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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Spotlight On...Mikey Craighead by Michael Block

Name: Mikey CraigheadHometown: Fort Wayne, INEducation: B.F.A. Candidate at The New School for Drama, concentrations in Playwriting and DirectingFavorite Credits: As a Playwright: O’ Save …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:22PM

Spotlight On...Lavinia Roberts and Irene Kapustina by Michael Block

Name: Lavinia Roberts (writer) and Irene Kapustina (director)Hometown:LR: Parsons, KS, USAIK: Minsk, BelarusEducation:LR: New York UniversityIK: Loyola University Chicago and CUNYFavorite Cr…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:37PM
Monday, August 10, 2015

Spotlight On...Leanora Lange by Michael Block

Name: Leanora Lange. But I go by Lea. Like the princess. No, I was not named after the princess. I was named after Beethoven’s overture. (Booyah).Hometown: Newton Falls, Ohio, which proudl…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:26PM

Spotlight On...Caroline Kelly Franklin by Michael Block

Name: Caroline Kelly FranklinHometown: Lexington, KYEducation: BA in Theater form Troy University, Summer Theater Program at The North Carolina School for The ArtsFavorite Credits: Writer: L…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:22PM

Spotlight On...Mark Jason Williams by Michael Block

Name: Mark Jason Williams

Hometown: Yonkers, NY

Education: BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The perfect spot to be an awkward teenager coming to terms…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:32PM

Spotlight On...Andrea Alton by Michael Block

Name: Andrea AltonHometown: Hillsboro, OregonEducation: Portland State University, Portland Actors Conservatory, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre & The Peoples Improv Theatre. I wanted t…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:52AM

Spotlight On...Peter Petkovsek by Michael Block

Name: Peter PetkovsekHometown: Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia (a small chicken-shaped country between the Alps and the Balkans in Central Europe)Education: MFA Theatre Directing Columbia…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:49AM
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Spotlight On...Christopher Duva by Michael Block

Name: Christopher DuvaHometown: Los Angeles, CAEducation: MFA - NYU Grad Acting Program / BAs - Middlebury College (Theater and History)Favorite Credits: The Voysey Inheritance (Atlantic The…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:16PM

Spotlight On...Lipica Shah by Michael Block

Name: Lipica ShahHometown: Clarksburg, an itty bitty farming town in the middle of New Jersey’s pine barrens.Education: NYU-Tisch (BFA)Select Credits: Bunty Berman Presents… (The New Gro…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:21PM

Spotlight On...Gavin Rohrer by Michael Block

Name: Gavin RohrerHometown: Poquoson, VAEducation: University of VirginiaSelect Credits: That Queer Blind Silence (Edward Snowden) -- 13th Street Rep, Let My People Come (Man 1) -- Undergrou…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:32PM

Spotlight On...Harrison Chad by Michael Block

Name: Harrison ChadHometown: Plainview, NYEducation: Brown University, Class of 2014Select Credits: Broadway: Caroline, or Change, Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan. Other Thea…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:55PM

Spotlight On...Max Mondi by Michael Block

Name: Max MondiHometown: Franklin, MAEducation: University of Vermont B.F.A. ’08; Columbia University M.F.A. ’18Favorite Credits: What Are You Doing Here?, a devised theatre piece presen…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:22AM
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Spotlight On...Vicki Vodrey by Michael Block

Name: Vicki VodreyHometown: Kansas City, MOEducation: I'm mostly a self-taught playwright. I was an actor and an acting coach for many years before trying my hand at writing. I did take a pl…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:02PM

Spotlight On...Lilli Stein by Michael Block

Name: Lilli SteinHometown: Atkinson, New HampshireEducation: Middlebury College, Phillips AndoverSelect Credits: Ensemble Studio Theatre, Potomac Theatre Project, The Flea, Family by Celine …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:56PM

Spotlight On...Matthew Dicken by Michael Block

Name: Matthew DickenHometown: Germantown, MDEducation: B.A. Theatre (directing & performance studies concentrations), Muhlenberg CollegeFavorite Credits: Way before I knew I would be wor…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:33PM

