ENCORE 2
The Key
One Act of Kindness
20th Anniversary
SPONSORED BY
One act of kindness
By Juan Ramirez, Jr.
After her car breaks down on the side of the road, Ema decides to walk only to find Amila, a forgetful orange seller. When she asks for directions, she doesn't get the answers she wants. Whether it's good directions or bad directions, life's got a way to put you exactly where you need to be.
CAST
Cristy Reynoso
Angela Reynoso
BIOS:
Cristy Reynoso is a Dominican actor and writer based in New York City. Her previous theatre credits include: Sailing Stones (Willy, 2018 Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Don Juan (Isla, Dixon Place), Honor Among Thieves (Rosey, 2017 Downtown Urban Arts Festival performed at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Film credits include: Palace (Christy), an NYU thesis project based in Singapore, where she was also an acting member for the NYU Play Lab. She produced and starred in the short noir film Homme Fatale, which won the award for Best Use of Required Elements, part of the Bronx 48 Film Challenge and made its TV debut on Bronxnet. The film was also selected for the Concourse Film Festival. She is a Co-Founder of R & R Productions, producing stories that give voice to the voiceless. As producer, her film Alone With My Demons was selected as part of the Inwood Art Works New York City Quarantine Film Festival and won Best Bronx Film. The film was also selected for the Concourse Film Festival and the Mott Haven Film Festival. She is a member of the Bronx Repertory Company, trained with HB Studios and is a graduate from Lehman College with a B.A. in Theatre. She is one of the creators and is also starring in the web series #30s which will premiere in 2022. www.CristyReynoso.com
Angela Reynoso is a Dominican actress based in New York City. Her recent credits include "Radial Gradient", part of the Lime Arts Productions 20 by 20 Fringe this past May. She also starred in the awarded Best Bronx Film as Jada in "Alone With My Demons" by Juan Ramirez, Jr, selected for the 2021 Naked Angels Film Festival, 2020 NYC Quarantine Film Festival, Concourse Film Festival, and Mott Haven Film Festival. She completed the Intensive Ensemble workshop with Labyrinth Theatre Company this summer. Angela will star in an off-off Broadway show, The Love Hate Club written by Juan Ramirez, Jr for the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival this October. www.TheAngelaReynoso.com
Juan Ramirez, Jr. is a Borinqun-Chapn-Bronx internationally produced and award-winning playwright, monologist, director, screenwriter, filmmaker, poet and producer. Notable works include Calling Puerto Rico (Second Round Austin Film Festival, Miranda Family Voces Latinx Finalist with Repertorio Espaol, 2020 BAPF Finalist and a recipient of the 2019 BRIO Award) Ridin Shotgun (Best Play at Downtown Urban Arts Festival), Say Less (2021 Downtown Urban Arts Festival) The American Dream (NAV Playwrights Festival, BBTF) and Stroke of Madness (Ingenio Milagro, Cimientos). His horror short Alone With My Demons won Inwood Art Works NYC Quarantine Film Festivals Best Bronx Film. Hes a founder of The PlayPen Collective and R&R Productions with his wife Cristy Reynoso. Hes a Dramatist Guild member, 2020-2021 Dramatist Guild Fellow, NYC LatinX Playwright Circle member, an ATG PlayLab member and a teaching artist with Art Defined. He received his BA from Lehman College and his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch. Awarded the Bronx Council New Works grants, stay tuned for his play titled A Love Letter To The Bronx. www.JuanRamirezJr.com @AJuanManShow
20TH ANNIVERSARY
by Marcus Harmon
Synopsis: Set 20 years after the September 11th attacks, two ex police officers meet to remember their friend and reveal much more about themselves and the world around them.
Marcus Harmon is a playwright, actor, and singer from Columbus, Ohio. This is his first one act play and first play shown on stage. He was selected as a recipient of the Dramatist Guild Foundation award and this year's NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) grant for playwriting.
Hartley Erickson is from Sandy Spring, Maryland. He has studied at the William Esper Studio here in Manhattan. He will be making his New York stage debut as part of the 2021 Chain Theater One Act Festival.
Marcos Luis is a graduate of Northwestern University. He has been seen in national commercials, tv, & film. He is a podcast Host @OneMicNite and is happy to return to stage again in NYC. @MarcosLuis
THE KEY
THE KEY
by James Kenna
Synopsis: In this solo-show, a young man recounts a series of events swirling around a pivotal night, alcohol, and a key. From the passenger seat of a car, J inhabits the characters of his mother and father to weave a hilarious, haunting, and intimate story. “The Key” investigates the ugly parts of ourselves we lock away and the moments when they escape.
Directed by Gracie Fojtik
Starring James Kenna
Gracie Fojtik (Director): Gracie Fojtik is San Francisco-based Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, and Teaching Artist. Gracie has performed at Williamstown Theatre Company (community works), participated in readings with Middle Voice at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre and Primary Stages, and studied with the Moscow Art Theatre. Gracie is currently beginning her third and final year as a M.F.A. acting student with A.C.T., working as a teaching artist in San Francisco, and is a co-creator of an in-house (no literally, in-house) production company with her roommates during the pandemic called gnut house productions. Gnut House wrote, produced, and acted in multiple shorts all to be released in 2021. Her most recent collaborative creations, The Garden Will Not Crumble, and Routine were shown at A.C.T. in 2021. Gracefojtik.com @graciefojtik
James Kenna (Writer/Actor): James is a New York City-based Writer, Actor, and Educator. Recent writing includes: Beowulf: Her Story" (The Subtext). The Garden Will Not Crumble (ACT Skyfest, short film). "Italian Rose: A Solo Show" (Ars Nova Research Grant). "The Key: A Solo Show" ( Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, 2020). On stage, he has performed at Ithaca's Hangar Theatre, The Drama League, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York's Symphony Space, and in BroadwayWorld's hit new Web-series Rachel Unraveled. James is a current writer with Dreamweavers writer lab. James graduated from Fordham University in 2019 with a B.A. in Theatre: Performance and an award for distinguished achievement. James is represented by UIA Talent Agency.