About

TSC:

1) A dynamic group of like-minded artists dedicated to exciting and innovative work.
2) A multi-disciplinary production company born and bred in New York City.
We strive to create an environment for collaborative art rooted in our sense of community.

Mission

To incorporate non-traditional, innovative, post-fourth wall interpretations to reach new audiences and tell their stories.

To take theatre to the people by utilizing relevant educational and outreach tools to affect health and empowerment perspectives around the world.

To introduce theatre as a viable outlet and option for youth, a means to channel their creativity and talents in a way that gives them a voice.

To bridge cultural, generational and geographical divides by being a platform for universal artistic expression.

Vision

The Seven Collective’s vision is to revolutionize theatre into a social movement capable of articulating global commonalities, demolishing ignorance-driven intolerance and truly putting life on the stage.

Legacy

The work we do today is in the spirit of defining our collective aesthetic. We regard our mission as both fluid and sacred. Fluid in that it is constantly evolving and will not serve to confine us but establish a point of departure. Sacred in that we strive to be true to ourselves and the purpose for our art. Our work is in the community, in the schools, in the mind and in the spirit.

Design Team

We would like to acknowledge the brilliant minds that have applied their talents in concert to make this company possible. Mario Vinas, who has been a brother to the company from its inception, provided us with the brilliant photography from our production of Closer and the initial Founding Members photoshoot. Rico Frederick, art director and writer extraordinaire, designed our logo and is a precious resource to our team.

Founding Members

Jean-Pierre Barthelemy discovered a love for theatre while studying mathematics at City College. With a background in music and a love of literature, he set out to become a triple-threat actor. Along the way, his technical acumen and savvy business sense lead him to producing. Starting with the Harlem Repertory Theatre as their Marketing Director he learned from Keith Lee Grant, Artistic Director and founder of the Harlem Repertory Theatre Company. Shortly after a successful run or Dreamgirls and Dutchman, he assembled a team consisting of some of his favorite actors. That simple meeting developed into what is now The Seven Collective.

David King is an actor, director, educator and freelance editor. Off-Broadway: The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller, Black Angels Over Tuskegee, Come Back to Me (Cherry Lane). FringeNYC: Savage International and Choke City. Additional credits include Caligula Maximus (La MaMa), Ghosts and Civil Sex (Hudson Guild), Man on the Street and Testiculations (New Media Rep), Macbeth (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Antony & Cleopatra (Antony), Pericles (Antiochus), A Hatful of Rain and Polaroid Stories (Orpheus). He directed TSC’s premiere workshop production of Closer by Patrick Marber and the 7DoP Theatre Festival’s Gluttony by Ed Cardona Jr. David is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and TSC co-founder. DK  tumblr

Alexander C. Mulzac is a native New Yorker but was reared in the West Indian islands of Antigua, Trinidad as well as London, UK.  He has always had a love for the arts and performed in local theatre as a child.  He rediscovered his passion during his collegiate years and changed from a Science major to Theatre where he completed his B.A.  Notable New York theatrical roles include Melvin Van Peebles’ Ain’t Supposed To Die a Natural Death and Trojan Women (CTH), Losing the Light (Billie Holiday Theater) and Big Love (Columbia-Riverside Church Theater). Alex’s last theatrical role in The Eternal Crunch received critical acclaim after performing in The Fire This Time Festival in 2011, appearing at the Horse Trade Theatre Group.  His film credits have earned him a Texas Black Film Festival nomination for Best Actor for the short film “GRACE” directed by Steven Mondesir.

Nabil Vinas is a first generation Dominican American whose parents came to Washington Heights from Moca in the 1970s. He started acting when already late into his college years and changed majors over from Mathematics to complete a B.A. in Theatre. Some of his favorite stage roles to date are LARRY in Closer (The Seven Collective) and MIGUEL MONTES in Asymmetry (Puffy Shirt Productions). He has appeared in a number of independent films including the award winning Things I Don’t Understand by David Spaltro. You can see him next in the play Goliath from Poetic Theater Productions.