Rachel Kerry
(Director)
RACHEL KERRY (Director) Rachel Kerry is an up-and-coming stage director, writer, and multimedia designer. Career highlights include staging a 175 person dance in Times Square for Guy Laliberte’s Moving Stars and Earth for Water Benefit Concert, a performance that was covered by the Associated Press and seen globally. She graduated from the University of Southern Calfornia with a BA in theatre and recognition as a Multimedia Literacy Scholar. For her work with the multimedia theatre project, Seven Fragments, she received over $12,000 in academic awards as well as the highest accolade given to undergraduates by the institution, the USC Discovery Scholarship Award. She has also she studied at New York University’s Playwrights Horizon Theatre School and The National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia. Last summer she wrote and directed the horror-comedy, The Flowers of Fantastico, which played to great success as part of 2011 New York International Fringe Festival. For information overload about Rachel Kerry, visit http://www.rachelkerry.com
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Alexis Roblan
(Playwright)
Alexis Roblan is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California’s MFA in Dramatic Writing program. In 2007, she was one of three American delegates to the World Interplay Festival for young playwrights in Townsville, Australia. She was a Semi-Finalist in the Inkwell’s Inkubator Festival in Washington, D.C., and has been nominated for the Lark PONY fellowship. In 2011, her play, GENESIS, was a Semi-Finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship. Alexis grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon, and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked in the Literary and Development offices at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and the Artistic / Literary Department at Roundabout Theatre Company in New York.
With Rachel Kerry, Alexis co-founded Brain Melt Consortium, a theatre/media arts group based in New York City, in October 2010. To learn more, visit http://www.alexisroblan.com
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Mandy Kelsey
(Stage Manager)
MANDY KELSEY (Stage Manager)
Mandy got her start in New York as an intern for Elevator Repair Service Theater, where she worked as a costume shop assistant and stage hand for "The Select" at The New York Theater Workshop and "Gatz" at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. She stage managed for Inverted Hermit's "Barnaby", written by Liza Birkenmeier and directed by Dara Malina, which premeired at the 2011 BoCoCa Arts Festival in Brooklyn. Mandy was lucky enough to be the Assistant Director for Rachel Kerry's "The Flowers of Fantastico" at the 2011 International Fringe Festival, and is now one of the official minds behind Brain Melt Consortium.
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Marlena Kalm
(Performer)
Marlena (Atlanta) grew up in England, Connecticut, and Minnesota. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California's Theatre Program and The New Actor's Workshop Conservatory (George Morrison, Paul Sills, Mike Nichols). Theatrical highlights include: Fifth of July, The Threepenny Opera, Dr. Faustus, Pentecost and The Dao of Chang Chou. Film: Future Weather. She is excited to be working with everyone involved with Daughters of Lot!
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Stav Meishar
(Performer)
STAV MEISHAR(ONE) was born and raised in Israel. Having had her professional stage debut at the age of 10 on the Israeli National Tour of “Oliver!”, she hasn't left the stage since. After playing Elphaba in the Israeli premiere of the musical "Wicked", Stav moved to NYC to pursue her Musical Theatre education and since graduating she's been working as a performer all over America and overseas. She has recently returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she performed her Shakespearean ukulele act titled "the dUKEss of Rock". A traditional Thespian by training, Stav has broken into new forms of performance as well, experimenting with acrobatics, aerial dance and fire spinning.
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Caitlin Mehner
(Performer)
Caitlin Mehner( TWO)
Working both in theatre and film, Caitlin has performed in several
Off-Broadway plays and at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre as well as having enjoyed multiple films run commercially in New York and
worldwide. Favorite films include The Crimson Mask (Cannes Film
Festival and winner of over 35 awards worldwide), Chelsea on the Rocks (Cannes Film Festival), and Revolution in Three Acts. Upcoming Films: Grand Street and Unspeakable Act both out in 2012. Other favorite stage works include “Camp Summer Camp” at P.S. 122, Ashley in “Pink,” Cecily in “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and Cassandra in “Agamemnon.” When she’s not on stage playing teenagers Caitlin also works as producer, fight choreographer and occasional carpenter. She would like to thank her family for always supporting her choices. Caitlin Mehner is a proud graduate of Brown University.
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Naomi Bland
(Performer)
Naomi Bland (DAUGHTER 1)
Naomi hails from Little Rock, AR. She received her B.A. in the History of Science, History of Medicine and African American Studies from Yale University and studied acting at The Studio New York Conservatory. While pursing her love of acting, she works as a research assistant at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Favorite credits include: Subway Stories (Turnstyle Theatre Co.); Illmatic (Changing Perceptions Theatre); Gutterdrunk (The Hyper Aware Theatre Co.); Lovers' Quarrels, Hansel and Gretel's Grimm Tale (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Intimate Apparel, The Colored Museum (Heritage Theatre Ensemble); She is thankful for another opportunity to pursue her passion! Special thanks to her friends, family and fiancé, Rodney, for their continuous love and support!
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Molly Ballerstein
(Assistant Director)
Molly Ballerstein (Assistant Director / Lighting Designer) is a Theatre Artist with a concentration in directing new work. Recently, she had the pleasure of Assistant Directing Deborah Stein and Suli Holum's piece 'Chimera' for the 2012 Under the Radar Festival at Here Arts Center. Over the summer she worked with AF Productions, directing Anna Fishbeyn's 'Sex In Mommyville' at the Museum of Motherhood and Manhattan Repertory Theater. Her New York credits also include Stage Managing the world premiere of 'Oswald' by Dennis Richards at the Richmond Shepard Theater. She has designed premieres at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as Boston's New Repertory Theater. In Boston she was privileged to work on the premiere of 'According To Tip'. Molly studied Theatre Production at Northeastern University.
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Rebecca Gray Davis
(Performer)
Coming up this fall: MARLOWE at HERE Arts Center. New York credits include IN THE GREAT EXPANSE[...] with The Brick Theater, LOCAL and JAWS! THE MUSICAL with Midnight Buffet, DESTINATION with Manhattan Theatre Source, WAKE with Aisling Arts, NEITHER HEAVEN NOR EARTH with Poliglot Theater, and JULIUS CAESAR with Bushwick Shakespeare Repertory. Readings include work with Metropolitan Playhouse, Boomerang Theatre Company, The Brick Theater, Adaptive Arts, and Playsmiths. Regionally, Rebecca has been seen in THE GRAPES OF WRATH and THE TEMPEST at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Rebecca is a graduate of Drew University with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Dance, with additional training at LAMDA, NYU, and the STNJ Apprentice Program. For more information, please visit www.RebeccaGrayDavis.com.
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