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JÁ FOUNDERS
DAN COTTERALL
But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority… Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep.
A literary aficionado, Dan studied literature in New Zealand (BA 1st class Hons) and at Oxford (M.Phil) before spending 25 years as a management consultant, living in the UK, Tunisia, France, China and now Portugal.
In JÁ’s first production in Lisbon in 2017, he played the role of Smirnov in The Bear and Simone in Wilde’s A Florentine Tragedy. The following year, he was Lambert in Pinter’s acerbic Celebration and in 2019 the Salesman in La Bute’s Iphigenia in Orem.
In 2020, when the pandemic began and theatres closed, he and his JÁ colleague Tania decided to create a series of podcast about books. They now have more than 30 episodes on their Cover2Cover platform, https://www.buzzsprout.com/1132658
Dan is an Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai International Studies University.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action – Hamlet, Act III Scene II
Margarida is an actress, journalist, scriptwriter and stage director. After a literature degree at NOVA University, a journalism course at Cenjor, and drama studies at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon, she completed an MA in Text & Performance at King’s College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Margarida runs Drama workshops at Católica University. Recently she wrote and staged the original play Pessoa, First Person Plural. She also created an original play for her students called Bill.
She has played Lady Anne in Shakespeare’s Richard III, Rosalind in As You Like It, Christine in Strindberg’s Miss Julie, and the title role in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata among other roles. But it was as Elena Popova in Chekov’s The Bear that she met her ‘matches’ and together founded Já International Theatre!
Performance is a promise, you accept me, I accept you, leave no one behind.
Suresh is a wandering ragamuffin whose fixation with narrative interiority has him probing black hole interiors in string theory at IST, in the theatre and on film, as a writer, director, actor and producer, tapping into the many facets of human architecture with frequent cross-pollination of ideas between these activities. With directorial and thespian training and experience in various countries, he has conceived, written, produced and directed a range of theatrical interventions including political theatre of the Arab spring, modern adaptations of Greek tragedies and other classics, movies in Paris, Lisbon and Iceland, online theatre, originals for international theatre festivals, and a radio play ‘Luz Diafana’ on Voz Online (https://open.spotify.com/episode/35ZblqSU0J8pBhrx1AXZZq?si=aw40wHyDSai5NDygt_v-Gw&utm_source=copy-link)
Post-pandemic, he has staged Orpheus as an exploration of grief, based on Grotowskian work with U.Lisboa psychologists and co-facilitated a festival celebrating the Queer experience.
Filling the barrel of the ‘movie’ with the wine of your life – Michelangelo Antonioni
Tania is an artist, stage director, event manager and avid movie-goer who draws her inspiration from words, images and memories.
A native of Kyiv, Tania completed a Master’s degree in Foreign Languages & Literature in Ukraine, as well as an FIFA/CIES program in Sports Management. After 12 years’ experience of teaching and sports & event management in Kyiv and Lisbon, she decided to refocus on her art. For three years, she was a leading actress at the Kyiv Theatre of Comedy. In 2017, she directed JÁ’s inaugural show “RED” in Lisbon.
Apart from projects ranging from stage directing to podcasting and video poetry, Tania will be involved in the EU-funded “Theatre in PALM” initiative spanning the period 2022-2024.
Tania is also a certified translator of scripts, sports literature, subtitles and voiceover material.
JÁ STAFF
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THAIS CHANES
JÁ VERSE
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ALEXIA KALTEIS
ALLIE MAZON
ANTÓNIO PEDRO LIMA
For António, training and professional experience go hand in hand. While involved in professional projects, he has continued to attend workshops and professional courses and complete academic studies. He has worked with many different teachers and artists, in particular Jean-Paul Bucchieri, João Brites and João Garcia Miguel. In 2019 António took part in a Já reading of In a Foreign Country.
ARNOLDA NOIR
Cátia Delgado
She’s been happily crooning with the University of Lisbon Choir for the last five years, but essentially she loves to sing classical jazz. She made her English theatre debut in 2017 with Filipe Thomaz’s musical Freedom Again at the Lisbon Players, and in 2018 played Julie in Celebration with JÁ Theatre.
