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Andrés Faucher is a producer with MAYA Pictures and Lobo Productions. Before joining Moctesuma Esparza in Los Angeles to work on a development project funded by HBO targeting the English speaking Latino demographic, Mr. Faucher produced two documentaries for The Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the 3 CD Box Set of their South American tour, which was selected for a Grammy Award nomination. Andres has also produced documentaries about the socio-economic conditions in Latin America, portions of which have been featured in a segment of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. His films have been aired in the U.S. and South America, and accepted at over 30 international film festivals including Breckenridge, San Diego, Anchorage, Jackson Hole, and won the top prize for “Best Feature” in San Francisco. Currently, Mr. Faucher is producing and directing the feature documentary THE LEGACY to be completed in 2006, producing the feature TWO BADGES for the Lifetime Television Network, and is currently in pre-production on the narrative film, EL PASAJERO, which he will produce and direct. Besides his producing credits, Andrés has worked as a fundraiser, cameraman, director, writer, sound engineer and actor. He holds a B.S. in political Science from Mt. St. Mary’s College and an M.F.A degree from the Actors Studio in New York. Andres is the Artistic Director and founder of LOBO Theatre Group in New York, with which he produced and acted in the highly acclaimed production of ORPHANS by Lyle Kessler, as well as producing the World Premiere of Tennessee William’s first play, SPRING STORM. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in Washington D.C.

In addition to being the Director of Development for Lobo Production Group, Kevin Allen Jackson is an Academy Award-eligible filmmaker, whose films have appeared at film festivals around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Milan, Rhode Island, and Newport Beach, among many others, while garnering several Best Picture, Special Jury, and Best Screenplay Awards. Most recently, the documentary The Legacy, which he wrote and co-produced in collaboration with director/producer Andrés Faucher, won Best Feature at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and the Golden Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival. Born and raised in and around New York, Kevin attended NYU’s Stern School of Business, then completed his undergraduate degree at the State University of New York, Albany, earning a BA in theatre, before going on to earn his MFA in directing from the Actors Studio program at The New School. Upon graduating from The New School, Kevin turned his attention to film, writing, directing and producing two shorts before relocating to Los Angeles in 2000. Since arriving in Los Angeles, he has developed feature scripts for several independent producers, attended the 2-year screenwriting program at Writers Boot Camp (where he subsequently taught screenwriting and worked as a Program Coordinator), started his own creative consulting company, been a partner in the independent production company Lobo Productions (with whom he wrote and produced two films – the aforementioned The Legacy, and the Academy Award-eligible narrative film, El Pasajero – and worked on the development of many others), was chosen through an innovative selection process to write the pilot for a new Internet-based episodic drama series, Lombardi Street (which he will also direct), and was a finalist for Warner Brothers’ TV writers fellowship. Currently, he is working with John Fogel Entertainment to develop a feature script, and and with LOBO partner, Andrés Faucher, on the creation of a new Internet-based TV/social network. In addition to his film and episodic work, Kevin has worked extensively in theatre. He has directed over 30 stage productions, founded three theatre companies, served as the Director of Production for the MET Theatre in Hollywood, and worked at such New York theaters as Circle in the Square, The Vineyard, Circle Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Musical Theatre Works and New Dramatists.

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Lobo Theatre's Board of Directors

David Gideon - Chairman - David Gideon began studying with Lee Strasberg at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York in 1971 and continued to study with Mr. Strasberg until his death in 1982. Under Mr. Strasberg’s tutelage, Mr. Gideon began his teaching career at The Institute in New York in 1976 and later in 1978 was selected to teach for The New York University Undergraduate program in the Tisch School of Arts. He taught at NYU for a period of thirteen years while he continued to work at the Strasberg Institute.

In 1978, Mr. Strasberg appointed him as the Director of his New York Institute and later was appointed to the position of Producing Director of The Lee Strasberg Creative Center. During the last twenty-five years as a teacher, Mr. Gideon has continued to work as actor, director, and casting director. As an actor he has been seen on stage, film and TV, most notably in Dennis McIntyre’s Modigliani, Alan Alda’s Sweet Liberty, Kojak, and Hawaii 50.

In 1991 Mr. Gideon formed his own independent acting classes for professionals known as The Acting Class. In the fall of 1995 he was invited to join the teaching faculty at The Actors Studio M.F.A. program at the New School University. Currently, Mr. Gideon is on sabbatical from teaching and is currently producing an educational TV series "Pegasea: The Cruising Classroom." Mr. Gideon is a Member of the Actors Studio.

Luis Alvarez is an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank where he works for the Private Wealth Management division covering the Latin America region. Within Private Wealth Management, he oversees the Marketing function for Latin America.

Mr. Alvarez is also a member of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, actively working on the Micro Finance Lending Program and a member of the Micro Finance Club of New York.
Previous to joining PWM Latin America, Luis worked for BT Wolfensohn and DB Alex Brown as a financial analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Division. As a member of the Latin America M&A Group, Luis focused on the retail and energy sectors of Latin America.

Mr. Alvarez holds a B.A. in Political Science and a certificate degree in Latin American Studies from Princeton University.

