The long, cold days of winter have been warmed by the camaraderie of the many members of the Workshop working together on a variety of projects. Jessica Rotondi, currently working on her MFA at Columbia University, will continue her run of directing projects, helming “Kith and Kin”, starring Kerry Fitzgibbons, at the Arthur Seelen Theatre. Kerry recently appeared in “Two-by-Four”, at the Red Room Theatre, produced by Ross Rakonic. Ross also starred in one of the plays, “Hopscotch”, along with Cass Ghiorse. “Hopscotch” was directed by the multi-talented Brant Cunningham. In that same program, Michael Lengyel directed “Feeding the Moonfish”, which starred Billy Weimer and Brooke Williams. The omnipresent Michael will also be seen later this season in “Wakefield” one of the plays from the bill “American Spirits”, the collection of three one act plays by the amazing Amy Witting at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Also starring in “Wakefield”, Johanna Derning. Amy will also star in one of her plays, “American Spirits”, along with Wayne Brusseau. Amy and Johanna will be together in “Beautiful Night”, the final offering of the trio. The plays in “American Spirits” will be directed by Bruce Ornstein. Prior to the Gene Frankel Theatre, Amy's “American Spirits” will be seen in the Strawberry Festival, starring Marissa Wolf and Workshop alumnus, Andy Melton. Marissa will be performing fresh from a run of plays including “It's Called the Sugar Plum” at Theatre 1050, “Arms and the Man” at TSI, and “The Bachae”, at Columbia University. Also at TSI, David Veis starred in “The Makeshift Academy Award”, directed by Xander Gladish. Out of town, Eric Rubb will be starring at the Huntington Theatre in Boston in a series of Tennessee Williams one acts, while Kathryn Tremper, having recently premiered her tender and hilarious cabaret act, “Love for Sale” at the Duplex, will be understudying Anneris in “Aida” for the Prather Family Dinner Theatres in Lancaster, Pa. and Mesa, Arizona. Melissa Fallon was featured on “The Maury Povich Show” as a victim of sexual assault. Back in town after studying at the Moscow Art Theatre, Richard Hymes-Esposito will be seen in the Actors Project “Journey into Manhattan”. Also in NYC, Erin Cross starred in “Eating Out” at the Shea Theatre, and “Sick in the Head” at the Producer's Club. She was also in the indie short, “Sleeping Beauty”. Also in the world of film, the unstoppable Gerard Adimando is continuing his string of work, co-starring in the indie film “Plasterhead”. Gerard will soon be seen in the feature “Al Quareem”, the short film, “The Big Goodbye” (as 10 toes Anderson), and “Paddywack” for the History Channel. Gerard will also co-star in “Flowers for Algernon” at the Hunter College Theatre. Gerard lent his support in “Plasterhead” to Josh Macuga, who made his debut as a lead. Josh also starred in the short film, “Can You Hear Me Now?” Also, In the short film department, Bruce will be behind the camera, directing the aforementioned Billy Weimer, along with Kyle Baxter in “Commodity”, while Jon Crefeld has just finished 3 independent shorts under the banner, “The Verdict”. More on the feature film front, Lisa Sookhiram, after performing in “Fire Dance” at the Riverside Convention Center, will be starring in “Reflections”, an independent production shooting on Staten Island. John Felidi co-starred in the indie film “Take Another Look”. Jamie Sampson will be co-starring in “St. Crispin's Day”, after just wrapping “Life's Passing Me By” for director Mark Cabaroy, while Phoebe Summersquash, who appeared in “Tocqueville.21” at HERE's Culturemart 2006 Festival, continues to be seen in Sarah Silverman's “Jesus is Magic”, as well as playing drums in Sarah's band. And last but not least, Workshop alum and great friend, Daud Shah has just signed to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig, in the opening credit sequence of the new James Bond flick, currently filming in the Czech Republic.
And that should be enough work to keep us warm until the spring... |
