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Ben Otto
(Performer)
BEN OTTO (Federico Garcia Lorca) is a New York based theater artist with experience producing, writing and directing, as well as acting. A resident with THEATER IN ASYLUM (TIA), Ben first collaborated with TIA in The Death/Memory Project and went on to act as Robert Walton in TIA’s maintsage FRANKENSTEIN. Ben has also worked with True/False Theater, AMZ Creative, Vineyard Theater, and is a founding member of Tremmor Collective.
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Dan Stearns
(Lighting Designer)
DAN STEARNS (Lighting Designer) is a lighting, production and scenic designer interested in the intersections of theater, dance, music and video. With THEATER IN ASYLUM: FRANKENSTEIN, Revolution in 1. Other recent credits: Nuclear Love Affair (HERE Arts; European tour); Three Sisters, Baal, and The Calmative (Columbia U., dir. Scott Ebersold); The Matryoshka Doll (Dixon Place); Mann Ist Mann (Columbia U., dir. Tara Ahmadinejad); The Girl with the Red Balloon (The Tank). Dan is also a director (William Finn'sFalsettos, Charles L. Mee's The Bacchae 2.1, others) and is Production Manager for THEATER IN ASYLUM. Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. dan-stearns.com.
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Jake Lasser
(Performer)
JAKE LASSER (Salvador Dalí & Dramaturg) is freelance actor/dramaturg and an Artist in Residence with THEATER IN ASYLUM. Recent credits include Marc Arthur's Mascot at University Settlement, Mabou Mines' workshop of Imagining the Imaginary Invalid, and in Extremis' HMLT. B.A. Columbia University.
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Joyce Barnathan
(Performer)
JOYCE BARNATHAN (The Accompanist) Joyce thanks her excellent teacher Randall Benichak for reviving her guitar skills and her mother for letting her take guitar lessons as a child. For her day job, she is president of the International Center for Journalists, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing quality journalism worldwide. Previously, she was executive editor of BusinessWeek and worked as a foreign correspondent in Russia and China for Newsweek and BusinessWeek.
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Karli Brae
(Costume Designer)
KARLI BRAE (Costume Designer) Born with a passion for all things creative and imaginative, Karli is a New York City-based actress and designer. A graduate of Miami University's Theatre Department, some of her favorite credits include: Angels in America, Off-Broadway’s Traces and The Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular at 54 Below. Endless thanks to my family and friends for all of their support as I follow my dreams. “She believed she could, so she did.”
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Kathryn Appleton
(Producer)
KATHRYN APPLETON (Producer) is a theater producer based in New York. Past producing credits include: HALF written by Rebecca Foresman, Assistant Poetry Editor at the New Yorker; Lemon Cake, directed by Julia Locascio, Assistant Costume Designer on the War Horse tour; THEATER IN ASYLUM’s Revolution in 1 and FRANKENSTEIN; and the live-streamed stage reading of The Idealist, featuring Alison Pill and Tony Roberts. Upon graduating from Columbia University, Kathryn worked on the Broadway show Time Stands Still. She is currently the Marketing Coordinator at the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF).
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Katie Palmer
(Choreographer)
KATIE PALMER (Choreographer) In addition to serving as THEATER IN ASYLUM’s co-Artistic Director, she has been involved with every TIA production since its inception: NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM (Choreography), TIA’s FRANKENSTEIN (Choreography/Performer) and Revolution in 1 (Concept and Choreography). Recently, she musically staged Sweeney Todd and Falsettos, and created the original solo piece Everybody Dance Now. Very passionate about arts education, Katie works as a teaching artist in New York City and California.
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Kelly Colburn
(Stage Manager)
KELLY COLBURN (Stage Manager) is an aspiring multimedia artist working as a stage manager, director and designer. Stage Management: Hamlet & A Winter's Tale (Theater 80), La Ronde & I Let Love In (Playwrights Horizons Theater School) and Reid Farrington's A Christmas Carol (Abrons Arts Center). Up next: Media Designer/Director for Kingfishers, an adaptation of the myth Alcyone and Ceyx; and Assistant Director to Reid Farrington on A Christmas Carol (2013) and Tyson/Ali (January 2014). kellycolburn.com
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Paul Bedard
(Director)
PAUL BEDARD (Creator/Director) is a theater artist hailing from Hartford, CT and is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a focus in directing. Past directing work include Revolution in 1, FRANKENSTEIN, LUCIA, THE PERSISTENCE OF ANNABEL LEE, NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM, Suddenly Last Summer, and an adaptation of Woyzeck. paulhbedard.com
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Randall Benichak
(Composer)
RANDALL BENICHAK (Composer & The Guitarist) received his Masters in Film Scoring from NYU in 2011. His credits include a residency with THEATER IN ASYLUM (NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM, The OTHERS Project, FRANKENSTEIN, five IN ASYLUM, The BATTLEGROUNDS Project); Off-Broadway productions Catch-22 and A Night Of Boxing Off-Broadway; internet film trailers; and scores for several independent films. He also gives private music instruction for students with special needs, and is the instructor of the course “Music for Dancers” at the Joffrey Ballet School. RandallBmusic.com
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Samantha Keough
(Dramaturg)
SAMANTHA KEOUGH (Dramaturg) is a singer, actor and dramaturg based in New York City. Some of her performance credits include a revolutionary in Revolution in 1 (THEATER IN ASYLUM), a daughter in The Pirates of Penzance (Fiddlehead Theatre Company), Gertie in Oklahoma! and Irca in I Never Saw Another Butterfly. As a dramaturg, she has worked on The Irish Cell and Hard Times: An American Musical with The Cell NYC.
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Sofia Lund
(Performer)
SOFIA LUND (The Dancer) was born in Ohio and raised in Puerto Rico. There she trained as a flamenco dancer with Miss Milagros Vicente and was a member and regular performer at La Casa de Espana. A graduate of NYU-Tisch in Drama, she now lives and works in New York, Los Angeles and San Juan.
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Walter Ryon
(Scenic Designer)
WALTER RYON (Scenic Designer) is a director, designer and choreographer based out of New York City. He runs the new works program called the PiTCH at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, where he will also be directing the world premiere of Neurosis: The Musical next summer. Recent directing/assisting credits include: Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] (MGR Youth Tour), Virtually Me! (TheatreworksUSA), Arms and the Man (Guthrie Theater), Divorce Party the Musical (Kravis Center), Date of a Lifetime (NYMF) and tick, tick…BOOM! (Robert Moss Theater). Other credits include: Scheme of the Superbullies (NY Children’s Theater Festival), Cherry Orchard (14th St Y) and multiple productions with Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Surflight Theater and West Virginia Public Theater.
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