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CAST BIOS
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American
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Janice Amano
(LaHappy) Born in Vancouver B.C., Janice trained
at Circle in the Square theater school from 2005-2007. She
has appeared in productions of Top Girls (Lady Nijo/Winn)
and a workshop of The Seagull (Nina). She will be performing
a celebrity profile that she wrote on Yoko Ono at the Producers
Club in mid December.
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 Daryl Denner (Bob / Man
3 / Tulie)
has been acting in NYC for over 5 years. Since that time he
has studied at HB Studio under the direction of Jeanne Kaplan.
He has been in a number of Off- Off Broadway plays, Independent
films and also student films. Towards the end of 2003 he and
Steven William formed the Off- Off Broadway Production company
"Broadway TV Sitcoms". This Production company puts on Off -Off
Broadway plays with a TV Sitcom flavor.
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 Brittany
Felton (Woman
/ Daughter) Born and raised outside of Atlanta, GA,
Brittany moved to New York a little over a
year ago after graduating from the University of Georgia. She
attended the Williamstown Theatre Festival as an apprentice
and was involved in several workshop shows. In New York, she
has worked on Hell House with Les Freres Corbusier
and had a role on the season finale of NBC's "30 Rock".
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 Alexandra
Henrikson (Isabel / Interviewer) recently returned from a summer in Europe where she performed
as both Agave and Dionysus in The Bacchae
at the International Theater School Festival in Warsaw, Poland.
Since graduating from NYU's Tisch School in 2006 she has acted
as the Rave Friend in Les Freres Corbusier's Hell House,
War in Simulacra: A Modern Myth, and in Williamstown's
Act One Program where she played Narcy in Paradise Now
and Rachel Jackson in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
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Roger Lirtsman (Jeremy
/ Cowboy / Man 2) Credits: Eden at Chashama,
Velocity with The Lark, Roxy Font at Cherry Lane/FringeNYC,
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at Minetta Lane
(understudy), Moral Values, a grand farce… at The Village
Theater/FringeNYC, Madair’s Project Playwright at Abingdon
Theater. Big! The Musical in Hartford, Blogtown
with Charlie B Company. TV: The Bedford Diaries
(WB). College productions include Pains of Youth, On the
Verge, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Suicide, The Shape of Things,
and Les Liaisons Dangereuses . |
 Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Yolanda) is
a Junior currently attending New York University. She is enrolled
in Tisch School of the Arts where she majors in Drama at the
Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Previous roles include: Clare,
Outcry or The Two Character Play, Lady in
Brown, Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is
Enuf, and Belize, Angels in America. She would
like to thank her family and friends for their constant love
and support.
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 Wil Petre (Ned / Man 1) Recent New York credits
include: Chaser (NY Fringe/Cherry Lane Studio), Chess’d!
(breedingground productions/Flamboyan Theater), Clinically
Negative (Manhattan Theater Source), The Butterfield
Tones (Under St. Marks/NY Frigid Fest), Hell House
(St. Ann’s Warehouse/Les Freres Corbusier), Blood Wedding
(Walkerspace/Woodshed Collective), and In a Hall in the
Palace of Pyrrhus (Ohio Theatre, Ice Factory/Witness Relocation
Company). The Cherry Orchard, Dance Dance Revolution,
The Blue Room and Groundwork on the Metaphysics of
Morals (Williamstown Theatre Festival). BFA from
NYU Tisch.
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 Paola Poucel (Ivania)
is an actress, singer and voiceover artist recently
graduated from AMDA, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy
in New York City. She's part of the Society of the Educational
Arts (SEA) and Houses on the Moon Theater Company. She started
her acting career in Mexico with the Theater Company of the
State of Puebla in classics like Fuenteovejuna, Otelo
and The Would Be Gentleman. Other favorite credits include:
Fame (Serena), Notredame de Paris (Fleur du Lys)
and Plumpness is Beauty (Ana). Fascinated with daring
projects, Paola had starred in original new works like the opera
rock Amusia in Salamanca Spain, and the plays: Esperadoras
and Losers. She has a BA in Communications from the University
of Americas in Mexico.
