Breathe Project
The Breathe Project was founded with the intention of providing a platform for creatives to inform, inspire, and drive action through contemporary artistic practice and performance.
Vision. Voice. Visibility.
Denise Vohra
Founder & Creative Director
Denise Vohra is the founder of Breathe Project, a creative production company developing original, cross-platform storytelling across stage, music, and publishing. As the creator of Wild Child and its extended universe—including the music artist Roses and The Adventures of Kiton—she focuses on building emotionally driven IP that connects with contemporary audiences across mediums.
With a background spanning production, strategy, and development, Denise approaches storytelling as an integrated ecosystem, where narrative, music, and audience engagement evolve together. Her work centers on themes of identity, mental health, and transformation, with a focus on creating culturally relevant, scalable properties.
Lissette D. San Martin
Head of Operations & Production
Lissette D. San Martin is Head of Operations & Production at Breathe Project, where she oversees execution across development, live production, and experiential strategy. An international producer, she has created large-scale events and branded experiences for companies including Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.
With a background in operations, marketing, and multi-market production, Lissette brings a global perspective to building cohesive, audience-facing experiences. At Breathe Project, she plays a key role in translating creative vision into production reality across stage and cross-platform initiatives.
Mali Parkerson
Partnerships & Communications Consultant
Mali Parkerson is a partnerships and communications consultant at Breathe Project, where she supports external strategy, industry relationships, and cross-platform positioning across the Wild Child ecosystem.
With a background spanning television, media, and the arts, Mali brings a global perspective to building culturally resonant partnerships and audience engagement. She previously worked as a television executive at Telemundo/NBCUniversal and later transitioned into the art world, producing exhibitions and representing internationally recognized artists.
Her work focuses on connecting creative vision with strategic opportunities across media, brand, and cultural platforms.
Evan Bernadine
General Manager, Wild Child
Evan Bernardin is a General Manager and Producer and a mentee of Tony Award winner Leonard Soloway. He has supported the development of projects headed for the Broadway and Off-Broadway markets, working regularly in New York City and Los Angeles. Evan has worked with the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (BCEFA), Fringe (NY & LA), The Workshop Theatre Company, The Broadway Youth Ensemble (BYE), and The Make-A-Wish Foundation.
His collaborative projects include performances at Lincoln Center, The United Nations, The Harvard Club, Cornell University, Georgetown's Gaston Hall, The Culture Project, The Ohio Theatre, 54 Below, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also spoken on producing, nontraditional development models, and immersive theatre at New York University, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU), and his alma mater, Marymount Manhattan College.
Will Blumberg
Will Blumberg is a General Manager and Producer of theater and live events, driven by a passion for elevating untold stories. He has supported the development of productions across Europe, Asia, and the United States, collaborating with renowned organizations including St. Ann's Warehouse, Broadway Asia International, Remote Theater Project, PearlDamour, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, among others.
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Will was honored with the Rachel Henderson Prize for Theater, recognizing his exceptional promise and creative vision in the field.
General Manager, Wild Child
Breathe Collaborators
Dieterich is a producer, writer and actor featured in such shows as The Mandalorian (Disney+), American Horror Story (FX), Westworld (HBO), and Lucifer (Netflix) and was a producer of live immersive experiences for Google, KinderCare, Dignity Health and Captain Morgan.
Brought up in the cornfields of Illinois, Dieterich received a Bachelor in theatre arts from Illinois State University and joined fellow alumni at the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Dieterich honed his acting and storytelling career at The Second City and Piven Theatre Workshop.
This led him to capture audiences Off-Broadway and at Yale Repertory and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Dieterich then brought his storytelling to the world of branded content while serving as Creative Director for the cross-platform start-up, Glass Media Lab.
Dieterich Gray
BEN EDELMAN is an actor and producer.
As an actor, he made his West End debut in Joshua Harmon’s play ADMISSIONS, reprising the role he originated to rave reviews at New York's Lincoln Center Theater. Edelman won an Obie and a Theater World Award and received a Drama Desk nomination for his breakout performance.
Most recently, Edelman starred in LETTERS FROM MAX, for which he was nominated for his second Drama Desk award as well as a workshop of BIG WHITE FOG at NYTW produced by Jon Batiste and also featuring Anna Deveare Smith, Amber Gray, and more. Previously, he starred Off-Broadway in THE GETT, and in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
Edelman's producing work includes YOUR FRIEND, MEMPHIS, which premiered at SXSW, and David Vadim's NIGHTBIRDS (co-producer), as well as an upcoming UNTITLED REALITY TV DOCUMENTARY, and several projects in development, including a musical album, a TV show, and two narrative feature films. Regional Theatre: THE CHOSEN. TV: THE GOOD WIFE, BRAINDEAD, and INSTINCT. He trains with David Vadim and holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Ben Edelman
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