Cast & Crew Headshots
Group A
Brandon Boruch | Carla Brandberg* MC Crosby | Caroline Keegan Savage* Christopher Lee* | Jackie Maruschak* Eric Percival* | Caity Redfern*
Joseph R. Sicari* | Kathleen Swan* | Carol Todd* Spencer Ventresca* | Donna Wandrey*
Group B
Veronica Cruz* | Christine Sage* Dave Bobb | Sam Calvo* | Terri Campion Marc Castle* | Jeannie Dalton* Pëtra Denison* | Ella Dershowitz* Tomo Lovric* | Ralph Pochoda* | Lily Potarf
Cast & Crew Bios
Produced by
The American Renaissance Theater Company
INSIDE FRONT COVER (can be intro to Creative Team)
PRODUCERS NOTE
ARTC is widely known as an incubator for the development of new full-length plays, something about which we are most proud. What may be less known is that our writers and actors develop one-acts and shorter plays all year long in our weekly Workshop. However, we have become increasingly aware that the one-act play (as opposed to the 10-minute play) is rarely produced. ARTC decided to take the “bull by the horns” and produce our own One-Act Play Festival. Limited to just 8 plays, 4 per presentation, we are presenting a limited festival of 8 total performances. 8 of our writers, 8 directors, and 26 of our actors are featured, along with technicians and designers. In only 6 short days, well over 40 artists are participating in “Two By Four,” which we hope will provoke, stimulate, surprise and bring you laughter! A gift from us to you as we start a new season.
ARTC thanks all our donors, large and small. We are delighted that you are too many to list here, but we especially want to thank the Bob and Judy Clyman Fund, and the New York Council on the Arts for their grant underwriting rehearsal space at Theatre Row Studios.
Two By FourCreative TeamCo-Producers
Kathleen Swan
MC Crosby
Lighting Designer
MC Crosby
Stage Manager and Sound Engineer
Harriet Carr
Assistant Stage Managers
Mel Ashby-Hunt
Brandon Boruch
Sound Designer
Natsuko Sado
Graphic Designer
Stephanie Anderson
Associate Producer
Bill Cosgriff
Mel Ashby-Hunt (they/them) is a Brooklyn based Stage Manager. Favorite past productions: Just Juliet (FATTER Productions) She Wolves (Neo Political Cowgirls), JANUARY (MultiStages), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Kitchen Sink Theatre Company), Poster Child (Kitchen Sink Theatre Company), George Kaplan (The Bridge Production Group). Follow them @melstildaeverywhere.
Brandon Boruch makes his return to the NYC stage after 10 years. He recently directed Cat On A Hot Tin Roof for Hideaway PAC. He has featured in two OIF award winning shorts; ‘Between The Line’ & ‘Pumped Up’. In London, he’s been in the Glitch Production of ‘ Beatrix’ playing Harry Carter. Jerry in the Edfringe and Peckham Fringe Festival of ‘Hayfever’. Instagram: @bbrandoactgr8 Venmo:@brandon-Boruch
Harriet Carr (she/her) is a stage manager from Michigan. She recently graduated from Western Michigan University with her BFA in stage management and is new to both NYC and ARTC. Harriet has worked on plays, musicals and dance productions, and this is her first showcase of new plays!
MC Crosby (she/they) is an actor and playwright produced in NYC, Scotland, Indonesia, and Japan. They were a finalist for the McKnight Residency, won the Kaufman Award, and are headlining NJ Play Lab’s Social Justice Festival in May. MC’s movement plays destigmatize mental health, Queerness, gender, and body image. www.mccrosby.com
Natsuko Sado is a sound design student set to graduate in Summer 2027. As a sound designer, Natsuko focuses on building immersive soundscapes that help audiences feel the emotional depth of each performance. As a photographer, she captures the visual moments that bring live theatre to life. Instagram : @nat.suko.sado_
Kathleen Swan* (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC and continues as part of its artistic team. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
Presentation A
Mutual Bond
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Brandon Boruch (Carl and ASM) makes his return to the NYC stage after 10 years. He recently directed Cat On A Hot Tin Roof for Hideaway PAC. He was featured in two OIF award winning shorts; Between The Line & Pumped Up. In London, he’s been in the Glitch Production of Beatrix playing Harry Carter. Jerry in the Edfringe and Peckham Fringe Festival of Hayfever. Instagram: @bbrandoactgr8 Venmo:@brandon-Boruch
Mark Levine (Playwright) His plays have been directed by Patrick O’Neal, Estelle Parsons and Pete Masterson. He has written for Ellen Burstyn. Labyrinth Theater produced Catch A Falling Star with Sam Rockwell. Presently, Mark’s plays are in development at ARTC. He currently works as Drama Specialist for Columbia University Medical Center’s CARING@Columbia Program.
