The Company
We're emerging artists and we believe it's important to support and work with other emerging artists. That means creating opportunities within our company for unheard, untried, untested voices.
We believe that a play should be treated with as much respect as a person, and that it is only through examining a text from all angles that it will be able to truly able to stand up and walk on its own.
We believe in creating the maximum theatrical experience with a minimum of material elements.
We believe there's room for everyone's story. We desperately want our work to reflect a broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and viewpoints that are underrepresented in modern theatre.
We believe theatre should be, first and foremost, a product of and for the community. The work of Asterism is to reflect the joys and challenges of the communities we live in.
The People
Christie M. Clark
is a Brooklyn-based creator, educator, and advocate of social change. In 2013, she received her MFA in directing from The New School for Drama. Christie was chosen as a 2016 Drama League artist in residence for her project L’appel Du Vide. In addition to her work as a director, she serves as a teaching artist for Story Pirates. NYC credits include: The Great Somewhere and The See Throughs (Asterism Theatre Co.), Venus von Merkle (Open Source Gallery), The Mermaid Won't Sing and The Skull Beneath The Skin (440 Gallery); G Train Exodus (Estrogenius Festival); They All Know Me (Thespian Production Slam-a-Thon); Clown Love (Strawberry One Act Festival); Clean; The Spider and the Wasp; Marlee Saves the World; An Office Called Eden; Ruins and Radical Methods for Radical Heartbreak (at NSD). As Assistant Director: Trojan Women and Execution of Justice (NSD). Christie is the co-founder and artistic director of Asterism Theatre Company. She is most drawn to theatre that is bottomless: plays that reveal more with each reading, rehearsal or performance. Most of all, she is endlessly fascinated by theatre's capacity to prompt social epiphany and change.
Trey Radu-Blackburn
is an Iowa native, and an actor and writer. He received his MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. An active member of the New York independent theatre community, Trey has appeared on stage in several plays during his years as a New York City transplant. As a writer: The Great Somewhere for Asterism Theatre Company's debut show. Selected roles include Community Member, King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music); Choir Member, The Christians (Playwright's Horizons); Blue, Invasion (Estrogenius Festival, Best Actor Award); Rosencrantz and the Player King, Hamlet; Ben, Aperture; Milk’s Friend, Execution of Justice (New School for Drama); Marc & Others, Janie Miller's World Tour; Nicky, Millicent the Magnificent (Speranza Theatre Company); Touchstone, As You Like It (Brimstone Creek Productions, Sharon Springs, NY). He is also the co-founder of Asterism Theatre Company, based out of Brooklyn, New York.
Katharine Scarborough
is an award nominated New York City based actress and writer, originally from Jacksonville, Florida. She received her MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama, and trained with the Moscow Art Theater and The People's Improv Theater. She has held Artist Residencies with Mabou Mines and the Brick Theater in Williamsburg. She is Associate Artistic Director of Asterism Theater Company, and is currently developing the web series, Big Girl, with Brazen NYC.