Qui Nguyen (Co-Artistic Director/Co-founder)
Originally from Arkansas, Qui Nguyen is a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
His scripts include the critically acclaimed Vampire Cowboys productions of Soul Samurai; Alice in Slasherland; Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel; Living Dead in Denmark; Stained Glass Ugly; A Beginner's Guide to Deicide; and Vampire Cowboy Trilogy. Other scripts include Bike Wreck (Youngblood; Metropolitan Playhouse); Aliens Versus Cheerleaders (Keen Teens); the Off-Broadway production of Trial By Water (Ma-Yi Theater/Queens Theatre in the Park); and the hip-hop musical Krunk Fu Battle Battle (commissioned and currently being developed by East West Players). His plays have been published by Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts.com, and can be found in the anthologies, SAVAGE STAGE and PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 2005.
Additionally, Qui is an award-winning fight director who has worked extensively as an instructor & choreographer for such places as LAByrinth Theater, Ma-Yi Theater, Long Wharf, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Public, HERE Arts Center, and many others.
Honors include 2009 GLAAD Media Award nominee (Soul Samurai); 2008 & 2006 NY Innovative Theatre Awards nominee for Best Production (Fight Girl Battle World & Living Dead in Denmark); 2007 ComicCritique.com's Best Adaptation of Comics into Other Media (Men of Steel); The New Dramatists Playwriting Fellowship, NYTheatre.com's 2004 People of the Year, featured as a "Playwright to Watch" by TIMEOUT NEW YORK, 2008 Innovative Theatre Award for Best Choreographer; and nominations as Best Choreographer by the 2007 & 2005 NY Innovative Theatre Awards.
Qui is a proud resident playwright of New Dramatists, a co-director of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, an alumnus of Youngblood, an advanced actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and the stage combat instructor for Columbia University.
For playwriting, he is represented by Bret Adams Ltd. Artists' Agency (212.765.5630).
For literary, he is represented by Kate McKean of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (kmckean@morhaimliterary.com).
For more information on Qui, check out his blog at http://beyondabsurdity.blogspot.com/

Robert Ross Parker (Co-Artistic Director/Co-founder)
Robert is a Brooklyn-based director, writer, and actor. For Vampire Cowboys, he has directed the critically acclaimed productions of Alice in Slasherland, Soul Samurai, Fight Girl Battle World (nominated for Best Direction by the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Awards), Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, Vampire Cowboy Trilogy, A Beginner’s Guide to Deicide, and Stained Glass Ugly. Recent directing credits include Goodbye Cruel World (Roundtable Ensemble) which he also penned, Hamlet (solo) starring Raoul Bhaneja (Hope and Hell), A Political Party!, the national tour of Children's Letters to God (Lamb's Theatre/Broadway Overseas Management), the Off-Broadway premiere of My Fake ID's (Lamb's Theatre), Lady Convoy (FringeNYC), Justin Reinsilber’s F*cking Love (Wej Productions), and numerous readings for Ensemble Studio Theatre where he was a young director-in-residence. Robert was the associate director for Silent Laughter Off-Broadway, and has assisted at many theatres including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Barrington Stage Co, People’s Light and Theatre Co, Toronto’s Soulpepper, and most recently with Walter Bobbie on High Fidelity. As an actor, Robert played the title role in The Flying Machine's Frankenstein (Soho Rep and Tour); spent three summers with the highly physical Odyssey Theatre; and has toured his solo work Confessions of an Undead Actor extensively in Canada. In addition to writing Confessions, other projects as playwright include Jimmy Starshooter must get Laid; Chasing Napoleon; Dunghill, Dunghill, Dunghill!; Pseudolus; and co-authoring Vampire Cowboy Trilogy and A Beginner's Guide to Deicide. Robert is a graduate of Ottawa’s Arts Canterbury High School and its legendary BOFA improv team. He holds an MFA in directing from Ohio University. Robert was recognized as a NYTheatre.com's People of the Year in 2004.
For more information on Robert, check out his website at www.robertrossparker.com

