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AFTERMATH
Company Bios
FAJER
AL-KAISI
SHAHID
NYTW debut. NY Theatre: NY ARAB AMERICAN COMEDY FESTIVAL (The Zipper
Factory, 2008). Regional: JIHAD JONES AND THE KALISHNAKOV BABES (Interact
Theatre Company), OMNIUM GATHERUM (Zachary Scott Theatre), BETWEEN THIS
BREATH AND YOU (Cohen New Works Festival). FILM & TV: I'll Come
Running, "Nurse Jackie," "30 Rock," "What Would
You Do If...?" "Time Bomb."
AMIR
ARISON
YASSAR
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: WHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THEM (Public Theater), QUEENS BOULEVARD (THE MUSICAL) (Signature Theatre),
A VERY COMMON PROCEDURE (MCC), ARMED & NAKED IN AMERICA (Naked Angels),
MODERN ORTHODOX, OMNIUM GATHERUM, CANDY & DOROTHY, A FIRST CLASS
MAN. Regional: RSC, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington, Yale Rep.,
PaperMill, LongWharf, Lyric, Shakespeare Fest St. Louis, Olney, Dorset.
Film & TV: I Hate Valentine’s Day, The Visitor, Today’s
Special, Anamorph, Day Zero, “Fringe,” “Traveler,”
“Hope & Faith,” “The Jury,” “As The
World Turns,” ”Law and Order,” “Law & Order:
CI,” “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring).
LEILA
BUCK
Basima
As actor: NYTW: ASWAT (reading). Regional: SCORCHED (Barrymore nom.,
Wilma Theater), THE?BLUE?BIRD (Williamstown). Film: Carencia, Empire.
As writer/actor: Off-Broadway: IN THE CROSSING (New Work Now! Public
Theater). NY Theatre: SAJJIL (RECORD) (Best Ensemble Performance, 2002,
NY Fringe), ONE (Epic, “First Vote”), HKEELEE (“Middle
East in Pieces,” Special Jury Prize, Middle East America Grant,
Lark/Silk Road/Golden Thread, Cherry Lane), QUEEN LATINA (HERE), NY
Arab American Comedy Festival. International: ISITE (Best Play, Strawberry
Festival). NYTW (Teaching artist, Usual Suspect), Emerging Writers Group
(2008, Public Theater), Nibras Arab-American Theater Collective (Co-Founder,
Education Director), Nisaa Arab-American Women’s Collective (Artistic
Director).
MAHA
CHEHLAOUI
Fadilah
NYTW: ASWAT, FOOD AND FADWA (readings). NY Theatre: BETRAYED (Culture
Project), TAMING OF THE SHREW (La MaMa), GOD COMMITTEE (Lamb's Theater)
Regional: SPIDER?STORIES (Williamstown Theater Festival), PEER GYNT
(Guthrie), OTHELLO (Pioneer). Film & TV: The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
Toe to Toe, Justice League, “Law and Order: SVU,” “Rescue
Me.”
DEMOSTHENES
CHRYSAN
Abdul-Aliyy
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: QUEENS BOULEVARD (THE MUSICAL) (Signature
Theatre). Regional: THE KITE RUNNER (San Jose Rep.); HOMEBODY/KABUL
(Trinity Rep.); MIKLAT (Florida Stage); WAIT UNTIL DARK (Portland Stage);
MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MACBETH, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING (Riverside Theatre); TWELFTH NIGHT (The Hamptons Shakespeare
Festival); THE TEMPEST (NJ Shakespeare Theatre). Film & TV: Layla
is Bad, Santa Claus in Baghdad, Override, “Law & Order:
SVU,” “One Life to Live.”
DAOUD
HEIDAMI
Asad
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: MASKED (DR2), I AM NOBODY’S LUNCH (P.S.
122; 59E59 Theatres; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Soho Theater, London).
Regional: 1001 (Denver Center Theatre Company), THE KING STAG (Seattle
Rep.), THE TEMPEST (Shakespeare Theatre Company), WINTERTIME, TARTUFFE
(La Jolla Playhouse). Film & TV: You Don’t Mess with the
Zohan, Syriana, Habibi, “Law and Order,” “Guiding
Light,” “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.” Training:
UCSD (MFA).