Spotlight On...Sarah M. Duncan by Michael Block

Name: Sarah M. DuncanHometown: Normal, Illinois (really)Education: Bradley University, AADA, Kennedy Center Playwriting IntensiveFavorite Credits: Working in/producing in: The Wild Project, …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:27PM
Friday, August 7, 2015

Spotlight On...Jasmine Pittenger by Michael Block

Name: Jasmine PittengerHometown: I grew up in a hippy barn on the Oregon Coast -- a barn that my family and I built with our own hands.Education: 2 Masters degrees: Journalism and Internatio…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 08:15PM

Spotlight On...Keelin Ryan by Michael Block

Name: Keelin RyanHometown: Boise, IdahoEducation: BA Film Studies, Wesleyan UniversityWhy theater?: My writing partner Sarah and I do mostly written work – we met while serving as editors …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:04PM

Spotlight On...Mark Murray by Michael Block

Name: Mark MurrayHometown: Austin, TXEducation: Cornish College of the Arts: BFA in Acting with an emphasis in Original WorksFavorite Credits: Cathy in Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9 and Renfie…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:04PM

Spotlight On...Clint Tate by Michael Block

Name: Clint TateHometown: Columbia, South CarolinaEducation: University of North Carolina School of the ArtsSelect Credits: (Theatre): Robbed written and directed by Max Stampa-Brown, The Wi…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:07PM

Spotlight On...Ashley Mills by Michael Block

Name: Ashley MillsHometown: Bettendorf, IAEducation: B.F.A. in Music Theatre from Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin)Select Credits: Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:44PM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Spotlight On...Curtis Wiley by Michael Block

Name: Curtis WileyHometown: Bay City, TexasEducation: Regis University - Denver, ColoradoSelect Credits: Lear (EPBB); The Great Society; Pageant: The Musical; Disney's The Lion King.Why thea…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:38PM

Spotlight On...Harrison Unger by Michael Block

Name: Harrison UngerHometown: Dobbs Ferry, NYEducation: BA from the University of Pennsylvania; Acting: British American Drama Academy (London) and the Atlantic Acting School (NYC)Select Cre…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:10PM

Spotlight On...Pamela Shaw by Michael Block

Name: Pamela ShawHometown: NY, NYEducation: Sanford Meisner, Larry Moss, Michael Howard, Eric Morris, Susan BatsonFavorite Credits: Theatre- Laughing Wild (Durang); Scarcity (Thurber); Rosem…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:02PM

Spotlight On...Zack Friedman by Michael Block

Name: Zack FriedmanHometown: Philadelphia, PAEducation: Brandeis University, BA in Theater Arts & English LitFavorite Credits: As actor: Laramie Project, A Grimm Reality: NYC Fairy …

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:02PM

Spotlight On...Lady Winifred and Didi Panache by Michael Block

Name: Lady Winifred and Didi PanacheHometown: NYCEducation: DeVry Institute of the Housekeeping Arts (Lady Winifred); Stetson University Opera Degree, minor in World Studies (Didi Panache)Fa…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:07PM

Spotlight On...Lisa Lewis by Michael Block

Name: Lisa LewisHometown: Louisville, Kentucky and Chicago, IllinoisEducation: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic WritingWhy theater?: First the immediacy and changeability: the chemistr…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:52PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Spotlight On...Peter Collier by Michael Block

Name: Peter CollierHometown: Cranford, NJEducation: West Chester University in PennsylvaniaSelect Credits: Recently wrapped Chokehold (Carter) by Tony Pennino as part of Planet Connections T…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:22PM

Spotlight On...Dina Laura by Michael Block

Name: Dina Laura Hometown: Cresskill, NJ is where I spent my childhood years, but I am currently a happy resident of Astoria, Queens!Education: University of Delaware Honors Program, Bachelo…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:17PM

Spotlight On...Pamela J. Gray by Michael Block

Name: Pamela J GrayHometown: Weston CTEducation: MFA Yale School of DramaSelect Credits: Joanna in Present Laughter on Broadway, Anne Butley in Butley on Broadway, Agent Amy Tyler in "Sons o…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:02PM

Spotlight On...Ryan J. Haddad by Michael Block

Name: Ryan J. HaddadHometown: Cleveland, OHEducation: B.A. in Theatre & Creative Writing, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityFavorite Credits: Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music and Mr. Cladwe…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:44PM