Writer Evan Davis
Director Elena Menendez Sanchez
Stage Management by Dibrianys Duran
Designers:
Set Design by Topaz Gao
Sound Designer: Daryl Welcher
Lighting Design by Allison Ramnarine
Costume Design by Sofie Daley
Intimacy Coordinator by Soraya Omtzigt

Joe, an aspiring chef, infiltrates Cookie’s restaurant to reclaim his deceased grandmother’s recipe, the Orange Sauce while hooking up with DJ, Cookie’s grandson, an aspiring underground ambient-jungle disc jockey with lofty dreams of moving to the big city.

Bio

Evan Davis (playwright) is a Black and queer playwright born and raised from Middletown, CT. Evan began writing as a stand-up comedian and then transitioned into playwriting. They founded Pushin the Pen, a Black writers collective located between CT and NYC. Evan centers Black ecologies and technologies and uses storytelling as a form of comedic catharsis and ancestral veneration. Recent credits include: Songbird at the Garde Center Mayfly Play Festival, and the NYU Reality Show at Radio City Music Hall/Skirball Center. They received a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU in May 2024.

Elena Menéndez Sánchez (director) is an Afro-latinex multihyphenate artist who is interested in changingthe boundaries of what mainstream theater can be and who it can be for. She received her BFA in Drama with a minor in Psychology, and uses that education to create spaces in which she and other people like her can feel safe and have a chance to be artists in a system that mainly prioritizes white, cis-heteropatriarchal stories. Elena was born in Canada and began her performing journey as a dancer at the mere age of 4 years old. She loved the lights and the stage from then, and had always pursued new ways of expression that had not yet been seen by others.

Actors

Elijah Maston (playing Joe) is an Ohio born, New York based artist. A 2024 graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Elijah studied musical theatre in the New Studio on Broadway for three years before finishing his time out at Stonestreet Studios for film acting. He was most recently seen in “Songs I’m Not Old Enough to Sing Yet at 54 Below”. He is currently represented by Chi Talent Management.

Daelin De’Mari Elzie (playing DJ) is a Houston Native and recent graduate of New York University with a degree in Drama from Tisch School of The Arts with a minor in Music and Dance. Since his freshmen year of college, Daelin has been a part of numerous productions at Tisch such as Depression Flocks to Black Youth Much Like Moths to Flames (Wil) (Affirmation Theatre Company x NYU Tisch The Collective), Glenn: The Play(Glenn)(Broke People Play Festival), The Colored Museum (Miss Roj), En Folkenfiende(Morten), Race To The Finish(Laquan), Funny House of A Negro( Patrice Lumumba) and Conscious (To Pimp A Butterfly: The Musical-based off the album of the same name by artist Kendrick Lamar). He was also a part of a zoom play production in collaboration with the Tisch LatinX collective called the Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity( Chad Deity). Additionally, he played Kendrick in the Web Series Mediocre by Tisch Student Ibi Han. Back home in Houston, he was a member of Theatre Under The Stars where he was in Orpheus and Eurydice( Orpheus), Once on This Island(Gatekeeper), Memphis: The Musical (Virnin), Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Jacob), and was a member of their performance troupe; performing at local banquets and venues across the Houston area. When he wasn’t performing back home Daelin found joy volunteering at Holthouse Boys and Girls Club downtown where he helped create a Theatre program for inner-city youth and for which he was nominated as his club’s National Youth of The Year candidate two years in a row. You could also catch him working as a camp counselor for children with disabilities in the arts at The River Performing and Visual Arts Center. Daelin would like to say All Praises and Glory be to The Most High GOD for Grace, Mercy and Salvation.

Adama Joy Sall (playing Cookie) is a NYC- based Griotte (Actor, Singer, Writer, and Improviser) who recently completed her BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch! Her most recent work includes playing: FBW in her thesis play “Who’s Your Mammy?” King Claudius/ Ghost in the Playwrights Downtown x Red Bull Theater Company production of “Hamlet” and upcoming roles in “WIGS: The Play” & “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with The Drilling Co. She has also performed with the “NYU Reality Show” at venues such as Radio City Music Hall and Yankee Stadium (2023/24). As a Griotte, her mission is clear: to honor the past and people who have come before her, embrace and interrogate the present, and inspire future generations with the transformative power of a story.

Lauryn Charliah (playing Spirit of Debt) is a recent NYU grad who studied Film and TV. She is an aspiring writer, director, producer, and actor, with a focus on scripted television and film. After majoring in theatre in high school, she has recently returned to acting in theatre. During her undergraduate career, she gained experience working with Marvel Studios, MGM, Omaha Productions, Stay Gold Features, New York Film Academy (NYFA), and NYU. In 2023, she was a showrunner for an NYU web series titled "Quarter-Life Crisis." This year, she directed her thesis film "Touching", which she plans to submit to upcoming film festivals this fall. Looking ahead, Lauryn is committed to supporting and participating in projects that highlight underrepresented voices and stories, such as That Lost Orange Sauce. She's excited to bring life to her role as the Spirit of Debt!

Sanai Boynton (playing the Spirit of Delight) Is ecstatic to make her stage debut after receiving her BFA from New York University this past May. During her time in NYU she originated the role of Anais in (Kinks: A Good Hair Story) produced by Playwrights Horizons and starred in a few commercials. Outside of acting she has a passion for fashion and loves decorating herself with her clothes and eyeliners. Sanai also loves having picnics with friends including fruit and good music.