Ariana Derambakhsh is an actor based in Redondo Beach, CA.

Ahmad Kamal is thrilled to be making his debut at Amphibian Stage! Ahmad is an Egyptian actor residing in Washington DC, where his regional credits include Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Olney Theatre Center, among others. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Instagram: @king_o_egypt.

Andrew Nicolas is an actor based in McKinney, TX.

Naneen Arafat Murphy is an actor based in South Orange, NJ.

Jamie Rezanour is an actor based in Houston, TX.

Lois Abdelmalek is an actor based in Philadelphia, PA.

Mariana Saba is an actor based in Northport, NY.

Savannah Yasmine Elayyach is a Lebanese-Brazilian actor born and raised in Dallas, TX. She has worked with various DFW theaters, including Dallas Theater Center (Clue), Circle Theatre (One Man, Two Guvnors and HSPP: Waiting for the End), Echo Theatre (Tomorrow Game), Imprint Theatreworks (PUFFS, We Are Pussy Riot, and First Impressions Festival), Firehouse Theatre (Curiouser), and Lily & Joan (Redeemer Mine). Other credits include In the Heights, Dog Sees God, The Crucible, Watbanaland, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Fefu and Her Friends, and more.

Christian Tannous is an actor based in Sugarland, TX.

Victoria Nassif is an actor based in Chicago, IL.

Taylor Blackman (he/him) is an actor, writer, producer, director, and professor based in Brooklyn, NY. As an actor, Taylor recently finished the first National Tour of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. He has also performed with Roundabout Theatre Company, The Movement Theatre Company, The Public Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and New York Stage & Film. Taylor can also be seen on Comedy Central’s “Alternatino” and on CBS’ “FBI”. As a playwright, he is currently under commission with Ensemble Studio Theatre & Roberta P Sloan to create a new scientific play. He has held residency with Hi-ARTS Harlem to develop new works, as well creatively produced readings and workshops of his own work. Taylor recently served as the movement director for a recent production of Sweet Chariot that premiered at The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival. He holds a professorship with the New School in the Theatre Department. Taylor is currently working on a new musical titled Hero, created by Shariffa Ali and Vuyo Sotashe.

Kate Moore Heaney (she/her) is a theatre director, producer, and dramaturg. Kate is the Artistic Associate, Literary at Long Wharf Theatre, Artistic Producer of Noor Theatre, and a founding steering committee member for the Middle Eastern and North African Theater Makers Alliance (MENATMA). She has directed and/or developed new work with The Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, The Playwrights Realm, The Civilians’ R&D Group, New York Theatre Workshop, The Amoralists, The Flea, The Shakespeare Society, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and other NYC companies. She has assistant or associate directed with Ibex Theatricals/The New Vic, McCarter Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Yale Institute for Music Theatre, and The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway. B.A.: Yale. katemooreheaney.com

Sharifa Yasmin (she/her) is a trans Egyptian-American director, actor, playwright and intimacy coordinator. She has completed directing fellowships with The Drama League, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Manhattan Theatre Club, Geva Theatre, and was a Eugene O’Neill national directing fellow. Yasmin’s playwriting focuses on the intersection of Queer and Arab identities. Her plays have been produced with the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Uprising Theatre, Amphibian Stage, Trans Theatre Fest, Women’s Theatre Festival, taught at DePaul, Susquehanna, and Kansas Universities, and published in The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays. Yasmin was honored as the inaugural recipient of the SCDF Barbara Whitman Award in 2021. She currently serves as a member of The Drama League’s Directors Council, and is completing her MFA in Directing with Brown/Trinity Rep. www.sharifayasmin.com