NEW YORK CAST & PRODUCTION TEAM

BOB ARI (Saul in Krav Maga… / Puyamaq in The Fish)

Bob has been a working actor for over 50 years. He has appeared in the premier of TRUE ART at the
Dorset Theatre Festival. Recent New York credits include, BROKEN SNOW & ROCK AND ROLL MAN.
Broadway: BELLS ARE RINGING, THE CONSTANT WIFE, LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR, ACT ONE. Off-
Broadway: THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN, PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, DIE MOMMIE DIE, and many,
many others. Over 30 regional theatres. Film such as TWO LOVERS, KISSING JESSICA STEIN and the soon
to be released, PRIMETIME . T.V.: ONLY MURDERS IN THIS BUILDING, F.B.I. MOST WANTED, MANIFEST,
MADAM SECRETARY, BLINDSPOT, THE ONION NEWS NETWORK and all three LAW & ORDERS. As a
director, TALLY'S FOLLY, THATAWAY JACK and he won a West Coast Robby for his production of SIDE BY
SIDE BY SONDHEIM Training: Carnegie Mellon, Moscow Art Theatre, The Groundlings, The Actors
Center.

JUDY BOWMAN (Casting Director)

JUDY BOWMAN, CSA is a proud board member/Resident Casting Director for JPP since 2016.    RECENT/UPCOMING PROJECTS: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library(Edinburgh Fringe 2026/Traverse Theatre), NYC: Peter Macklin’s Bullethead(dir. Scott Schwartz), The Blue Violinist,  Not Nobody(59e59),  REGIONAL: Effa Loves Baseball(Premiere Stages), Hatcher’s Dial M For Murder(Arizona Theatre Co/Pioneer Theatre), Come from Away(Sharon Playhouse/Hunter Foster).  FILM: God Of Earth(dir. Andrew Lyman-Clarke). More at:  www.judybowmancasting.com

HARRISON BRYAN (Stage Directions in Flatbush Lysistrata / Eitan in Krav Maga…)

Recipient of the NY Innovative Theatre Award and American Playwriting Foundation honoree, Harrison is a Helen Hayes nominated actor, playwright, puppeteer, and producer. Seen most recently in CSC’s “Marcel on the Train,” Harrison deeply advocates for new works, including their own! (Follow: @ahanukkahcarol and @ballsmusical) For more: HarrisonBryan.com – L’chaim!

MADDIE CORMAN (Leah in Flatbush Lysistrata / Deena in Krav Maga…)

B’way NEXT FALL, PICNIC. LCT: BABYLON LINE select OffBwy: MARCEL ON THE TRAIN, APPROPRIATE FILM: BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SWINGERS, PCU, SOMEKIND OF WONDERFUL etc upcoming TRANSCENDANCE TV: MR. PRESIDENT ALL AMERICAN GIRL all 3 LAW&ORDERs, CURB, YOUNGER, BULL, MAISEL, HIGH MAINTENANCE.etc Her play, ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE had a critically acclaimed run at the DR2 and was recorded for Audible. Maddie was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle award and she won the Off Broadway Alliance award for best solo performance. Film version is now streaming on HBO/MAX

MARISA DIAMOND (Eva in Flatbush Lysistrata / Stage Directions in Krav Maga… / Jeets/Mom in The Fish)

Marisa Diamond is an interdisciplinary performer, creator, and collaborator. Recent credits include The Thanksgiving Play (Moonbox Prod.), Weekend Warriors (Apple TV), and several independent films. She is also the Founder and Director of the Circus International Film Festival. Go Blue and Ko te tangata!

LAURIEL FRIEDMAN (Gali in Flatbush Lysistrata / Gabby in Krav Maga…)

Lauriel has appeared in Prayer for the French Republic at MTC (Broadway/Off-Broadway) and has worked with the Pearl Theatre Company, New York Classical Theatre, 59E59, the Guthrie, George Street Playhouse, and Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Her television credits include FBI: Most Wanted, Inside Amy Schumer, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and American Horror Story. She stars in the film Mishpucha, premiering at the Brooklyn Film Festival this week.

