Justin Jain* (Professor Qiu) (he/they) is a Barrymore-Award winning Actor, Director, Educator, and Wilma HotHouse Company member. Justin has performed Off-Broadway and with many regional theaters including: 1812 Productions, Arden Theatre Company, InterAct, Lantern Theatre, Azuka, People’s Light, FringeArts, Shakespeare in Clark Park, McCarter Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Passage Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, The Assembly in Edinburgh, ASU Gammage, and Ars Nova NYC, among others. As a Director, Justin’s recent credits include Good Person of Setzuan at The Wilma, The Chinese Lady at InterAct Theatre, No Child… at The Arden, among many others. TV: Jay on PBS/WHYY family show Albie’s Elevator. Justin is also a ceramicist and proud member of Black Hound Clay South. Upcoming: A Summer Day at The Wilma. IG: @ThisJustin215 and @JustinJainArtworks

Bi Jean Ngo* (Anna Zeng) (she/her) is so happy to be back onstage for her 10th show at InterAct. She last appeared as Afong Moy in The Chinese Lady. Bi is a member of The Wilma’s Hothouse Acting Company and part of 1812 Productions’ Creative Core. She has appeared onstage at The Wilma, 1812 Productions, Walnut St Theater, Lantern Theater, Theater Exile, and more! She has also directed productions for Delaware Shakespeare and Princeton University, and is part of the directing team for the 2025 Philly Asian Performing Artists’ Philly Asian Futures Project. She has an MFA in acting from New School University and a Bachelor's in Film & TV from Boston University. You can find out more about her at www.bijeanngo.com Love to her partner, David, for his unwavering love and support and also their pup Archie

Madeleine Garcia* (Valeria) (she/they) is so thrilled to have their name in an InterAct show program for the first time! She is an actor, teaching artist and soon to be personal trainer courtesy NASM. She loves anime, weightlifting, rock n roll and Evan Schaeffer. Recent credits: Children of the Sun (PAC), Citrus Andronicus (PAC- Barrymore for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play), Christmas Carol (People’s Light). Upcoming: Brave The Dark (in theaters Jan 2025).

David Pica* (Simpkiss, et al.) (he/him) is an Actor and Educator. InterAct Theatre Company debut! Regional: Arden Theatre, Delaware Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Clark Park, PAC, Azuka Theatre, Inis Nua, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company, Revolution Shakespeare, Lantern Theater Company, Theatre Exile, Theatre in the X, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Quintessence Theatre Group, Hedgerow Theatre Company, and Tiny Dynamite. Training: Millikin University, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and w/ The Factory. Love to Brett, Owen, and family.

Tamil Periasamy* (Krishnan et al.) is an NYC actor and is thrilled to be making his InterAct debut! Previous Philly projects include Goddess at the Lucky Lady Motel (PlayPenn). Off-Broadway: Richard III (SoHo Shakespeare). Regional: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Capital Rep), The Crucible (Actor’s Express), The Humans (Theatrical Outfit), Indian Ink (Austin Shakespeare), Outlying Islands (Arís Celtic Theatre), Tamburlaine the Great Parts 1 and 2 (Resurgens). Film/TV: Dopesick (Hulu), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), Zoey 102 (Paramount+). tamilperiasamy.com

Damon Chua (Playwright) (he/him) is the recipient of an Ovation Award (Best New Play) for FILM CHINOIS, which made its Off-Broadway debut with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Other Off-Broadway plays include WARRIOR SISTERS OF WU and THE EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE. Damon is an alumnus of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s Writers Lab, and has worked with Climate Change Theater Action on combating global warming. One of his short plays on the climate crisis is taught in Danish schools. Commissions include works for Adventure Theatre MTC, Compass Needle, New York City Children’s Theater and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Damon’s plays are published by Applause Books, Concord Theatricals (Samuel French), Plays for New Audiences and Smith & Kraus. He has received grants from the Dramatists Guild Fund, Durfee Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Time Warner Foundation and UNESCO.

