Jack Stehlin

JACK STEHLIN- Artistic Director / Actor / Director

Notable Circus Theatricals productions include Complexity, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Hamlet, Richard III, Tartuffe, True West, The Cheats of Scapin, The Job.

Other Los Angeles Theatre Salome (w/Al Pachino), Speed-the-Plow (Los Angeles premiere), and Habitation of Dragons.

Notable NYC credits include Richard II (dir. Steven Berkoff), Henry V (w/Kevin Kline), Casanova (w/ Ethan Hawke, dir. by Michael Greif), Henry IV, I (w/Mandy Patinkin, dir by Des McAnuff), Julius Caesar (w/ Al Pacino and Martin Sheen),Timon of Athens (dir. by Brian Kulick), Richard Foreman’s Don Juan, and Romeo and Juliet (dir. by Les Waters).

TV and film credits include the film "Salomaybe" with Al Pacino, and guest star roles on "Weeds," "Without A Trace," "NCIS," "JAG," (recurring), "Buffy" (recurring), "Judging Amy," "The Practice," "Crossing Jordan," "NYPD Blue," "ER."

Jack Stehlin currently teaches a Monday Night Scene Study with Performance Showcase. He has also served as visiting Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Theater for Winter 2005.

Jack founded Circus Theatricals in New York in 1983, and has produced over 40 plays in NYC and Los Angeles. An award-winning actor, Jack has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and stages around the world. Jack is an alumnus of John Houseman's The Acting Company and a graduate of the Juilliard School.

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JEANNINE STEHLIN -Managing Director / Actress

Produced over 40 plays for Circus Theatricals, including Macbeth, Tartuffe, The Cherry Orchard, Richard III, Hamlet and The Cheats of Scapin, (Odyssey Theatre/Circus Theatricals co-productions) and the award-winning The Job by Shem Bitterman (LA and Off-Broadway). Acting credits include: Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Job, Peer Gynt, Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, Hippolytus, The Stronger, The Art of Success, Women and Wallace.

Film, “Watch It,” and “Rancho Cucamonga, " The Phlebotomist."

Jeannine holds a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Gigi Bermingham

GIGI BERMINGHAM - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals: Doreen in Tartuffe, (LA Weekly Award, "Best Comedy Ensemble) and Charlotta in The Cherry Orchard.

Her one-woman show Non-Vital Organs at the Hudson Guild Theatre. Other stage credits include: "Henry V" (Globe, San Diego), "Riga" (Inside the Ford), "Twelfth Night" (New York Shakespeare Festival), "House of Blue Leaves" (Alliance Rep), "Treasure Hunt" (Callboard Theatre), "A Dressing Room" (Circle Repertory Lab), "Strictly Improv" (1st Amendment Improv, NYC), "Crimes of the Heart" (Nehru Auditorium, Bombay) and "Ruffian on the Stair" (S.F. Actors Ensemble).

Television/Film credits include: "CSI," "Judging Amy," "State of Grace," "The Geena Davis Show," "Rude Awakening," "Third Rock From the Sun," "Any Day Now," "Oh, Baby!" "Beverly Hills, 90210," " Saved by the Bell," "Hudson Street," "Sirens," Inside/Out," "Get a Life," "As the World Turns," and "Days of our Lives."

CASEY BIGGS - Associate Artist / Actor / Director

For Circus Theatricals, Casey Biggs has appeared onstage in "True West" opposite Jack Stehlin in the Odyssey Theatre/Circus Theatricals co-production. He directed "Macbeth," "Richard III," "Hamlet," "Hedda Gabler," "The SeaGull," and "The Three Sisters."

As an actor, his long list of theatre credits include
"No Strings" (Broadway, City Center Encores,) the world premiere of "The Good German" (Westport Playhouse), the World premiere of "Shakespeare in Hollywood" (Arena Stage), the world premiere of Elmer Gantry (Arena Stage), and the Los Angeles premiere of David Mamet’s "Speed-the-Plow." Film credits include "The Shadow Conspiracy," "The Price of Freedom," “Dragonfly” with Kevin Costner, “Broken Arrow,” “Auggie Rose,” and “The Pelican Brief.” Television credits include four seasons as Damar on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” "E.R." "Appearances," "A Promise to Carolyn," "The Great Wallendas," "Ryan's Hope," “Legacy,” “Giddeon’s Crossing,” “X-Files,” "Touched by an Angel," "Stat," "The Profiler," and "Melrose Place."

Casey is a graduate of the Juilliard School, and an alumnus of The Acting Company. He is an Associate Artist of Circus Theatricals.

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SHEM BITTERMAN - Associate Artist / Playwright

For Circus Theatricals: playwright of Man.Gov, playwright and director of The Circle, The Job which won the Stanley Award & Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Ted Shmidtt Award for "World Premiere of an Outstanding New Play."

He is a graduate of New York’s High School of Performing Arts and alumnus of Julliard and The Playwriting Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he got his MFA.

Plays include The Job at Circus Theatricals, Ten Below at the WPA, (National Play Award), Peephole at Geva (Davie Award), Night-Side at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Ramp at South Coast Rep California Playwright’s Competition, Beijing Legends at The Pacific Jewish Theatre, (Fund For New American Plays), Self Storage at PKE and Iowa Boys at The Ohio (CBS/FDG Award).

He has developed plays at The Mark Taper Forum, Sundance, Midwest Playlabs and Steppenwolf.

