Meet the 'This is Government' Team
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NINA KISSINGER
Playwright
Nina (she/her) is a playwright based in Brooklyn. Her work has been developed/produced by the B Street Theatre, Soho Playhouse, Valdez Theatre Conference, The Tank, T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre, Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts, Barons Court Theatre, National High School Institute, and more. She is the winner of the 2025 Stanley Drama Award and has twice been named a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Nina is a member of the 2024-2025 BMI Musical Theatre Bookwriting Workshop, 2024-2025 Purple Light Productions Artist Palette Cohort, and a graduate of Northwestern University. NinaKissinger.com
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NLTP debut.
SARAH NORRIS
Director
Sarah (she/her) is an award-winning director. Select: The Greatest Hits Down Route 66 (Drama Desk nom, 'Best of 2024' Travel Style Magic), H*tler's Tasters (4 Stage Raw Awards, including Direction; 6 Scenie Awards from StageSceneLA, including Outstanding Direction of a Comedy-Drama; 'Top 20 of 2024' Angeles Stage; TimeOut NY Critics' Pick, Best of the Edinburgh Fringe; featured in the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Times and the BBC), Everything is Super Great (TimeOut NY Critics' Pick), This Wrestling Place (w/ Executive Producer Ben Folds), Picture Ourselves in Latvia (Best of Theater, The L Magazine), and Lily ('Top 12 of 2019' NJ Arts). Other directing highlights include: Ensemble Studio Theater (NYC), New Jersey Rep, Guild Hall of East Hamptons, Pleasance Theatre (Edinburgh), Greenside Theatre (Edinburgh), Bottom Dog Theatre (Ireland), Adelaide Fringe Festival (Australia), 59E59 Theaters, Rogue Machine (Los Angeles), LAByrinth Theatre, Working Theater, Electric Lodge (LA), Chicago Dramatists, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, The Flea Theater, Zeiders American Dream Theater, Calliope Stage, Forestburgh Playhouse, and New Light Theater Project (Founding Artistic Director). Member of SDC. SarahNorris.org
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For NLTP (select directing): Room 1214, Tracks, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, War Words, The Lights Are On, Friends With Amenities, H*tler's Tasters, Everything Is Super Great, The Great Novel, The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests, In the Soundless Awe, Picture Ourselves in Latvia
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VANN DUKES
Kaz
Vann (they/them) is an actor and artist from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, now based in Brooklyn. Select credits include Henry V, Love’s Labor’s Lost (Smith Street Stage), A Raisin in the Sun (The Public), Time and Time Again (The Chain) and upcoming web-series “Man-Hating Lesbians.” Their career would not be made possible without their parents, family and friends. And to tyler, I love you <3. vanndukes.com
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NLTP debut.
Susan Lynskey
Stevie
Susan (she/her) Off-Broadway: Margaret Thatcher in Handbagged (Brits Off-Broadway/59E59 Theaters). Susan is the recipient of 9 Helen Hayes Award Nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress, Outstanding Acting Ensemble, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Play, a Bay Area Critics Circle Award Nomination; her work has garnered profiles in The Washington Post (“TOP 10 Actors to Watch”—Peter Marks), BroadwayWorld, Washington Theatre Review Magazine, and she was honored with a ‘24-25 DC Commission on the Arts Individual Artist Award. Recent Film/TV includes The Friend (opposite Bill Murray & Naomi Watts). Susan served on the faculty of Georgetown University for 14 years and is a new play development specialist who fosters new work around the country (Kennedy Center, Berkeley Rep, ACT, Magic, Arena Stage, NNPN); this summer she had the joy of reuniting with playwright Lisa Loomer on Side Effects May Include (Contemporary American Theatre Festival). Susan is represented by HCKR Agency. SusanLynskey.com @lynskeylenz
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For NLTP: Night Sings Its Songs, Self Help in the Anthropocene, and The Jewish Wife
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CHARLES HSU
Tip
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KLEO MITROKOSTAS
Emi
Charles (he/him) TV: “The Better Sister” (Amazon Prime), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS) Theater: The Book of Mountains and Seas (Dir. Knud Adams, Edinburgh Fringe), The Tempest (Texas Shakespeare Festival) Education: NYU Tisch, RADA. Member of NYC sketch group LaLaHaHa. Charles is very grateful to be part of such an awesome show. Thank you to all involved, David, Alex, and Steven! CharlesAHsu.com @charlesahsu
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NLTP debut.
Kleo (she/her) is an NYC-based actor and producer. Off-Broadway: The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, According to the Chorus, Room 1214 (59E59 Theaters/NLTP). Regional: Sweet Charity (Cotuit Center for the Arts), Fire and Air (Shakespeare & Company), Circle Mirror Transformation, The Mousetrap, Our Town, The Muppet Cabaret (Pendragon Theatre). NYU Tisch. KleoMitrokostas.com @kleomitrokostas
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For NLTP: Room 1214, The Greatest Hits Down Route 66, According to the Chorus
DANIEL ALLEN
Scenic Designer
Daniel (he/him) Recent selected designs: Beau: The Musical (OOTB, Off-Broadway), The Boy who Loved Batman (The Straz), Room 1214 (Off Broadway), Which Way to the Stage (RTP), The Witness Room (AMT, Off Broadway), Post Mortem (Mosaic), Black Bear Island (Alleyway), Radiant Vermin (5th Wall Theater), Torch Song (RTP). Selected Associate/ Assistant credits: Chicken & Biscuits (Circle in the Square), Hadestown (Seoul, Korea), His Story (Dallas). USA 829. @danj.allen. danielallendesign.com
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For NLTP: Room 1214
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CAT COPELAND
Technical Director
Cat (she/they) is a multi-faceted, Brooklyn-based theatre maker. Previous work includes Madama Butterfly (ASM, Amore Opera), and multiple shows with Pendragon Theatre.
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For NLTP: Mystic Conversations, Night Sings Its Songs, Room 1214, Tracks
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MOLLY DELANEY
Production Stage Manager
Molly (they/them) studied theatre design and technology at Keene State College, focusing on stage management with productions such as The Last 5 Years, A Year with Frog and Toad, Happy Days, and As You Like It. After graduating they worked as Venue Stage Manager in Knoxville, TN at the Knoxville Civic Audition, then later started their touring technician journey with projects including Cocomelon Sing-a-Long Live as Head Carpenter/Assistant Production Manager and Cirque Dreams Holidaze as Head Props, and Pendragon Theatre as PSM.
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NLTP debut.
KRISTA GREVAS
Costume Designer
Krista (she/her) is a theatre creative currently based in New York City. Recent credits: Wardrobe and Wig Supervision for The Acting Company’s 2025 National Tour, Costumes for Pendragon Theatre's The Rocky Horror Show. She holds her BA and MFA in Theatre.
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For NLTP: Room 1214 (Wardrobe Supervisor), Tracks (Costume Designer), This Is Not a Time of Peace (Wardrobe Supervisor), The Greatest Hits Down Route 66 (Wardrobe Supervisor), War Words (Wardrobe Supervisor), The Lights Are On (Wardrobe Supervisor), According to the Chorus (Understudy/Wardrobe Supervisor)
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PEGGY ORMAN
Props Designer
Peggy (she/her) joined the ranks of Pendragon actors in 2003, adding stage managing to her resume with 2011's production of The Mousetrap, and has continued in either or both capacities to the present day. She began combining her BA in Studio Art with her passion for theatre while stage managing The Seagull in 2015, a show which needed a taxidermied seagull among other specialty props. She has since designed and fabricated unusual props for several Pendragon productions as well as Adirondack Stage Rats and Community Theatre Players (CTP). She was incredibly excited to design/produce props for Pendragon’s whole 2024 Summer Season and is thrilled to be asked back for 2025!
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For NLTP: Tracks
JENNIE GORN
Sound Designer
Jennie (they/she/he) is a New York-based sound designer/engineer. Credits include: Titanique (Daryl Roth), A Bright New Boise (Signature), and Camp Siegfried (2nd Stage).
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For NLTP: Night Sings Its Songs, Room 1214, This Is Not a Time of Peace
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JAZMIN MILLER
Assistant Stage Manager
Jazmin (she/her) is a recent graduate at the University of Montevallo and she’s ecstatic to start her professional career as an assistant stage manager. Previous credits: Pendragon Theatre (Stage Manager The Little Mermaid Jr). She wants to thank Sarah and Mike for the opportunity to be a part of the creativity and innovative process. https://helterskelter.my.canva.site/jazmin-miller
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NLTP debut.
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HAYLEY GARCIA PARNELL
Lighting Designer
Hayley (they/she) is a nonbinary, Chicana Lighting Designer from Colorado, based in NYC. New York: Unpretty (The Chain), Pass Over (14th St Y), She Kills Monsters (AADA). Regional: Twelfth Night (Pendragon Theatre), Dracula, The Last Five Years (Princeton Summer Theatre), Misery (Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble). HayleyGarciaParnell.com
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For NLTP: Friends With Amenities
YASMYN SUMIYOSHI
Movement Director
Yasmyn (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate artist from San Antonio, Texas currently residing in NYC. She has presented choreography in the Dancers Who Choreograph Showcase, The Choreographer’s Collective, and The Black Box Movers Showcase. Some performing credits include A Chorus Line, Rent (Swing), Frozen, The Little Mermaid (Ensemble) all at Theatre Under the Stars. Additional credits include LEGACY: A Night with Maria Friedman at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre and Encore! (Godspell Episode) on Disney+. Yasmyn is incredibly grateful for this opportunity! @yasmynwhodances
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NLTP debut.
GAMA VALLE
Casting Director
Gama (él/him) bio coming soon.
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For New Light (casting): War Words, The Lights Are On, I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo & Juliet, The End of Hester, The Great Novel, The American Tradition