OMAR
KOURY
Fouad
NYTW debut. NY Theatre: SAJJIL (RECORD) (NY Fringe Festival). Regional:
NY ARAB AMERICAN? Comedy Festival, SCORCHED (The Wilma Theater), GUANTANAMO:
HONOR BOUND TO DEFEND FREEDOM (The Studio Theatre), THE POETRY OF PIZZA
(Mixed Blood). Film & TV: The Devil’s Advocate, Jesus’
Son, 10 Souls Rising, “The Unusuals,” “Titans
of Gefa,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “One
Life To Live,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”
LAITH
NAKLI
Rafiq
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: WAR (Rattlestick). Regional: INANA (Denver
Center), CRY OF THE REED (Huntington Theatre), Film & TV: The
Visitor, Arranged, A Piece Of America, Sadiq, The Last New Yorker,
“Without A Trace,” “Traveler,” “Third
Watch,” “The Sopranos,” “Law and Order: CI,”
“Rescue Me.”
RASHA
ZAMAMIRI
Naimah
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: BODY WASHER (MTC), CHURCH (Public Theater;
P.S. 122). NY Theatre: NY?ARAB?AMERICAN?COMEDY?FESTIVAL (2008, 2009),
HIJAB (Gene Frankel), THE LESS WE TALK (Ontological-Hysteric Theater).
Regional: RESPECT (26th Street Theater), A STOOP ON ORCHARD STREET (1st
National Tour; 26th Street Theatre), THE LOST COLONY (The Lost Colony),
IMAGINARY INVALID.
Jessica
Blank
Playwright & Director
As playwright: NYTW: LIBERTY CITY (w/ April Yvette Thompson, Drama Desk,
Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle noms.) Off-Broadway: THE EXONERATED
(w/Erik Jensen, Culture Project; Riverside Studios (London); national
tour; over 100 regional productions; Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer
Critics Circle, Ovation, Fringe First, Herald Angel Awards; and awards
from the American Bar Association, Amnesty International, Court TV,
National Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers; John Gassner Award nom.,
Hull Warriner Award nom.). As director: NYTW: LIBERTY CITY. Off-Broadway:
THE EXONERATED (w/ Erik Jensen, The Actors' Gang, national university
tour). As actor: Off-Broadway: SPEAKEASY (Joe's Pub), AT WAR (45 Bleecker),
THE EXONERATED (45 Bleecker; Dublin International Theater Festival).
Film & TV: The Namesake (dir. Mira Nair), On the Road
With Judas (Sundance 2007), The Exonerated, You're Nobody Til
Somebody Kills You (exec. prod'r Spike Lee), Undermind,
"Bored to Death" (HBO), “Rescue Me,” “Law
& Order: CI,” “The Bronx Is Burning,” “Guiding
Light,” “One Life to Live.” As author: Living
Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of "The Exonerated"
(w/Erik Jensen, Simon and Schuster, 2005); Almost Home (Hyperion,
2007), Karma for Beginners (Hyperion, 2009). As screenwriter:
The Exonerated (w/Erik Jensen, Court TV); Almost
Home (w/Erik Jensen, exec. prod'r Jon Bon Jovi, 2010).
ERIK
JENSEN
Playwright
As playwright: THE EXONERATED (w/Jessica Blank, Culture Project (NY),
Riverside Studios (London), national tour, over 100 regional productions;
Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Ovation, Fringe First,
Herald Angel Awards, and awards from The American Bar Association, Amnesty
International, Court TV, National Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
John Gassner Award nom., Hull Warriner Award nom.) As director: THE
EXONERATED (w/Jessica Blank, The Actors Gang, national university tour).
As actor: Off-Broadway: THE GOOD NEGRO (Public Theater); Y2K, CORPUS
CHRISTI (MTC); SPAIN (MCC). Regional: SCHMUCKS (Wilma Theater). Film
& TV: The Love Letter, Black Knight, Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants 2, “Virtuality” (dir. Peter Berg, exec. prod'r
Ron Moore of "Battlestar Galactica"), "The Bronx is Burning"
(as Thurman Munson), "The Dark" (dir. Walter Hill), "CSI,"
"Love Monkey," "Alias," "Law & Order: CI,"
"Rescue Me," "Damages," "Century City,"
"Deadline." As author: Living Justice: Love, Freedom,
and the Making of "The Exonerated" (w/Jessica Blank;
Simon and Schuster, 2005), and the upcoming graphic novel The Reconcilers
(Neal Adams, cover artist). As screenwriter: The Exonerated
(w/Jessica Blank, Court TV); Almost Home (w/Jessica Blank,
exec. prod'r Jon Bon Jovi, 2010).
