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REGINA AQUINO
Regina is a Filipinx American actor, creative, and activist. Born and raised in the DC area, she is passionate about theatre and her community. Since 2002, she has performed on many of DC’s stages and in 2019 she was the recipient of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for her work in THE EVENTS at Theater Alliance. Fluent in both English and Tagalog, she lives in Arlington, VA with her two children and two dogs, across the street from her mother like a good Filipinx daughter.
SELECTED DC CREDITS: Theater Alliance: The Events [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress], Brownsville Song (B-side for Trey); Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Describe The Night, The Arsonists; Studio Theatre: Vietgone, Red Light Winter, Dog Sees God [Helen Hayes Award nomination], Polaroid Stories; Folger Theatre: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nell Gwynn [two Helen Hayes Award nominations]; Olney Theatre Center: Tiger Style!; Synetic Theater: A Christmas Carol, The Little Mermaid; BROADWAY: Lincoln Center & Kennedy Center TYA: Where Words Once Were; INTERNATIONAL: Actor's Actors Inc. Manila: Our Country's Good; EDUCATION: Duke Ellington School of the Arts, The Studio Acting Conservatory, Manhattanville College. |
SCOTT WARD ABERNETHY
Scott has been a professional actor and teaching artist in the DMV for four years, having traveled from Seattle, where he received his M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Washington. As a theatre and acting teacher he has taught students of all ages, from elementary school to college, offering workshops, private coaching, weekly classes, and long-term residencies. As an actor, he has worked with the Kennedy Center, Mosaic Theatre, Constellation Theatre Company, 4615, Keegan Theatre, 1st Stage, Adventure Theatre MTC, and more.
When it comes to learning the arts, his simple philosophy is “Risk, fail, risk again!” |
TAMIEKA CHAVIS
Tamieka is a Daytime Emmy Award winning producer, actress, and teaching artist. She's been nominated for and awarded numerous awards for Best Lead Actress, Best Ensemble, and Producer including the Indie Series Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the television and digital series Anacostia. On stage, Tamieka's select regional theatre credits include performances with Mosaic Theatre Company, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Constellation Theatre, Hub Theatre, Ally Theatre Company, NextStop Theatre, and Longacre Lea. On camera, Tamieka has had recurring and featured roles in productions such as HBO's The Wire, Investigation Discovery's Psychic Detectives, Maverick Entertainment's Torn, and Netflix's House of Cards, as well as numerous commercials, industrials, and independent films. She is a faculty member with the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts where she teaches theatre and film acting. Tamieka is a proud graduate of the British American Drama Academy in Oxford UK and the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in DC.
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