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Cast and Crew
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Laura Jordan
(Mommy/Jocasta/Oracle)
Laura Jordan is thrilled to be a part of OEDIPUS FOR KIDS! and this year’s NYMF Festival. Broadway: IN MY LIFE (Samantha); Most recently: PRAIRIE, a musical adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, directed by Francesca Zambello at New York Stage and Film; NYC: Ronnie in .22 CALIBER MOUTH at the Ohio Theater, NY workshop of IN MY LIFE, UNBOUND (directed by Davis McCallum) at Prospect Theater; Regionally: Hartford Stage, Nashville Repertory, Philadelphia Drama Guild, The Wilma Theater and Northshore Music Theater. Many thanks to Dan Fields for the opportunity and to Mike, as always. MFA: Temple University. Origins: Saginaw, Michigan. Proud Member of Actors’ Equity.
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Gavin Lewis
(Tedipus/Laius/Sphinxy/Teiresias)
Gavin is proud to be making his 1/2-a-block-from-Broadway debut! His turn-ons include a good personality, nice smile, and a strong sense of self. He has never exercised his right to vote. His hobbies are finding new uses for old containers, and swimming. Gavin believes life can be viewed as a comedy or tragedy and that if there is a God he/she/it is a "celestial clock maker". Influences: Black Sabbath, silent film, and tuna. He is a proud member of Actor's Equity. He holds an MFA from Wayne State University thus proving you can’t go home again.
"Quit looking at me with your Goddamn Motherf*%$ing Eyes!"
-- Warren Oates
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Reed Prescott (Oedipus)
Broadway: You may recognize Reed from callbacks to such shows as Mamma Mia!, Little Women, and Rent; open calls for Phantom, Les Miz, and Wicked, and at the ticket lottery for Avenue Q. Off B’way / Festivals / Workshops: Wicked City Blues (York Theatre), Snap (Rattlestick Theatre), I Google Myself (various locations) and Frankenstein, do you dream? (NYMF2004). Off-Off B’way: Kiss and Cry ("Ethan", Theater Ten Ten), and Mushroom in Her Hands ("Charles Dodgson"). He was also an original cast member of Bare. Regional: Deathtrap ("Clifford"), Advice From A Caterpillar ("Brat"), Three Years from "Thirty" ("Bart"), The Seagull ("Treplev"), Summer and Smoke ("John Buchanan"), Into the Woods ("C.Prince/Wolf"), Sweeney Todd ("Tobias"), Camelot ("Mordred"), Meet Me In St. Louis ("John Truitt"), Little Shop of Horrors ("Dentist"), and Saturday Night ("Bobby" West Coast Premiere). TV / Film: Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Neverland and The Virgin Larry. Commercials: Sony, Washington Mutual, The United Way, and Sony Playstation 2; but none of them are running currently. Which means no residuals. Which means you'll have to take him out to eat after the show. And if you listen really really hard, you can hear Reed sing on The Southpark Christmas CD (Marc Shaiman, producer), as well as numerous radio jingles throughout the country. As a writer, Reed has co-penned the cabaret act ME and the Boys and the Ragtime parody: Snacktime (based on The Food Network). www.ReedPrescott.com
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Genevieve Wiley
(Assistant Director)
Genevieve Wiley has been producing and directing in her native Texas since 1997. In the past she has directed through various theatres and educational institutions One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Midsummer Nights Dream, The Zoo Story, Romeo and Juliet, some children's theatre, several new works and of course Oedipus Rex. After her graduation from The University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in theatre studies she moved to New York and has been a producer with The Shakespeare Project, Nederlander Worldwide Productions, and currently with Dan Rather Reports. This is her first East coast endeavor into her artistic theatrical dreams and she could not be more excited about these rockin people she gets to work with.
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Scot Sexton
(Percussion)
Scot Sexton has been a drummer for over 15 years. Past productions include Ain't Misbehaven, Godspell, Joseph, Pippin and The Cleveland Caberet Project, among many others. He is pleased to be making his NYC debut with OEDIPUS FOR KIDS!
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Rick L. Stevens
(General Manager)
has general managed and produced over 110 productions in San Francisco, Chicago, Florida, Boston, and New York. Highlights include The World Premiere of Clue the Musical, Sidd: A New Musical, The Exonerated (Edinburgh Theatre Festival), Border Clash, Driving Miss Daisy, Forever Plaid and Death on The Titanic. Past employment includes The Irish Repertory Theatre, The Culture Project, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and the American Stage Festival.
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Robert J. Saferstein
(Composer)
is an accomplished multimedia artist who has been composing for years. With the intention of creating deep and moving musicals like this one, Saferstein embarked on the most obvious path towards musical theatre fame: the pursuit of a BFA in Photography and Imaging from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. His subsequent musical composition credits include: Bronfman Center Gallery (Director, Curator); Anthology Film Archives (Research); Studio Martone (Asst. Art Director); NBC/Universal (Research); TV Guide (Art Dept.); Music Video Production Association Awards (Art Dept., Asst. Stage Manager); and the films Sweet Sensation (Art Director) and Still Life (On-Set Dresser, Still Photographer). His photographs and multimedia installations have been shown at the PooL Art Fair, the AAF Contemporary Art Fair, the School of Visual Arts, and New York University. Unfortunately, none of these efforts yielded a "real" musical, so instead he conceded to finish the score for this show.
