A Trojan Woman’s Tale

Naomi Lorrain

ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT

Naomi Lorrain is a NYC based playwright and actor. She received her B.A. in the History of Science, History of Medicine and African American Studies from Yale University and her M.F.A. in Acting from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Plays: Rigor Mortis (NYU Freeplay Festival), The Big O aka an adaptation of The Odyssey (Villa La Pietra), #shelfies (52nd Street Project), Uncondish, The Queen of Macon County (HomeBase Theatre Collective Play Festival). Theater: Uncle Vanya, All’s Well That Ends Well, Pygmalion, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, A Bright Room Called Day (NYU Tisch), Restoration Comedy (The Flea), Song for a Future Generation, Big Bend in the Red Dirt Desert (WTF), Daughter of Lot (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). TV: “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix), “Elementary” (CBS),  “The Good Fight” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS). She is also the recipient of both the Williams Pickens and Lily Rosen Prizes from Yale University.  www.naomilorrain.com

Rosa Gilmore

ACTOR

Theater Credits: Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (The Public, Dir. Phyllida Lloyd), Gwendolen in Importance of Being Earnest (Two River Theater), This is how it Ends (59E59), Robin Hood, Three Sisters, The Coming World (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Sehnsucht (Jack Theater). Rosa has an MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program. Some NYU Credits: Uncle Vanya, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Sarah Ruhl’s world premiere of Scenes from Court Life, or the whipping boy and his prince, among others. TV/Film: “Handmaids Tale,” “Elementary,” “Younger,” Going Places, Modern Love.

Keren Lugo

ACTOR

New York Theater credits: Privacy (The Public Theater), Two Mile Hollow (Women’s Project). Regional: Water by The Spoonful (Mark Taper Forum), Scenes From Court Life (Yale Repertory Theater), Women of Padilla (Two River Theater), Henry V, Our Town (Chautauqua Theater Festival). Keren has an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Some NYU credits: Caucasian Chalk Circle, Vanya Sonya Masha and Spike, The Playboy of The West Indies and Arthur Miller’s After The Fall. TV: The Americans (Recurring). Keren is beyond proud to have been born and raised in Puerto Rico.

Carra Patterson

ACTOR

Carra Patterson is an Atlanta native based in Harlem, New York. She originated the role of ‘Rena’ in the Tony Award winning Broadway premiere of August Wilson’s Jitney at Manhattan Theatre Club, where she also made her Broadway debut in the 2012 production of Wit alongside Cynthia Nixon. Her other theater credits include: Roundabout Theater- Significant Other, Little Children Dream of God; Public Theater: Teenage Dick, Measure for Measure; Lincoln Center3: Luck of the Irish; Epic Theater: Richard III. Regional credits: In the Red & Brown Water (Alliance Theater), Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (dir. Kenny Leon, True Colors Theater), The Wiz (True Colors). Film: Tomica Woods in Straight Outta Compton. TV: “The Arrangement,” “Bloodline,” “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife.” MFA: NYU Graduate Acting Program.

Ruffin Prentiss III

ACTOR

Ruffin Prentiss III is a New York based actor originally from Richmond, Va.  He is very excited to be a part of this reading of A Trojan Woman’s Tale.  He has worked in New York and regional theaters across the US, appeared in recurring roles on television, recorded audiobooks, voiceovers, radio and television commercials, and voiced the lead character in the video game Watch Dogs 2. His television credits include: The Arrangement, The Good Fight, Elementary, Power, Madam Secretary, and The Mysteries of Laura. New York Theater Credits include: Autumn’s Harvest (Lincoln Center Education), Hop Da A (Drama League Directorfest) Measure for Measure (Epic Theatre Ensemble), Gordy Crashes (Ricochet Collective), and Fati’s Last Dance (Billie Holliday Theatre).  Regional Credits: Time Sensitive (Guthrie Theatre),  All My Sons & Fences (People’s Light and Theatre), White Lillies (Crossroads Theatre), and Twelfth Night (Allentown Shakes).  MFA Rutgers University and BA University of Pittsburgh.

Maggie Siff

ACTOR

Maggie Siff is currently starring in Showtime’s Billions, opposite Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti.  Other TV and Film credits include Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Nip/Tuck, Life On Mars, Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order,  A Woman, A Part (2017 Rotterdam Film Fest.), The Short History of the Long Road, The Sweet Life, The Fifth Wave, Concussion (Teddy Award Jury Prize, Berlin Film Fest.), Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Paul McGuigan’s Push, Judd Apatow’s Funny People.

Siff is an established theater actress and she mostly recently played Kate in Theater for a New Audience’s production of The Taming Of The Shrew.  Her other credits include The Escort (Geffen Playhouse), OR (Women’s Project), Ethan Hawke’s Lie Of The Mind (New Group), Richard Nelson’s Frank’s Home (Playwrights Horizons), Ruby Sunrise (Public Theater), Dollhouse (Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Jefferson Award nom.), Ghosts (Lantern Theater Company, Barrymore Award). Originally from New York City, Siff graduated with an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College