YOURTANA SULAIMAN (she/her, ZARI) is so pumped to be making her Remy Bumppo debut! Recent credits include, Little Women (Northlight Theatre), Happy Days Are Here Again (Steep Theatre), Iraq, But Funny (Lookingglass Theatre), Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company), the singularity play, (Jackalope Theatre), NBC’s “Chicago Fire” and more. She is currently represented by Gray Talent Group. IG: @Yourtana for more shenanigans. 

GLORIA IMSEIH PETRELLI (she/they, SALME) is a Chicagoland born and based actor, playwright, intimacy choreographer, and community organizer. Recent acting credits include Iraq, But Funny by Atra Asdou (Lookingglass Theatre Company); A Lie Of The Mind by Sam Shepard (Raven Theatre); her own ‘speechalicious” (A Commission For The Story Theatre); “Mosque4mosque” by Omer Abbas Salem (About Face Theatre); and “Layalina” by M. Yousif Zebari (Goodman New Stages). They are First Floor Theatre’s current Blueprint Commissioned playwright. Gloria’s art is informed and strengthened by the tenacity of her community; please consider a donation to Palestine Legal, USPCN, or Middle East Children’s Alliance. W: TheGloriaImseihPetrelli.com

TINA ARFAEE (they/any, SHIDEH/NEW FRIEND) is an actor, comedian, and occasional burlesque performer. They’ve been writing and performing on multiple stages in Chicago since 2012, most notably at the Second City as a member of the touring company and at the Annoyance Theater with Matt Damon Improv (MDI). With MDI they wrote and starred in “In-Diana,” a web series. They have also appeared in “Centered,” the web series, “The Sweatshirt,” a short film, and on an episode of “Chicago Fire.” They are represented by Grossman & Jack. IG: @TinaTwoCats

JOAN NAHID (she/her, RANA) is an Iranian multilingual actor, performer, and writer based in Chicago. She is thrilled to make her Remy Bumppo Theatre Company debut. Her favorite Chicago credits include Galileo, Medea Material, The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey, Mother Courage and Her Children, Princess Ivona, Tango, and The Locketeer (Trap Door Theatre); A Lie of the Mind (Raven Theatre); Man of the People (Stage Left Theatre); Antigone (Redtwist Theatre); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (Oak Park Festival Theatre and First Folio Theatre). She has also collaborated with Timeline Theatre, Silk Road Rising Theatre, Water Well Theatre Company, and others. She holds an M.F.A. in theatre and playwriting from the University of Tehran and has published three collections of short stories. She is also a graduate of Second City’s Acting Lab Conservatory. Joan is a proud ensemble member at Trap Door Theatre, which she considers her second home. W: JoanNahid.com