QUICK SILVER THEATER COMPANY
4WORDS - QSTC
SERGEI BURBANK - MINDS EYE PLAYWRIGHT
Sergei Burbank is a screenwriter, playwright, performer, audiobook narrator, and producer in New York City. He has been published by Vernacular Journal, Indie Theater Now, NYTheaterNow, Parabasis, Howlround, fwriction:review, and Baseball Prospectus. He is resident playwright with Quick Silver Theater Company; previous QSTC presentations of his plays include "Conversion Rate," "The Ass of the Prophet," and "Albino Deer/14456." He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and has an MFA in Playwriting from the Writer's Foundry at St. Joseph’s University.
READING THE ROLE OF JAMES BALDWIN
CURTIS WILEY made his Broadway debut in the Original Broadway Company of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. Other NYC credits: The Total Bent (Public Theater); Rothschild & Sons; The Jerusalem Syndrome (York Theatre Co.); TUT (NYMF); Straight Faced Lies (Fringe NYC); Pageant: The Musical (Off B'way Revival); The Great Society (York Shakespeare Co.); The Wild Party (Columbia Stages); King Lear (Exit, Pursued by a Bear) where he came to know and love Tyrone Henderson! Other credits: Diner: The Musical; Jersey Boys; The Lion King. Curtis is an alum of Sundance Theatre Institute, Wig Out (Tarell Alvin McCraney). QSTC Company member.
Stay in touch on IG: @Curtis_Wiley
CANDYCE ADKINS - Actor D
Regional: Slave Play (Short North Stage), New York: Uncle Vanya (Columbia University). Television: “Survival of the Thickest”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Bull”, “Homicide City”. As a QSTC member, Candyce has appeared in numerous staged readings and is a staple associate for the Playwrights of Color Summit. www.candyceadkins.com
INGA BALLARD - Stage Directions
She/Her. Inga's recent credits include Cynthia in Sweat at Capital Repertory Theatre, Sadie Delany in Having Our Say at George Street Playhouse, Baneatta in Chicken & Biscuits at Crossroads Theatre Company and Marvelous in Familiar at Wholly Mammoth Theatre. National Tours include the 1st and 2nd National of Ragtime as Sarah's Friend, Livent/SFX Productions. Inga was also Motor Mouth Maybelle in numerous regional productions of Hairspray around the country. Other regional credits: Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, Lucetta in The Two Gentlemen of Verona at The Shakespeare Theatre Company; Sue Bayles in All My Sons at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Anne Putnam/Sarah Good in The Crucible at Syracuse Stage; Alma in Yellowman at The Pittsburgh Public Theatre. TV Credits: Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; HBO's Love Life 2, NBC's Law & Order CI. Inga received her BA in Drama from UC Davis and her MFA in Acting from USC. She is a Founding member of QSTC, AEA and SAG-AFTRA. www.ingaballard.com
CLAIRE FORT - Actor E
Claire is an actor, director, filmmaker/producer and educator from Brooklyn. She is a professor of acting and directing at North Carolina School of the Arts. Claire earned her M.F.A in Acting from the University of Washington, BA Kenyon College, Drama. Latest credit: The Cotillion, NYC Spring 2023, Dir. Colette Roberts, The Movement Theater Company and New Georges. Upcoming: Pre-Production for the Feature Film, Lucky Me, written, directed and starring Claire. www.clairefort.com.
TYRONE MITCHELL HENDERSON - Actor C
Founder-Artistic Producer-Quick Silver Theater Company (QSTC)
Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth, Bring in ‘Da Noise Bring in ‘Da Funk. Off Broadway: (Ensemble Studio Theatre) Redwood, (The Public Theatre/NYSF); Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Two Noble Kinsmen, The America Play. (The Billie Holiday Theatre); Yellowman (Playwrights Horizons); Rancho Viejo (The Signature Theatre); Piano Lesson. Regional premieres: Redwood, The Magician’s Daughter, War, and Aubergine West Coast premiere: Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Film /TV includes: “Theater Camp,” “The Upside,” and “Funny Pages.” Four seasons as Partner Barry on The Good Fight, Sneaky Pete, Boardwalk Empire, Search Party, God Friended Me, FBI, The Blacklist, Law and Order, SVU & Criminal Intent, Elementary, and Suits - Pilot. www.tyronemitchellhenderson.com
