A LETTER FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

IAMA’s 14th season is dedicated to further developing what it means to be theatre-makers now and for the future. We believe that it is our responsibility to find the balance between storytelling that honors the moment and ensuring space for an equitable future. We continue to move through a global pandemic, fighting for social/racial justice and finding our way through political chaos, all the while allowing further exploration of the past, present and future. This is where our storytelling will continue. As sole Artistic Director of IAMA, for the first time, it is my great honor to bring us all back together, safely, in person, and continue to push the boundaries of what we are capable of, while continuing to explore the new digital theater medium.  We will also focus on developing new voices and a new educational platform that will not only help train future theatre makers, but future theatre leaders for this country.  IAMA is dedicated to matching our external output of content with our internal input of education, training, and firm dedication to the dismantling of white supremacy and oppressive barriers that have long been a part of the American Theatre. Please join us... our work has just begun.

With much respect,

Stefanie Black
IAMA Artistic Director

hindi

Written by Nandita Shenoy

Directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III

Sanjiv Jhaveri

Eileen Rivera

Calm

Written and Composed by Adam Gwon

For Us All

Written by Jeanne Sakata

Directed by Jennifer Chang

dishwaSHER DREAMS

Written and Performed by Alaudin Ullah

Directed by Chay Yew

Writers Theatre | Hartford Stage

long

Written by Charlie Oh

Directed by Jully Lee

transfusion

Written by Kit Yan

Directed by Kat Yen

...i've no regrets

Written by Nicholas Pilapil

Directed by Rodney To*

SELECTED POEMS

He Thinks Me a Passerby | Stoned | A Bird, A Stone

Written and Performed by Noa Gardner

Broken English

Written by Nina Ki

Directed by Gaven Trinidad

Wesley Han

Jennifer Yun

Kuʻu Pua i Paoakalani

Written and Composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani

Performed by Po'ai Lincoln

Resources

A portion of the proceeds from the Pass the Mic Festival will be donated to the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, dedicated to advancing representation for Asian American and Pacific Islander creators and executives in Hollywood. Through industry-renowned programs such as the CAPE New Writers Fellowship, CAPE Leaders Fellowship, consulting and talent referral services, the CAPE Database and #GoldOpen, CAPE is breaking barriers to representation from the writers’ room to the boardroom to the living room. Learn more at www.capeusa.org and follow us @CAPEUSA on Instagram and Twitter.

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*IAMA Ensemble Member

IAMA Theatre Company would like to honor our Asian, South Asian, and Asian American Pacific Islander ensemble members and staff. Anisha Adusumilli, Parvesh Cheena, Deborah S. Craig, Tina Huang, Sonal Shah, Rodney To, Justin Sullivan and Nicholas Pilapil and all of the AAPI guest artists who have worked with IAMA over the years have helped elevate the theatre we create with their extraordinary talent and commitment and to them, we are forever grateful. 

IAMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Katie Lowes, Chair 
Tyler Ennis, President 
David Yanni, Secretary 
Victoria Lerner, Treasurer 

Jana Bezdek 
Gracye Cheng
Tyler Ennis 
Mike Jackson 
Victoria Lerner 
Katie Lowes 
Melissa Romain
Graham Sibley 
David Yanni

IAMA STAFF

Artistic Director: Stefanie Black 
Managing Director: Lara Myrene 
Producing Director: Cymbre Walk Sklar 
Associate Artistic Director - Artistic Development: Margaux Susi 
Associate Artistic Director - Ensemble Development: Rodney To
Director of the Ensemble: Tom DeTrinis
Basecamp Director: Christian Durso
Director of Special Programming: Anna LaMadrid
Social Media Manager and Marketing Associate: Justin Sullivan
Grant Writer: Laila Ayad
Literary Manager: Celia Mandela Rivera
Under 30 Lab Program Director: Nicholas Pilapil

