Hollie Rosenberg
Past Productions
Scroll down to read actor bios and see production stills of a few past productions.
SPOILED CHERRIES
Spoiled Cherries had a workshop performance produced by Narrows Community Theater in Brooklyn, NY in 2008 and then had a follow up production at Manhattan Repertory Company in NYC in 2009 with the following cast:
Ilana Becker .................... SheliaKramer Danielle Giovinazzi ..........Tory Eason Smith......................Alan
Christopher Sirota.............Joe Laura Mae Baker ..............Emma Robert Aloi........................Frank
"PIGGY"
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Lower East Side Film Festival, NYC 2006
Directors Guild of America Screening, LA 2005
Big Screen Festival, Chicago 2004
(2w/1m/1kid) A bittersweet fantasy about the inner world of Audrey, an eight year old. As a means to deal with the world around her, Audrey gives her piggy bank a personality and life of its own. 8minsRichard III
Date: Summer of 2007 - Every Monday night from 7/2-8/20
Company: Brooklyn Repertory Shakespeare Company
Location: The Brooklyn Lyceum, NY
My Role: Director
CAST:
Jessica Anglekhan...........…....…Buckingham
Orian Delwaterman ........….Edward / Ratcliff
Sarah Doudna ..........Duchess of York / Blunt
Elizabeth Eggers ……..Tyrell/ Rivers / Prince
Derrick Marshal.....Derby/Brakenbury/ Mayor
Jen Ponton…………...Queen Margaret / Lord
John Schiffbauer..............Clarence / Richmond
George Tsalikis…....…Catesby/ Murderer 2
Ben Tylka………..............Hastings / Lieutenant
Kristin Woodburn……….......Queen Elizabeth
CREW:
Rebecca Hackett ...............Dramaturge
Hollie Rosenberg.......................Director
Neal Zupanic..............Executive producer
George Tsalikis.......... Fight Choreographer
MEET THE CAST :
Richard Kirkwood (Richard of Gloucester) has performed Moby-Dick: the Sermon with the Brooklyn Lyceum for the past several months. Favorite roles include Lord Byron in Camino Real at Arthouse Productions in Jersey City, and Artie Shaughnessy in House of Blue Leaves as a guest artist at Hollins University. He has been heard and seen in numerous programs for the Learning Channel and Discovery.
Derrick Bryant Marshall (Derby/ Mayor/ Brakenbury) is pleased to make his Brooklyn Reparatory Shakespeare Company debut in Richard III under the direction of Hollie Rosenberg. Recent credits include: Unsheathed!, State Fair, Ragtime, La Posada Magical, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, as well as the operas Amahl & The Night Visitors, La Forza del Destino and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. This one is for the Twinnie, partner in crime and theatre.
Jen Ponton (QUEEN MARGARET) Jen is a 2006 graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey's Theatre program. She was last seen in the original musical My Life as a Bald Soprano and previously as a member of the Michael Chekhov Theatre Company's production of Happy Hour. Previous credits include Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, Maria in Twelfth Night, Pirate Jenny in the revue The Two Faces of Kurt Weill, Pope Joan in Top Girls, Mrs. Martin in The Bald Soprano and Madame Lombardi (dottore) in the classic commedia dell'arte, The Servant of Two Masters. Many thanks to Hollie and the cast and crew.
John William Schiffbauer (Clarence/Bishop/Richmond) graduated with a B.A. from Bard College. Previous acting credits include: As You Like It (First Lord), Theatre of the Riverside Church; Happy Go Lucky (Andy), Ensemble Studio Theater; Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Powerhouse Theater. His previous directing credits include: Along The Dock, Yellow Fog, (Bard College at Simon's Rock), and Clementine (Center Stage). He will graduate from Columbia University in 2008 with an MFA in Acting.
