About Point 5 Collective
Point 5 Collective is a group of five emerging artists—Natalie Rebenkoff, Stella Diji, Carley Lovito, Colin Gasperoni, and Jordan Krinsky—dedicated to cultivating spaces for connection through storytelling and classical works. Clifford Odets' The Nursery, their inaugural show, marks the beginning of their mission to support the next generation of theatre artists.

Natalie Rebenkoff
Creative Producer

Natalie Rebenkoff is a New York and Los Angeles-based actor, writer, and producer from Hermosa Beach, California. She recently premiered her original piece, Smokeshow, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Other recent theater credits include Hamlet (RADA), MotherBoard (Experimental Theatre Wing), and I’m Sorry for Your Troubles (Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute). Her film credits include Don’t Look Up. She is dedicated to creating innovative new works and amplifying the voices of emerging artists.


Stella Diji
Director / Producer

Stella Diji is a recent graduate from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. She is an avid adventurer who has taken a strong interest in the innovations and experience of theatrical and cinematic production. She has performed in numerous productions with recent credits including Maggie in the Columbia University production of Dancing at Lughnasa. Her work focuses on connecting the various talents and knowledge of artists together in order to create imaginative and magical stories.


Jordan Krinsky
Producer / Marketing

Jordan Krinsky is a third year undergraduate studying Marketing and Film Production at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. She spent her summer working as an Account Coordinator at BLND Public Relations in Los Angeles, and is currently writing, producing, and performing with IU’s longest running sketch comedy group, Boy in the Bubble. Jordan also contributes to the philanthropic efforts of Kappa Alpha Theta, benefitting Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), supporting abused and neglected children in the legal system.


Carley Lovito
Producer

Carley Lovito is a recent graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of Drama and a Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Alumni recently making her debut as a filmmaker across major festivals worldwide with the award winning poetic short film “Everything I Never Told You”. She has worked in cultivating new works with the New York Theater Barn and Playwrights Horizons. Carley’s work focuses on cultivating creative community and uplifting female voices while making space for representation in underrepresented storylines that drive poetic, emotional, and pivotal female focused narratives.


Colin Gasperoni
Producer

Colin Gasperoni is a Brooklyn based writer and performer. As part of the Point 5 collective, he is helping produce the first staging of Clifford Odets’ The Nursery. NYC Stage Credits: Assassins (Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute), Motherboard (Experimental Theatre Wing), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Meisner Studio at NYU). NYU BFA ‘23.


About the Playwright

Clifford Odets
Playwright

Clifford Odets (1906-1963) was a pioneering American playwright and screenwriter, renowned for his socially conscious dramas that vividly portrayed the struggles of the working class. As one of the original members of the Group Theatre in New York City, Odets found his true calling as a playwright. His first major success, Waiting for Lefty (1935), inspired by a taxi drivers' strike, marked the beginning of a prolific career that included plays Awake and Sing!, Till The Day I Die, Paradise Lost, Golden Boy, Rocket To The Moon, Night Music, Clash By Night, The Big Knife and The Country Girl. He also wrote several screenplays, including Sweet Smell of Success (1957).