Romana Soutus is a New York based actress, playwright, and producer. She graduated in May 2014 cum laude from Fordham University’s prestigious Theatre Program with a focus on Performance. Romana has performed and produced in New York at the experimental theatre institution La MaMa for the past 3 years; serving as a Steering Member of La MaMa’s Junior Committee, producing work with the resident theatre company Yara Arts Group and participating in workshops with the Great Jones Repertory Company. In the Summer of 2014 she traveled with La MaMa to Spoleto, Italy for La MaMa’s International Director’s Symposium where she worked with Belarus Free Theatre, Theatre MOTUS, Dijana Milošević of DAH Theatre and playwright Catherine Filloux. Romana’s latest project, Hyena received rave reviews during its run in the Club at La MaMa in March of 2016 and will be presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 22 to 28, and at the United Solo Festival in New York City this fall.

Photo by Meredith Zinner.