ARRIVALS

One Step Beyond
By Imogene Bird
Directed by John Pieza
Featuring Lauren Berst, Joshua Coomer & Kristy Powers
Love is a realization thatsomeone else exists.

Little China
Written by Justin Yorio
Directed by Khris Lewin
Featuring Rob Hille, Melissa Ortiz & Mandi Masden
A stray cat provokes a NewYork City couple and leads to a surprising visit.

The Very True Chronicles of Aloysius the Traveller, in the Great Land of New York City
Written by P. Seth Bauer
Directed by Megan Hildebrand
Featuring Christian Haines, Genesis Oliver & Sean Lyons
When a man with a nobleheart and an epic sense of adventure arrives in New York City, it is inevitablethat he should make his mark. Aloysius the Traveller arrives on the shores ofNew Jersey and befriends a fisherman named Benjamin who agrees to ferry himacross the Hudson in search of great adventures and noble endeavors in theremarkable island of Manhattan.


DEPARTURES

Rosary
Written by Pat Shand
Directed by Rob Hille
Featuring Zach Evenson, Jennifer LeBlanc & Alanna Wilson
When an old friend makes adrastic decision, Kyla watches her past collide with her present and is left topick up the pieces.

The Counter Offer
Written by David L Wilson
Directed by Rachel Dart
Featuring Justin Yorio, Kelli Crump & Jenna Panther
Negotiation is the name ofthe game when a representative of the 1% tries to peel one leader away from theOccupy Wall Street protest.

Whatever Happened to Baby Ngozi?
Written by Kate MacCluggage
Directedby Jessica Chayes
Featuring Michael Fulvio & Rob Robinson
A family drama about atruly unique family.

Alanna Wilson (Performer) Alanna Wilson is thrilled to be back on stage with aMios! She was last seen in The NYCycle Vol.1 and 3 and has performed regularly in Shotz. She recently played the role of Suzy in “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at The Ivoryton Playhouse in CT. Past credits include: “Cold as Ice” (Gateway Playhouse) and “How the Other Half Loves” (Northern Stage). TV/Film: “30 Rock”, “Law & Order”, “My Sassy Girl”. www.alannawilson.com

Christian Haines (Performer) Christian Haines is the artistic director of aMios and graduated from the National Theatre Conservatory. He has been seen in “Bartleby the Scrivener”, “Cloud 9”, “Macbeth”, “King John”, “5th of July”, “This is Our Youth”, “The Altruists”, “Murder”, “Woyzeck”, The NYCycle Vols 1,2 &4, Snake in “Fridge” and plenty more. He has numerous directing credits including the award winning “Heroes and Other Strangers”. He would like to thank his lovely wife, Melissa Ortiz, for her love.

Darrell Larson (Performer) Darrell Larson made his New York debut directing and starring in “Dog Logic”, by Tom Strelich, and featuring Lois Smith and Karen Young, at the American Place Theatre. Darrell's directing credits include “The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True”, “Scar”, “Dreams Die Hard”, “Action”, “Killer’s Head”, “The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill”, “Walking Off the Roof”, “Comedy of Errors”, “Faster”, “Karla”, “Psychos Never Dream”, “Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames”, “Are You Lookin'?”, “Cowboy Mouth”, “The Unseen Hand”, “The Mad Dog Blues”, “Simpatico”, “Tarantula”, “Lady Beth: The Steelworkers' Play”, “Big Love”, “All in the Timing”. He taught at Columbia University and the Actor’s Center Conservatory. He is currently a resident artist at the Cell Theatre in Chelsea.

David Jenkins (Performer) David Jenkins is thrilled to be continuing his work with aMios, after having acted and directed for the Shotz series since March '11. Past directorial work include Steve Martin's “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”, and Brecht's “The Informer”. As a performer, favorite past roles include Treplev in “The Seagull”, and Michael in “The Pillowman”. He is also a proud member of Broken Box Mime Theater, New York's most surprising new performance art troupe. He extends enormous thanks and credit to all those who’ve been there along the way. davidjenkins.net

David L. Williams (Playwright) David L. Williams 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 and two 2nd prizes). He has written more than twenty-five plays and musicals, winning Riverside Stage Company’s Founder’s Award, EBE Ensemble’s “You Fill In The Blank” festival and HotCity Theatre’s GreenHouse New Play Festival, and being named a finalist in Inkwell Theatre’s Inkubator Festival. His most recent play, “The Winners” had its world premiere in St. Louis this September by HotCity Theatre. He has had four of his works selected for the NY Fringe Festival, and has been produced in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. He lives in New York with his wonderful wife Kathleen. Much thanks to all the fantastic people at aMios for all the work I’ve gotten to do with them!

