Spotlight On...Riley Thomas
Name: Riley ThomasHometown: River Forest, ILEducation: Real Life UniversityWhy theater?: Art is the only thing in the world capable of effectively placing a new thought into someone's head. The...
View ArticleReview: Happy Days Are Here Again
When you think of Samuel Beckett, you instantly think of Waiting for Godot. But the avant-garde writer’s repertoire is much deeper. Like Godot, Happy Days is another rich language play about “nothing.”...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Rhys Gilyeat
Name: Rhys GilyeatHometown: Gilbert, AZEducation: Private StudySelect Credits: Tarzan (MUNY), December '63, Four Seasons Tribute (Frankie), All Shook Up (Arizona Broadway).Why theater?: I was fortunate...
View ArticleSpotlight On...CJ Eldred
Name: CJ EldredHometown: Seattle, WAEducation: BFA University of MichiganSelect Credits:The Book Of Mormon (Elder Price)Why theater?: Well, when I was trying to chose between pre med, banking and music...
View ArticleReview: The Mean Streets of Brooklyn
Returning home doesn't always result in the cheery homecoming you dream of. The return may not be by choice but necessity. In Tim Errickson's The Firebird, Danny returns to the mean streets of Brooklyn...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Robin Skye
Name: Robin Skye Hometown: Chicago Education: North Shore Country Day (High School), Vassar (College)Select Credits: This is my 5th NYMF Show, Parade, Cyrano The Musical, Les Miz, Sunset Blvd, The...
View ArticleReview: The Power of Provocative Theater
Hot button topics tend to make sensational talking points for theater. Chokehold by Anthony P. Pennino unabashedly goes right into the American race relations and police brutality for a sixty-minute...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Nick Santa Maria
Name: Nick Santa MariaHometown: Massapequa, Long Island, via Flatbush.Education: Barely got through high school. I didn't like school very much...except as an audience for my humor. I learn best when...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Tamilla Woodard
Name: Tamilla WoodardHometown: Houston, TXEducation: Yale School of DramaFavorite Credits: Just closed A Midsummer Nights Dream for a new company called MasterWorks, and that was immense fun because we...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jessica Elkin
Name: Jessica ElkinHometown: Cleveland, Ohio.Education: The New Actors Workshop, Empire State College (SUNY), Columbia College Chicago, Marymount Manhattan College, Point Park University.Select...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Steven Hauck
Name: Steven HauckHometown: I was born in Princeton, NJ but I grew up in Austin, TX. I still go there for Christmas. It’s usually 70 degrees.Education: I got a BA in Speech and Theater from Trinity...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Shakina Nayfack
Name: Shakina NayfackHometown: Laguna Beach, CaliforniaEducation: BA in Community Studies, Minor and Graduate Certificate in Theatre Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz. MFA in Experimental...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Caitlin Zoz
Name: Caitlin ZozHometown: Currently living in Inwood. Originally from Glastonbury, Connecticut.Education: NYU Tisch Experimental Theatre WingSelect Credits: New York: Dance Dance Revolution (Dir Alex...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Paul Louis
Name: Paul LouisHometown: Astoria, Queens, New YorkEducation: The American Musical and Dramatic AcademyFavorite Credits: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jeremiah Cothren
Name: Jeremiah CothrenHometown: Toledo, OHEducation: BA in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley. Acting training at HB StudioSelect Credits: Rediscovering Kate Carew was an interesting...
View ArticleReview: An Incredible Journey of Hope
There are countless tales of survival during the Holocaust. They've provided such rich material for stage, screen, and page. While the facts may be disparaging, it's the sagas that defy the odds that...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Philip Yosowitz
Name: Philip YosowitzHometown: Cleveland, OHEducation: B.A. UCLA, M.D. UCLA, General and Plastic Surgery Residency UCLA and Walter Reed HospitalsFavorite Credits:The Gold is my first completed Musical...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Samantha Saltzman
Name: Samantha SaltzmanHometown: Las Vegas, NVEducation: BA in Theater Arts from Brandeis UniversityFavorite Credits:The Music Man (first show I ever directed, I was still in college and I don't even...
View ArticleReview: Kneewhack: On Stage!
America loves a scandal. When drama hits popular culture, it instantly gets etched into our mental database. And the 90s wre no stranger to drama. In 1994, two American Olympians rose to infamy in a...
View ArticleReview: Aca-Huh?
Music is a universal entity that brings people together. We sing to celebrate. To mourn. To rally. Virtually use any verb and music will relate. The human voice is a stunning instrument. The things you...
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