Chiara Crisafulli
Damien Sousa-Murphy
Dave Earl
Derman Gulmez
Diogo Velez
Dora Guedes
Elena Vertegel
Fiona Spreadborough
Francisco Zaiden
Inês Chora
Íris Virgílio
João Harrington Sena
Jojo Hui
Jorge Soares
Margarida Figueiredo
Mick Greer
Monika Valkunaite
Nicole Hutcheson
Pat Butler
Paulo Vaz
Rosa Giulia Gavin
Pernille Schulte
Rugile Sabonyte
Rui Vaz
Do you need actors? Do you need a venue? Do you need production skills for theatre, film or any cultural event?
We can help. Email us at talent@jait.pt
JÁ FOUNDERS
Dan Cotterall
But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority… Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep.
A literary aficionado, Dan studied literature in New Zealand (BA 1st class Hons) and at Oxford (M.Phil) before spending 25 years as a management consultant, living in the UK, Tunisia, France, China and now Portugal.
In JÁ’s first production in Lisbon in 2017, he played the role of Smirnov in The Bear and Simone in Wilde’s A Florentine Tragedy. The following year, he was Lambert in Pinter’s acerbic Celebration and in 2019 the Salesman in La Bute’s Iphigenia in Orem.
In 2020, when the pandemic began and theatres closed, he and his JÁ colleague Tania decided to create a series of podcast about books. They now have more than 30 episodes on their Cover2Cover platform, https://www.buzzsprout.com/1132658
Dan is an Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai International Studies University.
Margarida Rocha e Melo
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action – Hamlet, Act III Scene II
Margarida is an actress, journalist, scriptwriter and stage director. After a literature degree at NOVA University, a journalism course at Cenjor, and drama studies at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon, she completed an MA in Text & Performance at King’s College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Margarida runs Drama workshops at Católica University. Recently she wrote and staged the original play Pessoa, First Person Plural. She also created an original play for her students called Bill.
She has played Lady Anne in Shakespeare’s Richard III, Rosalind in As You Like It, Christine in Strindberg’s Miss Julie, and the title role in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata among other roles. But it was as Elena Popova in Chekov’s The Bear that she met her ‘matches’ and together founded Já International Theatre!
Suresh Nampuri
Performance is a promise, you accept me, I accept you, leave no one behind.
Suresh is a wandering ragamuffin whose fixation with narrative interiority has him probing black hole interiors in string theory at IST, in the theatre and on film, as a writer, director, actor and producer, tapping into the many facets of human architecture with frequent cross-pollination of ideas between these activities. With directorial and thespian training and experience in various countries, he has conceived, written, produced and directed a range of theatrical interventions including political theatre of the Arab spring, modern adaptations of Greek tragedies and other classics, movies in Paris, Lisbon and Iceland, online theatre, originals for international theatre festivals, and a radio play ‘Luz Diafana’ on Voz Online (https://open.spotify.com/episode/35ZblqSU0J8pBhrx1AXZZq?si=aw40wHyDSai5NDygt_v-Gw&utm_source=copy-link)
Post-pandemic, he has staged Orpheus as an exploration of grief, based on Grotowskian work with U.Lisboa psychologists and co-facilitated a festival celebrating the Queer experience.
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Tania Kumeda
Filling the barrel of the ‘movie’ with the wine of your life – Michelangelo Antonioni
Tania is an artist, stage director, event manager and avid movie-goer who draws her inspiration from words, images and memories.
A native of Kyiv, Tania completed a Master’s degree in Foreign Languages & Literature in Ukraine, as well as an FIFA/CIES program in Sports Management. After 12 years’ experience of teaching and sports & event management in Kyiv and Lisbon, she decided to refocus on her art. For three years, she was a leading actress at the Kyiv Theatre of Comedy. In 2017, she directed JÁ’s inaugural show “RED” in Lisbon.
Apart from projects ranging from stage directing to podcasting and video poetry, Tania will be involved in the EU-funded “Theatre in PALM” initiative spanning the period 2022-2024.
Tania is also a certified translator of scripts, sports literature, subtitles and voiceover material.