Films include "Tinsletown," directed by Tony Spiridakis, "Out Of The Rain," directed by Gary Winick, "Peephole, (which he also directed), "Off The Lip," directed by Robert Mickelson and Open House, which he also directed (available online at fanbasefilms.com.) His newest script "Lenexa, 1 Mile," co-written with Jason Wiles, is being produced this summer in Kansas City. Shem has also taught screenwriting and playwriting in the California Prisons.

Shem also teaches playwriting for Circus Theatricals

JOHN BUNZEL - Associate Artist / Playwright

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Mr. Bunzel has worked extensively as a writer/producer and production executive for nearly 20 years.

Circus Theatricals has produced the World Premieres and West Coast Premieres of his award-winning plays "Delirious" and "Gravity Shoes."

His plays have been produced at such notable venues as The Odyssey Theatre, The Manhattan Theatre Club, the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Matrix Theatre. In 1991, he wrote and produced the series, STAT, on ABC and developed two other series for the network. In 1995, he co-wrote the film Born To Be Wild for Warner Brothers. He has also been hired to write screenplays for many of the major studios including Paramount, Lorimar and Fox. In addition, he served as President/CEO of the Los Angeles Playwrights Group from 1991 to 1998, overseeing the development of over 200 plays, many of them going on to productions in North America and Europe.

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ROBERT CICCHINI - Associate Artist / Director / Teacher
For Circus Theatricals: Director: First to the Egg, The Maids, The Lower Depths, The Sausage Eaters (all for Circus Theatricals), Courting Darkness, et. al.

As an Actor: Man.Gov, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Hedda Gabler, The Job (Garland Award)

His Television and Film credits include "American Dreams," "The Gilmore Girls,' "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under," "The Practice," "NYPD Blue," "Godfather III," "Primary Colors," "Deep End of the Ocean," "Path to War," et al.

Bob teaches Improvisation for the Actor for Circus Theatricals

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ELINA DE SANTOS - Associate Artist / Director
With Circus Theatricals: director of Modigliani, The Last Fling (Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of New One Act Plays).

Other LA directing credits include: for the Pasadena Playhouse, Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton; for the Pacific Resident Theatre, Clifford Odets’ Rocket to the Moon, Tennessee Williams’, Orpheus Descending, and Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance; and for the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; the LA Premiere of Speed the Plow by David Mamet, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and a nine month run of Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing!.

Regional theatres: Berkshire Theatre Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Deaf West Theatre and International City Theatre: Orphans, Tennessee in the Summer, Romeo and Juliet: Circus Verona and Awake and Sing!

Elina has produced and/or directed multiple new play workshops. She is a member of the Actors’ Studio Playwrights and Directors Unit headed by Mark Rydell and Lyle Kessler. She teaches and coaches actors, among her clients are Snoop Doggie Dogg and Eva Longoria.

Awards: LADCC Award for Revival and Nominee for Direction 2004, LADCC Awards for Performance, Direction and Production 2003, Orange County Weekly Best Production 1999, BSW Best Production 1999, LADCC Best Production Nomination 1995, Ovation Nomination for Best Adaptation 1998. Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

JILL GASCOINE - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals, Jill most recently played Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard. Other roles with Circus Theatricals include Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, for which she received an LA Weekly Award Nomination for "Supporting Female Performance," and Queen Gertrude in "Hamlet."

Born in London, Jill's vast theatre credits include "St. Joan," "Antigone," "Twelfth Night," "Uncle Vanya," "Arms & the Man," "Candida," "Anthony and Cleopatra," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Joan of Lorraine," "Night of the Iguana," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "Night Street", "42nd Street," "Destry Rides Again," and "Pal Joey." She starred in the long-running UK television series "The Gentle Touch" and then starred as the same character in its spin-off series "Cat's Eyes."

L.A. television/film credits include "Baseketball," Northern Exposure," and "Touched by an Angel." A published novelist,Jill is working on her foruth book. She is married to actor Alfred Molina, and recently became a United States citizen. Jill is a Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

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KENT GEORGE - Circus Theatricals Associate Artist

Circus Theatricals: The Misanthrope, The Circle, Antigone, Tartuffe (Circus Theatricals/Odyssey Theatre), Loose Ends, As You Like It.

Other Theatre: The Big Funk (Odyssey), Freedom Rider(PALEF Foundation world premiere musical), The Miracle Worker, Mame and Little Shop of Horrors (SRT), The Marriage Proposal and Baby with the Bathwater (Exit Theater, SF), Macbeth (Diego Rivera Theater, SF), Cyrano de Bergerac,Barbarians, Beggar’s Opera, Candida, Mikado and Hot l Baltimore (ACT and ACT Studio). Feature films include: "Gods and Monsters," "The Relic," "Art House" and "In Love with You." Television: "Murder in Small Town X" (series regular), "Alias," Passions." Kent is a graduate of American Conservatory Theater and Princeton University.

Daniel Gibbons

DANIEL GIBBONS - Associate Artist / New Plays Committee
Circus Theatricals credits include: Malcolm in Macbeth, Valere in Tartuffe, Ratcliff in Richard III, Guildenstern in Hamlet, Orlando de Boys in As You Like It, Tuzenbach in The Three Sisters and Medvedyenko in The Seagull. Other stage roles include The Greeks Parts I and II (Odyssey Theatre), Hatful of Rain, Macbeth, Lil’ Abner. Independent films: “Dave’s Life,” (Chicago Film Festival), and “Last Cigarette.” Graduate of Bowling Green State University. Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

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JAMES KARR - Associate Artist

Circus Theatricals credits include: The Circle and As You Like It.

