Meet the Company

Nate’s work centers on Theatrical Direction, Actor Coaching and New Play Development. He is an Arts Professor at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and the Program Director of the undergraduate training program at the MSNR (Meisner) Studio @ Tisch Drama at NYU and the Head of Movement Training at the Terry Knickerbocker Studio, Industry City Brooklyn. Recent credits include: Director, Strongbox Theater Short Play Festival, Director – I Have Loved Strangers by Anne Washburn (Tisch Drama MainStage), Featured Performer – NYFashionWeek for Alexis Bittars, Director – For My Silent Sisters (staged reading) by Tara Meddaugh (NYU Paulson Center), Director – The Secret Life of Actors by Giovanni Pucci (Westchester Collaborative Theater), Director – The World Only Spins Forward – a theatrical reckoning with America’s Opioid Crisis by Bitter Maiden Theatrical. Director – The Chekhov Project (NYU’s Paulson Center), Producer – Stand Up! By Paul Hufker (Staged Reading at Arc Stages Pleasantville), Director – Civil Disobedience by Lori Myers (Axial Theatre Co., Pleasantville), Director – The Old Man on the Ice by Tara Meddaugh (Axial Theatre Co.’s SAFEHOUSE program), Director – What the Constitution Means to Me (Axial Theatre Co. starring Cady McClain), Featured Dancer – The Testament of Ann Lee starring Amanda Seyfried (Searchlight Pictures), Physical Acting Coach for Rachel Brosnahan for Season 5 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime), Director – Ode to Joy by Craig Lucas (Axial Theatre Co.), Director – Where Are We Going by Kate Benson (Tisch Drama Loewe Theater), Director – the Victory Garden Plays by Tara Meddaugh at Westchester Collaborative Theater. Other credits include: BAM Fisher, The Flea Theater, Judson Church/Movement Research, Classic Stage Co., Lucille Lortel, 99 Scott, Lincoln Center Theater – Clark, The Center for Performance Research, The Acting Company, the Aquila Theatre Co., El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, Duanjun Theater Academy (Shanghai), Shakespeare Festival Neuss (Germany), Festival at Syros (Greece), Crossroads Theater, Hangar Theater, Vermont Stage Co., Shakespeare in Delaware Park (Buffalo), Axial Theatre Co., Westchester Collaborative Theater, Aery 20/20 Festival & Ariane Festival (Depot Theater Garrison).

Lily Mannon is a theater maker, performer, and creative producer whose work centers on creative research, collaborative storytelling, and community building. She is passionate about bringing artists and audiences together, developing original film and theatrical work, and exploring the power of performance to inspire curiosity, empathy, and meaningful dialogue.

Lily serves as the Director of School Engagement in 92NY’s Arts Department, where she develops multidisciplinary arts programming and creative partnerships that expand access to the performing arts. She is the creator of 92NY Shakespeare Lab, reflecting her love of classical text and commitment to making theater accessible, engaging, and relevant to new generations of audiences.

Beyond 92NY, Lily helms Bitter Maiden Productions, developing original theatrical works that explore pressing social issues, including the climate crisis and America’s opioid epidemic. Her artistic practice is rooted in deep listening, research-informed docu-journalism storytelling, and collaboration across diverse perspectives and disciplines.

Her creative development experience spans theater, film, and television, including work with Nine Muses Entertainment and projects associated with Ron Howard. Selected producing credits include Sea Glass (Off-Broadway, WP Theater), NYC Teen Arts Week, and 92NY’s Discovery Series. Her performance credits include: Under Review (Diane), Cabin Pressure (Michelle), Synesthesia (Felicity), Richard III (Richard), My Big Wonderful Birthday Suit (Ooblahdah), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Measure for Measure (Hero), Romeo & Juliet (Romeo), Three Sisters (Olga).

Lily is a 2025 WP Space Program Producer in Residence and holds a BFA with honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied theater and film production.

Jacqueline is a Vietnamese-American visual artist and Scholastic Gold Key Award recipient. With a degree and background in fashion design from the UK, she now works primarily as a fine arts painter, drawing on both disciplines in her creative practice. She is passionate about supporting adoptees and elevating conversations around the adoptee experience through both her art and advocacy. Through her work with The 92nd Street Y, she is excited to help make the arts accessible through creative programming and education.

Sofie Daley is a Los Angeles-born, Brooklyn-based costume and production designer for theatre, film, and television. She loves supporting original work and is a proud member of the next generation of designers. Sofie is so grateful to the team at 92NY School Engagement in the Arts, and is honored to participate in its inaugural production. Recent and upcoming theatrical credits include world-premiere of Sacrifices: The Musical at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, Domov at The Tank, Foosball at Arts on Site NYC, The Totality of All Things at IRT Theater, Episodic Theatre Project’s Season 3: WHODUNIT? at UrbanStages, Fainting Couch at The Rat NYC (NYFF), and The Minutes at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, and The Great Privation at Soho Repertory Theater. Recent and upcoming cinematic design credits include Sex Criminals (Amazon Prime Video), Paranoia (Independently produced), California Roll (Tropical City Productions). More at sofienoradaley.com.

Sophia Jacobs (she/they) is a New York-based creative interested in collaborative, sensorial and immersive arts. Sophia’s recent theater work includes Tisch School of the Arts Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Scenic Designer), The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit As You Like It (Scenic Carpenter) and The Sheen Center’s Jekell & Hyde (Scenic Painter). Sophia is interested in detail oriented work ranging from scenic & production design to featured prop designs, miniature builds and practical effects. Outside of theater, she has worked on several films including The Raid (Art Director, Special Effects Supervisor, Model Builder), Golden Age (Production Designer), Silly by Raydeo (Freelance Prop Fabricator) and Daily Pay Diner, an immersive pop up through Set & Effects (Set Dresser & Carpenter PA). Sophia hopes to continue finding more innovative approaches to storytelling and bringing joy and whimsy to those who need it most. Learn more about Sophia and her work through her website and social media: www.sophiamjacobsdesigns.com / @sophia_m_Jacobs on instagram