THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
Company Biograhpies

Bob Braswell
Harry
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: HOT L BALTIMORE (TACT). National Tours: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ROMEO AND JULIET. Regional: AH, WILDERNESS! (Centerstage); DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Denver Center Theatre); SHAKESPEARE’S R&J (St. Louis Rep.); UNEXPECTED GUEST, PRIDE’S CROSSING (Fulton Theatre); HOLIDAY MEMORIES (Huntington Theatre Company). Film & TV: Uncertainty, “Creepy Canada.” Training: BFA (Boston University).

Jimonn Cole
Willie/Hospital Attendant
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway & National Tours: THE CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, PULLMAN CAR HIAWATHA (Drama Desk nom., Best Revival), MUSEUM (Keen Co.), IPHIGENIA 2.0 (Signature), THE EXONERATED (Culture Project), PUDDN’HEAD WILSON (Audelco nom., Best Supporting Actor, The Acting Company). Regional: GEM OF THE OCEAN (Arena Stage); THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (Alliance Theatre); MACBETH (NJ Shakespeare); ROMEO AND JULIET (Ahmanson Theatre); OTHELLO, THE TEMPEST, PEER GYNT, MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC). FILM: Spinning into Butter, The Exonerated. Training: BFA (Juilliard) .Alumnus: The Acting Company.

Michael Cullen
Charles Parker/Mr. Kelly/Mill Worker/ Aslylum Patient/Deputy/Doctor
NYTW debut. Broadway: BUS STOP (Circle in the Square). Off-Broadway: BUG (OBIE, Barrow St.); LEN, ASLEEP, IN VINYL (Second Stage); THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN OF JENNY CHOW (Atlantic); COBB (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel); ONE SHOT, ONE KILL (Primary Stages); MONSTER (CSC). Regional: ORPHANS (Penguin Rep.); THE HARD WEATHER BOATING PARTY (HUMANA Festival, ATL) Film & TV: Margot at the Wedding, Dead Man Walking, “Law & Order: CI, SVU; ”“Third Watch,” “ED.”

James McDaniel
Dr. Copeland
NYTW debut. Broadway: SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME (Broadway, London). Off-Broadway: A SOLDIER’S PLAY (NEC, Second Stage), SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (Lincoln Center); BEFORE IT HITS HOME, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Public Theater); THE INCREDIBLY FAMOUS WILLY RIVERS (W.P.A.); BALM IN GILEAD, THE HARVESTING (Circle Rep.). Off-Off-Broadway: LOWER 9TH (The Flea Theater). Regional: THE HOSTAGE (Longwharf). Film & TV: Malcom X, Sunshine State, Edge of America, “Law & Order,” “NYPD Blue,” “Taken,” “Cop Rock,” “Life As We Know It.”

Cristin Milioti
Mick Kelly
NYTW debut. Broadway: CORAM BOY, THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. Off-Broadway: STUNNING (Lincoln Center), THE RETRIBUTIONISTS (Playwrights Horizons), SOME AMERICANS ABROAD (Second Stage), CROOKED (Women’s Project). Film & TV: Year of the Carnivore (2010 release), “The Sopranos,” “The Unusuals,” “3 LBS.”

Randall Newsome
Biff
NYTW debut. Broadway: INHERIT THE WIND, A TOUCH OF THE POET. Regional: THE SEAFARER, ART (Steppenwolf); THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (McCarter); City Theatre, Alliance Theatre, The Acting Company. Film & TV: W., Love Happens, Sangre de Mi Sangre (Sundance Grand-Jury prize), Highlander II, Big Fat Liar, “Law & Order,” “Guiding Light,” “Ed.” Upcoming: I Love You Phillip Morris, Straw Dogs.

Roslyn Ruff
Portia
NYTW: THINGS OF DRY HOURS. Off-Broadway: SEVEN GUITARS (OBIE, Signature); KILLA DILLA (Working Theatre); CHERRY ORCHARD, MACBETH (Classical Theatre of Harlem); PUDD'NHEAD WILSON, TAMING OF THE SHREW (The Acting Company). Regional: THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (Alliance Theatre), Long Wharf, Kennedy Center, IRT/Geva Theatre, Old Globe, ASF, McCarter, ACT, Yale Rep., People's Light & Theatre Co. International: MACBETH (2004, Bonn Biennale Festival; Shakespeare Festival of Neuss, Germany), THE OEDIPUS PLAYS (Shakespeare Theatre DC at 2003 Athens Festival, Greece). Film & TV: SALT (2010), Life During War Time, Rachel Getting Married, In the Blood, “The Jury,” “Sopranos.” Training: MFA (IATT at Harvard University). Alumnus: The Acting Company.

