Meet the Team
Writer / Director
Iris Dukatt
Iris Dukatt is a Queer New York based Director, Writer, Producer and Actor of film and live performance. She focuses on stories that disrupt and decenter societal power structures. She seeks to make work that is inclusive, radical, boisterous and delightful. This past year Iris worked as an Associate Producer on GAPS, a short film created by Jenn Shaw with Tribeca Studios and the Queen Collective. Some recent directing credits include: BEASTS, a short film modern adaptation of Act IV Scene V of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Speculum and Piglet, two micro-horror shorts, Strangers, a Music Video for Julia Gargano, Heights, a Music Video for Singer/Songwriter INDIRA, Feet Stuff, a Music Video for Queer Pop Musician COROOK, Pretty Girls Don’t Light Their Own Cigarettes, part of HOT! Festival at Dixon Place 2019, If You Give A Kid A Sucker a new play written by Annalise Cain produced with The Clementine Collective, and both mainstages Grounded and Red at The Unit 14 Theatre Company. As an assistant, Iris has supported director Jenn Shaw and worked on HBO’s upcoming mini series White House Plumbers as an EP/talent assistant to the actor Justin Theroux.
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Producer
Katherine Romans
Katherine Romans (she/her) is a producer and actor. She is co-founder of Madhouse films and currently in post-production for their upcoming film, See This. You can find her playing Cissie Bingham in The Gilded Age (HBO Max). Recent Theater: Broadway Is This a Room (u/s), International Tour Is This a room, Yale Rep world premiere of The Brightest Thing in the World. MFA: ACT. www.katherineromans.com www.madhouse-films.com
Producer
Sarah Traisman
Sarah Traisman (they/she) is a producer, actor, and writer. They are the co-founder of Madhouse Films and currently in post-production for their upcoming film, See This. Most recently, Sarah premiered their original “clownmatic play” 3HAMS, which will be touring to various venues in NYC this spring. Other credits include: Love is A Map on Amazon Prime and Power of Sail (u/s) starring Bryan Cranston at Geffen Playhouse. MFA: ACT. www.sarahtraisman.com www.madhouse-films.com
Line Producer/Producer
Elizabeth Valenti
Elizabeth Valenti (she/her) is producer, actor, and writer. She is currently in post-production for her short film Puppy Love, in which she stars, co-wrote, and produced. She also produced the short film See This, starring Rachel Hilson, which will make its debut next year. Her producer debut for Hit Friends recently premiered at Dances with Films in New York. You can see her on Minx (HBO Max) and The Conners (ABC). BFA: Boston University. https://www.elizabethvalenti.com