Joe Sicari*( TV: Over 250 guest starring/regular roles including Seinfeld, Sopranos, NYPD Blue, FILMS including Isn’t It Romantic, Who is Harry Kellerman, Kicking and Screaming, NEW YORK: Golden Boy (City Center), Nat’l tour Damn Yankees w/Jerry Lewis; original Dames at Sea. REGIONAL: Cleveland Playhouse, NY/LA Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper-Forum The Tempest (Trinculo) w/Anthony Hopkins, DIRECTING/COACHING: Leslie Uggams, Ed Asner, Doris Roberts, etc. JOSEPHRSICARI.COM
Kathleen Swan (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC and continues as part of the Artistic Team. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
Donna Wandrey* Roxanne Drew on the gothic Soap Opera Dark Shadows. Broadway: The Norman Conquests. Regional: Other Desert Cities, The Glass Menagerie, Murderers, Moon Over Buffalo, Lettice & Lovage, The Eccentricities Of A Nightingale, My Fair Lady, Charlie’s Aunt. TV: Law & Order: SVU, The Affair, As The World Turns, Another World, Edge Of Night, Ryan’s Hope. Over 300 Commercials.
Choose!Carol Todd* (Joan) Selected theatre: Jericho (59e59 Theatres), Between the Bars (HERE Arts Center), To She Who Waits (ARTC), Ferguson (urbanStages), Intermission (The Clurman). TV: FBI (CBS), Law & Order (NBC), The Night Agent (Netflix), Crystal Lake (Peacock/A24), High Maintenance (HBO), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (FX). Film: The Sounding, 20th Century Boys 2, Tito. www.caroltoddactress.com
Jackie Maruschak* got a BFA in acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Since graduating she’s done commercials, voiceovers, standup, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and Where-The-Hell-Is Broadway. She is thrilled to be making her ARTC debut and dedicates this to all her friends. CHEERS TO ALL IMPORTANT FRIENDSHIP. L'CHIAM!
Kim T. Sharp (Director, Choose!) has been fortunate to direct several of Ms. Swain’s scripts. He recently directed Truth Be Told by William Cameron starring Francesca Ravera. The script was subsequently published. Thanks to Bara, Jackie, Carol, Harriet and the ARTC artists contributing to 2 X 4.
Bara Swain’s plays have been staged in 325+ venues in 33 states and eight countries, from live and virtual productions to radio/audio plays and short films. Her plays are anthologized by S&K, Applause Books, Oxford U. Press, Art Age, and Palmetto Press. “Special thanks to our creative team and ARTC!” www.BaraSwain.com
GatorsCarla Brandberg* has appeared in numerous ARTC staged readings and productions. A longtime member of ARTC, she has also served on the Staff and Board. In addition to other work onstage in New York, she enjoys portraying various characters in Film and TV. AEA, SAG-AFTRA www.imdb.me/carlabrandberg
Joseph Capone (Director) — [email protected]. Joseph Capone is the Artistic Director of Classics at the Point Theatre Ensemble, founded 20 years ago. He has directed, acted in, and produced plays such as Blithe Spirit, Amadeus, and Our Town, as well as his own plays, Thomas and Sybil’s Star. He has directed at multiple universities and in NYC. MFA Yale.
Linda Kampley: This is the premier of GATORS as a stage play. As a Screenplay GATORS has won many accolades including Best Short Screenplay in Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards. Linda is very proud of the Equity production of FASTENED TO THE MOON, produced by ARTC.
MC Crosby (she/they) is an actor and playwright produced in NYC, Scotland, Indonesia, and Japan. They were a finalist for the McKnight Residency, won the Kaufman Award, and are headlining NJ Play Lab’s Social Justice Festival in May. MC’s movement plays destigmatize mental health, Queerness, gender, and body image. www.mccrosby.com
Kathleen Swan* (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
My HandiworkCaity Redfern* was most recently seen on FBI: Most Wanted on CBS and is proudly repped by Rebel Creative Group! Caity is also a standup comedian, a teacher, and a writer. Shoutout to Margo, Joff and Amaya!
