been Associate Director for
Connecting People, Latitud (Teatro el Granero Xavier Rojas, DramaFest); El Último Teatro del Mundo,
Constellations (La Teatrería); Gruesome Playground Injuries (Teatro López Tarso) and RENT (Teatro
Milán). Film includes: Carmen 3D and Extranjero (Sundance 2012). TV includes: “Superconstrucciones
México”, El Albergue, Historias de la Virgen Morena y Beautiful Losers/Solteros Mix (pilot). Has also
worked in a number of publicity commercials for Europe, USA, and Mexico. Teaches acting at CasAzul
Artes Escénicas Argos.
EVAN REGUERIA Egresado de la carrera de teatro de Middlesex University, Londres, BA (Hons)
Drama & Theatre Studies. Ópera: El Barbero de Sevilla (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Dir. Juliana Faesler &
Clarissa Malheiros); Atzimba (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Dir. Antonio Salinas); Anita (Orquesta Sinfónica
de Puebla, Dir. Luis de Tavira & Antonio Salinas); Carmen (Royal Opera House, Dir. Francesca
Zambello); Carmen (Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dir. David McVicar) y La Flauta Mágica
(Glyndebourne on Tour). Teatro incluye: Los Árboles de Ocre Soñaron Mariposas Miopes (24 Hour
Plays México 2016); The Orbweaver (Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016); Lisandro, Snout & Quince en
la lectura dramatizada de “Escenas del Sueño de Una Noche de Verano” (Capilla Gótica, Centro
Cultural Helénico); Bruja 3 en Macbeth, Taltibio en Hécuba, Casio (suplente de Otelo) en Otelo
(Lazarus Theatre Company, Dir. Ricky Dukes); Muerte en Bodas de Sangre (Bridewell Theatre, Dir.
Lara Muth); Fray Francisco en Mucho Ruido y Pocas Nueces (Baron’s Court Theatre). Ha sido
Director Residente de las obras Connecting People, Latitud (Teatro el Granero Xavier Rojas,
DramaFest); El Último Teatro del Mundo, Constelaciones (La Teatrería); Duele (Teatro López Tarso) y
RENT (Teatro Milán). Cine incluye: Carmen 3D y Extranjero (Sundance 2012). Televisión incluye:
“Superconstrucciones México”, El Albergue, Historias de la Virgen Morena y Beautiful Losers/Solteros
Mix (piloto). También ha trabajado en diversos comerciales publicitarios para Europa, Estados Unidos
y México. Es maestro de actuación en CasAzul Artes Escénicas Argos.
NICHOLAS AGUILAR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Nicholas Aguilar is a Mexico City based, mexican-canadian guitarist,
singer songwriter and music facilitator. He earned a degree in
composition from Academia de Música Fermatta in Mexico City and a
Masters in Leadership from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in
London, UK. Nicholas has worked as a creative artist in various
contexts including collaborations with Visual Art Students from the
Royal College of Art in London, dancers from London Contemporary
Dance School and Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Puebla,
México, among others. Currently Nicholas works as a creative
workshop leader in diverse settings including songwriting workshops in
primary schools and community choirs; he also runs his co-founded
performing arts center Sunland School of the Arts in Mexico City.
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ISAAC WEISSELBERG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Graduated from CasAzul Argos Artes Escénicas (Mexico City, Mexico) and
cofounder of Los Insignificantes Co. and Expreso Teatral Co., he has played
in Mexico in plays like Momotaro: El Niño Melocotón, La Guerra de los
Pasteles, Killer Toilet, 5 de Noviembre, El Niño y El Quetzal, Ensayos Para
7, Luzefante, Desconexión, Fragmentos, El Momento de las Flores, Ópera
Anita, Casi, Un Pueblo, Consumatum del Olvido, Bola de Sebo, and El Diván
under the direction of Fernando Reyes, Ana Fernanda Freeman, Gisel
Casas, Jonathan Huesca, Raúl Andrade, Erwin Veytia, Salvador Petrola,
Karla Bourde, Claudia Ríos and Arturo Reyes. In New York he has played in
Annie and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat with Danielle Rudess’s
Company. He has also worked on cinema in projects like Magnífico, Ángel,
Hermana Mía, and El Olorista Leonardo Nardo under the direction of José
Luis Isoard, Ricardo González, Juan Walle, y Ricardo Saúl. Likewise, he has
acted for publicity companies like Farmacias La Generosa, Maruchan Soup and TotalPlay. He has also
worked as a voice-over narrator for the documentary of the exhibit Si Tiene Dudas Pregunte:
Retrocolectiva de Mónica Mayer, exhibit placed on the Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC, UNAM in
Mexico City). He has lit various plays in which it is possible to emphasize El Álbum (winner for Best
Lighting in Microteatro Mexico) directed by Aleyda Gallardo, No La Vi Venir directed by Roberto
Cavazos and Héctor Berzunza, Te Quiero Hasta La Luna directed by Anahí Allué, Sucia y Muy
Chingona Historia de Amor of Ana González Bello and Manuel Calderón (directed by Aída del Río), A
Espaldas Del Mundo y Revoluciones of Xavier Villanova, Deja Vú of Rodrigo Magaña, Todo por
Marilyn of Reynolds Robledo, y Hora de Jugar (winner for Best Lighting in Microteatro Mexico) y ¿Qué
Pasó? Written by Juan Carlos Araujo and directed by Andrés Tena. Besides this he has also worked
on production, direction, assisting direction and production in projects like Momotaro: El Niño
Melocotón of Moammar Yacantiuh, Ghost Love, El Niño y El Quetzal, Meztli: Sueño de Luna,
Luzefante and WAR PIE of Karla Bourde, Los Negros Pajaros del Adiós of Oscar Liera, Doors Of
Perception: Dance Theatre, and a happening named Consumatum del Olvido in the exhibit
Participando en lo Justo: Recuperando la obra de Fanny Rabel in the Universidad Iberoamericana. He
has written a few plays like LaVi (published in La Capilla Theater (Mexico City)) under the guidance of
Ximena Escalante, La Nave de los Locos, and Snakebite.
HUGO LUNA, Dream Project Player
He started taking workshops since he was 13 years old. Then he
graduated from the acting career in CasAzul Artes Escénicas Argos,
having studied with teachers like José Caballero, Carlos Corona and
Rodolfo Obregón. He was selected for a full scolarship to stuydn at
British American Drama Academy in Oxford. As an actor he has
participated in several shortfilms and theatre plays, such as: Fosa
de Recuerdos e Ignominias by Cutberto López, En
el mismo barco,
Tempestades, directed by Carlos Corona, and Hipopotamiga, directed by Alonso Íñiguez. He is part of
the collective company Desconocidos Aparte, where he has written as well as performed in
Desconocidos Aparte (Finalist play in the XXI International Theatre Festival at the UNAM in the
category C1) and El delirio de las Flores directed by Miguel Santa Rita. On Television he hosted a
travel show that will be on air next year on Canal Once. At the momento he is the scriptwriter of “How
do I look?” for Latinoamérica.
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CLARA DUNHAM, Dream Project Player
Clara Dunham grew up playing the harpsichord and singing baroque
music. Before moving to Mexico she studied musicology at the Sorbonne
and sang with a small early music ensemble in Paris. In San Miguel she
took up acting and has since appeared many times in every theatre in
town both as a singer and an actor. In 2016 she gave a full recital at the
Angela Peralta theatre; appeared as Sonia in Christopher Durang’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike;
and played the female roles in 39 steps. She is also a member of the aerial acrobatics troupe, Gravity
Works.
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