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RESTORATION


Company Biograhpies

TINA BENKO
Daphne
NYTW debut. Broadway: IRENA’S VOW, TOP GIRLS, NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES. Off-Broadway: AGE OF IRON (CSC), ROUGH SKETCH (59E59), POST-MORTEM (Flea), DARK YELLOW (Studio Dante), WINTERTIME (2nd Stage). Film/TV: Photo Op, The Hungry Ghosts, LuckyDays, Puccini for Beginners, “Ugly Betty,” “The Beautiful Life,” “New Amsterdam,” “Chappelle’s Show,” “Brotherhood” (Showtime).

JONATHAN CAKE
Max
NYTW debut. Broadway: THE PHILANTHROPIST, CYMBELINE, MEDEA (West End, BAM). Off-Broadway: ALMOST AN EVENING (Ethan Coen), PARLOUR SONG. London: BABY DOLL (Barclays Theatre Award for Best Actor), CORIOLANUS (Globe Theatre), Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company. Regional: DOUBT. Film/TV: First Knight, True Blue, Honest, The One and Only, Brideshead Revisited, “Extras,” “A Dance to the Music of Time,” “The Government Inspector,” “Mosley,” “Cold Lazarus,” “Cows.” “Six Degrees,” “Empire,” “Inconceivable,”
“Out of the Ashes.”

ALAN MANDELL
Professor
NYTW: THE BEARD OF AVON. Broadway: IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE. National Tour: TWELVE ANGRY MEN. Regional: THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Center Theatre Group), TRYING (Colony Theatre Company, Ovation Award). London, Paris, Dublin, Rome: WAITING FOR GODOT, ENDGAME (dir. Samuel Beckett). Film: A Serious Man, The Marrying Man, Endgame, Midnight Witness, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus. Radio: “Broadway Bound.”

NATALIJA NOGULICH
Marciante/Beatrice/Nonna
NYTW debut. Broadway: ACCOMPLICE, THE ICEMAN COMETH, HURLYBURLY. Off-Broadway: CLIFF-HANGER (Lamb’s Theatre). Regional: HEDDA GABLER (La Jolla Playhouse, Drama-Logue Critics Award), SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION (Mark Taper Forum), MISALLIANCE (CenterStage), THE WHITE ROSE (Old Globe, Drama-Logue Critics Award), THE THREE SISTERS (Egyptian Arena), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Miracle Theatre), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (Pasadena Playhouse), VIRGINIA (South Coast Rep.) Film/TV: Spartan, Homicide, Hoffa, Christmas Vacation, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Without A Trace,” “Bones.”

CLAUDIA SHEAR
Playwright/Giulia
NYTW: BLOWN SIDEWAYS THROUGH LIFE (OBIE Award, Drama Desk nom.), DIRTY BLONDE. Broadway: THE SMELL OF THE KILL (Drama League Award), DIRTY BLONDE (Tony Award nom., Drama Desk nom. for Best Play and Best Actress, Drama League Award, Theatre World Award). London: CHICAGO, WHO’S THE DADDY?, DIRTY BLONDE. Regional: RESTORATION (La Jolla Playhouse), THE SMELL OF THE KILL (Berkshire Theatre Festival), DIRTY BLONDE (Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes Award nom. for Best Play and Best Actress), END OF THE DAY (Williamstown Theatre Festival), BLOWN SIDEWAYS THROUGH LIFE (Coronet Theatre). Film/TV: Blow Sideways Through Life (“American Playhouse,” Rose D’Or Montreux Festival), Living Out Loud, It Could Happen To You, The Opportunists. “Friends,” “Earthly Possessions.” As Author: New York Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Travel & Leisure. Sundance Screenwriters Lab (member), NYTW Usual Suspect, Dramatists Guild (member).

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
Director
NYTW: VALHALLA, WHAT YOU GET AND WHAT YOU EXPECT, MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD, BLOWN SIDEWAYS THROUGH LIFE. Broadway: MEMPHIS, XANADU, ALL SHOOK UP, ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms. for Best Direction of a Musical), THE SMELL OF THE KILL, VOICES IN THE DARK. Off-Broadway: FIRES IN THE MIRROR (Public Theater/NYSF); BETWEEN US, WONDERS OF THE WORLD, NEWYORKERS, REGRETS ONLY (MTC); JEFFREY (Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Direction); THE NAKED EYE; THE WHITE ROSE; BELLA, BELLE OF BYELORUSSIA; THE NIGHT HANK WILLIAMS DIED, BUZZSAW BERKELEY (WPA); BUNNY BUNNY; COMMUNICATING DOORS; DAS BARBECÜ. Recent Regional: THE LISBON TRIVIATA (Kennedy Center), RESTORATION (La Jolla Playhouse). Film/TV: Jeffrey (Orion Classics), Blown Sideways Through Life (“American Playhouse”). He is the Artistic Director at La Jolla Playhouse, NYTW Usual Suspect.

