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ASOLO REP & ARTISTSThe Acting Company
Asolo Rep's acting company is composed of the following talented individuals. In addition to our resident company and third year M.F.A. students of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, they come to our stage from other cities and our own community. "Associate Artist" is a title given to a group of resident Equity actors who have made a personal and professional commitment to Asolo Rep for more than three years, established an official residence in this community and have made a special commitment to Asolo Rep's longevity. In return, these actors constitute the "leadership" of the acting company and serve in a variety of capacities for the institution, including mentoring students of the Conservatory. Those professional actors who are members of the Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, are noted with an asterisk.
GUEST ARTIST, FIRST SEASON (Hamlet, Hamlet: Prince of Cuba). Mr. Alvarez was most recently seen in the 2011 season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as Claudio in Measure For Measure and Lucius/Metellus Cimber in Julius Caesar. Winner of the 2010 Best Actor Award at the NYC Midtown International Theatre Festival for his work as the titular character in Ben Bartolone’s The Tragedie of Cardenio, Frankie is also an accomplished audiobook reader and a teaching artist with the non-profit Artists Striving To End Poverty. BFA, Florida State University; MFA, The Juilliard School. For Pipo. www.frankiejalvarez.com
(Ernest/Policeman 2/Page/ Fulton/Electrician 2/Tie Salesman, Once in a Lifetime; Nehemiah/Dovid/Cantor/Ensemble, Yentl) He last appeared as Suresh in Banyan Theatre's production of Animals Out Of Paper. With the Conservatory, he performed the roles of Damis in Tartuffe, Arnholm in Lady From the Sea, and Eglamour in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Past roles include Touchstone (As You Like It), King John (King John), Snoopy (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown), and Margaret Mead/Tribe (Hair). For all their support, he would love to thank his family, friends, and his wonderful donors, Warren and Margot Coville.
(Sullivan/ Boy from Breathing Class/Mr. Flick/ Gingham & Orchids Groom/Painter, Once in a Lifetime; Yitzhok/Avram/The Mohel/Ensemble, Yentl) Benjamin hails from southeast Louisiana and is a graduate of The Academy of Art University, where he studied screenwriting. Upon graduation, he stayed a few years in San Francisco making a transition from film to theatre, where he was seen in Measure for Measure (Claudio), Twelfth Night (Sebastian), and Romeo and Juliet (Romeo). He also played Hamlet for the St. Petersburg Shakespeare Company. He was seen on the Conservatory stage in Two Gentlemen of Verona, (Valentine), The Lady from the Sea (Wangel), and Tartuffe (Valere). He thanks his family, Andrew Hurteau, Duende, his donor Bill Yandow and his wife, Valerie.
GUEST ARTIST, THIRD SEASON (George Lewis/1st Chauffeur, Once in a Lifetime, Mordecai/Laibish/Zlateh/Sheftel/Ensemble, Yentl) Other Asolo Rep credits include: Robert, Boeing Boeing, De Brie, La Bête, Sutter, The Innocents; George Horvath, The Perfume Shop; Cardinal Inquisitor, The Life of Galileo. In Chicago, Jason has appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), To the Greenfields Beyond (Writers’ Theatre) and Stripped (Circle Theatre), where he received a Jeff Citation Nomination for Best Actor. Regional credits include: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Pride and Prejudice, A Month in the Country), Indiana Repertory Theatre (The Heavens are Hung in Black, A Christmas Carol, The Drawer Boy, Arcadia), American Players Theatre (Candida, Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth).
ASSOCIATE ARTIST, SIXTEENTH SEASON (Herman Glogauer, Once in a Lifetime; Michael, God of Carnage; Maurice, Fallen Angels) Most recently seen as Lenny Ganz in Rumors at Florida Rep; Ft. Myers. Over 65 past Asolo Rep productions include: 12 Angry Men, world premieres of Jason Wells’ Men of Tortuga and Perfect Mendacity, The Winter’s Tale, A Few Good Men, Pride and Prejudice, Laughing Stock, Rounding Third, Art, Peter Pan, The Front Page, The Immigrant, Hobson's Choice, Nicholas Nickleby. Broadway national tour: Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Short Change, Perfect Crime, Fluorescent Hunger, This Hard Life. Los Angeles theater: Life in the Trees (west coast premiere), David's Mother. Film & Television: Frasier, Taken!, Law & Order, Fame. For the Banyan Theater Company (founding member): Betrayal, Sight Unseen, Don Juan in Hell, Otherwise Engaged. David is married to actress Kate Hampton. Together, they live with Koufax, the dog.
GUEST ARTIST FIRST SEASON (Avigdor, Yentl; Jerry Hyland, Once in A Lifetime; Will Banbury, Fallen Angels) makes his Asolo Rep debut. Chicago: Robert Lyon in The Pitman Painters (dir. BJ Jones); David Frost in Frost/Nixon (dir. Louis Contey); Irwin in The History Boys (dir. Nick Bowling; Equity Jeff Awards 2009: Best Production, Best Ensemble); Pravda (dir. Louis Contey); This Happy Breed (dir. Nick Bowling; Jeff Citation 2004 – Best Play, Best Ensemble) all with TimeLine Theatre Company. He has worked with Goodman, Writers’, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane Oakbrook, American Blues, Mary-Arrchie, and Irish Repertory. Regional: Romeo in Romeo & Juliet (dir. Randy White; Cardinal Stage Company). Television: Boss (Starz). He is represented by Gray Talent Group. Please visit www.abcisme.com for more information.
