Phoenix Festival DIGITAL Playbill 2024 (2) - Flipbook - Page 39
KIARA RUTH LUNA (Fabian)
This is Ms. Luna’s acting debut with The Drilling Company, having served as stage manager
for their Spring production of HERSELF. She is an Actor, Writer, and Stage Manager based
in Queens, New York. She is excited to work with The Drilling Company for the 昀椀rst time
and would like to thank the whole team for welcoming her with open arms. Previous PSM
credits include Not About Me (Dir. Eduardo Machado, Theatre for the New City), Everybody
(LaGuardia Community College), Big Love (LaGuardia Community College), Playing the
Other (The New School) and more. Acting credits include Swinging for all female roles at
the LaGuardia Community Theatre production of Spring Awakening (2023), Lisa in Ablazed
(2022), Lexy Darling/Blanket Lady/Soloist in Rent (2022).
ANDY ROWELL (Feste) making his TDC and SitPL debut is a comedic performer
and writer who honed his craft at Chicago's prestigious improv and sketch institutions: The
Annoyance Theatre, iO Comedy Network, and the Second City mainstage. Now in New York
City, Andy continues to hone his skills while nurturing the next generation of comedic talent
through teaching and performing at Second City New York. He also performs regularly at
The Tank NYC and Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Beyond the stage, Andy has graced the
silver screen in independent 昀椀lms and brought laughter to national audiences with a
memorable character on America's Got Talent, "The Tequila Guy," who charmed even the
notoriously tough judge Simon Cowell. Follow Andy's comedic journey at @theandyrowell.
THE DRILLING COMPANY THEATRE SINCE 1999
Since 1999, now in our 29 season of programming, The Drilling Company has been
bringing together diverse audiences, developing plays and playwrights of social conscience
and offering FREE Shakespeare to thousands of New Yorkers from every walk of life. Their
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has become a grassroots institution on the Lower East Side,
known throughout the world. The Norwegians, Gabriel: A Polemic, Home of The Great
Pecan, Reservoir, Over the Line, and Mutant Sex Party are a few of the many TDC world
premieres. Having inaugurated the Bryant Park Shakespeare program with HAMLET in 2014,
TDC has presented ten full productions in Bryant Park, bringing a new summer tradition to
New York City. Go to www.drillingcompany.org. Learn more and “drop a ducat in the bucket!”
