Alumni Mondragons

	David Anzuelo Off-Broadway: Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven (Atlantic Theater), Fish Men (Intar Theater), Intimacy (New Group). Regional:Mother Road (Arena); The Motherf#cker With the Hat (Kitchen Theater), Frost/Nixon (Geva), Our Town (Northern Stage), Oedipus El Rey (Woolly Mammoth). Film: A Walk Among the Tombstones; Remember Me; A New York Christmas Wedding. TV: Succession; Strangers; The Americans; Elementary; Blue Bloods; White Collar; Deadbeat; Mercy.
	Rafael Benoit Theatre: lead in Orchestra (MTC Studios), co-lead in Clear Cold Place (Secret Theatre), co-lead in Decompression (Kraine Theatre), lead in Brooklyn Crossing (Gallery Players), lead in My Artichoke Heart (Theatre for the New City), and supporting cast member in Magic Kingdom (Connely Theatre). TV: co-star in Broad City (Comedy Central), co-star in Blue Bloods (CBS), and co-star in Unforgettable (CBS). Rafael received his MFA in Acting from Columbia University and gives thanks to God, his parents and all those that come out to support him in his performances.
	Elizabeth Barrett Groth Elizabeth Barrett Groth is a costume designer. New York: Vassa (Lee Strasberg Institute), A Midsummer Night’s (Queer) Dream (The Hive), Billy Witch (Studio 42), Estrella Cruz, the Junkyard Queen (Ars Nova), Created Equal, We in Silence Hear a Whisper, and A Shot Away (Red Fern Theater Company), Cendrillon (NYU Steinhart), L’Enfant et Les Sortileges (Manhattan School of Music), Up Up Down Down (NYTE). Regional: Eclipsed (Yale Repertory Theatre, Boston University Opera Institute, A.R.T. Institute, and Berkshire Theatre Festival). Elizabeth received her MFA in Design from Yale School of Drama. www.ElizabethBarrettGroth.com
	Flor De Liz Perez Flor De Liz Perez has been a member of Kyoung’s Pacific Beat for over four years after joining the production of TALA at HERE Arts Center in the role of Lupe. The Public: Comedy of Errors, Pericles. International: The Motherfker with the Hat (National Theatre, London). Off Broadway: TALA, Los Monologos de la Vagina, and In the Time of the Butterflies. Regional: The House that Will Not Stand, Seven Homeless Mammoths…, Wander New England, In the Continuum, Pride and Prejudice, Nicholas Nickleby, All My Sons. Film: The House that Jack Built. TV: “The Good Wife”. MFA: UNC-Chapel Hill. www.FlorDeLizPerez.com
	Brandon Kyle Goodman Dubbed a “Renaissance Man” by his 8th grade history teacher, New York native, Brandon Kyle Goodman continues to hold the reputation of a multifaceted powerhouse! As an actor and writer, Brandon continues to make a name for himself using his candid and comedic approach to tackle controversial cultural and political happenings of the day. Brandon has been a featured performer at many of New York’s most respected venues for comedy and performance including, Ars Nova, The People’s Improv Theater, and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. Brandon was also featured in the first New York NBC Diversity Showcase and has appeared beside Reverend Al Sharpton on Politics Nation and in the hilarious viral webseries Next Time on Lonny. Brandon is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.
	Raja Feather Kelly Raja Feather Kelly is a performer/choreographer living and working NYC. Kelly has performed in the companies of David Dorfman Dance, zoe \| juniper, Reggie Wilson, Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion, and creates collaborative projects with B.S. Movement – This has garnered him critical acclaim in the U.S. and abroad. An English and dance major (Connecticut College) with deep interest in both verbal and nonverbal forms of expression, Kelly founded his performance company the feath3r theory after writing a novel of the same name. Kelly was a 2014 LMCC Workspace Recipient, and a commissioned Artist in residence at Dixon Place Dance, NYC.
	John Knowles John Knowles is a New York-based video artist. He has been building live video projection installations for several years based out of the Roger Smith Hotel. John met Kyoung at the Vermont Studio Center as a fellow Writer-in-Residence. You can learn more about John’s work at panmanmixtapes.tumblr.com, www.panmanproductions.com, and twitter.com/pancity.
