After several fulfilling years as a full-time theater teacher, Brigitte is excited to return to her first love: acting. Her classroom experience has deepened her artistry and passion for storytelling, infusing her performances with renewed purpose and insight. She recently appeared in Medea in the Rewrite at EstroGenius 2025, Seven, and Dispatches from (a)mended America. Other credits: A Woman of No Importance (HERE Arts), You Can’t Take It With You (Syracuse Stage), RANT (The Public, Cherry Lane, La MaMa) and more. Brigitte holds an M.F.A. from NYU Tisch.

Born in 1938 in South Carolina, Alex Harsley overcame childhood hardships and a strict religious upbringing before moving to New York City in 1948. There, he discovered photography and began documenting the urban landscape. A self-taught artist, he served in the Army and later became a pioneering color technician. In 1971, he founded Minority Photographers, Inc. and the 4th Street Photo Gallery, fostering a vibrant artistic community. Harsley’s work captures the evolving social, political, and cultural life of New York, blending documentary realism with experimental techniques. He continues to explore photography, video, and metaphysical themes from his East Village gallery. the4thstreetphotogallery.com

Jasmine A. Mitchell is a producer, director, and arts administrator focused on social change and community engagement. As an anti-racist theatre practitioner and woman of God, she is driven to produce work that creates space for Black women and marginalized groups to heal and be joyful. Jasmine is a proud descendant of immigrants from Dominica, and raised in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area — and has the ultimate foodie list to prove it. Jasmine is currently working as the Black Theatre Coalition Artistic Director Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop and with octopus Theatricals. Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park. IG: @jasmineamitchell

Grammy award winning saxophonist Darryl Yokley came to New York in 2009 and has established himself as a unique artist who is always looking to connect with audiences. The son of an African-American father and a first generation Mexican mother, he relishes his diverse background and has developed a love for learning about and embracing the myriad of cultures around the world. Performing both classical and jazz has allowed Yokley the opportunity to perform in a number of musical contexts. He has performed for musical legend Quincy Jones as well as motown legends The Four Tops,The Temptations, The O’ Jays and singer-songwriter Rhonda Ross, Eddie Palmieri, Sean Jones, Orrin Evans, Nasheet Waits, Ralph Peterson, Jack Walrath, Frank Lacy, Valery Ponomarev, Broadway sensations Brandon Victor Dixon and Dez Duron and his own band, Sound Reformation. His most recent recording Un Mundo En Soledad was released on November 1st, 2024 in homage to Nobel prize winning author Gabriel Gárcia Márquez’s work, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Darryl has performed all over the world including The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Wolf Trap, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art to name a few. He is currently playing on the Tony Award winning and Grammy nominated Broadway show, Hell’s Kitchen, a musical by Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, Alicia Keys, and is still an active educator as well as runs his own record label, D-Yokes Records

Diggle is a proud Gay Mexican, Chicano scenic designer with Indigenous Mexica roots. Earlier this summer, he made his production design debut for Joel Perez’s short film Villa Encanto premiering at The Tribeca Film Festival within the Colectivo Filmmaker Program and most recently, for the stage, he designed Not About Nightingales directed by Robert O’Hara and produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival. In 2023, he was nominated by The Public Theater and won the Princess Grace Award. His design credits include Travels (Ars Nova), Stir (Old Globe), Merry Wives of Windsor (Old Globe, San Diego Theatre Critics Circle’s Winner for Best Set Design), The Harder They Come (Public Theater), Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre), Shakespeare: Call & Response directed by Patricia McGregor (Public Theater’s Mobile Unit), American Mariachi (Two River Theater), Gruesome Playground Injuries (St. Louis Rep), Fires in the Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage/Long Wharf Theatre), and The Conversationalists (Bushwick Starr). Explore more at http://www.diggledesigns.com/ and follow on Instagram at @diggle_designs.

A Brooklyn native finding refuge in the Bronx; C. Joi Sanchez is a multi-genre artist, curator & producer whose performances and visual art have been showcased at venues around the world.When she’s not booked and busy, you can find this frequently published poet and comics comic teaching creative development curriculum in programs across nyc. She enjoys being somebody’s mama, living her best Black life, drinking water and minding her business while creating platforms of visibility and self-sustainability for other marginalized artists to be empowered. Patronize her life work at https://link.edgepilot.com/s/f4f5c830/_955vh3-60qUKaNrim1OAQ?u=http://www.patreon.com/radicalblackjoi or https://link.edgepilot.com/s/5c10ebd3/nBGC7cmUtEScHH0JzrYYTg?u=http://www.thegodis.art/

Ysabella Bhagroo is a video producer, editor, and storyteller with over a decade of experience in content creation, nonprofit media, and social advocacy. As Senior Video Editor at New York Theatre Workshop, she led the post production of this feature-length documentary, spotlighting historical luminaries and artists on New York’s Lower East Side. As a graduate of UW–Madison with a background in Life Science Communication and East Asian Studies, Ysabella brings a deep commitment to uplifting underrepresented voices and crafting emotionally resonant, community-centered narratives rooted in heritage, healing, and impact.

Hannah Sgambellone is a director, producer, and production manager. She is the Junior Producer for Fault Line Theatre and the Associate Production Manager for WP Theater. She was the co-founder and artistic director of The Regular Theatre in Cincinnati, OH, where she produced eight shows and directed five. NYC: Scene Partners (Vineyard), Chornobyldorf (Prototype 2024), Robin & Me (Abingdon Theatre). Tour: Romeo & Juliet/The Three Musketeers, Two Trains Running/Comedy of Errors (The Acting Company 2023, 2025). As Producer: the beautiful land i seek (Fault Line Theatre/PRTT 2023/2024), The Bad In Each Other (The Tank/Alex Perez 2024).

Josh Luxenberg is playwright, director, and curator. He is Sinking Ship’s Co-Artistic Director, and was previously the Director of the historic Connelly Theater in the East Village, overseeing the revival of the iconic off-Broadway venue. Credits with SSP include: The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy (originally online with Theater in Quarantine, a NY Times Critics Pick, and in-person at New York Theatre Workshop, with Lucille Lortel Theatre) Cassandra, an Agony (J. Paul Getty Museum), A Hunger Artist (Connelly Theater, nominated for two 2018 Drama Desk Awards, and winner of Summerhall’s Lustrum Award for Excellence at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017), Powerhouse (New Ohio, O’Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist, NY Times Critics Pick). He has developed work via residency and commission at the Orchard Project, Mercury Store, LMCC, Mabou Mines, Mt. Tremper Arts, The Freight, EST/Sloan, the Getty Museum and others. Josh co-wrote The Dial, an interactive narrative augmented reality installation created by NightLight Labs (Sundance Film Festival 2019). His programming at the Connelly includes Marin Ireland’s Pre-Existing Condition, Kate Berlant’s Kate (directed by Bo Burnham), Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns: The Musical, Will Arbery’s Plano (Clubbed Thumb; Drama Desk-nominated), Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018(New York Theatre Workshop), The Bengson’s The Lucky Ones, and more.