Denisse Estefany Mendoza

Denisse Estefany Mendoza studied at the University of Texas el Paso, Playhouse West: Brooklyn, and the Magnet Training Center. She is a performer in the resident improv show “Chemical X” at The Vino Theatre. Theatre credits include Poppy in “Noises Off!” with Sour Grapes productions, Maria in “Separated” with Headwall Theatre Company, Yasmin(u/s) in “Water by the Spoonful” at Premiere Stages, and various venues with her musical improvisation team “Everything Bagel”, including the PIT. Film credits include “Don’t Shoot the Messenger”, “Frenemies”, and “Daddy Hotline.” Denisse would like to thank Peter Michael Marino for entrusting her with his show. 

Denisse Estefany Mendoza estudio en University of Texas El Paso, Playhouse West: Brooklyn y en Magnet Training Center. Ella es una actriz en el espectáculo residente de “Chemical X” en The Vino Theatre. Sus créditos de teatro incluyen Poppy en “Noises Off!” con Sour Grapes Productions, Maria en “Separated” con Headwall Theatre Company, Aida en “The Cuban Swimmer” dirigida por Julia Rosa Sosa, Ramona en “Esperanza Rising” en The Wise Family Theatre y varios teatros con su equipo de improvisación musical, “Everything Bagel.” Sus créditos de películas son “Frienemies” con Four Walls Productions y “Dont Shoot the Messenger” dirigida por Michelle D’Angelo. Denisse quiere agradecerle a Peter Michael Marino por la oportunidad de actuar en su espectáculo de niños y a su familia por apoyarla.

Kent Morita

Kent Morita is a Japanese-American comedian based in New York! Kent performs improv for children as a Story Pirate, and sketch comedy for adults at BoogieManja! He also makes robots talk - ask Google Assistant, “Ok, Google, Who run the world?” and he’s a reason why it will answer, “Girls!” 

森田ケントはニューヨークのコメディアンです。ストーリーパイレーツ即興喜劇団、BoogieManja喜劇団のメンバーとして活躍しています。会話型インターフェイスデザイナーでもあり、Google アシスタントやAmazon アレクサなどといった会話型ロボットの設計を提供しています。

Peter Michael Marino

Pete is one of the first American’s to produce and perform interactive, digital theatre during lockdown, performing over 100 shows online. Pete played bad guy Joules Volter in the immersive Off-Broadway hit Pip’s Island. He is the creator and co-producer of SOLOCOM, which has launched over 600 world-premiere, international solo comedies at The People’s Improv Theater. His long-running solo comedy Desperately Seeking the Exit chronicled the unmaking of his West End musical Desperately Seeking Susan; receiving 5-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and Adelaide Fringe, and a London transfer. His 2015 solo chat show spoof, Late with Lance! played NYC, London, Buffalo, Orlando, Hollywood and the Edinburgh Fringe. Peter also appeared off-Broadway for five years in the percussion sensation STOMP. Pete’s production company PM2 Entertainment has presented the EdFringe debut of Jason Kravits' Off the Top, the NYC debut of Joe's NYC Bar, three encore performances of David Mills: Shame! at Pangea, LA comedy duo Moby Alpha, and the acclaimed solo show hit David Carl's Celebrity One-Man Hamlet in NYC, Edinburgh and Chicago. Peter is a former adjunct professor in sketch comedy at Pace University And William Paterson University. www.petermmarino.com

Michole Biancosino

Michole Biancosino is the Co-Founding Artistic Director of the award-winning Project Y Theatre Company, where she has developed and directed new work in Washington, D.C. and New York City over the past 17 years. She is also the Founder and producer of NY’s Women in Theatre Festival at the brand new ART/NY Theatres.

Directing work includes: Planet of the Grapes Live, Trump Lear (online and live), David Carl’s Celebrity One-Man Hamlet, Connected (NYIT Award winner), LoveSick or THINGS THAT DON’T HAPPEN (NYIT Award winner), The Revival (NYIT Award winner), A User’s Guide to Hell featuring Bernard Madoff, Derby Day (Papermag #2 Show of the Year), Goodness, and Gidion’s Knot in NYC, and many others in NYC, Edinburgh, New Orleans, and Washington, DC. Producing: The Religion Thing (TimeOutNY Critics Pick), FUBAR, 3 years of New York New Playwright Festivals and NY’s Women in Theatre Festival (#WITFestival).

Michole has developed new work with playwrights at United Solo Festival (Award-winner, Best Variety Show), Underbelly, Urban Stages, Abingdon Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, Luna Stage, CrossRoads Theatre, 59E59 Theaters, Theatre Row, Atlantic Stage 2, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Charter Theatre, Brooklyn Generator, SOLOCOM, New Orleans Theatre Experiment, Rorhshach Theatre, Milesquare Theatre, Kennedy Center New Play Festival, Potomac Theatre Project, and Ars Nova. www.micholebiancosino.com

Martha Lorena Preve

Martha is a Mexican multi-disciplinary theater artist. She is the co-founder of Something from Abroad, an indie theater company made by Hispanic women based on the Lower East Side. Originally from the Yucatan Peninsula, Martha loves creating art that mixes English and Spanish and combines her Mexican traditions and culture with the characters, stories and fast paced environment of the city. She is currently a co-host of the bilingual radio show No Me Digas at Radio Kingston. She is thrilled and so greatful to be part of the Spanish version of Niños show up!

Martha es una artista teatral multidisciplinar mexicana. Es la cofundadora de Something from Abroad, una compañía de teatro independiente creada por mujeres hispanas con sede en el Lower East Side. Originaria de la Península de Yucatán, a Martha le encanta crear arte que mezcla inglés y español y combina sus tradiciones y cultura mexicana con los personajes, historias y el ambiente vertiginoso de la ciudad de Nueva York. Actualmente es copresentadora del programa de radio bilingüe No Me Digas en Radio Kingston. ¡Ella está emocionada y muy agradecida de ser parte de la versión en español de Niños show up!

Andi Lee Carter