Original Creative Team

Emmanuel Martin Di Feliciantonio, aka ‘Valentino’ (Playwright) is a Paris born New Yorker. In 1990, he enrolled at Paris 8 university, then featuring the most renowned immersive film program. He studied under the tutelage of prestigious luminaries from the french new wave, and Cahiers du cinema legends; master craftsman Jean-Henri Roger (1949-2012)(wikipedia in English) who personally recognized early signs of Emmanuel's creativity and mentored him into producing, writing and directing his first short film in march of 1991, titled "Urban poetry", a social satire about art. Bitten by the bug, he kept on writing and directing his own screenplays and plays, studied acting, in a director's capacity, at the popular studio Andreas Voutsinas (Wikipedia in English). Eventually, he expanded to the music business, that led him to manage "Dis Bonjour a La Dame" a local acid jazz band. Emmanuel was able to get the band to open for Jamiroquai at the Bataclan, and Maceo Parker, at the Olympia, respectively in June and July of 1993, securing in the process a record deal with East/West/Warner. Then, Emmanuel joined forces Action Gitanes (Wikipedia in English), the most revered independent Theatrical distribution of Indies and Hollywood classics in Paris. On his first trip to New York, in September 1995, Emmanuel engineered the purchase of the theatrical and video rights for distribution in France of "The Addiction" by legendary King of New York's director, Abel Ferrara. That adventure spare headed a definite move to Brooklyn, New York, that year.

Emmanuel has been living in the Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy area since then. Raised in a housing complex in  Paris by Irene, his mum (1943-2021), an home maker/piano teacher from Italian descent and by his dad Paulino (1941-1996), a Spanish born factory worker, Emmanuel  was intimately familiar with the kind of eclectic urban environment that Brooklyn had to offer and felt right at home. He set up a make shift music studio and developed different local talents in  his Spartan like one bedroom apartment on Dean street. He got all the inspiration he needed to eventually start writing and document his path through visual expression, documentation, and narratives. A trilogy was born on the page, "The Curator", an art heist caper, "Swans in the Dark", a neo noir international gangster film, and "Lionel Fantom in room ninety-nine", a psychological drama about a D.J. Socially, Emmanuel also took the time to nurture special relationships with New York artists, culminating in the presentation of his visual installation "Solo High part 1 and 2" about abstract painter Tom Ryan, at downtown members only clubs, Norwood and the Soho House. Earlier, Emmanuel had experienced special exposure when he screened another one of his documentaries in February 2003, titled "A summer in The life of Ernest Rosenberg", a Soho street artist, at legendary and now defunct Amy Sacco's Lot 61.

Consequently, Emmanuel Martin Di Feliciantonio (Vaintino), wrote more screenplays, plays, series pilot, and directed features, videos and developed his own aesthetic direction  through different mediums such as multi-media installations, curated screenings and art shows. Lately, in the spring of 2016, he co-created the Bed Stuy theater group with a local actor, Kevin Leonard, and directed August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in the August in August summer series in Fulton Park and James Baldwin's "Blues for mister Charlie", at the black caucus in Albany, in February 2017, both events were historical premiere, co sponsored by the counsel for the arts in Brooklyn. Emmanuel also completed a feature film titled "An Afternoon in Monte Carlo" (Amazon prime-UK) and a feature documentary titled "Shadows in the Box", both available on streaming platforms. 
Over the last decade  Emmanuel martin Di feliciantonio, has received many international awards and selections at international film festivals for multiple projects  including his screenplays "Rockaway Blues" (pitch competition winner at the Austin revolution film festival)  and "The Actor" (Finalist  at the Act up competition at the Hip-Hop film festival at the Black national theater in Harlem). His play "Chimera" was selected at the New York Summer festival at the Hudson Guild Theater and was produced in August 2019. 

Rommell Sermons (Director) Rommell received his BA in Theatre Arts from SUNY New Paltz, where he portrayed  such roles as, Brutus Jones in Eugene O’Neal’s “The Emperor Jones." He first caught the acting bug at the age of ten, performing in “The Temple of Youth” at Lehman College, and was also inspired from watching his grand¬father’s sermons every Sunday. Other theater credits include: “The Breakout,” (The Flea Theatre) “A Raisin in the Sun,” (Paul Robeson Theatre) “Somebody’s Calling My Name,” (The Raint Theatre) “The Healing Zone,” Audelco Nominated for Best Ensemble (Black Spectrum Theatre)  "Death by Poker" ( Nuyorican Poets Cafe)  and "The Resurrection" (American Theater of Actors) which was nominated Best New Off-Broadway play by Broadway World. Rommell would like to dedicate his performance to the Bricks Crew.
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Everette Clark Mullins ECQ DESIGN (Wardrobe Stylist) Everette was born in Costa Rica and raised in NY, he attended the FIT, where he did multidiscipline course work including Costume Design.