Broadway: The Ponder Heart, The Loud Red Patrick, others. LA: Three Sisters, Engaged, Cyrano de Bergerac, Major Barbara, As you Like It, Ah! Wilderness, Much Ado About Nothing, Heartbreak House, Another Part of the Forest, The Wild Duck (A Noise Within), Richard III, The Miracle Worker, Uncle Vanya, The Changeling (all w/Knightsbridge Theatre), As You Like It (Actors Co-op), The Three Sisters (Interact), Moonchildren Holy Ghosts (both w/University Wits Rep.).

Education/Training: Beloit College, Yale School of Drama.

Thomas Kopache

THOMAS KOPACHE - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals: Man.Gov, The Circle, Macbeth, Deconstructing the Torah, Antigone, As You Like It.

Many Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and regional theatres. Film/TV: “Boston Legal,” “CSI New York,” "Catch Me if You Can," "Leaving Las Vegas," "Breakdown," "Stigmata," "West Wing," "The Practice," "Star Trek," "JAG," "X-Files," and others. Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

ALFRED MOLINA - Associate Artist / Actor / Dramaturg / Teacher

With Circus Theatricals: Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard, Buckingham in Richard III .

ALFRED MOLINA is an accomplished and versatile actor with over seventy film, television and theater productions to his credit. He recently completed the feature The Little Traitor in Israel filming the adaptation of the Amos Oz Prize book, Panther in the Basement. Produced by Marilyn Hall and written and directed by Lynn Roth, the movie will be released in 2007.

In Spring of 2007, Miramax will release Hoax. Molina stars opposite Richard Gere for director Lasse Hallstrom, reuniting with Hallstrom who also directed Molina’s performance of the feature film Chocolate with Johnny Depp. Also in Spring of 2007 you will see the release of Molina’s performance in the HBO film As You Like It starring opposite Bryce Dallas Howard for director Kenneth Branagh.

Molina recently starred in Da Vinci Code for director Ron Howard and Sony Pictures where he had previously created the ground-breaking role of Doc Ock for that studio in 2004 for director Sam Raimi. Mr. Molina continues his association with Sony and has recently finished filming The Company for producers Sir. Ridley Scott, John Calley and TNT.

Molina has completed a run at the Mark Taper Forum of The Cherry Orchard opposite Annette Bening. His history in the theatre has been highly recognized with two Tony nominations, for Fiddler on the Roof and for Art, as well as, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Circle Critics Award for Art. He will next be seen in the spring of 2007 in playwright Patrick Marber’s Howard Katz for the Roundabout Theatre, in New York.

Some of his other films include Frida, opposite Salma Hayek, Edward Norton, Geoffrey Rush and Ashley Judd, earning him Best Supporting Actor nominations from BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Critics Association. Molina also appeared in the Columbia Pictures thriller Identity, opposite John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet, the Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes and the Miramax release Undertaking Betty, a comedy with Brenda Blethyn, Naomi Watts and Christopher Walken

Molina made his movie debut with a small role in Raiders of the Lost Ark and had a notable role as a Soviet sailor in Letter to Brezhnev. His breakthrough role came in 1987 when he portrayed Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears. In 1998, Molina earned accolades for his powerful performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Boogie Nights, which won the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture. His other films include The Imposters, Anna Karenina, Species, The Perez Family, Maverick, Enchanted April, Pete’s Meteor, Not Without My Daughter, Dudley Do-Right and Texas Rangers. For television, Molina served as a producer and actor for the CBS situation comedy Ladies Man, co-starring Sharon Lawrence and Betty White.

Molina made his Broadway debut in 1998 in the Tony winning play Art with Alan Alda and Victor Garber. In addition to his own Best Actor Tony nomination, he received a Drama Desk Award for his performance, and the production was honored with an Outer Circle Critics Award for best ensemble. He starred in the off-Broadway production of Molly Sweeney, for which he was honored with a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Most Outstanding Debut Performance. His other theatre credits include roles in two Royal National Theatre productions, Night of the Iguana, and David Mamet’s Speed the Plow, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance; and Serious Money for the Royal Court Theatre and The West End. Molina also received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance in Oklahoma at the Palace Theatre.

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Dylan Kussman

DYLAN KUSSMAN

With Circus Theatricals:Greensward, Modigliani, The Circle, Macbeth, Tartuffe (LA Weekly Award, Best Comedy Ensemble).

Other Theatre: Richard II, The Skin of Our Teeth (both w/Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Romeo and Juliet (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival), Missing Persons (Berkely Rep), The Birthday Party & Henry V, (both w/Shotgun Players), Andromache, Crimes in Hot Countries (both w/CentralWorks). TV: "Monk," "The X-Files," "My Sister's Keeper." Film: "X-Men-2," "The Way of the Gun," "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," "Dead Poets Society."

Dean Nichols

DEAN NICHOLS - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals, Dean played Catesby in Richard III, John in The Job, Fabian in Twelfth Night, Osric in Hamlet, Andrey in "The Three Sisters, Konstantine in The Seagull, as well as roles in The Misanthrope, Denied, and many other plays.