GUEST ARTIST, FIRST SEASON (Hadass, Yentl; Ophelia, Hamlet: Prince of Cuba) appeared Off-Broadway in Emancipation (Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Laws of Motion (PS122). Other credits include The Clean House (Syracuse Stage), Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville), pride@prejudice (Chester Theatre), Midsummer, Bat Boy! The Musical, The Seagull, Comedy of Errors (Great Lakes Theatre/ISF), Macbeth (Stonington Opera House), 1001, 9 Parts of Desire (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), The Crucible (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Merchant of Venice (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Misalliance, Major Barbara, and Barrymore Award-winning Tuesday (PTTP). Gisela trained at the College of Charleston, B.A., & University of Deleware- PTTP, MFA Thanks to my family, my love,& Ron Ross. Giselachipe.blogspot.com.
ASSOCIATE ARTIST, SIXTEENTH SEASON (Rudolph Kammerling, Once in a Lifetime; Alan, God of Carnage; Player King, Hamlet, Prince of Cuba) Last season: Porter Milgrim, Deathtrap; Juror #3, Twelve Angry Men. Past Asolo Rep seasons: Purgeon, The Imaginary Invalid; Old Shepherd/Gaoler, The Winter’s Tale; Reverend Anderson, The Devil’s Disciple; Mansky, The Play’s the Thing; Jansenius, Smash; Dalton, Equus; Graham, Lady. Other Asolo Rep credits include: Amadeus, Men of Tortuga, A Few Good Men, Pride and Prejudice, Enchanted April, Anything to Declare?, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Rounding Third, Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror, The Front Page, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Crucible, The Millionairess, Murder by Misadventure, The Diary of Anne Frank, Inherit the Wind, You Never Can Tell, Filumena, A Flea in Her Ear, Born Yesterday, The Hollow and Twelfth Night. He has performed at Yale Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Geva, Circle in the Square and SoHo Rep. He graduated from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory in the 1970s and spent a year with Asolo Rep after graduation. TV credits include Ryan’s Hope (Pat Ryan), Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light, Legwork (CBS series) and Saracen, a series in England.
GUEST ARTIST, FIRST SEASON (May Daniels, Once in A Lifetime; Yentl/Anshel, Yentl; Jane Banbury, Fallen Angels) is delighted to make her Asolo Rep debut. In Chicago, her work includes Cloud 9, Three Sisters, Blithe Spirit, and Hurlyburly (The Gift Theatre Company), As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Illusion (Court Theatre), Ski Dubai (Steppenwolf), Picnic (Writers' Theatre), A Room With a View (Lifeline Theatre), and To Kill a Mockingbird (Apple Tree Theatre). Regionally, she has worked with American Players Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Coterie Theatre, and the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. She is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and The School at Steppenwolf.
(Florabel Leigh/Miss Newton, Once in a Lifetime; Annette, God of Carnage) Katie’s previous roles at the Conservatory include Silvia in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Madame Pernelle in Tartuffe, and the title role in The Lady from the Sea. Professional credits include Caldwell Theatre, PlayMakers Rep, Northern Stage, NY International Fringe, and American Place Theatre. Other Training: Gaiety School of Acting (Ireland) and UNC Chapel Hill. Sincere thanks to my parents; donors Nancy Markle, Joyce Menschel, and the Oberdorfers; Patrick; Asolo faculty and creative staff; and my amazing ensemble.
(Miss Leighton/Cigarette Girl/ Ensemble, Once in a Lifetime; Nachum/Raizeleh/Finkl/Zeldah Leah/Ensemble, Yentl) Megan DeLay is proud to join the Asolo Company this season. Last year’s Conservatory credits include Dorine in Tartuffe, Hilde in Lady from the Sea and Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona. A native Minnesotan, she received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and Dance from Millikin University. Megan thanks her family and friends for their support, especially her wonderful donors Roz Sedlezky and Bruce and Janet Udell for making me a part of your family.
GUEST ARTIST, FIRST SEASON (Claudius, Hamlet: Prince of Cuba) began his career in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1971 when he was cast as ”Luis” on Sesame Street and continues in that role, proud to have been a pioneer in the positive portrayal of a Latino on television. A professional actor for over 40 years, he has performed in a variety of film, television and theater roles. He can be seen in various episodes of the Law & Order series and recently appeared in Person of Interest and the Tyler Perry film We The Peeples. In addition to acting, Emilio is a singer and recently recorded with the band Pink Martini and made his Carnegie Hall debut with them.