Stefanie Schussel (Lady Anne/ Murderer 1/ Scrivener) is thrilled to be acting in her first Shakespearean history. Other favorite Shakespeare roles include Festein in Twelfth Night, Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing. Stefanie is a founding member and the artistic producer of Elevator Up Theatre Company, which most recently produced Closer at The Times Square Arts Center.
GEORGE TSALIKIS (Catseby / 2nd Murderer / Fight Choreographer ) As the lead singer and founder of LMP Recording Artists Zandelle, George has released two international albums and has performed countless times in various venues throughout the country. George’s acting credits include Joe in The Pajama Game, The Kralahome and Simon Legree in The King & I, The Prince in Romeo & Juliet, The Great Goblin and an Elf in The Hobbit, Billy Crocker in Anything Goes, Young Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Patrick, Ralph Devine and Gregor in Mame, Bill Calhoun / Lucentio in Kiss Me Kate, Dr. Jekyll / Edward Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde and Danny Zuko in Grease. George is very excited to be making his debut with the Brooklyn Repertory Shakespeare.
Ben Tylka was last seen as the Narrator/ Mysterious Man in the Curtain Call Theatre's production of Into the Woods and as Fred in the Nebraska Theatre Caravan's touring production of A Christmas Carol. While studying at Truman State University some of his favorite roles included Dr. Faustus from Dr. Faustus and Jay Follet from All the Way home.
Kristin Woodburn (Queen Elizabeth): New York: Twelfth Night, Wars of the Roses, the 8 play Shakespearean history cycle, (Twenty Feet Productions); The Memory of Water, Airport Hilton (Invisible City Theater Company); A Rustle of Wings (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Pilgrims of the Night (Godlight Theatre Company). Regional: Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night (Southwest Shakespeare); Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Crucible, King Lear, Measure for Measure (AZ Repertory Theatre); All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Theatre SCA, Washington, DC). Film: A Long Way Home (Lifetime MOW), The Wicked, Hell on Earth, All of the Above, and Angel's Blade. Kristin holds a BFA from the University of Arizona and trained at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC. Many thanks to friends and family for their love and support.
Jessica Angleskhan (Buckingham) is a loyal student and performer of the classics, including roles in As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. Other favorites include The House of Bernnarda Alba Air Radio, Camino Real and The Rimers of Elderidge. She will also be seen in an upcoming production of The Elements, an original adaptation of The Oresteia. She thanks her family, friends, her dog, and especially Karim for putting up with her.
Orion Delwaterman (King Edward/Ratcliff) is happy to be working with the Brooklyn Shakespeare Rep. Orion, a California native, attended Skidmore College, and has been performing in New York ever since he graduated. Some of his most recent productions include Murder Me Always at Laugh Factory, Romeo and Juliet with the Queens Shakespeare Company, and The Memo at the Havel festival. Orion would like to thank the cast, and Hollie for a wonderful time and for ignoring Orion's suggestions about adding an evil richard cat to the show. Orion would also like to thank his friends and family for their everlasting support, and a special wag of the lobster tail for GB.
Sarah Doudna (Duchess of York/ Blunt/ Messenger) Recently appeared in Spontaneous Combustion at Manhattan Theater Source and in the James Bond mini spoof Players Royale. Stage credits include Absence and Goat Song in that last two Midtown International Theater Festivals. Musicals include Oklahoma, Ragtime, Into the Woods (Brooklyn Heights Players) Sarah also sings and is a trained dancer.
Elizabeth Eggers ( Rivers, Tyrell, Sir Christopher) Born in Manhattan, raised on Long Island, Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. Previous credits include, The Women, Waiting for Phillip Glass, The Book of Leviticus Show, and A Cheever Evening. Elizabeth is a founding member of the Group B Project, and co-produced their first production What's Beyond This Wall: Four One-Act Plays. She would like to thank the cast and the Brooklyn Repertory Shakespeare Company for making this show possible.
