Winter Shorts

Nicole Grieco

Nicole previously appeared in last year's New Works Festival ("O Positive" by Cherry Lou Sy) and Brooklyn One-Acts Festival ("Little Black Dress"). She has also performed in BrooklynOne's Shakespeare Festival in Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and As You Like It.

Gia Bonello

Gia Bonello is an actor who writes when inspiration strikes her, directs because she's a control freak, and produces only when she has to. Favorite roles include Donna in The Dreamer Examines His Pillow and Minnie in AdultFilm's Who Am I This Time? Dream Role: 5'5" Lady Gaga (I'm an Italian girl from New York)

Meghean Felling

Meg Felling is ecstatic to be working with Brooklyn One again for the new works festival after performing in 'Conferring By The Parlor Fire' for last year's festival. She also previously played Nick Bottom in 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' and most recently acted as Touchstone in 'As You Like It', for Brooklyn One's annual Shakespeare festival. Before branching out into acting, Meg performed as a stand-up comedian, frequently annoying people across the tri-state area and midwest, building a massive single-digit fanbase. Meg's limited background in performing makes her wholly underqualified to be an actress, but to everyone's shock and horror, she continues to be semi-regularly cast.

Felipe Oswaldo

Felipe Oswaldo is excited and grateful to be working with Brooklyn One on their New Works Festival. His most recent credits include an episode of an Apple Plus show that has yet to be announced releasing later this year, as well as an independent film, Killing the Canary, in which he plays a supporting role in his first feature. He is over the moon about getting to do theater in Brooklyn. Performing on stage is his first love and being able to act for the community where he has lived and benefited from as both a performer and human being feels like the least he could do for the borough that has given him so much in the way of life long friends and opportunities. You can follow him on Instagram @felipecaita21 he posts the occasional meme once every 2 years so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Christopher Buchanan

Christopher Buchanan is a New York City based playwright, performer and producer. His play Ad Nauseam was produced as a world premiere in the Blurring Boundaries short play festival by The New Ambassadors Theatre Company. Angels Watching From Afar and The Rule Book Can't Apply both received readings by The PlayGround Experiment with the latter being featured in a second reading by The Polar Bear Theatre Company. As a performer, Christopher was the title character in Mr. Long for the Frigid New York Festival. In his hometown of Washington, DC, he appeared as Klingon Hamlet in Avant Bard Theatre’s By Any Other Name: An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon, featuring George Takei and Stephen Fry. He portrayed famed scientist Raymond Gosling in the world premiere of Photograph 51 for Active Cultures Theatre. Christopher also appeared in productions for Rorschach Theatre, Theatre Lab of Washington, Unstrung Harpist and Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre. Christopher studied playwriting in New York City at Primary Stages’ Einhorn School of Performing Arts and acting in Washington, DC at the Theatre Lab Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.

Andrew Bavaro

Andrew Bavaro made his acting debut in March 2023 in “The Holy Fool and The Wise Fool” his first of two performances for Dialogue with Three Chords. He has also acted in a brooklynOne New Works Festival in February 2024, had a role in a student film last fall, and performed in a charity play reading supporting Playwrights for Pets. Andrew studies in ActorClass in NYC.

Claire Sattler

Claire Sattler (she/her) is a comedian, actor and ranch dressing enthusiast based in NYC. As a stand-up comedian, she has performed at New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and was featured in the 2024 Knockouts Women’s Comedy Festival. Claire is the co-founder and co-director of Fowl Play Sketch Comedy (Instagram: @fowlplaycomedy), where she writes and performs sketches across NYC, including a quarterly show at the PIT. Thrilled to be reading jokes that she didn’t write, Claire is so excited to perform with the cast of “The Meet Cute.” Claire graduated from Yale University in 2023 with her B.S. in Theater and Performance Studies & Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She frequently threatens to get a PhD.

