Alissa Razzano
(Performer)
Alissa Razzano (Jasmine) --
Alissa has been living in NYC for a year & graduated from Montclair State University with her BFA in Acting. Stage credits include: EURYDICE (Eurydice), THE SEAGULL (Masha), STAGEDOOR (Judith). Television credits: My Dirty Little Secret (May), One Life To Live. Huge thanks to Artem, Israela & her supportive family/friends.
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Annalisa Ledson
(Choreographer)
Annalisa Ledson is a choreographer and performer based in Brooklyn. Performed and collaborated at The WorkShop Theatre, BAX, Playwrights Theatre of NJ, New Perspectives Theatre, Two Rivers Theatre, Stonington Opera House & The Clurman. Board member of National Choreographer’s Month, member of Rabbit Hole Ensemble and associate artist with THEATRE 4the PEOPLE. Graduate of Drew University; recipient of Excellence in Acting & Choreography Awards.
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Artem Yatsunov
(Director)
ARTEM YATSUNOV (Director) received his B.F.A. in Theater from Montclair State University, NJ in May of 2008. He is Artistic Director and a co-founder of the StrangeDog Theatre Company. Favorites projects: Ben Clawson’s Omnivores, The Virilogy, Claire Went to France, The StrangeDog Eat Dog and Pony Show, and The St.Valentine’s Day Massacre; Noah Hidle’s Kitty Kitty Kitty; Shakespeare’s Richard III. He heads StrangeDog Theatre’s initiative to collaborate with and support the local live music scene and has showcased such acts as the unofficial StrangeDog House Band The MICKS, Squeeze Rock, Amanda Duncan, Black Water, Joanna Burns, and The One&Nines – just to name a few.
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ISRAELA MARGALIT
(Playwright)
ISRAELA MARGALIT (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright, TV writer, concert pianist and recording artist. Her credits include: Trio (6 years in Moscow and throughout Russia and Ukraine, Ovation-recommended Los Angeles, Pecks Theater festival Hungary); On the Bench (Best Play Honorary Mention New York 15-minute play Festival); First Prize (Arclight Theater, New York); 3 O’clock in Brooklyn (Access Theater, New York); Night Blooming Jasmine (Tribeca Playhouse); TV specials with Sir Peter Ustinov (Emmy nomination, Gold Medal New York Film and TV Festival, two NEA Media Awards); Classic Changes (Finalist, Long Island Film Festival); Script consultant Columbia TriStar; Headwriter RWS, Russia Chanel 1.
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Jamie Nicole Larson
(Set Designer)
Jamie Nicole Larson (Set, props, photography and costumes designer) -- Jamie is a Brooklyn based artist, designer, teacher and event coordinator. She is a graduate of the NYU Tisch Undergraduate Drama Dept., where she focused in scenic and costume design.She most recently designed forOutcry (Jack Theatre), a play about the death of Trayvon Martin, Emmett Till, and other young black men. Jamie enjoys being able to bring her creative skills to the activist world, where she is especially passionate about youth and queer activism. She is thrilled to be working with such a talented cast and production team on Night Blooming Jasmine, and looks forward to the opportunity to create new artwork with them in the future.
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Joseph Barbarino
(Performer)
Joseph Barbarino - New York - Ohio Theater, The Womens Project, NYU Graduate Playwriting Lab, Bridge Theater Co.. Regionally - Princeton Rep, George St. Playhouse, Levin Theater Co., New Jersey Shakespeare, River Union Stage, Lanyard Theatre Company. Recent - Co-Directed "Heart On Crackers" PortFringe Festival. Co-artistic Director of Lanyard Theatre Company.
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Keila Fontanez-La Salle
(Stage Manager)
Keila Fontánez-La Salle (Production Stage Manager) -- is a Puerto Rico native, NY based actress/choreographer/director who enjoys the wonders of stage management. Previous New York credits: Almost Maine (Ginette/Waitress) TBG Theatre, FLIGHT 18(Flight attendant) 3LD Center, OUTCRY the play (PSM) JACK Theatre and Bootstraps( PSM) Under St. Marks Theatre. Merit Award for her choreography in Lysistrata: The Rock and Roll Vaudeville Musical by the Kennedy Center for Arts College Theatre Festival and People's Choice Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013.
