Barefoot
Theatre Company
Season 2012-2013
bareNaked LA Reading Series
proudly presents
A
COLLECTION OF SHORT PLAYS
THE BUMP by
Israel Horovitz
with Danelle Eliav &
Christopher Whalen
CRISPETY, CRUNCHETY,
PEANUT-BUTTERY
by Tyler Fascett
with Shaun Taylor-Corbett,
Tyler Fascett
& Jerry O’Donnell
GRANDE LATTE by
Michael Reyes
with Christopher Frederick
& Casandera Lollar
BUSTED written
and directed by Danelle Eliav
with Kelsey Formost &
Wade Allain-Marcus
EVERYTHING ELSE
by Jennifer Skura
with Tala Ashe &
Christopher Whalen
THE STAIN by
Kristina Poe
with Caitlin Fitzgerald &
David Lengel
Directed by Francisco Solorzano with the exception of
Busted, directed by Danelle Eliav.
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ART OF
ACTING STUDIO LOS ANGELES
Barefoot
Theatre CompaNY / LA
Francisco Solorzano, Producing Artistic Director
Christopher Whalen, Producing Director
Danelle Eliav, Co-Producer
Molly Marinik, Program Director
Jennie West, Co-Producer / Artistic Associate
Sol Crespo, Company Manager
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TOMORROW:
ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN
by Jonathan Libman
Special Thanks to: AOA, Risa Bramon Garcia, Robert
Stein, Stephany Burns, Johnny Yoder, Tom Oppenheim, Nina Cappeli, cast, crew
and YOU, our audience.
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CHRISTOPHER WHALEN (THE BUMP) Theater: bareNaked LA Reading Series in Mike Reiss’ (THE SIMPSONS) I’M CONNECTICUT (opposite Joyce DeWitt); Joe Pintauro’s RAFT OF THE MEDUSA; Kristoffer Diaz's F**KING VIGWAN (OR SWAG); GLOUCESTER BLUE (Cherry Lane Theatre) and SINS OF THE MOTHER written and directed by Israel Horovitz (Gloucester Stage Company), 70/70 Horovitz Project in Horovitz's UNEXPECTED TENDERNESS (alongside Michael Stuhlbarg, Annabella Sciorra, Anna Chlumsky; Bleecker Street Theater), bareNaked Reading Series (NY/LA), SUITE HOROVITZ & MID EAST PIECES by Horovitz (Theatre For The New City). Christopher developed the role of Moretti in the workshop production of DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Horovitz's NEW SHORTS (Theatre Row Theatres opposite Lynn Cohen), BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, PERICLES, CRIMES OF THE HEART,
Israel Horovitz's SECURITY (Bleecker Street Theatre) & NORTH SHORE FISH (78th Street Theatre Lab) and Joseph Sousa's TEETH OF THE SONS (Bleecker Street Theatre) among others. Film: PS. I LOVE YOU opposite Lisa Kudrow, (Warner Brothers), THE PROCTOR (Endless Films). A physical fitness enthusiast, he completed his third New York City marathon in the fall of 2007. Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble Member.
SHAUN
TAYLOR-CORBETT (CCP) Most
recently starred as the lead in the award winning play, Home of the Running
Brave at Native Voices at the Autry.
Other LA theater credits include: Ubu Roi, Boggerlas, A Noise Within; In
the Heights, Sonny, Pantages Theater. He
was also an original cast member of the Broadway cast of In the Heights,
closing the show as Sonny.
Off-Broadway/Tours: Altar Boyz, Juan; In the Heights, Sonny (Ovation Award).
Tv/Film: Hi-5, series regular (Discovery Kids); Supremacy (starring Danny
Glover). Shaun has also co-written a
contemporary Native American musical called “Distant Thunder,” which has
already had readings in LA and NY, and is being developed for an off-Broadway
production next year.
