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David L. Williams
(Playwright)
DAVID L. WILLIAMS (Playwright) is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University, where he was a four-time award recipient in the Heerman’s-McCalmon Playwriting contest (two 1st prizes for his plays The Murder of Gonzago and Ingulf and two 2nd prizes for his plays Behind the Nine Ball and Near Tragedy). In 1999, his play Ampersand won Riverside Stage Company’s Founder’s Award (Connecticut) and David moved to New York to see Riverside produce the world premiere at the Chelsea Playhouse to kick off their 1999-2000 season in the city. David has had four of his works selected for the New York International Fringe Festival: the “children's theatre for adults" musical comedy Tess' Last Night, for which he wrote the book, the conspiracy-theory drama The Information She Carried, the end-of-the-world comedy, The Armageddon Dance Party, and the "love letter to '80s underdog movies" musical comedy, The Johnny, for which he wrote the book and lyrics. He also wrote the book to the children's musical The Bully which the New York Times called "insightful," "hilarious, witty, and even moving." His unproduced play Spake won EBE Ensemble’s “You Fill In The Blank” festival (NYC) and was a finalist in HotCity Theatre’s GreenHouse New Play Festival (St. Louis) and Inkwell Theatre’s Inkubator Festival (Washington, D.C.). His most recent play, The Winners won the 2010 HotCity Theatre GreenHouse New Play Festival, and had its world premiere produced by HotCity in St. Louis this past September The Winners was also nominated for a Kevin Kline award for best new play, and reviewers called it "a Pinter play with a dirty mind," "disquieting stuff," "a shocking look at human nature," and "a sharp, edgy story." David has written more than twenty-five plays and musicals of all different lengths and genres and his work been produced in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. He is currently working on his newest play, The Divine Visitor, a restoration comedy with a twist.
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Eddie Boroevich
(Performer)
EDDIE BOROEVICH (Edgar) New York: Marathon
Festival of One-Act Plays (Ensemble Studio Theatre), The American Clock (HB Playwrights Foundation, dir. Austin Pendleton), Five By Tenn (Manhattan Theatre Club, dir. Michael Kahn), New York Theatre Workshop, LAByrinth Theater Company, Red Bull Theater, Pregones Theater, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Regional: Eddie originated the lead role in the first staging of Wendy Wasserstein’s Third (Theater J, dir. Michael Barakiva), Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Vineyard Playhouse. Training: MFA (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC). Eddie is also a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.
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Jillian LaVinka
(Performer)
JILLIAN LAVINKA (Astor) is a Brooklynite from the
Chicagoland area. Her credits include: Bill Pullman’s Expedition 6 (Kennedy Center, Baltimore Theatre Project), Kimberly Akimbo (Hudson Stage), Knock Knock (The School House Theatre), and Jesus It’s Easter with aMios. She received her MFA from The National Theatre Conservatory and her BFA from University of Wisconsin and a Certificate from L.A.M.D.A. She is currently working and studying with Clark Middleton and APT 929. She is happy to be working with aMios again and to be exploring this play with Lauren and Eddie.
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Lauren Berst
(Performer)
LAUREN BERST (Gretchen) is a member of aMios
Theatre Company, and has been in NYCycles 2-4,
LongShotz, and numerous Shotz. Other NYC shows:
Down the Road with Carbin Lane Prods and St.
Crispin’s Day at Rattlestick. An accomplished voiceover artist, Berst has done numerous commercials and promos including Fancy Feast, Verizon, Discovery Channel, Showtime, HBO, A&E, and Bravo. MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory and BFA from the
University of Evansville.
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Rachel Dart
(Director)
RACHEL DART (Director) received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her directing work has been featured at companies such as The Culture Project, The 52nd Street Project, aMios, Emerging Artists Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, and Prospect Theater Company. She has also directed in various festivals, such as the Estrogenius Festival, the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, and the Manhattan Shakespeare Project’s Emerging Female Voices Playwrights Fest. Rachel is the creator, producer, and director of The Importance of Being Not So Earnest, a series of evenings of new musical comedy songs by emerging writers. She is also a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow and an SDCF Observer.
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