Dev Bondarin, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dev has been APAC's Artistic Director since November 2014. During her tenure, the company has been nominated for 37 NYIT awards and has won ten, including Outstanding Production of a Musical for Merrily We Roll Along (2015) and Raisin (2017). Recently APAC was also honored with five AUDELCO "Viv" Awards nominations for Raisin and one win. APAC credits: Caroline, or Change, Follies, Raisin, (nominee, NYIT Award for Best Director, nominee, AUDELCO "Viv" Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Astoria Stories, Merrily We Roll Along, and In the Bones. As Associate Artistic Director of Prospect Theater Company, she curates and directs a musical theater lab which has produced over 85 new short musicals. Other selected credits: Little Women (Festival 56 in Princeton IL), Elevator Heart (THML Theater, The Tank, NYU's New Studio on Broadway), national tours of Rosie Revere Engineer and Friends, Junie B. Jones and Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School (Theaterworks USA), King Lear (American Bard), A Home Across The Ocean (MTWorks), and Reefer Madness (Gallery Players). Member: LCT Directors Lab. Associate Member: SDC, League of Professional Theatre Women. MFA: Brooklyn College. BA: Brandeis University. Dev was also recently named "Alumni of the Year" by the Theater Department at Brooklyn College. devbondarin.com
Frank Nicholas Poon, MARKETING ASSOCIATE is a New York-based, American-Asian Producer, Performer, and Writer in both realms of film and theatre with nationally-featured work. He has worked with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, National Asian Artist Project, En Garde Arts, International WOW Company, Columbia University, Scandinavian American Theater Company, Target Margin Theater, and more. Recently, he independently produced Jazz Singer at Abrons Arts Center, which the New York Times called, "fascinating." He is the Creator and Managing Producer of Token Collective: advocating for diversity on all platforms. @franknpoon
Kimberly Wilson Marshall, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Wilson Marshall PR + EVENTS is a boutique public relations and special event agency. The agency is owned and operated by Kimberly Wilson Marshall and co-owned by Damon Marshall. Kimberly formed, operated, and owned The Kimberly Group. Wilson Marshall PR + EVENTS creates short and long-term creative campaigns for arts, culture, family-friendly, fashion, health and wellness, and non-profit clients. The agency is based in Harlem, NY.
Directing Must be "Carefully Taught" | DirectorSpeak
[…] Cheryl Davis had written and it was then that I knew that I wanted to work with her. So, when Dev Bondarin [APAC's Artistic Director] called to ask if I'd be interested in directing […]