The team so far…
Ismenia Mendes
Co-Founder-and-Artistic DirectorIsmenia Mendes is a proud immigrant and Portuguese American actor and producer.
Her theatre credits include Mac Beth at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Mary's Seacole at LCT3, Troilus and Cressida at the Delacorte, and Jonah at Studio Theatre.
Ismenia can also be seen in television episodes of Orange is The New Black, High Maintenance, and Evil. She recently produced and starred in Barber Surgeon's inaugural event, a staged reading of Frank Winters’ Much Ado About Zombies Nothing where they raised thousands of dollars for Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
She is a recipient of Redbull's Matador Award for excellence in classical theater, as well as a Drama Desk ensemble award for The Wayside Motor Inn at Signature Theatre.
Ismenia Mendes is a graduate of the Juilliard School for drama.
Co-Founder-and-Artistic DirectorFrank Winters
Frank Winters makes plays and films.His work has been produced across the country. His play Student Body has been performed at dozens of colleges and high schools, his play Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (co-written with Jen Tullock) premiered at Playwrights Horizons and was a Lortell Nominee for Best Solo Show, and his short film Headlights has won awards and been an official selection at over a dozen film festivals around the world.
He was a founding member of The Strangemen Theatre Company and a recipient of the Clifford Odets New Play Commissionand the first-ever new play commission from Marquette University. He has served as a guest educator or adjunct professor at New York University, Manhattanville College, Catawba College, and Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College. His work has been published by Broadway Play Publishing. He received a BFA in Acting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at SUNY Purchase.The team so far…
Ismenia Mendes
Co-Founder-and-Artistic DirectorIsmenia Mendes is a proud immigrant and Portuguese American actor and producer.
Her theatre credits include Mac Beth at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Mary's Seacole at LCT3, Troilus and Cressida at the Delacorte, and Jonah at Studio Theatre.
Ismenia can also be seen in television episodes of Orange is The New Black, High Maintenance, and Evil. She recently produced and starred in Barber Surgeon's inaugural event, a staged reading of Frank Winters’ Much Ado About Zombies Nothing where they raised thousands of dollars for Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
She is a recipient of Redbull's Matador Award for excellence in classical theater, as well as a Drama Desk ensemble award for The Wayside Motor Inn at Signature Theatre.
Ismenia Mendes is a graduate of the Juilliard School for drama.
Co-Founder-and-Artistic DirectorFrank Winters
Frank Winters makes plays and films.His work has been produced across the country. His play Student Body has been performed at dozens of colleges and high schools, his play Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (co-written with Jen Tullock) premiered at Playwrights Horizons and was a Lortell Nominee for Best Solo Show, and his short film Headlights has won awards and been an official selection at over a dozen film festivals around the world.
He was a founding member of The Strangemen Theatre Company and a recipient of the Clifford Odets New Play Commissionand the first-ever new play commission from Marquette University. He has served as a guest educator or adjunct professor at New York University, Manhattanville College, Catawba College, and Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College. His work has been published by Broadway Play Publishing. He received a BFA in Acting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at SUNY Purchase.