2019 PARTICIPANTS

STUDENTS

Madeline Ciocci ’20 Theatre

Cole Merrell ’21 Theatre and English & American Literature

Zach Varricchione ’21 Theatre and Political Science

Galen Fastie ’20 Theatre and Political Science

Kevin Collins ’20 Math

Emily Ma ’21 Theatre and Political Science

Emily Ballou ’21 Theatre and American Studies

Bella Costantino-Carrigan ’22 Undeclared

Wynn McClenahan ’22 Undeclared

Bair Lambert ’21 Theatre and Philosophy

Lior Selve2020 Comparative Literature

Coralie Tyler ’20 Theatre and Film

Cooper Kelley ’22 Undeclared

Michael Koutelos ’20 Italian

Zoe Samuels ’21 Theatre

Michael Frank ‘20.5 Political Science

Emma Zetterberg ‘19.5 Theatre and Art History

Katie Marshall ’21 Theatre

Gabi Martin ‘21.5 Theatre

Becca Berlind ’21 Theatre

GUEST ARTISTS

Lynn Hawley’s  New York Credits include: The Gabriels; the Life of One Family During an Election Year by Richard Nelson (The Public, The Kennedy Center, International tour), Richard III (The Public), What Once We Felt (Lincoln Center), Aristocrats (Irish Rep), and more at The Pubic, New York Theater Workshop, CSC, The Pitchfork Disney with Alex Draper (HERE). Regional: Figaro/Figaro (Yale Rep), The Cherry Orchard (Center Stage), Venus (Yale Rep), Therese Raquin (Williamstown), Numerous at New York Stage & Film and The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Potomac Theater Project. Film: Hamlet. TV: “Law & Order”, Law & Order: SVU”. Lynn is a member of the Bard College Theater and Performance faculty. MFA: NYU’s Graduate Acting Program   

John Kolvenbach: On the West End: Love Song (Olivier nomination, Best New Comedy, directed by John Crowley) and On an Average Day (with Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan, also directed by Mr. Crowley.) Love Song premiered at Steppenwolf in 2006, directed by Austin Pendelton. It has been produced in New York, Zurich, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Seoul and Rome. There have been over fifty productions in the U.S. Average Day has been produced in Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, Lisbon and by Route 66 in Chicago and in Los Angeles. Goldfish premiered at South Coast Repertory, then at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, directed by Loretta Greco. The play was done in repertory with Mrs. Whitney, which was directed by the author. Most recently, Sister Play received its premier at the Magic and at The Harbor Stage Company, both productions directed by the author. Other plays include: Fabuloso, (Premiered at WHAT, subsequent productions in San Juan and Zurich, in Spanish and Swiss German) Bank Job (Amphibian Stages) and Marriage Play or Half ‘n Half ‘n Half (Merrimack Rep.) Kolvenbach’s most recent play is called Reel to Reel. It premiered at the Magic in their 2017-18 season. Film: Clear Winter Noon, an original screenplay, was selected for the Blacklist in 2008.   

Angel Moore Off-Broadway: The Emperor Jones (The Irish Repertory) The Test (A.R.T), Regional: The Mountaintop (The Kitchen Theatre and Cleveland Playhouse), And I And Silence (The Magic Theatre), Repairing a Nation (Crossroads Theatre), Vanya, Sonja, Masha and Spike (Shakespeare and Company). A native of Cincinnati Ohio, whenever she is home she coaches double dutch to her childhood team with which she won a world championship and enjoys time with her loved ones. Angel had the pleasure of attending Alabama State University for her Bachelors and Rutgers Mason Gross School for the Arts for her Masters. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta and was Miss Alabama State University.   

