MY H8 LETTER TO THE GR8 AMERICAN THEATRE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2026 at 7PM
at THE SUSAN & RONALD FRANKEL THEATER
AT THE ROBERT W. WILSON MCC THEATER SPACE
by Zaza Diana Oh (they/them)
Directed by Miranda Haymon (they/she)
Creative Consultant: Mei Ann Teo (they/them)
Stage Manager: Alisha Simmons (they/them)
Directing Observer: Micha Zaya (any pronouns)
featuring Alex Lugo (they/them), Bianca Leigh (she/her), b (they/them), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (they/he/anything with respect), Cheeyang Ng (they/them), Dani Martineck (they/he), Dom Martello (they/she), Mei Ann Teo (they/them), Sagan Chen, T Mitsock (she/her), TL Thompson (they/them)
Zaza Diana Oh's MY H8 LETTER TO THE GR8 AMERICAN THEATRE centers on a writer, musician, and actor who confronts the Gr8 American Theater. Through ranting, laughing, singing, pleading, evoking history, making fun of, calling out, and deeply loving, our protagonist gives us a play-by-play critique of theatre – its diversity panels, fundraising galas, playbills, white leads, Shakespeare, and more. It is a fierce, joyful, relentless h8-filled love-fest that generously invites all of us to take a look at the institution to which we’re so devoted. Zaza Diana Oh was a pillar of the BTB community; following their passing last year, Breaking the Binary Theatre is proud to present this reading in their honor.
Zaza Diana Oh (they/them)
Creator
In loving memory of Zaza.
Miranda Haymon (they/she)
Director
Miranda Haymon is a Princess Grace Award-winning director and writer from Boston. They have developed work with The Tank, NYTW, Roundabout, Ars Nova, MTC, The Public, and more, and have taught at Fordham, Dartmouth, Sarah Lawrence, Wesleyan, Rutgers, and Harvard. Miranda has had fellowships with New Georges, Space on Ryder Farm, LCT, Wingspace, NYTW, Roundabout, and Arena Stage. Their film Sis starring Kara Young has screened at over two dozen festivals, winning at NewFest and appearing in the 2024 Whitney Biennial. Miranda has directed commercials for e.l.f., Progressive, Gucci, Dunkin’, and Spectrum, and wrote Dylan Mulvaney’s 365 Days of Girlhood Live! at the Rainbow Room. Currently: Dolly Parton musical prep, writing a feature film, developing new plays and musicals, shadowing television, remotely shooting ads, and post for a marquee scripted podcast.
Mei Ann Teo (they/them)
Creative Consultant and Performer
Mei Ann Teo (they/them) is the Artistic Director, New Work at Pink Fang where they make theatre working at the intersection of artistic/civic/contemplative practice towards investigations of liveness and revelation. Their collaborations with Diana “Zaza” Oh include Dramaturg on My Lingerie Play at Rattlestick, Love Doctor & also sang/twerked/collected$$ with a bucket in Clairvoyance at American Repertory Theatre, directed them as Emma in Sarah Mantell’s Fight Call, BTB Festival 2023, and played the Voice in their final play: A Rare Bird, BTB Festival 2024.
Alisha Simmons (they/them)
Stage Manager
Alisha Simmons (they/them) is a Caribbean-American theatermaker, arts administrator, and writer from Atlanta, Georgia. Alisha received a B.A in Theater and Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, with a concentration in Performance Studies. Alisha has produced work with Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, The Public Theater, Olin Memorial Library, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, The Tank NYC, 7 Stages Theatre, Theatre 4the People, NAMT Festival, and Breaking The Binary Theatre Festival. They also teach with the Alliance Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre. alishaasimmons.com
Alex Lugo (they/them)
Performer
Alex uses (They/Them) pronouns. Broadway: Hadestown. International: Hadestown Australia as Associate Choreographer. Tour: Hadestown, RENT 20th Anniversary. TV: “And Just Like That” on MAX & "The Late Late Show with James Cordon".
NYU Tisch Alum. For TNB2S+ pioneers. alexmlugo.com @alexmarialugo
b (they/them)
Performer
b is an actor and an athlete from Fresno CA. They are a post-gender mutt and triple cancer. This is their fourth festival with Breaking The Binary Theatre Company. Stage: Twelfth Night (Public Theatre), Toros ( Second Stage) *HOLA Award, American (Tele)visions (NYTW), and many more. Screen: YOU, Elsbeth, The Terror, WeCrashed, Let The Right One In, Station 19. Soon you can see them playing Didi Sosa in the Creed spinoff series Delphi for Amazon Prime. b went to Juilliard.
Bianca Leigh (she/her)
Performer
BIANCA LEIGH is an actress, singer, writer, and educator. She is currently playing Louise in OH, MARY! on Broadway, a role she originated and recently filmed in London for HBO. Roles include Mary Ellen in the groundbreaking film TRANSAMERICA, Dr. Rachel Sandow on LAW & ORDER: SVU, and Karma Johnstone in the film HURRICANE BIANCA. Her play, MBJrT, was part of the Monday Night Playwright Series at Kansas City Rep, and her piece ORLA was published by Samuel French as part of OVERHEARD, an anthology of monologues by TNB2S+ artists. She is featured in Laverne Cox’s documentary DISCLOSURE.
