our Team
Christopher Paul Richards
Christopher Paul Richards is an Actor and Writer/Director born and raised in New York City. He studied drama in Middle and High school at the Professional Performing Arts School in Hell's Kitchen, and recently graduated from NYU Tisch. He has also acted professionally in Theater and TV & Film, including The Kids Are Alright (ABC), Billions (Showtime), Goosebumps (Disney+) Me Myself & I (CBS), Law & Order SVU (NBC) and Finding Neverland (Broadway). He is currently pursuing a career as a writer and director , workshopping his first plays, CRUSH (2024) and V (2025), at NYU and the short films THE GUN (2026) and THE COWBOY (2020), as well as assistant directing MUD (2025) at the American Theater of Actors and Assistant Stage Managing Reasons to be Pretty (2024) at The Chain Theater.
Writer and Director
DylAn Pitanza
Dylan Pitanza is the co-founder of the Utopia for Losers Theatre Company, under which he produced revivals of Art by Yasmina Reza translated by Christopher Hampton (2023) and Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead by Eric Bogosian (2025), both at Actors Playground School of Theater in New Jersey. He would also star and executively produce Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute at the Chain Theater in 2024. Eventually going on to both direct and produce Mud by Maria Irene Fornes (2025) at The American Theater of Actors, as well as Welcome to the Moon by John Patrick Shanley (2024) again at Actors Playground school of Theater.
Producer
Chloe Margot
Chloe Margot is an artist based in NYC. She has creatively produced original shows such as the dance open-stage Folly’s Haven, and her original play Expensive Imagination, created in collaboration with the Heartwrench Collective. She consistently develops, produces, and presents her own work on stages and screens throughout New York.
Producer
Nicholas Dinner
Nicholas Dinner is a producer and director born in Los Angeles and based in New York City. His work in the arts includes various dramatic and comedic short films and Off-Broadway theatre productions. He’s had the pleasure of working with diverse collaborators, all with unique stories that he has helped audiences connect with. In 2025, He produced Screaming For Life at the Producers Club in Midtown. His most recent project, now in post-production, is a documentary about the inception and execution of the new film Dead Man’s Wire, featuring screenwriter Austin Kolodney. He’s thrilled to be a part of the Crush Team and can’t wait to for everyone to see this unique production.
Producer
Lexi Ulrey
Lexi Ulrey is a rising senior at Mason Gross School of the Arts pursuing her BFA in stage management. Notable credits include SMALL (George Street Playhouse, PA), Paper Mill Playhouse New Voices Conservatory (SM Intern), MUD (Utopia for Losers, PSM), Pounding Nails In The Floor With My Forehead (Utopia for Losers, PSM) and Reasons to Be Pretty (Utopia for Losers, PSM).
Production Stage Manager
Annie Jandoli is a NYC-area based stage manager & recreational lighting designer, having recently graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts with a BFA in Stage Management. Select credits include MUD (Utopia for Losers, SM & Assoc. LD), Horny for the End of the World (Edinburgh Fringe 2025, PSM), A Doll House (Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, PSM), and Gene & Gilda (George Street Playhouse, PA). She is thrilled to make her lighting design debut & is so grateful to work with Chris, Dylan, and Chloe for a second time!
Stage Manager and Lighting Designer