ANN KELSEY

Amanda Corbett is a Brooklyn based actor and director thrilled and grateful to make her debut with Infinite Variety Productions. She has performed regionally in both classical and contemporary works, including Sense and Sensibility, Cabaret, Into the Woods, and Easy Virtue, and has helped workshop and develop new plays with Florida’s Theatre Lab. Her screen work includes Netflix’s Diedra and Laney Rob a Train. She holds an MFA from Florida Atlantic University and a BFA from Westminster College. Amanda is deeply honored to help share this story. Love to Grant! 

PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR

Ash Brooke Singer is a playwright and director whose work blends historical research, oral testimony, and innovative form. Her documentary play In Their Footsteps - based on interviews with five American women who served in the Vietnam War—toured nationally and internationally before being adapted into a radio drama that won a 2025 Gracies Award. The piece changed her career, marking the beginning of her work in documentary theatre. She was and will always be honored to tell these women’s stories. Other works include Nellie and the Women of Blackwell, named Best Immersive Theatrical Experience by Broadway World. She is currently developing a play on Hallie Flanagan and the Federal Theatre Project. In her spare time, she trains in martial arts and holds a fourth-degree black belt.

DORIS “LUCKI” ALLEN

Esther Ayomide Akinsanya was most recently seen as Kenelio Malopyne in Excavating the Rising Star (IVP) and Oney Judge in House With No Walls. 

On screen, Ayo appears in the award-winning Girl in the Basement, Dream a Little Dream(Narrowbridge Films), and House of Terror (Rafia Ansari). 

Stay connected with Ayo on Instagram: @mis_ayo.

LILY ADAMS

Eunji Lim is an international Korean actor based in New York City and the founder of DREAMA(@dreamaco). Born in Seoul, she has worked as an actor and artist both in Korea and the U.S. She has since appeared in projects at New York Theatre Workshop, HERE Arts Center, the Whitney Museum, Boston Center for the Arts, and more. Selected credits include Wild Goose Dreams, Dimes Square, Doña Mañana and Specially Processed American Me. For The Maids, she received the Best Performance Award from the Asian Arts Awards at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Lim is passionate about broadening cultural and artistic circles on the international stage. MFA in Acting, Actors Studio Drama School. www.eunjilim.com

JEANNE “SAM” CHRISTIE

Originally from Santa Fe, NM, Becca has been performing in New York for just over a year. She is excited to work with IVP on her second production with them, having appeared in Excavating the Rising Star last year! Other recent credits include Left Behind (Marjorie/Laurie), Legally Blonde (Chutney/Ensemble), The Wolves (#00), Antigonick (Nick), & Luchadora! (Vanessa, u/s). She will also be appearing in Dreamborne Theatre’s Nine Shadows in Bloom this December! She thanks everyone involved for their incredible work and all veterans for their bravery and service.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Alexandria Thomas is a Miami grown & Brooklyn based Performing Artist with her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Florida Atlantic University. She is currently an Elementary Performing Arts Teacher at UBSE. Throughout NYC & FL, she professionally performs & creates with her talents of singing, acting, writing, managing and directing. Alexandria’s credits include Rusty Charlie-Guys & Dolls (MNM Theatre), Kiki-Tommy on Top (The Foundry), Lady Arlin-Brokeneck Girls: A Murder Ballad Musical, Aude-Excavating: The Rising Star, and so much more! Alexandria became involved with IVP in 2020, crewing Nellie Bly & The Women of Blackwell, post graduating and continues to contribute through acting, developing, stage managing and directing. She believes that art and creation is the backbone of connection and she hopes you will feel connected to the stories IVP brings you.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Hadley Todoran is a Bronx-based stage manager, board operator, and lighting designer originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana. They are the technical director for Frigid NYC and a technical collaborator with the New York Neo-Futurists. They are also an NYU graduate, a pet caretaker with a perfect 5 star rating on Rover, and the proud parent of a hyperactive pitbull mix. Past projects with IVP include Nellie and the Women of Blackwell and Can We Talk and Excavating the Rising Star.

PRODUCER

Kate Szekely is a versatile actor and producer based in Orlando, FL. A classically trained performer with a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch, she has over a decade of international experience spanning theater, film, and radio. Kate's acting credits include Jagged Mind (Hulu), DNA Secrets (Lifetime), and festival performances at Edinburgh Fringe and Italy's OnStage! Festival. As an independent producer, she has multiple shorts on the festival circuit and produced a radio program for NPR that won a 2025 Gracie Award. She owns Epiphany Junkie, her film and event production company in Orlando, FL. kateszekely.com

JUDY JENKINS GAUDINO

Vianca Pérez is an actor from Bayamón, Puerto Rico based in NYC. Selected Credits: New York: bb brecht (The Public Theater/Under the Radar), Dead End Kids (Mabou Mines-PS122), Mother:Knife (La MaMa Galleria), Excavating the Rising Star (IVP), Floating Girls Go to the Moon (The Skeleton Rep), Radical, or are you gonna miss me (SPACE on Ryder Farm), YAK (NY Theater Festival). Education: B.A. in Theater and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Wesleyan University. Additional training at Stella Adler Studio (NYC), Performing Arts Studio (PR), M&M Studios (Mexico City). Vianca is passionate about creating, collaborating, and laughing constantly! viancaperez.com