PREPAREDNESS
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November 10 - December 11, 2021
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PREPAREDNESS » November 10 - December 11, 2021 »
Written by Hillary Miller
Directed by Kristjan Thor
This comic thriller follows the faculty of a moribund arts department forced to undergo self-defense training. As the afternoon unravels into chaos, these educators discover the costs of a divided community. Award-winning theater scholar Miller teams up with director Thor, who brings his immersive horror expertise to Preparedness, examining the effects of fear on our professional lives.
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Alison Cimmet
Kath
Alison Cimmet is a veteran of theater, film, and television. She was in the original casts of seven Broadway shows (most recently Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus and Amelie) and countless off-Broadway and regional productions (including Romeo & Juliet at Westport Country Playhouse and the world premiere of John Guare's 3 Kinds of Exile at the Atlantic Theater). She has graced the small and large screens, most notably in The Big Sick movie and television shows such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blacklist, and Bull. Check out her acting reeland full resume.
After receiving a Theater Arts degree from Brown University - where she won the prestigious Weston Award for excellence in acting - Alison continued her performance studies with CayMichael Patten, Bob Krakower, and Larry Moss, and spent many years doing improv comedy with Upright Citizens Brigade. As a singer, Alison trained classically at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and went on to work with Craig Carnelia, Marianne Challis, Steve Sweetland, and Matt Farnsworth. She is a proud member of The Actors Center where she has studied acting with incredible teachers such as Ron Van Lieu (Yale School of Drama), Maria Aitken (BADA), Jessica Wolf (Yale School of Drama), Peter Jay Fernandez (Columbia University), and Rebecca Guy (Juilliard School), to name a few!
Alison grew up in Portland, Maine, spending most of her free time doing either community theater or community service. She currently resides in Westchester, New York, with her spouse and two children, all of whom happen to be geniuses. She is an active participant behind the scenes at various charitable organizations including Covenant House and Artists Striving to End Poverty.
In her spare time, Alison produces intimate developmental play readings with the company that she founded, Bonfire Theatre Group, and also works as a visual artist creating paintings, drawings, and collages under the name Fancille. Check back here regularly for acting updates, and follow Alison on Instagram!
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Nora Cole
Laurette
Highlights: w George C. Wolfe, Caroline or Change (National Theatre/London), On the Town, Jelly’s Last Jam (B’Way & Nat’l Tour). Rinde Eckert’s, And God Created Great Whales, David Schweizer, dir (Foundry Theatre w The Culture Project, Audelco nominee), Mom, How…..Beatles, (RACCA) Regional: Intimate Apparel, Fences, Angela’s Mixtape, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, To Kill a Mockingbird, Doubt, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, You Can’t Take It with You (w Robert Vaughn), Avenue X, The Colored Museum, Medea (Title role w Vinnette Carroll). TV: Ray Donovan recurring. Playwright: Katherine’s Colored Lieutenant, Olivia’s Opus, Voices of the Spirits in My Soul (Audelco nominee). Recipient: TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellow for Distinguished Achievement, Hedgebrook alum and Black Theatre Torch Bearer. noracole.net.
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Tracy Hazas
Haydee
Tracy Hazas is a queer Cuban-American actor and movement director from Louisville, Kentucky based in New York. (Hazas rhymes with the Spanish casas.)
Tracy has performed at various NYC theaters including New York City Center, Dixon Place, Abrons Art Center, the Bushwick Starr, Theater for the New City and HERE Arts Center. She has been a movement consultant on plays produced by Clubbed Thumb (NYC) and regionally at Word for Word, Center Repertory Company and Davis Shakespeare. With director Kathleen Capdesuñer, she is currently developing Los Kentubanos, a new full-length performance that had its first work-in-progress showing at INTAR, and which will be further developed in residence at the Mercury Store in 2026.
She is an affiliated artist with Counter-Balance Theater. Regionally, she’s performed at the Aurora Theatre Company and CenterREP in the Bay Area, among others. She made her feature debut in White Rabbit at Sundance 2018. Tracy is repped commercially by BBR Talent; clients include Tide, Xbox, Uber and others. Voiceover work includes KCRW’s podcast The Organist, and narration for the Eisenhower Presidential Memorial, and the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
Tracy has held teaching appointments at Stanford University, Emerson College Los Angeles, Montclair State University and Queens College. BA, Smith College (Comparative Lit & Spanish); MA, NYU Tisch School (Performance Studies); MFA, UC Irvine (Acting).