Genesis Oliver (Performer) Genesis Oliver Regional Credits: “Map of Heaven”, “39 Steps”, “Othello”, “A Christmas Carol” at Denver Center Theatre Company; “Dracula”, “Game On”, “Two Or A Carload”, “The Greekest of Tragedies” at Actors Theatre of Louisville; “Othello” at Seattle Shakespeare Company; Graduate of the National Theatre Conservatory (MFA); NTC credits include: “As You Like It”, “Ah Wilderness”, “Angels In America”, “Tis Pity She’s a Whore” and “Man and Superman”.

Imogene Byrd (Playwright) Imogene Byrd wants to thank aMios for the chance. Thanks to John Pieza for directing (pssst-he had a neurotic writer to fend off). Thanks to the cast, seriously, they made “One Step Beyond” an alive & dynamic experience. Ms. Byrd (me, again) is deeply embarrassed to write a "bio". Just know that she, (I), can read, write, stay employed (thank goodness) and enjoys the company of creative people.

Jenna Panther (Performer) Jenna Panther is oh so glad to be working with aMios again after having been involved in The NYCycle (Secondary Sources & ConsumerCreditCultureClash) and a handful of Shotz. She is mighty proud to be a graduate of the National Theatre Conservatory (NTC). During her time with the Denver Center, Jenna appeared in The “Voysey Inheritance”, “A Prayer for Owen Meany”, and as Donna Lawson in the World Premiere of “Eventide”. She received a B.S. in Theatre (yes, it’s a real degree) from the University of Evansville and is a native of Louisville, KY--”home of the most exciting two minutes in sports”. In her free time Jenna is slowly but surely learning to play the mandolin, does a little yoga, and swings on the trapeze.

Jennifer Le Blanc (Performer) Jennifer Le Blanc is ridiculously excited to be taking part in her first LongShotz with aMios, though she is very grateful to have done several Shotz in the past. Recent credits include Elinor in the American premiere of “Sense and Sensibility” at TheatreWorks; Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth” and Annie in “The Real Thing” at Shakespeare's Associates; Regan in “King Lear” at Take Wing and Soar at the National Black Theatre in Harlem; Lauren in “second” at Studio 12 Ensemble; Eurydice in “Eurydice” at Artists Repertory Theatre; and Princess of France in “Love's Labour's Lost”, and Lady Macduff in “Macbeth” at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Jennifer got her MFA at the National Theatre Conservatory.

Jess Chayes (Director) Jess Chayes is a co-founder and resident director of The Assembly Theater Project and a freelance director. With The Assembly, she has co-created and directed “We Can’t Reach You, Hartford” (Edinburgh Fringe First Nominee, The Scotsman), “Daguerreotype” (The Abingdon Theater), “What I Took in My Hand” (The Ontological Theater, the Brick Theater), “Clementine and the Cyber Ducks” (The Ontological Theater, reading at P73), “The Dark Heart of Meteorology” (UNDER St. Marks), “The Three Sisters” (The Red Room, The Cherry Pit), and the upcoming “Weather Underground Project”. Jess is a New Georges affiliated artist and founding member of The Jam.

John Pieza (Director) John Pieza is a resident director at aMios and has directed many Shotz pieces as well as Dan Loeser's NYCycle pieces, “The Affair”, “The Design Problem”, and “Jesus, It's Easter”. Previous directing credits also include, “Poe-Dunk: A Matchbox Entertainment” for PlaylabNYC in the New York International Fringe Festival. Poe-Dunk is returning in the Frigid Festival 2012, and will be going up again in February 2012. John is also an actor, writer, entrepreneur, husband and father.