Chongren Fan 范崇人 (Director) (he/him) is a New York-based bilingual stage director. Hailing from Shanghai, he is the Artistic Director of OBIE Award Winning YZ REP. Off-Broadway: Citizen Wong and The Emperor’s Nightingale (Pan Asian Rep); Romulus the Great, 410[GONE] and Behind the Mask (YZ REP); Regional: The Dragon King’s Daughter (Kennedy Center/Helen Hayes Nomination) Tiger Style! (TheatreSquared); Shanghai Sonatas in Concert (The Wallis); International: China Premiere Stones in His Pockets (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre). Chongren was the Deputy General Manager of China Performing Arts Agency overseeing large scale live performances from China to USA from 2015-2020. He was a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club and Resident Artist at Mabou Mines. He has been a guest lecturer at Barnard College and Yale School of Drama. Off-Broadway League EDIJ committee member. www.chongrenfan.com

Hunter Smith (Stage Manager) (he/him) is a Philadelphia based AGMA/AEA Stage Manager, Production Manager, Props Master, and all around theater lover. He graduated from Rutgers University in 2019 with concentrations in Stage Management and Light Design. Previous stage management credits are from InterAct Theater Company, Azuka Theatre, Passage Theatre Company, Three Oaks Opera, Wolf Performing Arts Center, 24 Hour Plays, Philadelphia Artist Collective, South Camden Theater Company, and the Woodstock Playhouse (50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Concert). Previous production management credits come from Philadelphia Artist Collective, Three Oaks Opera, and Rutgers University. 

Hunter has worked with Avista Custom Theatrical Services, as an Assistant Stage Manager for Opera Philadelphia, and as a Freelance Production Manager for Ensemble Arts. Hunter also recently joined Philadelphia Artists Collective as their new Production Manager. When not working in the arts, he is the award-winning Activities Director of Four Seasons Family Campground in Pilesgrove, New Jersey! 

Maddy Foler (Production Assistant) (she/her) is excited to become acquainted with the Philly theater scene through her time at InterAct! Recent credits include Stage Manager of Grief: A Love Story by Larry Hirschhorn as part of the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Stage Manager of Plays & Players’ reading of In the Continuum, Follow-spot Operator on The Color Purple at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Stage Manager of Elf Jr. and Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical at Moorestown Theater Company. She earned her B.A. in Theater Arts from Case Western Reserve University in May 2024. You can see samples of her work on her LinkedIn. 

You-Shin Chen (Scenic Designer) (she/her) is a Taiwanese American scenic designer. As a theatre collaborator, she is committed to diversity and humanity. You-Shin centers humans, both the characters and the viewers, and their experiences in her process of creating a three-dimensional space. Her design works have been seen across the continental US and Europe. Recipient of the 2019 Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award at The Lilly Awards; Outstanding Scenic Design at the Lortel Awards: Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (2020) & Wolf Play (2023); Connecticut Critics Circle Awards: Walden (2022), A View From the Bridge (2024). Assistant professor at Muhlenberg College. USA829. www.youshinchen.com

Ariel (Liudi) Wang (Costume Designer) (she/her) is a freelance Costume Designer based on both coasts. Originally from Beijing, China, she pursued her graduate education in the US, earning her MS in Communication Management and MFA in Costume Design from Temple University. Her recent credits include Costume Designs for POTUS, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Arden Theatre Co.; Good Person of Setzuan at Wilma Theater; Noises Off at Delaware Theatre Company; Anon(ymous), King of the Yees at Princeton University; The Raven at Opera Philadelphia; Reverie at Azuka Theatre; The Chinese Lady at InterAct Theatre Company.

