PROMETHEUS BOUND

A CyberTank Production
in association with Iris MediaWorks

Adapted by Howard Rubenstein
Directed by Ran Xia

MARCH 24 - MAY 14
ON DEMAND THEREAFTER

Prometheus Bound examines the discrepancy between what is legal versus what is just, to dismantle the concept of injustice veiled as order. Prometheus Bound is fully designed and staged for an audience of no one in The Tank’s 98 Seat theater.  Instead, it is captured for the screen by Iris Media Works as a purely cinematic experience, with mask, original music and deeply compelling performances of the late Rubenstein's visionary text. 

BRENDA CRAWLEY
Prometheus

Theatre credits: Voice/Mother, The Problem with Magic is…, JAG Festival, Mrs. Draper, State of the Union, Metropolitan Playhouse, Mother, Patience, Corkscrew Festival, Anfisa, Three Sisters (Columbia University), Ann whatdoesfreemean (Nora’s Playhouse), Denise House of Karen, (Columbia Stages), Evelyn Breaking in the Boss, (NJ Repertory​ ​ Theatre), Oralia Daughters of the Mock, (Negro Ensemble Company), Heroina Keys, (Broadway 

Bound Festival), Nurse Uncle Abram, (Little Eagle Project), La Madrecita Camino Real (Columbia Stages), Mrs. O’Neil The Sunshine Boys, (Amateur Comedy Club).

ALICE MARCONDES
Chorus

Alice Marcondes (Chorus) is a NYC based Brazilian American from Clemson, SC. NYC: The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea, dir. Meghan Finn), Not My Monster! (The Flea, dir. David Monteagudo), Dike (workshop, NYTW, dir. Tatiana Pandiani), 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (The New School). Regional: Dike (Urbanite, dir. Tatiana Pandiani). Educational: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Atlantic, dir. Tatiana Pandiani) The Buck (Fordham, dir. Andrew Watkins), The Skin of Our Teeth (Fordham, dir. Taibi Magar). New Media: Nun Habits (Lead, Soul Series Productions), Cheer Up, Charlie (Supporting, Soul Series/L2G). Education: Atlantic Acting School Conservatory,

CHLOE SIMONE CRAWFORD
Chorus

Chloe Simone Crawford is New York born and based actor, singer, and writer. Through her training at Vassar College and  Waterwell Theater Company’s PPAS drama program, she has studied under Arian Moayed, Alex Correia, Greg Parente and Shona Tucker in classical Greek, Shakespearian and contemporary theater. She began her career in film and television at the age of 5. Theater credits include: Blanch in A Streetcar Named Desire, Aegeus in Medea, and Reina in Audra MacDonald and Marsha P Johnson Deliver a Message About the End of the World. Recent film credits include leading the cast of the short films Bugs, Gay Teen Werewolf and Lesbian Orgy Story, as well as the web-series The Retreat, #ghostedlife and Dying Swan.  After a long, fraught year, she is ecstatic to join the cast of Prometheus Bound for her third performance at The Tank. Chloe is managed by Jody Pursan of Connecting Talent Company. www.chloesimonecrawford.com

KAILA WOOTEN
Chorus

Kaila Wooten (Chorus) is thrilled to be working with The Tank! Favorite credits include Rose in Dogfight the Musical with A Class Act, Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors with Tisch New Theater and Agnes in Agnes of God with 4th Story Theater. Kaila can be seen in the short film “Never Have I Ever” as Dalia, and heard on albums such as Disney Theatrical’s Moana Jr. (Sina) and Lion King Jr. (Nala), and MTI’s Legally Blonde Jr. (Brooke Wyndham) and James and the Giant Peach (Ladybug). Tisch ‘19 

OLIVIA ROSE BARRESI
Hermes/ Chorus

Olivia Rose Barresi is an actor and artist based currently in NYC. Favorite recent roles include Hotspur in SSF 2020’s radio production of the Henry IV plays, Clara in Else C. Went's Initiative at The Playwright’s Realm, “Herself” in play and mockumentary The Same Shirt Show as a part of the Drama League's First Stage Festival for 2019, Elle in Matt Steinberg's Socially Unacceptable (directed by Ran Xia for Zoom), and Mainie Jellett in counterclaim art's virtual performance of Female Nude Seated (directed by Emma Went), which you can see on YouTube now. Recent film credits include William Fichtner's directorial debut Cold Brook. MA London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; BFA Boston University. oliviarosebarresi.com - @obarresi55

SOPHIA ARANDA
Chorus

Sophia Aranda (she/her/hers) is an actor/singer based in New York City. Originally from Miami, she is a recent graduate of the NYU Tisch program and an alumnus of Atlantic Acting School; she also attended RADA in London for Shakespeare Studies. Some recent work includes The Riddle of the Trilobites (New Victory Theater) and The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea). She is proudly a member of Actors Equity. Special thanks to the team at the Tank for keeping the arts alive during this pandemic. 

