Past Performances

2009 | HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre

The Chase
by Horton Foote

Directed by Rochelle Oliver

Cast: Chris Brescia, Matthew Conlon*, Nick DeSimone, Katy Frame*, Duncan Hazard*, Gregory Higgins, Catherine Kjome*, Johanna Leister*, Arnie Mazer, Andy McCutcheon*, Tom Tinelli, Giovanni Villari

The Three Sisters & Hedda Gabler
by Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen, respectively

Directed by Amy Wright

The Three Sisters Cast: Candace Bryant, Snezhana Chernova, Selma Cifka, Chris Gilmer, Hanna Hayes, Ross Kramberg, Philip Kushner*, Alicia Lobo, Don Marlette*, Arnie Mazer, David Shih*, Robert Spence, Toshiji Takeshima, Marius Zilberstein,

Hedda Gabler Cast: Chris Chinn*, Jen Danby*, Mindy Luce, Andy McCutcheon*, Dara O'Brien, Catherine Siracusa, David Smilow

2008 | HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre

Lady With a Lapdog With Jokes and a Happy Ending
Variations on A. P. Chekhov's Short Stories

Directed by Aleksey Burago

Cast: Georgina Bates, Snezhana Chernova, Matthew Conlon*, Daniela Dakich Jen Danby*, Pascal Escriout, Jack Gillespie*, Hanna Hayes, Vadim Krol, Mindy Luce, Joseph LaRocca*, Koichiro Matsumura, Danijela Popovich, Tom Schubert, Danusia Trevino*, Giovanni Villari, Sharon Wajswol, L. B. Williams*, Julia Wolfermann, Marius Zilberstein

Valparaiso
By Don De Lillo

Directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas†

Cast: David Smilow, Elizabeth Grey*, Jen Danby*, David Khouri, L.B, Williams*, Catherine Zubkow, Philip Kushner*, Chris Chinn*, Marci Occhino, Daniela Mastropietro*, Guenevere Donohue, Karen Song, Julia Wolferman

Wonder Bread
by Danusia Trevino

Directed by Aleksey Burago

Cast: Danusia Trevino*

2008 | HB Studio Workshop Presentations

Two by Tennessee Williams: Auto da Fe and A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot

Directed by Aleksey Burago and Kate Bushmann†

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Tom Schubert, Grace Kiley*, Judy Rosenblatt*, Pascal Escriout

The Question House
By Tara S. Dairman

Directed by Catherine Siracusa

Cast: Snezhana Chernova, Nick DeSimone, Pascal Escriout, Howard Green*, Catherine Kjome*, Cam Kornman*, Tom Tinelli
(This production found an extended life at the 2009 Frigid Festival, under the continued direction of Catherine Siracusa. For more details, visit the Festival website here.)

Two by Dorothy Parker: Here We Are and The Lovely Leave

Directed by Aleksey Burago

Cast: Vadim Krol and Lana Stimmler

2007 | HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre

Summerfolk
By Maxim Gorky,

Directed by Austin Pendleton†

Cast: Andy McCutcheon*, Dara O’Brien, Georgina Bates, James LaChere, Michael Epp, Adam Groves, Kathryn Danielle*, Mindy Luce, Kathleen Peirce, Grace Kiley*, Toshiji Takeshima, Shaun Bennet Wilson, Koichiro Goto, Etienne Navarre, David B. Sochet*, Kenneth Thompson, Nick DeSimone, Louis Zorich*, David McElfresh*, Hanna Hayes, Judy Rosenblatt*, Tom Schubert, Danusia Roberts*, Marci Occhino

The Master and the Margarita
By Michael Bulgakov

Directed by Aleksey Burago

Cast: Lana Stimmler, Kenneth Scott Thompson, Vadim Krol, Hanna Hayes, George Bartenieff*, Lana Stimmler, Marius Zilberstein*, Pascal Escriout, Tom Tinelli, Nick DeSimone, Tom Schubert, Andy McCutcheon*, Snezhana Chernova, Hanna Hayes, Georgina Bates, Danusia Roberts*

