David John Attyah - Art Director
David John Attyah is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Attyah has collaborated extensively with playwright and performer Melissa R. Randel. In 2013, he managed the art direction, prop fabrication, and set design for Randel’s The Hat. Since 2019, he has consulted on art, design, and story for Randel’s current project Sorry. Attyah and Randel have shared artistic sensibilities about embodiment, movement, and symbolism. Like Randel, much of Attyah’s own artwork addresses gendered vulnerability, identity, and reconciliation.
Attyah received his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University and his MA in Cultural Anthropology from Harvard University. He has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Princeton University.
Attyah’s most recent visual art project, The Museum of Selective Homo Amnesia appeared in 2022 and follows his several solo exhibitions, including Eros in Ruin (2016), and Actions Speak (2009). Attyah has also designed several books, including A Mark for Every Body (forthcoming), The Jugular (2014), Daily Litanies for Sentient beings (2017), and A Brief History of Outrage (THINK AGAIN, 2003).
David John Attyah is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Attyah has collaborated extensively with playwright and performer Melissa R. Randel. In 2013, he managed the art direction, prop fabrication, and set design for Randel’s The Hat. Since 2019, he has consulted on art, design, and story for Randel’s current project Sorry. Attyah and Randel have shared artistic sensibilities about embodiment, movement, and symbolism. Like Randel, much of Attyah’s own artwork addresses gendered vulnerability, identity, and reconciliation.
Attyah received his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University and his MA in Cultural Anthropology from Harvard University. He has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Princeton University.
Attyah’s most recent visual art project, The Museum of Selective Homo Amnesia appeared in 2022 and follows his several solo exhibitions, including Eros in Ruin (2016), and Actions Speak (2009). Attyah has also designed several books, including A Mark for Every Body (forthcoming), The Jugular (2014), Daily Litanies for Sentient beings (2017), and A Brief History of Outrage (THINK AGAIN, 2003).
Larry Biederman - Co-Director
Larry Biederman was introduced to Los Angeles with his acclaimed productions of Eric Overmyer’s Dark Rapture starring Nick Offerman at the Evidence Room, and the World Premiere of Crumble by Sheila Callaghan (“Shameless”) at LATC. Biederman’s biggest collaborator from the television world has been Winnie Holzman (Wicked, "My So-Called Life"), serving as the on-set coach for her series “Huge” (ABC Family). He also directed Holzman and husband, actor Paul Dooley, on two successful productions of their play Assisted Living, premiering at the Odyssey Theatre in L.A., and then moving east to a run at the George Street Playhouse. Most recently he staged a festival presentation of Stupid Kid by Sharr White (“The Affair”) starring Laurie Metcalf and Tom Irwin and another Sheila Callaghan L.A. premiere of We Are Not These Hands at Rogue Machine Theatre.
He has directed two premieres of Mickey Birnbaum’s plays. The first, the L.A. premiere of Big Death and Little Death, included a live death metal band at the Road Theatre. The second, a world premiere of Backyard at the Echo Theatre Company, earned two Ovation awards and five Stage Raw Award nominations including Best Direction.
Biederman also enjoys the classics, including direction of Moliere’s The Learned Ladies at Theatre of NOTE, Lillian Hellman’s The Autumn Garden at Antaeus, which earned three more LA Weekly award nominations including Best Revival. In 2009, Biederman took his innovative staging of Schnitzler’s La Ronde to the New York International Fringe Festival where, in addition to critical acclaim, both actors received Best Actor awards for the festival.
Biederman spent seven seasons with San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, directing and serving in many senior capacities on the A.C.T. artistic staff, and as Associate Director of their M.F.A. program. Bay Area productions include Peter Barnes’ Red Noses, a Critic’s Choice named one of the year's 10 best productions.
Biederman teaches directing and acting, both privately and for many reputable training programs throughout the country (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Old Globe) and in Australia where he has held master classes in Sydney and Melbourne for the Academy of Film, Television and Theatre. He has had the privilege of directing great actors during their training years, including Omid Abtahi, Elizabeth Banks, Jim Parsons, and Anika Noni Rose. Currently, he is a Professor of Directing and Acting at Cal State Northridge.
Biederman lives in Studio City with his wife, Therese and their son, Tyler.
Larry Biederman was introduced to Los Angeles with his acclaimed productions of Eric Overmyer’s Dark Rapture starring Nick Offerman at the Evidence Room, and the World Premiere of Crumble by Sheila Callaghan (“Shameless”) at LATC. Biederman’s biggest collaborator from the television world has been Winnie Holzman (Wicked, "My So-Called Life"), serving as the on-set coach for her series “Huge” (ABC Family). He also directed Holzman and husband, actor Paul Dooley, on two successful productions of their play Assisted Living, premiering at the Odyssey Theatre in L.A., and then moving east to a run at the George Street Playhouse. Most recently he staged a festival presentation of Stupid Kid by Sharr White (“The Affair”) starring Laurie Metcalf and Tom Irwin and another Sheila Callaghan L.A. premiere of We Are Not These Hands at Rogue Machine Theatre.
He has directed two premieres of Mickey Birnbaum’s plays. The first, the L.A. premiere of Big Death and Little Death, included a live death metal band at the Road Theatre. The second, a world premiere of Backyard at the Echo Theatre Company, earned two Ovation awards and five Stage Raw Award nominations including Best Direction.
Biederman also enjoys the classics, including direction of Moliere’s The Learned Ladies at Theatre of NOTE, Lillian Hellman’s The Autumn Garden at Antaeus, which earned three more LA Weekly award nominations including Best Revival. In 2009, Biederman took his innovative staging of Schnitzler’s La Ronde to the New York International Fringe Festival where, in addition to critical acclaim, both actors received Best Actor awards for the festival.
Biederman spent seven seasons with San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, directing and serving in many senior capacities on the A.C.T. artistic staff, and as Associate Director of their M.F.A. program. Bay Area productions include Peter Barnes’ Red Noses, a Critic’s Choice named one of the year's 10 best productions.
Biederman teaches directing and acting, both privately and for many reputable training programs throughout the country (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Old Globe) and in Australia where he has held master classes in Sydney and Melbourne for the Academy of Film, Television and Theatre. He has had the privilege of directing great actors during their training years, including Omid Abtahi, Elizabeth Banks, Jim Parsons, and Anika Noni Rose. Currently, he is a Professor of Directing and Acting at Cal State Northridge.
Biederman lives in Studio City with his wife, Therese and their son, Tyler.