Stephen Wangh
Stephen Wangh, is a director, acting teacher and author. He was Associate Writer for The Laramie Project (Emmy nomination 2002), a co-writer, of The People’s Temple (Glickman Award: Best Play in the Bay Area 2005), and dramaturg of Moisés Kaufman’s Gross Indecency. His recent works include The Waiting Room, a zoom-play, Silverthorne Theater 2021; Waking Up, a ten-minute anxiety Dream, Vermont Actor’s Rep, 2022; and Misconceptions, Blessed Unrest, NYC, May, 2023. Steve is the author of two books: An Acrobat of the Heart, a Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski, (Vintage Random House 2000) and The Heart of Teaching: Empowering Students in the Performing Arts, (Routledge, 2012). He has taught acting at Emerson College, at Naropa University, and at NYU, where he is Arts Professor Emeritus. During the past few years, Steve has also been training actors in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine.
Carlos Uriona
Carlos Uriona is Double Edge Theatre’s Cultural Strategist, lead actor, creator, puppeteer and grassroots organizer, originally from Argentina. As a bridge builder, Uriona has forged the way for DE’s audience and grassroots involvement and infused the theatre’s work with a deep sense of optimism. Since 1996, he has co-created and appeared in all of the theatre’s performances. Before coming to Double Edge, Uriona founded the award-winning puppet theatre Diablomundo, named one of the “Top Ten Most Important Argentine Theatres of the 20th Century” by the Association of Argentinean Critics. Uriona has received numerous awards including a Lila Wallace APAP award and was a recipient of the Doris Duke/Andrew Mellon/TCG New Generations Mentorship Award.