RELUME Ensemble 2026
Red Velvet
By Lolita Chakrabarti
NICEE BROWN
Connie/Ellen Tree
DAVE YAKUBIK
Charles Kean
MARIA LATIOLAIS
Betty Lovell/Margaret Aldridge
ALEXANDRA AVILA
Director
PARKER OWEN
Pierra Laporte
PHILLIP J. SHORTELL
Bernard Walde/Terence
Nine Moons
by Keith Hamilton Cobb
KEITH HAMILTON COBB he|him
Playwright and ot’ Teo
Keith Hamilton Cobb has been drawn mostly to the stage in his working life, but has also been recognized for several unique character portrayals he has created for television. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His play, American Moor (published by Methuen Drama), ran off-Broadway at Cherry Lane Theatre in the fall of 2019, and is part of the permanent collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Keith is an Artist-in-Residence at Sacred Heart University (CT), and is the director of Project Untitled, a company evolving socially just processes of analysis and inquiry at the intersection of humanities education and theater-making. The company’s seminal work is The Untitled Othello Project, evolved in collaboration with Sacred Heart University and Blessed Unrest Theatre Company, which operates as an extended “interrogation and rehearsal with artists and educators” of Shakespeare’s play, Othello, disrupting antiquated ideas of its purpose and value. The play, Nine Moons, grows from the work of The Untitled Othello Project and its collaborators.
ARIANA KARP she|her
Director
Ariana is an actor, director, educator, and cellist. She has been the Artistic Director of Incite Shakespeare Company Santa Fe since 2018. She is an alumna of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) with a Master’s degree in Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre, and a Bachelor’s degree in Literature-Theatre from Reed College. Ariana has made theatre in New York, London, and across the United States and Japan. She has taught university courses on acting, Shakespeare, voice, and movement, and completed teaching residencies and workshops for actors and students of all ages throughout the US. In the fall of 2025 she began work as a teaching artist with Marin Shakespeare Company's Shakespeare for Social Justice program in various prisons throughout California's Central Valley.
TERRANCE MACNAMARA he|him
Brabantio Sforza
Santa Fe actor Terrance MacNamara apperared on Broadway with Steppenwolf Theatre in it's Tony award production of The Grapes of Wrath. He was recently seen as Brabantio in the Santa Fe ISC productions of Othello and Nine Moons. Terry was a regular on the Chicago stage before moving to Santa Fe to pursue both acting and his work as a bronze sculptor. I am excited to find work on stage and film in the rapidly expanding Santa Fe scene.
Contact: terrymac@earthlink.net
KOPPANY PUSZTAI he|him
Michael Cassio
Koppány Pusztai is a Hungarian-born actor working across stage and screen. A recipient of the Robert Redford Scholarship, he earned his BFA at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Since joining Theater Grottesco in 2018, he has contributed to seven original devised works. Recent stage appearances include Eden Prairie, 1971 at the New Mexico Actors Lab, and A Year with Frog and Toad, Everybody, and Fun Home at the Santa Fe Playhouse. On screen, Koppány recently made his Hallmark Channel debut in the feature film Love in the Clouds as Carlos, and has appeared in television series including the CW’s Roswell, New Mexico and Netflix’s Obliterated. Koppány is represented by the O’Agency and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Love to Mariah. @koppany_pusztai
EMILY RANKIN she|her
Desdemona Sforza
Emily Rankin is an actor, director, and artist who has been an active theatre maker for over twenty years. Since relocating to New Mexico in 2018, she’s been a regular fixture in Santa Fe’s theatre scene, working with companies like the Santa Fe Playhouse, Santa Fe Classic Theater, New Mexico Actors Lab, and of course, ISC. Most recently, she appeared in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Santa Fe Classic Theater, Grace: Stories with Ironweed Productions, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with ISC. In 2025, she began serving as the Artistic Director of the New Mexico Actors Lab.