Staff

Stephanie Barton-Farcas. Artistic & Development Director. Director
Founding member Stephanie has a doctorate in Business Administration from Somerset University in England and a BFA in Theater from the California Institute of the Arts. Favorite directing experiences include Displaced, SubUrbia (2004 OOBR Winner), Buried Child and Stumps. She is a freelance dialect coach in NYC, doing any accent you can name! She is the author of a two book set on grant-writing used in the Red Cross and Soros Foundations worldwide. She has taught fundraising in Eastern Europe and the US, and traveled extensively working with refugees and war-torn communities. Favorite acting roles include Nuclear Family and Talk Show (both Off-Broadway), Jenny Diver in Threepenny Opera, Gwen in Fifth of July, Josie in Steaming and her shows with Nicu’s Spoon, ‘The Swan’, ‘Skin Tight’ and ‘Elizabeth Rex’ for which she won the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Best Actress in a lead role, playing Queen Elizabeth I in both the off-off and off-Broadway premieres. She is a member of AEA, and SAG. She is also a wife and the mom of a lovely daughter. She has been in the films ‘Sleepy Time Gal’ (finalist in 2008 at Sundance), ‘Backward Looks, Far Corners’, ‘Sour Times’ with Media at Large as well as ‘Finding’ in NYC. She was recently seen in ‘Wit’ in Spring 2010 at the Spoon. She is represented by Eileen Haves at Eileen Haves Talent - 212-249-0033

Steven Wolf . Associate Artistic Director. Lighting Designer. Production Management Steven Wolf has a BFA in production design with a concentration in lighting design from Suny Fredonia. He is the Associate Artistic Director for Nicu’s Spoon and some of his design credits with them include To Kill a Mockingbird, the OOBR award winning Suburbia, and most recently Tales of the Lost Formicans and Richard III. He is also the Assistant Lighting Supervisor at Queens Theatre in the Park where he has designed the lights for their production of Broadway Song and Dance Part II. His other design credits include the fall 2002 (Menus A&B) and spring 2003 (Menus A,B,&D) EAT Fest, The Joan Jonas exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art (winter 2003-04),Theatre in the Flesh’s theatre movement piece Blood and Honey (June 2005) and Repo Opera, a rock musical (July-August 2005).

Katherine Rosin . (917) 438-9223 . Press Representative
(United Stages) has been working in the entertainment industry since 1995. As a publicist and marketing expert, she has skillfully implemented various campaigns in film, theatre, and dance. Rosin’s roster of clients include: The Bridge Theatre Company, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Dangerous Curves Productions, Emerging Artists Theatre, Groove With Me, Irish Arts Center, The Lady Cavalier Theatre Company, The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, NY Neo-Futurists, Nicu’s Spoon, Pascal Productions, Sign-A-Song, Third Man Productions, Von Ussar Danceworks, Watermark Ensemble, WET’s Risk Taker Film Series, Wordplay, and Woodshed Collective. More information can be found at Katie Rosin at www.kampfirefilmspr.com.

Pamela Mitchell . American Sign Language Projects Manager
Pamela has interpreted off-Broadway shows for Performers Access Studio in The Real Inspector Hound, continues to be an avid member and participant of Nicu’s Spoon Theater. She has interpreted plays such as The Little Prince, co-acted in Stumps and was the voice of the Deaf woman in the reading by Raymond Luczak’s, Love In My Veins. Has interpreted other off-Broadway plays which include, Freeda Peoples at the Billie Holiday Theater, Inc., Girl Scouts’ 90th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden, Promise of the Park with Theater In Motion, The World in Her Hands: The Helen Keller Story, The Nutcracker, and Roots of Rap with the Interborough Repertory Theater (IRT), New York Revels at the Peter Norton Symphony Space and Five ‘Til at The Dixon Place Theater. She also interprets music such as Gospel, Folk, Country, Jazz, and Rap concerts and enjoys storytelling for both the young and the “young at heart”. During the Summer of 2008, Mitchell was honored to take on her first acting role as the lead role as MATTIE CHEEKS in No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs, written by John Henry Redwood, with Nicu’s Spoon Theater. It was both a challenge and learning experience while having the pleasure of working with and the suspport of seasoned and talented actors and actresses…and our director. Mitchell is a Nationally Certified ASL/English Sign Language Interpreter. She holds a Professional Certificate in ASL/English Interpretation Projects (ITP) from Fiorella H. LaGuardia Community College. Currently pursuing her Bachelors Degree in Business, Specializing in Corporate Communication, with a Minor in Pre-Med Psychology, at Baruch College. Mitchell is continuing her studies at Baruch for her Masters Degree in Psychology, Specializing in Industrial/Organization while pursuing her certification of interpretation.

Michelle Kuchuk Literary Director- Michelle Kuchuk is a magna cum laude graduate of NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences, where she earned her BA in Psychology with a Minor in Theatre Studies. Performing is Michelle’s oldest passion, but has since supported and complimented her other interests in directing, psychology, and teaching. Michelle first took a stab at directing at her community theater on Cape Cod, but it wasn’t until she took a few directing classes at NYU that she fell in love with the creativity involved in helping an actor develop a character. She has been involved with Nicu’s Spoon since 2008, having assistant directed the world premiere of A Kite Cut Loose in the Middle of the Sky, stage managed Hiding Behind Comets, co-directed 23 Coins, and directed Beautiful Thing in the summer of 2010. She is currently the Literary Director at Spoon, an assistant director Off Broadway, and helps run Daytime Moon Creations, a non-profit that brings recreational theatre programming to kids with special needs.

