Yanni Stone and the Honey Pot Trap is a comedy following writer Lena and her titular character Yanni Stone as Lena completes the daunting task of writing her first play all while navigating dating, sex, and virginity in modern day Atlanta.

Creating new plays takes time, open hearts, and dedicated space to nurture ideas. It takes a commitment to investing in artists and helping to discover and grow new voices. And it demands resources focused on process, artistic exploration, and room to risk. Our Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Project provides research and development time to at least four new projects per season – bolstering new artists, forms, and voices. A Stripped Bare project is not about sets, lights, props, and costumes. It is about actors, words, passion, movement, and ideas.

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Anterior Leverett is an actor, writer, and sketch artist based out of Atlanta. Hailing from Savannah, GA, she received her B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Kennesaw State University in 2015. During her studies, Anterior was fortunate to hone her craft as a performer (Ruined, In the Red and Brown Water), director (In the Blood, 365 Days 365 Plays, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992), and writer (A Work of Art, Hearts on the Sidewalk, Eyes on the Street). After receiving her degree, she began working as a performer and writer for the Atlanta History Center. She continued to hone her writing as a member of the 2018/2019 Horizon Theatre AppCo (Sinking Further, Paula’s Playground, I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer). She’s now a writer and performer for Black AF Comedy in Atlanta. She is so proud and thrilled to be a member of Synchronicity Theatre’s 2022/2023 Stripped Bare company.

Kaleb Mitchell is a native of Louisiana and studied theatre at the University of Mississippi where he received a BFA in acting. He is also a dancer and stunt performer! He is excited to join Synchronicity for the first time! He would like to thank his family and friends for their support.

Ebony Jerry is a former 2017-2018 Actors Express Intern. She received her BFA in Performing Arts from SCAD. Her credits include Suzi Award Winning for Best Ensemble "The Wolves" playing #8 at Horizon Theater, and "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" playing Daniel at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse.

Carlette Jennings is an actor and standup comedian from Queens, living with her husband, a fellow comic and actor, in Decatur, GA. She has worked with Donald Glover on FX's Atlanta, and can be seen on Hallmark's Christmas Everlasting with Tatyana Ali and Patti LaBelle. She was selected as a featured performer in the 10th Annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. She enjoys food, travel, avoiding manual labor, and pretending to understand wine.

Jasmine Waters is excited to be back behind the boards and stage managing for Yanni Stone and the Honeypot Trap. Jasmine graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Education from Old Dominion University and a M.A. in Creative and Innovation Education. Jasmine is an actor, writer, comedian, and stage manager that has a passion for all things theatre. She can’t wait to help bring the playwright's vision to life in this funny and beautiful production that distributes energy like oxygen.

From a young age, Azhane’ knew entertaining and performing were her passions. She started her journey singing with different choirs and joining a performing arts school in Pontiac, Michigan, DFC. She starred in high school and college productions like Footloose (Betty Blast), Once on this Island (TiMoune), Branches Etched Across the Sky, and In the Red and Brown Water (Aunt Elegba). After graduating from Berkmar High School, she was selected to participate in the Collision Project at the Alliance Theater collaborating with playwright and novelist Pearl Cleage, and Director Patrick McColery. After graduating with her Media and Entertainment Studies degree from Kennesaw State, Azhane’ took a break from the stage and dove into short films like Skin Snatchers and Mrs. Fortune’s Cookies directed by Read Lucas as well as Alter Ego curated by Creators Realm and directed by Sherkira Retmeyer. This will be her first production at the Synchronicity Theater!

Damian Lockhart is an Atlanta-based theatre artist and is excited to make his Synchronicity debut. Previous directing credits: Twas the Night Before Christmas (Stage Door Theatre) Michael Jackson and the Devil’s Book (Hush Harbor) At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (Urbanite Theatre), We the Village (Theatrical Outfit), WOKE (Actor’s Express), 45 Plays for 45 Presidents (Kennesaw State University), At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (Out Front Theatre), Completeness (Mask Theatre), Woke (KSU), Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 (KSU), Midsummer Daydreaming (KSU). Select Acting Credits: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Warehouse Theatre), Bootycandy and Father Comes Home from the Wars (Actors Express), Atlanta (FX), Lodge 49 (AMC), Queer as Folk (Peacock) Stalked Within (BET +), and an upcoming feature film on Apple TV+.