
MINO LORA
Founding Executive Director
BOB BRASWELL
Founding Managing Director
ZAFI DIMITROPOULOU DEL ANGEL
Artistic Director
ABE JOHNSON
Education DirectorAbe holds an M.A. from NYU Steinhardt in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities. Abe graduated with his culminating project, a curriculum entitled Let’s Talk About Identity: Self-Assessment to Self- Determination. He is passionate about the merging of social justice, theatre, and education as a means of self-awareness and self-determination. Outside of grad school, Abe was a supporting Artist for CO/LAB (Creative Opportunities without Limits and Boundaries) Theatre Group, which provides creative and social outlets for actors with developmental disabilities. Abe was also the Assistant Director and Music Director for National Queer Theater’s production Speechless, a devised documentary theatre play based on the collection of stories from people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. Prior to that he was the Music Director for DREAMers, a play that explores freedom, oppression, and identity as undocumented youth respond to the announcement of President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. It was developed with The Civilians Education Department in partnership with Make The Road New York, and was written and directed by Adam Odsess-Rubin. He has served as part of the Program Committee for the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, is part of the Education Collaborative for The New York Immigrant Coalition, and is a proud member of the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus.

AYA HAYASHI
Development Director
AMBAR COLON FARGAS
Program Manager - PTP AcademyAmbar Colón Fargas was born and raised in Carolina, Puerto Rico. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Theater Arts in 2017 from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Following her graduation, Ambar moved to New York. Since then, she has worked with Teatro SEA and has recently continued her professional development completing their Technical Training Program. Ambar is passionate about social causes and civic engagement, and she is overjoyed to be with the People’s Theatre Project as the Program Manager.

JOSHWALD MARTINEZ-PERALTA
Program Manager - PTP Company & PTP Partnerships
ESDRAS SANTANA
Youth AdvocateEsdras Santana is a proud resident of Washington Heights for 39 years now. She is the mother of two teenagers and served as PTA president for six years during their elementary/middle school attendance in the neighborhood. Esdras graduated from the Ward Acting Studio in 2007, is trained as a joker with Theatre of the Oppressed, and has studied Williamson Physical Technique at the Actors Movement Conservatory. She is currently participating in her 5th Uptown Action production and is a founding member of the Uptown Action Leadership Team. Esdras has been a labor/postpartum doula and childbirth educator since 2001. She enjoys working closely with new and expectant parents and is committed to supporting them through the birth and parenting process.

EMMANUEL ABREU
Communications Associate
REYNA BONAPARTE
Teaching Artist & PTP Company Member
SINDY ISABEL CASTRO
Teaching Artist
JEESUN CHOI
Teaching Artist
MARIA JOSE FAJARDO
Teaching Artist
ANJU HYPPOLITE
Teaching Artist
JIAWEN HU
Teaching Artist & PTP Company Member
BEN JOHNSON
Teaching ArtistHe is also a circus performer who has been a featured clown on Cirque du Soleil’s world tour of Alegría, a ringmaster with the Zoppe Family Circus, and a clown with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
His film and TV credits include TBS’s The Detour, the children’s video project Flummox and Friends, and the independent films All the Others Were Practice, Betrayed, Messenge, Reversal of Fortune, The Brides of Frankenstein, The 14th Floor, and Inhouse: Sketching Reality.
Ben has over fifteen years of experience working as an educator and trainer in a variety of contexts. He has designed and facilitated workshops for business professionals, and professional development for schools, districts, and other educational organizations. He has also worked as a substitute teacher, an instructional aide in special education classrooms, a one-on-one aide for a student with muscular dystrophy, a circus coach across the country for students fighting cancer, and a teaching artist in public schools and community centers in Rhode Island, California, and New York.
Ben recently relocated to New York City from Oakland, CA with his wife and their two daughters. He has a BA in History from UCLA, and an MA in Teaching from Brown University. Check out benbjohnson.com for more information!

CHUK OBASI
Teaching Artist & PTP Company Member
ZULEINETTE RALAT
Teaching Artist
ANGIE REGINA
Teaching Artist & PTP Company Member
MAX SINGER
Teaching Artist
VIDA TAYEBATI
Teaching Artist & PTP Company Member
CHANNIE WAITES
Teaching Artist
ARTS POOL
People’s Theatre Project is a member of ArtsPool, a cooperative which provides workforce administration, financial management, and compliance services to a growing roster of nonprofit arts organizations in New York City.