Mud
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
Written by: María Irene Fornés
Directed by: Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx
Living in rural poverty, Mae attempts to better herself by learning how to read. However, her pursuit of self-improvement is squandered by the demands of everyday life and the men that depend on her.
Cast
Antonio Jaramillo*
Henry
At ANTAEUS: The Seagull, ClassicsFest in 2011 and other workshops, Oedipus The King, The Rover, Camino Real (Antaeus A2). West Coast Premiere of Our Lady Of 121st Street (The Matrix), understudy for Take Me Out (The Geffen), Bambino (Carlsbad Playhouse). Other shows Streetcar Name Desired, Golden Boy, Six Tarantulas On An Angel Foodcake. Film/Tv: CSI Cyber, Dallas, The Mentalist, Gang Related, CSI, Burn Notice, Arrested Development, CSI Miami, Outlaw, Meet the Browns, Days of our Lives And Many Others. Oliver Stone’s Savages, The Line, The Davinci Treasure. Special thanks to Richard Seyd, Jeanie Hackett and Jack Stehlin for their support and guidance.
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Gabriela Bonet*
MAE
At ANTAEUS: Caucasian Chalk Circle. Other Theaters: Homeward LA 2019 (Boston Court Pasadena); Platero y Yo (Kennedy Center and International Tour in the Fringe Festival- Edinburgh and Spain). Other Puerto Rico credits include: The Crucible, Macbeth. The Rivals (The Bing Theater). A Bright Room Called Day Revisited, The Matchmaker, Buenaza-Cabrón (USC Three play Rep). TV/Film: The Babymoon, Incógnita 2 (in Puerto Rico). Training: MFA, USC.
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Cherish Monique Duke*
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Los Angeles: Everybody, Zip Code Plays - 91505: Burbank "True Sound" (Antaeus Theater Company); August Wilson's "Seven Guitars'' (A Noise Within); Beloved, At The Table (Stage Raw- Best Ensemble and Best Actress Nomination), Friends with Guns, Through the Eye of a Needle (The Road Theater); The Mountaintop (Garry Marshall Theater). Selected NY Credits: The Tragedy at Hood 14542: Hooksickle (International Fringe Festival), Ida B Wells: A Play in Four Parts (Afrikan Woman’s Repertory), Taming of The Shrew (Pulse Theater Ensemble), Timon in Athens (George Bernard Shaw Theater – UK). TV/Film: Black-ish, Jane the Virgin, Pearson, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! Training: B.A. New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts; Classical Acting – Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London; Member: AEA, SAG-AFTRA. www. cherishmonqiueduke.net
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Peter Pasco
LLOYD
Production Team
Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx
Director
Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx is an Ovation Award-nominated director and is Director of Cultural Programming at A Noise Within. He has served on the Latinx Theatre Commons National Advisory Committee, the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Rules Committee, and as a nominator for The Kilroy List. Muñoz-Proulx has also worked as Associate Producer of Skylight Theatre, Vice Chair of Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and Artistic Assistant at East West Players. He has adjudicated on grant panels for the California Arts Council and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture. Muñoz-Proulx has also served as faculty to the USC MFA Acting program.
María Irene Fornés
Playwright