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Gil Varod
(Lyricist/Bookwriter)
is possibly best known for the website
broadwayabridged.com
. His work has been seen in New York Theatres such as the Tank, the Kraine and New York University, and he founded Shakespeare in the Line and NYU's Shmutz Theatrical Troupe. In 2005 his play, Passing Aggressing, played at the Pearl St. Theatre and made his mother and father incredibly happy. And really, that's what it's all about, right? Right. Now onto those MILF jokes...
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Kimberly Patterson
(Bookwriter)
received several playwriting awards in her home state of Pennsylvania before she moved to New York to study theater at New York University. She started with a BA in Dramatic Literature and remained to earn a Master’s degree at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study for a program in performance studies, dramatic writing, and technical theater. Over the last 10 years in New York, she has worked in Off- and Off-Off Broadway theater in almost every capacity possible (with the notable exception of acting). Highlights include house managing for Rattlestick and producing at the Ohio Theater's Ice Factory Festival and for 2002 NY Fringe Festival. Most recently, her plays have appeared in the Midtown International Theater Festival:
The Goat Song
(2005) and
Absence
(2006).
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Dan Fields
(Director)
is currently Associate Director of the Chicago national tour production of
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
. B'way:
The Lion King
(original Ass't Director, Resident Director);
The Graduate
(Associate Director);
In My Life
(Associate Director). Nat'l Tours:
The Graduate
(w/Morgan Fairchild);
The Puppetry Of The Penis
(Canadian Nat'l Tour). Off B'way:
Love
(13th St. Theatre);
21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com
(Cherry Lane Theatre);
Puppetry Of The Penis
(Consulting Director);
The Penetration Pla
y (Producer, 13P). Regional directing highlights:
J.A.P. The Princesses Of Comedy
(Parker Playhouse);
The Breeze, The Gust, The Gale & The Wind
(La Jolla Playhouse);
Great Men Of Science, Nos. 21 & 22
(The Empty Space Theatre, Seattle). Artistic Associate, Manhattan Theatre Club. Director, "
On a Jag
," a ten- minute movie musical. Fields directed and produced the first U.S. revival in 56 years of Arthur Miller's
The Man Who Had All The Luck
(L.A. Times Top 10 Productions of 2000; L.A. Weekly Revival of the Year). His production of Glen Berger's
The Wooden Breeks
was nominated for L.A. Weekly's Production of the Year and Best Direction.
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Gregory M. Brown
(Musical Director)
(Arrangements)
is currently the music director and conductor of the Chicago company of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Other recent credits include the national tour of "The Boyfriend" directed by Julie Andrews, "Abyssinia" (NSMT), and "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" (Goodspeed Opera House). Graduate of Northwestern University.
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Jessica Redish
(Choreographer)
directed and choreographed Raw Impressions Music Theatre Marathon #21 at the Flea Theatre and recently served as assistant director on Hello, Dolly! at Paper Mill Playhouse. Regional directing and choreography credits include: And the World Goes ’Round at the Arizona Broadway Theatre and with La Red Productions in Chicago, Oklahoma! at Festival 56 and Falsettos at Northwestern University, where she served on the Music Theatre faculty last year.
www.jessicaredish.com
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Catherine Clark
(Technical Director)
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Scott Orlesky
(Set Designer)
In a career that has spanned 30 years Scott Orlesky has designed both sets and lighting for shows on 5 continents. He won a Dora Mavor Moore award in Toronto for his design of Pythagoras: The Mystery in 1989. His recent National tours include Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail, the 2004 Tour of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and the restaging of Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? Last month he designed the lighting for the world premiere of Mark E. Swinton’s You Don’t Know Me in Atlanta. His New York credits include 3 productions for the Boomerang Theater Company in 2005- Tom Stoppard’s Artist Descending a Staircase, John Dryden’s All for Love, and Francis Kuzler’s Giant’n’Variation.
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Hannah Rose Peck
(Costume Designer)
studied at The University of Texas at Austin under Susan Tsu, Susan Mickey and Jim Glaben. Her credits include Once Upon A Mattress and Will Rodgers Follies at the Hilton Theater. As well as the Transportation Project, an original, interactive work staged as part of The University Co-Op Presents the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival. Hannah has taken the past year off to work for Americorps' City Year program serving children in the South Bronx. She is delighted to be back in the theatre.
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Jinay Reitze
(Stage Manager)
has worked as a stage manager, company manager, and production manager for New York productions as well as regional and touring shows. Past productions include a 10 week tour with Savion Glover’s Improvography II The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Production Stage Manager, national tour); St. Petersburg Ice Ballet (Company Manager, various productions, international tour); Debbie Does Dallas (Jane Street Theatre, New York); The Prince and the Pauper (Lamb’s Theatre, New York), and various productions as part of the Company Management team for Goodspeed Musicals Other credits include 42nd and Vine: Hollywood Hits Broadway; A Memorial Tribute to Dolores Gray; Greenwich Village Project (New York University).
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Michael K. Berelson
(Lighting Designer)
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BRETT SINGER & ASSOCIATES, LLC
(Publicist)
Current and past clients include The Classical Theater of Harlem (4 OBIE Awards, 2004 Special Drama Desk Award), PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the South Street Seaport, Urban Stages (COYOTE ON A FENCE, 2 Drama Desk Award Nominations), ELLE starring Alan Cumming, Criss Angel: MINDFREAK, and British director Clare Davidson.
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Oedipus
For Kids! is an official Next Link Selection of the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
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Contact us at info@oedipusforkids.com.
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Oedipus for Kids! plays as part of the