GUEST ARTIST, THIRD SEASON (Helen Hobart, Once in a Lifetime; Veronica, God of Carnage; Julia, Fallen Angels) is delighted to return to the Asolo Rep stage where she has performed in The Innocents, Las Meninas, Boeing Boeing, La Bête, Pride and Prejudice and Expecting Isabel. Other credits include: the first national tour of Spring Awakening. Broadway: The Best Man and The Deep Blue Sea. Other New York: Have You Seen Steve Steven? (13P), The Typographer’s Dream (Clubbed Thumb), Over the River and Through the Woods, All My Sons (Roundabout). Regional: Absurd Person Singular (Bristol Rep), Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Humana Festival), Loot (The Arden), The Real Thing (Olney), All My Sons (Williamstown), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ). TV credits include: The Law & Order trifecta, The Education of Max Bickford, Sex and the City. She is married to the actor, David Breitbarth.
GUEST ARTIST, THIRD SEASON (Gertrude, Hamlet: Prince of Cuba) Mercedes’ Asolo Rep credits include: Bertha, Boeing Boeing; Myra Bruhl, Deathtrap; company in La Bête; Minka Lupino, Murderers; Paulina, The Winter’s Tale (Best Suporting Actress in an Non-Musical, Sarasota Magazine). National Tours: The Laramie Project, The Acting Company. Ms. Herrero has worked extensively Off-Broadway and in Regional Theatres across the country doing new plays and the classics. She has also worked in London, Madrid and Deauville, France. TV: various lawyers and judges on all the Law and Orders, One Life to Live. Film: Arranged, Deception, The Tao of Steve. Ms. Herrero holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
ASSOCIATE ARTIST, TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON (Weisskopf/Schlepkin 2/Gingham & Orchids Bishop, Once in a Lifetime; Reb Todrus/Fulcha/Feitl, Yentl; Polonius/Gravedigger, Hamlet: Prince of Cuba) Past Asolo Rep credits: Painter, Las Meninas. Bejart, La Bête; Juror #10, Twelve Angry Men, Argan, The Imaginary Invalid; Camillo, The Winter’s Tale; General Burgoyne, The Devil’s Disciple;Roger, Perfect Mendacity; Mortimer, The Constant Wife; Turai, The Play’s the Thing; Frank, Equus; Dyson, Lady. Other Asolo Rep credits include Amadeus, Men of Tortuga, A Few Good Men, Pride and Prejudice, Darwin in Malibu, Laughing Stock, Enchanted April, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Crucible, Hay Fever, You Never Can Tell, Art, A Flea in Her Ear, Golden Boy, Black Coffee, King Lear, Nicholas Nickleby and The Kentucky Cycle. Other favorites: directing The Zoo Story, The Clean House and playing Vanya in Uncle Vanya. Doug has spent seasons at Baltimore’s Centerstage, The Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Rep, California Shakespearean Festival, Stage West, Cincinnati Playhouse, Boston’s Huntington Theatre, American Stage, Queen’s Playhouse, The Playmakers, The Straz Center, The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre and four plays Off-Broadway. Doug trained at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London.
(Policeman 1/Page/Electrician 1/Reporter, Once in a Lifetime; Treitl/Shmuel/Ensemble, Yentl) Geoff Knox is thrilled to be a part of the Asolo mainstage this year. Last year he had a fabulous time working on The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Lady from the Sea and Tartuffe. He’s also worked extensively in Ohio at The Great Lakes Theater Festival, Ohio Summer Stages, and the Ohio Shakespeare Festival. He’d like to thank both his family from back home as well as his Asolo one, especially his wonderful donors, George and Jane Morgan and Herb and Maija Kaufman.
GUEST ARTIST, FIRST SEASON (Laertes, Hamlet:Prince of Cuba) Andhy Mendez was born in Havana, Cuba and immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of 5. He began his work as an actor in 1996 after being cast in the Televisa soap opera Morelia. He went on to work throughout his childhood on Univison's Sabado Gigante. After graduating from Coral Reef Senior high school he moved to NYC and attended The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts - The School for Film and Television. Some of his current work includes FILM: Half a Perfect World, It's My Party. TV: Blue Bloods, The 2-2. THEATRE: Between Two Worlds, The Duchess of Malfi.
THE KEATING FAMILY FOUNDATION ACTOR CHAIR; ASSOCIATE ARTIST, 21st SEASON (Mrs. Walker, Once in a Lifetime; Frumka Vishkower/Zlatch, Yentl) Last season: Helga, Deathtrap. Favorite Asolo Rep roles include Toinette, The Imaginary Invalid; Kate, Broadway Bound; Maggie, Hobson’s Choice; Becky, Morning Star.Other Asolo Rep credits include The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Enchanted April, String of Pearls, The Smell of the Kill, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Millionairess, I’m Not Rappaport, The Corn is Green, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Over the Tavern, Communicating Doors, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Immigrant, How the Other Half Loves, The Constant Wife, The Devil’s Disciple. Florida Studio Theatre roles include five one-person plays: Family Secrets; Ann Landers, The Lady with All the Answers; Rose; The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; Dorothy Parker, One Foot in Scarsdale. Recently at Florida Repertory Theatre, Peterborough Players in NH, & American Stage: Sylvia, Sylvia; Lillian Hellman, Cakewalk; Don’t Dress for Dinner; The Triumph of Love; Learned Ladies. Off-Broadway: Sold to the Movies. Broadway: opposite Sid Caesar in Sid Caesar & Company.
