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Larry Bates
Larry Bates was last seen as Fred in A Christmas Carol at South Coast Repertory. Other favorite roles at SCR include Martin Luther King Jr. in All the Way, Ralph D. in The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Happy in Death of a Salesman, Booth in Topdog/Underdog, Cactus in Mr. Marmalade and Youngblood in the SCR/Pasadena Playhouse production of Jitney, for which he won an NAACP Theatre Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor. Other favorite theatre credits include the World Premiere of Human Error (Denver Center Performing Arts), JQA (San Diego Repertory), Ah Wilderness! (Goodman Theatre) and Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Matrix Theatre, San Diego Repertory, Hattiloo Theatre for MLK50 commemoration). His film and television credits include Miss Virginia, Lions for Lambs, “The Romanoffs,” “Seal Team,” “Sunnyside,” “NCIS,” “Big Little Lies,” and “American Born Chinese.” Bates is a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and a graduate of The Theatre School, DePaul University.
Wayne T. Carr
Performed at American Repertory Theatre this year as Odysseus in Kate Hamill's world premier of The Odyssey. Other credits include; 'A Good Guy', Rogue Machine, 'The Tempest', Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, 'Othello' at A Noise Within, 'Macbeth', 'Othello', Utah Shakespeare Festival, 'Seven Guitar's', Yale Rep, 'Pericles', Guthrie,Folger,OSF, 'All The Way', Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 'Great Society', Seattle Rep, 'Eurydice', Milwaukee Rep, 'Bombitty of Errors', Hudson Valley Shakespeare, 'TopDog UnderDog', Renaissance Theaterworks. Film: The Tragedy of Macbeth. TV: Chicago Med, SWAT, Stuck in the Middle.
Danielle Moné Truitt
As Performer / Producer Danielle Moné Truitt leads the latest installment of Dick Wolf's successful "Law & Order" franchise, "Law & Order: Organized Crime" on NBC. Beginning her career in theatre, Truitt was nominated for an NAACP® Theatre award and an Ovation award for her role in the Katori Hall play The Mountaintop. She received a second Ovation nomination for her role in Dreamgirls. Truitt wrote, produced and starred in the dynamic one woman play 3: Black Girl Blues, which performed to sold out audiences during the course of its run through Los Angeles, Sacramento, and New York. Truitt's additional television credits include the FOX drama series "Deputy" alongside Stephen Dorff, in addition to leading roles
on FX's "Snowfall," "Super Fun Night" for ABC and "Mulaney" for FOX. In 2009, Truitt made history when she joined Disney's Academy Award® nominated animated film, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG as the video reference for Princess Tiana.
Shaun Heard
Shaun Heard is an actor, writer, producer, director, and college professor. His greatest passion and proudest achievement is being a classically trained actor with an MFA from the University of Southern California (USC).
Shaun’s most notable work includes his two-season arc as Dan Barnes on Shonda Rhimes’ Station 19. Beyond acting, Shaun is deeply committed to shaping the next generation of artists, having taught acting at institutions such as Cal State San Marcos, Sacramento State, Duke University, and Palomar College.
Shaun is thrilled to be collaborating with Interact Theatre Company, continuing his lifelong mission to create powerful, authentic storytelling on stage, screen and in the classroom.
Erròn Jay
Erron Jay received his BFA in Theater from Missouri State Univ. & his MFA in Acting from The Theater School at DePaul Univ. Theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun at South Coast Rep. The world premiere of Harriet Jacob's at Steppenwolf Theatre. Two Trains Running at Merle Reskin Theatre. Sueno at Merle Reskin Theatre, A New Brain at Athenaeum. TV credits include Lucifer, No Good Nick, KC Undercover, & Famous Crime Scenes. He is grateful to return to Interact's prize reading series following last year's "Clybourn Park" production. And he's very proud to be a member of this fantastic company. Erron is a professor of acting at AMDA's LA campus, and a teaching artist at Geffen Playhouse and also in Los Podrinos Juvenile Detention Center with the non-profit Michael's Daughter. He is grateful for the opportunity and for the support of his friends and family. He can be found on social media @erronjay or online at erronjay.com. Manager - Hillary Sigale at Infin8 Artists & Entertainment.
