“The Hooded Man” Cast
Bianca
Yhá Mourhia Wright is an artist from San José, CA. In May 2016, she graduated with her MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School and developed diverse playwriting and screenwriting portfolio. Upon graduation, she founded her production company, YháWright Productions, and developed the company’s first original series, #LoveMyRoomie which premieres on December 2nd, 2020 on Amazon Prime. Her most recent 2020 credits include Opportunity Calling (Zoom Film); Three Sisters (Zoom Film); Karula's Dream Show Live, Theatre East 5x5 (Zoom Performance); and Little Machine, Theatre East (Zoom Reading). She is also a part of the Labyrinth Theater Company 2020 Summer Intensive Ensemble where she developed a new original short play, The Basement.
Liz
Cindy Chu is a first-gen Taiwanese/Chinese American, born and raised in Queens, NY. Starting as an actress, she saw the lack of opportunities and misrepresentation of Asian American narratives, and began writing films and series that capture the urban working-class Asian American experience. Her feature script, 69 BAYARD is a 2020 Northeast Filmmakers Lab Fellow, 2021 Sundance Development Track - 2nd rounder, and the 2019 winner of Pitch Royale (featuring judges: Baz Luhrmann and Jason Blum). Her pilot script, ANNA WONG was a 2019 Sundance Episodic Lab - 2nd rounder, and her comedy series, QUEENS premiered at the Omni Cultural TV Fest and won the 2019 Best TV Pilot Comedy.
Twitter: @cindychuwrites
Instagram: @itscindychu
AJ
Christian Victoria Allen is a NY based actor by way of Philadelphia PA. After receiving her B.A. in Theatre Studies from Temple University, she spent time as a Stage Manager but the stage called her back and went on to graduate from The Actors Studio Drama School with an M.F.A. in Acting. She is an avid movie watcher and shares her film opinions on InstaGram #ChristianPOV. A former member of the off-off Broadway RisingSun Performance Company, which allowed her to work with Innovative Theatre Awards. She can be seen, starting December 2, on Amazon Prime Video as Pria Johnson in the series "Love My Roomie".
Instagram: @ Christian4Victoria
Cole Whitmore
Officer Wilson
Cole is a New Haven, CT newbie hailing from San Antonio, TX. By day, she manages a small business; by night, she trains as an aerialist and contortionist. Most recently, she played Eurydice, La Dame Blanche, and Fate Three in LOOM, a circus show she co-wrote that explored the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Other credits include work as an extra in Stop Loss (2008) and a particularly disastrous college run as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth. This is her first foray into podcasting, and she is honored to work alongside such talented artists.
Elsbeth Denman (Zurek)
Director/ Producer
Elsbeth is a New Jersey native who grew up performing. While dance brought her to the stage, Acting and production kept her there. A jack of many trades, Elsbeth has credits as an actor, stage manager, producer and director. She holds a BA from King’s College in Directing/ Acting, and an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. Since graduating, Elsbeth has become a full blown podcaster, with around 100 podcast appearances under her belt. She and her husband Mark are thrilled to finally be able to share their project, Dark Valley with listeners everywhere.
Mark Zurek
Writer
Narrator
Mark Zurek is a Pennsylvania-born writer and performer whose credits include Kalino Kahananui on the Protean City Comics podcast, writing and acting in the award-nominated The Adventures of Harry Flynn radio drama, as well as several Shakespeare and contemporary stage roles. A graduate of King's College and Binghamton University with degrees in Mathematics, Mark has nevertheless pursued creative writing as a passion. Dark Valley is his first scripted podcast for whom he is the head writer and narrator.