New York City Metropolitan Area
I work as a director, producer, writer, performer, and top-shelf cannabis brand ambassador in NYC. In April 2026, my new 70-min dark-comedy, "The Iguana Becomes Marco," had its sold-out world premiere run at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Manhattan. Between 2023-'25, I served as founding artistic director of Quick & Dirty Theatre Company, which produced 19 theatrical events featuring brand new work in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This included six plays by myself, the sold-out world premiere of "Las Cruces" by Pulitzer-shortlisted and Tony nominated writer Lee Blessing, and the sold-out three week world-premiere run of "Picture Day" by Levon Thurman-Hawke at Coffey Street Studio. My feature film “Boys at Twenty” (directed by Isaac Dell and written, starring and executive produced by myself) won the audience award for “Best Feature Film” at the Twin Cities Film Festival and was spotlighted by Film Independent in their 2024 “Festival Visions” program. I am also the brand ambassador for Toast Cannabis, the top-shelf cannabis brand grown at Hepworth Farms, New York's first organic farm, located on the banks of the Hudson two hours north of Manhattan. My work includes event production, social media marketing, managing and seeking brand sponsorship opportunities, budtender trainings, brand pop ups. I have built and maintain relationships with more than three dozen dispensaries around the city, and spearheaded NYC's first cannabis-concierge program with a select number of New York's finest 5-star hotels. I am experienced in creative production, and have designed, produced, and hosted parties for A-listers, fashion houses and more at venues including Ella Funt, Starchild Rooftop Bar, Coffey Street Studio, and Sunny's Bar. Recently, I played Doctor Lvov in Chekhov’s "Ivanov," adapted and directed by Laura Strausfeld at Royal Family Productions, assistant stage managed "Narcissister: Voyage Into Infinity" at the Skirball Center for the Under The Radar Festival, and am a member of downtown theater pioneer Yoshiko Chuma's "The School of Hard Knocks." My interests include biomimicry, circular economics, regenerative agriculture, poetry, and environmental stewardship. Experienced in rock climbing, ice climbing, square-rig sailing, whitewater rafting, canoeing, backpacking, and working on farms. Certified in restorative justice facilitation; helped implement restorative justice programs at Central High School and Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki. BA NYU Gallatin, 2025, Cum Laude, Founders Day Award ETW International Theatre Workshop, 2024
Responsible for performance pre-sets, assisting with cues, and liaison between performers, musicians, and tech team for Brooklyn-based performance artist Narcissister’s 2026 Pioneer Works commission “Voyage Into Infinity” for Under The Radar Festival at NYU Skirball and The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen).
Brand ambassador for Toast Cannabis, top shelf organic cannabis grown at Hepworth Farms in the Hudson Valley and sold in 235 dispensaries around NY. Responsibilities include managing relationships with dispensaries in NYC area, scheduling and working promotional tabling events at dispensaries, sponsoring arts and cultural happenings, maintaining communication and building community among dispensaries, cannabis consumers, artists, and wellness practitioners, hosting and organizing farm visits, and bringing Toast to many new dispensaries around Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
Acting credits: Theatre: "Picture Day" by Levon Thurman-Hawke (Coffey Street Studio, lead) "Reality Beach" dir. Talia Kai/Luci Dunham (Soho Playhouse, supporting) "Ichor" by Sean Pfautsch (Sunny's Bar, lead) "Caucasian Chalk Circle" (Fiasco Theatre Company/NYU, lead) "Clown In Waiting" by Booth McGowan (Luo's Events, supporting) "Before the Lobotomy" by Booth McGowan (Lars Fisk Studio, lead) "The Iguana Becomes Marco," by Booth McGowan (Green Lung Studio/IRT Theatre, supporting) "Family" by Celine Song (La Mama, chorus) "My Dinner With Morgan at Remedy Diner, Ch. 43" (Martin Segal Center, chorus) "The Call" (NYU, lead) "Timeshare" by Tanner Forbes (NYU, supporting) "Marketing Meeting Agenda" by Aidan La Poche (Playwright's Horizons reading, supporting) "Empty NeXT" by Rosemary Moore (Theatre Lab reading, supporting), Film: "Picture Day" by Levon Thurman-Hawke (feature film, lead) "Boys at Twenty" by Booth McGowan (feature film, lead) "The Monks of Lorisdia" by Scotty Irving (short film, supporting) "I Am Nearing The End Of My Lifespan Once Again" by Miles Cohen (short film, supporting) "Mack and The Beanstalk" by Rhodri Benyon (short film, supporting) Writing credits (produced): "Boys at Twenty" (feature film, 2023) "Clown in Waiting" (one-act play) "Full Frontal" (one-act play) "Before the Lobotomy" (one-act play) "Blue Moment" (one-act play reading) "The Generals" (one-act play reading, just finished writing the three-act version) "The Iguana Becomes Marco," (one-act play) Directing credits: "The Iguana Becomes Marco" and "The Generals" by Booth McGowan
"The Iguana Becomes Marco," written and directed by me, world-premiere, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's spring 2026 season in the "Community Arts Space" at 74A East 4th Street, Manhattan, NY. Marco / Marco Quesada The Iguana / Luke Wisniewski The Detective / Bobby Cole Maximillian / Booth McGowan Marceline / Lucinda Dunham Jimmy / Jason Hoover Viola / Georges Mefleh Bass Guitar / Lars Fisk --- Lighting design / Bryce Harnick Scenic Design / Forest Entsminger Stage Manager / Valentina Zazzali Props, Costumes, and Graphic Design / Maddie Rubin-Charlesworth Iguana costume / Jessie Wayburn Video Art / Avni Kumra
Stage manager and assistant to iconic post-modern dance pioneer and movement artist, Yoshiko Chuma, on productions of "My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner" chapters 41, 42, and 43 at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club and Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, as well as performances of "Finished Unfinished Symphony," at Theatre Lab, International House of WOW, and Daily Press Cafe and Bar. Responsibilites include: running tech cues, liaison between actors, dancers, musicians and Yoshiko, coordinating and managing the performance time-code and score, and reading text in live productions.