Tiffany Rexach

Tiffany is happy to be back again in 2025 for yet another brooklynONE production! Coming from an unconventional background & various areas of training, Tiffany takes pride in being a multi-hyphenated Latine artist and is eternally grateful for the opportunities that Anthony Marino have opened up for them over the last 2-1/2 years. Credits include: Le Beau/Hymen, "As You Like It"; Featured Ensemble, "American Idiot"; Titania, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Geraldine Barclay, "What the Butlet Saw". This & every performance is dedicated to Ma, Mami, the whole fam, Ed, & Reagan. Big thanks & love to all of the bkONE ensemble, Tom Kane, & the universe. "What a ride!"

Kyra Gee

Kyra Gee (she/her/hers) is an actor, singer, and director based in New York City — although she originally hails from a small farm in upstate NY. Selected acting credits include Enola Holmes (Enola Holmes, international tour), Grace Poole (Jane Eyre, Off-Brand Opera), Proteus (Two Gentlemen, Stag & Lion), and Jo Galloway (A Few Good Men, Yale Theatre Studies). She has also directed and assistant directed multiple musicals, including Jane Eyre, Sweeney Todd, and an original musical in development, Nietzsche!. Kyra is a graduate of Yale University, where she double majored in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Theatre & Performance Studies. Website: kyragee.com. Instagram: @kyra.l.gee. 

brooklynONE productions

brooklynONE productions (bkONE) was established in 2006 as a haven for emerging artists. Based in the heart of Brooklyn, the company cultivates innovative & experimental performances of both original and established works. They maintain a strong relationship with the arts in their community and are committed to the continued expansion and creation of opportunities for artists across the New York City area. bkONE focuses on theatre, film, music, mixed media projects and more. brooklynONE productions was founded by Anthony Marino & Tom Kane.

Bill Cissna

Bill Cissna has written a number of full-length plays (some produced). With his playwrights group in Greensboro, NC, he has also written 22 short plays, nearly all produced. You will see #22 here in Brooklyn. You will come to understand that he and his actor-stage manager wife, Kathy, watch WAY too many CSI, L&O/Special Victim Unit, Castle and other TV police procedurals. Sometimes, we pick on the lesser episodes in these series. Enjoy!

Cherry Lou Sy

CHERRY LOU SY (she/her) is a writer/playwright originally from the Philippines of Chinese and Filipino heritage. Currently based Brooklyn, New York, she received her BA at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and attended Brooklyn College’s MA in English Literature as well as the MFA in Playwriting program under Mac Wellman and Erin Courtney. Her work has been published in Shenandoah Review and Massachusetts Review among others. She’s a recipient of fellowships and residencies from VONA and Tin House. Her debut novel LOVE CAN'T FEED YOU was named Book of the Week by People Magazine and was an Amazon Editor's Pick.

Isaiah Rothstein

Isaiah is a writer and performer. He graduated from NYCDA in 2017 with a degree in film & television performance. As an actor he has various credits in Film, Theatre and Voice-over. His writing credits include One Small Silver Lining (Best Short Film, South Shore Film Festival 2021), Quit Deacon Me Around, and the recently published novella, 1 Dragon. 2 Genies. Infinite Sandwiches. This play, The Hands That Feeds, will be his first stageplay produced in NYC. He couldn’t be happier that it’s with BrooklynONE.

Stephen Gracia

Stephen Gracia is a playwright and one of the founders of Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C), a pub theatre night which began its thirteenth season this year and for which he has written over 150 short plays. His plays have been seen at HERE Arts Center, The Producers Club, and Dixon Place. His poetry has been published in Riverrun, The Brooklyn Review, Weird Tales, and Slipstream, and he has read at the St. Mark's Poetry Project and ABC No Rio. Stephen also records electronic music under the name Rhythm & Detonation and contributed an original score to a revival of Jeffrey M. Jones's Crazy Plays at BRIC Studio. He also writes and records music with D3C co-founder Michael LoPorto as The Sellout Jackets. He wrote the short film “Always for the First Time” which won the best Art/Experimental Short Film award, at the 2022 Tallahassee film festival.