Omete Anassi
Omete Anassi (he/him/his) is a first-generation Kenyan-American, born and raised on the southwest side of Houston, Texas. In two weeks, He’ll be receiving his Master’s of Fine Arts in Drama from The Juilliard School, where he served as the Co-President of the Juilliard Black Student Union (JBSU), spearheading their post-COVID resurgence by producing and directing the first annual “JBSU Artist Showcase”. The event featured over 40 Black Juilliard students across the drama, dance and music division. Before Juilliard, Omete was a student athlete and thespian at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He eventually ended up transferring to the University of Southern California (USC), where he served as Chapter President of the Alpha Delta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, an Executive Board Member of USC’s Black Student Assembly, and Co-Founder of Brothers Breaking Bread (BBB), an organization exclusively aimed to address the mental health and community building of USC’s Black male students. BBB is still functioning on USC’s campus today, with over 60 Black male members every year. Omete graduated from USC in 2017 with his Bachelor’s in Neuroscience and went on to accomplish prolific artistic feats, such as being a 2019 NAACP Theatre Award winner for “Best Male Lead'' for his performance in the world premiere of Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s Br’er Cotton. Most recently, he served as the leading actor and associate producer of independent feature film African Giants, which won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival and is available on Amazon Prime Video. Omete considers himself a “Griot”, which is a West African term used to describe the community members who hold the stories of their people in their bodies and spirits.
Nyla Ray
Nyla Ray is a 10-year-old singer, dancer & actress with experience in local musical theater productions. Nyla has trained at Heart Arts, Village Arts, A Noise Within and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Her passion for the performing arts shines through as she continues to cultivate her talents across multiple disciplines.
Michael A. Shepperd
Michael Shepperd is pleased as punch to be working with Interact on this great piece. His directing credits include Blood at the Root at Open Fist Theatre Company, for which he received a Stage Scene LA “Scenie” award for Best Direction of a Play, as well as a Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle nomination for Best Director; Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner at the Whitefire Theatre (Stage Raw Top Ten); The Boy From Oz (Ovation Award, LADCC Award, Best Director); Rotterdam at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (LADCC Award Best Production, Stage Raw award for Best Production and nomination for Best Director; West Addams at the Skylight Theatre (LA Times Critics Choice); Laughter on the 23rd Floor at the Garry Marshall Theatre (Scenie Award for Director of the Year, Broadway World nomination for Best Director); The View Upstairs (Broadway World Award, Best Director); Sucker Punch at Couerage Theatre; Too Heavy for Your Pocket at Sacred Fools (LA Times Critics Choice); and productions of The Next Fairy Tale, [title of show], and Rent.
Los Angeles acting roles include Matilda (Miss Trunchbull), The Producers (Roger DeBris; Ovation Award nominee), Fences (Troy; Ovation, LADCC nominations), BootyCandy (LADCC nomination, Ovation, Stage Raw Win), The Color Purple (Mister; Ovation award), Steel (Ovation Award), Master Harold and the Boys (NAACP theatre award nomination), The Producers (Ovation Award nomination), Intimate Apparel (NAACP Theatre Award), Choir Boy (NAACP nomination); and Shout Sister Shout. As an actor, he recently appeared as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Open Fist, and in Athol Fugard’s Valley Song at International City Theatre. Broadway/Regional credits include: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan; The Seafarer; Little Shop of Horrors; Caroline, or Change; Whipping Man, and most recently, Two Trains Running (The Acting Company).
TV: NCIS: Origins, Bosch, Why Women Kill, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Soul Man, Hot In Cleveland, Wizards of Waverly Place, Monk, Criminal Minds, NCIS.
Bairton Brown
Bairton Brown (he/they) is a multiracial filmmaker and theater practitioner. While earning their B.F.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, Bair’s first short, FROM YOUR FORMER LOVER, premiered at the New York Independent Cinema Awards. As their thesis, Bair directed the web series NAOMI & LEVI TAKE ON THE WORLD (2021), which was selected for distribution on Open Television | OTV.