SCOTT PASK
Scenic Design
NYTW: KAOS, SLANGUAGE, THE GIMMICK, LOVES FOWL. Broadway: PROMISES, PROMISES; A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE; A STEADY RAIN; PAL JOEY (Tony Award nom.); HAIR (Drama Desk nom.); 9 TO 5 (Drama Desk nom.); IMPRESSIONISM; SPEED THE PLOW; THE PILLOWMAN (Tony Award); LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Tony Award nom., Drama Desk Award); THE COAST OF UTOPIA (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Hewes Awards); NINE; The LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE; CRY BABY; THE VERTICAL HOUR; NOVEMBER; THE RITZ; TAKE ME OUT; SWEET CHARITY; KIKI AND HERB: ALIVE ON BROADWAY; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS; THE WEDDING SINGER; AMOUR; URINETOWN. Off Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company, MTC, Classic Stage, NYSF/Public Theater. Recent Regional: RESTORATION (La Jolla Playhouse), A.R.T., Cincinnati Playhouse, Williamstown. Recent Opera: PETER?GRIMES (Metropolitan Opera). Awards: Nine Drama Desk noms.; Lucille Lortel, Broadway World, Cincinnati Acclaim, Garland, and Bessie Awards.

DAVID C. WOOLARD
Costume Design
Broadway: WEST SIDE STORY, 33 VARIATIONS, DIVIDING THE ESTATE, THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, OLD ACQUAINTANCE, RING OF FIRE-THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, ALL SHOOK UP, 700 SUNDAYS, THE SMELL OF THE KILL, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Tony nom.), VOICES IN THE DARK, THE WHO’S TOMMY (Tony and Olivier noms.), BELLS ARE RINGING, MARLENE, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA, DAMN YANKEES, A FEW GOOD MEN. Off-Broadway: THE ORPHANS’ HOME CYCLE (Signature), THE TOXIC AVENGER (New World Stages), THE CARPETBAGGER’S CHILDREN (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Hartford Stage); THE STENDHAL SYNDROME, THE DONKEY SHOW (A.R.T.); LISBON TRAVIATA, SWEENEY TODD (Kennedy Center). Opera: COSI FAN TUTTE, MADAME MAO (Santa Fe Opera).

DAVID LANDER
Lighting Design
NYTW: TOP SECRET: THE BATTLE FOR THE PENTAGON PAPERS, AFTERMATH, BEAST, LIBERTY CITY, ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE, BACH AT LEIPZIG, DIRTY BLONDE. Broadway: 33 VARIATIONS, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, I AM MY OWN WIFE, DIRTY BLONDE, GOLDEN CHILD. Off-Broadway: AFTER ASHLEY, BEAUTIFUL CHILD, EDWARD ALBEE’S OCCUPANT, FRAN’S BED, GOING TO ST. IVES, KING LEAR (w/ Kevin Kline), MACBETH, MIMI LE DUCK, MODERN ORTHODOX, THE GOD OF HELL. Regional: ACT, Berkeley Rep., Cincinnati Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Philadelphia Theatre Co., St. Louis MUNY, The Old Globe.

DAN MOSES SCHREIER
Original Music & Sound Design
NYTW: DIRTY BLONDE, HOMEBODY/KABUL. Broadway: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC; SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM; WEST SIDE STORY; WAITING FOR GODOT; GYPSY; 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE; RADIO GOLF; JULIUS CAESAR; PACIFIC OVERTURES; TOPDOG/UNDERDOG; ASSASSINS; GEM OF THE OCEAN; INTO THE WOODS; THE TEMPEST; BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN THE FUNK. Off-Broadway: DISFARMER (St. Ann’s Warehouse), ROAD SHOW, STUFF HAPPENS, FLOYD COLLINS. Three Drama Desk Awards, OBIE Award for sustained excellence.

KRISTIN ELLERT
Video Design
Regional: RESTORATION (La Jolla Playhouse), WOYZECK, DANTON'S DEATH, DANCING WITH BOB, (UC, San Diego). As Scenic Designer: HOOVER COMES ALIVE!, MISS ELECTRICITY (La Jolla Playhouse); TWIST (Diversionary Theatre); WOYZECK, DANTON'S DEATH, THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SUZANNE AND MONICA, BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, FREEDOM (UC San Diego); DOUBT, LOST IN YONKERS, DAMES AT SEA, MEMORY HOUSE, SCAPIN (Hope Repertory Theatre). University of Evansville (BFA), UC San Diego (MFA).

MARK ADAM RAMPMEYER
Wig Design
Broadway: WEST SIDE STORY, THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION. Off-Broadway: THE ORPHANS’ HOME CYCLE, THE TOXIC AVENGER, CHASING MANET, TALL GRASS. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, La Jolla Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, John W. Engeman Theatre, Hartford Stage Company.

JAMES FITZSIMMONS
Production Stage Manager
Broadway: AFTER MISS JULIE, HEDDA GABLER, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA, RECKLESS, FROZEN, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THE VIOLET HOUR, NOISE/FUNK, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES. Off-Broadway: 30 productions.

KATHERINE WALLACE
Stage Manager
Broadway: AFTER MISS JULIE, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. Off-Broadway: THE PRIDE (MCC), BLOOD TYPE: RAGU (Actors' Playhouse), FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Public Theater). Regional: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Lake George Theater Lab), HOT N' COLE, VIGIL (Westport Country Playhouse).


 

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