Staff

Ariel Estrada (Founder, Producing Artistic Director) is an actor, singer, arts advocate, producer, and Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Leviathan Lab. As an actor and singer, Ariel has performed on television, film, commercials, industrials, new media, and on, Off, and Off-Off Broadway. As the founder of Leviathan Lab, he has produced acting and writing salons, cabarets, fundraising events, staged readings, showcase productions, and short films, including its national award-winning film Two Weeks; and through his grant writing, has secured multi-year NYC grant awards and residencies in support of Leviathan’s work. As an arts advocate, he is the current National Coordinator for Diversity & Inclusion at Actors’ Equity Association and Marketing and Membership Director for the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists. He was the Manager of Communications & Community Engagement for the Asian American Arts Alliance, and is a longtime member of Actors’ Equity Association’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. He was designated an Emerging Arts Leader by New York Foundation for the Arts and a Rising Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group. He is a graduate of The Broadway League’s Commercial Theater Institute Emerging Producer Program, as well as a graduate of the MFA in Acting Program from the University of Washington. Ariel is also an accomplished Fortune 500 and Inc. 5000 level communications designer. www.arielestrada.com

Gaven Trinidad Dramaturg-in-Residence; www.gaventrinidadtheatre.com
Robert Lee Musical Theatre Advisor; http://chinesehell.com/
Trina Estavillo Social Media Manager