CREW:
Rebecca Hackett (Dramaturge) is a visual artist as well as a performer and graduated with her B.A. in Acting and Theatre Studies from Emerson College. In NYC: Pisanio is Brooklyn Rep. Shakespeare Co.'s Cymbeline, Carrie in Looking Glass Theatre's MeetMarket.com, Female Chorus in New Moon Rep. /Roust Theatre Co.'s workshop of I, Kreon - full production slated to run November at the Walker Space in TriBeCa. Other roles include: Germaine in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Lady Macbeth/Hecate in Macbeth (London/USA), and Mercutio in R+J at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Gina Healy (Costume Designer) has a been doing costumes, choreography and performing with the Brooklyn Heights Players for the last ten years. TBIYTC
Hollie Rosenberg (Director) has a BA in film production from Columbia College Chicago. She has worked backstage and behind the camera for television, theater and film in South Florida, Chicago, Los Angeles and NYC. She works as a Director, Playwright, Actress, Singer and Stage Manager. She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America. In September 2007 she will be attending City University of London for her masters in playwriting. Past directng credits include, Safari (TSI), BedpanPalace (Hieghts Players), Dirty Laundry On Crazy Girl’s Line (Strawberry One Act Festival), Lets Call Him MacBeth (Brooklyn One Theater) and as assistant Director All's Well That Ends Well (The Hudson Shakespeare Company, NJ). She would like to thank her amazing cast and crew for all their hard work. www.hollierosenberg.com
William Shakespeare (Playwright) works as a poet, playwright, dramatist and actor in London. His other plays include Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, As You Like It, Hamlet and many more. He is also part owner of the Kings Men Theater Co. He is really excited about this production. Special shout out to his wife Anne and our kids. And to the Brooklyn Shakespeare Co for taking a chance on an unknown playwright.
PRODUCTION STILLS:
(Photos taken by Heather Rosen)
Dirty Laundry On The Crazy Girl's Line
Crazy Girl explores her current predicament of being emotionally unbalanced and single.
Heather Rosen (Crazy Girl)Heather is thrilled to be making her New York debut in Rosenberg's play after attempting and failing to pursue a career as a talent and literary agent! Previous theatre work includes Hattie in Women of Lockerbie and Polonius in Hamlet. B.F.A Drama/Acting from Syracuse University. heather@heatherrosen.com
Hayli-Henderson (Boring Friend)Hayli came to New York in August of 2006. She received a BFA in Theatre from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Her New York credits include the Off Off Broadway production of A Kingdom, a Country or a Wasteland in the Snow at Performance Space 122, The Dressing Room at The Theatre-Studio, Inc., and Twelfth Night in the “Six Night’s to Live” Festival at The Producer’s Club. Her university credits include Kate Hardcastle in Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, Olga in Chekhov’s Three Sisters, and Iris in Blessing’s Down the Road.
Chris O’Neil (Alex)A Boston boy at heart, Chris has been in New York for a little over two years. Since graduating from Emerson College, Chris has appeared in "Feeding Ducks," originated the title role in the children's musical "Aesop," and can also be seen as the main character Les in the short film "The Ticket." He's a fun-loving Aquarius who, in addition to acting, also writes and sings. He can be seen every Sunday morning and at select concerts throughout the year singing with the tenor section of the Professional Choir of Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
Hollie Rosenberg (Playwright/Director) Hollie works as a playwright, director, actress, and producer in NYC. Several of her one act’s have been staged in South Florida and New York City. Last summer she wrote and directed the full length comedy “Bedpan Palace” at the Heights Players Theater in Brooklyn NY. She has worked backstage and onstage for film, television and theater in Florida, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. Hollie is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America. In September 2007 I will be attending City University of London for my masters in playwriting. http://www.hollierosenberg.com/.
Written & Directed by Hollie Rosenberg
Featuring: Hayli Henderson, Ben Hollandsworth, Chris O'Neil & Heather Rosen
PSM: Rebecca Hackett
Lights: Laura May Baker
Rehearsal Photo's