Carl Clemons-Hopkins (they/he/anything with respect)
Performer
Carl Clemons-Hopkins is an Emmy Award–nominated actor whose work spans theatre, film, and television. This year they made their Broadway debut in The Balusters for Manhattan Theater Club. They made their Off-Broadway debut in Lessons in Survival at Vineyard Theatre. They were part of the original Chicago company and First National Tour of Hamilton. Their stage credits include The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Steppenwolf), Richard III (People’s Light), Macbeth (Arden Theatre Company), and Dreamgirls, The Color Purple, and Ragtime (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). Their screen credits include Candyman, The Chi, and HBO’s Hacks. They are currently filming Enigma Variations for Netflix.
Cheeyang Ng (they/them)
Performer
Born and raised in Singapore, Cheeyang Ng is a Fred Ebb, Princess Grace, and Jonathan Larson Award-winning singer-songwriter creating queer, Asian, and immigrant stories. They have performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Joe’s Pub, and the Kennedy Center. Their solo musical LEGENDARY premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2026, earning 19+ five-star reviews, three awards, and praise from The Scotsman as “poignant and hilarious.” Other musicals in development include MĀYĀ (with Eric Sorrels), THE PHOENIX (with Desdemona Chiang and Eric Sorrels) and THE BALLAD OF MULAN (with Natalie Tenenbaum and Jim Hindman). MFA: NYU. BMus: Berklee. www.cheeyang.com @cheeyangmusic
Dani Martineck (they/he)
Performer
Dani Martineck is a New York-based writer and actor for the stage, screen, and audio with a backstory in science and a passion for stories that help us feel less alone. Their upcoming short film, HANDLE WITH CARE, produced by The Dazey Phase, charts a journey of rediscovering self-love and connection from within the isolation of chronic pain. He's also an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator and working on a play about a time-traveling pigeon. Say hi on IG @dmartintheneck
Dom Martello (they/them/she)
Performer
Dom Martello (they/them/she) is a transfemme performer and playwright based in NYC. Currently, Dom is starring as Magna in the New York Premiere of Very Blue Light at The Tank NYC. This past summer, Dom made their Broadway debut as an ensemble member and u/s Leon in A Dog Day Afternoon and played Benny in an industry workshop of Dino Nuggets Are Gay produced by Out of the Box Theatrics. Dom’s other onstage credits include regional theaters, classical companies, and children’s tours. Onscreen, they appeared in a national commercial for Better Help and starred in Sunny LaPrade’s directorial debut short film Irreversible Damage, based on her winning story at the 2024 Moth GrandSlam. Dom is a Truman Capote Fellow, a Brooklyn College MFA Playwriting ‘27 Candidate, and a Syracuse University BFA acting alumni. You can learn more about Dom at their website, here.
T Mitsock (she/her)
Performer
T Mitsock has appeared off-Broadway in Becoming Eve at New York Theatre Workshop and regionally in Dead House at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Film credits include Jamie Kiernan O'Brien's Egg, which debuted at Wicked Queer Film Festival and screened at World Pride DC and the Maryland Film Festival, among others. T has developed roles with Lincoln Center Theater, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, MCC Theater, the Exponential Festival, Blue Roses Project, Fault Line Theatre, Parity Productions, and more. She was the sole recipient of the Bette Davis Prize from the Boston University School of Theatre. @tmitsock
Sagan Chen
Sagan Chen (IG: @sagan.chen) is a queer genderfluid chinese american artist currently seeking representation, and always seeking liberation for all.
Onstage: i know why iris chang died, Isabel, WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY, and has supported new work with NYTW, NAATCO, Rattlestick, Ars Nova, Manhattan Theater Club, Roundabout, Soho Rep, Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Breaking the Binary, Playwrights Realm, and National Queer Theater, among others.
Onscreen: “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix/A24), “Grand Crew” (NBC), “High Maintenance” (HBO), “This Really Happened” (Tribeca), “Girl Talk” (Outfest).
Online: You can also catch Sagan as a recurring player on the viral series “Brooklyn Coffee Shop”, and as co-creator of two award-winning series called “Here We Wait” and “Sideways Smile”.
In your ears: the Audible Original The 126 Year Old Artist, and audiobooks: Ana On the Edge, All The Things We Don’t Talk About, This Way to Happy, and The Jump.
TL Thompson (they/them)
Performer
TL was a series regular on the 4400 Reboot and recently co- starred in Long Pork by Iris Dukatt. TL narrates all three seasons of Unlicensed (Audible) Broadway: Straight White Men. Off Broadway: Orlando (Signature Theatre); Is This A Room? (Vineyard), Chiarascuro (NBT @ the Flea), Nervous System (BAM). Documentary: Holding Back The Tide. Web-series: THESE/THEMS, Dinette Season 2. Short Films: Wolf Tone, Flu$h, Friday Afternoon, Miles Away (Chronic Insanity Edinburgh Fringe). Audiobooks: Thrust, Four Hundred Souls, Filthy Animals