You can find her on Instagram @sophia_m_aranda.

MACY LANCETA
Io

Macy Lanceta (she/hers) is trilled to be playing Io in Prometheus Bound at the Tank. Macy received her BFA in Acting from Florida State University and was last seen on the NYC stages in the world premiere of The Invention of Tragedy by Mac Wellman at the Flea Theater. More recently, Macy collaborated with Manhattan Experimental Theatre Workshop To create original pieces through the new medium of virtual theatre. She thanks Ran, The Tank, and all artists that continue to make art despite all odds.

IVÁN HERNANDEZ
Okeanos

Iván Hernandez is a Brooklyn based actor from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He has performed in plays such as Cider House Rules, Richard II, Henry IV part 1 at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London. He is a proud graduate from Mason Gross School of the Arts (BFA).

JUAN ARTURO
Hephaestus

Juan Arturo. Regional: Support Group for Men (CATF); Off-Broadway: The Oregon Trail (Fault Line Theater), The Rafa Play (The Pool), Buffalo, Buffalo (Exquisite Corpse Co.), Salty (Lyra Theater); His recent TV and Film credits include Blue Bloods (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS), Shadows (Official TriBeCa Selection 2020) which was nominated for best short film, and Among the Beasts (2020). Juan graduated with his BFA from Rutgers University, the Mason-Gross School of the Arts. He is very excited to be creating again and to find new and innovative ways to bring theater into people’s homes.

RAN XIA
Director & Co-Composer

Ran Xia is a Shanghai-born, Brooklyn-based playwright, director, and sound designer. She's a Resident Director at the Tank, where she received the inaugural Artist of the Year award in 2019 and directed the world premiere of Independent Study by Ben Gassman, US premiere of The Tallest Man in the World by Ailís Ní Ríain, and most recently her own play In Blue. Her works have been seen on stages around NYC, including DIxon Place, IRT, HERE Arts Center, The Brick, The Wild Project, and more. Alumnus of Pipeline Theater's PlayLab 2020, and Mabou Mines' Makers Club. ranxia.info

CHANON JUDSON
Choreographer

Chanon Judson, APAP Leadership Fellow Cohort II, Director’s Lab Fellow 2018, NPTC Women's Work Lab 2018 - 2020.  Chanon Judson’s been growing with the acclaimed Urban Bush Women (UBW) since 2001, as performer and now Co-Artistic Director and Coordinator for BOLD, UBW’s facilitation network.  Chanon is the Co-choreographic director for “Hair and Other Stories,” an epic journey where audiences engage in intimate conversations, enjoy local guest artist performances, and are immersed in a durational dance-theater work that explores disquieting ideas of beauty, identity, and race through the lens of hair. Additional projects include “The Invention of Tragedy” (choreographer, Flea Theatre), “It’s Not so Bad in My Brain” (Director, New Perspective Theatre),  “Nurturing the Nurturer,” a performance ritual/gathering for mothers (Black Women’s Blueprint) and Family Arts (FAM) - Alongside her husband they offer spaces for families to explore and create (Bric, Bailey’s Cafe, MS 35 Family Dynamics, Stoops).  Chanon has worked with Kwame Ross, Barak adé Soleil, Talvin Wilks, and Sandra Burton. Performance credits include Taylor Mac 24 hour Spectacular, God’s Trombone (Craig Harris), Cannabis (Baba Israel), Cotton Club Parade (City Center), Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Concert, and Fela! 

AURELIA CLUNIE
Dramaturg

Aurelia Clunie is a dramaturg, director, performer, and teaching artist who enjoys ushering new plays into the the world and sharing classical plays in contemporary contexts. Directing: I Choose You, Baby (InVersion Theatre at The Tank), Good Meeting (Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater Writer's Voice 10 Minute Play Festival), Elder Play Project, The American Unicorn (Long Wharf Theatre), The Every 28 Hours Plays reading, SUNY New Paltz), Black Santa (reading, Green Line Performing Arts Center), Breakdancing Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Breakdancing Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors, and The Burial at Thebes (Education at Hartford Stage). Acting: Pericles, Prince of Tyre and Romeo and Juliet (Capital Classics), Doubt (Chestnut St. Playhouse), Lest We Forget, Ebeneeza, and Meet Us Where We Are (Hartbeat Ensemble). As Education Associate at Hartford Stage, she facilitated the Write On Young Playwrights' Competition. Aurelia has also worked in community engagement at Long Wharf Theatre and Studio Theatre.