Christopher Lee* is an actor and writer. Recent Shows: The "Audience Choice Award" winning sold out run of Clown Bar 2, the NYC premier of Fat Cat Killers—both written by Adam Szymkowicz—Dean Haspiel's The War of Woo, and Mark Jason Williams' Straight Faced Lies directed by Andrew Block. He would like to thank Bex, Fidget & Boo for their support. www.ChristopherLee.nyc
Caroline Keegan Savage* (she/they) is a New York City–based performance artist and theatre-maker. Graduate of NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway. Recent credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Sixth Fest), Ocean Walk (Life Jacket Prod.). caroline-keegan.com
Eric Percival* is thrilled to return to ARTC, having last been seen in The Bliss Option. Film: The Lepers, Carol’s Last Chance. TV: Farm Story. Off-Bway: My Purple Wig (Theatre Row), Mr. Bengt's Wife (Strindberg Rep), Island (NYSX). Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor - Planet Connections; Outstanding Lead Actor - MITF www.ericpercival.com
Robert Kerr’s plays include Have You Seen Boomer? (lakehouseranchdotpng, published by 1319 Press), In Search Of...Sasquatch (5th Wall Productions), and The Potato Creek Chair of Death (EST). A Turkish version of Have You Seen Boomer? was performed at Bahçe Galata in Istanbul. Robert was a playwriting fellow at Juilliard.
Derek Todd (Director); The Art & Work Ensemble (Co-Founder/Artistic Director): Native American, Vinegar Tom, Mud People, Birdsend, etc.; Harbor Theatre Company (Associate Artistic and Producing Director): Making Peter Pope (urbanStages); 12 Miles West Theatre Company: Bluff; Lightning Strikes: Floodwatch. Graduate American Academy of Dramatic Arts West.
Spencer Ventresca* is an actor and director based in NYC. He has performed with Gorilla Repertory Theatre in their productions of The Bacchae and Exit The Wizard. He previously produced and performed with his Philadelphia-based company, Sewer Rats Productions, curating world premieres of Lucy isn't Real, Period House, and You May Not Know... which he wrote and directed.
Presentation BMy GirlElowyn Castle, Director. OFF-BROADWAY: The Norwegians - The Drilling Company; Happy Birthday Wanda June, Much Ado About Nothing - Equity Library Theatre. Other: Kallie - ARTC; A Royal Mess, The Importance of Being Earnest, Noises Off; Arms And The Man – ACC/SNARKS; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello - National Shakespeare Company; Cowboy Mouth: Dubrovnik Festival in Yugoslavia. SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
Ella Dershowitz*: Off-Broadway favorites: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (59E59, WP, MVP, Luna), Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre), Intimacy (New Group), Card and Gift (Clubbed Thumb), Connected (59E59). Regional includes: The Two Hander (NJ Rep), Joy and Pandemic (Huntington), Sovereignty (Marin), Actually (Aurora). Ella also makes crossword puzzles.
Veronica Cruz* (Alice): January (MultiStages), Hamlet (Bryant Park Shakespeare), Olive in The Norwegians (The Drilling Company), Curmudgeons In Love (EST), Widows (59E59). Upcoming film: Our Bodies & Other Shames. TV: Chicago PD, Bridge & Tunnel, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Law & Order. Film: Occupant, Somebody’s Hero.
Terri Campion* is a New York based Writer/Actor/Educator. Her novel in stories – Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow – was published in April 2024 with Willow River Press. Her work has appeared in Washington Square Review, Inkwell Journal, Meriwether, Smith & Kraus and Café Lit. She is an award-winning playwright. Her plays have been produced and staged in venues in the NYC and the New Jersey area.
Lily Potarf: A graduate of Pace University’s BFA in Acting for Film, Television, Voice-overs, and Commercials, Lily is thrilled to be back onstage with ARTC. Credits include Wasted, Acknowledging the Elephant of my Unborn Child, and Hair Salon and Sam. She recently shot a short film entitled Echo, coming out this fall. www.LilyPotarf.com
Eye of the BeholderPëtra Denison* (Woman, Eye of the Beholder) is an NYC-based, AEA actor and ARTC member. Her New York theatre credits include Lakeplay (Vib), Our Town (Mrs. Webb), The Comedy of Errors (Adriana), Fastened to the Moon (Katherine), Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (Tracy), and Antigone (Antigone/Tiresias/Messenger). www.petradenison.net
Sam Calvo* is honored to be performing for the first time with ARTC. Most recently starring in the feature film Back to the Present (set to release this year), he is eager to hit the boards again and is currently unrepresented. (wink) (wink) Callmesamcalvo.com
Kathryn Grant: Over the past 30 years, most of her plays have been workshopped and produced at ARTC. Other plays have been produced at the Actors Studio, Premiere Stages, Penguin Rep, and First Stages in DC among others. Her writing is published by Samuel French, Applause Books and Smith & Kraus. www.kathryngrantwriter.com
Eva Minemar is an award-winning producer & director, a member of the Actors Studio Director’s Unit and New York Women In TV & Film. She’s the co-founder of Mulberry Queens Films, a NY based production company. MQF devotes itself to creating work that questions, acknowledges and forces dialogues about challenging, uncomfortable, or ignored issues.