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 Julian Schwartz (Jack
/ Father) appeared recently in an
adaptation of Anne Claire Poirier’s award winning documentary
Let me Go in Montreal and Toronto. In New York, he
was the lead in Feathers From The Lower World II. Julian
received a BSc. from McGill University, a BA in Music and Theatre
from Naropa University in Boulder CO, and studied Improvisation
at New England Conservatory. Julian is thrilled to be a part
of the ID America Festival, and would like to thank Quo Vadimus
Arts for this opportunity. Special thanks to Sheila Gray
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 Yesenia Tromp (Ariel
/ Indian) Yesenia is thrilled to be
a part of this festival. She just recently graduated from C.W.
Post Long Island University with a B.F.A in acting. She was
previously seen in Third Child at The New York Fringe
Festival. She would like to say thanks to her family and friends
for their support!
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Kyle Walters (Barback / Son / Ivory) graduated from NYU with a degree in drama.
Since then, he has been acting in some short films, plays, and
readings. If you know where to look, you'll find him in
the background of the pilot episode for 30 Rock. He was
filmed as "motorcycle guy" in a Red Hot Dateline commercial,
though was not one of his finer moments. Also he paints
fine art, designs websites, and is constantly on the look out
for film/tv acting representation (wink, wink). If you
are savvy to the whole internet thing, he suggests that you
go to www.kylewalters.com to follow his adventures. He
would like to thank America for inventing the hamburger, and
for following that with an amazing sequel... the cheeseburger.
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Kristina Wilson (Mrs.
Miller / Mother) is frequently recognized (by 4-7
year olds) for her recent role as the Mother of the girl who
ate too many pink cupcakes in Pinkalicious. Still enjoying
the feeling of stardom (among 4-7 year olds), Kristina is excited
about having her work reach an "older crowd." She
is a graduate of New York University and Oklahoma City University
and proud owner of Sitters in the City, a babysitting agency
dedicated to bringing professional artists into the homes of
children all over the city.
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American
Dreams
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David
Palmer Brown (Jack
/ Dr. Horst) hails from Washington, D.C., where he received
an MFA from Catholic University. Favorite roles over the course
of time have been, in Washington: the title role in Dracula,
with The National Players; Branch Rickey in The Most Valuable
Player, with the Kennedy Center Theatre for Young People;
Agamemnon in Oreste's Trial, with The Washington Shakespeare
Theatre; Mark Bernstein in Bernie's Bar Mitzvah, with
Perloff Productions; David Flanagan in Strange Snow,
at the Callan Theatre; and Mark Porter in Canned Fruit,
with CatCo; and in New York: Paul, the florist, in Dressing
Room Divas, at The Duplex; Thomas Beckett in Murder
in the Cathedral, with Theatre St. John; Prohkor in Vassa
Zhelenova, with HB Playwright's Theatre; The John/George
in Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry, with
Theatre 54/Shetler Studios; Gottchalk/Sarder in the American
premiere of Mnouchkin's Mephisto (yes, Mr. Robbins,
the American premiere); and The Oldest in It's Not Even
Past, with Push Productions.
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Veronica Bruce
(Michelle
/ Pam) is new to New York. She graduated with
a BFA from Sam Houston State University. Recently,
she performed in a reading of Puberty Rites, which
was part of the Ensemble Studio Theatre's "Going to the River"
festival. Other past productions include The
Vagina Monologues, the part of Girl in God's Country,
and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. |
Dominique Fishback (Girl) |
 Dina
Kirschenbaum (Peg
/ Roxy) is thrilled to be a part of the ID America Festival.
She made her NYC Debut at Tip My Cup's 24 Hour Play Festival
last April. A recent graduate of Binghamton University, her
credits include: Alice in Closer, Witch in A Macbeth,
Wife of Bath in Canterbury Tales, Lola in Damn Yankees,
Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof and many more. Dina has
studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,
and recently spent the summer as acting faculty at the National
High School Institute for Theater Arts in Chicago. She is also
the proud receipient of the Albert Nocciolino, Friar's Foundation
and Don A. Watters Award for Excellence in Theatre. Dina would
like to thank the cast, Josh, Greg and all the rest of the Quo
Vadimus Arts group for this opportunity. Dina would like to
thank Mom, Dad, Greg and all her friends and family for their
continued love and support. |
 Adam Laupus (Kevin /
Doug / Sacco / Brian) Acting
credits include: Mary Brigit Writes A Memoir (NY Fringe
2007), Simulacra (Spring Fever Festival), The Maiden's
Prayer, Henry VI Trilogy, Woyzeck, Ariel,
and Friendly Fire. TV: University Place,
and The Band (official selection, NYTV Festival 2007.)