Other stage credits include Sam Shepard's "States of Shock" Off-Broadway with John Malkovich (American Place Theatre.) "Abandoned in Queens" (Theatre Row Theatre), "Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap," "Broadway Bound," "Estonia You Fall," "The Survivor," "Eckermann’s Penis," "Men in Waiting," and "Raft of the Medusa." Regional credits include "Six Degrees of Separation," "Butterflies are Free," "Orphans," "Master Harold and the Boys," "The Wager," and "Awake and Sing." Directing credits include "Luker," "Hello Sunday" and "All the Hitz, All the Time." TV/Film: “Over the Top” (ABC), “L.A. Heat” (USA) "Pacific Blue" (USA), "The Profiler" (NBC) and “Crosses on the Lawn” (CBS), “This Town,” “Homeboys,” and “Sound.”

Training: New York University, Circle in the Square, Wynn Handman. Dean is a Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

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Scott Alan Smith

SCOTT ALAN SMITH - Associate Artist

Eric Pierpoint

ERIC PIERPOINT - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals: Greensward, Boy's Father in The Circle, King Edward IV in Richard III.

Other stage: Panache (Players Theatre, NYC), A Man for All Seasons, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Hasty Heart, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Film: "World's Fastest Indian" (with Anthony Hopkins), "Liar, Liar," "Forever Young," "Where Truth Lies," "Maggie," "Holes," "Eulogy." TV: "Alien Nation" (series regular), "Mister Sterling" (recurring), "Fame," "Hot Pursuit," "Hill Street Blues," "WIOU," "Silk Stalkings." Plus many episodes and MOWS.

Daniel Nathan Spector

DANIEL NATHAN SPECTOR - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals, Dan played Cleante in Tartuffe, Touchstone in As You Like It, Austin in True West, Martin in The Job, Feste in Twelfth Night, and George Tesman in Hedda Gabler. As a director, Dan directed an orginal adaptation of Aristophones' Lysistrata.

Other stage credits include Jumping for Joy (Laguna Playhouse), Visiting Mr. Green (Pasadena Playhouse), Beast on the Moon (International City Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle’s Intiman Theatre), Our Town (Long Wharf), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hartford Stage), The Two Gentlemen of Verona(New York Shakespeare Festival and Shakespeare Festival/L.A.), Kingdom of Earth (Westport Playhouse & Hudson Avenue). TV roles include: "Miracles, " "Boston Public," "Ally McBeal," "Leap of Faith," "American Family," "JAG,". Film: "Running Wild," "Just Ask My Children," "Past Tense," "Along for the Ride," "Inconceivable."

Dan is a Graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and holds an M.F.A. from N.Y.U.’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a Circus Theatricals Associate Artist.

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NEIL VIPOND - Associate Artist

With Circus Theatricals: Queen Margaret in Richard III.

A veteran (war-torn) of the acting profession for 50 years, Mr. Vipond began his career in Canada. After two seasons of weekly stock, appearing in over 40 plays, he joined the Stratford festival in Canada for its first season, with Alec Guiness playing "Richard III" and Irene Worth as Queen Margaret. He played principal roles at Stratford for the next four seasons under the direction of Tyrone Guthrie, and then went to New York where he immediately joined Uta Hagen and Zero Mostel in Eric Bentley's production of "The Good Woman of Szetzuan." He then played "Hamlet" in a performance The New York Times called "Electrifying."

Since that time, he has appeared on and off Broadway, in regional theatres, in many Los Angeles productions and in numerous television & film roles. His wide range of roles in the theatre include James Joyce in "Mr. Joyce is Leaving Paris," Hamm in Endgame," (both directed by Jim Sheridan), Danforth in "The Crucible" (Roundabout in NYC), Dodge in "Buried Child," Polonius in "Hamlet" (Circus Theatricals/Odyssey Theatre), Joe in "The Cosmonaut's Last Message (La Jolla Playhouse), and this past summer, Grover in "House" at the Falcon Theatre. His innumerable appearances on TV and film include guest roles on "Frasier," "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine," "Star Trek - Voyageur," HBO's "The Day the World Ended," and most recently two appearances as Julius on "Will and Grace."

Steve Zuckerman

STEVE ZUCKERMAN
With Circus Theatricals: directed MAN.GOV

Steve Zuckerman directed Nuts by Tom Topor on Broadway which received two Tony nominations and a Drama Desk Award. As Associate Director of New York’s WPA theater he directed many productions including the premieres of Nuts , Steve Metcalf’s The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers, Shem Bitterman’s Ten Below and Israel Horovitz’s Unexpected Tenderness and North Shore Fish. His collaboration with Mr. Horovitz also resulted in the premieres of Today I am a Fountain Pen , A Rosen By Any Other Name and The Chopin Playoffs. He directed a filmed version of North Shore Fish for Showtime which starred Mercedes Ruehl, Peter Riegert and Tony Danza. Revivals of Tennessee Williams Vieux Carre and Ibsen’s When We Dead Awaken with Kim Hunter received Drama Desk Awards. He has been Director of Play Development at The Circle in the Square Theatre and Artistic Director of the Impossible Ragtime Theatre in New York and the Sharon Playhouse. He has directed at the Manhattan Theater Club, Circle Rep and many regional theatres including Baltimore’s Center Stage, The La Jolla Playhouse and the Yale Rep. Mr. Zuckerman was trained at the University of Michigan and the Yale School of Drama. In addition to his long theater career, Mr. Zuckerman has directed over 350 episodes of prime time television including such shows as “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Friends,” “Murphy Brown” for which he recieved an Humanitas Award, and “Empty Nest.”

