Luca Bigini

Member since: 2010

Chris Brescia

Member since: 2009

Chris Chinn

Member since: 2008

HB: Hedda Gabler (Lovborg), dir. Amy Wright Valparaiso (Filmmaker), dir. Rasa Allan Kazlas.  Theatre: M.Butterfly (Song) Monterey Mainstage, Native Speech (Johnny) Boomerang Theatre Co., Inperpetuity Throughout The Universe (Dennis) Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, The Manchurian Candidate (Corporal Melvin) w/ Carrie Snodgress at West Coast Ensemble, Bitter Cane (Kam) West Coast Ensemble, Permanent Paper (Emperor) New Jersey Rep, Exit The Dragon (Jun) Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley and the World Premiere of Tennessee Williams’ The Day On Which A Man Dies (Kunyoshi) White Barn Theatre, dir. Arthur Storch.  Staged Readings: Ballad of Yachiyo (Willie) South Coast Rep, Beyond The Rising Sun (Salty) directed by Mako at The Mark Taper Forum.  TV: The Unusuals , One Life To Live, Kidnapped , Saved By The Bell .  Film: featured roles in The Departed and Angels In America. AEA SAG AFTRA

James Colquhoun

Member since: 2009

Matthew Conlon

Member since: 2008

NEW YORK – HBPlaywrights: The Game of Love and Death; South; Holding Hands; Summertime; Lady With a Lapdog; Freud’s Last Session and The Chase. Samuel Beckett Theatre: Judgement. Sonnet Rep:  The Tempest. EST: The Traveling Lady. La Mama: A Human Equation. Tribeca Lab: The Swan. Lark: Bromius Beaujolais; God, Sex and Blue Water. REGIONAL – Bay St: Men’s Lives. Cleveland PlayHouse:  The Importance of Being Earnest. O’Neill: Fuddy Meers. StageWest: Suddenly Last Summer. Ivoryton: Prelude to a Kiss. Hampton Theatre Co:  The Real Thing; The Crucible. Mendelsohn: Oedipus Rex;  The Daughter-in-Law. Power Center: Waiting for Godot. Bearsville:  The Lisbon Traviata. Recent Film: Sweet Lorraine, The Crimson Mask. AEA, SAG, AFTRA

A.C. Davison

Member since: 2006

AC Davison appeared in A Long Last Poem Before Dying at Theater for The new City, The Hadley Players Nobody Knew Where They Was, Prometheus’ Fires' production of The Estate, the HB Playwrights' productions of The Dancers, Caged Visions and Arthur Miller's The American Clock, The Theater Rats' (Chester Horn Short Play Festival) production of Antique for which he received the Outstanding Performer Award. In regional theater, he was in the Maid Stone Regional Theater’s production of The Boys in the Band and in The Actors Conservatory Theater’s production of Driving Miss Daisy where he played the driver Hoke.

Pascal Escriout

Member since: 2006

Pascal is a native of France and has been studying for three years at HB studios with Edward Morehouse. He appeared in several HB Ensemble productions. Last appeared in Lady With a Lap Dog directed by Aleksey Burago, A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot directed by Kate Bushman, Question House directed by Catherine Siracusa, The Learned Ladies directed by Carol Rosenfeld and The Master and Margarita directed by Aleksey Burago. He will soon be seen in the movie Thira directed by Matthew Panepinto and Wounded and Slain directed by Jason Begue. You can see him “onstage” every night in his Long Island City French bistro Tournesol and Wine Jazz Bar Domaine performing the “French Attitude.”

Jack Gillespie

Member since: 2007

Howard Green

Member since: 2008

New York and regional theatres: the New York Shakespeare Festival (Richard III and the Henry VI cycle), the American Place Theatre (The Ceremony of Innocence), the Actor’s Studio (The Silent Partner), the Lincoln Center (Cyrano de Bergerac), the Washington Shakespeare Festival (Troilus and Cressida and The Winter’s Tale), the Berkshire Theatre Festival (Family Business) and the Philadelphia Playhouse in the Park (The Poison Tree). TV: Paradise Lost and The Ceremony of Innocence (PBS: Theatre in America). Recently, he appeared in Waiting for Godot (Off-Bway) and in The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare on the Sound. AEA, SAG

Duncan Hazard

Member since: 2009

Credits include: Cuthbertson in Theatre 1010’s production of G.B. Shaws’ The Philanderer, Sicinius in Coriolanus (Shakespeare NYC); Jesse Livermore in The American Clock (dir. Austin Pendleton HBPF); the Doctor in Macbeth, Bishop of Carlisle in Richard II and Sir Nathaniel in Love’s Labour’s Lost (New Jersey Shakespeare Theatre); Claudius in Hamlet (H.B. Studio), Gaunt and the Bishop of Carlisle in Richard II (Fairbanks Studio Theater on Theater Row), Duncan in Macbeth (Circle Stage), Cinna in Julius Caesar (Expanded Arts), Tremoille in Joan of Lorraine (Hudson Guild Theater), Lenin in Travesties (Sanford Meisner Theater), as The Son in All Through the House (Manhattan Theatre Club) and as Mr. Douglas in the HB Ensemble's production of The Chase.