Julie Campbell Founding member Julie holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington in Seattle and a BA in Psychology from Holy Cross College. Julie also performed with Living Voices in New York, Chicago, and Seattle bringing to life historical characters with the goal of winning commitments for tolerance from the audience. Her work in NYC includes being associate producer at INTAR for King Lear, starring Ralph Waite. Regional credits include Seattle Children’s Theater and Bailiwick Rep. in Chicago. Julie has been seen in NY as Goneril in King Lear. Ju lie is certified by the SAFD in rapier and dagger, broadsword, quarterstaff and hand-to-hand stage combat. Most recently, she played Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird. She is now returning from maternity leave (with 2 beautiful boys and a girl!) in a short film and in our Spring 2009 reading series.

Damon Law Company Composer . Web Technologist . Graphic Designer
Damon Law has been composing music since 1992 and working with Nicu’s Spoon since 2001, his award-winning music has been in many productions including: To Kill a Mockingbird, George Orwell’s 1984, Ordinary People, Murder of Crows, Suburbia, The Little Prince and Elizabeth Rex. Previously he has worked with the Oregon, Shakespeare Festival and Storefront Theater in Portland, Oregon. Damon dabbles in many of the liberal arts; working professionally as a graphic designer, photographer, video producer and sound engineer. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter where he continues to write music for film, theater and pleasure— telecommuting to New York City when he can’t be there in person. You can download many of his compositions and learn more about his various works at www.theStark.com. He can be reached via e-mail at theStark.com@gmail.com.

Juni Li - Company Stage Manager. Juni Li was born in New York City, but raised in Syracuse, NY in a family of electrical engineers and business majors. While living in upstate NY she would visit NYC every year before finally settling back in the city for college in search of color, light and frivolity to inhabit her world like Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot, and has been living here for the past 9 years. She holds a BA in media arts, with a concentration in film/television production and photography, from Long Island University. She has worked on productions throughout the city as SM, ASM and crew. Recent credits include Little House on the Ferry, Proof, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, How the Day Runs Down, and The Bad Seed.

Katie Labahn Co-Education Director. Actress. Writer. Box Office
Katie is thrilled to be a part of the Spoon Theatre. She first began her adventure working when them in October 2007 when she was cast in the Children’s Show Sleeping Handsome. Katie grew up in Orlando FL, in September 2001 came to Manhattan to study theatre at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre where she studied the Miesner approach to acting. After a year there, she joined Visible Theatre, a group of able-bodied and disabled actors and after almost six years of learning and study, chance and change brought her to the Spoon Theatre. In the time between Katie completed her BA in theatre arts at Hunter College. Katie thanks fellow company member Nick Linnehan for giving Katie her first chance with the Spoon Theatre as well as her New York Stage debut. Katie is deeply grateful to Stephanie Barton Farcas for her faith and trust. Katie looks forward to further new and exciting forthcoming adventures with the Spoon. Katie loves to write as much as act, she writes fantasy fiction novels and plays. Katie sends love and thanks to mother and family for their everlasting love and support in all her endeavors whether they are in writing or in theatre. Check out her Website: www.reelact.com/katelindsey

Alvaro Sena. Education Consultant. Actor. Crew. Alvaro Sena made his first main stage appearence with Nicu’s Spoon in The Little Prince. He is a brazilian actor and moved to NY thinking of the expansion of his career.His professional training started in Brazil when he was a student at the University Of Arts of Parana where his coursework included History of Theater, Acting , Literature, Makeup, Costume and Scenic Design classes. His acting credits include Garcia Lorca, Shakespeare, Eugene Ionesco and others like Brazilian authors Maria Clara Machado and Nelson Rodrigues. He has worked as an intern for Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, a program where he had to travel to poor areas bringing the magic of art and teaching Literature and Acting to kids who did not have access to the arts. He also has worked as a production assistant and booked commercials as well. In NY he has attended acting classes at Michael Howard’s, SFT and Theatre Dance at The Broadway dance center. He’s thrilled to be a member of this company, excited to be involved with such people and already thinking about projects with them.

Bram Weiser . American Sign Language Coordinator. Box Office. Bram is a Nationally-Certified (RID) Sign-Language Interpreter and got his first taste of Nicu’s Spoon when he facilitated communication among Deaf and hearing actors, staff and crew for their productions of “Stumps”, “Buried Child” and ”Kosher Harry”, the latter of which was a co-production with New York Deaf Theatre (NYDT), experiences he won’t soon forget. In addition to being an ASL Coordinator with Nicu’s Spoon, Bram’s involvement in the theater community at large also includes being the Media Relations Coordinator for TOYS Theater, work on the Stage Crew for various NYDT productions, and a stint as Stage Manager for Staged Readings of the new rock musical, “The Cure”.

Phillip Chavira, Stage Management. Phillip recently was the Producer’s Assistant for Born Bad at Soho Rep, and ASM for Gatsby, the The Songs in Concert with NYMTF. AD/SM for Beautiful Thing and W;T at Spoon. He was also AD for Love Me (Planet Connections), As You Like It at Frog & Peach, and AD/SM/Costume Designer for Erosion: Life on Life’s Terms at Spoon. He has also regionally directed, costume and makeup designed for Theatre-by-the-Grove (PA), and many children shows with LimeLight Productions (AZ). He was PSM for A Perfect Ganesh with Synaptic Productions (NY), SM for Holding Out at Manhattan Rep, and Production Mgr/Founding Member of sketch troupe Company (PA). BA from Indiana University of PA. LM