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Diamando Stratakos is happy to be one of the founders of Left Hip Productions. In addition to the 45 ten minute plays she has co-produced with her co-workers from Left Hip, she has also produced multiple other shows in Manhattan, Queens, Ithaca (Kitchen Theatre Company), Syracuse (Up & Running Productions Co-Founder), and Athens, Greece (Theatro Argo). She received her BFA in Acting from Syracuse University. Her work on stage has most recently been seen at the Players Theatre, the Gene Frankel Theatre, and the 45th Street Theatre. Her aim is to create theatrical experiences utilizing as many forms of artistic expression as possible. She wants to create an environment where artists can thrive. She is very thankful for the opportunity to spread her creative wings.
Jason Lord- Surratt is a director, improviser and educator. He began his endeavors in improvisation in Syracuse, NY. He went on to study at Second City in Chicago, while performing in and co-conceiving independent work. He ran Warhorse, a series of improvisational workshops, creating and producing 3 shows, now under the umbrella of NewFormat Improvisation, which he founded. Long-form improv works conceived and directed by Jason include: Lady Liberty and 61 Dead Men, based on Aristotelian formulations of tragedy, as well as Subway Series and Grassroots Grazing. Selected directing credits include Brian Flowers for the Brooklyn Play Festival, and Vanities, I Stand Before You Naked, and The Heidi Chronicles in various NY theaters. Special thanks to Rebecca Lord, his loving wife!
Bob Teague is at various times an actor, director, playwright, stagehand and producer -- he recently returned to New York Theater after two decades as a journalist, writer and performer in the hinterlands of the American Deep South. His most recent New York efforts include having two of his plays, "Two in the Chamber" and "Nerve Damage", performed at the first Shotgun Theater Festival at The Gene Frankle Theatre. He has also directed "Nikita", by Rosebud Ben-Oni at The Producers Club and stage managed "Try, Try Again" for Tap Monkey Productions at The 45th Street Theater. He is proud to be part of Left Hip Productions.
Danika Wood is excited to be a founding member of Left Hip Productions. She came to this group after performing in the first Shotgun Theater Festival in both the winning play and the first runner-up. The winning play, "Monkey", was expanded by playwright Jim Tierney and produced by Diamando Stratakos and Jason Surratt at the Gene Frankel Theatre as the prize for winning the festival. It has since been re-mounted at the Producer's Club, and will be shown again at the end of August at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Danika has also been seen at the Flea Theater, Syracuse Stage, Hangar Theatre and Cortland Repertory Theatre. She will next be seen as The Nurse in the Queens Players upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet. She received a BFA in acting from Syracuse University.
