Plus 1 Solo Show Festival - Fall 2009
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Maybe Later
Regional: Tony Kushner’s The Illusion, I Do! I Do!, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Assassins (Berkshire Theatre Festival). New York: Shadow Play (Atlantic Theater Company Conservatory), Nuda Veritas (as performer, co-director, and co-producer), A Room with a View (York Theatre reading series), All Over, Sea (The Common Tongue). Graduate of Atlantic Theater Company’s two-year conservatory, BFA in performance (Missouri State University) and apprenticeship with Berkshire Theatre Festival. Founding member of The Common Tongue.
The Enforcer
Glynn returns to the stage after many years as a union stagehand. He’s been a special effects/pyrotech guy for David Letterman, Saturday Night Live and Conan O’Brien. Before the detour Glynn performed in several showcases; wrote, directed and performed with sketch companies. Wrote and directed, The Dark Star from Harlem, a musical about Josephine Baker. Glynn is also a voiceover artist. Studied at Boarshead Theater and the Hartman Theater Conservatory with Gene Frankel.
My Salvation Has a First Name
Robin Gelfenbien’s solo show My Salvation Has a First Name premiered at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival where one reviewer called her “the consummate storyteller.” Robin has written jokes for Rosie O’Donnell, her original comedy songs have played on SIRIUS radio and her favorite TV credit is a commercial directed by Spike Lee. She has performed at The Moth, The Liar Show, Joe’s Pub, and she has been featured in Marie Claire. www.robingelfenbien.com
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Christine Renee Miller
Director – Maybe Later
Christine feels a special connection directing solo-shows and the courage to perform them. Christine also wrote, produced and performed her solo-show Baby Cow at FringeNYC 2008. Baby Cow will go on a university tour this fall. Acting Credits: Sister, Sister, Moesha, Party of Five, General Hospital. Directing: Make-out Queen solo-show (Emerging Artists Theatre), Drug Buddy (Assistant Dir., Cherry Lane), Fiddler on the Roof! (Hamilton, NY), National Abolition Hall of Fame, In Your Company (Colgate University).
Heather Guthrie
Director – The Enforcer
Heather has directed Thanksgiving Dinner, Guitar, and The Baltimore Waltz (Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions), Anton in Show Business, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Bunyip Theater Company) and Women for Women (Theatre for the Future with Push Productions, Inc.). Some other favorites include Summertree, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Painting Churches, The Death of Bessie Smith and The House of Yes.
Suzanne Agins
Director – My Salvation Has a First Name
Suzanne has directed new work by Deirdre O’Connor, Gordon Cox, Cusi Cram, Ken Weitzman, Matt Hoverman, Sheila Callaghan, Lucy Thurber, and others at venues such as the Cherry Lane, Williamstown Theatre Festival (where she was Artistic Associate from 2005-2007), Summer Play Festival, Rattlestick, Soho Rep, Dixon Place and The Juilliard School. She holds an MFA from UCSD and an AB from Princeton, where she is currently a faculty member. Member SSDC.
Margaret Reed – Stage Manager
Margaret stage managed for The Vagina Monologues at Colorado Mountain College as a part of the V-Day Movement. She put on The Cripple of Inishmaan this year as well, a task involving her many talents.
Travis Kendrick – House Manager/Assistant Producer
Travis graduated from Point Park Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre. He house managed for Frigid NYC Fringe and Rising Sun Performance Company, and stage managed Sorry Wrong Chimney at Maples Repertory Theatre. He is a founding member of the Experimental Theatre Project, where he collaborated on Illusions, Generation I, and as the co-writer/director of a new children’s musical, Dotty Dot, which has its NYC premiere in Riverside and Central Parks in September.
Philip Rothman – Technical Advisor
Philip holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Rice University and is an active composer, orchestrator, and consultant. Orchestration credits: Taking Chance, Teddy in His Own Words (HBO Films), Sin Nombre, Hollywoodland (Focus Features), The Nanny Diaries (Weinstein Co./MGM Films), Schooled (CW Network). www.philiprothman.com
acknowledgements
These shows were developed in Matt Hoverman’s solo show workshop:
www.CreateYourOwnSoloShow.com
