Company Members
Jovinna Chan . Actress . Movement
Jovinna was born and raised in Singapore. She spent a few years in Louisiana and Georgia during her undergraduate years where she discovered her passion for acting. With a degree in International Marketing, Jovinna ventured to New York city and got a job at Citibank. A year later, she quit her job, took dance classes at Martha Graham school and began studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was nominated for Best Actress in the film ‘Tea’ at the Chicks with Flicks Film Festival. She played Jennifer in the film ‘Missing’, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. She is a company member of Theater in the Flesh as well as Nicu’s Spoon. With Nicu’s Spoon she has appeared in many readings as well as “Ordinary People’ and ‘Stumps’.Jovinna is a yoga teacher and a black belt in Shotokan Karate. She is currently on a one year Yoga retreat.
Rebecca Challis . Actress . Box Office
Rebecca is proud to be a member of Nicu’s Spoon! Past credits include the lead in the Fall 2008 show-a World Premiere of ‘Kite Cut Loose in the Middle of the Sky’ playing Rosie,a quadraplegic. Various other roles in Nicu’s Spoon staged readings including “Spokane” by Christian Gaul, “Casualties of the Great White Washer” by Derin Altay-Gemignani, and most recently in “The Common Cold” and “The Offenses of Cacti”, both by Matthew Swaye. She was also in both the off-off and Off-Broadway runs of ‘Elizabeth Rex. Rebecca also performed in the New York Premiere of Tom Stoppard’s “Indian Ink” with Alterego Productions. A native Texan, Rebecca had the privilege of studying at Southwest Texas State University under the tutelage of the late, great Larry Hovis. She also spent four summers as a cast member in the Texas Shakespeare Festival.
Scott Nogi . Actor . Director . Fight Choreographer
NYC: Dreaming of Norton (Theatre Row), Pink Lady (E.S.T.), M. Butterfly (Theater 3), SubUrbia (CSV), The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline (Instant Shakespeare Company) Regional: The Real Inspector Hound (Dogwood Dell), Godot Has Left The Building (Lex Theater), The Tempest (Actors Shakespeare Company), For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls (Debaun Center for the Arts) National Tour: The Giver (National Theater for the Performing Arts) Film/TV: ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ ‘Norm,’ and ‘Armageddon for Andy.’ Multiple TV commercials and promos. Graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and studied in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Katie Labahn 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
Tim Romero . Actor . Crew
Tim Romero holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from New Mexico State University. Originally from Albuquerque he ironically, moved to New York City to focus on film. He soon found out that NYC was duh, a theater town. Since then he has performed in many off off Broadway productions. Most notably he played Charlie, a 14 year old in Retro Production’s “What I Did Last Summer”. There he came to the attention of Stephanie Barton-Farcas and was asked to audition for” Elizabeth Rex”. He was cast as Cecil in the original Off Off Broadway run. Later to reprise the role Off Broadway at Center Stage Theater. He is a member of Actors Equity and has done a number of independent films. Pic To Come
Susannah McLeod. Actress. Sound Crew
A native of Augusta, Georgia, is happy to be a part of Tibet Does Not Exist after recently performing with Nicu’s Spoon as the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio. Other NYC credits include The Deciders, Measure for Measure, Ingenue, The Strip, and Twelfth Night. With a musical theatre degree from the University of Miami, she has worked in theatres around the country, including Seven Stages in Atlanta, the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre in Miami, and Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado. Thanks to Stephanie for the opportunity, and always to my amazingly supportive friends and family! I love you guys! www.susannahmcleod.com
Sammy Mena Born and raised in the Bronx Sammy has been performing since the first grade. Through out elementary school Sammy has performed in the school’s yearly Christmas shows with his biggest role as Hansel in the play Hansel and Gretal. Once in high school Sammy began performing in their yearly spring play and talent shows. After graduating from high school Sammy stopped acting and got his associates in multi media programming. In 2006 Sammy was asked to perform for Positive Exposures where he performed in two scenes and did a monologue. At this point Sammy realized how much acting meant to him and started taking classes at HB Studio. In October of 2007 Sammy was a part of New York’s premier haunted house Blood Manor where he played a crazy inmate. Sammy is currently taking acting classes with Nicu’s Spoon and is playing the role of The Bear in ‘Elizabeth Rex’.
Wynne Anders . Actress . General company support
Currently in pre-production for ‘Kosher Harry’. Most recently seen as Dolly in ‘Expressing Willy’ for Women Seeking’¦Previous role with Nicu’s Spoon ‘“ Halie in ‘Buried Child’. Has performed in many off-off-Broadway productions from classical to new works with Emerging Artists, Aurora Stage Co. and off-Broadway with National Music Theatre Network, York Theatre Co. Summer Theatre roles include Mrs. Boyle in ‘The Mousetrap’, M’Lynn in ‘Steel Magnolias’ & Mrs. Krantz Mccarthy in ‘Red Herring’ and Reba in ‘The Last Night at Ballyhoo’. Regional & National voice overs and on camera commercials. Daytime drama ‘“ ‘Another World’, ‘One Life to Live’, The Guiding Light, ‘All my Children’.
Natily Blair Founding member Natalie began with necessary theatre in the Positive Force Players; a group focused on issues such as AIDS awareness and substance abuse. She graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a major in theater. Regionally, she appeared at The Milwaukee Rep., and Northern Stage Company as well as touring to the Siglo De Oro Spanish Theater Festival in El Paso, TX. She has been seen on As the World Turns and Guiding Light, as well as starring in Abhay Charan, a film about the birth of the Hari Krishna movement in NYC. She was in the Obie Award winning NY premiere of Mac Wellman’s Jennie Richee with the Ridge Theatre, she played Cordelia to Ralph Waite’s King Lear, Chechyen Woman and Zapatista in Displaced, and Scout in Nicu’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
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. Julie 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.