Curtis Elfenbein Asch (Claudius) is a published poet and playwright whose work has appeared in print and on the stage in New York, Massachusetts, and California. A teacher at the Berkshire Arts and Technology charter school in Adams, MA, he has performed in a multitude of plays, including as Sylvestre in Scapin at the Hayward Community Theatre, Eddie in the world premier of Sweet Self at Berkeley’s Impact Theatre, Teach in American Buffalo at the Huntington Theatre, and Richard III in Richard III at ACT.