UnTethered Playwright/Performer

Theatre-maker, director, creative producer & coach

Tana holds a BA in Acting from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and an MSc in Creative Arts & Mental Health from Queen Mary University of London. She is co-founder of the non-profit arts & culture center, Culture Lab LIC and Artistic Director of Dirt [contained] Theatre Company, which has been producing socially conscious theatre with an absurd twist since 2010. Tana is a member of the international movement theatre collective The How, and of the feminist musical comedy troupe Broad Comedy, where she has helped raise over $2,500,000 for Planned Parenthood and The ACLU. Her original play "Crushing Baby Animals" played at The IRT theatre in NYC, and her two-person movement theatre piece, "My Favorite Person" ran in NYC at HERE Arts, and in Istanbul at Thuafier. She has been acting since 1994, producing theatre since 2007, has directed Off-Broadway, and performed in over 100 theatrical productions across the USA, UK, and Turkey. She utilizes improvisation to devise movement-based work that strives for eloquence in absurdity and authenticity in chaos. The research she has undertaken at the intersection of art and mental health has inspired her to create work centered around issues of equality and identity, and the ever-changing nature of the self.  She believes in the efficacy of art for social justice, and holds a deep respect for the profound healing power of the theatre.

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www.tanasirois.com

Founder of the How Theater and Director of UnTetherd

Actor, Mover, Teacher

Polina is a Russian-American director/actor born and raised in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Classically trained at Pace University BFA Acting program in NYC, Polina has also studied abroad in Kyrgyzstan and at the Grotowski Institut in Poland. In NY she’s worked with Interactive PlayLab led by improv pioneer and master clown Jeff Wirth, and with the experimental theater group Dzieci. Polina is a founder of The How, and has performed with and directed the ensemble at celebrated venues such as HERE Arts Center, IRT, The Tank NYC, Dixon Place, and Tuhafier (Istanbul). Work with The How includes: The Vyuga Project, Vandals, Hunger, What We Do, I Am the Wind, 5 Hour Piece, My Favorite Person, and Rat King which recently performed at Culture Lab in LIC. Polina has also worked with up and coming film-makers in NYC such as Alex Blackstorm, Sonoko Ogata, and Steve Perterson as well as industry giants such as Bob Balaban, and Lisa Robinson.

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Stage Manager / Technician

Skyler Reid is a multi-hyphenates producer, in all the vagueness that the title entails. He has extensive experience in digital media production and journalism, producing photo and video work for NBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and many others. He has worked in event and exhibition programming for over a decade. He is a senior staff member with Photoville, a New York City-based arts nonprofit that has produced and exhibited work around the world, for clients ranging from National Geographic to the United Nations to Médecins Sans Frontières.

He has worked with The How Theater regularly since 2021.

He also is licensed to drive a school bus and is, as of this July 2025, certified in Portable Appliance Testing.

IG: @skyreid