Native Voices Presents 27th Festival of New Plays

ABOUT THE STAGE MANAGERS

Amanda Luke (Choctaw/Cherokee), originally from Houston, Texas, is in her final year at Yale School of Drama. She has worked on stage management teams at Yale Rep, Syracuse Stage, WAM Theatre, Heartbeat Ensemble, Red Bull Theater, Powerhouse Theater, the Old Globe, and the American Indian Community House.

Emily Preis (Osage) is a New York City–based maker, performer, and organizer. A proud citizen of the Osage Nation, Preis is devoted to exploring the power of storytelling. She was a finalist for the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program’s inaugural Misty Upham Award for Young Native Actors. Select credits include Tree Tales (Prospect Theatre); Your Friend, Jay Silverheels (Annual Young Native Playwrights Contest); Bingo Hall (American Indian Community House), Michael Crowe Presents The Dick Cavett Show (Experimental Theatre Wing); Measure for Measure (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ); and P. C. Verrone (Osage, Kiowa) is a writer, theatrical artist, and storyteller of mixed Osage, Kiowa, Black, and Italian American heritage. His plays have been presented by the Blank Theater, the Custom Made Theatre, Center Theatre Group, and Native Voices. He was a semifinalist for the 2017 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. He is a 2021–2022 Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Fellow and a participant in the inaugural WNDB Black Creatives Revisions Workshop. When he isn’t writing, he enjoys baking with his fiancé.

When Farah Cries (Borderlight International Theater Festival).

Actors and Stage Managers appearing thanks to Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.