Get to know the team behind Kiss It, Make It Better!
Erika Phoebus - Nadia
Playwrite of Kiss It Make It Better, Erika will also be portraying the female lead of Nadia. Read more about Erika's involvement with Theatre 4the People here.
Brian Miskell - Ty
Off-Broadway: The Flick (Barrow Street Theatre), The Undeniable Sound of Right Now, Afghanistan Zimbabwe America Kuwait, The Hill Town Plays (Rattlestick). Other recent credits include The Aliens (The Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., and West Coast Premiere at San Francisco Playhouse), Eightythree Down (Horse Trade Theater Group; NY Innovative Theatre Nomination), Barn (Rising Phoenix Rep). A company member of Rising Phoenix Rep, Brian studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Chris Cornwell - Bradley
Chris Cornwell is originally from Austin, Texas and holds a B.F.A in acting from Texas State University. Some notable theatre credits are Jack/Wyatt in Baby Hubris (New York International Fringe Festival), Detective Burrows in The Glory of Living (Revolve Productions), and John Lennon in Manson: The Musical! (End Times Productions). He's also one of the co-founders of the bluegrass rock 'n' roll band, The Rusty Guns, who recently scored Animus Theatre Company's production of Tennessee Williams' Collected Shorts directed by Matthew Lilard.
Tom Walsh - Boy/Man
Tom Walsh was born in a little town called Sandwich in Massachusetts and is a recent graduate of the New York Film Academy's Musical Theatre and Film program. He has trained under mentors such as American Idol star John Stevens and Drusilla Sunderman of the Cape Cod Conservatory. He has been in several of NYFA's musical productions such as "Chess" and "NYFA sings at 54 below". His most recent performances include a show called "Black or White" at the "I Act, You Act" Harlem Theater and a benefit concert for Jessie Mueller and Sara Bareilles.
Sanna Ljunggren - Managing Producer
Born and raised in Sweden, Sannas interest in the arts and foremost theatre began at an early age giving performances in her family home with her stuffed animals. Growing up with this urge to create and perform she started taking theatre lessons at the House of Culture - Tåget and had her debut performance playing the role of Ballerina in Circus at age 11.
From there on she has been apart of many theatre productions such as Second Edition, 28, The taming of the shrew and Elisabeth - Beyond life and death.
After finishing her studies in Sweden she went on and continued her attended at The New York Film Academy. At NYFA she expanded from her theatre rots being introduced to the world film. Starring indifferent movie projects some of them being The Fringe, Dual, Fate, The Habit and The Kite.
Carol Nolasco - Assistant Director
Carol Nolasco has worked with Rob Schneider and Drew Overcash on the stage reading of "Boys vs Girls". She recently graduated the New York Film Academy and is very excited to join this production. Carol would like to thank her fiancé Charles for always giving her the confidence she needs.
Beatriz Cavalieri - Associate Producer
Beatriz Cavalieri, originally from São Paulo, Brazil, trained at the Wolf Maya School of Actors before moving to New York City where she studied musical theatre at the New York Film Academy. Bea was the associate director for NYFA production of Carousel and her past roles as an actress include Angie in NYFA Production of The Wedding Singer, Kristina in A Doll’s House, ensemble in Once Upon a Matters and Chess and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. She believes in art as a way of touching people and healing souls.
Kevin Martinez - Marketing Manager
Kevin Martinez is happy to be a part of the Kiss It, Make It Better team. He is an alumni of the NYFA Musical Theatre Conservatory, whose most recent shows include: A Mermaid’s Tale (Off Broadway), Broken Moments: A Bar Musical, Two Point Five, The Jazz Age and Enter Singing: A New Musical (MIT Festival). Chasing his dreams every day, he would like to thank his family and friends. Dare to Dream!
Andy Evan Cohen - Music & Sound Design
Will be returning to the T4TP company again, having contributed sound design to In Vestments. Andy's other recent credits include off-Broadway's In Bed With Roy Cohn, I Know What Boys Want, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (MasterWorks Theatre); Monte Cristo and In The Soundless Awe with New Light Theater; The American Soldier at 59E59 and the Edinburgh Fringe; Lucky Chick at FringeNYC and FringeNYC encores; Unmentionables (NYIT Award Nominee for original music), Comes A Faery, and Half Moon Bay with Nylon Fusion; The Fairy Tale Project at BMCC, and many other designs for theater and film. Education: Oberlin & The Manhattan School of Music. www.andycomusic.com
Max Bowman - Video and Projection Design
Maxwell Bowman is a lighting and multimedia designer with side projects in interactive art and design. He has worked with award winning artists including Elaine McCarthy, Austin Switser, Ken Posner, and has also collaborated all over the country with productions by such groups and organizations as The Atlanta Opera, Santa Fe Opera, The Dallas Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, NYU (Tisch), Goldfish Memory Productions, and National Sawdust Factory to name a select few. He was the Co-Lighting Designer for the national tour of WNYC’s Radiolab: Apocalyptical, and Maxwell is a contributing member of the New York based collective 'GLMMR' in areas of lighting design, projections, and technology integration. Maxwell is originally from Tumwater, Washington and attended Southern Methodist University (MFA) and Southern Oregon University (BFA). Maxwell is based in New York City, where he also experiments in photography, video art and image processing, interactive electronics and design, 3D manufacturing, and other fields thats combine technology and creative thought.
Katja Andreiev - Costume Design
Recent theater credits include: Regina (Bronx Opera), The Velveteen Rabbit: An Opera for Children ( The Atlantic Theater Company), Much Ado About Nothing( American Repertory Theater Institute). A frequent collaborator with the educational and outreach theater programs at Stella Adler Studio, Lee Strasberg Institute, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, Columbia and New York University, she has also written articles about costumes and wardrobe for Theater Bay Area and Backstage Magazine.
Fernanda Incera - Production Assistant/Wardrobe
María Fernanda Incera González is a 25 year old Mexican actress. She has a bachelor in media and communication and recently finished a one year musical theatre conservatory program at the New York Film Academy. She has participated in several collage productions in both talent and production areas. Fernanda is also currently involved in art and drama therapy.
Isabella Pacanins - Makeup Artist
Isabella Pacanins from Caracas, Venezuela. Singer, Actor, Dancer and self-taught Makeup Artist. Graduate from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and current student of The New School University. I want to thank my family for always supporting me, and being patient with my non-stop singing and paint mess all over the house. Thank You God for blessing me with the soul of an artist.
Lauren King - Assistant Stage Manager
Lauren is a recent graduate of the New York Film Academy's musical theatre Conservatory. Whilst a student there Lauren was exposed to all aspects of theatre and film; primarily as an actor, but during filming a major movie musical project she discovered a passion for the production elements too. She is very excited to be working on this project with Isaac and the team!