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AMY ALTADONNA
Macbeth (dir. Jeffrey Frace, Stonington Opera House), Uncle Vanya (dir. Erica Schmidt, Bard Summerscape), The Unmentionables (dir. Anna Shapiro, Yale Repertory Theatre), 2.5 Minute Ride (Electric Pear Productions), Eurydice (Columbia University), Christmas Carol (dir. Jose Zayas, Epiphany Theatre Company), Going Down Swingin’ (New York Musical Festival), Marat/Sade (recomposed for rock band), The Seagull, Marcus Brutus, The Duchess of Malfi (Yale School of Drama), and Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Yale Cabaret). Amy’s recent design for Mill Fire (Retro Productions) was nominated for an NYIT Outstanding Sound Design Award. Favorite credits include The Winter’s Tale, Polariod Stories, The Life and Times of a Tulsa Lovechild, and The Servant of Two Masters (all of which featured original music). Education: B.A. in Music, William and Mary; M.F.A. in Sound Design, Yale School of Drama. www.amyaltadonnasounddesign.com |
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DAVID ARKEMA
David Arkema trained at L'Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France. He joined with colleagues there, forming an ensemble-based company called Wakka Wakka Productions, with whom he wrote, produced, composed music for, directed, and performed in six different original plays, including The Death of Little Ibsen, and Fabrik: The Legend of Moritz Rabinowitz which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2008. David has taught workshops in mime, improvisation, and bouffon at colleges and universities. In addition to his work with Wakka Wakka, David has acted in other theatrical productions in New York and abroad, including a new adaptation of Agamemnon, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2005. David is also a film actor, musician and composer. For more information and links to his music, visit www.davidarkema.com. |
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PHILIP CHAVIRA
Phillip last managed Holding Out (Manhattan Rep) and was Production Manager/Member of sketch comedy troupe Company (Pittsburgh, PA). Phillip was seen Off-Off as Cousin in Everyman (Looking Glass Theatre) and Skeetch in Die Laughing (Laugh Factory). MDNA |
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SUSAN KEITH
An acclaimed Star on Daytime Drama for Decades, Susan trained at the Goodman School of Drama with Gregory Moser, Bill Macy, Bella Itkin and director/actor, Scott Ellis. (Cecily Cardew in "The Importance of Being Earnest" for which she won the Best Actress award; Zenobia in "Empire Builders" and Kathy in "Vanities"). While performing long running roles on Television (ABC's "One Life to Live", Cecile de Poulignac on NBC's "Another World" and Shana on ABC's "Loving"), she continued to study ( Warren Robertson, David Proval, Nancy Gabor and, most notably, Wynn Handman.) She also tackled "A Doll's House", Gurney's "Love Letters" and, at the Cape Playhouse, "Double Double"on stage.
Leaving daytime TV, Susan co-wrote, produced and directed, and starred in, two talk shows: "Inside Soaps" and "Doc Around the Clock", a holistic health show which aired on cable TV. She has recently tested her directing chops on productions of Thorton Wilder's "Our Town"at Culver-Stockton College and at the celebrated "Norris Center" in Palos Verde; and as Asst. Director for "Taming of the Shrew" at the Southwest Shakespeare Company in Phoenix, AZ. and "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"at Masters School.
She loves coaching developing actors.
Her recent stage work includes Gurney's "Sylvia", William Tucker's "Founding Fathers" and Mike Folie's "Alfred Kinsey: A Love Story" at the Orlando Shakespeare.
Susan believes in using the celebrity gained from a life in the arts to support the community around her and is most proud of her grassroots involvement to launch "Gilda's Club" in the early 1990's and for pitch-hitting back then for Christopher Reeves as spokeswoman in Washington, D. C. at the NIH's Congressional Briefing on the toxicity of lead- based paint and its effects on children's health. |
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JAMES KIBERD (kybird)
"ART THAT OPENS HEARTS AND MINDS"
"A culture is as good as the stories it tells;
stories tell us who we think we were, are,and will become;
stories imbue the values, ethics, and moral choices so key to survival."
Google James Kiberd and you immediately become aware of a unique hybrid. The immensely popular actor is also a committed artist and a dedicated humanitarian. How Kiberd became the only daytime Star to be cited as one of the top 15 Fan Favorites of the 90's is still a mystery [The Book of Lists,The90's edition by Wallechinsky & Wallace, Little Brown & Co (#11 over Steve Martin)].
Was it that he was one of Oprah's favorite guests at the time? that his TV character combined a unique mix of danger, sex appeal, and humor? or his tireless efforts on behalf of the world's children as National Ambassador for Unicef USA? Whatever! He is best known for creating ground breaking, socially relevant roles on Daytime Drama over15 years. (The troubled Vietnam Vet, Mike Donovan, on ABC's Loving, the wild and woolly Mercenary turned Detective, Trevor Dillon, on All my Children.) Since leaving Daytime (2001) Kiberd has sought challenges on stage, and in independent film. Winning the 2004 Best Actor Zoni Award for his Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Kiberd continues an active theatre career playing Shakespeare's Killers, Kings and Klownes, while mixing in some of the most edgy of contemporary theatre. At the opposite pole from the mad cap lover, Petruchio, Kiberd played the Garbo obsessed Walter,who wants to die in the arms of his own Armand(a la Camille) in the AFI production Sunset Tuxedo ,in 2004. Then in 2005 the serial killer in Hunter Gatherer , the Slimy Texas Ranger in Jack. The title role in the play "Manhattan Casanova" and the Starring Role of Elliot In "Soldier's Heart" which had it's World Premiere at the Prestigious GI Film Festival in May of 2008, winning for Best Picture.
