Edison Ventura Mata Diaz is a Dominican-Puerto Rican artist/revolutionary/bozo born in Providence, RI and raised in The Bronx ju hurdd. He was the 2020-2021 Van Lier New Voices Fellow with The Lark, a SPACE on Ryder Farm Greenhouse Resident (2018), and is honored to be current member of Youngblood. He’s had his work developed with LAByrinth’s 2019 Intensive Ensemble, Curious Theatre Company, and more. His previous acting credits have consisted of Soft (MCC Theater, Lucille Lortel nomination), The Siblings Play (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), and The Parlour (Middle Voice).