Nick Francone (Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer)
New York scenic and lighting design credits include Alice in Slasherland; Soul Samurai; Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide, and Vampire Cowboy Trilogy for Vampire Cowboys; Eleven for Second Generation Productions; Goodbye Cruel World, Silence, Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull, Grown Ups for the Roundtable Ensemble; Fatwa and The Seagull with Michael Barakiva; Iron Curtain and The Tutor for Prospect Theatre Company; the National Tour of Children's Letters to God for Lamb's Theatre; The Territory for Six Figures Theatre Company; It's Karate, Kid: The Musical! for the Four Corners Project; Fucking Love for Wej Productions; The Barn Series 2002 for the LAByrinth Theater Company; The Insight Series at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre; and several productions with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Hartt School. Regional design credits include Touch the Names at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Hot and Sweet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Rivals, and A Winters Tale at The Hartt School; Oliver, Prides Crossing and All My Sons at the Monomoy Theatre in Cape Cod. Recent Assisting credits include Wicked - Broadway, London, Chicago, Japan and National Tour; The Mambo Kings with Riccardo Hernandez; A Number, Valhalla and Hedda Gabler at the NY Theatre Workshop; Drunk Enough to Say I Love You at the Royal Court in London and the new musical The Pirate Queen with Eugene Lee. Industrial design projects include trade-show booth and lighting design for LiteTouch, Inc. He is an annual instructor of AutoCAD at Ohio University where he earned his MFA. For more information on Nick, check out his website at http://www.nickfrancone.com/

Jessica Shay (Resident Costume Designer)
New York: Alice in Slasherland; Soul Samurai; Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide (Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company), HMS Pinafore (Vortex), The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels), The Visit (Atlantic Theatre School), The Territory (Six Figures Theatre Co.), Courting Vampires (Summer Play Festival), Playing House (HERE Arts Center), Paddywack (The Mint), Dog In The Manger (Quinnopolis, N.Y.). Regional: Underneath the Lintel (Long Wharf Theatre), Haroun & the Sea of Stories, Cabaret & Main (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Lemnation (Mad Dog Theatre Co. @ WTF), Nora, Oklahoma!, An O. Henry Christmas, Dha-Fuzion (Clarence Brown Theatre Co./University of Tennessee), Noises Off!, Shadowlands, L’Eboueur Sleeps Tonight (James Madison Univ.).
Assistant: Spamalot (B’Way), Gem of the Ocean (Arena Stage), The American Pilot (MTC), Hot ‘N’ Throbbing (Signature Theatre Co.), The Controversy, As You Like It (The Public Theater), The Architecture of Loss (New York Theatre Workshop), Frame 312 (The Atlantic Theatre), Recent Tragic Events (Playwrights Horizons), Threepenny Opera, Landscape of the Body, God of Vengeance (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Winner of the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Best Costume Design for Fight Girl Battle World; nominated for Best Costume Design by the 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Living Dead in Denmark.
MFA Costume Design: University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
For more information on Jessica, check out her website at http://web.me.com/jwegener/Portfolio/Contact.html

Daniel Rech (Associate Producer)
Daniel Rech is currently the Marketing Director for the Obie Award Winning Ma-Yi Theater Company.
Prior to joining Ma-Yi, Daniel held positions with Arts International, the National Corporate Theatre Fund, New York Capital Roundtable, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Additionally, Daniel has volunteered his time and expertise for performing arts groups: Project Fuse; Roaring Leo Productions; and Cirque Boom. He is is an ensemble member of the Jolly Llamas Comedy Improv Group. He holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in Theater from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Andrea Marie Smith (Artistic Associate)
For VCTC, Andrea has performed in the NY Innovative Award-winning ensemble of Fight Girl Battle World; Alice in Slasherland; Living Dead in Denmark, Vampire Cowboy Trilogy; and played the lead role in the NY premiere of A Beginner's Guide to Deicide. In addition, Andrea has represented Vampire Cowboys at the New York Comic Con; Lady Cavaliers' Fighting the Clock, Center Stage's Open 24 Hours, Partial Comfort Productions' Battle of the Bards; and The 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony. Other NYC credits include Infectious Opportunity for Nosedive Productions; Temar Underwood's The Brokenhearted; Twelfth Night and Picasso at the Lapin Agile for T. Schreiber Studios, Fever Pitch’s St. Hollywood at PS122; Roi Escudero's La Playa; and the role of Cecily in The Kung Fu Importance of Being Earnest directed by Michael Gardner for The Brick Theater. As a resident artist in the Monomoy Theatre Company for two years, Andrea has performed in various roles including Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Phoebe in As You Like It, as well as many others. Her film credits include Iron Pocket, A Letter From the Past, and Wunderwrap. Andrea has a B.F.A. in theatre performance from Ohio University.