While earning their Master’s in Arts & Public Policy from NYU, Bair directed the sold-out world premiere of HOW DARE YOU by Kendra Augustin at Affirmation Theatre, and FINAL GOODBYE by Shaneisha Dodson at Soundscape Theatre. In 2023, Bair completed a Next-Up Playwriting Fellowship at Congo Square Theatre. Brown’s second full-length play, MEMENTO VIVERE, received staged readings at Congo Square Theatre in Chicago, Denver Fringe, & Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Bairton returns to Chicago annually as a writer and director for Congo Square’s web series, BLACKSIDE. In Los Angeles, Bair supports Interact as an AD/SM and Dramaturg for Interact’s Pulitzer Prize Winners’ Series. Bair’s Virtual Playwriting course, DEFINING MOMENTS, will launch in Autumn 2024 through their LLC, Stonehaven Studios. Bair’s fist book, BLACKTOPIA, will be published by Syllble Studios on June 3, 2024. An audio series will premiere alongside the books beginning June 7!
Ruri Matthews
Born and raised in Japan, Ruri Matthews discovered her passion for the saxophone after the birth of her second daughter—and she’s been playing for 24 years ever since.
She performs with several bands and has recently seen her solo performances become her most popular gigs. Ruri mainly plays rock, R&B, funk jazz, and smooth jazz, blending styles with soul and energy that resonate with a wide range of audiences.
A proud mother of two grown daughters, Ruri has spent the last several years dedicated to building a life rooted in music. She is especially grateful for the opportunity to perform in theatrical productions and continues to pursue her artistic dreams with heart and purpose.
Barry Heins
Most recently, Heins produced and directed the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Posner's "Life Sucks" at the Broadwater Main Stage. The production earned a coveted spot on L.A. Times theater critic Charles McNulty’s Top 9 List of 2023 and received seven nominations from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, including wins for Best Ensemble and Best Writing–Adaptation.
A graduate of The Juilliard School and an alumnus of The Acting Company, Heins has performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway, at leading regional theaters across the U.S., and in both film and television. His notable Los Angeles stage credits include "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Ford Theatre (Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Performance), ITC's celebrated production of "Counsellor-At-Law" with John Rubinstein (Ovation Award for Best Ensemble), the 2018 ITC revival of Jerry Sterner's "Other People's Money," and the West Coast premiere of Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins' "Nice Fish."
Heins is also an accomplished voice-over artist, lending his talents to everything from film trailers to political ads, and has served as a dialect consultant on Broadway productions and for PBS. He has taught at several professional actor training conservatories, including NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Playwrights Horizons Theater School and SUNY Purchase College.
During the summers, Heins serves as executive producer of the company’s summer theater camp for underserved youth, INTERPLAY, which was integrated into the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs’ five-week Summer Performing Arts Camp (SPAC) in 2023. Heins curates the ITC Play Lab for established local playwrights and has spearheaded four annual staged readings series in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library’s LA Made cultural enrichment program, where he directed "You Can’t Take It With You," "The Great White Hope," and "Driving Miss Daisy," and performed in "Art." He also produced and directed two impactful short films written by Catherine Butterfield for ITC: "Faultless" and "Just Another Birthday in Bedlam." Both films garnered international recognition, winning multiple awards at prestigious film festivals, including a 2021 Bronze and 2022 Gold Telly Award. These films are available on ITC's official YouTube channel, @InteractTheatreCompanyLosAngeles.
Kristen Egermeier
Kristen is thrilled to continue her work with ITC as the new Managing Director. While she is a trained Actor first, Kristen has served as operational support for theatres across the county for the past 15 years. She has also produced, written, and managed multiple productions on stage and film. As a graduate of Cal State University, Northridge with a BA in Theatre Arts and a minor in Chemistry, her well-rounded education has combined her love of theatre with her organizational business skills.
After working and studying with multiple theatre companies back east, she returned to Los Angeles to dive further into her roles as an actor and operational consultant, with an emphasis on nonprofit organizations. Kristen has aided in administratively supporting and developing multiple theatre and community programs.