(Bellboy/Moulton/Page/Biographer, Once in a Lifetime; Gershon/Lazar/Messenger/Ensemble, Yentl) Originally from Westport, Connecticut, Jon-Michael received his BFA in Acting from Ithaca College, in Upstate New York. Recent Conservatory credits include Proteus, The Two Gentleman of Verona; Lyngstrand, The Lady from The Sea; Cleante, Tartuffe. Other training: Moscow Art Theatre, The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He would like to pay special thanks to his Mom and Dad, Eva Slane, Maury, Jack, and Dorothy for their infinite love and support through his journey.
GUEST ARTIST, TWENTY-FOURTH SEASON (Reb Todrus/Reb Alter Vishkower/Rabbi of Bechev/Ensemble, Yentl) Howard retired as Producing Artistic Director of Asolo Rep in 2006. Prior to rejoining to Asolo Rep in 1995 he was Producing Artistic Director for Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York, Executive director of Pittsburg Public Theatre and Managing Director of Asolo Rep. From 1968 to 1980 credits include Guest Director at Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Meadowbrook Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Buffalo’s Arena, Delaware Theatre, Theatre Virginia, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Stage West, Peterborough Players and the Cape Playhouse. He has been awarded the Florida Professional Theatre Association’s Richard G. Fallon Award for Excellence in Professional Theatre, the Florida Theatre Conference Distinguished career award and the Sarasota County Arts Council’s Arts Leadership Award. Mr. Millman has directed over 100 plays, 32 of which were for Asolo Rep.
(Coat Check Girl/Miss Chasen, Once in a Lifetime; Zisheh/Chambermaid/Ensemble, Yentl) Gretchen received her BFA degree from Webster University. Last seen as Lance (Two Gentlemen of Verona), Steph (Reasons to be Pretty) and Flipote/Loyal (Tartuffe) with the Conservatory. Other favorites: Regina (Ghosts- Banyan Theater Company), Betty Paris (Crucible -St. Louis Repertory Theater and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Adele (Jane Eyre -Gorilla Theater), She also performed at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. She thanks her family, friends, and her donors Betsy Coville and Roz Sedlezky, for their awesomeness.
(Susan Walker/1st Girl at the Gold Room, Once in a Lifetime; Nechele/Ensemble, Yentl) Ashley is in her third year at the conservatory. Last season you might have seen her as Luccetta/Outlaw in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Carly in Reasons to be Pretty, and Marianne in Tartuffe. Before coming here she received her B.F.A from Southern Oregon University and completed an internship with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She is looking forward to this season and would like to thank her amazing family, teachers, and donors Angel and Eric Hissom (and the Foster and Martha Harmon Scholarship Fund) for all their support and love.
(Lawrence Vail/Ensemble, Once in a Lifetime; Lemmel/Yussel/Zelig/Ensemble, Yentl) Jake Staley hails from the forever west state (Wyoming) and is thrilled to be back on the Mertz stage once again. Conservatory credits: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Speed), Reasons to Be Pretty (Kent), The Lady from the Sea (The Stranger), and Tartuffe (Officer). Previous credits at the Asolo Rep: The Life of Galileo (Little Monk u/s), and Searching for Eden (Adam u/s). He would like to thank his family, and his ever gracious donor Esther Mertz.
(Porter/Meterstein/Ensemble, Once in a Lifetime; Porter/ Schlepkin 3/Meterstein/Light Operator, Yentl) Conservatory credits: Two Gentlemen of Verona (ensemble), Reasons to be Pretty (Greg), and Tartuffe (Orgon). He would like to thank the family of donors, his own donors Judy Zuckerberg and George Kole and Bill Yandow, his family and above all his beautiful wife Jaime for their support.
(Phyllis Fontaine/George's Secretary/Gingham & Orchids Bridesmaid, Once in a Lifetime; Pesha/Ensemble, Yentl) Asolo Rep Credits: The Life of Galileo (ensemble), The Perfume Shop (u/s Miss Ritter), Searching for Eden: (u/s Eve), FSU/Asolo Conservatory: Lady of the Sea ( Boletta),Tartuffe ((Elmire) Regional Professional Credits Include: Always Patsy Cline, Sugar, Victor Victoria, Parade, South Pacific, Steel Magnolias, Cuckoo’s Nest, Smoke on the Mountain Trilogy including the National tour and is the face of Marilynisms.com. She thanks Esther Mertz and the DB for all of their love and support.
MUSICIANS
Sound Designer and Composer, Once in A Lifetime
FIRST SEASON Cliff Caruthers has created soundscapes and music for more than 200 productions, including Once in a Lifetime, The Homecoming, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, November, and Brainpeople for A.C.T.; Happy Days for Guthrie Theater; Crime and Punishment and TRAGEDY: a tragedy for Berkeley Repertory Theatre; ...and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, The Tempest, and Pelleas and Melisande for The Cutting Ball Theater; 9 Circles for Marin Theatre Company; Bug, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Reborning for SF Playhouse; On the Waterfront for San Jose Stage Company; The Creature for Black Box Theatre; and Opus for TheatreWorks. Future projects include Troilus and Cressida for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Julius Caesar at Guthrie Theater.
