ABOUT US
RACHEL SHUEY
Founder and Co-Artistic Director
Rachel Shuey is a Brooklyn-based producer who is originally from New Orleans. Rachel has a keen eye for detail and has brought captivating and innovative projects to life across a broad range of artistic disciplines - from the Ukrainian Cultural Festival with Razom for Ukraine, to Manuel’s American Dream (2022) and now Manifest Destiny (March 2025) at Teatro LATEA) to a festival honoring composer Gustav Mahler at the New York Philharmonic, and much more. In New York, she has produced work at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, and LAByrinth Theater. She also worked on In France Michelle is a Man’s Name, a short film that received the Grand Jury Prize at both Outfest and Slamdance Film Festivals. Rachel received her MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama.
MANUEL ORTIZ
Co-Artistic Director
Manuel Ortiz is a queer Latin director, playwright, and producer based in Brooklyn. He has directed sixteen plays, ten of which were original works, including Pichanga (published in Spain, 2019). His shows have been presented in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, México and the US. Ortiz’s path in production started when he worked for the International Animation Festival CHILEMONOS, as a producer in charge of international attendees. In 2014, Ortiz founded the Corredor Latinoamericano de Teatro, an international collaborative platform that works to bring Latin American theater to new audiences across the world. Since then, he has directed seven international theater festivals, participated as a speaker in festivals in Latin America, Europe and the US, and worked as a consultant for artists and organizations in New York, London, and Santiago. In 2019, Manuel moved to New York, where he has directed two shows for American theater companies and staged a full production of his play American Dream in Manhattan. He currently works as Associate Producer at Mercury Store.
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