The New PasteurAndrea Andresakis (Director) is thrilled to be working with ARTC again after directing Filthy Monsters, also by Michael McGoldrick. 150 director and choreographer credits worldwide. Select NYC: Spandex and Hip Hop High (Off-Broadway); Lola Luning’s First Steps (Abingdon); Star Spangled Girl (Playwrights Horizons). Associate Artist with NY Classical Theatre. The Pearl Diver is streaming as a fundraiser for Asian Americans Advancing Justice. SDC. www.Andresakis.com
Dave Bobb* is an actor, acting coach, and producer. He has acted in films with Robert DeNiro directed by Luc Besson to most recently on TV in Life & Beth on Hulu. Now teaching at SAG-AFTRA’s NY Conservatory, actors have booked over 40 roles self-taping at his studio. As supervising producer, actor and coach, he is guiding a new film, FUNNY/NOT FUNNY through the festival circuit.
Michael McGoldrick's play Wolf and Badger was staged by The Main Street Players in Miami in 2021. His play Backstage Fairytale will appear in Mexico City in February of this year. His shorter plays have been performed throughout the tri-state area, as well as in Florida, Arizona, California and elsewhere. He is very grateful to ARTC for this opportunity to present The New Pasteur.
Tomo Lovrić* is an actor, writer, director, and former R&D scientist. Most recently on stage he played George Roberts in Alicia Foxworth’s GHOST WRITER, and his most recent screen roll was Santos in Evan Crooke’s BUTCHER’S MOUNTAIN. Many thanks to ARTC and the cast and crew of The New Pasteur for inviting me to play!
Christine Sage*, aka Sage, is a theater nerd, an aerialist, a mentor/teacher, and a faerie! Sage hails from California, where she won an Ovation Award for blending Shakespeare and aerial silks. For her adulting job she manages a circus studio, and uses that flexibility to audition constantly. She’s proud and grateful that this is the first show she has booked since moving to NYC. Thanks ARTC! @sage_ism
Into the LightJames Armstrong previously directed Bara Swain’s Beyond a Reasonable Doubt for ARTC. Other directing credits include The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont at Drew University and All-American Hero by Jason King for the Northwest Florida Young Playwrights Society. You can keep up with him at www.armstrongplays.com.
Terri Campion* is a New York based Writer/Actor/Educator. Her novel in stories – “Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow,” was published in April 2024 with Willow River Press. Her work has appeared in Washington Square Review; Inkwell Journal; Meriwether; Smith & Kraus and Café Lit. She is an award-winning playwright. Her plays have been produced and staged in venues in the NYC and the New Jersey area.
Marc Castle* (Playwright/Sol Into the Light) has been a member of ARTC since 2001. A director as well as an actor and playwright, Marc has been in this business longer than he cares to mention. Besides ARTC, he is a proud member of Emerging Artists, Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, the Dramatists Guild, and an alumnus of the BMI Workshop. www.marccastle.com
Jeannie Dalton*: Most recent roles include: Annie/Calendar Girls; Lysistrata/Lysistrata; Emma/Stupid Fucking Bird; Lottie/Enchanted April. Favorite roles performed regionally include: Harper/Angels in America (Parts 1 & 2); Bella/Lost in Yonkers; Anne/A Little Night Music; Dunyasha/The Cherry Orchard. Her TV pilot How Did That Happen?!, which she co-wrote, produced and stars in, is currently making the film festival circuit. She has been a proud member of ARTC since 1994.
Ralph Pochoda*: Representative roles: Off-Broadway: Creon/OEDIPUS (w/James Earl Jones), Elias/SECOND AVENUE (w/Ned Eisenberg). Regional Theater/National Tour: Matt Friedman/TALLEY’S FOLLY (w/Maryanne Plunkett), Iago/OTHELLO, Claudius/HAMLET, The Attendant (God)/STEAMBATH, Victor/THE PRICE, Jaques/AS YOU LIKE IT, The Doctor/MEDAL OF HONOR RAG. NYC Radio: Macbeth/MACBETH, Claudius/HAMLET, Garcin/NO EXIT. Graduate: Juilliard – Advanced Acting Program.