Joshua Coomer (Performer) Joshua Coomer has appeared in Volumes 1-4 of the NYCycle, numerous Shotzes, the NY premier of “Verse Course Verse” at The Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, the American Globe Theatre's 15 Min. Play Festival, and some Shakespeare now and then. Bachelor's degree: Ball State University. MFA: National Theatre Conservatory. Member AEA.

Justin Yorio (Playwright) Justin Yorio has appeared with the Denver Center Theatre Company as Henry Antrobus in “The Skin of Our Teeth” and Young Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”. Other credits: Josh in “Uncle Bob” (dir. Sam Gold), “The Europeans” (dir. Mark Wing-Davey). New York: Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Debating Society”, “Tess’s Last Night”, “Second”. With aMios: Jesus in “Jesus, It’s Easter” and Barney in “Escape From Roosevelt Island”. Other roles: Berowne in “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet”, Bernard in “Death of a Salesman”, Philip in “You Never Can Tell” and Philip Glass in “All in the Timing”. Justin is a graduate of the National Theatre Conservatory, and an actor and writer for aMios.

Kate MacCluggage (Playwright) Kate MacCluggage is a proud member of aMios. She has directed two previous NYCycles, and written and directed many (short) Shotz. She also acts. Selected acting credits include: “The Farnsworth Invention” (Broadway); “The 39 Steps” (Off-Broadway); “The Merchant of Venice” (TFANA, opposite F. Murray Abraham); “The Three Sisters” (The Assembly); “Evanston: A Rare Comedy” (Wolf 359/ HERE Arts Center); “Noises Off” (Denver Center). She has been seen on “All My Children” and eating a fish sandwich in a Wendy's commercial. BA: Wesleyan University. MFA: NYU Grad Acting.

Kelli Crump (Performer) Kelli Crump has appeared the NYCycle last season and can be seen monthly in Shotz. She has also appeared in “A Christmas Carol”, “Eventide”, and “A Prayer for Owen Meany” at the Denver Center. Films include “The Normals”, “Being Flynn” and “The Hideout”. She holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BFA from Central Michigan University. She has also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Kristy Powers (Performer) Kristy Powers is happy to be not only a frequent Shotzer but also apart of the NYCycle and Long Shotz with aMios. She recently concluded a run of "Verse Chorus Verse" with East 3rd Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre. She completed her studies at American University and The British American Drama Academy in London. Special thanks to family, friends, and aMios with whom she feels honored to work with every month.

Lauren Berst (Performer) Lauren Berst is a proud member of aMios who has acted in numerous shotz as well as NYCycles 2-4. Berst is an accomplished voiceover artist who has voiced many commercials and promos including Verizon, Fancy Feast Bravo, HBO, and the Discovery Channel. Other NY Theatre: "St Crispin's Day" at Rattlestick, "Down the Road" w/ Carbon Lane Productions. MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory and BFA from the University of Evansville. www.laurenberst.com

Mandi Masden (Performer) Mandi Masden is happy to be joining the aMios family and delighted to work with such an amazing group of actors. Most recently seen in “Shotz: To the Rescue”, Mandi's favorite roles include Harper in “Angels in America”, Irina in “The Three Sisters”, Perdita in “The Winter’s Tale”, Leata in “HAIR”, and Phebe in “As You Like It”. Other credits include “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1st Fairy), “Ragtime” (Sarah), “Into The Woods” (Witch), “The Threepenny Opera” (Vixen), and T”he Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (Lilith). She is a graduate of Macalester College.

Melissa Ortiz (Performer) Melissa Ortiz holds her MFA in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory. Over the past two years she has been seen in several Shotz and NYCycles. Some of her favorite roles include Edward in “Cloud 9”, Echo in “Eleemosynary” and Rhonda in “Surf City”. She would like to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support.

Michael J Fulvio (Performer) Michael J Fulvio acts, writes and directs for aMios. With aMios he’s been a cowboy, a zombie and a fly, amongst human characters. He received his MFA from the National Theater Conservatory in Denver. While at the Denver Center, Michael originated the role of Murphy in Plainsong, directed by Kent Thompson. You may have missed him in The Dishwashers off-Broadway. Michael also starred in Kubla Khan Productions' premiere movie Grace Haven. Don’t go looking for it.