Carrie Audino's bio is coming soon.

Shauna Lewis has worked as an actress in New York theatre for the past twelve years. She trained at The University of Michigan and The Acting Studio. She would list Jane Hoffman, Vivian Matlon and Wendy Ward amongst her mentors.

Career highlights include: performing with Dylan McDermott in Eve Ensler's New York debut of Floating Rhoda and the Glueman, Hello from Bertha, Crimes of the Heart, The Crazy Plays, National and International commercial spots.

Shauna's producing credits include: Village Girls, Women of Manhattan and Crimes of the Heart. More recently she has produced Julie Hebert's Almost Asleep at Primary Stages and Lobo’s debut of Orphans at Urban Stages.

Coy Middlebrook grew up in Northern California. While still in high school, Coy became a choreographer and assistant director for the Theatre Arts Department at California State University-Chico (CSUC). In 1989, while working for CSUC, Coy co-founded Chico City Light Opera (CCLO), a non-profit theater organization that grew into a fully operational theatre, producing theatre 200 days of the year. Coy has directed 10 large scale musicals (including HAIR, INTO THE WOODS, JC SUPERSTAR, GREASE, THE WIZARD OF OZ), directed an original adaptation of “The Three Musketeers” for Shakespeare in the Park in Chico, and choreographed over 30 productions for various organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Coy has received awards for outstanding excellence in both direction and choreography for his productions of HAIR, INTO THE WOODS, JC SUPERSTAR and THE WIZARD OF OZ.

In 1995 Coy moved to Manhattan, where he has directed main stage productions, readings and developed new work for theater companies such as: The Actors Studio, The Adobe Theatre Company, Ensemble Studio Theater, Epic Repertory Theatre, The John Harms Theater, Musical Theater Works, The Neighborhood Playhouse, LOBO Theater, and The Stamford Center for the Arts. Coy graduated from The Actors Studio Drama School at New School University with a MFA in Directing in 2000. His directing credits there include three original works by graduate playwrights and a very well received production of THE ELEPHANT MAN. In 2002 Coy co-founded LOBO Theatre Corporation. He directed their inaugural production of ORPHANS at Urban Stages and LOBO’s production of the New York premiere of Tennessee Williams’ SPRING STORM in May 2004 at the Theatre at St Clements.

Coy has also had the honor of working with Jeff Calhoun and Tina Landau in many major productions here in New York. Coy is the Associate Director, alongside Mr. Calhoun, for the highly acclaimed production of BIG RIVER at Deaf West Theater (DWT), which was remounted in Los Angeles, at the Mark Taper Forum, on Broadway at the American Airlines Theater with The Roundabout Theatre Company and the 2004/5 International Tour. Coy directed the DWT production of BIG RIVER at The Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC this spring. He is also the Associate Director for the Broadway musical, BROOKLYN, of which Mr. Calhoun is also Director. Coy was the assistant director for the Broadway revival of BELLS ARE RINGING and the Disney Theatrical Productions’ workshop of WHEN YOU WISH, both directed by Ms. Landau and starring Faith Prince.

During Coy's residence here in New York, he has also worked as an actor. In 1996, he played the principal role of Eugene Florzych in the National Tour of GREASE!, and in October of 1997, made his Broadway debut, also with GREASE!, at the Eugene O’Neill Theater. Coy also appeared opposite Al Pacino and Marisa Tomei in the workshop production of SALOME at the Actors Studio.

Coy is a member of The Lincoln Center Directors Lab, LOBO Theatre and Epic Repertory Theatre Company. He is a member of The Actors Studio where he serves on the development committee and where his directing credits include RACE MUSIC and WOODEN NICKELS.

Currently, Coy is directing Albee’s THE ZOO STORY at DWT.

Sean Sutherland (Literary Manager) is a playwright residing in New York City. As a playwright, Sean has been produced in Los Angeles, his native state of Maine and several theatres in New York City over the years. Mr. Sutherland is a longstanding member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre, and New York City's THE NEW GROUP, as well as the Literary manager for LOBO Theatre. In the summer of 2002, Sean was awarded a MacDowell fellowship at the United States' most illustrious arts colony, The MacDowell Colony. At MacDowell, he was in the company of many great writers, most notably Stephen Dunn, the Pulitzer Prize Winner for 2002. Mr. Sutherland's most recent major production was in 2006 at The Ensemble Studio Theatre where he enjoyed seeing his full-length play MOUNTAINS IN THE BERING (a play set on a factory trawler fishing vessel in The Bering Sea) on the main stage. As an actor, as well, Sean has enjoyed roles in many plays and films over the years. In 2005 Sean was Austin in Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST at The Seaside Theatre in Seaside Florida. In 2006/2007 Mr. Sutherland has been acting in the film ASBURY PARK, which is currently in production, and directed by Eileen Myers, who at present is a staff writer on HBO's BIG LOVE.

As literary manager for LOBO Theatre Sean, has his ear to the ground for new exciting works that reinvent the play form as well as speak to a greater sense of humanity in their craft.