Last seen on touring the Fringe Festivals with his sketch group,
Fresh Meat and also directing Musclebound which toured
at over 35 Universities and Colleges and The Number Jane
at the New York Spring Fever Festival. He has a B.F.A.
in Drama from NYU.
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 Mark Lindberg (Kurt /
Vanzetti / Daniel / Boy) is an actor and playwright originally
from Weymouth, MA. Acting credits include A Mouthful
of Birds (breedingground productions), Simulacra: A
Modern Myth (co-writer; Gerritt Turner, dir.), The
Burning Cities Project (co-writer, Dreamscape Theatre),
and multiple productions of the one-man play Johnny Got
His Gun (NY and MA). Mark’s one-act plays have been
produced in various venues around NYC. Full-length plays
include Truce On Uranus (produced by Dreamscape Theatre),
The Final Nightmares of a Guilty Man (as yet unproduced),
and an upcoming project on Egon Schiele. Mark teaches
Creating Original Work with Marleen Pennison at the Playwrights
Horizons Theatre School.
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 Molly
Pope (Jeanne
Marie D'Argent / Snickers) Molly is an American. New
York theater credits include the Young Woman in Machinal
(Dreamscape Theatre), Maria in 12th Night: The Drinking
Game (Legitimate Theatre), Claire in Beautiful Bodies
(Native Aliens Theatre Collective), and Creator/Ensemble in
The Burning Cities Project (Dreamscape Theatre/NYC
Fringe Festival). Regionally she played Jackie in Murder
on the Nile, Ginette/Sandrine/Marvalyn/Rhonda in Almost,
Maine (Cortland Repertory Theatre) and Roz in Moon
Over Buffalo (Cider Mill Playhouse). Film/Commercial/Industrial
work includes Secrets of the Mystic Oracle (New School
University), Vibrator (Maxfly Films), Papa John's Pizza,
Sundance Channel, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She recently
debuted her cabaret show, The Diva-lution of Molly Pope,
to rave reviews at Don't Tell Mama and has appeared as a guest
star in the award-winning cabaret Matt Sigl: Unstuck in Time.
She graduated with a BFA in Drama from NYU and is a member of
the Dreamscape Theatre Company. www.mollypope.com
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 Karina
Richardson (Skylar
/ Tia) is a native Houstonian and a current Brooklynite.
She has written and performed several comedic one-woman shows,
including The Birthday Show, A Girl's Life (Choose
Your Own Adventure), Sex Ed, and most recently a
self-produced evening of Variations on the Death of Shame.
Favorite roles include Marie in Woyzeck (Dreamscape Theatre
Company), Patty in Kimberley Akimbo (NYU), and the God
of Happiness in God of Happiness (NYU). Karina is a member
of the Proximity Theatre Company, joining Kyra Lehman and Ken
Urbina in challenging young actors to put on cutting-edge productions,
most recently Dracula at Santa Barbara's Center Stage
Theater in August 2007. She is currently writing The Story
of Shandy Wilkes, which hopes to be Proximity's first New
York production. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of
the Arts and Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. She would
like to thank Laura Moss and Quo Vadimus for the fearless work
they do, everyone involved in this production for their spirit,
and her cousin's dog Daisy for endless hours of love and research.
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 Anna
Savant (Eva
/ Millie / Heidi) Anna is a recent graduate of the
New Actors Workshop. Most of her theater credits are with the
Tokyo International Players where she played M'Lynn in Steel
Magnolias, Mme de Volanges in Les Liaisons Dangereuses,
Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler On the Roof, Ruth in Blithe
Spirit and Hannah in California Suite. She has also
performed in California and Munich. She is grateful that her
first New York show is with such a talented and supportive group.
Thank you all!
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American
Psyche
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 Colin Fisher (Tim / Jack
/ Matt) has an MFA from the New School
for Drama. Credits include American Buffalo
(Bobby), Sure Thing (Bill), Midsummer Night's
Dream (Lysander), As You Like It (Orlando),
The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Matt), Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead (Guildenstern), and several
original plays at the New School for Drama and Working Man's
Clothes Productions. Colin would like to thank his family,
friends, and Amy for their unending support.
