HORIZON
Company Biograhpies

Rinde Eckert
Reinhart Poole, Creator,
Playwright, Composer
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES (The Foundry Theatre, Producer; Obie Award), AN IDIOT DIVINE (The Culture Project). Regional: HIGHWAY ULYSSES (Eliot Norton Award), ORPHEUS X (2007 Finalist for Pulitzer Prize in Drama) (both American Repertory Theatre commissions); RAVENSHEAD (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Touring: HORIZON, AN IDIOT DIVINE, THE GARDENING OF THOMAS D. Collaborations: SLOW FIRE, SOUND STAGE, (Paul Dresher, Music); RAVENSHEAD, DREAM HOUSE (Steve Mackey, Music); SANDHILLS REUNION (Jerry Granelli, Music); WOMAN, WINDOW, SQUARE (The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company; Isadora Duncan Award). Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters' Marc Blitzstein Award.

David Barlow
Mason #1, Reinhart’s Wife,
Reinhart’s Brother
NYTW debut. Off-Broadway: MYCENAEAN (BAM); ROMOLA AND NIJINSKI (Primary Stages); SAVED, ANDORRA (TFANA); THE SEAGULL (Roundtable Ensemble); SMASHING (Play Com-pany); PERFECT HARMONY (NY Fringe). Regional/International: KING LEAR (Kansas City Rep), A NUMBER (ATF), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (Philad-elphia Theater Co.), ON THE JUMP (Arena Stage); l: BAUERN THEATER (UNESCO and Biorama Projekt, Brandenburg, Germany), BABEL (Avi-gnon International Theater Festival); TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN with the Mad Dog Company (dir. Phil Soltanoff, Belgrade International Theater Festival).
Graduate of Middlebury College; MFA: NYU.

Howard Swain
Mason #2, Reinhart’s Mother, Reinhart’s Father
NYTW debut. Regional: THE SEAGULL, ST. JOAN, A LIE OF THE MIND (American Conservatory Theater); THE PILLOWMAN, EXECUTION OF JUSTICE, THE TOOTH OF CRIME (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); THE BABY DANCE, SIDEMAN, THE MATCHMAKER (San Jose Repertory Theatre); SHAKESPEARE THE SADIST, THE RED SNAKE (The Magic Theatre); VINEGAR TOM, A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS (The Eureka Theatre); LOBBY HERO, SEASCAPE (The Aurora Theatre); LOVE, JANIS (Marines Memorial); THE TEMPEST, THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); KING LEAR, TWELFTH NIGHT (California Shake-speare Theatre); JEFFREY (Theatre-On-The-Square); WILDE WEST (San Jose Stage); BUS STOP, SACCO AND VANZETTI (Marin Theatre Company); HENRY V, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE (national tour). Film and TV: "Nash Bridges,” "Midnight Caller,” "Lying Eyes,” "Kiss Shot,” "Hill Street Blues,” Cherry 2000, Miracle Mile, One Night, Golden Gate, Teknolust, Frameup, Night Of The Scarecrow, Valley Of The Heart's Desire.

David Schweizer
Director
NYTW: Charles Mee Jr's INVESTIGATION OF THE WAR IN EL SALVADOR, Mark Campbell's SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED. New York (recent): Zak Berkman's BEAUTY ON THE VINE, William Hamilton's WHITE CHOCOLATE, Marga Gomez's LOS BIG NAMES, Mike Albo's MY PRICE POINT, Rinde Eckert's AND GOD CREATED GREAT WHALES (Obie Award), Anton Dudley's GETTING HOME, Charles Mee's WINTERTIME. Opera: Richard Rodney Bennett's THE MINES OF SULPHUR (New York City Opera, Glimmerglass), Stephen Hartke/ Philip Littell's THE GREATER GOOD (Glimmerglass), Benjamin Britten's ALBERT HERRING (Gotham Opera), Thomas Ades' POWDER HER FACE (Long Beach Opera). Company Collaborations: Mabou Mines (ITS A MAN'S WORLD by Greg Mehrten), Theatre X (Foucault's HISTORY OF SEXUALITY), Modern Artists' Company (PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM), Actor's Gang (Richard Howard's SALOME adaptation), Studio Theater, Warsaw (PEER GYNT).

Alexander V. Nichols
Scenic and Lighting Designer
Off-Broadway: BRIDGE AND TUNNEL (Culture Project), LOS BIG NAMES (47th St. Theater). Regional: ZORRO IN HELL, FETE DE LA NUIT, SURFACE TRANSIT, CULTURE CLASH IN AMERICCA, RAVENSHEAD (Berkeley Rep); CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, KING JOHN (Oregon Shakespeare); WATER AND POWER (Taper); CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (Center Stage); CAROL MULRONEY (Huntington); HEDDA GABLER, SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO (ACT); VISUAL MUSIC (Kronos Quartet); LIFE - A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME (Baltimore Symp-hony); CIRCLE OF MEMORY (Musée Fabre).

Gregory T. Kuhn
Sound Designer and Engineer
Regional: RAVENSHEAD (Mackey/ Eckert); THE TYRANT (Paul Dresher), SOUNDSTAGE (Dresher/Eckert); BITTER HARVEST (Berkeley Symphony Orchestra); BALLET MORI (S.F. Ballet); A SLIPPING GLIMPSE, MAY I NOW (Margaret Jenkins); GHOST ARCHITECTURE (Zaccho); DISASTER SERIES, MARKERS (Joe Goode); ICE CELLO (Joan Jeanrenaud). Recent Release: LIVING LABYRINTHS (with Stephen Kent, didjeridu).

Chad Brown
Horizon Production Stage Manager
Regional: JACOB MARLEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL, OMNIUM GATHERUM, ANDROCLES AND THE LION, THE GUYS, PROOF, LOCAL WONDERS, RESIDENT ALIEN (Nebraska Repertory Theatre); A SINGER'S ROMANCE (Red Cloud Opera House); HORIZON (national tour).

Odessa "Niki" Spruill
NYTW Production Stage Manager
NYTW: ALL THE WRONG REASONS; 365 Days, 365 Plays; KAOS (Production Assistant). Off-Broadway: MEDEA, MACBETH (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', DANCE ON WIDOW'S ROW, BLACK NATIVITY (The New Jomandi Productions, Atlanta, GA.); IN THE BLOOD, A TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE (CalArts). Film and TV: Drumline (20th Century Fox), BET's “All Access Granted: Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs, Vote or Die.” Current recepient of the NYTW Artist of Color Fellowship, sponsored by Time Warner.

Richard A. Hodge
NYTW Assistant Stage Manager
NYTW: ALL THE WRONG REASONS, ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE (run crew). Off-Broadway: AN OAK TREE, RED LIGHT WINTER, ORSON'S SHADOW, BUG (Barrow St. Theatre); KILLER JOE, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE (The Soho Playhouse); COBB (The Lucille Lortel); SAKINA'S RESTAURANT (The American Place Theatre). International: GIRL BLOG FROM IRAQ: BAGHDAD BURNING (Six Figures Theatre Co./Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh).

Susan Endrizzi
Executive Producer
Director of California Artists Management, representing an international roster of performing artists. Susan produces national tours, concerts, workshops and conferences. HORIZON is her first play.


 

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