IRT Westside Experiment
Good Luck!
August 22, 2026
IN RESIDENCE: August 10 – 22, 2026
Good Luck! is a play about a production of Romeo + Juliet, but things go wrong when Kevin ignores the superstitious world and jinxes the entire show. From broken mics to broken legs… what will it take to save the show?
PERFORMANCE:Sat. August 22, 2026
TIME: 11am
PRICE: Pay-What-You-Can
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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Featuring: Alona Robbins, Alston Robbins, Ami De Lowe, Bradley Dubow, Doris Lu, Leon Chen, Louis O’Brien, Lucas Zhen, Monica Sutton-Jackson, Noa De Lowe, Raymond Lu, Skyler Dubow, and Steven Cai
LEAD TEACHING ARTISTS:
Jules Dameron (he/him) is a Deaf trans director, performer, and the Artistic Director of New York Deaf Theatre. He has directed and developed numerous theatrical productions, including musicals, cabarets, and original Deaf-centered work, with a focus on dynamic visual storytelling and the creative possibilities of American Sign Language onstage. Jules is passionate about creating bold, accessible theater and empowering the next generation of artists to discover their own creative voices.
Samuel Langshteyn is a NYC-raised Deaf actor, director, editor, writer, and dancer. His passion for performing started at NTID’s Performing Arts, doing Angels In America (Prior), Beauty & The Beast (Maurice), Dial M For Murder (Swann), etc. On top of all, he made it to the finals of the Kennedy Center’s Irene Ryan with NTID’s support. He was also involved with Rochester Community Players’ Shakespeare in Park production of The Tempest (Ferdinand). Since graduating, he has found himself in a list of credits such as Deaf Broadway’s production of Rent and, very recently, Violet at Lincoln Center stages, Epic Players’ production of Into The Woods (Cinderella’s Prince) and Spring Awakening (Hanschen), became unhinged in the role of Columbia in ASL Rocky Horror Picture Show, and were fortunate to be part of new musicals such as 504: The Musical, Karkoid The Automaton, and various workshops. Credits also includes choreographing through New York Theatre Barn. Currently, he’s a company member of New York Deaf Theatre and starring in two upcoming short films.
HONORARY GUEST TEACHERS:
James Caverly was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan. He graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Gallaudet University in 2011. Soon after graduation, he joined National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) for two years: he directed The McWilliamses, and performed in several plays, including Journey of Identity (playing the character Laurent Clerc) and A Child’s Christmas in Wales (playing the character Dylan Thomas). Since then, he has directed several plays and performed both stage and screen. He directed William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in both American Sign Language and spoken English for Community College of Baltimore County Community Theatre. He has also performed the lead character, Billy, for three different productions of Nina Raine’s Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage Company, Studio Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award (one of the country’s most prestigious cultural honors) for his Studio Theatre performances. In 2018, he was the understudy for the character Orin for the Studio 54 (Broadway) production of Mark Medoff’s Children of a Lesser God. Most recently, he appeared in two episodes of NBC’s Chicago Med (Season 4): in the premiere episode (“Be My Better Half”) (9/27/2018) and the finale episode (“With a Brave Heart”) (5/22/2019). He also wrote a short play, “Civil Engagement,” that was accepted for a 2019 production in Deaf Spotlight’s Short Play Festival (Seattle, Washington). Caverly sees a problem with most portrayals of deaf people on stage and screen: “That they’re the problem, they’re the issue in the story that needs to be fixed, and frankly I’m just not feeling that that’s the lens that the world needs to see.”
Dickie Hearts is a Deaf, gay, multiracial actor. His TV credits include a recurring role on Netflix’s Tales of the City (2019), a supporting role on HBO’s High Maintenance (2020), and a guest-starring role on Netflix’s Grace & Frankie (2017). Stage credits include his Off-Broadway debut in Dark Disabled Stories (2023) at Public Theater, New York Deaf Theatre’s Maple & Vine, IRT’s Stepchild, Please Untranslate Me, and Trash. Dickie Hearts continues to push for more Deaf, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC visibility and representation onstage and onscreen. Hearts is a Disability Futures Fellowship ‘22 recipient and is repped by Nicolosi & Co. This is his first Lucille Lortel award nomination.
Natalie Shipley is a lighting programmer and assistant based in NYC. She loves light unique ability to shape a story. Recently she has worked as the programmer for Elephant Shoes designed by Annie Wiegand and was the assistant lighting designer for Cats: The Jellicle Ball designed by Adam Honoré.
Daniel Irizarry is a Puerto Rican born International Experimental Theatre director, performer and educator based in NYC. His work embraces highly stylized and visceral acting, pataphysics, a profound celebration of GERMS, and communion with the audience through consent. He is the Artistic Director of One-Eighth Theater and Lecturer at MIT Music & Theatre Arts. In his most recent work, he directed and conceptualized ‘Retratos’ with local Chilean and Argentinian actors at Temporales Internacionales de Teatro and Universidad de Los Lagos in Puerto Montt, Chile. This Spring he will direct and perform in the world premiere of “classdismissed.edu” at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre (April, ‘25). Next summer his experimental musical project “My Onliness” will perform in the prestigious Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Romania (June, ‘25). He is also a Practical Advisor for artist Dominykas Vaitiekūnas’ PhD Thesis at The Doctoral Department at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Other notable credits; Directed and devised “Plum Box—Strange—Ideal and more than…” 10 poems of South Korean artist Yi Sang, created at MIT Music and Theatre Arts in collaboration with Harvard and Berklee College, composed by Professor Woody Pak. Directed & performed in “Ultra Left Violence” written by Robert Lyons, as the final project for the historic closing of 30 years at the New Ohio Theatre. “The Maids” by acclaimed playwright Jose Rivera (New York Times Critics pick); “UBU” by Adam Symkowicz (Time Out NY Critics pick). Directed the world premiere of “Busu” by Mishima at Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival. Directed and performed “YOVO” written by Robert Lyons and produced in NYC, Poland, Cuba and South Korea. Directed and performed “My Onliness” by Robert Lyons at New Ohio Theatre in NYC & selected as one of the best performances Off-Broadway in 2022 by Theatermania. Directed the world premiere of Witkacy’s “The Madman and the Nun” in Ankara, Turkey which toured to Gardzienice International festival in Poland, produced at Pregones Theatre and Bohemian National Hall in NYC.
Over his career he has directed, performed and taught workshops in India, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Italy, Romania, UK, Colombia, among others. As an educator he has most notably taught as a Guest Professor at Folkwang University (Essen, Germany), Visiting Assistant Professor at Bilkent University Performing Arts (Ankara, Turkey) and Assistant Professor in the Acting Department at Seoul Institute of the Arts (Ansan, South Korea). He holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University and a BA in Drama at The Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Interpreters: Ernie Alugas, Kat Katona, Lisa Dennett, Liz Carlin, and Paulina Burnham
IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. Thank you to IndieSpace, and everyone who supports venues like ours in New York City.
ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org
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