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE THEATER COMPANY
Founded in 1975,
Incorporated in 1976 by Robert Elston and Elizabeth Perry
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Perry, Acting Chair
Bill Cosgriff, Stuart D’Ver, Anita Khanzadian,
Kathleen Swan
WORKSHOP STAFF 2025-2026
INTERIM PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MC Crosby
ARTISTIC ADVISOR/ARTISTIC TEAM
Kathleen Swan
ARTISTIC ADVISOR/SPECIAL PROJECTS
Bill Cosgriff
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR, DRAMATURG
Andrew Heinze
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Carla Brandberg
WORKSHOP SCHEDULER
Cathy Boyd
MEMBERSHIP DATA COORDINATOR, CASTING DIRECTOR
Marc Castle
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Leslie Kendall Dye
Brandon Boruch
SECRETARY, TREASURER
Anne Newhall
The American Renaissance Theater Company
INSIDE FRONT COVER (can be intro to Creative Team)
PRODUCERS NOTE
ARTC is widely known as an incubator for the development of new full-length plays, something about which we are most proud. What may be less known is that our writers and actors develop one-acts and shorter plays all year long in our weekly Workshop. However, we have become increasingly aware that the one-act play (as opposed to the 10-minute play) is rarely produced. ARTC decided to take the “bull by the horns” and produce our own One-Act Play Festival. Limited to just 8 plays, 4 per presentation, we are presenting a limited festival of 8 total performances. 8 of our writers, 8 directors, and 26 of our actors are featured, along with technicians and designers. In only 6 short days, well over 40 artists are participating in “Two By Four,” which we hope will provoke, stimulate, surprise and bring you laughter! A gift from us to you as we start a new season.
ARTC thanks all our donors, large and small. We are delighted that you are too many to list here, but we especially want to thank the Bob and Judy Clyman Fund, and the New York Council on the Arts for their grant underwriting rehearsal space at Theatre Row Studios.
Two By FourCreative TeamCo-Producers
Kathleen Swan
MC Crosby
Lighting Designer
MC Crosby
Stage Manager and Sound Engineer
Harriet Carr
Assistant Stage Managers
Mel Ashby-Hunt
Brandon Boruch
Sound Designer
Natsuko Sado
Graphic Designer
Stephanie Anderson
Associate Producer
Bill Cosgriff
Mel Ashby-Hunt (they/them) is a Brooklyn based Stage Manager. Favorite past productions: Just Juliet (FATTER Productions) She Wolves (Neo Political Cowgirls), JANUARY (MultiStages), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Kitchen Sink Theatre Company), Poster Child (Kitchen Sink Theatre Company), George Kaplan (The Bridge Production Group). Follow them @melstildaeverywhere.
Brandon Boruch makes his return to the NYC stage after 10 years. He recently directed Cat On A Hot Tin Roof for Hideaway PAC. He has featured in two OIF award winning shorts; ‘Between The Line’ & ‘Pumped Up’. In London, he’s been in the Glitch Production of ‘ Beatrix’ playing Harry Carter. Jerry in the Edfringe and Peckham Fringe Festival of ‘Hayfever’. Instagram: @bbrandoactgr8 Venmo:@brandon-Boruch
Harriet Carr (she/her) is a stage manager from Michigan. She recently graduated from Western Michigan University with her BFA in stage management and is new to both NYC and ARTC. Harriet has worked on plays, musicals and dance productions, and this is her first showcase of new plays!
MC Crosby (she/they) is an actor and playwright produced in NYC, Scotland, Indonesia, and Japan. They were a finalist for the McKnight Residency, won the Kaufman Award, and are headlining NJ Play Lab’s Social Justice Festival in May. MC’s movement plays destigmatize mental health, Queerness, gender, and body image. www.mccrosby.com
Natsuko Sado is a sound design student set to graduate in Summer 2027. As a sound designer, Natsuko focuses on building immersive soundscapes that help audiences feel the emotional depth of each performance. As a photographer, she captures the visual moments that bring live theatre to life. Instagram : @nat.suko.sado_
Kathleen Swan* (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC and continues as part of its artistic team. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
Presentation A
Mutual Bond
b
Brandon Boruch (Carl and ASM) makes his return to the NYC stage after 10 years. He recently directed Cat On A Hot Tin Roof for Hideaway PAC. He was featured in two OIF award winning shorts; Between The Line & Pumped Up. In London, he’s been in the Glitch Production of Beatrix playing Harry Carter. Jerry in the Edfringe and Peckham Fringe Festival of Hayfever. Instagram: @bbrandoactgr8 Venmo:@brandon-Boruch
Mark Levine (Playwright) His plays have been directed by Patrick O’Neal, Estelle Parsons and Pete Masterson. He has written for Ellen Burstyn. Labyrinth Theater produced Catch A Falling Star with Sam Rockwell. Presently, Mark’s plays are in development at ARTC. He currently works as Drama Specialist for Columbia University Medical Center’s CARING@Columbia Program.
