I Didn’t Want A Mastodon
Written by Halley Feiffer
Sam Bianchini
Director
Sam (she/they) is a director, actress, writer and producer who has worked in LA, NYC and Chicago on both the stage and screen for 20 years. She creates immersive, intimate, and awe-inspiring pieces of theatre and film that aim to be a gift shared between artist and audience. She is the artistic founder of Wolf & Snake Collective (wolfandsnake.com), and is beyond honored to be working with all these fabulous artists on this gift of a show, and to have you (yes, you) as a part of it. She holds an MFA in Acting from UCLA.
Select LA Theatre: Vanda in VENUS IN FUR (AVT), Sinner's Laundry (Wolf & Snake and Season 10), The Very Best People (IAMA), The Road, The Odyssey, The Vagrancy. Select Directing: Conceived of and directed the critically acclaimed Romeo+Juliet w/The Family Crest, an immersive play/party/concert in LA, SF, and Chicago. Talking Blues (LGBT Center). She recently directed Ren Martinez’s music video Take Touch.
Sam can be reached at samfbianchini@gmail.com
Noa Lev-Ari
Dani
Noa is thrilled to be co-producing and performing in the Lionheart Festival. Originally from Staten Island, NY, she earned her BFA in acting from Cal State Fullerton, joined SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and is currently taking classes at the Cameron Watson Acting Studio.
Noa recently performed as Henrietta in Daddy Issues at the Complex Theatres and also appeared at the 2nd annual Brisk Festival in the short play Downsize Me. Catch her as the nurse in 2019’s family film Team Marco.
For more media and information, visit her website noalevari.com.
Shout out to Debra Manners for being the best manager a girl could ask for!
Christian Skinner
Henry
Christian was born and raised in Long Beach. He is a company member of The Actors’ Gang. In 2023 he co-devised and starred in Certain Death and Other Considerations, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and ran at Echo Theater Company. Other notable roles: Angels in America (Prior), The Twentieth Century Way (Brown) with The Long Beach Playhouse, La Tempestad (Trinculo) with Ophelia’s Jump, Ybor City (Johndo) with The Actors’ Gang and, most recently, As You Like it (Sylvius) with Shakespeare by the Sea.
Christian thanks Cameron Watson for cultivating such an inspiring and warming community. Christian too thanks all the folks he’s lucky enough to be loved and supported by—many of whom share the stage with him tonight. Lastly, he thanks you for supporting live theater.