Short Play Festival - NYC 2021 - June 10 - June 27, 2021
Be Bold Productions
Who's Who
-
Anita Daswani
as Blind Girl in Fallen Man
Anita Daswani is an NYC-based actress with performance experience ranging from Off-off-Broadway plays to TV and film. She made her Big Apple debut in 2018 in the original play The Suicide Journals, which shed light on suicide awareness and prevention. Since then she has starred in other original works such as Loving Japamala, and Flowers: A Thorny Romance Story. She also appeared in the well-renowned Moisés Kaufman play, The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. Her latest work was in the Indie-theatre-hit, The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. After over a year of only being able to perform virtually, she is thrilled to be back on stage participating in the Rogue Theater Festival—especially in such a timely piece as Fallen Man.
-
Kris Paredes
as Politician in Fallen Man
Kris is originally from Lima, Peru, and a fluent bilingual actress. She fell in love with acting and dance from a very young age. In her earlier years, she focused on dance, training in various styles. Eventually, she switched her focus, and began studying acting at William Esper’s two year Meisner program, which helped her acquire a new level of respect for the art. She has then worked in various theatre productions, films, commercials, webisodes, and Spanish voice overs. Prior to the pandemic, she had the pleasure of working on the off-broadway play, Quiet Enjoyment. Kris also wrote and produced a film, Waiting for Valeria. She is currently working on the film, Pocha. Her other passions include photography, weight training, and Krav Maga.
-
Robert Maisonett
as Fallen Man in Fallen Man
Robert Maisonett graduated with a B.A. in Theatre from Lehman College and has numerous stage and film credits. He was a 2017 BRIO Award recipient for Narrative Film & Video in Media Arts for his work in Latin Lives, a web series and play, which he developed and created. In Feb 2020, Robert played Brian in Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Shadow Box (Regeneration Theatre). He is honored to finally be back on stage in Wayne Firestone’s Fallen Man and be part of The Rogue Theatre Festival.
Page 11 of 22
