LIZA COLON (Playwright/Performer-Sistah Supreme) is a member of the Latino Actors Base (LAB). She has appeared on "New York Undercover" and marks her film debut in the upcoming feature "The Keeper" with Giancarlo Esposito. At New York's Intar Theater, she played Maria in Roughhouse and Conchita in Dating Dummies. She has toured with the Actors Shakespeare Co. in the role of Mariana in Measure for Measure and Antonio in Twelfth Night. Sistah Supreme was workshopped by the LAB at the One Dream Theatre and the New York Stage and Film Festival. The piece was recently produced by the Belmont Italian-American Playhouse (BIAP). Special thanks to Stephen Guirgis, The Lab, BIAP, Marco, Dante, Bronx Net, William, DGP, and Mami. Grateful recognition of all the love and support of family and friends.

SAM VALLE (Jose) is delighted to be making his Off-Broadway debut with Trash. He is equally proud of having been born, raised, and trained in New York. He has much gratitude for Tim Phillips and Shane Ann Younts, his acting and speech/diction coaches. Kudos to family and friends for their love and support.

TERRI VARGAS (Mami) a native New Yorker, has appeared in many productions, including Hair, Birth of the Nation, Our Town, and Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. She has choreographed and appeared at Carnegie Hall and The Winter Garden Theatre. She originated "Mami" at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre, a role which she has developed through many other productions. Her film credits include performances with Al Pacino, Kiefer Sutherland, Harvey Kietel, and John Leguizamo, and she has understudied for Rita Moreno. Her latest films were: Fresh and two short subjects (The Money Shot and Vamanos Muchos) soon to be entered into the Cannes and other festivals. She has worked in two episodes with David Caruso and Dennis Franz as a reporter on "NYPD Blue." She will continue her studies with Michael Becket and Uta Hagen this Spring. Many thanks and much love to Judy for her continued support.

PEDRO R. MONGE-RAFULS (Playwright-Trash) was born in Cuba and studied philosophy at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Colombia. He is the co-founder of El Círculo Teatral de Chicago, the first Hispanic theater group in the Midwest. In New York, he founded OLLANTAY Center for the Arts in 1977 and OLLANTAY Theater Magazine in 1993 (to date, the only national magazine dedicated mainly to Hispanic theater in the United States). In 1991, with the comedy Noche de ronda he became the first and only winner of the Very Special Arts Award, Artist of New York category, created by Mayor David Dinkins and Jean Kennedy Smith (affiliate to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts). In 1994, his play Nadie se va del todo (which appears in a 1995 Cuban theater anthology) inaugurated a new program at the Festival of Cadiz, Spain: "The author and his work." His monologue At Carmita's There's Always a Fire (published in the special issue of Linden Lane Magazine dedicated to Cuban literature) was produced at the First Festival of Latino Theaters at IATI in New York City. His comedy Solidarios (United) was a finalist in the 1989 McDonald Theater Contest, sponsored by the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. It was invited to the Teatro-Festival produced by Pregones Theater. Other produced or published plays are: Cristobal, Colon y otros locos, Easy Money, De la muerte y otras cositas. His farce The Fugitive Moment was produced by Manhattan's DUO Theater as part of its 20th Anniversary in 1989. The award-winning comedy Noche de randa has had three different productions in a one-year period. T.E.B.A. produced four of his short plays in December 1994 under the title MOMENTS. Three of these produced short plays have been published. Recordando a mama is awaiting publication by the University of Antioquia (Colombia) in a forthcoming Latin American theater anthology. Currently, he is a member of the Theater Panel (Expansion Arts) of the National Endowment for the Arts, has been a panelist on theater and literature for several different city or state cultural and artistic organizations, and has been a guest to national and international theater festivals and conferences to speak on Latino theater in the United States.

ALLISON ASTOR (Director-I'll Be Home) is the co-founder of Stuff of Life for which she directed Lengthwise Not Crosswise and produced the NJ News segment video for its latest production of Reality. Last year she produced a documentary video for Mabou Mines Mother. Her last appearance was in Astor del Valle's Where the Senoritas Are and she is currently adapting The Scarlet Letter for the stage, which is slated for production next Fall.

STEPHEN ADLY-GUIRGIS (Director/Dramaturg‹Sistah Supreme) has directed pieces at Intar II, One Dream Theater, Access Theatre, Belmont Italian-American Playhouse, and the New York Stage & Film Festival. As a writer, his play Francisco & Benny was produced last season. His new play Moonlight Mile will be produced in January at HERE. As an actor, he has appeared all over the city. He just landed the male lead in Olympia Picture's SAG feature Lena's Dreams. He is a proud member of the Latino Actor's Base and a recent graduate of the William Esper Studio. Special thanks to Marco Greco for all of his worthy contributions to Sistah Supreme. Thank also to Jamie Mullins, the LAB, DGP, and Bill Esper. Extra special thanks to Romi Colón, who gave birth to such a beautiful, talented, and amazing friend as Liza Colon.

MARK ROBERT GORDON (Director-Trash) made his Equity Off-Broadway acting and playwriting debuts with My Soul is Mine: A Runaway's Story and served as assistant stage manager on DGP's production of the dreamer examines his pillow. New York acting credits include performances at: Union Square Theater Studio, NYFA Stage, Sanford Meisner Theater, Wings Theatre, American Theater of Actors, Minor Latham Playhouse, and staged readings with the Columbia Dramatists, Three Masques Productions, and the New York Shakespeare Festival. He has recently held readings for two of his full-length plays: Hamilton: The Flame of Revolution (a one-character study of Alexander Hamilton) and Did You Evuh? (a Jewish comedy), and is currently working on the sequel to the latter (Nevuh!) and a one-person show about his life (Searching for a Script). Born in Phoenix, he received degrees from Princeton University (A.B., Public & International Affairs/Afro-American Studies) and Columbia Law School (J.D.) in a combined total of six years. He is the founder of DGP and currently serves as the company's Artistic and Executive Director.