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The Sound And The Fury
Company
Biographies
Mike
Iveson
Actor
ERS: GATZ. Off-Broadway: CRIME OR EMERGENCY (Sibyl Kempson, Soho Rep).
As composer: Group Experience (P.S. 122, Sarah Michelson, Bessie Award),
Dogs (BAM). As musician: THE LUCY SHOW, ODE?TO?THE?MAN WHO?KNEELS (Richard
Maxwell, Performing Garage).
Vin Knight
Actor
Vin joined ERS in 2004. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with adobe
theatre company. ERS: GATZ, NO GREAT SOCIETY. Off-Broadway: THE BUTCHERHOUSE
CHRONICLES (Summer Play Festival); GO-GO KITTY, GO! (Fringe, Outstanding
Play Award 2005); TED KACZYNSKI KILLED PEOPLE WITH BOMBS (SPF). Film:
Robot Stories, Love God, Dumped! The Musical.
Aaron Landsman
Actor
Aaron began working with ERS in 2004. A native of Minnesota, he has
lived in New York since 1987. ERS: GATZ. Off-Broadway: COWBOYS &
INDIANS (Soho Rep); THE FLORIDA PROJECT, FLESH FOOD, CAKEWALK (P.S.
122). Original plays/performances created: OPEN HOUSE (Foundry Theatre
Commission), WHAT YOU’VE DONE (DiverseWorks, NPN Commission),
DESK (Chashama), LOVE STORY (FuseBox Festival), WRECKAGE (P.S. 122).
April Matthis
Actor
Off-Broadway: GOOD HEIF; DEAD CITY; DEVIL MUST BE DEEP; ANNA BELLA EEMA
(New Georges); 100 ASPECTS OF THE MOON (Clubbed Thumb); THE BASSETT
TABLE (HERE). Regional: RUST (The Magic, San Francisco), SANS-CULOTTES
(Humana Festival, Louisville), HOME (NC Stage), THE AMERICA PLAY (Zachary
Scott), VENUS, THE CRY PITCH CARROLLS (Salvage Vanguard). Film: Breakdown
(YouTube), Breakthrough (BET-J's "The Best Shorts").
New Dramatists Bowden Award Recipient.
Annie McNamara
Actor
Annie has been an ERS member since 2004. She studied acting with Maggie
Flanigan and got her Master’s in English Literature from Brown
University. ERS: GATZ. Off-Broadway: GOD’S EAR (New Georges);
CRUMBLE, DESIGN YOUR KITCHEN, U.S. DRAG (Clubbed Thumb); PORT AUTHORITY
THROW DOWN, GIRL BLOG (Culture Project); WATERBORN (Ensemble Studio
Theatre); NOVEL (SPF). Regional: PROOF (Catherine, WHAT). Clubbed Thumb,
Associated Artist.
Randolph Curtis Rand
Actor
ERS: HIGHWAY TO TOMORROW. Other: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arden
Party, Burning Coal Theatre, The Cleveland Public Theatre, The Drama
Dept., Douglas Dunn, Richard Foreman, Joshua Fried, LaMaMa, Meredith
Monk, Charles Moulton, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Pig Iron Theatre,
The Public Theater, Rude Mechs, Shakespeare Santa Monica, The Talking
Band, Target Margin, The Walker Arts Center, Jeff Weiss, The Wooster
Group. OBIE award, performance, 2003.
Greig Sargeant
Actor
Greig is an actor and artistic associate of Target Margin Theater. He
received his MFA in Acting from West Virginia University and trained
in New York with William Esper. Off-Broadway: DINNER PARTY (The Kitchen),
DIDO QUEEN OF CARTHAGE (Ohio Theater), STRICTLY DISHONORABLE (The Vineyard),
TITUS ANDRONICUS (Soho Rep), MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS (HERE), AFRICANS (E.S.T.),
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Salt Theater), MARROW (Axial Theater), EGYPT (La
MaMa etc.), PERFECTION (Merce Cunningham), MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Connelly
Theater), ON CARING FOR THE BEAST (Currican Theater), THE ESTATE (Blue
Heron).
Kate Scelsa
Actor
Kate has been a member of ERS since 2002. She is also a founding member
of the theater company The Entire Group and recently finished writing
her first young adult novel. ERS: SHOW OF SHOWS, GATZ. Off-Broadway:
CAN I HELP YOU? (Chashama), SAY UNCLE! (SoHo Playhouse). Regional: KICK
THE CAN, MACBETH, WAITING FOR GODOT, BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM
(Luna Stage, Montclair).
Kaneza Schaal
Actor
This is Kaneza's debut performance with ERS. She is the Company Manager
of The Wooster Group and helps run the Arts-in-Education program. She
studied performance in Russia, Germany, Italy and Rwanda. She holds
a BA in Theater from Wesleyan University.
Susie Sokol
Actor
Susie teaches second grade at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn.
ERS: All productions since 1993.
Tory Vazquez
Actor
Tory has been a member of ERS since 1996. ERS: GATZ, TOTAL FICTIONAL
LIE, CAB LEGS. Other: PULLMAN, WA (P.S. 122); CAVEMAN (Soho Rep); THE
VOICES (Riverside Studios); WRENCH (WTF); SONGS and MONOLOGUES (Mousunturm,
Frankfurt); MEAN RICH WHITE LADIES (Ontological Theater); PRE-PARADISE
SORRY NOW (NADA). Writer/Director: WRESTLING LADIES, THE FLORIDA PROJECT
(P.S. 122), ISABEL (Dixon Place). Film & TV: Nuovomundo,
“Late Night with Conan O’Brien”.
Ben Williams
Actor
Ben joined ERS 4 years ago, after interning with The Wooster Group.
He works as a freelance technician and studied theater in Chattanooga,
TN and Brno, Czech Republic. ERS: GATZ, NO GREAT SOCIETY.
William Faulkner
(1897-1962)
Author
Selected novels: Soldiers’ Pay (1926); Mosquitoes
(1927); The Sound and the Fury (1929); As I Lay Dying
(1930); Sanctuary (1931); Light in August (1932);
Pylon (1935); Absalom, Absalom! (1936); The Unvanquished
(1938); If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (1939); The Hamlet
(1940); Go Down, Moses (1942); Intruder in the Dust
(1948); Requiem for a Nun (1951); A Fable (Pulitzer
Prize, National Book Award, 1954); The Town (1957); The
Mansion (1959); The Reivers (Pulitzer Prize, 1962). Selected
poems: Vision in Spring (1921); The Marble Faun (1924);
The Earth, a Poem (1932); A Green Bough (1933); Mississippi
Poems (1979). Awards: Nobel Prize for Literature.
John Collins
Director
John Collins founded Elevator Repair Service (ERS) in 1991 at Nada with
his first production, MR. ANTIPYRINE, FIRE EXTINGUISHER. In the 17 years
since, he has directed or co-directed (with Steve Bodow) all of the
company's shows and occasionally designs sound and lighting as well.
Since 1991 John's work with ERS has been seen across the U.S. and Europe.
John was born in North Carolina and raised in south Georgia. He holds
a B.A. in English and Theater Studies from Yale. With ERS: MR. ANTIPYRINE,
FIRE EXTINGUISHER; MARX BROS ON HORSEBACK SALAD; SPINE CHECK; LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION: LOVE FAMILY VS. ANDY KAUFMAN; McGURK: A CAUTIONARY TALE;
SHUT-UP I TELL YOU (I SAID SHUT-UP I TELL YOU); CAB LEGS; TOTAL FICTIONAL
LIE; PHILOKTETES; HIGHWAY TO TOMORROW; ROOM TONE; SHOW OF SHOWS; GATZ;
NO GREAT SOCIETY.
David
Zinn
Set Designer
NYTW: HORIZON, SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED, BACH AT LEIPZIG. Broadway:
XANADU (Costumes). Off-Broadway: PARADISE PARK (Set, Signature), THE
FOUR OF US (Set and Costumes, Manhattan Theater Club), TFANA, Target
Margin (OBIE Award). Regional: ISLAND OF SLAVES, ORPHEUS X, OLLY'S PRISON,
HIGHWAY ULYSSES (A.R.T.); Papermill Playhouse, Guthrie, Seattle Rep,
ACT, Centerstage, Taper, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen, Yale Rep, and the
Intiman. Opera: New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe
Opera, Washington National Opera.
Colleen Werthmann
Costume Designer
Colleen is an actor, designer, and writer as well as a proud founding
member of ERS. ERS as actor: MARX BROS., SPINE CHECK, LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION,
McGURK, TOTAL FICTIONAL LIE. ERS as Costume Designer: SHUT UP I TELL
YOU, CAB LEGS, ROOM TONE, NO GREAT SOCIETY, GATZ. NYTW: LIGHT RAISE
THE ROOF. Off-Broadway as Costume Designer: SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING
TO HEAVEN (Young Jean Lee, HERE/tours), 131 (Katherine Profeta, P.S.
122). Off-Broadway as Actor: GONE MISSING (The Civilians, Barrow Street
Theatre); THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE; MISS WITHERSPOON; SUITCASE; RECENT
TRAGIC EVENTS; BLUE?SURGE. Film & TV: Pink Panther, “Sopranos,”
“Sex & the City,” “Law & Order.” Staff
writer, 23/6 (236.com); Associate Artist, The Civilians; NYTW Usual
Suspect.
Mark Barton
Lighting Designer
Mark has been working with ERS since 2004. ERS: GATZ. NYTW: ALL THE
WRONG REASONS. Off-Broadway: PARADISE PARK (Signature Theater), CHURCH
(Young Jean Lee, P.S. 122), THE TRISTAN PROJECT (Lincoln Center), NO
CHILD... (Epic Theatre, Barrow St. Theater), THOM PAIN (based on nothing)
(DR2 Theater). Productions with: Target Margin, Salt Theater, New Georges,
Clubbed Thumb, P.S. 122, HERE, Edge Theater, Talking Band. Opera: THE
MAGIC FLUTE, ALBERT HERRING, L'ORMINDO, POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO, AINADAMAR
(Curtis Opera Theatre, Philadelphia)
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Matt Tierney
Sound Designer
Matt is a sound designer and composer of concert, theater, film and
installation. Current designer for ERS and Young Jean Lee Theater Company;
Associate of The Wooster Group; Musical Director and Assistant Director
for Ridge Theater Company. 2001 OBIE award for Collaborative Design,
JENNIE RICHEE (Mac Wellman, The Kitchen).
Katherine Profeta
Dance Director
Katherine Profeta is a founding member and choreographer of ERS. She
is also a dramaturg with an MFA from Yale. ERS: CAB LEGS, TOTAL FICTIONAL
LIE, HIGHWAY TO TOMORROW, ROOM TONE, NO GREAT SOCIETY and more. Off-Broadway:
131 (director/choreographer, P.S. 122); KING JOHN (dramaturg, TFANA);
THE GEOGRAPHY TRILOGY (dramaturg, BAM). Regional: BAT BOY (choreographer,
Southern Rep).
Sarah C. Hughes
Stage Manager
Sarah joined ERS in 2007 and works full-time for the company. She is
a graduate of Dartmouth College, as well as a Resident Artist with NY/DC-based
theater company Odyssey Productions. NYTW: THE MISANTHROPE, Dartmouth
College Residency 2007. Off-Broadway: GODOT IN NEW ORLEANS, 365 DAYS/365
PLAYS (The Classical Theater of Harlem).
Odessa “Niki” Spruill
Assistant Stage Manager
NYTW: LIBERTY?CITY, BECKETT?SHORTS, HORIZON, ALL THE WRONG REASONS,
ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE, KAOS. 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 (Cal Arts). TV: “BET’s
All Access Granted: Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, Vote or Die.”
Rachel Chavkin
Assistant Director
This is Rachel’s first time working with ERS. Rachel is the director
of the TEAM, two-time winners of the Edinburgh Fringe First. TEAM: PARTICULARLY
IN THE HEARTLAND (P.S. 122); GIVE UP! START OVER! (IN THE DARKEST OF
TIMES I LOOK TO RICHARD NIXON FOR HOPE) (59E59 Theaters); ARCHITECTING.
Off-Broadway: UNCLE VANYA (CSC); HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE (Kurt Vonnegut,
Access). New Georges Affiliate; Drama League alumnus; MFA Candidate,
Columbia University. www.theteamplays.org.
Ariana Smart Truman
Company Manager
Since 2003 Ariana has worn many hats for ERS. She produces theater and
events, including fundraisers for ERS, Radiohole, Collapsable Giraffe,
The Wooster Group, Soho Rep, and HERE. ERS: SHOW OF SHOWS (performer);
GATZ (Company and Stage Manager); NO GREAT SOCIETY (Company and Stage
Manager). Off-Broadway: PASTORALIA (Producer, P.S. 122), NORTH ATLANTIC
(Stage Manager; New York, US & European tours; The Wooster Group).
Elevator Repair Service
Elevator Repair Service, a theater ensemble, was founded by director
John Collins and a group of actors in 1991. Since that time, ERS has
built a body of highly acclaimed work and has appeared on stages in
downtown New York and across the U.S. and Europe. ERS shows are built
around a broad range of subject matter including literary, dramatic
and cinematic forms. They combine elements of hi-tech and lo-tech design,
vaudeville, both literary and found text, found objects and discarded
furniture and the group's own highly developed style of choreography.
The company has generated a repertoire that includes 14 original full-length
pieces and several short pieces and workshop productions.
ERS is Laurena Allan, Mark Barton, Steve Bodow, Rachel Chavkin, John
Collins, Bob Cucuzza, Jim Fletcher, Ross Fletcher, Rinne Groff, Sarah
C. Hughes, Mike Iveson, Vin Knight, Aaron Landsman, Ethan Lipton, April
Matthis, Annie McNamara, Katherine Profeta, Randolph Curtis Rand, Greig
Sargeant, Kate Scelsa, Kaneza Schaal, Scott Shepherd, Ariana Smart Truman,
Susie Sokol, Lucy Taylor, Louisa Thompson, Matt Tierney, Tory Vazquez,
Colleen Werthmann, B. D. White, Ben Williams and David Zinn.
NYTW Companies-In-Residence
In addition to supporting an extended family of individual artists,
known as the Usual Suspects, NYTW has a history of nurturing smaller
theatre ensembles and companies by providing them with an artistic home.
NYTW has had long, productive relationships with the Five Lesbian Brothers,
SITI Company, Universes, Red Bull Theater, Ripe Time, Pick Up Performance
Co., and Tectonic Theatre Project, among others. In 2005, MITU, led
by NYTW Artistic Associate Ruben Polendo, became NYTW's first official
Company-in-Residence. During the spring of 2006, NYTW named two additional
Companies-in-Residence: Elevator Repair Service (ERS), whose members
have been longtime Usual Suspects, and Nibras, an Arab-American theatre
collective. In the fall of 2006, NYTW supported Les Freres Corbusier's
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant in the
4th Street Theatre and in the fall of 2007, The Hourglass Group's production
of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.
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