Gregory Higgins

Member since: 2005

Selected NYC roles include: Rip in The Chase by Horton Foote at HB, Victor in 4 Dogs and A Bone by John Patrick Shanley; Virgil in Bus Stop; Henry Irving in The Actors Nightmare; Side Show Barker, Kennan and Varant in The Prisoner of Saint Pierre; the Father in Kettle Dreams; the vagrant in The Cherry Orchard; Niles Pinder in Grunt Bone Alley; John/Death in Life and Death; Jim in Cassandra’s Hour; Stuart in Bronze Birds; the Singing Cowboy in The Geldings (Harold Clurman theater) and a Chorus Member in Jesus Christ Superstar. Studying acting with Michael Beckett over 10 yrs, and I like playing the blues on my guitar.

David Khouri

Member since: 2007

David last appeared in the HB Ensemble's production of Don Delillo's Valparaiso, playing TV announcer Teddy Hodell (dir. by Rasa Allan Kazlas). Previous to that, he played in Carol Goodheart's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon and Snug), and Carol Rosenfeld's production of Moliere's The Learned Ladies, in which he played three roles (Vadius, servant, and Notary). Other NY credits: The Last Muffin (Wings Theatre; dir. Marsha Scheiness), Marivaux' The Double Inconstancy (Neighborhood Group Theatre), Without Willie (Manhattan Punchline), Stage Door and Mr. Roberts (both at St. Bart's Playhouse), and Little Mother (La Mama's 20th anniversary retrospective). Regional: Dr.Gibbs in Our Town, and Vershinin in The Three Sisters, both directed by Joe Capone at Classics at the Point, Catskill, N.Y.

Ross Kramberg

Member since: 2008

At the HB Playwrights Theatre, Ross has appeared in The Invention of the Living Room by Andrew R. Heinze, Three Sisters (dir. Amy Wright) and a staged reading of Guns (dir. Rasa Allan Kazlas). He has also taken part in several development readings including The Sleeper Awakens by Julie Mckee. Outside HB, Ross most recently appeared in Michael Weller’s Moonchildren at The West End Theatre. Other past productions include: Our Town, Dames at Sea, Devils, My Three Angels, Your Own Thing, Guys and Dolls, Showboat, Celebration and Norman Is That You. On film, he was featured in the 1998 Academy-Award nominated documentary film, Dancemaker.

Vadim Kroll

Member since: 2006

Phillip Kushner

Member since: 2006

Philip is a graduate of the University Of Massachusetts, where he majored in theatre.  He was featured in the film Kinsey. While he has many local and regional theatre credits the one he’s most proud of is starring in his self-written play First Time, Long Time which was produced as part of the Strawberry One-Act Festival. Phil has also been performing Stand Up Comedy in many clubs in and around New York City. He’s been having a blast being a member of the HB Ensemble! AEA, SAG

Joseph La Rocca

Member since: 2008

NY Theatre: Gaetano Reggio in Terranova (2009 FRINGE FESTIVAL); Scottie (lead) in In The Arms Of Baby Jesus (Abingdon Theatre Company); Baptista in Taming of the Shrew; Greek chorus in Agamemnon; Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing...Forum; Dov in White Gloves and Party Manners. Regional: Henry Clerval in Frankenstein; Sergeant Michael Kelly in The Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940; Jesus Costazuela in The Odd Couple (Female Version); President in Dear World. TV: Detective Meagher in Conviction (Dick Wolfe); Law & Order (Guest star); 'The Sopranos' (Co-star); NYPD Blue (Co-star); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Co-star); Law & Order: SVU (Co-star); and OZ. Film: My Ex-Girlfriends' Wedding Reception starring Dom Deluise and Kelly Bishop and Just Deserts starring Lauren Holly. AEA, SAG, AFTRA