RICHARD
HOOVER
Scenic Designer
NYTW: THINGS OF DRY HOURS, SEVEN, FANTOD, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. Broadway:
NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES (Tony Award), AFTER THE FALL (Roundabout Theatre).
Off-Broadway: BAT BOY (Union Square Theater), EMBEDDED (Public Theater),
SPEAKING IN TONGUES (Roundabout Theatre), SUBURBIA (Second Stage). Regional:
HAMLET, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, CAROLINE OR CHANGE (The Guthrie Theater);
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Steppenwolf). Film & TV: Soulmen; Dead
Man Walking; Payback; Mothman Prophecies; Girl, Interrupted; “Twin
Peaks;” “Live From Baghdad;” “Entourage”
(Pilot).
GABRIEL
BERRY
Costume Designer
NYTW: THE BLACK EYED, THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER IN EL SALVADOR;
THE MEDIUM; OWNERS; TRAPS; LYDIE BREEZE Parts 1 and 2; A NUMBER; FLOW;
BRIDES OF THE MOON; BEXLEY, OH(!); SLAVS!; LIGHT RAISE THE ROOF; UNFINISHED
STORIES; LOVE AND ANGER.
DAVID
LANDER
Lighting Designer
NYTW: BEAST, LIBERTY CITY, ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE, BACH AT LEIPZIG,
DIRTY BLONDE. Broadway: 33 VARIATIONS, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, I AM MY
OWN WIFE, DIRTY BLONDE, GOLDEN CHILD. Off-Broadway: AMERICAN FIESTA,
AFTER ASHLEY, BEAUTIFUL CHILD, EDWARD?ALBEE’S OCCUPANT, FRAN’S
BED, GOING TO ST. IVES, KING LEAR (w/Kevin Kline), MACBETH, MIMI LE
DUCK, MODERN ORTHODOX, THE GOD OF HELL. Regional: ACT, Berkeley Rep.,
Cincinnati Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla
Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co., St. Louis MUNY,
The Old Globe. International: Tokyo, UK, South America, Australia and
Singapore.
DAVID
ROBBINS
Music & Sound Designer
CATONSVILLE 9, TARTUFFE, 1984, EMBEDDED, THE EXONERATED, MEPHISTO, THE
SEAGULL, CARNAGE A COMEDY, TITUS ANDRONICUS, GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN (Actors
Gang Theater). Film: War Inc., King of California, Dead Man Walking,
Savior, Cradle Will Rock, Bob Roberts, The Prime Gig, The Exonerated,
Hopeless Pictures, Twenty Bucks, How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog.
LARRY
ASH
Production Stage Manager
As production stage manager: NYTW: LIBERTY CITY, THE MISANTHROPE, ALL
THAT I WILL EVER BE. Off-Broadway: A BODY OF WATER (Primary Stages),
A PERFECT COUPLE (WET). Regional: TERRA NOVA, CRIMES OF THE HEARTS (Clarence
Brown Theatre). As production manager: NYTW: HEDDA GABLER, STREETCAR,
NOCTURNE, FAR AWAY, THE BEARD OF AVON, DIRTY BLONDE, BOB, FLESH AND
BLOOD, SHOPPING AND FUCKING, THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD, VALHALLA,
HOMEBODY/KABUL. Regional: ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, THE BRONTE CYCLE, GRAPES
OF WRATH (Clarence Brown Theatre).
ANNETTE
ADAMSKA
Assistant Stage Manager
Off-Broadway: HAMLET, IN DARFUR (Delacorte, NYSF); HAMLET?(The Wooster
Group, NYSF); THE SEAGULL (CSC); THE PAIN AND THE ITCH, ESSENTIAL SELF-DEFENSE,
FLOYD AND CLEA UNDER THE WESTERN SKY (Playwrights Horizons); THE SACRIFICES
(SPF); THE RISE AND FALL OF ANNIE HALL (Stage 13). Regional: McCarter
Theatre, Passage Theatre, CSF, WST. Training: Wellsley College.
MARK
CRISPIN MILLER
Moderator
As actor: NYTW: PATRIOT ACT. NY Theatre: TWILIGHT TIMES. As author:
Boxed In: The Culture of TV, The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a
National Disorder, Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney’s New World
Order, Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform. As editor:
Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy,
2000-2008. New York University (Professor of Media, Culture & Communications).
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