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THE COMPANY
Actors
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Chanelle Benz (Elizabeth Woodville)
Chanelle is a graduate of Boston University’s Acting
Program and also trained at LAMDA. She has worked at various
theaters including: The Huntingdon Theater Company, HERE,
Theater For The New City, Galapagos Art Space, Columbia University
Stages, The Abingdon Theater and The Red Room. Favorite credits:
Solange in The Maids, Natascha in Three Sisters , Vassilisa
in The Lower Depths, Alice/Jove in GUT Symmetries, and Millamant
in The Way of the World.
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Dylan Bluestone (Young Henry/Petitioner 2/Clerk/Prince
Edward) started his career at age 2 when he started doing
schtick in the family room. At 3 he landed the role of Daniel
in As the World Turns where he stayed for 6 1/2 years. His
other TV credits include Law and Order, ESN’s "Wayne
Street," Sesame Street, Naked Brothers' Band and numerous
national commercials. His film credits include Kevin Bacon’s
"Loverboy", Rainier Judd's "Remember Back,
Remember When" and several industrials. He studies with
Diane Hardin and Sheila Gray. This is his first professional
theater performance. Great, too! [Virginia's words, but likely
Dyl’s, too.] |
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David Palmer Brown* (Gloucester) – Has played,
over many years, a variety of roles in Washington, D.C. and
New York, including: Thomas Becket (Murder in the Cathedral),
Dracula (title role), Older in It’s Not Even Past (PUSH
Productions); Mephisto (Theatre of Necessity) and Frank Elgin
in The Country Girl (at New Actors Workshop). |
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Dan Burkarth* (Clifford) - is also currently in Fox
Media’ Roommates at the Producer’s Club II. He
serves on the Board of Directors with Turtle Shell Productions
as their Teen / intern Coordinator. Recently he received acclaim
for his portrayal of the pompous but charming Shakespearian
ham actor, Edward J. Thornton III in Theatre for New City’s
The Ghosts of 14th Street. Dan is delighted to be part of
this talented cast! FaceBook
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Giovanni Vargas
(Curtis, "Two Realities"): Giovanni trained @ Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival. He has acted with: Wonderland One Act Festival, Around the Block Theatre Group, Coconut Daughters Productions, West Side Actors Studio and Valencia Character Company in NYC. On YouTube, he can be seen parodying Obama in "Border Jump Off" for "Fresh Prince of DC," with whom he has also writen and produced.
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Jarvis Smith
(Sidney, "Two Realities"): received his training from University of Delaware. He has been seen on many TV shows and with many O-O-Bwy companies, including most recently, "Bored to Death." This is the second time he has worked with Virginia Hammer (the first in June 2010's "Global Warming" Theatre Festival @ 13th St. Rep, NYC) and the first in Newark, with, he hopes, many more to come.
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Tom Cox (Warwick/Petitioner 2/Dick Butcher/Northumberland)
- Tom is obsessed with King Lear (the play and the role) having
done Cornwall in a staged production and readings as Lear,
Kent, Gloucester, Oswald, Cornwall and the Doctor. Favorite
roles have included Chebutykin in Chekhov’s Three Sisters
(dir. by Gerald Glackin) and Inspector Hound in Tom Stoppard’s
"The Real Inspector Hound."
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Joe Hamel (Duke of York) Off Broadway: understudied
and performed the role of Messer Nicia in the Pearl Theatre
Company 2008 production of Machiavelli’s The Mandrake.
Other roles include, Brutus, Touchstone, Bob Cratchit, and
Lum in Gorilla Rep.’s Fool. Joe is a member of the Hudson
Warehouse theatre company. www.hudsonwarehouse.net Thanks
to directors, cast and crew. |
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Virginia Hammer* (Margaret; Artistic Director) Training: Central School, London and NYU. West End, London: Aspects of Love; Regional U.K.: Perth, York, London Fringe. Regional, U.S.: Alaska Rep., classics and comedy Fringe in Phila., v/o's for many Philly industries; Irish band Skibereen in Philly; jazz singing in NY and Phila.
Has acted in many great new plays by brilliant writers Tevya Abrams, Dean Bevan, Fred deLuna, Tom Lavignino, Elise Marenson, Neville Mur, Morna Martell, William Petersen and Larry Schwabach, among others, with Tri-State Rep, Around the Block and Village Playwrights, where her full-length Stuck in Deposit, one-acts The Two and Holiday in Velours, insane monologue The Thespians, or Off to the Shakeathon! and soon, full-lengths Reunions and Real Power have been/will be read.
Art Takes Money. Just call me: La Grande Schmooze. Fun and nec., though. Thanks for perusing our site, thanks to this splendid company and to all the wonderful kids I?ve taught in the Philadelphia schools. |
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Karl Hanover* (Henry VI) - is a graduate of the National
Theatre Conservatory in Denver. Regionally he has worked with
the Denver Center Theatre Company, CalShakes, Berkeley Rep,
and the San Francisco and Philadelphia Shakespeare Festivals.