I.N. Sierros
Antonapoulos/Preacher/Mill Worker/Deputy
NYTW: FLESH & BLOOD. Off-Broadway: AGAMEMNON (Aquila Theater). Regional: BRITANICUS, (A.R.T.); MISERY (Syracuse Stage); MOTHER COURAGE, TIME TO BURN, THE WEIR (Steppenwolf); DYLAN (Seanachai Theater); AMONG THE THUGS (The Next Theater). Film & TV: Notorious, Taxi, Stolen Summer, Killing of John Lennon, Road to Perdition, “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order: CI, SVU,” “Guiding Light.” Awards: Jeff Award (Best Actor in a Principal Role, Best Ensemble).

Henry Stram
John Singer
NYTW: 1951. Broadway: INHERIT THE WIND, THE CRUCIBLE, TITANIC, SPRING AWAKENING (First National Tour). Off-Broadway: RAG AND BONE (Rattlestick); SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY (Public Theater); THE MIND KING (Ontological); CHRISTINA ALBERTA’S FATHER (Vineyard). Film & TV: The Grey Zone, Cradle Will Rock, Illuminata, “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: CI.” Award: OBIE (Sustained Excellence). Training: Juilliard. Alumnus: The Acting Company.

Andrew Weems
Jake
NYTW: BACH AT LEIPZIG. Broadway: INHERIT THE WIND, GREEN BIRD, LONDON ASSURANCE. Off-Broadway: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, CYMBELINE, PERICLES (TFANA), TELETHON, SOMEWHERE SOMEPLACE ELSE (Clubbed Thumb), MERE MORTALS, MARATHON DANCING. Regional: VIRGINIA WOOLF (Center Stage); NOISES OFF; TIME OF YOUR LIFE (NJ Shakespeare); ROCKET TO THE MOON; MUCH ADO (Long Wharf); JOURNEY’S END (Westport); DON JUAN (Old Globe); MIDSUMMER (The Acting Company); THREE SISTERS; NAMASTE MAN (playwright/performer; Intiman Theatre, Lincoln School, Kathmandu). Alumnus: The Acting Company.

Rebecca Gilman
Playwright
Plays: SPINNING INTO BUTTER, THE GLORY OF LIVING, BOY GETS GIRL, BLUE SURGE, DOLLHOUSE, THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center, MTC, Public Theater, MCC. Regional: Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Seattle Rep., Magic Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Geffen Playhouse. International: Royal Court Theatre. Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Prince Prize for Commissioning New Work, The Roger L. Stevens Award, The Evening Standard Award (Most Promising Playwright), The George Devine Award. Assistant Professor of playwriting & screenwriting (MFA Program, Northwestern University).

Doug Hughes
Director
NYTW: THE BEARD OF AVON, FLESH AND BLOOD, A QUESTION OF MERCY. Broadway: THE ROYAL FAMILY, OLEANNA, MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, MAURITIUS, INHERIT THE WIND, A TOUCH OF THE POET, FROZEN, DOUBT. Off-Broadway: ENGAGED (TFANA), OTHELLO (Public Theater), THE PARIS LETTER (ROUNDABOUT). Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, OBIE, Callaway Awards.

Neil Patel
Scenic Designer
NYTW: ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE, THE BEARD OF AVON, A QUESTION OF MERCY, LYDIE BREEZE, RESIDENT ALIEN, SLAVS!, QUILLS, VIEW OF THE DOME, CULTURE OF DESIRE, BOB, BRIDES OF THE MOON, SCORE, SONGS OF AN UNMADE BED. Broadway: OLEANNA; SIDEMAN; [TITLE OF SHOW]; NIGHT, MOTHER; RING OF FIRE. Off-Broadway: Second Stage, MTC, Roundabout, BAM, Vineyard, Playwrights Horizons. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, McCarter, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare. International: Holland Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Exit Festival Paris (SITI CO), RSC, Parco Theater Tokyo. Opera: New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theater, Minnesota Opera. TV: “In Treatment.” Awards: Helen Hayes Award, EDDY Award, OBIE (for sustained excellence in set design).

Catherine Zuber
Costume Designer
NYTW: THE BEARD OF AVON. Broadway: THE ROYAL FAMILY (MTC); OLEANNA, JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, SOUTH PACIFIC (Tony Award); THE COAST OF UTOPIA, (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award); AWAKE AND SING (Tony Award); SEASCAPE (Tony Award nom.); THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award nom.); DINNER AT EIGHT (Tony Award nom.); TWELFTH NIGHT (Tony nom.); IVANOV, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS; CRYBABY; DOUBT; FROZEN; DRACULA; THE SOUND OF MUSIC; TRIUMPH OF LOVE. Off-Broadway: THE WINTER'S TALE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD (BAM). Opera: Romeo et Juliette (Salzburg Festival); Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Dr. Atomic; The 125 Gala, The Tales of Hoffmann (The Metropolitan Opera). Awards: Henry Hewes Award for Design, Lucille Lortel Award, Ovation Award, OBIE (Sustained Achievement).