Adam Szymkowicz

ADAM SZYMKOWICZ’s plays have been produced across the U.S. and internationally in over 20 countries. His work has been developed or presented at theaters such as Portland Center Stage, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Ars Nova, South Coast Rep, and The New Group. His published plays include *Pretty Theft, Hearts Like Fists, Incendiary, Kodachrome, Clown Bar*, and *Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood*, among others. His work is published by Dramatists Play Service, Concord Theatricals, Broadway Play Publishing, and more. He is also the author of *Small Explosions* (2023) and *Letters to a Young Playwright* (2024). Szymkowicz has held residencies at The Chance Theater, William Inge Center, and The Orchard Project, receiving commissions from South Coast Rep, Rising Phoenix Rep, and others. He earned a Playwright’s Diploma from Juilliard and an MFA from Columbia University. A two-time Lecomte du Nouy Prize winner and member of the Dramatists Guild and WGA, he has interviewed over 1,100 playwrights on his blog.

Tom Kane

**Tom Kane - Playwright Bio** The late Tom Kane was a Bay Ridge native and a passionate advocate for the arts. A dedicated playwright, lyricist, and performer, he was involved with numerous local theater groups, including Sts. Simon and Jude Players, NCT, and Samaha Productions. His love for storytelling led him to write and produce original works, including *The Life and Times of Matthew Ryan*, which sparked lifelong creative collaborations. In 2006, Tom co-founded BrooklynONE Productions as a space for artists to explore theater in bold and innovative ways. Though he passed, his legacy lives on through bkONE’s commitment to new works and experimental theater, continuing the vision he so deeply believed in.

Sue Yocum

Sue Yocum spends her time pursuing two passions: animal welfare and theater. In January 2005, she created Playwrights for Pets, which has so far produced more than 20 benefits for animal welfare organizations! As a volunteer at the New York Foundling Center, Sue formed a writing/performance workshop for teens and directed their variety show performed for clients and staff. Having begun her life in the theater as an actress, Sue chose to focus on writing and directing after years of performing, writing, and directing sketch comedy. Favorite New York City productions include Mates, Between Us Gals, and The Ultimate Redemption Plan as playwright; and Camera-Ready Art, Audience, and The Money Tree as director. Proud member of Dramatists Guild of America, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Charles Maryan’s Playwrights/Directors Workshop, the Barrow Group’s FAB Women, and Honor Roll! (an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over 40).

Emily Clark Gallagher

Emily Clark Gallagher has been gallivanting as an actor, writer, and director for the past decade, and annoying the bkOne team with her presence within the last few years. She is happily rejoining esteemed actors Isaiah Rothstein and Emily Missud for this production, but is unhappily reminding everyone that the best protection against fascism is to safeguard democracy…oh, and to laugh at nazis at every given opportunity. They hate that.

Nicole Grieco

This is Nicole's first time directing for BrooklynOne! She has been a regular member of the BKOne ensemble and crew since 2022 and has performed in the summer Shakespeare Festival, New Works Festival, Brooklyn One-Acts, and Night of the Living Dead. She also worked behind the scenes as propmaster for subUrbia. She thanks the incredible writers and actors who gave their talent and supported her in her directorial debut.

William J.Coulter

William Coulter: is proud to be involved in The Winter Shorts @ BK1. A professional actor and director, he has worked with Fredonia Opera House, Mid-West Theatre Tours, Heritage Artists, Williamstown Theatre Festival as well as a founding member of Capital Rep in Albany NY. He has directed Off-Broadway for 78th Street Theatre Lab, Primary Stages, The Triad and American Jewish Theatre. some film credits include Ghost Story, Billy Bathgate, Under Heat, Ironweed and Age of Innocence directed by Martin Scorese and the awarding winning short film Editing if Everything. he has done numerous, commercials and voice overs. he holds an MFA in Directing, and studied with Uta Hagen, Carol Rosenfeld and Oscar recipient F. Murray Abraham. he is a proud member of AEA and SAG. He is overjoyed to have been asked to be part of the BK1 family and would like give a special thank you to Anthony Marino for his continued efforts to make theatre happen in southern Brooklyn. This would not be possible without the support of my wife. To the moon and back!