Team
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Max Boone (he/him)
Parsley (The Tank)Max Boone is a musical theatre performer, choreographer and teacher based in New York City. Growing up in Seattle, WA, Max was fortunate enough to be surrounded by quality educational regional theatre experiences at amazing stages like the 5th Avenue Theatre. Since then, as a professional he has been seen dancing on numerous stages across the country. Recent credits include: The Prom at the Palace Theatre, Beauty and the Beast at Summer Theatre of New Canaan, Shrek at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre and the inaugural national tour of Dot, Dot, Dot produced by TheatreWorksUSA. Max is committed to building community through theatre, both with fellow artists and audiences. He hopes to use theatre to begin necessary societal conversations, and to help our culture continue to evolve. Huge thanks to David for this amazing opportunity and for welcoming him to the garden!
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Erick Carter (he/him)
Mayor Canna Blomquist / DJ Cauliflower (The Tank)Erick Carter is honored to share the stage with such gracious and immensely talented artists! A graduate of Abilene Christian University, Erick hopes to use theatre as a medium to evoke empathy and craft reflection into catharsis. A crooner by nature, some of his favorite roles include Sammy Davis Jr. in “The Rat Pack Undead”, Jimmy Early in “Dreamgirls”, Seaweed in “Hairspray”, and Benny in “Rent”. Erick would like to thank his friends and family for their continued support, and our audience members in person and online for supporting music and theatre! Love and light!!
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Aliyah Curry (she/her)
Director (Theatre on the Verge) and Dramaturg (The Tank)Aliyah Curry is a queer Southern bred writer, focusing on Black female sexuality and mental health. After studying dramatic writing, she was accepted into Horizon Theatre Company's New South Young Playwrights Contest and Festival, which contributed to her being a Third Annual Dramatist Guild of America Young Playwright Award semi-finalist. Since then, she received the 2020-2022 Rosalind Ayres-Williams Scholarship at Working Title Playwrights and served on the Monday Night Development Workshop committee. Her first commission came with Pillow Talk, an auditory experience developed by and premiered on Alliance Theatre Anywhere, Spotlight Studio in 2021. Most recently, she was a 2023 member of the Exquisite Corpse Company's Spring Writer's Lab, culminating in a reading of a new one-act play at Culture Lab LIC. When not writing, she directs, stage manages, and collaborates with fellow theatermakers. She is excited to direct Turnover: A New Leaf by David Quang Pham, a frequent collaborator, this spring. Aliyah also makes films, photographs, poetry, and has dance parties with her nieces.
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Veronica Dang (she/her)
Rau Răm (Theatre on the Verge)Veronica Dang is an actress/writer/director/comedian and creator of acclaimed webseries Subway: The Series. She also founded NYC's 1st Asian American sketch comedy team Model Majority which has been featured in the New York Times, Good Morning America and more. Theater: McCourt, . Harper’s Ferry 2019, 4000 Miles, Romeo & Juliet; TV: Law & Order: SVU, The Following, SNL. www.iVeronicaDang.com
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Deniz Demirkurt (she/her)
Stage Manager (The Tank)Deniz Demirkurt is a Turkish American composer/lyricist, vocal arranger, performer, and stage manager. She has graduated from Berklee College of Music with a BM in Songwriting, and NYU Tisch with an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing. Her written works have been workshopped in colleges such as NYU, Berklee, Emerson College, and Suffolk University, and performed in venues such as Feinstein’s 54 Below, Emerging Artists Theatre, Dixon Place, The Duplex, and Don’t Tell Mama. Previous stage managing credits include NYU and New York Theater Festival. Deniz is thrilled to be a part of Turnover and explore issues relating to queer and immigrant identities.
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Drew Russell Duboff (he/him)
Malus Crabapple (Theatre on the Verge)Drew Russell DuBoff (Malus Crabapple/DJ Cauliflower): As a vegetarian, Drew is excited to originate a role in a plant-based musical. He recently originated the role of M. Fedou + Others in the world premiere of Hidden: The Musical, a Holocaust musical by composers David and Jenny Heitler-Klevans and based on the true story of Ruth Kapp Hartz, who was hidden as a child in Southern France during WWII and survived. He also brought the drag queen Maxie to life as a part of Philly Theatre Week in Sewer Rats’ production of Philadelphia playwright Shelli Pentimall Bookler’s Bird in the Window. Theatre: Mr. Price in Kinky Boots (Grand Theatre), Mendel in Fiddler on the Roof (Ritz Theatre Company), Zoltar in BIG the Musical (Grand Theatre), Shylock in Something Rotten! (Haddonfield Plays and Players), Perch Perkins in SpongeBob (Scottish Rite Auditorium), Chad in All Shook Up (Walker Productions), Doctor in Baby (Somerset Valley Players), Mordred in Camelot (Mickey & Judy Productions), Brother Jeremiah in Something Rotten! (Scottish Rite Auditorium), Ensemble in Head Over Heels (Grand Theatre), Ensemble in Memphis (The Grand Theatre), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Haddonfield Plays & Players), and Big Bad Wolf in Shrek (Moorestown Theater Company). Concerts: There But For You Go I Soloist in A Lerner & Loewe Celebration (Ritz Theatre Company), Chorister in Sing Hallelujah: A Transformational Evening of Jewish Music (Kimmel Center, feat. Achinoam Nini). Film: A Fragment of the Day (dir. C.P. Gorelick). He did background acting for the independent feature film 2 Desperate (dir. Boruch Perlowitz) and can be seen in the film’s trailer. Drew judged musical solo at the NJ Thespian Festival. He studies voice with Melissa Daniels (Musical Theatre / CCM) and Paul Spencer Adkins (Opera and Technique). Drew enjoys playing the gender-bending, buffo, baddie, and beau who sing kinda low.
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Joshua Erickson (he/him)
Pianist (Theatre on the Verge)Joshua Erickson is a classically trained pianist based in New York City. While still new to the professional theater scene, Joshua has played with multiple pit orchestras in college and has been playing piano as a hobby for years now. He is excited to help with this showing of Turnover!
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John Gallop III (he/him)
Malus Crabapple (The Tank)John Gallop III is a Nebraskan singer/actor/software engineer who has been in NYC for over a decade now. Recent roles include Singing Santa at the Eldorado Showroom in Reno, NV for the past two Christmas seasons and multiple singing/acting roles with the Untitled Theater Company #61 in NYC. He has also worked with various community theatres in Nebraska and Iowa, playing roles such as Judd Frye in Oklahoma! and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and worked with Opera Omaha and the Omaha Symphony.
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Amanda Gulla (they/he/she)
Theatre on the Verge Artistic Director & Producer (Theatre on the Verge)Amanda Gulla is the producer of the New Musicals Festival, held at Abington Art Center. They are a musical writer currently writing Unwound: Beyond the Labyrinth while developing many new works as the artistic director of Theatre on the Verge.
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Kimi Handa Brown (they/them)
Parsley Răm (Theatre on the Verge)Kimi Handa Brown (They/Them) A Multi-Hyphenate Artist from California and with their BFA in Musical Theater from the University of Utah. From screen to print to stage to studio, they spend their time doing many things from acting on and off stage to Intimacy Directing and writing! Recently, their play MANIC PIXIE NIGHTMARE made its way to the National Women’s Theater Festival and won Best of Triangle Theater & Dance Cultural voice North Carolina. Performed in The Weathervanes 58th season and won Outstanding supporting Actor at the New Hampshire Theater awards for their performance in the World Premiere of “Primary” by Kelly Strandemo. Their play SHAKESPEAREAN SUPPORT GROUP (streaming on all platforms). Follow them on Instagram: @Kimilawls
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Connar Klock (they/them)
Queer Theatre Kalamazoo Artistic Director & ProducerConnar Klock is a queer, Michigan rooted director, facilitator, and advocate whose work puts new plays, queer and working class voices, and humanist values at the center. In thirteen years of theatre involvement, Connar has worked on over 50 shows, directed for 9 companies and 12 new play festivals, and is still as sentimental as day one. Most recent credits include directing ‘Art’ by Yasmina Reza at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre and as co-creator of Before the Shooting, a one-act choreopoem exploring the effects of parents, white privilege, toxic masculinity, and gender roles on gun violence with poet-activist Denise Miller for Queer Theatre Kalamazoo. They currently serve as the Artistic Director of Queer Theatre Kalamazoo, on the Board of Directors for the Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition, on the play selection committees for Farmers Alley Theatre and WMU Theatre respectively, and at Kalamazoo’s LGBTQIA+ resource center, OutFront Kalamazoo. They hold a BFA in Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University, where they currently serve as a Cultural Competency Consultant in the Department of Theatre and Dance. They are the first of 5 children to their mother, who is the first of 5 to her mother, who is the first of 8 to her mother, all raised along the coast of Lake Michigan. They carry that with them.
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Milan Levy (they/them)
Director (Queer Theatre Kalamazoo)Milan Levy
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Bryson Lima (he/him)
Dramaturg (Theatre on the Verge)Bryson Lima is a New York City-based dramaturg, playwright, and filmmaker. He is excited to be working on Turnover: A New Leaf in his Philadelphia theatre debut. He's honored to be a part of the show's creative development process along with the talented cast and production team. Bryson's recent work includes the one-act plays: The Creatives Circle (Director), Superdollar (Writer/Director), as well as the upcoming short film Spooky Society (Writer/Director), which is currently in the film festival circuit. Bryson is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and is a BAFTA Connect member. His email is brysonlima@gmail.com and you can check out more of his work at www.brysonlima.com
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Matthew Melchior (he/him)
Music Director (Theatre on the Verge)Matthew Melchior is currently a Professional Apprentice at the Lantern Theater Company. He received his theatre degree and minors in Music, Math and Statistics at West Chester University.
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Maya Nguyen-Haberneski (she/her)
Stage Manager (Theatre on the Verge)Maya Nguyen-Haberneski is currently a Professional Apprentice at the Lantern Theater Company where she most recently stage managed A Christmas Carol and served as Assistant Director / Board-Op for Tartuffe. She graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in Theatre, where she was a part of the Stage Management team for their recent productions of Rent and Measure for Measure. She is thrilled to be working on Turnover: A New Leaf and learning more about development of upcoming musicals. Love to Cheryl, Ari, and Ahimsa.
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Timmy Ong (he/him)
GuitarTimmy Ong (he/him) is a Malaysian actor, singer, musician, dancer, and theatre artist based in NYC. Timmy enjoys working on new material, and has originated leading roles in new works. Recent credits: Steve Hadley in Project: Library, Procopio in The Sacrifice of Cassamba Becker (Off-Broadway), Lamont in Mr. Holland's Opus: A New Musical (world premiere), Harriet in Isabel, Yuan Fan-Shen in Dress in Code, and Prince Edward V in Richard III. He also writes/creates theatrically, often under his writing partnership, The Green-Eyed Monster Project. Commissioned works include: Second Chances, Soul Food, Parabola Loco, This Is All I Have, and On Route to Flowww. MFA: The New School. Big thanks and many hearts to Fang and David for the opportunity and trust! https://timmyong.com IG: @timmy_ong
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David Quang Pham (he/they)
AuthorDue to youthful trips to space camp and operas, Musical Theatre Science Communicator David Quang Pham writes love letters to science, devising stories from its branches. His purpose is to guide scientists to the fourth wall and theatre artists to the fourth dimension. His notable musicals personifying quantum mechanics, cosmology, and dimensions are respectively: TOUR (2020 Downtown Urban Arts Festival finalist), ELLIPSES (2021 Theater Resources Unlimited Musical Workshops, 2020-2021 Working Title Playwrights), and PARALLEL UNIVERSITY with Marie Incontrera (2021 NYPL Across a Crowded Room). After completing an astrophysics and theatre education at Michigan State University, David Quang Pham studied playwriting as the second apprentice of Working Title Playwrights in Atlanta. He is the Literary Fellow of Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco. Composer Janelle Lawrence mentors him, helping to forge his broad range of musical styles including gospel, pop, punk, tango, and Xiqu. His songs have been showcased at Cabaret on the Couch, Musical Theatre Factory, NYPL Performing Arts, and Play Café. He is also a proficient trombonist; a moderator at LMDA; a founding member of CreateTheater; a member of ΣΠΣ, ASCAP, and the Dramatists Guild. David Quang Pham hails from Wyoming, Michigan.
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Gina Prince (she/her)
Pyrus Crabapple (Theatre on the Verge)Gina Prince is so pumped to be a part of Theatre on the Verge's First Annual New Musical Festival, and especially to kick her performances off with Turnover: A New Leaf! Gina recently graduated from Wagner College, where she studied Theatre performance. During her time in college, Gina studied Physical Theatre abroad in Arezzo, Italy and performed improv Off-Broadway with her best friends! Gina recently appeared in Revival Productions' Nunsense, (Sister Mary Leo) Philadelphia Young Playwrights' SaturPLAY, and Upper Darby Summer Stage's The Spongebob Musical (Karen the Computer). Gina sends all her love to her parents, Tom, and her perfect pug Pastina!! Up next: Hansel & Gretel at Storybook Musical Theatre (March 14th-23rd) @ginaprincess__
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Anna Schultz (she/her)
Lighting Designer (The Tank)Anna Schultz is an interdisciplinary spatial designer, lighting designer, and director based in Brooklyn, and originally from Austin, Texas. Supported by over a decade of experience and a body of work that straddles theater, performance art, installation, light, and design – her work is well known for its vivid post-modern style. annaschultz.media
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Fang Tseng (she/her)
Director (The Tank)Fang Tseng was born in Burma and raised in Taiwan. Fang is a trilingual director/actor/singer/dancer/teaching artist, now based in New York. She has done plenty of original musicals and plays in both Taiwan and the United States. She is currently one of the residential dancers at the New York Chinese Cultural Center and teaches theater dance and Gyrokinesis at the Taiwan Center and YWCA Queens. Selected credits include Mulan the Musical (Singapore tour), Starry Memory (National tour), War+Lovers (Theater Row), Bliss Street (Theatre For the New City), and Islanders (Culture Lab LIC).