JONATHAN LIPNICK (Jon in Krav Maga… / Stage Directions in The Fish)

Jonathan Lipnick: The Buffer, Crown Cork Cafeteria, Till Then, Working Theater, founding member; The Room Where I was Held, Billy Baloo, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse; The Writer, Actor’s Studio; A Little Glass of Warmth, The Barrow Group; Film/TV; The Life List, Netflix; Fleishman Is in Trouble, Hulu; The Naming of the Things, Once Upon a Bookshop, Coping, indies.

RUTH ŁCHAV’AYA K’ISEN MILLER (Soshi in Flatbush Lysistrata / Emily/Grandma in The Fish)

Ruth Łchav’aya K’isen Miller (she/her) is a Dena’ina actor, singer, dancer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Lenape lands of New York City and her Dena’ina homelands of Anchorage, Alaska. She trained in Musical Theatre as part of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts’ inaugural Musical Theatre cohort (Class of 2025), with additional training in vocal performance, dance, Shakespeare, vocal improvisation, and Theatre of the Oppressed. She is part of the Community Music Therapy program at the Berklee College of Music, and is a recent 1st place winner of Sparkfest 2025’s Acting Competition. In addition to theater, she composes and performs original music and has served as Music Director of multiple productions over the past year. Her work lives at the intersection of theatre, song, culture, and social justice.

ILLANA STEIN (Director of AFlatbush Lysistrata & Krav Maga…)

(she/her) is an international theater director based in NYC. Directing: Julius Caesar Tour (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), A Lost Leonardo (Amphibian Stage), Hans & Sophie Director/Co-writer with Sean Hudock and Deborah Yarchun (Outstanding Director & Play, Amphibian Stage) Workshop Director of Stages at Hannah Playhouse in Wellington, New Zealand. Off-Broadway, Associate Director: Tamburlaine the Great (dir. Michael Boyd) and Pericles (dir. Trevor Nunn) at Theatre for a New Audience, and Fingersmith (dir. Bill Rauch) at American Repertory Theater. Assisting: OSF, Signature, Pearl, Yale Rep, NYSAF, Hangar, Cincinnati Playhouse, and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. She is a frequent guest director for NYU Tisch / Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Award for Excellence in Directing for or what she will by Charly Evon Simpson (Fringe NYC), Drama League First Stage Residency, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, League of Professional Theatre Women former board member, and Director of Artistic Programs for the JPP. Upcoming: A Little Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Two River) illanastein.com

WILL STEINBERGER (Director of The Fish)

Will Steinberger is a Drama League Award nominated director and producer. He has directed and developed new plays at New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage and Film, Clubbed Thumb, The Lortel, New Dramatists, Hartford Stage, the Drama League, Berkshire Theatre Group, the Wilma, and InterAct. Recent productions include Johnny G. Lloyd’s birthday birthday birthday at The Tank; Andrea Stolowitz’s The Berlin Diaries at 59E59, produced in association with The New Group; Joanna Castle Miller’s Inferna (Valdez Theater Conference); Han Van Sciver’s Happy Birthday, Han (JACK); and Gina Femia’s meet you at the Galaxy Diner (New Light Theatre Project). WSteinberger.com.

RYAN ANTHONY WILLIAMS (Rabbi Danny in Krav Maga… / Aaron/Grandpa in The Fish)

Ryan Anthony Williams is a New York City based actor from the bayous of Louisiana. Proud member of the United Houma Nation tribal community, Ryan’s experience in theatre, tv, film, improv, and immersive theatre is informed by his Indigenous roots, his Loyola University of New Orleans Bachelors in Theatre, and his time with the William Esper Studio conservatory here in Mannahatta. He would like to send many thanks to his family and friends, new and old for the opportunity to help breathe life into such powerful stories as these.