TYLER FASCETT (CCP) is a writer for the
stage and screen based out of Los Angeles. He's also the co-founder of the rock&roll band, THE PUBLIC
TRUST. Tyler has developed a
working relationship with The Barefoot Theatre Comapny over the years and is
ecstatic to
have his work back in the hands of this esteemed group of artists.
JERRY O’DONNELL (CCP) a New York raised actor and director who now lives and works in Los
Angeles. Recent TV credits include a recurring role on MADMEN and guest stars
on Dexter, Cold Case and Without a Trace. Jerry can currently be seen punching
a heavy bag in a Kaiser Hospital commercial.
Working with Barefoot theater Co feels like coming home in many ways and
Jerry is excited to be an ensemble member working with such talented and
committed artists.
CASANDERA LOLLAR (GRANDE LATTE) made her Barefoot debut in the NYC Off-Broadway production of Joseph Sousa's
TEETH OF THE SONS at the Cherry Lane Theater. She received her BFA at
Brooklyn College in New York in 2008 and has worked consistently in Off-Off and
Off-Broadway theater ever since. She was nominated for a 2012 New York
Innovative Theater Award in the category of Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
for her portrayal of Sister Rita in Milan Stitt's THE RUNNER STUMBLES. A
very (very) recent transplant to the City of Angels, she is grateful for the
opportunity to be in the bareNaked readings!
CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK (GRANDE LATTE) is delighted to have
played the most ferocious of predators in Snuggle
Bunny opposite Zosia Mamet. In addition to the myriad zombies, aliens and
bad guys that earned Frederick his SAG vouchers, Frederick starred in the indie
feature Heads & Tails, and played
supporting rolls in Just Desserts, Monday Morning, Way Down In Chinatown, and many others that never made it onto
IMDB. He also co-starred in the ensemble feature Hunt The Maguffin. Having trained at the William Esper Studio in
NYC, Frederick graced the stages off-off-off-Broadway in roles such as I Am a Camera’s Christopher Isherwood
and This is Our Youth’s Warren
Straub. Frederick received his comedic training at Upright Citizens Brigade and
Comedy Sportz. He is favorably mentioned in a NYTheater.com
review for his performance of Christopher Columbus in the play Salty Tears.
KELSEY FORMOST (BUSTED) is a recent LA transplant by way of NYC
and San Diego...New York credits include: "Sleep No More"
(Off-Broadway), "Final Sunday" (Playwrights Horizons, Off-B-Way
workshop), Dancing at Lughnasa (Gallery Players, NYC), "Getting Even With
Shakespeare" (NYC Fringe and Encore Series). Select Regional Credits:
Miranda in "The Tempest" (Penn Shakes), Juliet "FOr Every
Passion" (Royal Shakespeare Company), Clea in "The Scene"
(Actors Theatre Charlotte), Reno Sweeney in "Anything Goes", and
Eponine in Les Miserables. Kelsey holds a BA with honors in theatre from
Davidson College. More about her film and tv work at www.kelseyformost.com. She'd like to thank
Barefoot for this opportunity!
CAITLIN FITZGERALD (THE STAIN) film credits include 'It's Complicated'
(dir. Nancy Meyers), 'Newlyweds' and 'Fitzgerald Family Christmas' (both
directed by Ed Burns), 'Damsels in Distress' (dir. Whit Stillman), 'Taking
Woodstock' (dir. Ang Lee), 'Love Simple' (dir. Mark von Sternberg, and the
up-coming 'Mutual Friends' (dir. Matthew Watts) and 'Manhattan Romance' (dir.
Tom O'Brien). She is also the co-writer of 'Like the Water', a feature in which
she also stars. Her television credits include 'Gossip Girl,' 'How to Make it
in America,' 'Blue Bloods,' 'Law and Order:SVU,' 'Mercy,' and the up-coming
series for Showtime 'Masters of Sex' based on the lives of Masters and Johnson.
Theater credits include Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet' at Shakespeare Santa Cruz,
and Hedda in 'Hedda Gabler' (dir. John Gould Rubin). She is a graduate of
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a member of the Actors Center
Workshop Company.