Christinea Davis (Light Designer) is a versatile Stage Manager, Actor, and Lighting Designer, proudly trained at the legendary “FAME” High School of Performing Arts. At just 18, Chris became the youngest Production Stage Manager in NYC history with AMAS Theatre Company, founded by Rosetta LeNoire. Starting onstage and transitioning backstage, Chris brings sharp artistic instincts and technical expertise to every production. Known for calm under pressure and a collaborative spirit, Chris fuses creativity and precision to deliver powerful, seamless theatrical experiences.

Cidney Hawkins (Stage Manager) A Brooklyn native with an Education background Cidney is relatively new but passionate about theater. We are happy to have her on board and wish her much success on whatever path she chooses.

Liam Riordan (Sound Designer) is a long time builder of theatre in NYC, both on and offstage. Most recently he has been on the production team for New Federal Theatre’s Blooming in Dry Season and Telling Tales Out of School, UP Theater Company's The Totality of All Things, and Negro Ensemble Company’s Day of Absence, Unentitled and Zooman and the Sign. He has also worked with the DreamUp Festival at Theater For The New City, Castillo Theatre, Surati for Performing Arts and Crystal Image Performing Arts. Liam has performed at BAM, Lincoln Center and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Jimena Rosas (Swing foro Friday the 10th / Choroegrapher) is a Peruvian born actress based in New York City. She is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has also trained at Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, CIC (Argentina), and the Roberto Ángeles Conservatory (Peru). Her screen credits include Evil Lives Here (HBO Max/Investigation Discovery), Quadrilateral (Dir. Daniel Rodríguez Risco), Bootleg (Dir. Tidiane Diallo), and The Delivery (Dir. Lily Mooney). On stage, Jimena has performed at venues including HB Playwrights Theatre, Teatro LATEA, American Theatre of Actors, Under St. Marks Theatre, Caveat NYC, and La MaMa Galleria. Most recently, she originated the lead role of Ananu in the U.S. premiere of Three Sea Stories at HB Playwrights Theatre. Jimena is also the co-founder of REacting Theater LLC, a New York–based company dedicated to amplifying Latin American voices through original work. When not acting, she enjoys reading, swimming, and spending time in nature.

Krystian Saxbie (Walk-on & Crew) is an emerging actor from Harrisburg, PA who has begun building his foundation through local acting workshops and early performance opportunities. He has participated in church productions, talent showcases, and community events, where he discovered his passion for storytelling and being on stage. Outside of acting, Krystian enjoys music, creative writing, and exploring new ways to grow as a performer.

Marsha St. Julien (Walk-on & Crew) is a first generation Haitian American actress whom enjoys acting on stage and performing in front of and behind the camera. She graduated from Playhouse West Acting School in Philadelphia and now is a New York City resident. Her biggest theater role was with the Off-Broadway production Resurrection in which she was nominated for best actress. She has played the lead role in several films and wrote and directed a few short films of her own. Marsha loves acting, learning new skills, and is a huge animal lover.

Gia Smith (Technical Advisor) is a poet and visual artist whose lifelong love of collecting informs her set design practice. She creates layered, sensory worlds that blur the line between performance and reality. Previous set design credits include Dying City, Vol. 11, and The Harm.

Bilal Walker (ASM) is an internationally trained actor and director from New York City. He is excited to join this production of 'Four to Seven' Assistant Stage Manager.

Jay Michaels (Publicist) JMGC is creating visibility for independent theater, film, music, and literature has been the battle-cry of this boutique promotion and production firm for more than 20 years. Through a diverse internal multi-media platform, this communications organization is able to supply guaranteed coverage to hundreds of emerging artists and their productions while growing its external network of promotional sites and groups as well as producing events for the purpose of promotion and marketing to industry and generalized audiences. JMGC has clients on and off-Broadway, in film and television, across the country and around the world. [email protected]

James Jennings (ATA Artistic Director/Producer) is the founder of ATA and has produced the works of over 990 new Playwrights. As a Writer he's a recipient of the John Dos Pasos Creative Writing Award. As a director, he won the T.O.R award for Best Director, for the off-Broadway play The Holy Junkie by John Quinn. He also won the "Jean Dalrymple" Award for the Best Director of the play Blood Money, starring Dan Lauria, and he directed Celeste Holm on Broadway in Salute to Clinton. In addition, he directed Harvey Keitel in The Funeral at the Actors Studio, and in his own play, My Father's House. He is a member of the Actors Studio Director/ Playwright Unit and worked with Elia Kazan, Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman.