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Thursday, January 11, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Isaac Miller by Zack Calhoon

Isaac Miller recently received a BFA in Musical Theatre from Carnegie Mellon University. At Carnegie Mellon he had the privilege to take Master Classes from esteemed artists such as Stephen …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:50PM
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

People You Should Know . . . David O. Friedman by Zack Calhoon

David O. Friedman studied improv at The Groundlings and at The Second City, in Los Angeles, as well as method acting. He studied screenwriting at UCLA. He is a graduate of the University of …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:02PM

People You Should Know . . . Shelley Fort by Zack Calhoon

Shelley Fort is an actor/writer. She is currently writing a feature film with her sister, Claire, based on the marriage of their bi-racial parents, their pursuit of the American dream, and t…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:44PM
Saturday, January 6, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Candis C. Jones by Zack Calhoon

Candis C. Jones is a director and devised theatre artist. Select credits include: Colony (The Movement/NYU Festival of Voices), Name Calling (The Kennedy Center, Dance Place), 48hrs in Harle…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 04:41PM
Monday, January 1, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Mona R. Washington by Zack Calhoon

Mona R. Washington is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School. She is a proud member of Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA). Her plays have been …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:45PM
Friday, December 29, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Heather Frew by Zack Calhoon

Heather Frew (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, She ended an 8-month run with The Grand Paradise by Third Rail Projects  as a Production Assistant last…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:04PM
Friday, December 22, 2017

People You Should Know . . . William Oliver Watkins by Zack Calhoon

William Oliver Watkins is an actor based in New York City. Some of his recent credits include: TV: Blacklist, Blindspot, Madam Secretary, Forever, Nurse Jackie and Law & Order: SVU; Stag…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:54AM
Thursday, December 21, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Charly Evon Simpson by Zack Calhoon

Charly Evon Simpson is a playwright and performer. Her plays include Scratching the Surface,Jump, Hottentotted, While We Wait, and others. She is a member of the 2017 Working Farm at SPACE o…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:36AM
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Terri Mateer by Zack Calhoon

Terri Mateer (SAG-AFTRA) has had the pleasure of playing Joseph in Jesus Christ Superstar (Rhinebeck), Olive in the female version of The Odd Couple (New Paltz), and in her hometown of Woods…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:48PM

People You Should Know . . . Gethsemane Herron-Coward by Zack Calhoon

Gethsemane Herron-Coward is a poet-playwright from Washington, D.C. She is a 2016 Finalist for the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, a VONA alumna and a 2017 Finalist for SPACE on Ryder Farm.…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:48PM
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Sandra A. Daley-Sharif by Zack Calhoon

Sandra A. Daley-Sharif is pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Hunter College. Her plays Les Fréres (Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist) and Straddling the Edge were nominated for The Kilroy’s…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:24PM
Sunday, December 10, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Jude Treder-Wolff by Zack Calhoon

Jude Treder-Wolff is a writer/performer, singer, storyteller, creative arts psychotherapist, and improviser. She created (mostly) TRUE THINGS - a game wrapped in a storytelling show wit…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:54PM

People You Should Know . . . Peter Gil-Sheridan by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Drew Bratton) Peter Gil-Sheridan’s work has been developed and/or produced by Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, PlayPenn, InterAct Theatre, The Guthrie, The Cherry Lane…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:54PM
Thursday, November 30, 2017

People You Should Know . . . David Gow by Zack Calhoon

DAVID GOW is a New York based actor. He was born and raised in Houston, TX and has a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Off Broadway: Chokehold (14th St Y), Burnin…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:54PM
Monday, November 20, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Lisa Rothe by Zack Calhoon

Lisa Rothe is a freelance director and educator based in NYC. She has developed hundreds of new plays with companies in the US and around the world. Recent productions: Hold These Truths by …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:18PM
Thursday, November 16, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Eli Rosen by Zack Calhoon

Eli Rosen was born and raised in the Hasidic Jewish community of Brooklyn, which he left to pursue life, liberty and a legal career in commercial litigation. Shortly thereafter, or seven yea…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:12PM

