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"Catalyst Productions fosters and develops theatrical productions by and for those who
remain underrepresented. Our premiere production is Shoot 2 Win".
Donna Maria Augustin began developing her acting career at an early age, and has
successfully completed the rigorous full-time acting program at The Maggie Flannigan Studio
in New York City.
Her acting credits include “Casualty” for the BBC1, “Snuffbox” for the BBC3, “Is Harry on the
Boat” for Sky 1, “It's a Girl Thing” for Channel 4, and new film "The Party" for writer/director
Nelson George. Donna also recently starred in the off-Broadway play Mouse and Trousers,
and can currently be seen in the newly developed web comedy “Dirty Laundry.”
Donna is also an accomplished producer, developing projects for her company, Catalyst Productions.
Her producing credits include “The Show” and “Dirty Laundry.”
Click here to see Donna's showreel
Kay Bridgeman is a successful Television and Theater actor and former co-producer of the
50 Dollar Playa's Theatre Company in England.The company aimed at presenting progressive
images of people of color onstage. Introducing classical plays as well as new writing, the
company presented a sold-out, multicultural production of Shakespeare's King Lear and of
Winsome Pinnock's Mules about the impact of the female drug trafficking industry on young
black women to disadvantaged, diverse communities in Manchester, England, who had never
before been introduced to theater.
In addition to playing the lead on BBC1's "Rocket Man,"series, Kay has guest-starred in numerous
BBC dramas, including "Eastenders," "Holby City," "Murder in Mind," and "Cutting It."
Click here to view Kay's showreel
Her theater credits include Roy Williams’s hugely successful Sing yer Heart out for the Lads
at the Royal National Theater in London, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, with Antonio Fargas, at
the Royal Exchange in Manchester, and performances at the Soho Theater London, The
Hampstead Theater, and the Birmingham Rep.
While co-producing Shoot 2 Win with Donna, she has also been working with Kwame Kwei-Armah
at The Royal National Theater Studio, recording and filming excerpts from selected Black British plays .