Don Marlette

Member since: 2009

Ferapont in the HB Ensemble's production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters directed by Amy Wright. Other New York appearances:  Elizabeth the Queen w/Judith Anderson (followed by TV production with Charlton Heston and Dame Judith); The Firebrand and The Wood Demon (Equity Library Theatre); Loyalties (Jewish Repertory Theatre); Summer in the Country (Counterpoint Theatre); and Three Monkeys in a Glass (Provincetown Theatre). Regional theatre: Ypsilanti Greek Festival (Judith Anderson, Burt Lahr, Ruby Dee, Jacqueline Brookes, and Karen Ludwig.) Summer tour of Take Her, She’s Mine (w/Hans Conried) and resident summer stock at Theatre L’Homme Dieu and Princeton Players. AEA, SAG, AFTRA

Koichiro Matsumura

Member since: 2005

Arnie Mazer

Member since: 2009

Arnie Mazer is a Producer, Writer and Performer.  Films: Diner, Taps, Super Fly ‘90 and Hi-Life.   Soap Operas: Loving, All My Children, As The World Turns and The Guiding Light.  Television credits include: Law And Order, Spenser For Hire, Cosby Mysteries and Swift Justice.  Stage work: Out (Off-Broadway), A Streetcar Named Desire (People’s Light and Theater Company), Awake and Sing (Syracuse Stage) and On The Waterfront (Cleveland Playhouse).  Mazer made his Broadway debut with George C. Scott in On Borrowed Time.  He’s also been a character in the video game “Grand Theft Auto” and has been the voice on several audio books including Game Of Shadows, the story of Balco and Barry Bonds.

Andy McCutcheon

Member since: 2007

Andy has appeared with HB Ensemble in The Chase, Hedda Gabler, Summerfolk, and The Master and Margarita and with HB Playwrights Foundation in The American Clock.  He earned his Equity card at the Alaska Repertory Theatre playing Fabian in Twelfth Night.  He returned for the next season and has since acted everywhere from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Kawaguchi, Japan.  Here in New York, he created the role of Tom in Jack Heifner's Boy's Play.  Other theatres: ACT Seattle, Ahmanson at the Doolittle, 29th Street Project, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. SAG, AEA, AFTRA

Craig McNulty

Member since: 2009

Craig is very honored to have learned his craft at HB studio – his relationship with 120 Bank Street beginning when he was a teenager.  He feels blessed to have studied with Uta Hagen & Bill Hickey, as well as Jose Quintero and Gene Frankel.  Craig is currently studying with Austin Pendleton and Julie McKee.  Film: Spike Lee's Clockers, Tony Daniel's American Bohemian, and Tim Pitoniak's Photogenic. Selected Theatre: The award-winning Room to Swing an Axe, Rummy Room, A Leg Up, and Elizabeth Grey's Strangulated.  Craig is also a published playwright who has written over 25 plays with productions in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angles, Oakland, Omaha, Melbourne, Sydney, and Singapore.  SAG, AEA, DGA, and proud HB card holder since 1989

Anton Obeid

Member since: 2010

Anton is currently training at HB Studio with focus on the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and the Uta Hagen acting technique. He also studies method acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Love Creek Productions: The Proposal as Lomov, Drive Thru as Ron. Lee Strasberg: Romeo and Juliet as Lord Montague. From 1986 – 2005 Anton worked in investment banking for Fuji Capital, Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley as a Financial Technology Executive in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. He is an alumnus of Columbia University with graduate degrees in computer science and chemistry. Anton grew up in Lebanon.

Quentin Pradelle

Member since: 2010

Tokio Sasaki

Member since: 2009

A student at HB studio since 2001. Last year, Tokio played several wonderful characters including a Japanese cowboy in a short film Death Ranch (shoot the sky production) and Joan of Arc in Arthur Kopit's Chamber Music (directed by Austin Pendleton). Tokio is proud to be a part of this generous and creative HB community, and deeply thanks to Mr. Austin Pendleton, Ms. Martha Bernard, and Ms. Edith Meeks. IMDB page

Eric Scholl

Member since: 2010

Eric Scholl started acting professionally at age 11, when he appeared as a bully on an afterschool special that still pops up every once in a while on Saturday morning television.  He then went on hiatus for a couple of decades, during which he won a Webby Award for his work at Yahoo! and a Peabody Award for his work at CNN, where he was executive producer of Lou Dobbs’ show.  He is now happy to be doing something else.

