Cristina Alicea, Antonio Miniño & David Stallings

DAVID BROWN (Secretary Board of Directors) attended Pomona College and received a BA 2002 and has worked in international development and human rights ever since. Mr. Brown received a JD from U of Michigan in 2009.  Published a study of hate crimes against the LGBT population in Honduras and an analysis of the Yogyakarta Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity.  Currently employed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and a member of the board of directors of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. 

SARAH CHANEY (Community Outreach, Company Member Manager, Company Actor) has been working in the performing arts her whole life.  She attended Miami University and graduated with honors with a BA in Theatre and Political Science.  She then continued her studies at the Maggie Flanigan Studios.  Some of her favorite roles include Fantine in Les Miserables, Trina in Falsettos, and, of course, her roles of Ofah in The Oath (MTWorks) and Beatrice in The Family Shakespeare (MTWorks).  You can hear Sarah's voice as either the character of Isoku on The Cartoon Network's "One Piece", or singing her original music in clubs around the city.  She has performed regionally and in tours and singing on various Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and has appeared on "Late Night" with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.

MARTHA GOODE (Managing Director) most recently produced the award-winning The Stranger to Kindness at the Robert Moss Theatre as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (wins included Best Production). She has been involved in theater for over 20 years as an actor, Sound Designer and Producer of New Works.   In 2003, Ms. Goode designed the sound for Translations of Xhosa and Training Wisteria, both of which were performed at the Kennedy Center for "The American College Theatre Festival".   A year later, Ms. Goode produced and sound designed the New York City premiere of Training Wisteria at the International FringeNYC Festival.  Producing credits include The Miracle Worker (Circle in the Square, Associate Producer), Barrier Island, A Home Across the Ocean, and Good Lonely People (MTWorks), To Barcelona!, The Riverside Symphony, Eli and Cheryl Jump (Ignited States).. Favorite Sound Design credits include: Anaϊs Nin Goes to Hell and The Oath (MTWorks), The Witlings (Magis Theatre Company), Every Man (Ignited States: winner Samuel French Short Play Festival), Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! (The Brick Theatre), Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Blood Wedding, and No Place To Be Somebody (Boston University).  Ms. Goode holds a BFA from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University with an Emphasis in technical production and sound design.  She has also completed additional coursework at Columbia University.

EMI J. KILBURG (Treasurer Board of Directors) is a managment consultant and has 5 years experience in working in regulated and compliance based industries.  She is responsible for budgeting and executing projects for large clients across industries including public sector, pharmaceutical and financial services.

ANTONIO MINIÑO  (Marketing Director, Company Actor, Founding Member) An award-winning artist, Antonio is a native of the Dominican Republic where he studied theatre at the School of Dramatic Arts, co-hosted/produced and directed for the award-winning television show FashionTV, was a contributing writer for M.S. Magazine, an art director for various fashion campaigns, and a director/performer for various national productions. Favorite NYC acting credits include: The Stranger to Kindness (Robert Moss Theater; Winner Congeniality Award, Best Actor Nominee), The Empress of Sex (Audience Favorite Winner, National NewBorn Festival), Arpeggio (45th St Theatre), Intermission (HERE), Trojan Women (MHS), Elevation (Payan Theatre), OOPS! (Manhattan Theatre Source), 4 Variations of Mee (Manhattan Children's Theatre), Ilka's Dream (Payan Theatre). Favorite directing credits include The Family Shakespeare, The Shadow Project, The Zoo Story, The Importance of Being Earnest, Joan. As a singer he was seen recently  at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe accompanied by Andrew Sotomayor, and at The Town Hall of New York with Voices in Unity at Peter Mayer's Stars and Promises concert; he also sings with Voices in Unity regularly at Symphony Space NY. His photography has been featured in the NY Times, the NY Post, Backstage, Show Business Weekly, among others.  Currently he studies voice with Susan Baum and continues his performance studies at The Juilliard School. He is a contributing writer for The Happiest Medium.

DAVID STALLINGS (Artistic Director, Resident Playwright, Company Actor, Founding Member) has been involved in New York Theater for the past ten years.  He has worked with several theater companies including The Culture Project, Intravenous Theatre, Prospect Theater Company, Boo-Arts and Oberon Theater Company as well as having had readings of his work across the country from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Boston, Massachusetts.   David has written multiple full-length plays and numerous short pieces.  Maieutic Theatre Works produced Folie a Deux: Insanity in Pairs in the fall of 2006 in New York City.  Brandon Voss of HX Magazine called the play, "Riveting" and named Stallings as the "playwright to watch".  Other plays include Deceiving Chance, Anaϊs Nin Goes to Hell (1st Prize Winner Boston Theatre Works--Unbound Festival 2007--Semi Finalist for the Princess Grace Award 2008), Arpeggio (produced Fall '07 at the 45th Street Theater), A Daughter of Israel, and The Family Shakespeare.  On MTWorks' 2008 NYC Fringe production of Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell, the Village Voice said, "Thank the gods for David Stallings' 'Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell'... a uniquely polished presence at the Fringe", and The New York Press said, "For a play about women but written by a man, it captured the greater female psyche."  David has a BFA in Theater from the College of Santa Fe, NM.  He is also a member of the Dramatists Guild.

KAREN TORTORA-LEE (Vice Chairman Board of Directors) is the Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of The Happiest Medium.  She began reviewing off-off Broadway shows for neighborbeeblog.com in 2008 and became that site’s Managing Editor in early 2009 while continuing to act as their sole theatre columnist. In mid 2009 she also began reviewing forTheFabMarquee.com. She then launched her contributor-based website, The Happiest Medium, in fall of 2009.   The Happiest Medium’s mission is to highlight, showcase and celebrate talent and creativity in all its forms and to write about it in a way that will ignite a spark for you too.   As a theatre reviewer she has covered everything from the Fringe Festival, the First Irish Festival to the New York Musical Festival, the Midtown International Festival to the Fight Festival in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  In 2010 The Happiest Mediumsponsored The Planet Connections Theatre Festivities, and in 2011 the FRIGID New York Festival.

ANN MARIE YALI (Chairman Board of Directors) holds her PhD in social psychology and teaches at the City College of NY. Her connections with the university community can help foster relationships between the theater company and higher education. It allows for outreach to underrepresented students (CCNY is among the most ethnically diverse college campuses in the united states), provides space for rehearsal and performances, and may in the future allow for students to become interns or for mtworks staff to offer workshops. Dr Yali also has experience writing, reviewing, and receiving (administering) grants. Other characteristics that qualify her for membership on the board as well as specifically for the role of chairing the board include her public speaking abilities (she has received numerous awards in the area of teaching, public speaking, and debate), her fundraising abilities (she has raised thousands of dollars for other non-profits such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Team for Kids, an obesity prevention program), and her overall organizational skills.