JOSH ALLEN

With Circus Theatricals: Twelfth Night.

Orginally hails from Providence, RI ome previous theatre credits before coming to Los Angeles include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Ferdinand in The Tempest, Hamlet in Hamlet, Noah in The Grapes of Wrath, The Young Man in The American Dream and Goose in Goose and Tomtom. This is Josh's first production both with Circus Theatricals and Los Angeles. Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

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Joe Bays

JOE BAYS - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

With Circus Theatricals: Twelfth Night, The Adding Machine, Love & Sex over Dinner & Drinks (writer/director), The Circle.

LA theatrical credits include Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens at the Attic.  New York credits include Dispatches From Hell, Streamers and W.C. Fields - 100 Proof.  He was also in As You Like It at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Death of a Salesman and O. Henry’s Christmas at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre.  Film and TV credits include “That Championship Season”, “Mike Hammer”, “3rd Rock From the Sun”, “Even Stevens” “Office Space”, “Space Jam”, “Office Space”, “Indecent Proposal”, and the upcoming film “Shopgirl” with Steve Martin. 

Strawn Bovee

STRAWN BOVEE - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

With Circus Theatricals: THE HEIRESS, IPHIGENIA in AULIS, TARTUFFE, Mdm.Pernelle, (L.A. Weekly Award for Best Ensemble); RICHARD III, Duchess of York; ANTIGONE, Nurse; MACBETH, First Witch and Doctor; DECONSTRUCTING THE TORAH, Mrs. Sladnowsky; THE SEAGULL, Paulina; THREE SISTERS, Anfisa; THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Charlotta.

Other Stage: in 2005 with The Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble: DOUBLE PLAY, Gertrude Stein and dramaturge, (REDCAT Theater); I LIKE TO SIT, dramaturge (Highways). Previously: THE DANCE CRAZY KID, Ruth St. Denis and dramaturge, (Armory Center for the Arts). Other roles include: MEDEA, AUNTIE MAME, THE BALCONY, LANDSCAPE, THE SHAWL, QUARTET,  SAVANNA BAY,  JOURNEY AMONG THE DEAD, THE DOLL HOUSE, WOYZECK, THE POSSIBILITIES, LITTLE EYOLF, THE UNREASONABLE ARE DYING OUT, EH,JOE!, VERA BAXTER, THE HEARING TRUMPET,  and GARBAGE, THE CITY AND DEATH.

TV: GILMORE GIRLS, THE OTHERS, GENERAL HOSPITAL, PORT CHARLES, THE GUARDIAN, JUDGING AMY. Recent Film: the acclaimed auteurist examination of religious life, ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA, co-starring with Edith Meeks, the tender science fiction tale, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, starring Norman Lloyd, and the romantic comedy, JUST MY LUCK, supporting Lindsay Lohan, a May 2006 release.

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Francesca Casale

FRANCESCA CASALE - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

JOHN T. COGAN (Valentine)

With Circus Theatricals: Twelfth Night.

John is also making his Circus Theatricals debut, Some of the actors here are so good, they'll make your head explode.  Seriously, John is thrilled to be a member of a company filled with so many passionate, talented actors.  John believes everything worth doing is worth doing poorly several times until you get it right, and then it's worth doing brilliantly for as long as it can be done.

A graduate of the UCLA, School of Theater, Film & Television, he has also been seen as a detective in Murder by Misadventure, a thug in Riff Raff, and young love in Spaghetti & Apple Pie at the the Group Repertory Theater. John looks forward to making your head explode in this, and hopefully, many more Circus Theatricals productions to come.
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SAMARA NEELY-COHEN
Hailing from Washington DC, Samara is a Los Angeles-based actor thrilled to debut with Circus Theatricals. Recently appearing in ‘The Tamer Tamed’ and ‘Iphigenia’ (New York Stage and Film), “Ragtime,” “Sideshow,” “Footloose,” “Sound of Music” (Weathervane Theatre), and last summer Heidi in ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ (Dorset Theatre Festival). Training includes Globe Theatre (London), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Moscow Art Theatre (Russia) where she spent three months freezing in her boots. She has a B.A. in Theatre from Occidental College. Other credits include Ibsen’s ‘Little Eyolf’ (Asta), ‘Rhinoceros’ (Jean), ‘Midsummer’ (Helena), ‘Real Inspector Hound’ (Mrs. Drudge), last month ‘To Grandmother’s House We Go’ (Beatrice) at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket.Member, Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

FRANCESCA FERRARA - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

For Circus Theatricals: Twelfth Night, Seduced, Greensward, The Circle, Ann in All My Sons ("Great Scenes from Classic American Plays").

Other theatre: Edward II (Knightsbridge), Strange Encounters (Tamarind), Taming of the Shrew (Olney Theatre), Romeo & Juliet, 1984 (National Players), Macbeth (Brooklyn Stage), Young Strangers (HB Playwrights).  Francesca recently completed Sven Stromson Blue, a short film loosely based on the life of Yves Klein. 

RONALD HUNTER

DEDALUS HYDE (Curio)

With Circus Theatricals: Twelfth Night

Dedalus has recently returned to the acting world after a decade living in San Francisco and working in the mental health care field. Prior to that, he studied at UCLA and appeared in a number of TV shows, including “Beverly Hills 90210”, “Melrose Place”, and “Murder She Wrote”, amongst others. Since returning to Los Angeles one year ago, he has worked in over 10 short films and landed several roles on TV. His recent theater credits include the leads in the original one-act play If Only at the Marin County Fringe Festival and in The Sure Thing at the Walch Acting Workshop Showcase.