People You Should Know . . . Gianluca Francesco Cirafici by Zack Calhoon

Gianluca Francesco Cirafici is a graduate of St. Edmund Preparatory High School and is enjoying his second year with the EPIC Players Inclusion Company. Gianluca loves to sing and dance…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:12PM

People You Should Know . . . Travis Burbee by Zack Calhoon

Travis Burbee is the Creative Programs Manager for EPIC Players. Travis will be playing Snoopy in their production of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown as well as choreographing and assis…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:06AM
Monday, November 13, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Jeanne Sakata by Zack Calhoon

Jeanne Sakata’s-HOLD THESE TRUTHS, (2013 Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance), slated for upcoming 2017-18 productions with Boston’s Lyric Stage Company, NYC’s Hang A T…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:24AM
Friday, November 10, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Joy Donze by Zack Calhoon

Joy Donze is a queer identified New York actor. Favorite credits include: PORTIA (Merchant of Venice) JULIET (R&J), VANDA (Venus in Fur), HERMIA (Midsummer Nights Dream) JENNY JUNE (Fail…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:48PM
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Joel de la Fuente by Zack Calhoon

Joel de la Fuente, playing Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido of “The Man in the High Castle,” is known also for his recurring roles on “Hemlock Grove” as Dr. Johann Pryce and as Ruben Mor…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:48PM
Monday, November 6, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Drew Droege by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Russ Rowland) DREW DROEGE is best known for his online parody videos of downtown indie “it girl” darling Chloë Sevigny, featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Advocate, Hu…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:06PM
Sunday, October 29, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Rotem Weiner by Zack Calhoon

Rotem Weiner was born and raised in Israel. She always loved acting, writing and filmmaking. After backpacking for several months, she finally got the courage to pursue her dream of becoming…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:33PM

People You Should Know . . . Jessenia Cuesta by Zack Calhoon

JESSENIA CUESTA – Jessenia was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and began her interest in the arts through music. At the age of seven she entered the well-known music school, Coro de Niños d…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:33PM

People You Should Know . . . Brittany K. Allen by Zack Calhoon

BRITTANY K. ALLEN  is a performer, writer, library goblin and recent transfer to New Jersey. Acting credits include True Right (ANTFEST @ Ars Nova, New Ohio), Minor Character (Invisible…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:06AM

People You Should Know . . . Will Arbery by Zack Calhoon

Will Arbery is a playwright + performer + filmmaker from Texas + Wyoming. His plays have been developed at Clubbed Thumb, Ojai Playwrights Conference, The New Group, EST/Youngblood, The Bush…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:06AM

People You Should Know . . . Amanda Keating by Zack Calhoon

Amanda Keating lives in Brooklyn and is a playwright. Her plays include RETREAT (Ensemble Studio Theatre and Two Headed Rep), TARTUFFE (Two Headed Rep), GO THAT WAY (Williams College Summer …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:06AM
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Christy Escobar by Zack Calhoon

Christy Escobar's theater credits include: Bad Jews (Longwarf-2nd Stage); The Great Gatsby (Virginia Stage Co); The Book Club Play, Around the World in 80 …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 04:24PM

People You Should Know . . . Maja Wampuszyc by Zack Calhoon

Maja Wampuszyc a/k/a M. Grace Sutton . Broadway: Dan Gordon’s Irena’s Vow, directed by Michael Parva. Off-Broadway/NYC: Mark Ravenhill’s pool (no water) at The Barr…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:33PM

People You Should Know . . . Michelle Bossy by Zack Calhoon

Michelle Bossy  is a Mexican-American film and theater director.  She directed the short films 18 (world premiere, Austin Film Festival), written by Courtney Baron; …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:12AM
Sunday, October 22, 2017

People You Should Know . . . Alida Rose Delaney by Zack Calhoon

Alida Rose Delaney is an interdisciplinary artist in New York. Theatre: Skerry’s (Christy Jones); Charles Mee's world-premiere of Soot and Spit (Kim Weild, New Ohi…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:36PM