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Lou Liberatore
Jeff
LOU LIBERATORE (Beelzebub) Broadway: Burn This (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Award nominations), As Is. Off Broadway: God Shows Up (ActorsTemple), Daniel’s Husband (Westside Theatre, Primary Stages, Penguin Rep), Pushkin (Sheen Center), Rocket to the Moon (St. Clement’s), others. Regional: Angels in America (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (Berkeley Rep), 12 Angry Men (Pioneer), others. London: Burn This. TV: Blindspot, Deception, The Affair, Law & Order, Sex and the City, Nurse Jackie, others. Film: Lesson #4, Barrio Boy, (upcoming), and It’s My Party, Mary & Louise, others. Education: Fordham University (Lincoln Center), William Esper. Member Artist: Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Actors Center and The Circle Repertory Company (1985-96).
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Luis Moreno
Alex/Nathan
Luis was born in New York City to immigrant parents from Spain, he grew up in Midtown Manhattan in a bilingual household, speaking English at school and Spanish at home. His acting journey began at the age of four when his mother enrolled him in a Spanish-speaking theater group in his neighborhood. Throughout his childhood, he traveled frequently to Spain to visit extended family before relocating with his family to Madrid at age 13. There, he continued performing in school productions as well as with community theater companies throughout the city.
In the mid-1990s, he returned to the United States to attend Bard College, where he earned a double major in Drama/Dance and Philosophy. After graduating, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he performed with several independent theater companies, including Liminal and defunkt. Following a workshop with SITI Company and a brief return to Spain, he relocated to New York City to pursue an MFA in Acting at Columbia University. During his graduate studies, he trained with renowned teachers including Kristen Linklater, Andrei Șerban, Anne Bogart, Brian Kulick, Larry Singer, and many others.
Throughout his career, he has performed in theaters across New York City and the United States, appearing Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, and on national tours. His theater credits include work with Monica Bill Barnes & Co., Red Bull Theater, Classic Stage Company, The Acting Company, Caborca, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and La MaMa ETC, as well as leading regional theaters including Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
In 2009, he began narrating audiobooks in English and has since recorded more than 100 titles. His narration credits span a wide range of genres and authors, including Miguel de Cervantes, William S. Burroughs, Danielle Steel, Harlan Ellison, Carlos Castaneda, and E. E. Cummings, among many others.
He expanded into film and television in 2013, making his feature film debut in Home, directed by Jono Oliver, and appearing in Tarik Karam's short film Zzzzzzz, which screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Since then, he has appeared in numerous television series, including The Blacklist, Person of Interest, The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, The Mysteries of Laura, and Daredevil.
Outside of acting, he has also worked as a freelance stagehand and theatrical electrician for several New York theaters, most notably St. Ann's Warehouse and Columbia University's Graduate Theatre Program.
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KK Moggie
Carol
KK was born in Malaysia to an Iban father and New Zealand Mother, K.K grew up in both of her cultures. Spending her early years in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and her formative years in Christchurch and later Auckland, New Zealand.
Off Broadway includes: Preparedness (Bushwick Starr) Eureka Day (Colt Coeur), Passage (Soho Rep), The Gravediggers Lullaby (The Actors Company) Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theater) Charles Francis Chan Jr’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (NAATCO), One Night (Cherry Lane), The Golden Dragon (The Play Company), Bottom of the World (Atlantic Theater Company), Grace (MCC), Richard III (Classic Stage Company)
Regional: Mary Stuart (title role, Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
Film: Shackled, After Party, Home, Anna and the King, The Sleeping Dictionary
T.V includes: Gotham Knights (Upcoming) (CW), Inventing Anna (Netflix), Bull (CBS), God Friended Me (CBS) The Good Wife (CBS), Gossip Girl (CW), Mercy (NBC), White Collar
(USA)MFA Columbia University Acting Program.
K.K is also an adjunct professor in acting for camera, having taught at Columbia University, PACE University and Long Island University.
K.K considers herself third culture and 1st generation Asian American.
Scenic Designer Carolyn Mraz, Costume Designer Rodrigo Muñoz, Lighting Designer Christina Tang, Sound Designer Chris Darbassie, Prop Designer Patricia Marjorie, Casting X Casting / Victor Vazquez CSA, Production Stage Manager Christina M. Woolard, Assistant Stage Manager Jackie Mercer, Producer Oliver Kramer and Amanda Cooper/ALC Management
Preparedness is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support for this project was provided by a PSC-CUNY Award, jointly funded by The Professional Staff Congress and the City University of New York.