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(Dreamcatcher Rep), Zeblyan in Seth   Company). Daria originated the role of
     Rozin’s Two Jews Walk into a War     Samantha Friedman in Lia Romeo’s The
     (Writers Theatre, NJ Rep, Shadowlands,   Presentation. She also co-stars in VS’s
     and InterAct in Philadelphia), and   web series (Together Apart) and guest
     Andrew Schrag in David Wiltse’s      stars as Aminata/Customer for season
     Sedition. He currently teaches at    two of Cocotazo Media’s audio fiction
     Fairleigh Dickinson University. He holds   series, Timestorm (TimestormSeries.com).
     a BS in Performance Studies from     Assistant/Directing credits include I Am
     Northwestern University, a MPA in    The Gooseking by Ben Firke (The
     Nonprofit Management from Seton Hall,   Tank), Valentine’s Day Cabaret:
     a Masters Certificate in Creative    Kindred Spirits (Vivid Stage), Portrait of
     Placemaking from the Bloustein School   the Widow Kinski (Vivid Stage), and
     at Rutgers, and an MFA in Playwriting   Contagious Drama’s 2022 Evening of
     from Goddard College.                Short Plays. Daria wrote a one-act play
                 Daria M. Sullivan (she/  (Somewhere in Between), which was
                 her/hers) is a NJ/NYC    produced at the University of Pittsburgh
                 based actor, director,   as well as several short plays for
                 writer, teaching artist, and   Contagious Drama’s 2022 Evening of
                 arts administrator. She is   Short Plays. She enjoys traveling and
                 a member of Vivid Stage’s   collaborating with artists from diverse
                 acting ensemble and      backgrounds and is especially
                 playwrights’ group       invigorated by stories centering Black
     (Dreamweavers), a member of Burn It   women. You can learn more about
     Down/BiD (NYC film collective), a Vira I.   Daria on her episode of Vivid Stage’s
     Heinz (VIH) alumna, a Humanity in    Local podcast (Season 3; Episode 6).
     Action Senior Fellow, the Manager of   Want to create together? Shoot her an
     Programs and Services for the New    email at DariaMSullivan@gmail.com.
     Jersey Theatre Alliance, and the     Training: BA, University of Pittsburgh.
     Managing Associate for Vivid Stage. She         Jason Szamreta made
     co-produced and art directed BiD’s short        his debut at Vivid Stage as
     films, Variations and A Cure                    Luke in the 2011
     (respectively). Theatre credits include         production of Next Fall and
     Rapunzel (Regional - Byham Theater/             joined the company after
     Pittsburgh Cultural Trust), Soft Animals        performing in the following
     (Vivid Stage), Water in My Hands (Vivid         season's original musical
     Stage), Be Here Now (Vivid Stage), and          The Neighborhood. He has
     Unveiling Liberty (Speranza Theatre   also appeared in Rx, The Most
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