	Tahir Karmali Tahir Karmali, born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya now based in Brooklyn, NY. Having begun his career as an ink painter, he combines abstract painting with portraiture. Tahir picked up the camera as a creative outlet while he traveled and worked in Asia and Europe. In 2013, he moved into a studio at Kuona Trust in Nairobi to concentrate on his practice and began mixing his painting and photography practice. His first solo exhibit, “Value,” was a provocative show where he depicted male sex workers with their most valuable possession. Working closely with found object artists and sculptors, Tahir was inspired to create his exhibit “Jua Kali” – where he his discusses themes around the Kenyan economy through the informal sector. He won the POPCAP ’15 Prize for Contemporary African Photography and had the opportunity to show during Art Basel. His work is also part of the “Making Africa” Exhibit at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. Forbes named him as one of 15 Africans rebranding the face of the continent. Tahir received his Masters of Digital Photography at SVA and continues to experiment with mixed media, installation and digital photography. www.tahirk.com
	Jason Krugman Jason Krugman is an experienced hand working at the intersection of physical computing, fine art and lighting. He runs a boutique design firm specializing in interactive, architectural LED systems and public artworks. As an artist and a designer, Krugman specializes in arranging electricity and light within 3-dimensional spaces, taking advantage of many different materials and manufacturing processes. He currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design and Eugene Lang College, New School University. Jason holds degrees in Economics and Interactive Media from Tufts University and NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. www.JasonKrugman.com
	Svetlana Maras Svetlana Maras is a composer and sound artist from Serbia. She studied composition at University of Art (Belgrade) and received her M.A. at Aalto University, Helsinki Media Lab (Finland). The abstract of her Master’s thesis, Embodied composition – Treatment and meaning of physical object in experimental music and sound art, was published in Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Svetlana’s work encompasses live electronic music, performance, interactive sound installations, electro-acoustic compositions, radiophonic pieces, web applications, music for film and theatre. She is an experienced improviser and performs internationally. She has presented her work at Espace Multimedia Gantner (Bourogne), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens), A38 (Budapest), Ausland (Berlin), Kunstradio-Radiokunst (Vienna), Radio Belgrade (Belgrade), ICMC (New York), UCSD (San Diego), and Orpheus Institute (Ghent) among other places. Svetlana teaches Pure Data (Pd) courses, is co-founder of ImprovE and a member of Ensemble Studio 6, both music collectives in Belgrade. She currently lives in Serbia. www.SvetlanaMaras.com
	Ryan Opalanietet Ryan Victor Pierce or “Opalanietet” is a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribal nation. Upon graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Opalanietet has performed in workshops and productions at such renown New York theatrical institutions as New Dramatists, LaMaMa E.T.C. and New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. In 2012, Opalanietet founded Eagle Project, a theater company dedicated to exploring the American identity through the performing arts and our Native American heritage, www.eagleprojectarts.org. Through his leadership, Eagle Project has collaborated with and performed at the Public Theater, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Ashtar Theater in Palestine. This past April of 2020, Eagle Project has collaborated with the American Indian Community House of New York City and First Nations Theatre Guild to create Native Theatre Thursdays, a virtual reading series of new Native work.
	Irfan Prawira Irfan Prawira was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and has worked with Jakarta Conservatory Orchestra, Batavia Madrigal Singers, Jakarta Broadway Singers, Indonesia Youth Committee and was a high school theatre coach from 2006 to 2008. He founded 42nd Street Production in 2006, an independent theatre production specializing in musical theatre. In New York City, Irfan has been working with Kyoung’s Pacific Beat for TALA (University Settlement, 2015) and PillowTalk (BRIC, 2015).
	Will Shaw Will Shaw is a native New Yorker and with a focus on new work and the classic canon. His most recent work includes Nero (Kyoung’s Pacific Beat), BKPI (dir. Hye Yun Park), The Glass Menagerie and A View From The Bridge (Light Fantastic Theater Company), among others. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Brown/Trinity MFA Acting Program.
	Yin Yue Yin Yue is a versatile performer and choreographer. Born and raised in China, she attended Shanghai Dance School, where she received rigorous training in technically demanding and highly structured Chinese classical and folk dance as well as classical ballet. She continued her education at Shanghai Normal University. She has appeared in many festivals and dance competitions throughout China and was ranked in 2005 as one of the top ten performers in the National Dance Competition in Yunnan. She moved to New York City in 2006 to pursue an MFA in Contemporary Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts. Yin Yue was winner of Northwest Dance Project’s 5th Annual Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition in 2013 and first runner-up of The A.W.A.R.D. Show 2010! presented by New York’s The Joyce Theater Foundation. Yin Yue is also Artistic Director of Jiangxi Zhongshan Dance School.