Emma Rosa Went
Director; Co-founder
Renovations: Three Seconds (Barn Arts Collective;) Old Names for Wildflowers (Staged Reading: Shetler Studios;) Saving Throw (Staged Reading: The Tank;) Boxcar (The Tank). Other recent work includes: Chemistry (The Tank). She is also a co-founder of Easy Leap Theatre Company, for whom she has directed Much Ado About Nothing (The Brick;) The Changeling (West End Theatre;) Hearts of Gold: From Henry IV and Othello (West End Lounge;) and Love's Labors Lost (Access Theater, LPAC Lab). Off-Broadway and regional assisting includes: Theatre for a New Audience, Atlantic Theater Company, Rattlestick, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Emma is an alumna of the SDCF Observership Program, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival FAIR Program. She is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society. BA Sarah Lawrence College. www.emmawent.com
Corbin Went
Playwright; Co-founder
Corbin is a non-binary trans playwright of mixed heritage based in New York City. Their work has been produced and developed by The Flea Theatre, The Tank, The Brick Theater, Easy Leap Theatre Company, Evening Squire, and Living Room Theatre. Full length plays: Old Names for Wildflowers, Three Seconds, Saving Throw, Boxcar, The Tarantists, The Great American Folksong, Schizo. Short works include: Mongrel (Published; Dionysian Magazine #3), Fireflies, Still Life. Film scripts: The Ornithologist, Doyle O'Connor Waters the Land, Boys' State. Adaptations include: Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson), The Changeling (Middleton and Rowley), Ghosts (Ibsen), Un Dia de Esos (Marquez), Crime dans une Maison de Fous (Lorde). Recipient of the 2013 Nancy Lynn Schwartz Prize for Fiction (After the July Fire). Recipient of the 2017 Parity Productions Playwright Commission. Guest blogger at New York Theatre Review. BA Sarah Lawrence College.
Julia Larsen
Dramaturg; Actor
Renovations: Saving Throw (Kendal), Three Seconds (Clara), Old Names for Wildflowers.
Julia Larsen is a New York based theater artist, whose love of collaboration and new work has brought her together with the Renovationists. She holds a BA from Connecticut College and is a graduate of The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute's One Year Conservatory Program. She has also trained with the Michael Chekhov Association, where she shared the stage with Joanna Merlin and Anne Gottlieb. She is a proud member of the 2014 Labyrinth Intensive Ensemble.
Olivia Rose Barresi
Actor
Renovations: Boxcar (Ida), Three Seconds (Cat; Delia), Saving Throw (Clara).
Off-Broadway and New York includes: Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Easy Leap, dir. Emma Went), Censored on Final Approach (Gym at Judson), Bertram in All's Well that Ends well (Access Theater, dir. Madeline Sayet). BA: Boston University. MFA: LAMDA.
Harrison Densmore
Actor (for us)
Renovations: Three Seconds (Em), Saving Throw (Em).
Harrison is a freelance director based in New York, and Creative Director at Ensemble Studio Theatre. BA Sarah Lawrence College.
Sarah Keyes
Actor
Renovations: Boxcar (Alexis), Old Names for Wildflowers (Angele).
Sarah was most recently seen in the ensemble of "Skin of Our Teeth" at TFANA. She is also a frequent collaborator with Honest Accomplice Theatre, International Wow Company, Spookfish, and The Flea. Sarah has studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, Fordham University Lincoln Center, and is currently pursuing her MFA from UNC Chapel Hill's Professional Actor Training Program with PlayMakers Rep.
Finn Kilgore
Actor
Renovations: Boxcar (Firefly), Saving Throw (Tony), Three Seconds (Captain Lorin), Old Names for Wildflowers (The Bookseller).
Finn Kilgore is an actor from Brooklyn, NY. BA Sarah Lawrence College.
Zoë Goslin
Actor
Renovations: Three Seconds (Mar; Maggie), Old Names for Wildflowers (Melandre).
Zoë is an alumnus of Northwestern University, and graduate of LAMDA. Though based in New York, she has studied internationally under such brilliant minds as Daniel Cantor, Linda Gates, Rodney Cottier, and John Barton. Favorite roles include: Ivanov (The Chekhov Long Project); Olivia (Twelfth Night; BADA); Agnes (A Bright Room Called Day; Northwestern); Mary (The Memory of Water; LAMDA). She is a regular contributer to Tabling: The Podcast.
Patrick Harvey
Actor
Renovations: Three Seconds (Lo; Forrest), Old Names for Wildflowers (Maurice).
Off-Broadway: The Dingdong (Pearl Theatre), Artaud/Artaud (Signature Theater). Patrick has performed with On the Rocks Theatre and Columbia Stages at venues including Dixon Place and Schapiro Theatre. He also serves the artistic board of Smith Street Stage, a Brooklyn-based Shakespeare company, and has appeared regularly with them since 2011 (Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Twelfth Night). BFA NYU/RADA.
Ethan Nguyen
Actor
Renovations: Saving Throw (Riley), Three Seconds (Em), Core Support.
Ethan has a fondness for mischief and a predilection for awkward. Recent theatre credits: Ethan in John 8 (Columbia Stages), First Man in Robinson (to) Crusoe (Theatre Arts Japan), Ferdinand in The Tempest (CSC - Young Company), Bobchinsky in The Government Inspector (Columbia Stages). Ethan has co-starred on an episode of Mysteries of Laura. Favorite past roles: The Christmas Spirit in The Black Glove, Lucky in Waiting for Godot, Orgon in Tartuffe, and Arlecchino. MFA in acting from Columbia University, and a Bachelors in Computer Science from UCI.
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The Artists
Core and frequent collaborators