IZMIR ICKBAL
Production & Set Designer

Izmir Ickbal is a New York based designer whose credits include An Astronaut Play (The Tank NYC), Florencia En El Amazonas (Yale Opera), A Christmas Carol in Harlem (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Vietgone (Company One Theater, Boston MA), La Negra (BRIC), Round Table(Fault Line Theater), Dead Are My People (Noor Theater), Queen (Hot! Festival, Dixon Place), 125thand FREEDOM, Serious Adverse Effects (National Black Theatre), Happy Days starring Diane Wiest (Mark Taper Forum LA, Theater For A New Audience NY), The Late Wedding and 1001 (Teatro LATEA, Columbia Stages). Other credits include The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Elm Shakespeare Company); Nanyang: the musical (International Festival of Arts, Singapore), Yusof and Zubir Said: The Star of Hearts (The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore); Nadirah, Charged and Not Counted (Teater Ekamatra, Singapore). He recently received nominations for Best Scenic Design at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and the Elliot Norton Awards in Boston USA. MFA, Yale. More info: izmirickbal.com

ANNA JEKEL
Costume Designer

Anna Jekel is a costume designer from Newton, MA, living in New York City. She is a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston with a degree in theatre production. She held many design positions at Northeastern University, and her culminating work was designing costumes for HAIR. Since graduating, she has held positions at Berkshire Theatre Group and Alabama Shakespeare Festival as well at the Hangar Theatre where she designed five shows including The Revolutionists and The Phantom Tollbooth. Most recently Anna completed an apprenticeship at the Juilliard School working on costumes for drama and opera.

YANG YU
Lighting Designer

Yang Yu is a lighting designer for performing arts. Her design interest is to use light to emphasize the emotion quality of the scene, adding an underlayer of non-verbal dimension to propel the unfolding of a story. As a visual artist and music lover, she is experimenting with “visual music”-organizing visual “word” into music “grammar” and making visual design musically stimulating to the eyes. Recent productions include lighting design for The Shes & Quiltbag (Weasel Festival 2019, The Public Theater), The Lesser Magoo (2019, Don Buchwald Theater); lighting and set design for St. Vincent’s Project: Novenas For a Lost Hospital (2018 Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, off-broadway workshop production). Yang Yu is also a set designer and fashion designer. She holds an MFA degree in Design and Technical Theater from Brooklyn College and an MA degree in Fashion Design from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Yangyudesign.com

MIKE CASSEDY
Composer / Music Director

Mike Cassedy is a Brooklyn-based composer and pianist. He has performed, recorded and toured regularly with ensembles of various genres including guitarist and prog legend Francis Dunnery, minimalist ensemble Build, singer/songwriter Mary Bragg, rock band Sky White Tiger and his own co-led project East West Quintet. Theater Composing Credits include: Mac Wellman's: The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea Theater, 2019), Mac Wellman's: The Lesser Magoo (Brooklyn College, 2019), Manufacturing Mischief: A Noam Chomsky Puppet Play (Pedro Reyes at The Tank, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, The Power Plant Art Gallery/Canadian Stage, Serpentine Gallery London, Museo Jumex Mexico City, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, The Night of Philosophy at the Brooklyn Public Library, the Savannah College of Art and Design), Daredevil (The Brick, 2014), Detroit Blues (Mt. Vernon Theater, 2014), Him (Walkerspace, 2008). Film and Television Credits include: Sidelined (Short Film 2019), Change for Change (Short Film 2019), The Movie House on Main (Documentary 2018), Madre Maria (Short Film 2018), Sucker (Short Film 2018), Barren (Short Film 2018), Half Life (TV Series 2018-2019), 16 Words or Less (Short Film 2017)

SARAH ZEROD
Stage Manager

Sarah Zerod is a New York-based stage manager. She has previously worked with Theatre of the Apes, InVersion Theatre, The Mechanicals, Double Eye Productions, EgoPo Classic Theater, The Greenfield Collective, Orbiter 3 and Enchantment Theatre Co.  

LUCAS HRABAL
Director of Photography

Lucas Hrabal is a New York based cinematographer. He studied film/experimental narrative and Hampshire College. He has worked on short films, music videos, and a wide variety of commercial projects for large and small brands.

HOWARD RUBENSTEIN
Playwright

Howard Rubenstein (1931 - 2020) was a physician, writer, and photographer. He was born in 1931 in Chicago, where he graduated from Lake View High School. He received a B.A. from Carleton College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and won the Noyes Prize for excellence in ancient Greek. In 1957 Rubenstein received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. In 1967 he wasappointed Physician and Chief of Allergy at the Harvard University Health Services. In 1989 he was appointed Medical Consultant to the Department of Social Services, state of California. In 2000 he retired from the practice of medicine but continued to write and take photographs. He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. Prometheus Bound is Rubenstein’s third translation or adaptation of an ancient Greek play. The other two are Aeschylus’s Agamemnon and Euripides’ The Trojan Women. He also translated and adapted Jean Racine’s Britannicus. All these have been produced and published.