TALA ASHE (EVERYTHING ELSE)Off-Broadway/Regional: Troilus and Cressida (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Urge for Going (Public Theater), Welcome to Arroyo's
(Old Globe Theater), Beirut Rocks (Labyrinth Barn Series), Aftermath (Guggenheim Works and Process), Security (Barefoot Theatre
Company), Autophagy (Drama League), Twelfth Night (Actors’ Shakespeare
Project), Pearls from Salt (Olney Theatre) and Love’s Labours Lost
(Huntington Theater). TV and Film: "SMASH," "Law & Order:
CI," “Covert Affairs,” “30 Rock,” “Law and Order,” “As the World Turns,” “All My
Children,”
Circumstances (Sundance Institute Film Lab) and Waiting in
Beijing. Member of Barefoot Theater Company.
DANELLE ELIAV (THE BUMP) Originally from Canada, Danelle has trained and performed in
Toronto, Victoria, Jerusalem, London and New York. She is an actor, writer
and director in theater and film. As an actress, she has performed with
LAByrinth Theater Company, Primary Stages, the Public Theater, Classic Stage Company,
Red Bull Theater, Atlantic Theater as well as has performed in the New York
Fringe Festival and the Midtown International Film Festival. Select Theatre
includes: Goodnight, Sister (Dir.
James Lapine) & Speaking of
Tushy (Dir. Israel Horovitz, The Cherry Lane Theatre); Cynthia and the Dreadful Kite (Dir.
Jill DeArmon, LAByrinth Theater Barn Series at the Public & Vampire Cowboys
Saloon); When in Disgrace (St.
Clements Theater); Talk Thirty to Me (Bridge
Theatre Company); Burning Cities (NY
Fringe); Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Allentown
Shakespeare); Mothergun (MITF)
and title roles in Extremities and Cymbeline. Danelle is a proud
member of The Barefoot Theatre Company and has performed in countless
readings in the 70/70 Horovitz Project and in productions of Suite Horovitz (Dir. Pam Seiderman
at Theater for a New City) and Mid-East
Pieces (Dir. Mike LoPorto at Bleecker Street Theater & Eric
Nightengale at Theater for a New City). Film credits include: the
upcoming feature Victoriana starring
Corey Stoll directed by Jadrien Ford Steele, as well as several independent
shorts such as Naptime and Bodega. Danelle is an Actor-member of
the New York Playwrights Lab where she has worked closely with playwright
Israel Horovitz. As a playwright, Danelle has had two of her short
plays Busted and Unknown Variables performed at
Rebel Verses Festival at CenterStage Theater in NY, her short play Wreck produced in Barefoot’s Smashed Workshop Series and is
currently developing her first full length play Withdrawal. As a filmmaker, her short film The Girl and the Spanish Boy has
been at festivals all over the world, and won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best
Drama at Yorkton Film Festival, the Rising Star Award at Canada International
Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Festival Art Déco de Cinema,
São Paulo, Brasil, as well as the Certificate of Merit at the Williamsburg
International Film Festival. She also was selected for the Reykjavik
International Film Festival Talent Lab. Most recently Danelle produced the
feature film Emoticon ;) which
she also acted in alongside Carol Kane, Sonia Braga, Michael Cristofer, Daphne
Rubin-Vega and Christine Ebersole. Trained at RADA and the Neighborhood
Playhouse School of the Theater. She happily splits her time between
New York, Los Angeles and Toronto.
DAVID LENGEL (THE STAIN) A proud native of Queens, David went on to attend the famed High
School for Performing Arts and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied
at the Stella Adler Studio. He feels blessed to be able to live the life of an
actor in Los Angeles. Recent TV credits include "Dexter,"
"Touch," “Private Practice,” “Parenthood,” “90210,” “iCarly,” and
“House.” Recent theatre credits include Awake and Sing! (A Noise Within),Waiting For Lefty (Art of Acting), and Play It Again, Sam(Morgan-Wixson). Look
out for David on DVD in the comedy feature Casting
Couch.
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