Lia Romeo’s play THE FOREST was selected for the 2018 O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference and the 2019 Kilroys List. Other plays have been produced at 59E59, Project Y Theatre Company, Unicorn Theatre, HotCity Theatre, Stillwater Theatre, Renegade Theatre Experiment, Forward Flux Productions, West of 10th, New Origins Theatre Company, Jersey City Theater Center, Porch Light Productions, The Skeleton Rep, MCS Theater, Vermont Pride Theatre, and Xpressions Performing Arts Network, and have been developed at the the Lark, San Francisco Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, and elsewhere. She has been nominated for the ATCA/Steinberg Award for best new play and the NYIT Award for outstanding full-length play, and has been recognized by the Heideman Award (finalist) and the Kilroys List (honorable mention). She was a 2018 Individual Artist Fellowship winner in playwriting from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, and was the National New Play Network Emerging Playwright-in- Residence at Writers Theatre of New Jersey. She is currently a member of the Project Y Playwrights Group and a company member with InViolet Theater. She is also the associate artistic director at Project Y Theatre Company and the new play coordinator at Jersey City Theater Center. She is the author of a novel, Dating the Devil (Amazon bestseller, optioned by ABC Family), and a humor book, 11,002 Things to Be Miserable About (sold over 35,000 copies worldwide). Her plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts, Dramatists Play Service, and Smith & Kraus. She earned her B.A. from Princeton University and her M.F.A. in playwriting from Rutgers/MGSA, and she teaches in the M.A. program in creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University.   

Andrew Pastides graduated from the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities before receiving his BFA in acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He moved to NYC where his professional career began in the theatre both in the city and around the country. In 2013 he was nominated for IRNE for his work in the theatre. Andrew has acted in over twenty short films, three of which have screened at SXSW, fifteen of which he also had a hand in writing and producing. His television credits include Law and Order, Suits, and Blue Bloods among others. Andrew starred in the feature film Hank and Asha, which won the Audience Award at Slamdance. He was given the Best Actor Award from the Napa Valley Film Festival for his performance. The Feature Film MA screened at the 2015 TriBeca Film Festival, The Venice Film Festival, AFI, and Rotterdam Film Festival. Andrew has taught acting technique for the last 14 years at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, where for the past 8 years, he has chaired the summer program. He has also taught at NYFA and various other acting programs in NYC and around the country. He is founder of Bell Studios in NYC which trains actors with “real world” schedules at an affordable price. Andrew will be shooting his feature film “St. George,” in the summer of 2020.   

Kim Ramirez is an actress, writer, director, and acting coach. She has been working in the industry for over a decade. Her TV credits include: Orange Is The New Black, House of Cards, Person Of Interest, Blindspot, and The Blacklist. She has taught actors of all ages in Texas, North Carolina and New York. Kim earned a B.F.A. from the North Carolina School of the Arts where she studied with Gerald Freedman as well as some of the country’s most prestigious acting, voice and movement teachers. Kim also studied at Primary Stages and completed the improvisational program at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Kim’s knowledge into on camera technique was strengthened by working with some of New York City’s top casting directors at The Actor’s Green Room. All of this has cultivated in a wealth of knowledge and insight that has helped her and many other actors in the audition room. Kim is able to guide an actor into achieving their best on camera performance. The actors leave with a deeper ability to deliver their best performance, remaining flexible and in the moment when auditioning. She is passionate about the craft and loves helping young actors discover their real potential. Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, Kim can help you find clarity and depth to your scene and provide the tools you need to master an audition, on and off the camera.   

Joe Isenberg is currently serving as Fight Director at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Joe‘s work has also been seen at the Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Bard Summerscape, Fort Worth Opera, The New York City Opera, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival, Signature Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, Florida Stage, and InterAct Theatre. Teaching credits include master classes, lectures and workshops for Broadway’s Show-Score.com, The 52nd St. Project, Georgetown University, The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Howard University, Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Joe received the 2013 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography, and was granted the Kennedy Center Kenan Fellowship in 2010 for Fight Direction.

Tara Giordano  is a Helen Hayes Award Nominee, a recipient of the Washington DC Arts Commission Fellowship, and an 11-season company member of PTP/NYC. Her acting credits include roles Off-Broadway and at top regional venues like Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, and New York Theatre Workshop. Experienced in voiceovers, she has recorded over 40 narrations with Audible, Graphic Audio, and HowCast and voiced characters for the Marvel Comics series Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men. On camera work includes the feature films YellowBrickRoad and Ex-Girlfriends. Ms. Giordano has worked with students at Middlebury College, Boston University, Stephens College, and Juniata College as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Theatre and Guest Director. She is a graduate of Middlebury College, an MFA recipient from The Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University, and a full time faculty member at American University in DC.