IAMA ENSEMBLE

Anisha Adusumilli, Alexander Alcheh, Tom Amandes, Laila Ayad, Deanna Barillari, Stefanie Black, Michelle Bossy, R. S. Buck, Jon Caren, Sheila Carrasco, Dean Cechvala, Parvesh Cheena, Deborah S. Craig, Desi Dennis-Dylan, Tom DeTrinis, Christian Durso, James Eckhouse, Josh Epstein, Ryan Garcia, Chris Gardner, Jeff Gardner, Eli Gonda, Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Heine, Laura Holloway, Anna Rose Hopkins, Tina Huang, Bailey Humiston, Alexis Jacknow, Andria Kozica, Colleen Labella, Anna LaMadrid, John Lavelle, Sharon Lawrence, Katie Lowes, Laura Mann, Burl Moseley, Karla Mosley, Louise Munson, Lara Myrene, Melissa Jane Osborne, Brian Otano, Tim Peper, Geoff Rivas, Tim Rock, Devere Rogers, Kacie Rogers, Amy Rosoff, Emily Rowan, Adriana Santos, Mark Saul, Courtney Sauls, Micah Schraft, Brandon Scott, Sonal Shah, Adam Shapiro, Graham Sibley, Cymbre Walk Sklar, Lexi Sloan, Melissa Stephens, Margaux Susi, Rodney To, Sarah Utterback, Keliher Walsh, Jamie Wollrab, Christine Woods

IAMA THEATRE COMPANY is a Los Angeles-based ensemble of artists committed to supporting the creation and cultivation of new voices and artists that challenge boundaries and take risks, while fostering an inclusive community that inspires theatre-makers of future generations. IAMA is invested in the immediacy of production and strives to bring audiences out of their personal space and into a shared authentic experience.

Los Angeles is one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the world and IAMA's work reflects the new voices and changing attitudes that continue to shape this city, state, country and world. Designated by Playbill as “one of 20 regional houses every theater lover must know,” the award-winning company has seen many plays generated at IAMA travel to off-Broadway, including to Second Stage and Playwrights Horizons, then go on to be performed regionally and internationally. IAMA members have been featured in numerous critically acclaimed TV shows and films as well as in a vast array of theater and live performances on and off-Broadway and across the country. Founded in 2007, IAMA has been dedicated to developing new plays and musicals by emerging and established playwrights, culminating in over 25 world, West Coast and Los Angeles premieres. IAMA is based in Los Angeles on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva people.

IAMA THANKS OUR 2021-2022 SPONSORS:

Shonda Rhimes & the Rhimes Family Foundation

DAVID LEE FOUNDATION

fourthwall theatrical

THE SHARI AND LES BILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION

VANGUARD CHARITABLE AND THE BEZDEK FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND

THANK YOU TO OUR IAMA DONORs

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Adrienne Gomez

Aiden Rees

Amy Evans

Andrew Davis

Andrew Deffenbaugh

Anna Katherine Moore

Anna Telfer

Asher Grodman

Belinda Glijansky

Braxton Crewell

Bruno Oliver

Bud Coffey

Camille Scales

Charles Curtiss

Christine Sobolewski

Cicely Rendleman

Conrad Woolfe

Daniele Gaither

David Burrough

David Hutchins

Devon Larson

Diane Sanfilippo

Elizabeth Heuer

Emily Curran

Emily Eichhorn-Nye

Evelyn Iocolano

Frances Cobain

Frances Mciver

Glo Atanmo

Graciela Aravena

Haley McConnell

Hallie O'Gorman

Ilene Garfield

Jessica Hanna

Jacqueline Martin

Jasmin Cruz

Jean Lowerison

Jen Scherr

Jennifer Adler

Jessa G

JoAnne Yarrow

Joel Morin

John Paul Karliak

John Pick

Jonathan Deering

Joyce Carrasco

Kameron Morgan

Kari Allen

Katey Moon

Katie Free

Kayley Bryson

Kelsey Flynn