LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS is a member of The LAByrinth Theater Company. She’s a Drama Desk, Obie, Lucille Lortel, Audelco, Outer Critics Circle, HOLA, and Kingsley Award winner. She originated the role of Church Lady in the Pulitzer Prize-Winning play, Between Riverside and Crazy, at Second Stage and The Atlantic Theater. She also originated the role of Haiku Mom in Quiara Alegría Hudes Pulitzer winner, Water By The Spoonful (also at 2ST). She is known for playing Tina Marrero on The Bear on FX, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy. Liza has recurred ... read more
MARK ROBERT GORDON is Founding Artistic/Executive Director (since 1994) of Do Gooder Productions (DGP), a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater company which develops and produces new plays for the American stage in partnership with designated charities; productions include (among others) Off-Broadway premieres of My Soul is Mine: A Runaway's Story (MRG), the dreamer examines his pillow (John Patrick Shanley), ¡Olé! (Janis Astor del Valle/Pedro R. Monge-Rafuls/Liza Colón (Applause Books and Theatre Communications Group)), On Deaf Ears (Robin Rothstein), The Magic Formula (Sidney Morris), and the year-long Off-Broadway run of 2 1/2 Jews (Alan Brandt) (Broadway Play Publishing). MRG heads the production company ... read more