Players | State of Play Productions

July 24th, 2006

Players

Artistic Director: Chloe Demrovsky Executive Producer: Rebecca Anna Jones Associate Artistic Director: Adam La Faci Associate Executive Producer: Michelle Concha Associate Executive Producer: Loren Vandegrift Literary and Production Manager: Mat Bussler
CORE MEMBERS
In Mat Bussler’s evening of four one-acts, 4Some, he played Abe in Last Night and directed Roommate Rules. NY: Chicken Little in The City That Cried Wolf (59E59 Theaters) and Shadrach in King of Sorrows (Blackfriars Repertory Theatre). Sound design: The Barrow Group Theater’s Short Stuff IV, A Steady Rain and Glass Jaw and Ground Up Productions’ Burn This. Regional: founding member of Gateway Acting Co., Defying Gravity and Random Acts (Chester Theatre Co.), Richard in Lion In Winter (Arena Civic Theatre), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shoestring Players), The Flu Season (Present Theatre Project), Richmond in Richard III and Longaville in Love’s Labours Lost (Hampshire Shakespeare), and Derek in Blue Kettle (Smith College). Graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.
Chloe Demrovsky, NY: Peep in The City That Cried Wolf (59E59 Theaters), Roadside Assistance (SOP), The Power of Ten (52nd St. Project/The Public), Happy Hour (Big Little Theater), and Goose in The City that Cried Wolf (NY Fringe/SOP). Regional: Defying Gravity and Random Acts (Chester Theatre), Carmen (Boston Symphony). Other credits: Suddenly Last Summer, The Merchant of Venice. Film/TV: The Selectman (HBO), Human Giant (MTV), Playing Doctor, and host for MSN Money. Directing: What If It Were Quiet? (SOP). She has worked with Barrington Stage Co., Shakespeare & Co., and has designed the costumes for over ten shows. Graduate of Bard College at Simon’s Rock 2005 (summa cum laude).
Rebecca Anna Jones concluded her life on the stage in State of Play’s The City That Cried Wolf (NY Fringe/SOP), following NY productions of Happy Hour (Big Little Theatre) and Pieces of Paradise (Thirteenth Street Repertory Theatre). Regional: Defying Gravity, Harper in Angels in America, Naomi in the Living Room and The Merchant of Venice. She is proud to continue behind the scenes as SOP’s Executive Producer, in addition to her eclectic career in investment management and young adult fiction. Graduate of Bard College at Simon’s Rock 2005 (Literary Studies).
Adam La Faci, in New York, has appeared in State of Play’s Roadside Assistance as well as The City That Cried Wolf (NY Fringe/SOP). He has also appeared in several short and independent films in New York City, including The Return, Men Are Liars, and My Brother’s Keeper, all currently in post-production. Regional theater credits include Defying Gravity (Chester Theater Co.) as Claude Monet, directed by James Warwick and a tour of the world premiere of Michael Dowling’s Random Acts (Chester Theater Co.) as a founding member of the Gateway Acting Company. Graduate of Bard College at Simon’s Rock 2005. www.adamlafaci.com
Michelle Concha recently appeared as Mother Goose in SOP’s The City That Cried Wolf and is the newest core member of the company. She co-produced/performed in Edward Allen Baker’s Dolores (Gene Frankel Theatre). Nat’l tour: Jennifer in the Off-Bway hit play Yo Soy Latina! Other credits: a gay Latino man in Jose Can Speak (Nyorican Poets Café), Sonya in Uncle Vanya, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Susan in Lovers and Other Strangers. Film: Bad Company with Anthony Hopkins, Red Passport, The Royal Tannenbaums. Also: Public TV commercials, Spanish voiceovers for radio and TV and guest hosted QVC. Graduate of The Juilliard School.
Loren Vandegrift, New York: The City that Cried Wolf (59e59 Theaters), What If It Were Quiet? (SOP), Clementine (City Center Stage), Teaching: A Futility (The West End Theatre), The City that Cried Wolf (NY Fringe/SOP). Films include The Never Ending Flow and The Silver Box. Other credits include Joe in Angels in America, Duke Frederick in As You Like It, Bobby in Company, the King in The King and I, Frederick in Recklessness, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Harry/Gerry in Cloud Nine, and the United States premiere of Acts of Marriage. Graduate of Bard College at Simon’s Rock 2005. www.lorenvandegrift.com
COLLABORATING ARTISTS Jacqi Rose Anderson, Stage Manager Dan Barnes, Director Brendan Barr, Composer Christa Brelsford, Assistant Stage Manager Skye Geerts, Assistant Costume Designer Josh Higgason, Set Designer Derek and Justin Hirons, DJs Jarrod Jahoda, Lighting Designer Mark Jones, Musician/ Composer Sam Jones, Composer Amae Kurre, Lighting Designer Lincoln Lipsky, Photographer Jyll Mihlek, Actor/Founding Member Thomas Morini, Musician/ Composer Nick Papananias, Photographer Alberto Peart, Choreographer Maia Falconi-Sachs, Graphic Designer Candy Santiago, Choreographer Sky Smeed, Musician Jessica Suter, Stage Manager Leta Tremblay, Director Justin Wentworth, aka Boots Got Soul, DJ Marlena Zahm, Lighting Designer

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