Accordionist, Yentl
FIRST SEASON Worked with music legends Bob Wilbur, Claude Thornhill, Steve Allen, Sarah Vaughn and Harry Belafonte. Extensive music education in the US 1st Army Band and jazz orchestra in New York City and Korea. Performed in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Served as Vice President of the American Accordionists Association. Played at Asolo Repertory Theatre for performance with “Florida Voices”. Published two CD’s - “Dedication” and “Jam Session”.
Fiddler, Yentl
SECOND SEASON Carlann Evans comes from Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio and went on to complete her Master’s Degree at The University of Texas at Austin and performed with the Austin Symphony. Carlann also won positions with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife and with the Philharmonica de Gran Canaria in Spain. She holds a position with the Sarasota Orchestra and “Musicians Out of The Box”. Her association with Asolo Rep began last year with Bonnie and Clyde.
Guest accordionist and music assistant, Yentl
FIRST SEASON Ms. Seibert has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for performances by Lucianno Pavarotti. She was in the Starlight Musical Orchestra in Indianapolis for summer stock performances of Cabaret and Fiddler On the Roof. She has 7 national CD releases to date. Her 7th CD project, Sparklin’ Diamonds, was nationally released in September 2011. Four of her original songs have been recorded by the 18 Time Grammy winning Jimmy Sturr Orchestra (NY) and can be heard on his three most current Grammy winning CDs. She is currently composing music for the play A Beautiful Madness, a work by Henry Villate based on a true story which happened in Key West, Florida around 1930. www.NancySeibert.com
Composer, Yentl
JILL SOBULE FIRST SEASON With eight albums and two hit singles, "Supermodel" and the original "I Kissed A Girl" to her credit, guitarist/singer, Jill Sobule can claim her place among the stellar New York singers-songwriters of the last decade. She has performed with Cyndi Lauper, Warren Zevon, Billy Bragg, John Doe among others. She is 1/2 of the Jill and Julia (Sweeney) Show. She is a mainstay and musical contributor at the TED conferences. Jill is also considered a pioneer in crowd sourcing, with her 2009 fan-funded record California Years. She continues to be at the forefront of exploring creative and unique paths to connect artist with fans. She is currently working on her next record, and the musical, "Times Square".
THE CREATIVE TEAM
Director, Fallen Angels
FOURTH SEASON Peter is pleased to return to the Asolo Repertory Theatre where he directed Deathtrap, The Perfume Shop, and This Wonderful Life. While working in Chicago, he was nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for directing Once on this Island, The World Goes Round, and The Rothschilds at Apple Tree Theatre, and Pride and Prejudice at Northlight Theatre. Other Chicago area theatres include Steppenwolf, The Goodman, The Court, Live Bait, Pegasus, and Route 66. Other regional theatres include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, GEVA Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Peninsula Players, Weston Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and Laguna Playhouse. Peter has directed and choreographed operas for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theatre, Skylight Opera in Milwaukee, and Light Opera Works in Evanston, IL.
Scenic Designer, Yentl
Off-Broadway credits include The Public Theater; Second Stage Theatre; Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre; Firework Theater; Theatre at St. Clement’s. International credits include Theatre Royal Stratford East in London and Carriageworks Theatre in Sydney, Australia, among others. Regional credits include Guthrie Theater; Children’s Theatre Company; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Alliance Theatre; Lookingglass Theatre Company (production affiliate), Arden Theatre Company; California Shakespeare Theater; Round House Theatre; Timeline Theatre Company (Artistic Associate) ; Virginia Opera; Opera Omaha; Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Victory Gardens Theater, Circle X Theatre Company (company member), among others. Mr. Bembridge has been honored with five Jeff Awards, three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, two Back Stage Garland awards, an Ovation Award, a L.A. Weekly Award. brainsidneybembridge.com
Production Stage Manager, My Fair Lady, Yentl, Hamlet, Prince of Cuba
FOURTH SEASON Other Asolo Rep credits include: Bonnie & Clyde, Boeing Boeing, Las Meninas, The Life of Galileo, The Perfume Shop, Inventing Van Gogh and Murderers. Regional theatre credits include: Superior Donuts, Noises Off, The Pavilion, Murder on the Nile (Dorset Theatre Festival); Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Once on this Island, Betrayal (Hangar Theatre); Beauty and the Beast, The Full Monty (Northern Stage); The Miser, Picnic, am Sunday, Speed-the-Plow(CenterStage, Baltimore). Off-Broadway: Hurricane: A New Musical (2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival), Cato (The Flea Theatre) and My Heart in a Suitcase (Arts Power Touring Theatre).