The Bay at Nice
By David Hare

Directed by Amy Wright

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Michael Epp, Elizabeth Grey*, Austin Pendleton*

2007 | HB Studio Workshop Presentations

Unity (1918)
By Kevin Kerr

Directed by Carol Rosenfeld

Cast: Catherine Siracusa, Danusia Roberts*, Emily Cain, Georgina Bates, Ko Goto, Phil Kushner*, Sophia Remolde, Tom Tinelli, Tarynn Wiehahn, Shaun Bennet Wilson

The Seven Year Clause
By Sharon Wajswol

Directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas

Cast: Cynthia Bastidas-Shalma, Hanna Hayes, Giovanni Villari, Sophia Remolde, Jim Todd, Emily Cain, James LaChere, Tom Knutson, Tom Tinelli

The Bay at Nice
By David Hare

Directed by Amy Wright

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Michael Epp, Elizabeth Grey*, Austin Pendleton*

2006 | HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre

New York
By David Rimmer

Directed by Laura Esterman

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Elizabeth Grey*, Michael Epp, Rachel Benbow Murdy*, David B. Sochet*, Georgina Bates, Kathleen Peirce, Judy Rosenblatt*, Tadgh O’Mordha, Daniela Dakic, Nick DeSimone, Catherine Siracusa, Tom Tinelli, AC Davison

Two Evenings of One-Act Plays
By various writers

Directed by Amy Wright, Aleksey Burago, Rasa Allan Kazlas† , Kate Bushmann† , Ian Marshall

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Jim Boerlin*, Cordis Heard*, David B. Sochet*, Sophia Remolde, Matthew Tischler, Genc Jakupi, Marci Occhino, Dara O’Brien, Phillip Kushner, Pascal Escriout, Tony Siniscalchi, Snezhana Chernova, Marius Zilberstein, Hanna hayes, Daniela Dakic, Emily Cain, Marilyn Porayko, Elizabeth Grey, Judy Rosenblatt, AC Davison, Koichiro Goto, Georgina Bates, Tom Tinelli, Kathleen Peirce, Catherine Siracusa, David McElfresh*, Sharon Wajswol, Ryen Herrmann, David Shih*, Paul Pryce, Derek Wong*, Anil Ramani

2005 | HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre

The Quick Change Room: Scenes From a Revolution
by Nagle Jackson

directed by Karen Ludwig

Cast: George Bartenieff, Georgina Bates, Felipe Bonilla, Fabio Costaprado, Beth Dzuricky, Lisa Ingrisano, Amanda Plant, Carol Rosenfeld, Sean St. John, Tom Tagliente

Ensemble Supported Productions:

The Island (2008)
by Athol Fugard

Directed by Laura Esterman

Cast: L.B. Williams, Luis Carlos De La Lombana

Tennessee Williams One-Act Plays: (2008)
Something Unspoken
Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

Directed by Austin Pendleton†

Cast: Kathryn Danielle*, Kathleen Peirce, Amanda Plant, Dinh Doan

Who's Your Mama? (2008)
Directed by Austin Pendleton†

Written and Performed by Barbara Bleier*, and Ellen O'Neill

The Bay at Nice (2007)
By David Hare

Directed by Amy Wright

Cast: Stephanie Braxton*, Elizabeth Grey*, Michael Epp*, Austin Pendleton*

Caged Visions (2007)
Conceived and directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas

Cast: Darien (Michael) Blake, Carlton Byrd, AC Davison, Nick DeSimone, Christian Hogarth, Genc Jakupi, Paul Pryce, David Shih*, David B. Sochet*

Caged Visions (2006)
Conceived and directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas

Cast: AC Davison, Nick DeSimone, Genc Jakupi, Paul Pryce, David Shih*, David B. Sochet*, Derek Wong*

† The director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., (SDC) and independent national labor union.

* Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA).