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JYANA S. GREGORY
Artistic Director/Co-Founder

Jyana S. Gregory (Artist Director) has directed all ACTIVE EYE productions. She recently completed a TCG residency at Cleveland Public Theatre where she directed Venus, The Designated Mourner, and Dojoji. She has done devised work with mugwumpin (SF/Denver) and multiple productions around NYC (Ontological, Lincoln Center Lab, Target Margin Lab, etc.). Jyana is a graduate of Yale University and has studied performing arts in Japan.  Read
more about Jyana!

ANDREW GRUSETSKIE
Associate Artist

Andrew Grusetskie (Associate Artist) has performed and written for ACTIVE EYE. Additionally, he has worked with Mary Zimmerman (McCarter/Seattle Rep), Mark Lamos (McCarter), Carolyn Cantor (Edge Theatre), and the collective Split Knuckle (Edinburgh Fringe). He trained in the techniques of Jacques Lecoq at LISPA in London and graduated from Yale University.  Read more about Andrew!

RIKA IINO
Music Director/Co-Founder

Rika Iino (Music Director) writes, performs, and directs the music for ACTIVE EYE productions. A Japanese native, Rika runs SOZO MEDIA, a marketing and events production company and regularly produces and promotes artists and events across the globe. She recently produced Seen and Heard featuring composers Philip Glass and DBR at ASU Gammage, and a 2-week hip-hop festival at NYU Skirball. Rika graduated from Columbia University and has studied music in Japan, Austria, and the U.S.  Read more about Rika!
KRISTINE KUROIWA
Associate Artist

Kristine Kuroiwa (Associate Artist) has performed in all ACTIVE EYE productions. She has also appeared at HERE, Target Margine's Lab, WOW Cafe and Surf Reality. Kristine holds a BA in Performance from Fordham University (played Titus in Titus Andronicus) and has studied at ACT's Young Conservatory and in Italy.  Read more about Kristine!
COLLABORATORS coming soon!

"...their collaborative process is crucial to the production, in which the musical and visual elements are as important to the storytelling as the script..." -Cleveland Free Times

 

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