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GUILLERMO YUSCARAN (ORIGINAL AUTHOR):   Guillermo Yuscaran (William Lewis) is both a writer and primitivist painter.  He has lived in Honduras on-an-off for more than three decades and currently resides in Santa Lucia, a small village outside of Tegucigalpa.  A former Fulbright scholar, he holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  His work has appeared in major publications in the US, Canada, Latin America and Europe.  He has written for Newsweek, The Miami Herald, Selecciones (Reader’s Digest), Islands, Ms., The British Broadcasting Company, The Journal of Inter-American Studies, and many others.  In Honduras, his work has appeared in Sobre Vuelo, Tragaluz, Prisma, Arte and El Tiempo.  Exhibitions of his paintings have been held in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize, as well as the US.  He has authored numerous books, including GRINGOS IN HONDURAS, VELASQUEZ: THE MAN AND HIS ART, POINTS OF LIGHT, and BLUE PARIAH.

FELIX IVANOV (DIRECTOR):  Felix is an internationally acclaimed fight choreographer, teacher and director.  He is a member of The Wooster Group; The Acting Company; The Russian Guild for Movement and Stage Combat Teachers; and has been on the full-time faculty of Syracuse University’s Drama Department since 2008.  Felix trained under the original students of Stanislavsky and Vakhtangov.  He holds an MFA in Acting from the Vakhtangov Theater School, and a BFA from the Stasov Music School, both in Moscow, Russia.  He is well versed in the art of Musical Clownery, Physical Comedy, Stage Combat, Movement and Character Dance.  Felix has over 30 years experience in the martial arts, participates annually in national/international competitions, and holds the master’s level in the Chinese Martial Arts of Kuoshu, and the black belt/Shodan rank in Judo.  He has developed an original dynamic training for actors, and has gained an international recognition for his teaching methods.  He has served on the full-time faculties of numerous international and American schools of higher learning, including: The Juilliard School (1996 to 2008); North Carolina School of the Arts (1991 to 1996); The Conservatory of the Moscow Art Theatre (1985 to 1991); among others.  His work on stage movement and fight choreography was seen at such venues as: The Shakespeare Theater (Washington, DC); The Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN); The Shakespeare Theater Festival (Cleveland, OH); NEW YORK: The Acting Company; The Lincoln Center Theater; The Metropolitan Opera; The New York Theater Workshop; The Wooster Group; The Pearl Theater; The Cherry Lane Theater; The SoHo Repertory Theater; SoHo Playhouse; among others.

MARIO QUESADA (ADAPTER/PERFORMER):  Mario Quesada is an actor/writer based in NYC.  His work includes lead and character roles in: THREE SISTERS (dir. Pavol Liska, Classic Stage Company); THE CHERRY ORCHARD (dir. Juan Souki, Classic Stage Company); ZASTROZZI (dir. Felix Ivanov); THE THREE PENNY OPERA (dir. Henning Hegland, Columbia Stages).  He wrote/performed his first solo piece, YA GET THE PICTURE, for the HOWL Arts Festival at the Connelly Center.  The piece was based on his time working with a street ministry/homeless group.  Mario has also performed with groups such as Columbia Stages, the MFA Directors of Columbia, and The Nature Theater of Oklahoma.  Mario holds a BA in English/Drama from Catholic University in Washington, DC.  He trained/performed for four years with the group of Russian/Georgian artists in DC formerly known as the Stanislavsky Theatre.  With them, he played roles in the HELEN HAYES AWARD winning productions of Dostoevsky’s THE IDIOT and Goethe’s FAUST: PARTS 1 & 2, and toured with CHICHA THE FOX.