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Julie Katz (Woman) Julie
Katz, an NYU graduate with a B.F.A. in theater from Tisch School
of the Arts, is so happy to be a part of the ID America Festival.
She was most recently seen in The Number Jane, a solo show
that she wrote and performed in the 2007 Spring Fever Festival.
Other solo credits include Librarian Fern: A Life, How
to Get Over Him in Ten Years or More, and Dehydrated.
Prior to that she was starring in Steve Martin's The
Underpants at Seaside Repertory Theater, and even priorer
she was a writer, performer and founding member of the sketch
comedy group Fresh Meat which toured
comedy festivals across the country. Futurely, Julie will
be appearing in The Imhotep
Project, a play that will use a projected shadow to explore
the relationship between a man and the imaginary presence in
his life. For more information visit imhotepproject.com
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 Pearce Larson (Todd /
Orator #1 / Tom McCandliss) recently
graduated from NYU's Tisch school of the arts. You may have
seen him last year in this very same venue as "The Man/Gellutenstuck"
in Chess'd!, a light-hearted romp through the minds
of three people who don't have a clue, but wield deadly power
anyway. Pearce thanks you for coming to the festival and hopes
you enjoy the show! |
Michael Mergo (Ted
/ Ryan / Leonard / Man) graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in
2005 with a B.A. in Theatre. Since then he's worked with Florida
Studio Theatre as part of their Playmaker's Tour and Under Six
show, teaching playwriting to over 10,000 children in schools
across Florida. Since moving to New York last winter Michael
has performed in Happy Hour with the Michael Chekhov
Theatre and is currently working on the web series Winners.
Favorite roles include Ray-Lone Star, Buff-Suburbia, Roy
Cohn-Angels in America, and Luke-Night of the Wannabes.
Michael is very happy to be working with such wonderful people
on the ID America Festival. |
Chelsea Palano (Nora)
earned a B.A. in Theatre and Speech at Wagner
College, where she played such roles as Leilah in Uncommon
Women and Mrs. Macafee in Bye Bye Birdie. Her
other New York credits include: Cass in The Phoenix Player's
production of Wonder of the World, as well as various
shows and roles with Manhattan Children's Theatre. One
of her most exciting accomplishments at the moment is
getting 6 seconds of big-screen time in the film Across
the Universe. Endless thanks to family, friends,
and her "best friend" for supporting a small-town
Massachusetts girl and the dreams that led her to the big
city.
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 Elizabeth Romanski (Orator
#2 / Alice / Mom) Elizabeth received her BA in English from UCLA
and her MA in Classical Acting from the Drama Centre London.
During her MA she worked with both Shakespeare's Globe and the
Vakhtangov Theatre Institute in Moscow, where favorite roles
included Rosalind in As You
Like It and Sonya in Crime and Punishment.
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 Nandini Sonnad (Rachel
/ Hannah) is
originally from Michigan. She studied at Kalamazoo
College and Universidad de Antonio Nebrija in Madrid, Spain,
and received her B.A. in English literature and creative writing.
Upon moving to New York she studied with the Ted Bardy Studio
as well as HB Studio. New York credits include Wannabes
by Bonnie Wright, Lopsided by Ellen Ann Kafkalas, and
several independent films. Nandini also works as a model
and trains in the discipline of Muay Thai kickboxing.
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Phillip
W Weiss (Jim/Bob) is the author
of five plays, Captain Dingleman's Great Adventure, Lesson
for Life, Love and War - a Political Love Story, Moishe and
Mohammed, and Nevillle and Adolf in Munich – A One Act
Musical Event. Phil is also the author of numerous poems
and essays on a variety of subjects. In addition Phil is an
avid photographer whose work has been displayed in various venues
in the New York City area. In July 2007 Phil produced, directed
and performed in the premiere reading of his play Moishe
and Mohammed, part of the Midtown International Theatre
Festival, New York City. |
Hallie York (Natalie)
is thrilled to be back in NYC after appearing
onstage in The Winter's Tale Project- NYC Fringe 2007!
Favorite roles include: Parade, NJ Premiere (Mary Phagan),
The Crucible (Mary Warren), Radium Girls (Sob
Sister), Bernarda Alba (The Maid), Birdie
(Ursula), Fiddler (Chava), Hamlet (Ophelia).