Member of the Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

ALINA IVETTE

Originally from Dallas, Alina moved to Los Angeles one year ago to study fashion design and marketing at American Intercontinental University. Circus Theatricals acting credits: Lea in My Sister in This House (Questionable Acts), Agnes in Agnes of God (Liars, Lover and Thieves).

ROBERT LESKO - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

With Circus Theatricals: The Heiress, Coffee to Go and Max (The Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of One Act Plays), The Circle.

Regional theatre includes Undiscovered Country, Galileo, After The Fall, Richard III, The Miser, The Tenth Man, and Flesheaters (Premiere). Other productions include Macbeth, The Seagull, A Man For All Seasons, Stephan D., and Antony and Cleopatra. TV and film credits include “The Passion According to John,” “One Problem Leads To Another,” and HBO’s “Countdown To Looking Glass.” Robert received his MFA from The Catholic University and is a member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble and The Actors’ Workout.

FLOYD LEWIS - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

With Circus Theatricals: Barnette Lloyd in Crimes of the Heart (Great Scenes from Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays), Oscar in Another Part of the Forest (" Great Scenes from Classic American Plays") Tuzenbach in Three Sisters (" Great Scenes by Anton Chekhov") Norman in Boys Next Door ("Ten Great Scenes"). Most recently in L.A. as Kurt in Drunk Talk. Originally from North Carolina, Floyd is a UCLA graduate,proud member of Circus Theatricals Studio for Actors and just living the dream!

JORDAN LUND - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

For Circus Theatricals: man.gov, As You Like It, The Cherry Orchard, Tartuffe, First To The Egg, Bender, The Sanest Men in America.

Jordan appeared on Broadway at the ( Belasco Theatre, NY Shakespeare Festival) in Romeo and Juliet , As You Like It , and Macbeth directed by Estelle Parsons. Also in NY: The Golem , Twelfth Night , and King John (NYSF Delacorte Theatre) in Central Park, Eric Bogosian’s I Saw the Seven Angels (The Kitchen), Sleep and Tis Pity She’s A Whore (LaMama), Israel Horovitz’s Henry Lumper (the Actor’s Outlet), and BH Barry’s production of Treasure Island (Ohio Space).

Regional credits include: Sir Peter Hall’s Romeo and Juliet (Ahmanson Theatre), Scapin directed by Bartlett Sher (Portland Stage Company), On The Waterfront (Cleveland PlayHouse), What the Butler Saw (Great Lakes Theatre Festival) and Scaramouche directed by BH Barry (TheatreVirgina).

In the Bay Area Jordan appeared in the World Premieres of My Antonia (TheatreWorks), and Marius ( Aurora Theatre).

Other Los Angeles theatre includes: The Cradle Will Rock (LA Weekly Award, Best Musical), Starr Struck, Hello Again (The Blank Theatre Company), The Shadow of a Gunman , Boo:An Evening of Ghost Stories, Ardele (Pacific Resident Theatre).

Over 75 film and TV appearances include: "Doc Hollywood", "Speed," "Species," "Lockup", "The American President," "The Rookie," "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man,""Life," "Fletch Lives", "Lonesome Dove," "The Stand," "NYPD Blue," "Cop Rock", "Cheers," "Frasier," "Firefly,""Walker Texas Ranger," "Murphy Brown," "Life Goes On," "Law and Order," "Star Trek DS9 & TNG," "Enterprise," "Providence," "ER," "Chicago Hope" and "The Practice."

Received his training at Carnegie-Mellon University. tlbrsm

Emma Messenger

EMMA MESSENGER - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

Nickella Moschetti

NICKELLA MOSCHETTI - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

Odyssey Theatre/Circus Theatricals co-productions include: Ellipses (Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of One Act Plays), Macbeth, Marianne in Tartuffe, Anya in The Cherry Orchard , and Young Prince in Richard III , Also for Circus Theatricals, she has played Irina in Three Sisters, , Celia in As You Like It, Abigail in The Crucible, Babe in Crimes of the Heart, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.

Jessica Noboa

JESSICA LYNNE NOBOA - Member Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble
With Circus Theatricals: Maria in The Heiress, Irina in The Three Sisters (Great Scenes from Chekov and Ibsen). Jessica recently finished two productions, A Tribute to SNL and A Boys Life, at Hollywood Fight Club Theater. Before that she was living in the rainy city of Seattle, Washington, where she played Balthasar in an all-girls production of Romeo and Juliet. Some of her other works include Laura in the Glass Menagerie and Eng-Eling in Golden Child.

Stephen O'Mahoney

STEPHEN O'MAHONEY

NELLY PARDO - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

ROBYN PETERSON - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

A few of Robyn's theatre credits include, originated the role of Linda in Eric Bogosian's original production of Talk Radio at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in New York. Robyn marked her debut as a playwright at the Mark Taper Forum New Works Festival with her original one woman show, Catwalk Confidential, Memoirs of a Model.

Robyn has had numerous appearances in movies and on TV. She appeared as Bobbi Sanfillip, Uncle Junior's girlfriend on "The Sopranos." She played Marylyn the Sex therapist on "LA LAW." Her big screen credits include her co-starring role as Gwyneth Paltrow's 300 pound mother in "View From the Top," a Beverly Hills sales girl in "Pretty Woman," Jack Warden's wife in "The Replacements," Lee Grant's husband's mistress in "Shopping" and she flew directly to video as Daryl Hanna's drunken sister in "Cowboy Up."