Joe Sicari*( TV: Over 250 guest starring/regular roles including Seinfeld, Sopranos, NYPD Blue, FILMS including Isn’t It Romantic, Who is Harry Kellerman, Kicking and Screaming, NEW YORK: Golden Boy (City Center), Nat’l tour Damn Yankees w/Jerry Lewis; original Dames at Sea. REGIONAL: Cleveland Playhouse, NY/LA Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper-Forum The Tempest (Trinculo) w/Anthony Hopkins, DIRECTING/COACHING: Leslie Uggams, Ed Asner, Doris Roberts, etc. JOSEPHRSICARI.COM
Kathleen Swan (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC and continues as part of the Artistic Team. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
Donna Wandrey* Roxanne Drew on the gothic Soap Opera Dark Shadows. Broadway: The Norman Conquests. Regional: Other Desert Cities, The Glass Menagerie, Murderers, Moon Over Buffalo, Lettice & Lovage, The Eccentricities Of A Nightingale, My Fair Lady, Charlie’s Aunt. TV: Law & Order: SVU, The Affair, As The World Turns, Another World, Edge Of Night, Ryan’s Hope. Over 300 Commercials.
Choose!Carol Todd* (Joan) Selected theatre: Jericho (59e59 Theatres), Between the Bars (HERE Arts Center), To She Who Waits (ARTC), Ferguson (urbanStages), Intermission (The Clurman). TV: FBI (CBS), Law & Order (NBC), The Night Agent (Netflix), Crystal Lake (Peacock/A24), High Maintenance (HBO), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (FX). Film: The Sounding, 20th Century Boys 2, Tito. www.caroltoddactress.com
Jackie Maruschak* got a BFA in acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Since graduating she’s done commercials, voiceovers, standup, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and Where-The-Hell-Is Broadway. She is thrilled to be making her ARTC debut and dedicates this to all her friends. CHEERS TO ALL IMPORTANT FRIENDSHIP. L'CHIAM!
Kim T. Sharp (Director, Choose!) has been fortunate to direct several of Ms. Swain’s scripts. He recently directed Truth Be Told by William Cameron starring Francesca Ravera. The script was subsequently published. Thanks to Bara, Jackie, Carol, Harriet and the ARTC artists contributing to 2 X 4.
Bara Swain’s plays have been staged in 325+ venues in 33 states and eight countries, from live and virtual productions to radio/audio plays and short films. Her plays are anthologized by S&K, Applause Books, Oxford U. Press, Art Age, and Palmetto Press. “Special thanks to our creative team and ARTC!” www.BaraSwain.com
GatorsCarla Brandberg* has appeared in numerous ARTC staged readings and productions. A longtime member of ARTC, she has also served on the Staff and Board. In addition to other work onstage in New York, she enjoys portraying various characters in Film and TV. AEA, SAG-AFTRA www.imdb.me/carlabrandberg
Joseph Capone (Director) — [email protected]. Joseph Capone is the Artistic Director of Classics at the Point Theatre Ensemble, founded 20 years ago. He has directed, acted in, and produced plays such as Blithe Spirit, Amadeus, and Our Town, as well as his own plays, Thomas and Sybil’s Star. He has directed at multiple universities and in NYC. MFA Yale.
Linda Kampley: This is the premier of GATORS as a stage play. As a Screenplay GATORS has won many accolades including Best Short Screenplay in Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards. Linda is very proud of the Equity production of FASTENED TO THE MOON, produced by ARTC.
MC Crosby (she/they) is an actor and playwright produced in NYC, Scotland, Indonesia, and Japan. They were a finalist for the McKnight Residency, won the Kaufman Award, and are headlining NJ Play Lab’s Social Justice Festival in May. MC’s movement plays destigmatize mental health, Queerness, gender, and body image. www.mccrosby.com
Kathleen Swan* (Co-producer; Director, Mutual Bond; Alicia in Gators) is a veteran actor and director; acting highlights include co-starring in Dino DeLaurentiis’ Beyond the Reef, Broadway’s Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall, and for ARTC, Bob Clyman’s To She Who Waits and Bara Swain’s If You See a Hyena. Kathleen served 13 seasons as Producing Artistic Director of ARTC. SAG-AFTRA, AEA [email protected]
My HandiworkCaity Redfern* was most recently seen on FBI: Most Wanted on CBS and is proudly repped by Rebel Creative Group! Caity is also a standup comedian, a teacher, and a writer. Shoutout to Margo, Joff and Amaya!
Christopher Lee* is an actor and writer. Recent Shows: The "Audience Choice Award" winning sold out run of Clown Bar 2, the NYC premier of Fat Cat Killers—both written by Adam Szymkowicz—Dean Haspiel's The War of Woo, and Mark Jason Williams' Straight Faced Lies directed by Andrew Block. He would like to thank Bex, Fidget & Boo for their support. www.ChristopherLee.nyc
Caroline Keegan Savage* (she/they) is a New York City–based performance artist and theatre-maker. Graduate of NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway. Recent credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Sixth Fest), Ocean Walk (Life Jacket Prod.). caroline-keegan.com
Eric Percival* is thrilled to return to ARTC, having last been seen in The Bliss Option. Film: The Lepers, Carol’s Last Chance. TV: Farm Story. Off-Bway: My Purple Wig (Theatre Row), Mr. Bengt's Wife (Strindberg Rep), Island (NYSX). Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor - Planet Connections; Outstanding Lead Actor - MITF www.ericpercival.com
Robert Kerr’s plays include Have You Seen Boomer? (lakehouseranchdotpng, published by 1319 Press), In Search Of...Sasquatch (5th Wall Productions), and The Potato Creek Chair of Death (EST). A Turkish version of Have You Seen Boomer? was performed at Bahçe Galata in Istanbul. Robert was a playwriting fellow at Juilliard.