Damien Figueras (Sound Designer) (he/him) is a 7-time Barrymore nominated designer. Recent credits include: Party Face (Off-Broadway, NY City Center), Intimate Apparel (Arden Theatre Company), Beehive (Walnut Street Theatre), Peter and the Starcatcher (Delaware Theatre Company), Lovesong (Inis Nua Theatre), The Play That Goes Wrong (1812 Productions), a hit dog will holler (Azuka Theatre), Kiss (Wilma Theatre), Tick Tick Boom (Theatre Horizon), Rose: You Are Who You Eat (Bearded Ladies Cabaret). In addition to his design work, Damien is the Production Manager for Wolf Performing Arts Center and is a founding member of Apartment 20 Theatre. As always, he would like to dedicate his work to the memory of his mother. www.dfigueras.com

Lindsay Alayne Stevens (Lighting Designer) (she/her) is excited to a returning to InterAct for a fourth show as the lighting designer of Quixotic Professor Qiu. A multidisciplinary designer, artist, and writer, She holds an MFA in Theater Design from UCSD ('21) and BFAs with High Honors from Marlboro College in Theater, Photography, and Writing ('17). Previous designs with InterAct include Selling Kabul ('23) and The Last Parade ('23). She has designed for Pig Iron School, La Jolla Playhouse (PopTour and WOW Festival), Scripps Ranch Theatre Company, Snowy Range Summer Theatre Festival, terraNOVA Collective, Fever Dream Repertory, Milburn Stone Theater, Surflight Theatre, SheNYC Theatre Festival, and Universities/ Colleges across the country. She has been the resident lighting designer at her hometown theater, Bootless Stageworks, since 2017 and the SheNYC Festival Designer since 2022. More information can be found at lastevensdesign.com.

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J. Bean Schwab (Props Designer) (they/them) is a multi-hyphenate theatre maker, performer and arts educator living in West Philadelphia. Their work lives in the intersections between prop and scenic design, immersive art, puppetry, and object-play performance. J. Bean has been a teaching artist for many years and is currently the Education Coordinator at Philadelphia Scenic Works. J.Bean has worked in community with organizations such as SpiralQ, Delaware Shakespeare, Theatre Exile, Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Inis Nua Theatre, and Philadelphia Artists Collective. Bean holds a B.F.A in Acting from Arcadia University, and an M.A in Theatre from Villanova University.

Nick Wacksman (Master Electrician) (he/him) is excited to be returning to InterAct Theater Company this season. His past shows with ITC include The Last Yiddish Speaker and The Climb. For the past 3 years, Nick has been studying theatrical lighting design and electrics at Temple University. He enjoys working in educational environments where he can help young adults see the artistic values and expression in theater production.

John Kolbinski (Audio Engingeer) (he/him) Past Sound Design Work: Always…Patsy Cline (Delaware Theatre Co) The Winter Wonderettes (Hampton Arts, The American Theatre); Beautiful, Always…Patsy Cline, Civil War Voices, The Winter Wonderettes, Baskerville, Souvenir, The Gift, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, (Walnut); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Basic Witches (Robert Hager); Behold Her (FringeArts/Half Key Theatre Co); Mort (New Paradise Laboratories); Every Brilliant Thing (Arden). Sound Supervisor at Arden Theatre Company and Chautauqua Theater Company. Audio Engineer at InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre and Lantern Theater Company. Sound Systems Designer, InterAct’s Drake Theater. 

Philadelphia Scenic Works (Scenic Fabrication) are the nation's only independent, non-profit (501c3) scene shop. They work with arts organizations all over the Greater Philadelphia area to build projects that advance their missions. At the same time, they are invested in building a healthy, sustainable workforce, and innovative resource sharing.

Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

Equity is governed by its own members through an elected Council, representing principal actors, chorus actors and stage managers living in three regions: Eastern, Central and Western. Members at large participate in Equity’s governance through a system of Regional Boards and committees. Equity has 28 designated Geographically Based Communities, metropolitan areas with a concentration of more than 100 members.