(Founding Artistic Director) Nancy is a lyricist, playwright and producer.  Writing credits include: Sin!; Rio, a Brazilian musical novella (Theatre for the New City); Dinner and Delusion, an opera co-written with composer Michael Sahl (The Center for Contemporary Opera/New York City Opera’s VOX Festival); Hey Jude. Her passion is for the arts and her dream is the cell, a 21st century salon.

(Artistic Director) has been with Nancy Manocherian's the cell since its inception in 2006. A professional director for over 15 years, Kira has worked closely with writers to develop and realize their work.  Her recent directing credits include the premieres of Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom (Irish Rep) Crackskull Row by Honor Molloy (New York Times Critics’ Pick), Hard Times: An American Musical by Larry Kirwan (New York Times Critics’ Pick), and The McGowan Trilogy by Seamus Scanlon (New York and UK Premieres).  Kira's work has been seen at The New Theatre Row Theatres, The Skirball Center, The Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, The Connecticut Grand Opera, CenterStage in Baltimore and The Kino-Theatre outside of London.  Kira has been granted a Shubert Fellowship and is a three-time Origin Theatre 1st Irish Award Winner for Best Director. She received a BA in Anthropology from Smith College and her MFA at The New School for Drama.

(Associate Director) is a New York based theatre director and developer. With the cell he has directed Hoard (co-production with Off the Wall), The Long Wet Grass, The Real McGonagall and served as associate director of The Evolution of Mann, Crackskull Row, Hard Times, The McGowan Trilogy, and more.  Other favorite directing credits include Far Away and After Miss Julie (MMC). Brian has worked with HERE Arts, Irish Rep, Distilled Theatre Company, The Vineyard, Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Barn, and the New York Opera Exchange and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College. www.brianreager.com

(General Manager) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and started working for his family business Levys’ Unique New York! as a tour guide at the age of 19. The Levy’s produced joyous celebrations of NYC-themed events such as Freeze Tag on Wall Street, We Hardly Knew V, a funeral party for the V train, and the Panorama Challenge, which is now in its 13th year. He began his professional career in the arts in the late stages of the Clocktower Gallery and soon moved on to become Project Director at the Center for the Holographic Arts where he received a cultural achievement award from the Long Island City Business Improvement District for activating the historic LIC Clocktower Building. He eventually moved the Holocenter to Governors Island, where the organization continued to engage with the scientific and arts community.

Jonah has worked as the co-producer Destination Moon, a solar-powered music festival, as well as a series of nature-oriented events and weddings at the family-run Catskills venue Franklin Chthonics. In 2015, Jonah was the Project Manager of Everywhere Logistics, in which two teams of bicoastal artists completed a seven-city run of guerrilla events staged in box trucks on city streets. He and his collaborators subsequently won a Burning Man Global Grant to create a similar cultural exchange project between NYC and Philadelphia artists called Lost Bridge Exchange. From there, they formed Shadow Traffic, an art collective that curates and produces free art events in interstitial areas of the urban landscape. 

Jonah’s professional career has seen him spinning plates as the Assistant Director of the (un)SCENE, Production Manager of You Are So Lucky and Immersive Experience Curator for the llluminati Ball. He most recently spent a few years working on the Production Team for House of Yes before joining the cell theatre.

(Technical Director) Composer & electronic artist Ricardo Romaneiro was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil and moved to the U.S. at an early age. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ricardo’s music synthesizes his major musical influences & passions: classical music & electronic music. The New York Times described his work as “a blissful and compelling mix of Minimalist-derived rhythmic ecstasy and nightclub beats”. His music has been featured, performed and commissioned in eclectic range of institutions, festivals, and projects such as the Museum of Modern Art’s Summergarden Series, New Juilliard Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Metropolis Ensemble, Wordless Music, Ensemble LPR, Nu Deco Ensemble, ECCE, American Composers Orchestra, Quintet of the Americas, the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Colorado Ballet at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and the Sacramento Ballet. Ricardo’s music has been featured on NPR live broadcast from Prospect Park Bandshell as part of Celebrate Brooklyn! summer concerts.His work has been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Vice/Creators Project, Esquire Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Untapped Cities, Vogue & Edible Manhattan A recipient of the ASCAP Rudy Perez Songwriting Scholarship, Ricardo earned a Bachelor degree in composition from Manhattan School of Music and a Masters degree in composition from The Juilliard School.Recent performance with the Wordless Music Orchestra at BAM Opera House for the live film & orchestra performance of Terrance Malick’s film Voyage of Time, it was orchestrated, composed and arranged by Ricardo for 100 piece orchestra and choir with Ricardo performing live electronics with producers & director present for the performance. Ricardo has co-founded an audiovisual collective & collaboration called SUBHAZE, where they create immersive concerts, installations and concepts with an array of artists, brands, ensembles, orchestras & venues - creating an audiovisual experience that transcends the traditional forms of presentation.

(Founding Artistic Director) Nancy is a lyricist, playwright and producer.  Writing credits include: Sin!; Rio, a Brazilian musical novella (Theatre for the New City); Dinner and Delusion, an opera co-written with composer Michael Sahl (The Center for Contemporary Opera/New York City Opera’s VOX Festival); Hey Jude. Her passion is for the arts and her dream is the cell, a 21st century salon.

(Vice Chair) Alan Manocherian has been a leader in the real estate business of New York City for many years. In addition to being a founding board member at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre, he has served as a board member for the Rye Neck School District and the not for profit Mazon for 10 years each. He has been a significant contributor to the NY Academy of the Arts, the Actors Fund and many others. Alan is an enthusiastic collector and patron of the arts.

(Board Member) Alissa Schwartz received her Masters in Social Work from NYU in 2005. She is an avid yogi and a lover of arts, especially musical theatre. In addition to this she is a mother of three budding thespians.

(Artistic Director, Treasurer 15 years on board) has been with Nancy Manocherian's the cell since its inception in 2006. A professional director for over 25 years, Kira has worked closely with writers to develop and realize their work. Kira's work has been seen at The New Theatre Row Theatres, The Skirball Center, The Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, The Connecticut Grand Opera, CenterStage in Baltimore and The Kino-Theatre outside of London. She received a BA in Anthropology from Smith College and her MFA at The New School for Drama.