KATHRYN PLAYA has had a fascinating journey through the world of theology and soup kitchens, including a few years as a high school religion teacher, before pursuing her career as an actress. Some of her favorite theatrical roles include Lorna Moon in Golden Boy, (MacGuffin Theater Co), Dorothy in “The Thin Man” (Urban Empire),“The Trip to Bountiful” (Provincetown Rep), Stone in Ray Bradbury’s “Kaleidescope” (at the Blue Heron Theater and the NYC Fringe Festival, directed by Hilary Adams), Christine in “Phantom of the Opera” and the Nurse in “Romeo and Juliet”. Kathryn has starred in several independant films, as well as appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and “ESPN”. She is a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and The British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.Member, Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

CHELEA POVALL
Born and raised in the LA area, Chelsea’s theater credits include: The Night of the Black Cat at Edgemar Center for the Arts, Brigadoon GCT, at PCPA Theaterfest: Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Sound of
Music, and Brighton Beach Memoirs. At Tuacahn Amphitheater: Annie Get your Gun, Seven Brides... Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She also performed as a Lead Singer and Dancer for Holland America Cruise Lines, in Alaska and the Caribbean. She is a graduate of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. (PCPA). Member of the Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

ELISE ROBERTSON - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

For Circus Theatricals: director of Seduced, Ellipses..., writer/director Max (Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of New One Act Plays), The Circle, Antigone, Deconstructing the Torah, Loose Ends, The Three Sisters,The Seagull. As Director: What Went Wrong wth the King and Queen of America.

Other Theatre: Ourselves Alone, Oleanna, Betrayal, Amadeus. TV: "Six Feet Under," "Grey's Anatomy," "Gilmore Girls," "2 1/2 Men," "10-8," "Miss Match," "Passions."  Film: "Good Humor Man," "Eros." Elise is also an Emmy and Cine Golden Eagle award winning television director.  Credits include:  Ralph Ellison's "King of the Bingo Game", F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Sensible Thing," director of dramatic scenes for "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey."

JUDITH SCARPONE - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

For Circus Theatricals: The Heiress, Ellipses. Theatre: Broadway:”The Twilight of the Golds; over 100 productions Off-B’way and Regionally(Kennedy Center,The Hartman,Pasadena Playhouse,Walnut Street, Syracuse Stage, GeVa etc.) Televison: Co-starred in Movies for Television, guest-starred ("Law & Order," "ER," "Dragnet," "Drew Carey," "Ellen" etc.) Series Regular on Showtimes’ “Bedtime”. Most recent FILMS : "The Manual," "Everyone Wants To Be Italian," “Jesus, Mary & Joey” with Olympia Dukakis and Stacey Keach. Member: Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

Anna Simone Scott

ANNA SIMONE SCOTT - Member Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

As a young actor Anna worked in Film and Television in Australia before playing leading roles in Repertory Theatres throughout Britain. Such as: “The Norman Conquests”; Strindberg’s “Easter”; “Plaza Suite”; “Private Lives”;In London: “Stories Of Maupassant” at The Gate Theatre; “The Shadow People” at the ICA Theatre and “We All Fall Up” at The Roundhouse. Anna also worked with The Young Playwrights’ Program at The Royal Court Theatre.

Off-Broadway: “The Crucible” at The Roundabout Theatre

(The Ensemble Company); “The Lover”, and a dozen new plays: “Lady Jane Grey”; “Psycho 2”; “The It Girl” and others. Also a playwright, Anna performed in her two character play “Chasing Chekhov” in several productions in Los Angeles where she has appeared at The Court Theatre and a One Act festival at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Television: Guest Starring roles on various BBC shows; Martial Law; Days of Our Lives, Another World, to name a few. Recent films: starring in the comedy, “Late Night Girls” and many other independent films. Currently shooting the film version of “Chasing Chekhov”. Also a screenwriter, her films, “Coming Into Money” and “The Red Scarf” have played the International Film Festival circuit and won several awards. She has just completed her latest full length play, “Venus Rising”.

Jade Sealey

JADE SEALEY - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

Circus Theatricals credits include: The Heiress, Iphigenia in Aulis, Coffee to Go (The Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of New One Act Plays), The Circle, Deconstructing the Torah.

Recently relocated from New York, Jade Sealey’s latest stage credits include the roles of Cavale in Sam Sheperd’s Cowboy Mouth, Indra’s daughter in Strindberg’s A Dream Play, Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, The Princess of France in Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Constanze in Amadeus.

ELIZABETH SOUTHARD - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

Elizabeth is currently in Pomp & Circumstance at The Matrix Theatre (closes April 15 th) – www.davidrouda.com. With Circus Theatrical’s she recently performed in the Great Scenes from American Playwrights showcase, and the Questionable Acts showcase last June. Prior to this, she worked in Chicago, Orlando and Sydney. Some of her past theatre credits include Mrs. Somers in Paddywack, Paulina in Death & The Maiden and Mary in Run For Your Wife. In addition, she performed in many indie and industrial films. Elizabeth’s next production is Circus Theatrical's original musical Weedwacker.

ALLI STEINBERG - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

Circus Theatricals credits include The Heiress, The Circle, Macbeth (Circus Theatricals/Odyssey).