Dance: Hershey Park, Walt Disney World. Hallie can next be seen graduating
Montclair State University with a B.F.A. in Acting! Mad
props to the Jersey "kids" for their support. Peace*Love*Happiness*
to all.
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Readings:
Assimilation in America
 Aadya
Bedi (Alisha)
is from Mumbai, India where she has been involved in the theatre
for more than 16 years. In New York, she has worked with the
Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, Ars Nova and HERE
Arts center. She received her MFA at the University of Iowa
in 2006.
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 Francis
Benhamou (Fatima)
A graduate of NYU and the Maggie Flanigan Studio, Francis stars
in the upcoming film Arranged. She was also featured
in "The Bronx is Burning", and the upcoming film Neal
Cassady. |
 Seiko
Carter (Ms. Kai)
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Seiko studied dance, theater,
and voice. Since then, she has performed and worked with various
NYC experimental theatre, film, and, dance companies. She was
seen most recently in Stone at the Philly Fringe Festival
and in Embert at Dixon Place. |
 Alan
Cross (Abe) is an actor
and a three-time Emmy-nominated writer. As an actor, he recently
appeared in “The Medicine Show” for the New York Fringe Festival.
He also performs regularly at the People’s Improv Theater. As
a writer, he’s worked for Saturday Night Live, The Man Show,
Celebrity Deathmatch, and Pop-Up Video. Currently, he is writing
a show with Paul Shaffer from David Letterman; he also co-wrote/co-produced
“Video Shmideo”, an award-winning pilot at the 2007 New York
TV Festival. |
David
Hollander (Hasan)
is an accomplished actor and educator. He is currently pursuing
his masters at NYU. |
 DeVon
Jackson (Karim)
recent stage credits: Dag in Richard and Anne ("a
talent to watch"- NYTimes), Frank LeBlanc in Macrune's
Guevara both with the Young Mirror, Eddie in Noise (Painted
Filly, Dublin- "sharp and intense" –Irish Times),
Obidiah in Defacing Michael Jackson (winner-Samuel French
Festival); Max Work in City of Glass (Redux@Potomac Theatre
Project) Regional: Porter in Macbeth (Authentic Theatre
Co.), the YouthInk Fest (McCarter Theater); at Northwestern
Univ.: Bobby in American Buffalo and Romeo in Romeo
and Juliet. |
 Carol
Jacobanis (Janet)
Film – Dapper Lady in Play Ball! (More Magazine &
NYWF best short film 2007); title role in Judith. Theater
– Joyce in Flashback (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Annie
in Criminal Conversation (Ensemble Studio Theater); Frankie
in Getting Frankie Married & Afterwards (Horton by
the Stream); Rosalind in As You Like It (Shakespeare
NYC); Adriana in Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare NYC);
Angel in Surface (Fringe NYC award winner for best ensemble
performance). Voice over – Mother Bear in "The Boy Who
Wanted to Be a Bear" (Les Armateurs); Queen Lumina in "Magical
Do Re Mi" (Fox TV); Griffin in "Winx! Club" (Fox
TV); and numerous Pokemon characters. Carol is a member of the
production company Weird
Sisters Films. |
 John
Lavelle (Mister/David)
Broadway: The Graduate. Off Broadway: The Merchant
of Venice (TFANA), The Jew of Malta (TFANA), Burleigh
Grimes (New World Stages), Rope (Drama Department),
Spatter Pattern (Playwrights). Regional: On the Razzle
(Williamstown), Bell Book and Candle (Old Globe),
Time Pieces (McArthur), Jesus Hates Me (Hartford
Stages), Much Ado About Nothing (La Jolla) and The
Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company). Film/TV:
Frozen Impact, The Sandpiper, August, "The
Black Donnellys", "Law and Order", "Guiding
Light", "All My Children", and "Sixteen
to Life". |
Natalie
Silverlieb (Becky)
was most recently seen in Disney's Tarzan on Broadway.
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Readings:
Attitudes Towards Race
Enid
Deja Aramburu (Stage Directions)
is proud to be working once again with her long-time friend
and theatrical colleague in the ID America Festival presented
by Quo Vadimus Arts. She has worked in numerous projects from
Elizabeth Swados' VIOLENCE PROJECT to PHTS 4th Year Project
SHADOW OF A MAN. Deja received her training from NYU's Tisch
School of the Arts and recently wrapped up the Miss Trinidad
and Tobago NY Pageant, where she was the Assistant Rehearsal
Director. Deja can be spotted in CABLEVISION's IO Cable infomercial,
where she insists "HD Cable IS the way to go." Thanks
Patty!
