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to the opening night performance and celebration of Sea Dog Theater’s…

PERFORMANCE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 7:30 PM
SEA DOG THEATER
209 EAST 16TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10003

CELEBRATION

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THE PERFORMANCE
OLMSTEAD HALL
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ABOUT THE SHOW

Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets is a 1935 drama set in the Bronx during the Great Depression, centering on the working-class Berger family. The play follows three generations struggling with economic hardship, unfulfilled dreams, and the tension between idealism and survival. At its heart is Bessie Berger, the domineering mother who prioritizes financial security over her children's aspirations, particularly her son Ralph, who longs for independence, and her daughter Hennie, trapped in a loveless marriage. The play captures the desperation and resilience of ordinary people trying to find dignity in a harsh world.

CAST

  • Born and raised in New York City; Juan Carlos Diaz began acting at the age of six in various school plays and musicals while a child. After completing theatre studies at Bard College, he returned to New York to pursue his love and devotion for acting. His constant drive and dedication keeps him hard at work as an actor.

  • Christopher J. Domig is a three-time New York Innovative Theater Award nominee and Fringe Festival Outstanding Actor winner. Previous Sea Dog Theater productions include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (NYIT Best Revival 2018) and Tuesdays with Morrie (Off-Broadway Alliance Best Revival 2024). He is developing a stage adaptation of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. www.christopherdomig.com

  • New York/Off-Broadway: Macbeth (The Curtain), The War of Woo (Thin Duke Productions). Regional: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, American Players Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre. Film/TV: Law and Order: Organized Crime. Education: Northwestern University (BS). Thanks to family, friends, and manager Ben Padua. AEA/SAG-AFTRA.

  • Nancy Ma is an actor, playwright, and filmmaker from Chinatown New York. She is a 2025-2028 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. Theatre: Support (On The Verge), Memorial (Pan Asian Repertory); Three Little Girls Down a Well (UTR/The Public); Home (Latino Theater Company). TV: “Bull,” “Hacks,” “Barry.” www.littlenancyma.com

  • Off Broadway: As You Like It (The Public/ Shakespeare in the Park) Regional: Two Bit in The Outsiders (La Jolla Playhouse), Fly (Capital Repertory Theatre), Gypsy (Harbor Lights). Training: NYU Tisch - The Meisner Studio, Stonestreet Studios, RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Owner of McGhie Productions, a film production company.

  • Theater: Iraq, But Funny (Lookingglass Theatre Company), Three Tall Persian Women (Shakespeare and Company), When the Rain Stops Falling (Lenfest Center for the Arts). TV credits: High Maintenance. Developed work at NYTW, Irish Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Arena Stage, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Wrote and acted in short films, Auto Plus and Inkshop. Represented by Framework Entertainment. MFA Acting Columbia University. Love to G.

  • Gary Sloan has performed leading roles off-Broadway in New York and throughout the US in major regional theatres for forty years. He most recently was Head of the MFA Acting program at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His acting text, In Rehearsal, was released by Routledge Publishing in London in 2011. He is currently rehearsing a five-year King Lear project with friend and director, Mark Lewis.

  • Honing her skills on Broadway, national tours, and in regional theatre, Debra has played a variety of roles from the title character in CLYDE’S to Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly!.TV and streaming appearances include Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, and Harlem. Debra made her Broadway directorial debut as the Associate Director of Thoughts of a Colored Man. She currently serves as Interim Associate Artistic Director at The York Theatre.