Qui Nguyen (Co-Artistic Director/Co-founder)
Originally from Arkansas, Qui Nguyen is a Brooklyn-based Writer and Fight Director.
His scripts include the critically acclaimed Vampire Cowboys productions of Fight Girl Battle World (nominated for Best Full Length Script by the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Awards); Men of Steel (Cited as 2007's Best Adaptation of Comics into Other Media by ComicCritique.com); Living Dead in Denmark; Stained Glass Ugly; A Beginner's Guide to Deicide; Vampire Cowboy Trilogy; and the upcoming Soul Samurai. Other scripts include Bike Wreck (Youngblood; Metropolitan Playhouse) and the Off-Broadway production of Trial By Water directed by John Gould Rubin (Ma-Yi Theater/Queens Theatre in the Park). His plays have been published by Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts.com, and can be found in the anthologies, SAVAGE STAGE and PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS 2005.
As a choreographer, Qui is an Advanced Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and has worked as an instructor & fight director for such places as LAByrinth Theater, Ma-Yi Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Public, HERE Arts Center, Partial Comfort Productions, The Brick, Nosedive Productions, Katharsis Theater, City Lights Youth Theatre, The Rabid Vamps Fight Studio, and others. Honors include multiple nominations as Best Choreographer by the 2008, 2007, & 2005 NY Innovative Theatre Awards, nominations for Best Production by the 2008 & 2006 NY Innovative Theatre Awards (Fight Girl Battle World & Living Dead in Denmark); The New Dramatists Playwriting Fellowship, NYTheatre.com's 2004 People of the Year, and featured as a "Playwright to Watch" by TIMEOUT NEW YORK. Additionally, Qui is a co-director of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, an alumna of Youngblood, and a stage combat instructor for Columbia University.
He is represented by Bret Adams Ltd. Artists' Agency (212.765.5630).
For more information on Qui, check out his blog at http://beyondabsurdity.blogspot.com/

Robert Ross Parker (Co-Artistic Director/Co-founder)
Robert is a Brooklyn-based director, writer, and actor. For Vampire Cowboys, he has directed the critically acclaimed productions of Fight Girl Battle World (nominated for Best Direction by the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Awards), Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, Vampire Cowboy Trilogy, A Beginner’s Guide to Deicide, Stained Glass Ugly, and the upcoming Soul Samurai. Recent directing credits include Hamlet (solo) starring Raoul Bhaneja (Hope and Hell), A Political Party!, the national tour of Children's Letters to God (Lamb's Theatre/Broadway Overseas Management), the Off-Broadway premiere of My Fake ID's (Lamb's Theatre), Lady Convoy (FringeNYC), Justin Reinsilber’s F*cking Love (Wej Productions), and numerous readings for Ensemble Studio Theatre where he was a young director-in-residence. Robert was the associate director for Silent Laughter Off-Broadway, and has assisted at many theatres including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Barrington Stage Co, People’s Light and Theatre Co, Toronto’s Soulpepper, and most recently with Walter Bobbie on High Fidelity. As an actor, Robert spent three summers with the highly physical Odyssey Theatre and has toured his solo work Confessions of an Undead Actor extensively in Canada. In addition to writing Confessions, other projects as playwright include Jimmy Starshooter must get Laid; Chasing Napoleon; Dunghill, Dunghill, Dunghill!; Pseudolus; and co-authoring Vampire Cowboy Trilogy and A Beginner's Guide to Deicide with Qui Nguyen. Most recently, Robert toured with The Flying Machine's Frankenstein, playing the title role which he originated at Soho Rep in Winter 2004. Robert is a graduate of Ottawa’s Arts Canterbury High School and its legendary BOFA improv team. He holds an MFA in directing from Ohio University. Robert was recognized as a NYTheatre.com's People of the Year in 2004.
For more information on Robert, check out his website at www.robertrossparker.com

