Thea is a writer/performer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY. She has a BFA in musical theater from Carnegie Mellon, and an MFA in film directing from Brooklyn College. Her films have been selected at over 40 festivals, including Heartland (2x), RiverRun (2x) , Sunscreen (2x), Brooklyn, Hawai'i International, and Portland; and have been finalists at Cine Del Mar, ARFF Paris, Dumbo, Miami, Rhode Island, and Austin Film Festivals, and won awards at Albany and Short.Sweet. Film Festivals. Her film Coney Island August streamed with Comcast to over 30,000 homes in 2021. As an actor, Thea has starred in two national tours, numerous national commercials, guest starred on "True Blood” and "FBI: Most Wanted", made music videos for DJ Deorro, YSL fashion, and Shaggy, is a character in "Red Dead Redemption", and was in the award-winning Sundance short “Laps" by Charlotte Wells (Aftersun). She also currently teaches acting and directing at the New York Film Academy, the New York Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts, and Harlem School of the Arts.