Lighting Designer, Once in A Lifetime
SECOND SEASON Mr. Brown’s recent Asolo Rep Credits include Las Meninas. His NYC work includes work with the Incubator Arts Project, he Ohio Theater, Apollo Theater, Joyce Soho, Three-Legged Dog, Here Arts Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 52nd Street Project, Public Theater, La Mama ETC, Under The Radar Festival, Summer Play Festival, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, Playwright’s Realm, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. His international work includes productions at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, the Golden Mask Festival in Moscow, the Seoul Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy and with Opera Erratica in Toronto. Mr. Brown is a member of the Wingspace Design Collective and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. www.wingspace.com/burke
Associate Director, Once in A Lifetime
FIRST SEASON Amy finished her MFA in DIrecting at Penn State University under the tutelage of Susan Schulman in May 2010. Previous directing/choreographing credits include: Smokey Joe’s Café, Five Guys Named Moe, Little Shop of Horrors, Circle Mirror Transformation, and Crazy for You. Previous assisting credits include: Silence! The Musical in London and Radio Girl (dir./chor. by Christopher Gattelli) and Once in a Lifetime at ACT and Private Lives at Cal Shakes (dir. Mark Rucker). Amy was the 2009 Recipient of the SDC Noel Coward Directing Fellowship. Proud member of SDC.
Voice & Dialect Coach, Hamlet Redux, My Fair Lady, Once in a Lifetime, Fallen Angels
NINTH SEASON is a Certified Fitzmaurice Teacher, holding an MFA in Voice & Speech from MXAT/American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. She taught voice at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, the University of Bologna in Italy, and Harvard University. She currently teaches Voice & Dialects at FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Patricia works extensively as a voice and dialect coach including Bonnie & Clyde directed by Jeff Calhoun, Twelve Angry Men directed by Frank Galati, Studio Six’s Plasticine directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky, Saturday Night Fever for Royal Caribbean International Cruises, and the world premiere of Adam Rapp’s Nocturne directed by Marcus Stern.
Set Designer, Once in A Lifetime
THIRD SEASON Past Asolo Rep credits include: set designer for La Bete, Murderers and The Constant Wife. His regional theatre credits include work with American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre and The Magic Theatre. His opera designs have appeared at The San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose and Opera Santa Barbara. His designs for contemporary dance projects have toured both nationally and internationally. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and teaches set design at Stanford University.
Set and Costume Designer God of Carnage
FOURTH SEASON Past Asolo Rep credits include: set and costumes for Hearts and the sets for Boeing Boeing and The Imaginary Invalid. Other recent credits include: Two Jews Walked into a War and The Exceptionals (Merrimack Rep),Don Giovanni (Music Academy of the West), A Little Night Music (Bowdoin College, where she is an adjunct lecturer). She has designed for theater and opera throughout the US, from Alaska to Florida, California to Maine, Off- and Off-Off Broadway. She also designed and directed The Stooge: A Troubled Clown for Troubled Times, The Dark Clown and other works written and performed by her husband, Michael Lane Trautman. A graduate of The Yale Drama School, Judy was awarded a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship for artistic excellence.
Director, Yentl
THIRD SEASON Gordon’s credits include the acclaimed new production of Working for Broadway In Chicago (developed at Asolo & Old Globe), Guys & Dolls (National tour), the Off-Broadway revival of Jacques Brel… (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Award noms), Band Geeks! (co-writer - Goodspeed), Disney’s Believe (Disney Creative Entertainment), 33 Variations (Capital Rep), Pirates! (Huntington, Goodspeed, Paper Mill), Barnum (Asolo), Floyd Collins (Signature), Happy Days (First National Tour, Boyett Theatricals), Theory of Three (NYStage & Film), 1776 (Paper Mill), Citizens Band (Spiegeltent, NY), The Baker's Wife (Paper Mill, Goodspeed), We The People (Lortel), and numerous television commercials. Upcoming: Stars of David (Daryl Roth Productions), Single Girls Guide (writer, Ars Nova), Pirates! (MUNI), Jacques Brel (UK 2012), Guys & Dolls (UK 2013). Education: Stanford/NYU Film. www.gordongreenberg.com
Resident Wig/Hair & Makeup Designer
NINTH SEASON Michelle is a licensed cosmetologist and certified professional make-up artist, Hart designs for Asolo Rep and FSU/Asolo Conservatory shows. Other credits: Sarasota Ballet: Last Call, Rake's Progress; Florida Studio Theatre: Ruthless the Musical and Lady With All the Answers; West Coast Black Theatre Troupe: One Mo' Time; four seasons with Banyan Theater; and Open Stage Theatre: Ideal Husband, Dorian Gray and Rumors (where she won the Opius Award for Best Hair). She has also done hair and make-up for Joan Rivers, Doris Roberts, Martin Short, Jane Russell, Arlene Dahl, Soledad Villamil and for the music videos "Second Chance" by Shinedown and "Reverse Cowgirl" by T-Pain.
Costume Designer, Once In A Lifetime
FIRST SEASON Alex as worked on Speed the Plow, Rock N Roll, November, The Homecoming, Once in a Lifetime (ACT San Francisco), Romeo and Juliet, Handler, Stop Kiss, Fuddy Meers, Dead Man's Cell Phone, August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Oedipus El Rey, OR, Mauritius, Goldfish, Mrs. Whitney (The Magic Theatre, San Francisco), Skylight, All My Sons, True West, Nostalgia, and others (South Coast Repertory), Caroline or Change, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The History Boys (Studio Theatre, D.C.), The Paris Letter, Eclipsed (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Doubt, Tally’s Folly, Looped (Pasadena Playhouse), South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Beethoven Spectacular (Hollywood Bowl), Two Sisters and a Piano (Public Theatre).
