Christopher J. Domig, Artistic Director;
Erin Layton, Associate Producer
presents

NOVEMBER 14, 2026 @ 2PM & 7PM

SEA DOG THEATER
209 EAST 16TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10003

Random Acts is an award-winning solo play about a girl coming of age on Chicago's South Side and in Minneapolis during the racial and social upheaval of the 1960s and '70s. With humor and vivid storytelling, Renata follows her from childhood to adulthood. Along the way, the play explores kindness, acceptance, bullying, friendship and peer pressure, and the breaking down of stereotypes.

RENATA HINRICHS

Renata Hinrichs (Writer & Performer) is an actress/writer/producer. Her solo play Random Acts, received the Best Storytelling Script award from the United Solo Festival and has been performed Off-Broadway, in high schools, and regional theaters throughout the United States. She is also known for the lead role in the Cannes Festival, award-winning film Happy Now, Marvel's Jessica Jones with Janet McTeer, and Extrapolations on AppleTV.  She won an OBIE Award for best ensemble in Big Dance Theater's production of A Simple Heart, directed by Annie B Parson. She is a proud member of FAB (theater FOR, ABOUT and BY women) at the Barrow Group. Her award-winning short film Different Than Yesterday is currently making its way through the festival circuit. For a full list of credits go to www.RenataHinrichs.com  or https://www.IMDb.me/RenataHinrichs 

JESSI D. HILL

Jessi D. Hill (Director) Latest NYC credits include Off-Broadway productions of Matthew Freeman’s The Ask in 2026 and 2024 at the wild project (Drama Desk Award Nomination), Crystal Skillman’s Open (NY Times Critic’s Pick), Robert Montano’s, Small (2024 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Nominations), Justin Taylor’s Unblinking Eye (TheaterLab), Chisa Hutchinson’s Surely Goodness and Mercy (Keen Company), Larissa FastHorse’s Vanishing Point (HERE Arts Center). NYC credits include new work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, Primary Stages, Labyrinth, The Women’s Project, 59E59, P73, Clubbed Thumb, LaMama, The New Group, Rattlestick, Ensemble Studio Theatre, terraNOVA Collective, Culture Project, Musical Theatre Factory, The Acting Company, The Barrow Group, New Dramatists, The Playwrights Realm, New Georges and others. Recent Regional Credits: Old Globe, George St. Playhouse, A.R.T, Denver Center, People’s Light, Diversionary, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, TheatreSquared, Orlando Shakes and others. She has been a director and teacher in professional training programs at Yale, Juilliard, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center/NTI, Fordham University, Powerhouse/NY Stage & Film, NYU/Tisch, Strasberg, The Atlantic School, Playwrights Horizons, and others. Jessi is a recipient of the Denham Fellowship from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, an Alum of the Women’s Project Lab, and an Affiliated Artist at New Georges. Her work has been seen internationally in Edinburgh, London, New Zealand, Berlin Amsterdam, Bucharest, Hamburg, Brussels, Ukraine and Rome. MFA: Yale. Member SDC.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Sea Dog Theater would like to thank: Calvary- St. Georges Episcopal Church for their hospitality and for allowing us to be artist-in-residence. 

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SEA DOG THEATER STAFF

Artistic Director and Co-Founder
Christopher J. Domig

Co-Founder
Janelle Garcia Domig

Associate Producer
Erin Layton

Operations Manager
Racquelle Patterson

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SEA DOG THEATER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christopher J. Domig
Dean Poynor
Meaghan Ritchey
Kathy Treat
Kiki Tsakalakis

ABOUT SEA DOG

At Sea Dog Theater, we gather around stories, shared meals, and honest conversations to explore questions of alienation and reconciliation. Through intimate and innovative theater productions, we invite artists and audiences into a shared search for meaning, one encounter at a time.

We treat the work of producing plays as a way of practicing community.

  • Extended Hospitality: We turn ordinary spaces into places of shared presence and care. Our post-show gatherings offer food, wine, and intentional conversations that invite honest reflection. We share stories and create space to linger, nurturing a sense of belonging.

  • Attentive Listening: We value the unscripted, the hesitant, the rough and the unfinished. We listen with openness, welcome new ideas, and honor the stories our artists and audiences carry, both in the creative process and in conversations after.

  • Reparative Reconciliation:  We name what’s been broken. Through our plays and conversations, we explore how alienation takes root, naming injustice, acknowledging complicity, and inviting one another into the work of repair and reconciliation. While not always synonymous, we remain committed to both whenever possible.

  • Courageous Collaboration: We step into discomfort: artistically, relationally, and philosophically. We choose work and collaborators that stretch us, challenge assumptions, and open us to new perspectives.

  • Creative Renewal: We rehumanize what has been cast aside. We honor the small, the struggling, the unexpected, and the unseen—trusting that beauty takes root in the most unlikely places.

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Sea Dog’s Reading Series is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.