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Kelley Nicole Girod
(Producer)
KELLEY NICOLE GIROD (Producer) is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of NYC based The Fire This Time Festival (www.firethistimefestival.com) for which she was awarded “Person of the Year 2011? by nytheatre.com. Other producing credits include Outcry (Horse Trade Theatre 2012, Jack 2013), Israela Margalit’s reading of Night Blooming Jasmine (Horse Trade Theater 2013), and Archetypes, Imprecators, and Victim’s of Fate: An Evening of Work by Kelley Nicole Girod (Horse Trade Theater 2013).
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Laura Archer
(Assistant Director)
Laura Archer (Assistant Director) -- is a theater and film professional with extensive directing and technical theater experience. She’s worked on a variety of productions from large Broadway musicals to small interactive improv performances to reality television shows. She currently has projects in several stages of development including the short film The Ticket Seller, a feature length screenplay, a staged reading, and a television pilot.
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Nuah Orzyel
(Performer)
Nuah Orzyel (Jamil/Ben) -- Nuah Ozryel is a New-York based Canadian actor with theatre (classical and contemporary) and film credits in the U.S, Canada, Europe and Asia. He is a graduate of the MFA Acting Program at Columbia University and also holds a BA in theatre from the University of Toronto.
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Rebecca Brook
(Producer)
Rebecca Brook (Production Assistant) -- Rebecca Brook is very excited to be working on marketing and as production assistant for Night Blooming Jasmine. Rebecca is currently attending NYU, class of 2016. She has been a performer for twelve years, with numerous orchestras in musicals, and is thrilled to have been given the chance to work behind the scenes. She'd like to thank Israela and Kelley for this amazing opportunity, the cast for being so incredible, and her family for their support.
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Rita Rehn
(Performer)
Rita Rehn (Ruth/Surka) Broadway: Tony Award winning Nine, A Chorus Line, Royal Family, (with Rosemary Harris) Tours: Tale of the Allergist's Wife (with Valerie Harper). Off Broadway: Marsha Norman's Last Dance (with Jo Beth Williams), John Patrick Shanley's De?ance, with (Stephen Lang); Charles Busch'sOur Leading Lady Off Broadway: The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, Call Me Waldo, Theda Bara Frontier Rabbi, Call Me Waldo NY Classical Theatre: Misalliance, Hamlet Florida Studio Theatre: Patsy in Always Patsy Cline, Sylvia, In the Book Of Dreamcatcher Theatre: As Bees in Honey Drown (Best Actress, NJ Theatre Critics) And the World Goes Round (Best Featured Actress, NJ Theatre Critics). Premier Stages: Humbug (?rst female Scrooge). Catch Me If You Can(with Jamie Farr, Gretna Playhouse). Clifford Odet's The Big Knife (with Robert Beltran and Miguel Sandoval. Many commercials and voice work. Film and Television: PRINCIPAL WORK Moon over Miami (Billy Campbell) Tough Cookies (Robbie Benson) Superboy Super Force Law & Order Red Wind (Lisa Hartman) BL Stryker(Burt Reynolds) Miami Vice Extras : short, LEAD 37 Rylan : short, LEAD Pocket Pair : short, LEAD
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Shannon Sullivan
(Performer)
Shannon Sullivan (Mahalla/Rachel) -- Shannon Sullivan is a recent graduate from Montclair State University with her BFA degree in acting. Previous credits include: Claire Went to France (Ex-Girlfriend), Spring Awakening (Wendla), The Crucible (Mary Warren), and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet).
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Steven Leffue
(Sound Designer)
Steven Leffue (Sound Designer) -- is a musician/saxophonist/composer. Interesting musico-theatrical credits include Hoi Polloi's production of Baal (part of the 2012 Underground Zero Festival), the theatrical adaptation of John Cassavetes Shadows, and Billy the Kid: First Exhumation (Washington DC Fringe Festival). Steven is co-founder and Music Director of JACK, a non-profit community performing arts space in Brooklyn, and is also an original member of the Georges.
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Tony Knotts
(Performer)
Tony Knotts (Ibrahim/Gabe) is a Montclair State Alumni and is pleased to be working again at Under St. Marks with Horse Trade Theater. NYC: Claire Went to France(Johnathon), Regional: Of Mice and Men(Curley), Film/TV: La Traviatta (Craig), SciFi's School Spirits (College Student). He would like to thank the production team for the hard work that goes into producing new works, Take 3 Talent Agency and his friends and family for their support.
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