Her 20 years of experience in management and hands-on roles in accounting, data analytics, editorial writing, and operations management have created her specialty in working with small businesses and nonprofit organizations to develop business practices and streamline financials. A background in industries outside of the theatre world includes environmental research and services, federal and state government services, manufacturing, and GIS data services.
August Wilson
August Wilson (April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of the descendants of Africans in North America, decade by decade, over the course of the twentieth century, forming the compilation entitled The American Century Cycle. His plays have been produced on Broadway, at regional theaters across the country and all over the world.
In 2003, Mr. Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, How I Learned What I Learned, currently touring and featuring Eugene Lee reprising Mr. Wilson's role. Mr. Wilson’s works garnered many awards including: the Pulitzer Prize for Fences (1987) and for The Piano Lesson (1990); a Tony Award for Fences; Great Britain’s Olivier Award for Jitney; and seven New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars and Jitney. Additionally, the cast recording of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received a 1985 Grammy Award, and Mr. Wilson received a 1995 Emmy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson.
Mr. Wilson’s early works included the one-act plays The Janitor, Recycle, The Coldest Day of the Year, Malcolm X, The Homecoming and the musical satire Black Bart and the Sacred Hills.
Mr. Wilson received many fellowships and awards, including the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwriting, the Whiting Writers Award and the 2003 Heinz Award. He was awarded a 1999 National Humanities Medal by President Bill Clinton and received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, as well as the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. He was an alumnus of New Dramatists, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 1995 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and on October 16, 2005, Broadway renamed the theatre located at 245 West 52nd Street “The August Wilson Theatre.”
Today, his plays continue to be produced and his place in the American Theatre continues to grow. New York Public Radio recorded all ten plays in the The American Century Cycle at the Greene Space, casting many of the actors that worked on the original productions. PBS aired a documentary on Mr. Wilson, entitled The Ground On Which I Stand, as part of the American Masters series.
Mr. Wilson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived in Seattle, Washington at the time of his death. He is immediately survived by his two daughters, Sakina Ansari and Azula Carmen Wilson, and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero, who is the executor of his estate.
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THE PRIZE WINNERS
Season IV
INTERPLAY
Where kids discover and explore their natural creativity!
Now in its 28th year, INTERPLAY brings young people together with trained theatre educators for a five-week day camp sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Performing Arts Division.
LANKERSHIM ARTS CENTER
JUNE 16 – JULY 19, 2025
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Established playwrights and screenwriters present new works for public readings performed by the ITC Ensemble and guest artists. Lab Director Anita Khanzadian moderates audience discussion following the readings. Free and open to the public at the Lankershim Arts Center, no RSVP required.
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"Invigorating...The ensemble is first-rate...."
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"Together they form, in my view, the very best acting ensemble to be seen currently in Los Angeles."
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"A company of hard-hitting professionals, with a rare combination of heart and expertise."
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"Since its inception, INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY has become known as one of the most exciting theatrical hamlets in the urban forest."
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HISTORY
In January of 1989, actor and director Barry Heins invited fifteen friends – all experienced stage actors homesick for the New York theatrical community – to a weekly play reading group held in a vacant apartment in Sherman Oaks. Before long, a pool of forty actors was involved in readings that consisted of everything from classic plays to new plays and screenplays. The quality of the work attracted other theatre professionals eager to collaborate. Directors came to hear plays, as well as playwrights and screenwriters who arranged to hear these talented actors breathe life into their new scripts. Ten months later, the group became the exclusive tenants of Theatre Exchange in North Hollywood, and Interact was born. On May 1, 1992, the company formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater.
Interact’s loyal and supportive audience has followed the company to various stages and venues in the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, and Downtown LA, enjoying more than forty full-scale productions of plays and musicals since its founding. Interact also presents high-quality free or low-cost community programming, such as its lauded summer arts education program for underserved youth, hundreds of workshops, fundraisers and special events, and, to date, over a thousand public play readings.
AWARDS
ITC has received 95 performance and production awards (175 nominations), including Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, Stage Raw, Garland, LA Weekly, Telly, and NAACP Awards.