P. Seth Bauer (Playwright) P. Seth Bauer (Playwright) is the author of “Early in the Mourning”, “Over the Line”, “Dahlia”, “Iphigenia”, “The Karma Cookie”, “The Umbrella Play”, “The Burglar of Suburbia”, “The Tip” and numerous one-acts. In New York, his plays have been presented and developed by New Group, Signature, EST, the Actors Studio, Epic Theatre Ensemble, TheAtrainplays, 24 Hour Play Co., The Lark, the WorkShop, PSNBC at HERE, Hypothetical, 78th St. Theatre Lab, Drilling Company, Boomerang among others. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service, Samuel French, and Smith and Krause and have been produced throughout the US and Europe. He teaches playwriting at University of the Arts and University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia with his dear wife Kaelynne and their 7 year old son, Simon.

Patrick Shand (Playwright) Patrick Shand is just like Romulus and Remus. Except instead of being raised by ravenous yet friendly wolves, he was raised by books (and also parents). After he read all of the books, comics, and plays ever published (it’s true, don’t worry), he went on a quest to expand his horizons and write his own material. He has written comics such as Joss Whedon's “Angel”, Spike TV's “1000 Ways to Die”, and Zenescope Entertainment's “Grimm Fairy Tales”, in addition to plays that have been produced in NYC and stories that have been included in anthologies and literary magazines. You can read more about him at patrickshand.blogspot.com

Rachel Dart (Director) Rachel Dart received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Recent directing credits include work with the Estrogenius Festival, Prospect Theater Company, the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, Emerging Artists Theatre, EST, and Oberon Theatre Ensemble. Rachel also created and produced “The Importance of Being Not So Earnest”, a series of evenings of musical comedy songs by emerging writers. She has been a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club and an SDCF Observer.

Rob Hille (Director) Rob Hille is a founding member and Associate Artistic Director of aMios where he acts and directs. Recently he has been seen in Volumes 1, 2 and 4 of aMios’s The New York Cycle, as well as in Shotz. Regionally, Rob has appeared with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Actor’s Theatre of Columbus, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BFA from Otterbein College. To Julia: I love you. To the cast, writers, directors, and crew of LongShotz: there are no words for the gratitude, pride, admiration, and love I have for you. Rob would like to dedicate his work in this show to his parents, Russ and Kim. Rob’s favorite color is green.

Robert Karma Robinson (Performer) Robert Karma Robinson is a Brooklyn/Houston native. He received his MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in '06. Since moving to New York his credits include “The Blowin of Baile Gall” by Boston playwright Ronan Noone at The Vineyard Playhouse, “Expedition Six” (dir. Bill Pullman) at the Kennedy Center, “Beef” a world premier written by up and coming playwright Lawrence Dial. He is excited to be a part of ShOtz for the first time and in the near and coming future.

Sean Lyons (Performer) Sean Lyons has written and performed in several of aMios’s monthly Shotz series. Recently, he finished the world premiere of “Ether Dome” at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Other regional credits include” A Prayer for Owen Meany”, “A Christmas Carol”, and “Eventide” at the Denver Center. Internationally, he’s performed several shows across three summers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as well as the German premiere of “Shakespeare’s R and J” at the Mainzer Kammerspielle and the International Shakespeare Festival in Neuss. Television credits include “Friday Night Lights”. He holds an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory.

Zach Evenson (Performer) Zach Evenson was conceived on the outskirts of Honolulu and then reared on nothing but cucumbers, fried potatoes and enriched 2% milk by a Norwegian woman and an Irish fellow in the 4th most insegrevious town in all of Texas. He is a staunch opponent of the NASA program and an avid reader of the Gospel of Thomas. Zach loves white chocolate and typically gets less than seven solid hours of sleep a night. He is a graduate of the NTC, a member of Actors Equity Association and would like to thank Gandhi, Roberto Clemente, Rob Hille, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo), John Pieza, the aMios gang and Tina Turner’s eldest child, Aaron Turner. Amen.