Tom Schubert

Member since: 2007

HB Ensemble Credits: Lady with a Lapdog with Jokes and a Happy Ending; Summerfolk and The Master and Margarita. Other NYC theater credits: Cinderella (PRTT/SEA – Best Actor in a Musical ACE Award Nomination); Love Stinks (The Public Theater-SPF); Nudists in Love (NYC Fringe Festival); Tom performs for The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA), a Bilingual Arts-in-Education Organization & Latino Theatre Company for Young Audiences. Recent film credits: Becoming Me; Grey Scale; An Unusual Guest and Tom’s Phone. In Brazil, theatre credits include W. Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet among others. Television credits: TV Globo Series Sandy & Junior. www.schubertborn.com

David Smilow

Member since: 2008

David Smilow’s an actor and a writer. He most recently appeared as Michael Majeski in the HB Ensemble production of Valparaiso, but over the years has played a deer, a snake, a monkey, a Samsonite hardbody suitcase, and—in his Equity debut—Sebastian, a dog, in Keith Huff’s Dog Stories at Stageworks Hudson.  As a writer, David’s authored feature scripts, telefilms, pilots and plays.  His work on Guiding Light and One Life to Live earned him two Emmy awards and two Writers Guild Awards.  A number of his short plays and essays have been anthologized. WGA

Charles Sprinkle

Member since: 2010

Toshiji Takeshima

Member since: 2007

HB: Solyony in Three Sisters (dir. Amy Wright), Ryumin in Summerfolk (dir. Austin Pendleton). Off-Broadway/Regional: The Shanghai Gesture (Mirror Rep),The Prince in Sleeping Beauty (NYSTI), Lun Tha in The King and I (Broadway Palm). NYC: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Ohio), In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel by Tennessee Williams (Abingdon), Honor (Fight Captain/IT Award Nomination, Prospect),  Rashomon (Common Basis) and more. Film/TV: How To Make It In America (HBO), Hungry for Gold, The Raft, Paradise, Cashmere Mafia and much more. Numerous appearances on stage, TV/film and commercials in Japan. Member of SAG, JAU. Originally from Tokyo.  www.toshijitakeshima.com.

Patrick Thornton

Member since: 2008

Thomas Tinelli

Member since: 2006

This season marks Tom’s fifth year of membership in the HB Ensemble. His most recent appearances include Julian in Taxi Dreams (Manhattan Theatre Source), Officer Franco in The Question House (Kraine Theatre), the independent film Max and Helena (Columbia University) and Hawks Damon in Horton Foote’s The Chase (HB Ensemble). Other HB Ensemble Productions include: The Question House, The Master and Margarita, Unity 1918, The Seven Year Clause, New York and The Dancers. HB Playwrights Foundation Productions include: Taxi Dreams, 6:47 Adagietto, Off to the Races, Baggage, The Arrival, Chekhov’s Vaudevilles, The Landlord/Tenant Wars and The American Clock.

Giovanni Villari

Member since: 2008

Giovanni Villari is an actor, set designer, fight and stunt director, sound designer, and the technical director at the HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre. As and actor he has most recently appeared as Edwin Stewart in Horton Foote’s The Chase, directed by Rochelle Oliver; as Lubim and the groom in Lady With a Lapdog With Jokes and a Happy Ending directed by Alexey Burago (both at the HBPF Theatre); and  as Vladimir in Waiting for Godot, directed by Tom Brennan (Berkley college). Before moving to New York in 2006, he spent more than 10 years acting in Italian theatre companies, touring throughout Italy, Montenegro, and Switzerland.

Sean Walsh

Member since: 2010

Sean Walsh, a native New Yorker, earned his degree at Fordham University before coming to HB Studio.  At HB, he has studied under Michael Beckett and Joseph Daly. 2010 will be Sean’s first season as a member of the ensemble. Regional Theatre: Words Words Words, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oleanna. Film: The Box.  Sean also serves as guitarist and vocalist for the musical group, Bombers.

Zach Wegner

Member since: 2010

Zach Wegner’s New York theatre credits include Rich Boyfriend (New Group), A Slight Ache (Cellar Door), The Lover (Cellar Door). Regional: The Skin of Our Teeth (Bristol Riverside), Never the Sinner (TheatreWorks). Also workshops & readings at Lincoln Center, LAByrinth and Steppenwolf. TV: Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He’s a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf & The British American Drama Academy. At HB Studio he has studied with Mark Blum, Jack Doulin & Austin Pendleton. AEA, SAG

L.B. Williams

Member since: 2008

Stage credits include: Swan Song (Theatre Han production), 9/11 Brave New World Tribute at Town Hall (Disorderly Conduct by Tina Howe), Fences, The Boys Next Door, Servant of the People, Spare Change (NY Fringe Festival), Couples, Shedding Light, The Umbrella Play, The Stuttering Preacher, Chemistry Lab and The Island. Film credits include roles in: Juice, Party Girl and Clockers. Television credits include roles on: Law & Order, Law & Order Criminal Intent and The Cosby Show. Film credits include roles in: Juice, Party Girl and Clockers. L.B. is a member of Circle East (formerly known as Circle Rep Lab), The WorkShop Theatre Company and HBensemble. AEA, SAG, AFTRA

Marius Zilberstein

Member since: 2006