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PUN BANDHU: Broadway (WIT at MTC). Off Broadway: Pan Asian Rep, Ma-Yi, NAATCO, PS 122, Soho Rep, Foundry Theatre, and Target Margin among many others). Regional: world premieres include Theresa Rebeck’s THE BELLS (McCarter, Emily Mann dir), John Pielmiere’s VOICES IN THE DARK (George St. Playhouse, Chris Ashley Dir), AR Gurney’s FAR EAST (Williamstown, Daniel Sullivan Dir), Ken Weitzman’s THE CATCH at Denver Theatre Center (winner Henry Award Best Supporting Actor). TV: THE GOOD WIFE, NURSE JACKIE, WHITE COLLAR, BODY OF PROOF and all LAW AND ORDERS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE (recurring). Film: MICHAEL CLAYTON, BURN AFTER READING Training: Yale School of Drama MFA www.punbandhu.net
ELENA CHANG is excited to be working with such fierce Asian American talent at 2g for Instant Vaudeville this year. She recently directed as a visibility advocate for the “Asian Pride Project,” an LGBT awareness platform rooted in the arts. She received her BFA in Theatre from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Selected credits: Wianbu, West 32nd, Fight Girl Battle World (Vampire Cowboys); 365 Days/365 Plays (Ma-yi); Punk Rock Love Song (Horse Trade).
CINDY CHEUNG: Theater: SPEAK UP CONNIE (solo @ Cherry Lane), Middletown (Vineyard), Sugar House…(Ma-Yi), The Seagull (NAATCO), Sides… (Ma-Yi/Miyagi), Masha No Home (EST). Film/TV: Children of Invention, Lady In The Water, Robot Stories, “Made In Jersey,” “Bored To Death,” “White Collar,” “Fringe,” “One Life To Live,” all 3 “L&O”’s. MFA from ACT. Love to Eddie.
JACKIE CHUNG has worked with 2G on numerous readings, Instant Vaudevilles, Free Range and Six. She’s thrilled to be back for Victor’s inaugural 2G event! Jackie recently wrapped filming on the feature, “Someone Else.” She is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Partial Comfort Productions and the Actor’s Center Company.
BROOKE ISHIBASHI: Up next: Bumbug the Musical (Theatre Row). NY: Takarazuka!!! by Susan Stanton (HERE Arts Center/Clubbed Thumb, Lear deBessonet, dir.), The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G by Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys/Ma-Yi, Robert Ross Parker, dir.), Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower by Matthew-Lee Erlbach (The Zipper/Ars Nova/The PIT/Comix, Darren Katz, dir.). Concerts: Highline Ballroom, City Winery, Joe’s Pub. Brooke is a singer/songwriter and co-founded the NYC chapter of the Playing For Change Foundation. She writes and performs improv/sketch comedy. www.brookeishibashi.com
PAUL JUHN is an actor and writer who has worked extensively in NYC and beyond. Credits include: Takarazuka!!! (Clubbed Thumb), Vengeance Can Wait (P.S. 122), after the quake (Berkeley Rep), SIDES: the Fear is Real (Mr. Miyagi’s Theatre Company), wAve (Ma-Yi), White Chocolate (The Culture Project). Film and T.V.: 30 Rock, SALT, Law & Order, Works of ART (Actor/Writer). MFA in Acting, University of California, San Diego. www.worksofartmovie.com
MANU NARAYAN just returned from playing Richard Roma in La Jolla Playhouse’s critically acclaimed production of Glengarry Glen Ross under the direction of Christopher Ashley. He has starred on Broadway and in film and is proud to be celebrating Victor Maog and 2g.
KK MOGGIE: Theater: Richard III (Classic Stage Company), Grace (MCC theater Company), The Bereaved (Partial Comfort Theater Company), Bottom of the World (Atlantic Theater Company). Film/TV: HOME, Anna and the King, The Sleeping Dictionary, Mercy, Gossip Girl, The Good Wife. K.K. serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia School of the Arts Graduate Program. She is also a member of Partial Comfort Production.
EUGENE OH: This is Eugene’s fourth straight year involved with 2G’s Instant Vaudeville. A big thanks to Victor, Gladys, Lisa, Dora, and Ying! Recent performances include Alice in Slasherland (Vampire Cowboys), Twelfth Night (Leviathan Lab), Green Dating (Smith & Kraus’s The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2012). Eugene can be seen online in weekly videos for GoodCopBadCop productions. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the National Theater Institute.
JED ORELMANN: Broadway: Other Desert Cities, Henry IV. NYC: Fate’s Imagination (Gotham Stage Company); The Normal Heart (The Public); The Last Day, Maybelline (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Squirrel (Summer Play Festival) Regional: Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, Williamstown. TV: “Nurse Jackie,” “Royal Pains,” “Gossip Girl,” Hayes Barber on “One Life to Live.” MFA, ACT.
MATT PARK has a BFA in drama from NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. He recently performed in Rehana Mirza’s Lonely Leela at HERE which was directed by Robert Ross Parker. He plays rhythm/lead guitar in his band, Katie’$ Money. Thanks to the 2g family for asking him to be a part of Instant Vaudeville.
BHAVESH PATEL: Bio coming soon
KATIE REYNOLDS is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with 2g. Recent theatre credits include Mary’s Wedding, A Coupla White Chicks…, Boeing Boeing, Private Lives, and Noises Off. She has also appeared in a variety of film, TV, and commercial spots. BA in Theatre from Yale University.
DAVID ROSS: THEATRE: Vengeance at Cherry Lane Theatre, Spin at Cherry Lane Theatre, 59E59 Theaters, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Williamstown, Humana Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Weston Playhouse. TV: Good Wife, Cashmere Mafia, Fall of Troy FILM: God of Love (Oscar, Best short 2011), Two Lovers (Joaquin Phoenx, Gwenyth Paltrow), The Rebound (Catherine Zeta Jones), The Weekend (upcoming), MFA NYU Grad. Acting
KEVIN YEE: Broadway: Mary Poppins (Original Broadway Cast). Tours: Wicked. Canada: Mamma Mia, one season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Kevin is a former member of Quincy Jones’ boy-band YOUTH ASYLUM. He is also a filmmaker and writer, and his latest musical An Asian American Basketball Musical is slated for an off-Broadway production this spring. www.kevinyee.com
STACEY YEN: Theater Highlights: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Singapore Arts Festival, Edinburgh International Festival & Under the Radar Festival), Enjoy (The Play Company, US Premiere), The Arabian Nights (Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep., Lookingglass Theatre, Kansas City Rep) Mirror of the Invisible World (Goodman Theatre), Wind-Up (Pig Iron Theater & Headlong Dance Co. for The Princeton Atelier) The Winter’s Tale (Williamstown Theater Festival) Film: Girl in the Park & The Weekend Television: Treme, Gossip Girl; Blue Bloods; The Good Wife; Ugly Betty; Nurse Jackie; CSI:NY; Two Chicks (pilot); Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (pilot) MFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Find out more about our incredibly talented playwrights, directors, and production team. Get FREE tickets to Instant Vaudeville: Breaking Bamboo here.