Nick Francone (Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer)
New York scenic and lighting design credits include Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide, and Vampire Cowboy Trilogy for Vampire Cowboys; Eleven for Second Generation Productions; Silence, Taming of the Shrew, The Seagull and Grown Ups for the Roundtable Ensemble; Fatwa and The Seagull with Michael Barakiva; Iron Curtain and The Tutor for Prospect Theatre Company; the National Tour of Children's Letters to God for Lamb's Theatre; The Territory for Six Figures Theatre Company; It's Karate, Kid: The Musical! for the Four Corners Project; Fucking Love for Wej Productions; The Barn Series 2002 for the LAByrinth Theater Company; The Insight Series at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre; and several productions with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Hartt School. Regional design credits include Touch the Names at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Hot and Sweet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Rivals, and A Winters Tale at The Hartt School; Oliver, Prides Crossing and All My Sons at the Monomoy Theatre in Cape Cod. Recent Assisting credits include Wicked - Broadway, London, Chicago, Japan and National Tour; The Mambo Kings with Riccardo Hernandez; A Number, Valhalla and Hedda Gabler at the NY Theatre Workshop; Drunk Enough to Say I Love You at the Royal Court in London and the new musical The Pirate Queen with Eugene Lee. Industrial design projects include trade-show booth and lighting design for LiteTouch, Inc. He is an annual instructor of AutoCAD at Ohio University where he earned his MFA.
For more information on Nick, check out his website at http://www.nickfrancone.com/

Jessica Wegener (Resident Costume Designer)
New York: Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel, Living Dead in Denmark, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide (Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company), HMS Pinafore (Vortex), The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels), The Visit (Atlantic Theatre School), The Territory (Six Figures Theatre Co.), Courting Vampires (Summer Play Festival), Playing House (HERE Arts Center), Paddywack (The Mint), Dog In The Manger (Quinnopolis, N.Y.). Regional: Underneath the Lintel (Long Wharf Theatre), Haroun & the Sea of Stories, Cabaret & Main (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Lemnation (Mad Dog Theatre Co. @ WTF), Nora, Oklahoma!, An O. Henry Christmas, Dha-Fuzion (Clarence Brown Theatre Co./University of Tennessee), Noises Off!, Shadowlands, L’Eboueur Sleeps Tonight (James Madison Univ.).
Assistant: Spamalot (B’Way), Gem of the Ocean (Arena Stage), The American Pilot (MTC), Hot ‘N’ Throbbing (Signature Theatre Co.), The Controversy, As You Like It (The Public Theater), The Architecture of Loss (New York Theatre Workshop), Frame 312 (The Atlantic Theatre), Recent Tragic Events (Playwrights Horizons), Threepenny Opera, Landscape of the Body, God of Vengeance (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Nominated Best Costume Design by the 2008 & 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Fight Girl Battle World and Living Dead in Denmark, respectively.
MFA Costume Design: University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
For more information on Jessica, check out her website at http://homepage.mac.com/jwegener

Daniel Rech (Associate Producer)
Daniel Rech is currently the Marketing Director for the Obie Award Winning Ma-Yi Theater Company.
Prior to joining Ma-Yi, Daniel held positions with Arts International, the National Corporate Theatre Fund, New York Capital Roundtable, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Additionally, Daniel has volunteered his time and expertise for performing arts groups: Project Fuse; Roaring Leo Productions; and Cirque Boom. He is is an ensemble member of the Jolly Llamas Comedy Improv Group. He holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in Theater from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Andrea Marie Smith (Artistic Associate)
Originally from Tennessee, Andrea is an Artistic Associate for Vampire Cowboys.
For VCTC, Andrea has performed in the New York premiere and 2004 New York International Fringe Festival productions of Vampire Cowboy Trilogy, the world premiere of Living Dead in Denmark, and played the lead in the NY premiere of A Beginner's Guide to Deicide. In addition, Andrea has represented Vampire Cowboys at The 2007 New York Comic Con; VCTC's Revamped 2005 and Revamped 2006; Lady Cavaliers' Fighting the Clock, Center Stage's Open 24 Hours, Partial Comfort Productions' Battle of the Bards; and The 2006 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Ceremony. Other NYC credits include Qui Nguyen’s Slicing Andre at Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Octoberfest; Fever Pitch’s St. Hollywood at PS122; Roi Escudero's La Playa; Picasso at the Lapin Agile for T. Schreiber Studios, and the role of Cecily in The Kung Fu Importance of Being Earnest directed by Michael Gardner for The Brick Theater As a resident artist in the Monomoy Theatre Company for two years, Andrea has performed in various roles including Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Phoebe in As You Like It, as well as many others. Her film credits include Iron Pocket, A Letter From the Past, and Wunderwrap. Andrea has a B.F.A. in theatre performance from Ohio University where she portrayed characters ranging from Desdemona in Goodnight, Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet) to Patty in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.