Mission

Proscaenium Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to create an artistic home where artists and allies can gather to celebrate life, empower as one, and navigate humanity. At Proscaenium we strive to be courageous and passionate storytellers who tell culturally relevant and provocative stories. We yearn to spark imagination, activate the heart, disrupt the senses and adventure into crossing the boundaries of the mind.

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge and honor that we stand in the unceded traditional land of the Munsee Lenape, the Canarsee, the Wequaesgeek and the Siwanoy. We acknowledge that we have benefited from their land and their systems and that they were forcibly and painfully removed from this land. We gratefully honor their still vibrant communities and we recognize this is only the first step back to unity and healing.

 Core Values

 

Empathy:

A person centered approach, open-minded and respectful to everyone we cross paths with and everything we create.

Creation:

An aspiration to create and innovate work that makes us question our foundations.

Diversity:

An imitation of life on and off stage where everyone can see themselves and work in a safe environment.

 

Community:

A home for artists and allies built by a hunger for storytelling and change. Transferring happiness to the world!

Education:

A belief that education can change the world and that knowledge should be accessible to everyone.

Passion:

A commitment to give ourselves to the work and others, and ignite what we believe can save lives.

 

Meet Our Team

 

  • Co-Artistic Director

    Jacquelyn Bird enjoyed a long and fulfilling career as a triple-threat performer on Broadway, stage, film, and television. She is also known as a master teacher, choreographer, wellness guide, sound healer, podcaster and writer. For well over a decade, Jacquie has choreographed scores of performances for the Young People’s Chorus of New York City including tour performances throughout Asia, Europe, South America and the U.S. She has directed and choreographed 400+ YPC choristers ages 8-18 in the annual sold-out galas. A native of Brooklyn, NY Jacquie has taught and choreographed aspiring young artists in Japan, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Hong Kong, Canada, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic and Colombia. In the U.S. she has taught at Lehman College, the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in its M.F.A. Theater Program and is a recurring lecturer on swing dance at Hofstra and Princeton Universities. One of her favorite things is teaching movement to actors!

    Jacquie has taught jazz dance at Steps on Broadway, Peridance and at Broadway Dance Center where she was a longtime assistant to the legendary Frank Hatchett and Sue Samuels. In addition, she is the creator/practitioner of StressBusters Guided Meditation and the creator-designing artist of MODAL VISIONS.

 

  • Founding Artistic Director

    Andrés (SDC Member/Director’s Gathering Member) is a Colombian director, choreographer, and performer based in New York City. 

    Formerly, Andrés served as the Artistic Director at The Phoenix Theatre (PA). He has worked with theatre companies such as Out of the Box Theatrics, Misi Productions, Teatro SEA, Fuego Celta and Play Nice Theatre Company, and has served in the Board of Director’s at The Phoenix Theatre (PA) and Arts Culture Jawn.

    Andrés is the founder of Cumbres Musical in Colombia, a preprofessional theatre program. He is also part of the founders of C.R.E.A. Collaborate to Reimagine and Evolve the Arts in New York City.

    As a director, he has worked on numerous theatrical productions both Off-Broadway and Regionally — including theaters such as the Davenport Theatre, the Kraine Theater, and the American Theatre of Actors, among others.  His work as a creator has extended to numerous mediums beyond the theatre, including choreography and film direction.  Within his acting career, Andrés has performed in various theatrical productions, film pieces, and dance works. Some career highlights include Indio in West Side Story, Peter Pan in Peter/Wendy, and How The Westons Won — he is also a resident company member at Teatro SEA and The Phoenix Theatre. Andrés graduated from Misi School of Musical Theatre and The New York Film Academy’s Musical Theater and Film Professional Conservatory. 

 
 
 
 

  • Co-Artistic Director

    Michael has been in the entertainment industry for over forty years. He has worked as an actor, director, and on production and administrative staffs with many companies including The Metropolitan Opera, New York Grand Opera, Actors Creative Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Company, and Theater with a View.

    As an actor, he has played numerous roles over his career specializing in the classics. He began his studies at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and continued studying with theater greats such as Lee Strasberg, Paul Mann, Ernie Martin and Louis Scheeder.

 

  • Production Manager

    Majo is a Colombian stage and production manager. She has an MA in Arts and Culture from the Rome Business School, and a BFA from LaSalle College.

    Majo has worked with companies such as Misi Productions, MUN Entertainment, RCN Television in Colombia; Canal 5 in México; and Salgado Productions, GALA Theater Company and Phoenix Theater.

    Some credits as Stage Manager include: The Sound of Music and Peter Pan (directed by Mitch Sebastian); Arrabal (directed by Sergio Trujillo); Ella es Colombia (directed by Luis Salgado); Más Cerca de las Estrellas (by Studio Festi); Gran Concierto Davivienda de Navidad; Daddy Long Legs; The Last 5 Years; Lion; and The Beauty and The Beast (Disney Theatrical Group, directed by Lynne Kurdzel Formato); Blood Wedding (directed by Andres Gallardo); On Your Feet (directed by Luis Salgado). Credits as Production Manager: Vida (starred by Carolina Gaitán, directed by Johan Velandia), Así Fue (directed by Pedro Salazar), Lo Quiero Ya Colombia.