Jake Tolentino (Assistant Director) is a director and theatre artist who leads from the heart, passionate about love and the barriers that prevent us from loving one another. Originally from New Jersey, Jake graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre, concentrating in directing and minoring in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Directing credits while at Emerson include queer adaptations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! and Antony & Cleopatra!, as well as walkOver for Frigid New York’s Queerly Festival. Jake is also a member of Company One’s Co-Lab for the 2024-2025 season.
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Valencia Proctor
Valencia Proctor (Bessie Coleman, Irene Leverton) she/her, is a multifaceted artist based in the Twin Cities, MN. She was most recently seen in The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Mixed Blood Theatre). Her other credits include, productions such as Passage (Pillsbury House x Exposed Brick), You Can’t Take it with You (Lyric Arts), Misery (Yellow Tree Theatre), Passing Strange (Yellow Tree Theatre) Girl Shakes Loose (Penumbra Theater), and more. When she is not on stage she can be found doing camera and voiceover work. She is so excited to be joining the S P A C E cast to tell this amazing story. Enjoy! IG: @val_proctor
Anne G. Morgan
Anne G. Morgan (Dramaturgy Consultant) she/her/hers, is an award-winning dramaturg and arts leader. She works regularly as a dramaturg with the Playwrights Realm, the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University, the Kennedy Center, and more, as well as collaborating with playwrights individually. Anne received the 2019 Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy for her innovative design and stewardship of Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries, the American Shakespeare Center’s new play program. With ASC, Anne dramaturged new plays by L M Feldman, Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, Anchuli Felicia King, Emma Whipday, and Amy E. Witting. From 2012 – 2017, Anne ran the Literary Department at the O’Neill where she worked with David Auburn, Bekah Brunstetter, A. Rey Pamatmat and many others. Anne is currently Programs Director for the National New Play Network and serves as Board Co-Chair for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.She lives with her family in Vermont. annegmorgan.com
Rebecca Straniere
Rebecca Straniere (Assistant Stage Manager & Wardrobe Supervisor) she/her, is delighted to work with Central Square Theater. During her time at The State University of New York At Oneonta she has assisted in costuming multiple productions, including: The Wolves, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and Disgraced. She has also Stage Managed A Doll’s House Part II (Franklin Stage Company) and Assistant Stage Managed A Christmas Story (Surflight Theatre) Most recently, she works as a Freelance Costumer and Makeup Artist.
Lindsay Torrey
Lindsay Torrey (Movement Director, Intimacy Coordinator) is an actor, movement specialist, educator and creative producer based in LA and NYC. She is thrilled to be collaborating with these stellar humans to build this beautiful play. Her work as a movement specialist and intimacy coordinator has been seen in several theatrical productions and feature films, most recently Switch & Bait and Broken Bird. As an actor and deviser, she has performed and workshopped new plays with Polybe + Seats, Target Margin, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges and others. Acting TV credits include The Sinner, The Unusualist, Blue Bloods, Royal Pains. In the summer of 2023, Lindsay produced and performed in the LA premiere of THE CATASTROPHE CLUB, the first in a series of new, site-specific plays and community events centering the climate emergency conversation. Most recently, she produced the short film Bye Bye Barbarito for executive producer NALIP (National Association for Latina Independent Producers) and the NETFLIX Fund for Creative Equity. Lindsay is a part time faculty member at USC School of the Dramatic Arts and Pepperdine University. BA, Columbia University / MFA, The University of Tennessee. Contact: www.lindsaytorrey.com