Derek Todd (Director); The Art & Work Ensemble (Co-Founder/Artistic Director): Native American, Vinegar Tom, Mud People, Birdsend, etc.; Harbor Theatre Company (Associate Artistic and Producing Director): Making Peter Pope (urbanStages); 12 Miles West Theatre Company: Bluff; Lightning Strikes: Floodwatch. Graduate American Academy of Dramatic Arts West.
Spencer Ventresca* is an actor and director based in NYC. He has performed with Gorilla Repertory Theatre in their productions of The Bacchae and Exit The Wizard. He previously produced and performed with his Philadelphia-based company, Sewer Rats Productions, curating world premieres of Lucy isn't Real, Period House, and You May Not Know... which he wrote and directed.
Presentation BMy GirlElowyn Castle, Director. OFF-BROADWAY: The Norwegians - The Drilling Company; Happy Birthday Wanda June, Much Ado About Nothing - Equity Library Theatre. Other: Kallie - ARTC; A Royal Mess, The Importance of Being Earnest, Noises Off; Arms And The Man – ACC/SNARKS; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello - National Shakespeare Company; Cowboy Mouth: Dubrovnik Festival in Yugoslavia. SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
Ella Dershowitz*: Off-Broadway favorites: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (59E59, WP, MVP, Luna), Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre), Intimacy (New Group), Card and Gift (Clubbed Thumb), Connected (59E59). Regional includes: The Two Hander (NJ Rep), Joy and Pandemic (Huntington), Sovereignty (Marin), Actually (Aurora). Ella also makes crossword puzzles.
Veronica Cruz* (Alice): January (MultiStages), Hamlet (Bryant Park Shakespeare), Olive in The Norwegians (The Drilling Company), Curmudgeons In Love (EST), Widows (59E59). Upcoming film: Our Bodies & Other Shames. TV: Chicago PD, Bridge & Tunnel, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Law & Order. Film: Occupant, Somebody’s Hero.
Terri Campion* is a New York based Writer/Actor/Educator. Her novel in stories – Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow – was published in April 2024 with Willow River Press. Her work has appeared in Washington Square Review, Inkwell Journal, Meriwether, Smith & Kraus and Café Lit. She is an award-winning playwright. Her plays have been produced and staged in venues in the NYC and the New Jersey area.
Lily Potarf: A graduate of Pace University’s BFA in Acting for Film, Television, Voice-overs, and Commercials, Lily is thrilled to be back onstage with ARTC. Credits include Wasted, Acknowledging the Elephant of my Unborn Child, and Hair Salon and Sam. She recently shot a short film entitled Echo, coming out this fall. www.LilyPotarf.com
Eye of the BeholderPëtra Denison* (Woman, Eye of the Beholder) is an NYC-based, AEA actor and ARTC member. Her New York theatre credits include Lakeplay (Vib), Our Town (Mrs. Webb), The Comedy of Errors (Adriana), Fastened to the Moon (Katherine), Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (Tracy), and Antigone (Antigone/Tiresias/Messenger). www.petradenison.net
Sam Calvo* is honored to be performing for the first time with ARTC. Most recently starring in the feature film Back to the Present (set to release this year), he is eager to hit the boards again and is currently unrepresented. (wink) (wink) Callmesamcalvo.com
Kathryn Grant: Over the past 30 years, most of her plays have been workshopped and produced at ARTC. Other plays have been produced at the Actors Studio, Premiere Stages, Penguin Rep, and First Stages in DC among others. Her writing is published by Samuel French, Applause Books and Smith & Kraus. www.kathryngrantwriter.com
Eva Minemar is an award-winning producer & director, a member of the Actors Studio Director’s Unit and New York Women In TV & Film. She’s the co-founder of Mulberry Queens Films, a NY based production company. MQF devotes itself to creating work that questions, acknowledges and forces dialogues about challenging, uncomfortable, or ignored issues.