Rubenstein’s others plays are Brothers All; The Defiant Soul; The Golem, Man of Earth; Shiloh, a Narrative Play; and Tony and Cleo. He has also written an epic poem, Maccabee.

In 2011 his adaptation of the thirteenth century Chinese classical play (with music by Max Lee) Xi Xiang Ji—Romance of the Western Chamber–a Musical—was performed in Hangzhou, China. That was the world premiere of Xi Xiang Ji in the English language. Its western premiere occurred in 2017 in New York City.

GABRIELLE GIACOMO
Assistant Director

Gabrielle Giacomo is an NYC based director for theatre and film. She is thrilled to be back at The Tank, especially to assist on a beautiful project told through both mediums! Select Credits| Director:  Mac/Beth (Short Film; Official NFFTY Selection), Date Show: The Game Show (SPF Sex), The Piece (TGP Black Box), Postal: A 1940s Rock Musical (TGP Boo!). Assistant Director: A Class Act (Theatre Row), In Blue (The Tank), American Vice (Short Film; Official LAFA Selection). gabriellegiacomo.com

ASHLEY AMANDA CHAN
2nd Assistant Director

Ashley Amanda Chan is an artist born and raised in Queens, NY, currently residing in Brooklyn. She has a BFA in Film & Television from NYU and has been a part of a variety of student films, independent shorts, music videos, and professional low-budget commercials in often a Producer or AD capacity. She finds joy in helping others bring their visions to life and loves the creative collaboration element of the arts. She also paints and crochets, spending free time... with more art.

PATRICK ROUSSEAU
Executive Producer, Iris MediaWorks

Patrick Rousseau is an executive producer at Iris MediaWorks, a production company he founded in 2004. He works with storytellers, artists, brands, and agencies to produce content that is meaningful and entertaining. He has produced four feature films and many web series and short films. Patrick has produced content for companies including General Electric, Fisher-Price, L'Oréal, Hewlett Packard, Eli Lilly, Condé Nast, Barclays, ConsenSys, and Techstars, among others. His work has won dozens of awards, including Webby Awards and several Best Picture and Best Web Series awards at festivals around the USA and abroad. When not producing content, he can be found exploring forests, learning life lessons from his children, or dreaming of the sailboat he had that one labor day weekend.

Patrick first attended a show at The Tank in 2009, where he saw a production his future wife was directing. He never left.

ADA ZHANG
Producer

Zhangqiyu (Ada) Zhang is super excited to work on this project! Ada is originally from Beijing, China. She has worked as a stage manager, company manager, and technical translators in the U.S. and all over the world. Ada is especially thrilled to work on Prometheus Bound in this special time to bring confidence and strength to people while keeping theatre alive. Recent credits: Theater in Quarantine (PSM, JV SQUAD), Matilda International Tour (ACM, GWB Entertainment UK), Kinky Boots International Tour (PSM & ASM, Troika Entertainment). M.F.A. in Stage Management, Columbia University. Love to mom and dad.

CONNOR THOMPSON
Producer, Iris MediaWorks

Conner Thompson is a video producer and editor based in New York. He’s created narrative content for Sesame Street, Above Average, Huffington Post, and Upright Citizens Brigade. He has also produced commercial content for companies such as Google, Starbucks, Hudson News, and many more. He recently wrapped production on his first TV Pilot as producer.  No matter how successful he becomes, his family will always give him a hard time for majoring in Philosophy.   

DANIEL ZIMMER
2nd Camera Operator

Daniel Zimmer is an accomplished cinematographer, filmmaker and photographer currently residing in New York City. Earning a BA in Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2004, his career began in the lighting department. Since 2011 he has taken up residency behind the camera both shooting and directing. As director of photography Zimmer excels and takes joy in carrying a project from pre-production planning through to post-production finishing.  He speaks Spanish and Portuguese.  He values quality work and completes projects with a high degree of professionalism. Zimmer has produced projects in Los Angeles, Brazil and Tennessee, and has worked with the UCB, Above Average, College Humor, NFL films, and the Long Island Nets.

DANNY ROBERTS
Sound Mixer

Danny Roberts is a sound mixer and boom operator from Washington, DC. He recently graduated from NYU Tisch's Film and Television program, where he specialized in production and post-production sound, in addition to writing and directing his own films.