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Elliott
Chisholm (Man, Cultural
Diversity) There is no one like Elliott Chisholm. Period.
Elliott is a graduate of NYU who is an actor, singer, writer,
dancer, and now producer. He has appeared in many productions
during his young career, including Project 9/11 in Edinburgh,
Scotland, Dutchman, the Quo Vadimus production of Twilight
Zone and his own solo performance of Life and Death,
produced by himself through his own company 8Million Productions.
He is now getting a reputation as being the life of the party
at many of the hottest parties in the city through his promotions
with The Bloc Group. This New Yorker from Texas is the future,
whether anyone wants to accept it or not, and he is not afraid
to say it himself. |
Azania
Dungee (Leandra,
One Night at Fern's)
is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Her recent
stage credits include, Maria in Twelfth Night (NYRF), Sarah
in Ragtime (Regional), the Nurse is Romeo and Juliet (Regional),
the Mexican Woman in A Streetcar Named Desire (NYU), and currently
Irene Fortune-Boy in Carlisle: A Different Three Sisters (Myrton
Running Wolf, dir). She can also be seen in the short films
Three Eves (Eve), and The Enabler (Sherise). Azania is excited
to be a part of this festival with Quo Vadimus Arts and it been
fabulous working with Patty and the exceptional cast of One
Night at Fern's. |
Maggie
Low (Doretta,
One Night at Fern's)
Favorite credits include: TIMES OF WAR by Eric Lane directed
by Martha Banta (Adirondack Theatre Festival), CANDLE IN THE
WINDOW by Tom Gilroy, directed by Michael Imperioli, (One Dream
Theater ) , FAITH'S BODY by Gilbert Girion directed by Tom McDermott,
(One Dream), CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS by Casey Kurtti, directed
by Burry Fredrik (Douglas Fairbanks Theatre), SKIN OF THE NIGHT
written and directed by H.M.Koutoukas (La Ma Ma), VENUS' DIARY
by Lynne McCullough directed by Tom O'Horgan (La Ma Ma), THE
MAN WHO SHOT THE MAN WHO SHOT JESSE JAMES, (Manhattan Punch
Line). She played Gertrude in HAMLET with Jared Harris, Richard
Harris and Lili Taylor, (N.J. Shakespeare Festival). Feature
films and television: POVERTY OUTLAW, POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA,
BURNZY'S LAST CALL, THE HOUSES THAT ARE LEFT, and a guest lead
on LAW & ORDER. She is a Lifetime member of The Actors Studio. |
Amanda
Marklin (Fern,
One Night at Fern's)
has just made her debut in New York City Opera's production
of Barber's "Vanessa". In the "Think Out Of The
Box" Theater Company, roles include, Queen Elizabeth, Richard
III, Alma Winemiller, Summer and Smoke, Madame Arcati, Blithe
Spirit. Ms. Marklin also loves doing new plays and works in
progress, creating roles such as Roslyn in Adoration peformed
at The Arthur Seelen Theatre. In addition to theater, she has
appeared in independent film and television. Ms. Marklin is
a graduate of Columbia University. |
John
Wellington-Simon (TC, One
Night at Fern's) is a born and raised New Yorker and
has been performing since he was 10 as an actor, singer, dancer,
choreographer. He is currently performing @ Spotlight Live in
Time Square. He would like to thank his mother and his brothers
for everything. |
Readings:
Pharmapsychology
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 Nicolette
Callaway
(The
7-Second Itch) is proud to be part of The Seven-Second
Itch, despite not having ADHD herself. In performance, she likes
to challenge and manipulate ideas concerning authenticity, loneliness
and isolation. Her goal is to constantly and continuously produce
(good) theater and to confront audiences with representations
of our collective experiences and, ultimately, our humanity,
no matter how wonderful or frightening. She's written a couple
of plays, too. You should read them. And she designs and directs
stuff. Nicolette is a member of both Rising Sun Performance
Company and Theatre of the Expendable, and earned her B.A. from
NYU (Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender & Sexuality focus).
