Velocity Theatre Company

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members

MARC SANTA MARIA, Co-Founder/Artistic Director

Marc has directed theater work by writers Anton Dudley, Jose Rivera, and for a handful of E.S.T./Youngblood and Partial Comfort Production company writers (see www.partialcomfort.org).  He's also directed, produced and choreographed commercial projects for American Express, Food and Wine Magazine, MTV, Jordache Jeans and The Karaoke show.  Marc is a member of the Lincoldn Center Directors Lab (Class of '05) and Directors Lab West (Class of '06). 

In his spare time, Marc is a contracted Elite Athlete and Master Trainer for Nike (primarily for Hip Hop) and is the Group Fitness Regional Director for Crunch.

In a past life, he worked as a Manhattan litigator after getting his J.D. from NYU School of Law.  He then completed the Conservatory Program at the Actors Center and began his work as an actor.

In 2005, The Lynn Thigpen/Bobo Lewis Foundation honored Marc for his acting work.  His most recent acting work was at the 2006 NY International Fringe in Michael Quinones' Naughty Prep School Stories and as the spokesmodel competetition host for a TV pilot shot in Miami, Atlanta, NYC and LA (see www.dotsterdots.com). 

His upcoming projects include the July 9-15 week of Suzan-Lori Park's "365 Days/365 Plays" and work in the Strawberry One Act Festival.

RAINBOW DICKERSON, Co-Artisitc Director

Rainbow studied acting in London, England, and right here in New York City at Circle in the Square. She has had the pleasure of working in numerous venues in New York and throughout the East and Midwest.  A few of her favorite roles to date include:   His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama  (The Buddha Prince), Pierrot (La Ronde), and Lucy (Dracula). 

Rainbow is recognized by the British Society of Stage and Screen Combat, The Society of American Stage Fighters, and B.H. Barry.  In addition to her training and work as an actor, Rainbow has had the pleasure of apprenticing the former Art Director of the Metropolitan Opera and ABC Special Events in the craft of designing and painting scenic art.  Rainbow has also worked in numerous other areas of technical theater, totallying 50 productions in the last ten years.

KIMBERLY BAILEY, Executive Producer/ Co-Artistic Director

Kimberly started off 2007 with roles in six short films, including MOJADO, winner of the Abel Cine Tech Award grant.  With a degree in art from the Art Institute of Philadelphia as well as a BS in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy, Kimberly draws upon her diverse background in business and the arts to inform her character work as well as create successful productions. 

A lover of the craft, she continues her studies at T. Schrieber Studios as well as independently with Charles Tuthill and Grace Zandarsky.  Currently, she can be seen hosting Discovery Home Channel's "Going, Going, Gone!".  In addition to performing in many OOB shows, Kimberly is expanding her theater credits to include producing, as the Executive Producer of Velocity Theatre Company.  www.kimberlybailey.net

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