DREW VALINS
“One glowing delight in this production is Drew Valins” - NY TIMES
Drew Valins is an actor, playwright, solo performer, and co-founder of the theater company ARA. He has appeared on CBS’s Bull and is a 15-year member of the troupe Shakespeare in the Parking Lot & Bryant Park, where he has performed in many of the great roles, including Puck, Iago, Autolycus, and Don Pedro. His solo work has toured internationally and has had an audience of dignitaries such as Madeline Albright.
UPCOMING WORK
DER BAU (THE BURROW)
LIVE AT THE CZECH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON DC, TUESDAY JUNE 11TH, 2024
A LIVE READING OF A NEW ADAPTATION FOR THE STAGE, WRITTEN BY FRANZ KAFKA, ADAPTED AND PERFORMED BY DREW VALINS, AND DIRECTED BY MICHAELA LIND
In Der Bau, a nameless burrowing creature obsesses over erecting a perfectly secure system of defense against unseen enemies above and below. In the embrace of his underground fortress, however, the creature’s overactive imagination takes hold and the threat grows to an unbearable pitch.
WORLD PREMIERE PLAY WRITTEN BY DREW VALINS, OCTOBER 3-20, 2024
PRODUCED BY THE DRILLING COMPANY AND ARA THEATER AT THE WILD PROJECT, NYC
A New Lovestory Comedy by Drew Valins
A Brooklyn couple gets a tip for an idyllic month-long stay in a cabin on a lake in upstate NY. It’s 2020, COVID. With a few dreams in tow and hopes of starting a family they head north. But when they meet the caretaker of the cabin, a terrifying adventure begins that will change them forever.
ARA THEATER AND MEDIA
ARA is a multidisciplinary theater and production company founded by Michaela Lind and Drew Valins with a combined 40+ years of experience working as award-winning performers and creators. Their work has toured globally (Edinburgh Fringe, Israel, Prague, and Sweden,) and has been featured in unique venues (Public Theater/Under the Radar, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ted Talks, The Swedish and Czech Embassies in DC, The Beijing Children’s Opera, to name a few). They have worked with true artistic luminaries such as Slava Polounin (of Slava’s Snowshow), Bill Irwin, Kendall Cornell, and David Shiner, and they have had the esteemed audiences of the Dalai Lama and Madeline Albright.
WHERE IS NOW
“Where is Now” is a cinematographic love letter to the ocean and its most majestic inhabitants by filmmaker Michaela Lind and starring Drew Valins. Inspired by the absurdist writer Daniil Kharms and the band Sigur Ros, this short narrative film examines our awareness in the era of increasing climate catastrophes.
STAGE AND FILM ACTOR
“Sometimes even the most tedious theater experience can be redeemed by the appearance of a fine actor.”
-Mark Leib, Creative Loafing