A collaborating artist with Third Rail Projects since 2011, Mr. Denis (he/she/they) has been an original collaborating cast member in several of the company’s preeminent works including their Bessie’s Awards winning “Then She Fell” originating the role of Lewis Carroll as well as playing the role of Doctor. completing over 1200 peroformances, “The Grand Paradise” which ran for 11 months in 2016 to critical acclaim originating the role of the Activities Director (and subsequently playing the role of Dad), and in the sold out 73 show run of “Ghost Light” at Lincoln Center in 2017. Most recently he completed a 37 sold out run of “Confection” commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC in 2019. Throughout this time he has also supported his burgeoning career as international male burlesque sensation GoGo Gadget, with featured performances at almost 7 years of the New York Boylesk Festivals, featured in the 2012, 2013 & 2016 London Burlesque Festivals, performances in Boston, New York City, Denver, Toronto, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. He is also a celebrated teaching artist with The New Victory Theater.

In a previous life, Kristin (she/her/hers) walked the halls of the Kingsland Ward as a Stage Manager at Then She Fell for over 400 performances. She is thrilled to be collaborating with TRP again after a year away that has sometimes felt longer. Other credits: Eschaton (Chorus Productions); Lab Rat by A$AP Rocky (Remarkable); The Rape of Lucrece (NYSX); A Little Princess (Berkeley Playhouse); The Birds & The Bees Unabridged (Honest Accomplice Theatre); Myths & Hymns (Prospect Theater Co); Good Idea/Bad Idea (Rhinestone Gorilla). BA SUNY New Paltz.

Joshua Gonzales (he/him/his) is Mexican-American actor, author, and podcast host, best known for guest-starring and co-starring roles on ABC, Lifetime, and CNN, as well as theatre credits Off-Broadway, on national tours, and on regional stages across the U.S. Joshua has worked with Third Rail Projects in myriad roles on and off stage since 2015, most notably starring as Demetrius / Snout in Midsummer: A Banquet (co-produced with Food of Love Productions). @joshwadam

Sean Hagerty (he/him) is a sound designer, composer, and violinist based in NYC. With Third Rail Projects, he's created immersive soundtracks for Then She Fell (Bessie Award), Ghost Light (Lincoln Center), The Grand Paradise, Ikaros (La Jolla), Midsummer: A Banquet, Sweet and Lucky (DCPA), Behind the City, Confection (Folger Shakespeare Library), Roadside Attraction, Oasis (Brookfield Place), and the documentary film Between Yourself and Me. Other shows include Hit the Body Alarm (Performing Garage), the off-Broadway revival of Around the World in 80 Days (Davenport Theater), The Wild Party (DCPA), Hound of the Baskervilles (Weston Playhouse), and 66 one act plays with the Actors Studio Drama School. www.seanhagerty.com

Taylor is excited to be working with Third Rail Projects once again! Stage management credits include Looking for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, NYFA's Sweeney Todd, and Third Rail Project's Ikaros.

Justin Lynch (he/him) is from Kingston, Jamaica and studied piano performance at the Royal College of Music in London and Boston University. As a dancer, he has worked with Elisa Monte, David Parker/The Bang Group, Christopher Williams, Nicole Wolcott, the Metropolitan Opera and others, and for the past several years has performed as a dancer, actor and pianist with Third Rail Projects, including its long-running shows Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise. He has presented his own work in NYC and Vienna, and was a 2017 danceWEB Scholar at the ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. A graduate of Columbia Law School, he leads a double life as an immigration and business attorney for artists and other creative people.

Zach Morris (he/him/his) is Co-Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects and co-creator of the immersive theater hits Then She Fell, The Grand Paradise, Sweet & Lucky with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Ghost Light at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater, among others. Zach's work includes theater, dance, site-specific performance, multimedia installation art/environments, and is particularly interested in how all of these can intersect with audience-centered experiential gatherings. Zach has been honored with numerous awards, including a Chita Rivera award, two BESSIE awards, projects he has collaborated on have garnered a Drama Desk Nomination and an Emmy Award, he was named as one of the 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine. His work has been presented nationally and internationally with the support of numerous grants, commissions, and residencies and he has had the pleasure of teaching, mentoring, and creating new platforms to support the work of artists both at home and abroad. Zach holds a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University. In recent months, Zach has been practicing taking lots of deep breaths.

Marissa Nielsen-Pincus (she/her, Associate Artistic Director) is a performing artist, teacher, and founding member and Associate Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects. Since 2001, she has been a collaborating artist on Third Rail’s creative processes nationally and internationally. In addition to performing, Marissa led the rehearsal directing teams and was Assistant Director for Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise (2016), as well as a member of the directing team for Learning Curve (2016), Third Rail’s collaboration with the Chicago youth theater company, APTP. Marissa teaches performance skills regularly in NYC, as well as nationally and internationally. She is also a certified Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner.

Tara OCon (she/her) is a multidisciplinary performing artist, experiential consultant and professional transformation coach. She draws from over a decade of experience devising and performing in immersive and site-specific theater settings; most notably as a collaborating artist with Third Rail Projects where she originated roles in Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise, and was part of the creative cast of Ghost Light, among many other productions over the years. As an independent movement artist and consultant, she leads performance workshops and works with experiential brands and immersive theater-makers to create engaging storytelling experiences for their audience. Her expert coaching program provides creatives of all backgrounds support to meet their goals and enact powerful change with positive impact in their personal and professional lives.

Edward Rice (he/they, Associate Managing Director) has worked with Third Rail Projects since 2012 on a number of projects including Then She Fell (Performer), The Grand Paradise (Performer, Directing Team), Learning Curve (Directing Team) and is the company’s Associate Managing Director. He has performed professionally since 2007 (Brian Brooks Moving Company, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, Laura Peterson Choreography, Elephant Jane Dance, Alexandra Beller/Dances, Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, NYC, among others). He has taught dance and performance both nationally & internationally and offers workshops through Third Rail Projects. He holds a BS and an MFA in Dance Performance from Illinois State University and the University of Iowa, respectively.

Kim Savarino is a performer and choreographer. She’s created site-specific dance/theater works in spaces ranging from traditional stages to concrete backlots, and (once) an old bathroom in a former mental hospital. Kim is a proud company member of Third Rail Projects and La MaMa's Great Jones Rep. Recent performance highlights include a Broadway lab choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, an Italian “spectacle” directed by Romeo Castellucci, and playing Cassandra in Andrei Serban’s revival of The Trojan Women. She studied dance at Flordia State University and acting with the Terry Knickerbocker Studio, and grew up in Southern California and West Virginia.