Most recently he performed the voices of Atlas and Fontaine
for the computer game BioShock, and he continues to be involved
in the original work Expedition 6, written and directed by
Bill Pullman.
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Suzanne Hayes* ( Elinor) - previously appeared in
Henry VI as King Henry in Judith Shakespeare’s famously
cross-gendered production, portrayed Trinculo in their production
of The Tempest and Sir Plume in their "Rape of the Lock"
(Alexander Pope). Other Shakespeare credits include Titania
in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Olivia in Twelfth Night.
She has appeared in several films of her husband Michael Patrick
Kelly, including producing and appearing in Operation Lysistrata,
the documentary of the largest theatrical act of protest in
our history. On the steering committee of THAW, Theaters Against
War, she gives much time and energy to advocating for peace
and has appeared with THAW on The Next Hour on WBAI radio. |
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Bennett Pologe (Richard) - Phantom (Phantom of the
Opera - Yeston-Kopit), Raul (Phantom of the Opera - David
Bell). Regional: Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance), Sky Masterson
and Nathan Detroit (Guys and Dolls), the King (The King and
I), Riff Raff (Rocky Horror Show), Jake ("Jake’s
Women" and, at Westchester Broadway Dinner Theatre, an
elf, a millionaire and a skeleton. Shakespeare: Buckingham
(Richard III), Warwick (Henry VI), Bellarius (Cymbeline),
Shylock, Brutus, Polonius. Ben has not appeared on Law and
Order.
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Jordan Reeves* (Suffolk/Edward) Jordan is a NY based
actor, director and fight choreographer. He holds a MFA in
Acting from the Brown University/Trinity Repertory Consortium.
He is also the Artistic Director and a founding member of
the Guerrilla Shakespeare Project, where his roles include
Richard III in, "Richard III," Valentine
in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and DENNIS
in "This is our Youth". Regional: Trinity
Repertory Company "Cyrano," "Romeo and Juliet"
Orlando Shakespeare Festival "Oedipus at The Crossroads,"
"JACK and the Beabstalk" New American Theatre
"Three Musketeers," "Arsenic and Old Lace".
If you’d like to know more about Jordan check out his
web site at jordanryanreeves.com.
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Josh Thelin* (Cardinal Beaufort/Clarence) - NY: Day
of Absence, Classical Theatre of Harlem; Job, Storm Theatre;
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot;
Cymbeline (Folding Chair). Regional: Shear Madness and Alexander
and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Kennedy
Center; Henry VIII and Punk Hamlet, Taffety Punks, Julius
Caesar; Romeo and Juliet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Are Dead, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Everyman Theatre,
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Capital Fringe. Training:
MFA., Academy for Classical Acting (ACA). Oberlin College.
Member: First Look Theatre Company. Proud member of Actors
Equity Association. |
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Larry Weeks (Jack Cade/Messenger/Murderer) - A lifelong
rock-n-roller (keyboards, vocals) and self-avowed Shakespeare
geek, this is Larry’s 20th Shakespeare production. Favorite
roles include Pandarus (Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare
in the Wild), Buckingham (Richard III) and Claudius (Hamlet
- Gorilla Rep). Thanks to Virginia, directors and cast for
their perseverance. |
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Directors
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Gerald Glackin graduated from Fordham University
with a BA in Theatre. He did his post-graduate studies at
the British American Drama Academy, where he was fortunate
to study with Earle Gister (former Dean of Yale’s Acting
Program). He continued studying with Mr.Gister at the Actor’s
Center. Gerald has worked in the Delaware Valley, New York
and London. He co-founded 2060 Inc., a not for profit theater
company in New York City, in 2003. He has produced, acted
and/or directed in all seven productions for the company,
most recently directing Three Sisters. |
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Rodney Hakim is a local director, actor, coach, and
writer. Previous directing credits include such critically
acclaimed productions as "Shining City," "Frozen,"
(Outrageous Fortune Co.), "Operation Ajax" (Butane
Group), "Entertaining Lesbians" (named Select Artist,
Fall Collection), and "No Exit" (named Best of the
Fest, Midtown International Theatre Festival), as well as
a long running series of Shakespeare readings in association
with Barnes & Noble Bookstores.
RodneyHakim.com |
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Susan McCallum* has appeared in the plays of William
Shakespeare and Eugene O’Neill and will race to Devil’s
Island for an encore of any of these with one hour’s
notice. Additionally, she enjoyed working in plays of Brendan
Behan, Frank Gilroy, Brian Friel and Sean O’ Casey,
not to mention the infinite number of not yet famous New York
playwrights whose dreams and visions she has been privileged
to share. She is delighted to be working on Henry VI and thanks
Virginia for this opportunity. She has also been a frequent
and passionate performer for Shakespeare on Saturdays. |
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Chanelle Benz, See Bio Above
David Palmer Brown*, See Bio Above
Virginia Hammer*, See Bio Above |
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* Member of Actors Equity Association |
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