RADIO COTE: NEW RADIO PLAYS ON CURRENT EVENTS (WITH A REVISIONIST TWIST)

Ashley is an activist and artist dedicated to creating theatre that challenges the status quo. She is a co-founder/artistic director of Co-Op Theatre East and alumna of the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics - EMERGENYC, American Theatre Wing's - SpringboardNYC '08 and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab '09. . Ashley has numerous directing, playwriting and performing credits. She holds her M.A. in Performance Studies (NYU Tisch) and BA in theatre directing and sociology/anthropology from Pace University. www.ashley-marinaccio.com

Mariah MacCarthy(Playwright) is a San Diego-bred playwright, director, occasional dramaturg, and Jill of all trades.  Writing credits: A Man of His Word (Playwrights Project at the Old Globe), Ampersand (Looking Glass; Winner, Winter Forum Best Script/Production) Dismemberment (Players Theater), After the Tower (Inbred Hybrid Collective).  Directing credits: Reading with Friends, Cate Blanchett Wants to Be My Friend on Facebook (Rapscallion Theatre Collective), The Woods (Channel Z Productions), What the Hell (Center Stage).  Associate Producer of FOUND at Ars Nova.  Proud Skidmore graduate.  Coming up: The All American Genderf*ck Cabaret with the Rapscallion Theatre Collective, March-April 2010.

Theresa Christine is thrilled to be a part of the COTE Company! A South Carolina native, she graduated in Spring '09 from Pace University with her BFA in Acting. It was at Pace that she first worked with Ashley, including productions of Decadent Acts, Dead Man Walking, and Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens. In 2009, Theresa joined COTE to produce and perform the title role in My Name is Rachel Corrie at the Kraine Theater. Other favorite roles include Summer and Smoke, Proof, and Out in the Open: Stories of Queer Oppression and Empowerment. Theresa is also an alum of SpringboardNYC 2009 with the American Theatre Wing, and she attended the Summer Training Congress '09 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. www.theresachristine.com

Alex is a New York City based actor and very proud member of Co-Op Theatre East. His work with Co-Op Theatre East includes roles in the staged reading of Decadent Acts (Pace University) by Ashley Marinaccio, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer (Gene Frankel Theatre), and the 2008 Questionable Content Festival (Gene Frankel Theatre). Other New York theatre credits include Buddy Holly at the Armory (Prospect Theatre's Dark Nights Series), Ronnie in The House of Blue Leaves (The Gallery Players), Andrea in Galileo (The Milk Can Theatre Company at Urban Stages), Earl Lindquist in The Tender Trap (Retro Productions at the Spoon Theatre), George in The Meaning of Life... and Other Useless Pieces of Information (Rope Swing Entertainment at the 45th St. Theatre), Thomas Kid in The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots (The Gallery Players and Engine 37 at the Gallery Players and Manhattan Theatre Source), and
Hans/Brunette Waiter in Dinner With Ahmed (Blume Media Group at the American Theatre of Actors). Alex was also in the 2008 College Academy Award winning film for comedy, The Conservatory, directed by Reed Van Dyk, as well as the short films Currents, Rooth and B, and Hypno (feat. James Franco). Alex is an alumnus of Cornell University.

Veronique Ory (Director) is thankful to be a part of COTE's radio play series. Predominantly an Actor and Producer, Veronique is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Athena Theatre, a non-profit theatre company founded in Los Angeles and is now bi-coastal. Athena's most recent NYC production was Sam Shepard's True West at Theatre Row. Some favorite roles are Catherine in Proof; Suzy in Wait Until Dark; and L'il Bit in How I Learned to Drive. www.VeroniqueOry.com

Lynn Spencer began her acting career in NYC at the age of 19, but after a promising start had to leave the business. She fully returned to the industry 4 years ago and dove back in with a passion, rebuilding her resume and her heart with many interesting characters. Lynn is proud to be part of the core ensemble in the upcoming HBO series Boardwalk Empire as one of Al Capone's prostitutes in The 4 Dueces nightclub brothel, and her role as Patrica in Una Calle Sin Salida can be seen in the upcoming Hamptons Black Film Festival. Her theatre credits include Candi in The Party as part of the Vignettes for the Apocalypse Festival, Janice Valeria in Documentary: A Suicide Narrative and Candi Swenson in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer as part of the VDAY Benefit. Another favorite role was in the Midtown International Theatre Festival as Darcy Applebaum in Dageurreotypes. Her TV credits include Principal, Day Player and Under 5 roles in One of a Kind: The Stu Unger Story, Important Things with Demetri Martin as well as The Guiding Light, and various appearences on Saturday Night Live and As The World Turns. "I am so proud to be a member of this company and have the opportunity to work with Ashley, Robby and Casey again, as I am so in love with what I do, and am only as good as my characters. The opportunity to bring new characters to life is a complete treasure." www.lynnspencernyc.com