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ROBERT J. GIBBS (Playwright) Rob has worked extensively as a writer, director, and actor. He is a four time Irene Ryan nominee and has performed as a member of the American Shakespeare Center's Torchbearer Touring Troupe. Rob co-wrote the plays King and Country and Footnotes which were performed at the 2004 and 2005 University Wits Theatre Festivals in Staunton Virginia, for which he also directed the play Leggo by Jeremy Fiebig. In 2009 Rob co-wrote (with Rick Blunt) the one-man show Boatloads of Shame, which was performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Virginia. Staged readings of Rob's play Donnie and the Monsters have been produced at the Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works in Virgina and by Horse Trade Theatre Group in New York. In 2009 a full production of the play was performed at Studio Roanoke in Roanoke Virginia. In 2010 Rob co-wrote (with Whit Hertford) and directed the show I Can Do Pretty Ok All By Myself: The Bobbi Lynn Cooper Story, which was performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hollywood. He is currently collaborating on a musical comedy about the life of Napoleon Bonaparte called Vive L'Empereur!, which will premier in Los Angeles later this year. Rob holds an MFA in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama from Mary Baldwin College in association with The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton VA, and has trained in improvisational comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is writing and developing projects for film, television, and stage. |
HEIDI G. GRUMELOT (Director) Heidi joined the staff at Horse Trade Theater Group in 2008. She is co-creator and producer of the monthly storytelling show TOLD as well as the founding director of The Drafts, an acting ensemble responsible for development of over forty original plays to date as part of a monthly reading series. She is the Resident Coordinator for Horse Trade's six resident companies. New York directing credits include punkrock/lovesong at The Brick Theater, Dido and Aeneas with The New York Collective of Performing Arts at The West End Theater and The Boston Early Music Festival, A River Pure for Healing and An Absolutely Perfect Life at UNDER St Marks Theater, Accidents Do Happen, Tom's Things, and Turning the Glass Around in The Red Room. |
Ashley Zednick, a native of East Texas, just graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University after completing her nine month stage management internship with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN. While at SFA, Ashley stage managed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Lend Me a Tenor, and Big River. At the Guthrie she interned on such shows as The Importance of Being Earnest, Faith Healer, A Christmas Carol, and M. Butterfly. This is Ashley's first show in New York City and she is thrilled to be here! |
Nicole Gehring (Assistant Director) is so proud and honored to be a part of this production. She is finishing up her production internship with Horse Trade, and will be moving into her new role as Coordinator of Educational Tours. New York credits: Assistant Director to Heidi Grumelot on The Drafts (Horse Trade Theater Group), AD to Gretchen Ferris on Chains of Dew and to Kymm Zuckert on Dulcy (Zephyer Rep at Wings Theater), AD to Stacy Donovan on Box (Improbable Stage at IRT). Regional: AD to John Shepard on Buried Child (The Rep at Pittsburgh Playhouse). Nicole is a graduate of the conservatory at Point Park University and native of Austin, TX. |
Hannah Weddle is a May 2010 graduate from NYU-Tisch Film School. She focused on sound and animation while at school, but her secret love is working in the theater! Hannah grew up in Brunswick, Maine where she spent every summer watching every show at Maine State Music Theater. She then started working and acting at The Theater Project (also in Brunswick) while in high school. Fresh back to the United States, Hannah's most recent project was recording sound for the documentary film Glasnost Coda: Singing in Siberia, where filming took place over three weeks in Moscow and the Eastern Siberia region of Russia. Thanks to the great ones at Horse Trade for the opportunity to work on this show (!), and many thanks to my family for everything. |
Ariel Schecter was a technical intern for Horse Trade this summer. He is wrapping up his final semester of college at Brown University, where he studies a mix of structural engineering and mixed media sculpture. This is his first time working on a production in New York City, and his second time designing for the theater. He is very excited to be a part of Donnie and the Monsters, and thanks Horse Trade for giving him the opportunity to take on this project. |
| Elaine Jones is a set designer, painter, trash sculptor, and now puppet designer. Her latest credits include head electrician for Hostage Song and set designer for The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski (The Kraine Theatre NYC), Punk Rock Love Song.(The Brick Theatre in Brooklyn), and Song For a Future Generation (Under St. Mrks theatre NYC). Elaine is a huge fan or talking toilets, glue guns, and Chinese dragons. |
Kat Martin is proud to be part of this Horse Trade production! Kat creates costumes for theater and contemporary dance. She designed the wigs and costumes for Political Idol and was the assistant costume designer for Room Service. Other New York theatrical designs include Synapse Productions, Manhattan Children's Theater, WorkShop Theater, Friends Seminary and Columbia University. She has created costumes for New York City Dance Alliance and choreographers Noémie Lafrance, Andrew Dunwoodie and David Neumann. Kat is currently a dresser for the Broadway show Mrs. Warren's Profession. |
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Paul Herbig’s film credits include "Alone on the Dark II," "Fears of a Clown," and "Unnatural Selection." New York theater credits include "Medea" (Jason), "Affluenza" (Eugene – originated role), "For the Good of theNation" (Younger), and "Cartoon" (Rockstar). Regional credits include "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Lysander) and "The Tempest" (Ferdinand). Paul has a BA in theater fromthe University of Albany. It has been wonderful working with such a talented cast and crew! |
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Matthew Wise is a graduate from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, The Atlantic Acting School, and Stonestreet Studios.. Some of his New York theater credits include 365 Days/365 Plays at The Public Theater, Mason Dixon at the Ohio Theatre, Pericles at the Atlantic Stage 2, and Buddy Boys at Manhattan Theater Source. TV credits include Rescue Me on FX, Monsters Inside Me on Animal Planet, Celebrity Ghost Stories on the Biography Channel, and The Freshman on MTV. |
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Richard Altmanshofer Horse Trade Debut! Richard was last seen as Chip in The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee at the Secret Theatre. Other theatre credits include Candide (New York City Opera), The Price of Admission (New Musical Reading), and national tours of My One and Only, and A Christmas Carol. He can also be seen in a several short films and both national and local commercials. |
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Yury Lomakin (Mr. Alfulsen and Blackbeard the Pirate) is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. In the last three years he was featured in roles such as Torvald in A Doll’s House, Oswald in Ghosts, Edmund in King Lear, Goldberg in Birthday Party, Joe in Golden Boy. Alcibiades in Timon of Athens, Douglas in Henry IV, and Rolf in I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Recently he’d been away in training, looking to re-examine everything he’d been taught with a new filter of experience. But while training is good, there’s nothing like the thrill of the application of the craft. Yury Lomakin is very happy to have the opportunity to bring Donnie and the Monsters to life for you today. |
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J.B. Roté fell in love with the theatre from her first role as a snowflake in first grade in Vermont. She apprenticed at Williamstown Theatre Festival, majored in Acting at Brandeis University and completed her BFA in London at the British American Drama Academy. She is currently an active member of Horse Trade Theater’s repertory company The Drafts. She has also studied and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet and Peoples Improv Theaters. This spring she was seen in the Drafts Fest in Chris Kipiniak’s Change The Be and in Joshua Conkel’s Crawl For It, the latter was made into a short film this summer. She is playing Juliet this September in Paul David Young’s comic Shakespeare adaptation, Balcony Scene 2010, a stage and video performance in conjunction with the Greater New York exhibit at MoMA PS1. Love and thanks to Horse Trade Theater, my dear friends and family. |