The New PasteurAndrea Andresakis (Director) is thrilled to be working with ARTC again after directing Filthy Monsters, also by Michael McGoldrick. 150 director and choreographer credits worldwide. Select NYC: Spandex and Hip Hop High (Off-Broadway); Lola Luning’s First Steps (Abingdon); Star Spangled Girl (Playwrights Horizons). Associate Artist with NY Classical Theatre. The Pearl Diver is streaming as a fundraiser for Asian Americans Advancing Justice. SDC. www.Andresakis.com
Dave Bobb* is an actor, acting coach, and producer. He has acted in films with Robert DeNiro directed by Luc Besson to most recently on TV in Life & Beth on Hulu. Now teaching at SAG-AFTRA’s NY Conservatory, actors have booked over 40 roles self-taping at his studio. As supervising producer, actor and coach, he is guiding a new film, FUNNY/NOT FUNNY through the festival circuit.
Michael McGoldrick's play Wolf and Badger was staged by The Main Street Players in Miami in 2021. His play Backstage Fairytale will appear in Mexico City in February of this year. His shorter plays have been performed throughout the tri-state area, as well as in Florida, Arizona, California and elsewhere. He is very grateful to ARTC for this opportunity to present The New Pasteur.
Tomo Lovrić* is an actor, writer, director, and former R&D scientist. Most recently on stage he played George Roberts in Alicia Foxworth’s GHOST WRITER, and his most recent screen roll was Santos in Evan Crooke’s BUTCHER’S MOUNTAIN. Many thanks to ARTC and the cast and crew of The New Pasteur for inviting me to play!
Christine Sage*, aka Sage, is a theater nerd, an aerialist, a mentor/teacher, and a faerie! Sage hails from California, where she won an Ovation Award for blending Shakespeare and aerial silks. For her adulting job she manages a circus studio, and uses that flexibility to audition constantly. She’s proud and grateful that this is the first show she has booked since moving to NYC. Thanks ARTC! @sage_ism
Into the LightJames Armstrong previously directed Bara Swain’s Beyond a Reasonable Doubt for ARTC. Other directing credits include The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont at Drew University and All-American Hero by Jason King for the Northwest Florida Young Playwrights Society. You can keep up with him at www.armstrongplays.com.
Terri Campion* is a New York based Writer/Actor/Educator. Her novel in stories – “Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow,” was published in April 2024 with Willow River Press. Her work has appeared in Washington Square Review; Inkwell Journal; Meriwether; Smith & Kraus and Café Lit. She is an award-winning playwright. Her plays have been produced and staged in venues in the NYC and the New Jersey area.
Marc Castle* (Playwright/Sol Into the Light) has been a member of ARTC since 2001. A director as well as an actor and playwright, Marc has been in this business longer than he cares to mention. Besides ARTC, he is a proud member of Emerging Artists, Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, the Dramatists Guild, and an alumnus of the BMI Workshop. www.marccastle.com
Jeannie Dalton*: Most recent roles include: Annie/Calendar Girls; Lysistrata/Lysistrata; Emma/Stupid Fucking Bird; Lottie/Enchanted April. Favorite roles performed regionally include: Harper/Angels in America (Parts 1 & 2); Bella/Lost in Yonkers; Anne/A Little Night Music; Dunyasha/The Cherry Orchard. Her TV pilot How Did That Happen?!, which she co-wrote, produced and stars in, is currently making the film festival circuit. She has been a proud member of ARTC since 1994.
Ralph Pochoda*: Representative roles: Off-Broadway: Creon/OEDIPUS (w/James Earl Jones), Elias/SECOND AVENUE (w/Ned Eisenberg). Regional Theater/National Tour: Matt Friedman/TALLEY’S FOLLY (w/Maryanne Plunkett), Iago/OTHELLO, Claudius/HAMLET, The Attendant (God)/STEAMBATH, Victor/THE PRICE, Jaques/AS YOU LIKE IT, The Doctor/MEDAL OF HONOR RAG. NYC Radio: Macbeth/MACBETH, Claudius/HAMLET, Garcin/NO EXIT. Graduate: Juilliard – Advanced Acting Program.
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE THEATER COMPANY
Founded in 1975,
Incorporated in 1976 by Robert Elston and Elizabeth Perry
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elizabeth Perry, Acting Chair
Bill Cosgriff, Stuart D’Ver, Anita Khanzadian,
Kathleen Swan
WORKSHOP STAFF 2025-2026
INTERIM PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MC Crosby
ARTISTIC ADVISOR/ARTISTIC TEAM
Kathleen Swan
ARTISTIC ADVISOR/SPECIAL PROJECTS
Bill Cosgriff
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR, DRAMATURG
Andrew Heinze
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Carla Brandberg
WORKSHOP SCHEDULER
Cathy Boyd
MEMBERSHIP DATA COORDINATOR, CASTING DIRECTOR
Marc Castle
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Leslie Kendall Dye
Brandon Boruch
SECRETARY, TREASURER
Anne Newhall