Off Broadway credits include: Nurse Susie in the Pulitzer Prize Winning play Wit and Karen in the critically acclaimed revival of Boys’ Life. Regional: Last Night of Ballyhoo (Helen Hayes), Wit (original company, Long Wharf Theatre), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare on the Sound), Gotham! (Goodspeed Opera House), The Sisters Rosensweig (Forum Theatre). Film/TV: "Fairytale of New York," "As The World Turns," "New York Undercover." Alli received her BFA in Theatre from The University of Michigan and trained in London at BADA.

JOSH SYNDER (Priest, Ensemble)

Stage credits include: Taming of the Shrew Hamlet, As You Like It, Macbeth (all Shakespeare Orange County); Tartuffe, She Loves Me, The Crucible (all Champan University). Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble.

BIBI TINSLEY

VANESSA WATERS

Vanessa has made many appearances on stage here in Los Angeles. Some favorite roles are: Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Jill in Johnson Over Jordan, Helen in Baby with the Bathwater, Petra in An Enemy of the People and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. She has enoyed working as an assistant director and director for theater as well. Vanessa has also had much fun acting for the camera in film and television. She especially enjoys working as a loop group, voice over artist. Vanessa is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts and received her BFA in Theater from Ithaca College. Vanessa is a new company member here at Circus Theatricals and is very happy to be a part of such a talented group.

MELANIE ROSE WILSON

BRYNA WEISS

THEATRE CREDITS: THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE Laguna Playhouse; THE OLDEST PROFESSION The Odyssey Theatre; CROSSING DELANCEY Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York; TRANSFIGURATION IN PRECINCT #6 The Kennedy Center, Washingt on, DC ; THE ROSE TATOO Studio Arena Theatre;TAMING OF THE SHREW Studio Arena Theatre; OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Studio Arena Theatre;MUSIC MAN Studio Arena Theatre; ANASTASIA KRUPNIK Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre; POEMS FOR LAST ACTS Hahn Cosmopolitan Theatre; MORNING’S AT SEVEN The PlayhouseLILY San Diego Repertory Theatre; Odyssey Theatre; Artpark at the Church; etc. MAGIC BARREL AND NAIM The Streisand Festival COMEDY OF ERRORS Shakespeare in Delaware Park FINISH AND TRIM Road Theatre C ompany: BLUE SILENCE Theatre 40 THEATRE 40 SALUTES BROADWAY; ENTER LAUGHING The Gindi Theatre: LOVE DREAMS AND LOST UNCLES The C ourt Theatre THE AMERICAN DREAM R ose Alley Theatre CEMETERY CLUB Theatre East THE GIN GAME San Diego Actors Festival : THE PRICE Kenan Center, The Playhouse: THE LAST PITCH American Renegade Theatre: WORKING (The Musical) Ascending Artists

FILM: Slums of Beverly Hills, Taxi, Keeping Up With the Steins, Alibi, Quality of Life, A Delicatessen St ory,C ops, Ashes, Screwey L ouie, My Dark Lady, G ossip- the Evil T ongue, East of Fairfax, G one But N ot F org otten

TV:H ouse, Desperate H ousewives, NYPD Blue, Ren o 911, The Gilm ore Girls, The Drew Carey Sh ow, The District, Tw o of a Kind, R odney, M ore Patience, Life With B onnie, The O’Keefes, Simpatic o, Flipside, A Case in P oint, and Artscene. C ommercials include G ot Milk, Linc oln Mercury, T oy ota, Macy’s, City of H ope, Disc over Card, Time Warner, etc.

On PBS and Cable TV, she guest-hosted episodes of ARTSCENE interviewing O.J. Simpson, Tony Bennett, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Kate Reid, and others and was VO announcer for Woman, a syndicated National weekly show. Bryna als o pr oduced AirPlay, a radi o theatre series, f or Public Radi o.

For m ore than ten years, Bryna appeared in the one w oman sh ow LILY in Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, L ond on, Hawaii,  Canada and all over   the U.S

She did a  residency at Washington's Arena Stage, studied Shakespeare in T or ont o with Marti Maraden of  The Stratf ord and  Shaw  Festivals and is currently studying Shakespeare with Alfred M olina.

At the 124 seat, The Playhouse, which Bryna and her husband, J oe built on Main Street in Buffal o’s Theatre District, Bryna served as C o-Executive Direct or and Artistic Direct or.

Weiss is an award winning director,  teacher , theatre pr oducer and a pr oud member of   Actors Equity Ass ociati on, Screen Act ors Guild and AFTRA, and The Road Theatre Co and Circus Theatricals.

SUSAN ZIEGLER - Member of Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble

For Circus Theatricals: The Circle, Lady Macduff in Macbeth, Rosalind in As You Like It, and What Went Wrong with the King and Queen of America.

Off-Broadway includes: Oona and Lurleen (The Public Theatre), Angel City, Suicide in B Flat, Hamlet, The Duchess of Malfi and the title character in Co-Dependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (The Public Theate: W.O.W. Cafe.). LA theatre includes: the critically acclaimed Cheyenne (The Lillian), The American Way, Under My Thumb (as Marianne Faithfull), and Boiler Room (Actors Art Theatre). TV includes: “The West Wing,” “Silk Stalkings,” “Arrest & Trial,” and “Days of Our Lives.” Recent film: “Lying in Wait (w/Rutger Hauer), and “Big Brother Trouble.” A graduate of NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing; member of Circus Theatricas Studio Ensemble, The Sevedor Conderaccy, Actors ARt Theatre and FirstStage.