Michael Chybowski
Lighting Designer
NYTW: A QUESTION OF MERCY, THE BEARD OF AVON. Broadway: THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. Off-Broadway: ENDGAME (BAM), HAMLET (Public Theater), L’ISOLA DESIBILITATA (Gotham Chamber Opera). Regional: OLD MAN & THE SEA (Long Wharf). Upcoming: SOCRATE (Mark Morris Dance Group), ROMEO & JULIET (The Acting Company, Guthrie), A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Opera Theatre of St. Louis).

David Van Tieghem
Original Music and Sound Designer
NYTW: THINGS OF DRY HOURS, BEAST, FLESH & BLOOD, A QUESTION OF MERCY, THE BEARD OF AVON. Broadway: AFTER MISS JULIE, DOUBT, INHERIT THE WIND, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, FROZEN, IS HE DEAD?, CYRANO, MAURITIUS, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, RECKLESS, THE GOOD BODY, THE CRUCIBLE, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, UNCLE VANYA. Off-Broadway: WIT, DISTRACTED, FARRAGUT NORTH, MOUTH TO MOUTH, THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE, DEFIANCE, THE GREY ZONE, THE DYING GAUL, STOP KISS, THE GLORY OF LIVING, JACK GOES BOATING, AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, WOMAN BEFORE A GLASS. Film: Eye of God, Working Girls, Penn & Teller, White Homeland Commando (Wooster Group). Dance: Twyla Tharp, Doug Varone, Elizabeth Streb, Michael Moschen, Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet. As percussionist: Laurie Anderson, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Steve Reich. Awards: Guggenheim, OBIE, Bessie, Eddy, Lortel, Drama Desk.

Jan Hartley
Projections Designer
NYTW: CAVEDWELLER. Broadway: IMAGINARY FRIENDS, LITTLE ME. Off-Broadway: RED, HOT AND RIOT (BAM); MIRACLE BROTHERS, AMERICAN FIESTA (Vineyard); THE ORPHANS HOME CYCLE, BALTIMORE WALTZ (SIGNATURE); MYSTERY SCHOOL; LOBSTER ALICE,. Regional: FINDING NEMO, THE MUSICAL. International: THE NOISE OF TIME, NAPOLEON, West End, Theatre de Complicite. Opera: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, 2010), SIEGFRIED, DIE WALKURE. Awards: Drama Desk, OBIE, LA Drama Critics Awards.

Rick Sordelet
Fight Director
BROADWAY: OLEANNA, THE LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SUPERIOR DONUTS, THE ROYAL FAMILY. Off-Broadway: BRIDGE PROJECT (European, London). Opera: CYRANO (Metropolitan Opera), The Royal Opera House, La Scala (Milan), BEN HUR LIVE. Film: The Game Plan, Dan in Real Life, Hamlet. Awards: Edith Oliver Award (Sustained Excellence). Board member (Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey) Instructor (Yale School of Drama, The New School University, The Neighborhood Playhouse).

Winnie Y. Lok
Production Stage Manager
NYTW: THINGS OF DRY HOURS. Off-Broadway: A BOY AND HIS SOUL (Vineyard); THE GOOD NEGRO, COUNTY OF KINGS, ROMEO AND JULIET (The Public/NYSF); THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (Signature Theatre). Regional: APOLLO, PART I: LEBENSRAUM; THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP, A PERFECT WEDDING (Kirk Douglas Theatre); SLANGUAGE, SEX PARASITE (Taper, Too); TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, NICKEL AND DIMED (Mark Taper Forum).

Annette Adamska
Assistant Stage Manager
NYTW: AFTERMATH. Off-Broadway: HAMLET, IN DARFUR (Delacorte, NYSF); HAMLET (The Wooster Group, NYSF); THE SEAGULL (CSC); THE PAIN AND THE ITCH, ESSENTIAL SELF-DEFENSE, FLOYD AND CLEA UNDER THE WESTERN SKY (Playwrights Horizons); THE SACRIFICES (SPF); THE RISE AND FALL OF ANNIE HALL (Stage 13). Regional: McCarter, Passage Theatre, CSF, WST. Training: Wellesley College.

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