Phoenix Festival DIGITAL Playbill 2024 (2) - Flipbook - Page 16
MAXIMILLIAN ROMANOV (Props Designer/Wardrobe)
Maximillian is a multimedia artist based in NYC. Utilizing his specialties in different mediums
he has worked for theater productions and short 昀椀lms making props.
ZOE SENESE/GROSSBERG (Playwright/Director)
Zoe Senese-Grossberg is a New York based director, writer, dramaturg, and teaching artist. Recent directing credits
include: The Seagull and RUR with the Firebird Players, Facelift
at Gallery Players, At The End of the World, Hamlet, Orlando,
and Twelve Ophelias at Oberlin College. She has been Firebird’s Literary Director since 2017 and collaborated with them
as a director, adapter, and dramaturg, on eight productions. Zoe has worked as a
stage manager, dramaturg, production assistant, and assistant stage manager at
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Powerhouse Theater, Four Walls Theater, and the
Workshop Theater. Her playwriting has received recognition from organizations
such as the Eugene O’Neill Center, Penguin Random House, and Young Arts. More
at zoesenesegrossberg.com.
ELI WASSERTZUG (Hal)(they/them)
Eli is an NYC-based actor and singer originally from Northern Virginia
with a BA in Drama from Vassar College. They have most recently
worked in the city with New Relic Theatre, The Tank, Notch Theatre
Company, Staten Island Shakespeare Theater, and Milky Way Theatre
Company, and in addition to Vassar, trained with Hangar Theatre, Powerhouse Theater, Synetic Theater, and Traveling Players Ensemble. Eli
aims to create inclusive, collaborative, and spectacular theater that challenges entrenched
systems of power, especially gender. eliwassertzug.com
JULI WORTH (they/them)
Juli is an Oberlin College graduate from Alexandria, VA. They have
worked as a composer and recording artist on 昀椀lms (Redwood, Wolf
Girl, Designing Desire, Boys Who Fly); plays (The Moors, Orlando, The
Tempest); and musical projects (Hotspur Johnny, SCAD Mom, South
Professor.) They completed a semester at the British American Drama
Academy, and have appeared in several plays at Oberlin (The Moors,
Orlando, 12 Ophelias) as well as Firebird’s recent productions of RUR, The Seagull, and Lay
the Bent to the Bonny Broom. They would like to thank the Firebird team and their friends
(including family) for their support during this process.