His creative alliances range from avant-garde theatre directors to sit-com greats including: Geraldine Page, Joe Chaikin , Bryan Cranston, Andrew Weyman, Michael Lindsay Hogg, Tom Dicillo, Jay Broad, Woodie King, Louis Scheeder, Joe Brancato, B.H.Barry, David Canary, Apollo Dukakis, Henry Kaplan , Francesca James, Paul Hipp, Uta Hagen, Laird Williamson, James Lawless, Donovan Marley, Chris Goutman, Warren Robertson, Jim Helsinger , Felicia Behr, Rebecca Cammisa, Casey Childs, Conal O'Brien, Tina Packer John Farmanesh Boca, Russ Treyz , John Cunningham ,Brian Delate, Jared Sakren, Hugh Downes, James P Stuart, Rocco Sisto, Lisa Wolpe, Gary Tomlin, Barbara Babcock, Wyn Handman, Kelly Ripa, John Glover, Roger Moore, Milton Katselas, Oprah Winfrey
Links:
EMAIL ME NOW: artactunicef@gmail.com
Theartrical Reel: http://jameskiberd.nowcasting.com/index.php?page=demo&actorID=killerskingsklownes
Soldier's Heart: http://raybenjaminproductions.com/Soldiers_Heart_Trailer_Vers3.mov
Scenes Sunset Tuxedo: http://jameskiberd.nowcasting.com/index.php?page=demo&actorID=killerskingsklownes
Hunter Gatherer: http://web.mac.com/billygreenfield/iWeb/Site/HunterGatherer111107.html
Unicef Ambassador: http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/ambassadors/james-kiberd.html
Artist: http://www.jameskiberd.com
Bios / Pix / Resumes: http://jameskiberd.nowcasting.com/
Backstage: http://casting.backstage.com/resumes/link.asp?actor=REXHOLLYWOOD |
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EZRIEL KORNEL
Ezriel Kornel began to explore his passion for acting at the age of 6, performing the role of an admiral in the revolutionary war in a summer camp production at the JCC in Salt Lake City. The performance was aborted when Ezriel began to laugh uncontrollably at the sight of an admiral’s hat turned into an open piece of newspaper atop the head of the opposing naval admiral. After a hiatus of 35 years Ezriel began to explore his passion once again. In the intervening time, Ezriel chose a medical profession rather than a musical one and discovered his calling as a neurosurgeon. Though he has been deeply grateful for the opportunity to provide care for those who have entrusted him with their well-being in the operating theater, he has also recognized the need to express the artistic, right side of his brain on the theatrical stage. Though music and poetry have always been integral to his self-expression, it is through acting that he is best able to uncover more spiritual realms of being.
He has studied with exceptional acting coaches, Penny Templeton and Harold Guskin and has had opportunities to perform in Manhattan, Ridgefield and Westchester over the past fifteen years.
Ezriel feels exceedingly fortunate to be performing this beautiful piece with three such uniquely gifted actors and friends, David Arkema, Susan Keith (who began this long journey with him more than ten years ago) and Sarah-Ann Rodgers. He has been consistently amazed by the talents and generosity of spirit of Jennifer Paulsen Lee, Kerrie Lovercheck and Amy Altadonna. The hard work, dedication, friendship and insights of Phillip Chavira, a true artist, are deeply appreciated. Ezriel can not expressed strongly enough not only his admiration for James Kiberd as an artist/actor but for his profound commitment as a director, his unbridled generosity of insight, invaluable and precious time and his loving and true friendship. He is unparalleled in his ability to discover the magic in all things. The support of Eugene, Clea, Danielle and Ally has been a gift which has helped this project to flourish. The support of other family members and friends have also been most valuable in moving this ever forward. Most of all, Ezriel wishes to express his loving gratitude to Katherine, his wife and fellow artist for her love, support and understanding while accepting the many, many hours he spent in workshops and rehearsals away from home and family. It is Katherine’s acceptance of the process that truly gave wings to this magical journey to discover A Perfect Ganesh. |
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KERRIE LOVERCHECK
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JENNIFER PAULSON LEE
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SARAH-ANN RODGERS
Sarah-Ann Rodgers was recently seen onstage in Balls, a finalist in the 2008 Samuel French Short Play Festival, which is scheduled to be published as part of the Baker’s Plays Series. At T. Schreiber Studio Theatre, she performed the roles of Meg Boles in The Birthday Party (directed by Terry Schreiber) and the Head Nun in House of Blue Leaves. She has created numerous roles in original plays at Off-Off Broadway theatres, including Elvis worshipper Bonnie Jean Pugh in the satiric Late Night in America and the battered wife, Clara Sue Johnson, in Found in the Garden: Fragments of Shrapnel. Sarah-Ann toured with the Iowa Touring Theatre Company in The Rainmaker (Lizzie Curry). She also appeared in We Insist!, an original work by jazz legend Max Roach, which starred Ossie Davis. Regional and dinner theatre credits include: Neil Simons’s I Ought to Be in Pictures (Steffy Blondell), Cabaret (Kost), Annie Get Your Gun (Dolly Tate), Damn Yankees (Meg Boyd). TV/Film credits: Saturday Night Live, What’s Not To Love (Showtime pilot), Far East (PBS), City Hall starring Al Pacino. As a member of the Max Roach Chorus and the United Nations Singers, Sarah-Ann has performed at world-class venues in New York and throughout Europe. She can be heard on the double CD, To the Max!. AEA/AFTRA/SAG.
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