Sammy Rivas (Ricky) B.F.A. Drama NYU Tisch; co-founder/associate artistic director of The Fool Volk experimental theatre collective, company member of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater, Teatro SEA, International WOW Company, and Bated Breath Theatre Company; co-founder Rivasorio Puppets Company and Fish Paul Productions LLC; Recent Theatre Credits: Antigone in Analysis (La MaMa), Dirty Books (Off-Broadway, Bated Breath Theatre), The Pocket Park Kids (Off-Broadway, Theatre Row), Fowl Play (La MaMa), The Edge of Nature (La MaMa), Roommates (Hudson Guild – Best Actor Nominee), Good Soldier Svejk (TNC), and Pete/Pianist in the Spirits’ Speakeasy at Sincerely, Ophelia. Writer/Director: Gutter Soup (2026), Strange Key (2025); Producer: The Monks of Lorisidia (2024).