Costume Designer, Fallen Angels
THIRD SEASON Other Asolo Rep credits include: The Perfume Shop, and Deathtrap. Virgil has been an active professional costume designer in regional theatre for the past 45 years. Regional work includes the Colorado Shakespeare, Guthrie, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST), Court Theater, and the Steppenwolf, where he is currently designing The March adapted and directed by Frank Galati. His designs for Verdi's Macbeth opened the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2010 Season. He designed for the Goodman Theatre (GT) from 1969-1997 including: The Winters Tale, The Government Inspector, The Visit, and A Little Night Music, two of which won the coveted Joseph Jefferson Award for best costume design. Recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration.
Lighting Designer, God of Carnage
SECOND SEASON Asolo Rep credits: The Plays the Thing. New York Credits include: Turn Of the Screw, Scotland Road, Sabina and Secret Order (Primary Stages). The Mysteries and What's So Funny (American Repertory Theatre, Spoleto Festival, Serious Fun); The Wash (Manhattan Theatre Club); Something In The Air (Bay Street Theatre); and Yankee Dawg You Die and The Perfect Party (Playwrights Horizons, Astor Place). Regional work include productions at Long Wharf Theatre, CenterStage, Huntington Theatre, St Louis Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, LaJolla Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, George Street Theatre Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Stage, Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theater, and Virginia Stage. Mr. Kotlowitz teaches lighting design at Dartmouth College.
Stage Manager, Once in A Lifetime, God of Carnage, Fallen Angels
FIRST SEASON Patrick is proud to be making his Asolo debut with the 2011-2012 season. His regional Stage Managing credits include multiple seasons at Arkansas Repertory Theater, The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in central New York, and at Vermont’s Northern Stage, as well as several Off-Broadway productions. As an actor he has appeared in national and international tours, including seven tours of Jesus Christ Superstar, TV, movies and voiceovers, and has been a proud member of AEA since 1984. When not working, he is an avid kayaker, and a dog owner. Many thanks to Kelly and Ann for making this happen. Patrick dedicates his work this season, as always, to his late father Alex. AHFOL to Katie, my best friend.
Director, FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Acting Training; Associate Artistic Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre; Director, God of Carnage
For Asolo Rep, Anything to Declare? As well as Boeing, Boeing, Hearts, The Imaginary Invalid, The Play’s The Thing and the world premiere of Jason Wells’ Men of Tortuga. For the FSU/Asolo Conservatory Pericles, Blue Window, Murder by Poe, The Mystery Plays and Two Gentleman of Verona. He is also the Curator of Asolo Rep’s Unplugged new play series. Other credits include Contemporary American Theatre Festival, American Stage, Banyan Theatre Company, Shakespeare Sedona, Southwest Shakespeare, Stage West and Philadelphia Drama Guild. Mr. Leaming has devoted much time to developing new plays with organizations including New Dramatists, New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage and Film Cape Cod Theatre Project, The Gathering at Bigfork, and Theatre of the First Amendment.
Production Manager
FORTY-THIRD SEASON is a graduate of Carnegie Tech and worked at New York Shakespeare Festival, Brandeis, University of California Institute of Repertory, APA, American Conservatory Theater and again in New York. As head of production and technical staffs, he is responsible for the overall technical operation of Asolo Rep and serves as consultant for the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. He has been a member of the Asolo Rep family since 1969.
Lighting Designer, Yentl
FIRST SEASON On Broadway, Paul designed the lighting for Legally Blonde (also on London’s West End), Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only for City Center Encores he designed Lost in the Stars, Where's Charley, Of Thee I Sing, Music in the Air. Off-Broadway credits include Lucky Guy, Vanities - the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Balancing Act, Nunsense. US National Tour credits include Shrek, Story Time Live (Nickelodeon), Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, The Producers, Nunsense, Scooby Doo in Stage Fright and The Sound of Music. For Television he has designed Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center and has been the Lighting Director for the internationally televised “New Year’s Eve Celebration” in Times Square for the last 11 years.
Scenic Design, Fallen Angels
FIRST SEASON Rob is thrilled to be designing for Peter Amster again and for the first time at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Rob has designed extensively for the theatre, theme parks, and museum spaces. Avatar the Exhibition is currently running at Experience Music Project in Seattle and will tour nationally beginning in September of 2012. His theatrical design work has been seen onstage nationally at Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Studio Arena (Buffalo), Cleveland Play House, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), Barrington Stage, Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, and American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco. Mr. Morgan is on the design faculty at the Washington University in St. Louis. www.morgansetdesign.com
Lighting Designer, Fallen Angels
FOURTH SEASON Asolo Rep credits include: This Wonderful Life, Perfect Mendacity, The Perfume Shop, The Last Five Years, Deathtrap. Regional theater: This Wonderful Life (Syracuse Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Laguna Beach Playhouse); Around the World in 80 Days, Trapezium, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Orlando Shakespeare Festival); A Little House on the Prairie, Dancing at Lughnasa (Orlando Repertory Theater). His dance credits include: The Two Pigeons, Las Hermanas, Grosse Fuge, Elite Syncopations, Allegro Brillante, Infernal Gallop, Checkmate, The Rake’s Progress, Anna Karenina (Sarasota Ballet); Shifting Phantoms, The Testimony of Matrimony, Center Ring (Moving Ethos). A graduate of the University of Central Florida, he is also the Managing Director for the Ringling International Arts Festival and the Historic Asolo Theater.
