Shea Elmore, Director
Studied interactive performance at University of Central Florida’s Interactive Performance Lab. In spring 2010, Shea formed Playing with Reality. NY Directing Credits: This is Storybox (Shetler Studios), Properties of Play (Canal Park Playhouse). International Directing/Performing: The Choices We Make (Amsterdam, NL).

Alyssa Kim Northrop, Inter-actor
Alyssa is ecstatic to be part of this company. In the past year: danced with Ne-Yo and Lady Sovereign for the promo launch of KINECT; joined a dance company: LMproject/ElanDanceTheater; was in a brand new musical, a 24-hr play festival, learned how to play the guitar and bought some rollerblades.

Amanda Miller, Inter-actor
Amanda Miller earned her BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. She studied long-form improv at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and LA. She feels lucky to be part of this wonderful team.
www.onebreaththenanother.com
Amanda’s Updates:
1st Wednesday of every month (8-9pm) – Co-hosting comedy variety show “Comikaze Comedy Hour” at Parkside Lounge, 317 E. Houston

Brian Kendel, Inter-actor
An actor/painter/musician born and raised in Queens, NY, Brian received his BA in Theater Arts from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook. Traveling with his mother’s avant-garde theater company as a child has grown into 20 years of love for acting. He enjoys painting and creating music that has been featured in several films and off-Broadway productions.

Carolyn McCandlish, Inter-actor
As a graduate of Harvard and the William Esper Studio, her works include: New York: The Spoon River Project (Green-Wood Cemetery); Stomp and Shout (Babel Theatre Project); Mundo Overloadus (P.S. 122); Break-Up Night (The Relevance Group); Starbox, Bad Romance, Bryant in the Park, and Schooled (art.party.theater.company). Regional: A.R.T.’s Donnie Darko.
www.carolynmccandlish.com

Jennifer Kent, Inter-actor
Jennifer is honored to have been invited to collaborate with such a dedicated and talented group of people. A graduate of Oberlin College, she is looking forward to exploring the exciting new realm of interactive theater.
www.jenniferkent.net

Julio Peña, Inter-actor
Julio Peña studied acting at HB Studio in New York with Austin Pendleton, and improvisation with the likes of John Monteith of Second City and Holly Mandel, formerly of The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He is currently one of the hosts of ‘From Grapes to Glass’, a local TV wine show here in New York City.
www.wix.com/juliocpena/ap

Mateo Prendergast, Inter-actor
Mateo Prendergast first fell for acting while improvising at the Kennebeck River Brewery in Maine. Now a Brooklyn based Actor looking to share himself with the audience, he works in film, theater, and on the information super highway. He would like to thank and send his love to his family and his teacher Robert X Modica.

Matthew Jenifer, Inter-actor
Matthew Jenifer is a musician, actor, writer, sound engineer, director and performer from Newark NJ. Currently focusing his creative energies on performance, he is excited to be exploring improvisational technique in Playing with Reality’s talented ensemble.
www.sahril.com