Neher Jaqueline Briceño is an actor/director who has worked at Teatro Avante since 1997. In her native Venezuela, she worked extensively with children. Recently she has acted in Teatro Avante’s productions, La feria de los inventos, El vuelo del Quijote, El filantropo and Una Tempestad. She is the winner of the Spanish playwriting award “Maria Teresa Leon–2005.”

Zaida Castellanos was born in Cuba and holds a degree in the Performing Arts. She taught acting and worked as a Theatre Director in Venezuela for nine years. Zaida is a well known actress, and has performed in theatre, film and television.

Jorge Hernandez has been an actor of theatre and television since 1986. He has appeared in many productions and theatre festivals, and was the founder of the theatre group BUSCON in his native Cuba. He graduated from El Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana with a Theatre and Music Arts degree.

Beatriz J. Rizk was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She attended New York University, and received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, N.Y. She is a professor, critic, promoter and theatre researcher, and co-founder and director of ATINT (Asociación de Trabajadores e Investigadores del Nuevo Teatro) She has published more than a hundred articles on Latino and Latin American theatre.

Vivian Ruiz is an experienced actress in theatre, radio and television in both English and Spanish.  She has participated in over 30 theatre productions, in various telenovelas with Telemundo and Univision, as well as a webnovela, "Mi Adorada Malena" presented through Univision.com. Vivian also had part in "Miami Sands", the first "American" soap opera filmed in Miami, and was a guest star on "Miami Vice", "Unsolved Mysteries" and "America’s Most Wanted".

Joann María Yarrow was born in Colombia and directs, choreographs, and produces theater and film around the world. She is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab West, the Directors Collective of L.A. and co-founder of A Laboratory for Actor Training. She trained with the Odin Teatret in Denmark, and has her M.F.A. in directing from the University of California. She joins Prometeo Theater from New York.