Resident Sound Designer, God of Carnage, Yentl, Fallen Angels
NINETEENTH SEASON Previous Asolo Rep credits include Twelve Angry Men this season. Matt received his BFA in Theatre Production Design and Technology from Ohio University, where he designed the sound for Heartbreak House, Luann Hampton Laverty Oberlander, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Hot L Baltimore. While resident sound designer at the Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod, he designed South Pacific, Dracula, Private Lives, Richard III and others. He has worked sound and special effects at The Flat Rock Theatre in North Carolina on such shows as I Hate Hamlet, the world premiere of Gilligan’s Island: The Musical and many others. Since 1993, Mr. Parker has designed sound for most of Asolo Rep’s productions. In addition, he wrote and performed the musical scores for The Count of Monte Cristo and Nicholas Nickleby.
Choreographer, My Fair Lady, Yentl
THIRD SEASON Previous Asolo Rep credits include Barnum and Working. Regional credits include Broadway: Three Generations at the Kennedy Center, Annie Get Your Gun (starring Patti LuPone) at Ravinia, They're Playing Our Song (starring Jason Alexander) at Reprise in L.A., Working at the Old Globe and the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago, Tintypes and Academy at the Maltz Jupiter, 1776 at the Papermill Playhouse, Dreamgirls at North Carolina Theater, Beautiful Girls at the Manhattan School of Music. Film and Telivision credits include Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sondheim: The Birthday Concert on PBS, 2011 Tony Awards on CBS. Broadway Performance Credits include Fosse, Bells are Ringing, Sweet Smell of Success, Urban Cowboy, Man of La Mancha, The Boy from Oz, and Chicago.
Director, Once in A Lifetime
SIXTH SEASON Previous Asolo Rep credits include Pride and Prejudice, The Constant Wife, Murderers, and Managing Maxine. Associate Artistic Director of The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and directed productions of Once in a Lifetime, Marcus or the Secret of Sweet, The Rainmaker, The Beard of Avon and Luminescence Dating. He is an Associate Artist at South Coast Repertory Theater in Southern California. He recently opened Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir at City Theater in Pittsburgh. Other theaters include Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ford's Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, George Street Playhouse, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Intiman Playhouse, The Taper Too and The Acting Company.
Resident Dramaturg
SIXTH SEASON Lauryn received her BA in Theatre Studies from Wellesley College and her MFA in Dramaturgy from UMass Amherst. She has also studied with Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA and the National Theater Institute at the O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. Previously, she has worked at Perishable Theatre in Providence, R.I. and with the SPF Summer Play Festival in NYC. This season she is serving as dramaturg for Hamlet Redux, My Fair Lady, and all rep season productions.
Costume Designer, Yentl
FIRST SEASON Mattie is a New York-based costume designer working in opera, theater, and film. Upcoming productions include Nabucco (Washington National Opera), I Due Foscari (LA Opera), and Don Giovanni (Norwegian National Opera). She has designed for many cutting-edge theaters in New York City such as The New Group, Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop. Off-Broadway credits include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well.. (directed by Gordon Greenberg), The Pride (directed by Joe Mantello), The Starry Messenger (starring Matthew Broderick), Things We Want (directed by Ethan Hawke) and Fault Lines (directed by David Schwimmer). Film; Year of the Fish (Sundance), Sweet Flame (starring Mira Sorvino) and Sovereignty (award-winning short). She was awarded the European Opera Prize in 2006 with Thaddeus Strassberger for their creation of Opera Ireland's production of La Cenerentola.
Fight Director, God of Carnage
FIRST SEASON Mr. Westley has directed and staged violence for theatre and opera companies nationally and internationally. Recent credits include New York Theatre Workshop’s Things of Dry Hours, Second Stage Theatre’s Butcher of Baraboo, the 75th Anniversary National Tour of Porgy and Bess and Keen Company’s Tea and Sympathy. Further credits include The New York Fringe and Musical Theatre Festivals, Los Angeles’ Circle X Theatre, Boston’s New Repertory Theatre, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chautauqua Opera, National Lyric Opera of New York, Central City Opera, and The Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES
Creating each season here at Asolo Repertory Theatre is a task that utilizes the talents and creativity of every member of the theatre's artistic and administrative staff. In addition to those who make up the day-to-day heart of Asolo Rep, there is also a select and growing group of outstanding local and national artists whose wisdom and expertise I have come to rely on. Asolo Rep's Artistic Associates help to provide our season with bold artistic excellence and deepen the richness and vitality of Asolo Rep's body of work. It is my pleasure to introduce these individuals to you.
- Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director
Producing Artistic Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre (retired)
Artistic Director Syracuse Stage
Playwright, professor Yale School of Drama
Director
Set and Costume designer
Set and Costume designer
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