cast and crew

Lizette is excited to have had the opportunity to stage manage at the Fringe Festival. A student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lizette graduates in December with hopes to continue her involvement in technical theater and stage management professionally. She thanks Justin and her family for their love and support.

Cara Maltz grew up in Eugene, Oregon. She graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine in 2005 with a BA in Theatre Arts. Since then Cara has been pursuing a career in theatre here in New York City. Her local theatre credits include Measure for Measure (American Theatre of Actor‚s Outdoor Theatre), Later Life (Amateur Comedy Club), The (Irish) Wake (ATA Beckmann Theatre), Shakespeare in Concert (ATA Shubert Theatre), Ah, Wilderness! (The Heights Players), and Stage Play (78th St. Theatre Lab).

Cara is delighted to be a part of this production and has greatly enjoyed working with this dedicated cast and crew. Cara would like to thank her friends and family for their continued love and support.

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cara maltz (phaedra)

Recent credits include The Private Life of the Master Race with Roust Theatre Company, Macbeth with Queens Shakespeare, Lily's Crossing with ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, and the independent film Cutter with Purple Velvet Productions. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, David holds a B.A. in theatrical performance from Marymount Manhattan College and is a member of Actor's Equity. He thanks his Ohio family and New York friends.

david beck (hippolytus)

Susie Abraham graduated from Brown with honors in creative writing and a B.A. in history. She acted at the Hangar Theatre in their lab company and is a member of NYU's First Look Theatre Company. She performed most recently at PS 122, the Manhattan Children's Theatre and the Riant Theatre's Strawberry Festival. Susie is grateful to be working with X-plormentals on Confessions.

susie abraham (aricia)

Currently studying with Michael Beckett and Lorraine Serabian at H.B. Studio. NYC Theatre: Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language, Stories of Our Mothers, Cagedvisions, In My Dreams, Will You Remember Me, The N-Word, Confession. International Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, Carnival Messiah; Earl Warner’s Mantauk, for which he received a Cacique Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; Fugard’s Statements of an Arrest. International Television: Westwood Park.

paul pryce (theseus)

michael bordwell (oenone)

Megan McKinney is pleased to take part in this production of Confessions. She has been seen in National Tours: We’re Still Hot!, The Ugly Duckling (World Premiere), The Unsinkable Molly Brown; Regional: Fiddler on the Roof, The Fantastiks, Oklahoma, Carnival, Dirty Works at the Crossroads, Godspell; Films: The Palace (Lead), Bubblegum Graveyard (Lead), One Shot, and Under the Table. Megan would like to thank her friends and family for their love and support.

megan mckinney (theramenes)

Dongshin Chang, founder-artistic director of X-plormentals, is a theatre practitioner, scholar, writer and director. A native of Taiwan, Chang was trained in acting and directing in both Taipei and New York. He has especially focused on the art of kunqu, a form of traditional Chinese theatre. In addition to his creative endeavors, Chang holds advanced degrees in theatre and performance studies and teaches theatre courses at universities in New York and New Jersey.

dongshin chang (director/producer/co-writer)

yuhang wen (movement teacher)

tom knutson (movement consultant)

Original plays – “Shoo Fly” (Honorable Mention: Bay Area Playwrights Festival in San Francisco; Semi-finalist: Trustus Theatre Playwrights’ Festival in Columbia, SC); “Like A Vampire” (commissioned and produced by The New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco); “Playing Dead” (Finalist: Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival in Long Beach, CA); “Zane On Fire” (Finalist: O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference; reading at The New Group); “Bobo Eats Bananas” (readings at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco and the Miranda Theatre Company in NYC); “Amnesia” (produced at New York Stageworks); and “Syzygy” (produced at the Theatre of the Open Eye). Translations/adaptations – “Business Is Business,” a translation of a play by Octave Mirbeau (workshop starring Brian Murray co-produced by the Playwrights Theatre of East Hampton and the John Drew Theatre); “The Fragrant Companion,” an English version of a play by Li Yu, based on a co-translation with Dongshin Chang (Finalist: Playwrights’ Week at The Lark Theatre Company); and “The Man Who Was Thursday,” an adaptation of the G.K. Chesterton novel. Dramaturgy – Have evaluated new scripts (plays, musicals and/or screenplays) for the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and the Chelsea Theatre Center. Former Curator/Dramaturg for the New Play Reading Series at Dixon Place. Former Literary Associate for Three Dollar Bill Theatre. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America since 1987.