She is from Houston, TX, and if you come talk to her after the
show (or anytime, really – she's not aloof), you'll discover
that she doesn't have an accent. Oh, yeah, she's also excited
about performing in Rising Sun's winter cabaret, The Swinging
60's Office Christmas Party, and "suggests" that
you WILL see it. |
 Michael
Climek (Orientation
Day) is a graduate of the State University of New York
at Oswego, having earned his BA in Theatre and Sociology with
a minor in creative writing. Hel is currently pursuing a Masters
Degree in Marketing at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch
College. Michael has trained at LAMDA, is a proud member of
Samsara Theatre Company. He has been in oodles and boodles of
shows. Some of these oodles include playing Angelo in Measure
for Measure, Puck and Theseus in A Midsummer Night's
Dream, and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. Some of
these boodles include touring for two months in Utah with a
middle school show about healthy eating and body image (www.foodplay.com),
playing Zophar in Job's Passion at Theatre for the New
City, Jess in Shakespeare Abridged, playing Mr. Dussel
in Diary of Anne Frank, and playing Jack in The Importance
of Being Earnest . Michael is an avid comic book enthusiast.
He can be observed on the net via his his gaming and comics
news blog at http://www.foot2mouth.com.
Hel can also be seen online as an occasional contributor to
the well known comics news site Comic Book Resources. Michael
is currently employed as Product Research Manager at Gameloft's
NYC office where he manages and schedules focus groups, conducts
market research on an international level, and manages a team
of several employees |
 Mim
Granahan (Orientation
Day) performed this summer with Theatre of the Expendable
in Dick 2. Other favorite roles include Cecily in The Importance
of Being Earnest, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, First
Witch in Macbeth and Amy Roark in the indie film The
C.O.R.P.S., in which she co-starred with Jesse L. Martin.
Mim recently directed her one-act play The Death Card
in The Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival at The Players
Theatre Loft. In an attempt to join the 21st century, Mim has
finally put together a website --- you can check it out at freewebs.com/mimgranahan. |
 Rich
Lovejoy's (Orientation
Day) most recent projects include writing and acting
in the web series "Four If By Space" - which will
be released early in 2008 - and directing the Legitimate Theater
Company's production of Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game
down in New Orleans. Some favorite roles in New York include
Berenger in Rhinoceros, Lewis in Heart's Desire,
and Stanley in Clever. As a playwright Richard has written
two full length plays Milk and Peanut Butter and Tiny
Dynamite, as well as several shorts and something that resembles
a screenplay if you look at it long enough and if the lighting
is just so. |
 Samantha
Mason
(Orientation
Day) graduated summa cum laude from the honors school
of the State University of New York at Oswego with a BA in Theatre
and a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, also completing
a portion of her degree in London. Her latest credits include
a production of Tourjours L'Amour at this year's Samuel
French Original Short Play Festival and Tranio in Taming
of the Shrew at the Looking Glass Theatre. Other favorite
credits include Isabella in Measure for Measure, Antigone
in Antigone, and Catherine in Proof. Samantha
can be seen next as Femme Macbeth in DMTheatric's revival of
their acclaimed production, Bitch Macbeth. When she is
not performing, Samantha is also a working journalist, covering
the videogame blogsphere for newsite next-gen.biz and the site
she helped found, foot2mouth.com.
Information about Samantha and her forthcoming appearances can
be found on the web at www.SamanthaMason.net. |
Gregg
David Shore (Orientation
Day) is both an actor and director. Past roles: Ill
in The Visit, Mr. Morris in Lanford Wilson’s Hot L
Baltimore, Rev. Gardner in Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession,
Dr. Caius in Merry Wives of Windsor, Don John (the Bastard)
in Much Ado About Nothing (OOBR winning production),
the lead role of Vanek in Vaclav Havel’s semi-autobiographical
trilogy Audience Unveiling Protest, and The Russian Spy
in See How They Run. Gregg has directed two winners of
the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, and
most recently, the world premiere of The Shattering of the
Golden Pane by Le Wilhelm at 59E59 and The Shadow Box
by Michael Cristofer for Love Creek Productions. |
Alexander
Yakovleff (The
7-Second Itch) |
 Morgan
Anne Zipf (Orientation
Day) is an actor, director, and designer who holds a
BFA with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She is
the Head of Production for the Dreamscape Theatre Company, and
has worked at numerous off and off-off Broadway theatres, including
The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Love to my loved ones |
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