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ANNIE DOW (Lucia) was born and raised in Monterrey, México. Regional credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Hero) with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC alongside Kathryn Meisle, Derek Smith, and Tony Plana; as well as the world premiere of Tanya Saracho’s Song For the Disappeared (Mila) with the Passage Theatre Company in New Jersey. In New York, she has participated in the development of new plays and musicals at CAP 21, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The New Victory Theater, Playwrights Realm, and The Lark. She has recently appeared onscreen in LMN’s I Love You…But I Lied, as well as Netflix’s “The OA” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Annie is also a veteran commercial actor and voiceover artist, appearing in multiple national and regional ads in both English and Spanish. She earned her BFA in Drama and Psychology at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
EDDIE MARTINEZ (Abel) Chicago Theatre credits include: Parachute Men as Andrew (Teatro Vista), Big Lake Big City asStewart (Looking Glass Theatre), Our Lady of 121st Street asPinky (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Denver Theatre credits: FADE as Abel (Denver Center Theater Company), As You Like It as Corin (Denver Center Theatre Company). Film & TV credits include “The Dilemma”, “The Break Up”, “Boss”, “Chicago Fire”, “Sense8’, and “Sirens”.
TANYA SARACHO (Playwright) born in Sinaloa, México, is a playwright, actor and TV writer ("How To Get Away With Murder," HBO's "Looking" & "Girls," "Devious Maids.") Plays produced at: Denver Theatre Center 2nd Stage (NYC), Steppenwolf Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Fountain Theater, Clubbed Thumb , NEXT Theater and 16th Street Theater. PLAYS INCLUDE: Fade; Hushabye; The Tenth Muse; Song for the Disappeared; Enfrascada; El Nogalar (inspired by The Cherry Orchard); an adaptation of The House Streetfor Steppenwolf SYA; Our Lady of the Underpass; Kita y Fernanda and Quita Mitos. IN DEVELOPMENT WITH: Starz, Two Rivers Theatre, South Coast Rep. Tanya's a proud Union member of SAG/AFTRA & WGA.
JERRY RUIZ (Director) Recent projects: Basilica by Mando Alvardo at Rattlestick Playwright's Theater and Philip Goes Forth for the Mint Theater Company. Prior directing credits include Enfrascada by Tanya Saracho at Clubbed Thumb, Love Goest to Press at the Mint Theater, A King of the Infinite Space for Summerstage and HERE Arts Center, and Mariela in the Desert. Other credits: 26 Miles by Quiara Hudes, The King is Dead by Caroline V. McGraw, Election Day by Josh Tobiessen, The Near East by Alex Lewin, and Rattlers by Johnna Adams. Regional credits include Waiting for the Hearse at Mixed Blood in Minneapolis and Twelfth Night for Chalk Rep in Los Angeles. Jerry has developed work at Second Stage, Playwright’s Horizons, Soho Rep, The Public, The Atlantic, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Playwrights Realm. Jerry collaborates with Two River Theater Company as the Curator of their new play series, Crossing Borders. Jerry was a recipient of the 2009-2011 NEA/TCG Career Development for Directors Grant. He was the 2011 Phil Killian Directing Fellow at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He was a Van Lier Directing Fellow at Second Stage Theater from 2007-2009. Member of Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, 2008-2009. Resident Assistant Director on La Boheme (dir. Baz Luhrmann) from 2002-2004. Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, 2002. Directing MFA: UCSD. BA: Harvard.
Fade
by Tanya Saracho
directed by Jerry Ruiz
DATES
Limited engagement
January 25 - March 5, 2017
SCHEDULE
Wed-Sat 8; Sun 3
Added performances: January 21 at 8pm, February 11 at 2pm, March 1 at 2pm
No performances: February 8 at 8pm
RUN TIME
1 hour 40 minutes, no intermission
SHOW LOCATION
Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street