bru dye (co-writer/dramaturg)

lizette avellana (stage manager)

jennifer soo (production assistant)

Michael Bordwell (Oenone) is thrilled to be a part of this theatrical endeavour. His most recent New York City credits include: Reflections of a Heart (SteppingStone Theatre Company), Gods and Heroes (Parnassus Theatre Company), Joan's Voices (Malverne Players), The Lost Boy (Shotgun Productions) and The Adding Machine (Malverne Players). Regional credits include: Macbeth (Arena Players). Please look for more information at www.michaelbordwell.com.

Tom Knutson (choreographer) was a professional dancer (ballet, jazz, tap) for 20 years and a student of physical theater (e.g., Grotowoski and Commedia del’ Arte). He has choreographed and staged many Shakespeare productions (e.g. Hamlet’s play-within-the play and the witches’ scenes in Macbeth) as well as more contemporary movement forms (e.g. marching bands, strip teases and rock & roll backup singers). This is his first venture into Eastern movement forms.

A graduate of Beijing Opera School, Beijing, China, Wen specializes in the young male role type of kunqu. He performed extensively with the Northern Kunqu Troupe in Beijing before joining the Lincoln Center production of The Peony Pavilion in 1999. Wen took the male lead, Liu Mengmei, and toured with the production around the globe. His performances have captivated the audiences and won critical acclaim. Currently Wen resides in New York, teaches kunqu at the Kunqu Society and performs with distinguished kunqu artists in the U.S., Taiwan and China.

After being introduced for the first time to Chinese Theater through a course last spring, Jennifer is very excited for the opportunity to be involved with "Confessions." This fall she will complete her last year at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she plans on finishing her degree in both Drama and English and American Literature. Through Tisch, she is currently training at the Atlantic Theater Company.

diana marsh (costume/set designer)

Diana Marsh is a designer of clothing, interiors, and graphics. Sheis thrilled to be in charge of costume design for Confessions. View Diana’s design works at www.naiaddesign.com.

mark breedlove (sound/lighting designer)

Mark Breedlove is very pleased to re-join the theater with this production, after a hiatus of many years. He acted in "Shadowplay: The Secret Team" and "The Breasts of Tiresias," both productions of the Atrium Theater Company of Eugene Lang College in New York City, in 1992 and 1993.

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CAST

susie abraham

david beck

michael bordwell

cara maltz

megan mckinney

paul pryce

CREW

lizette avellana

kenneth bowers

mark breedlove

dongshin chang

bru dye

tom knutson

diana marsh

jennifer soo

lynnea villanova

yuhang wen

lynnea villanova (music)

Lynnea Villanova, musician, feels very honored to write theme music for
this wonderful merging of classical theatrical styles. She and Mark
Breedlove eagerly anticipate this challenge: to merge the essence of
traditional theatrical melody with current, expanded soundscapes. She
thanks husband Ken for his guidance and support.

ken bowers (music)

Ken Bowers has worked as a physics researcher, an urban planner, and a rock guitar player. For five years, from 1989 to 1994, he was a member

of NC-based indie-rock group Vanilla Trainwreck, who released three

records on Mammoth Records and toured up and down the East Coast and across the nation. Since then he has played off and on in a variety of

obscure bands in and around New York City, including Spindale and the

Happy Ending. He is currently back in NC, where he helped compose and record the music featured in this play in his basement. He is married

to coconspirator Lynnea Villanova.