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Down the Fox Hole

CHARLY WENZEL is a German actress, dancer, choreographer, writer, director and award winning filmmaker. She won multiple awards for her experimental films “Global Tides”, “Licht”, “Schein”, “PAUSE” and “Faces”, which were screened at film festivals worldwide. Charly was the Artistic Director of her own company Charly Wenzel & Dancers, she was the Associate Artistic Director of Naganuma Dance and she worked as the Rehearsal Director for Bodystories: Teresa Fellion Dance. She worked as the choreographer for several recording artists and she choreographed for a number of dance films and music videos. Charly was a member of the Bavarian State Opera Ballet in Germany and she performed with Silver Glass Productions, Shadowbox Theater, Naganuma Dance, Keila Cordova Dances, Bodystories, LolaLola Dance Theater, Morningside Opera, Soul Movement and others. She was a performer in the Bessie award winning production “Then She Fell” by Third Rail Projects. “BY YOUR SIDE” marks her playwriting and directorial debut in theatre and she couldn’t be more thankful for the wonderful cast and crew that have joined her for this special occasion! More information at www.charlywenzel.com.

NANCY YAO is thrilled to be a part of the cast. During the pandemic, Nancy was in Nina Ki’s digital production of Somethings Never Die. Previously, Nancy’s lead roles include Eling in David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child, Miss Julie in August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, and Betty in David Ives’ The Sure Thing. Nancy is committed to writing plays about the Asian American experience. She was an early member of the Here and Now Theater Company based in LA.

NYA YEANAFEHN is an actor, writer, and comedian based out of New York. He has performed all over New York City, Los Angeles, and London. He’s appeared in short films and web series such as Hotline and Uninspired. Nya was accepted and attended the LAByrinth theatre company’s 2021 Summer intensive ensemble, studying with Stephen Adly Guirgis, David Deblinger and others.

KEVIN HOBAICHAN For my brother.

FERNANDO ROCKENBACH is a Brazilian actor. Always showing an immense love for the performing arts, he has been in small plays ever since he was a kid. During his teenage years, he took a break from theater and eventually graduated college with a degree in Architecture and Urbanism. He kept studying theater after graduation and performed in some plays in Brazil, mostly in the "theater of the absurd" style. Eventually, he moved to NYC to really focus and ground his abilities as an actor, training full time at HB Studio.

ROY CHANG is an all-around technician. He studied Entertainment Technology at New York City College of Technology. He has worked in such places as Henry Street Settlement, 59E59 Theaters, Theater for the New City and the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre.

CHARLY ZASTRAU is a German pianist and arranger, based in the Netherlands and has worked professionally in the international music and theatre sector for almost two decades. Zastrau tours up to 48 weeks a year having become an established and in demand pianist and keyboarder, musical director, composer and arranger. This has seen him work in a wide range of musical genres ranging from modern/experimental music ensembles to jazz groups to pop acts including jazz saxophonists Tineke Postma, Francesco Bearzatti, Benjamin Herman, Trombonist Nils Wogram and classical singer Claron McFadden. He performed with a.o. New York Downtown Icons Joey Arias and Justin Vivian Bond, punk legend Nina Hagen, the Tiger Lillies and many more.

LESLIE MARYCRUZ GUTIERRE is originally from Atlanta ,Georgia where she started off in Theatre, then moved to New York City to attend Makeup Designory. She’s very excited to be apart of the show! As well as her assistant GABRIELLE ELISE who came from Puerto Rico originally, began a career in Biology, then found her passion in makeup and attends Makeup Designory, as well.

BIOS:

Joshua Warr (Co-Director): Stupid F**king Bird (13th Street Theatre); Pizza Man (13th Street Theatre); Brilliant Traces (WorkShop Theatre [now the Chain Theatre]), Orion (Theatre Row/Studio Theatre), Lady Gay: All of Me (Feinstein's/54 Below), The Blue Djinn (The Wild Project), An Infinite Ache (Access Theatre), Tape (Abingdon Theatre/Dorothy Strelsin). Film: Haywire. Joshua is the founder of Art of Warr Productions.

Valentine Aprile (Co-Director) is an award winning artist in multiple disciplines including painting, dance-theater creation/direction, and filmmaking. Her eclectic arts education includes The University of the Arts (PA - BFA in Painting and MA in Arts in Education with a focus on interdisciplinary methods), The Art Students League of New York, Nimble Arts (VT - aerial arts), The Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory (NY), and various dance studios in Philadelphia and New York. She is currently based in New York working on multiple projects and painting. Her paintings have been published in American Art Collector-April 2019, LINEA (published by The Art Students League of NY), and Create! Magazine. Her past work with Art of Warr Productions includes Brilliant Traces (assoc. dir.), and Stupid Fucking Bird (movement dir.). Valentine is so pleased to be back to work, in person, with this talented team. Member - NAEA, NAWA, PoetsArtists, Portrait Society of America, Audubon Artists, The Warr Room https://www.valentineaprile-artist.com/ Rizzle.tv sponsored content - https://rizzle.tv/u/valentineaprile Instagrams - @valaprile @valtheseries @vandoactorservices IMDB - http://www.imdb.me/valentineaprile

Alexander Stine (A): Host and Producer of the Dungeons & Dragons 5E Podcast The Floor is Dungeon. TV: Mindhunter, Orange is the New Black, The Affair, TURN: Washington’s Spies, Mysteries of Laura, Boardwalk Empire. Film: Wild Men, The Incoherents. Theatre: King Lear w/ Austin Pendleton, Servant of 2 Masters, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Macbeth, Stairway to Hell. BA: Theatre - University Northern Colorado.

Blake Merriman (B): Favorite theatre credits include Aaron Posner’s Stupid F**king Bird (13th Street Theatre), Cindy Lou Johnson’s Brilliant Traces (The Workshop Theater), Matthew McLachlan’s ORION (Theater Row), Anthony P. Pennino’s A Thousand Deaths (FringeNYC), and Ben Holbrook’s Alone with Friends (Fundamental Theater Project). TV: HBO’s Crashing. FILM: The Graduates (Amazon) and Drinking Games (now available on iTunes). Blake trained at Northwestern University, the School at Steppenwolf, and the Maggie Flanigan studio. For more, visit BlakeMerriman.com.

Zachary Sherry (C): Zachary Sherry is an actor and writer excited to be playing C in Down the Foxhole. Trained with Florida State University and Maggie Flanigan Studio. Zach would like to thank everyone involved with the show! www.zachsherry.com