Jeremy Brisiel - Director
Jeremy has worked professionally in New York and regional theater for the past 15 years. Most recently he directed the solo show “Whence Came Ye Scarlett O’Hara O’Hanrahan? in FringeNyc. As Producing Director of the Phoenix Ensemble in New York, he produced the Short Play Festival. The Festival was a month long repertoire of 13 one act plays involving over 50 artists. Here, he directed his debut play, Milk. Since then he’s worked with outstanding artists and companies including numerous collaborations with the adobe theatre company on shows such as Superpowers, Orpheus and Eurydice, and The Eight. He’s also worked with the Atlantic Theater Company and has participated in several 24 Hour Play events. More recently, his work has become increasingly multimedia driven. He’s worked as associate editor on the documentary August in the Empire State, about the RNC Convention in New York City and as editor on Rigged, a ‘pimp my ride’ show for big rig trucks. Recently, he directed, shot and edited the video segments for The Adventures of Lock and Kay, which ran at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. His ongoing projects include directing The Midday Show, a half hour sports news and entertainment show for MLB.com, where he’s also directed the Postseason Baseball Today Show, a live post game show with Jim Leyritz and Vinny Micucci.
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Melle Powers is an actress and writer who lives and works in New York City.
This past summer, her solo show, Whence Came Ye Scarlett O’Hara O’Hanrahan? Was an official selection and enjoyed a successful run as part of the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival. In 2006 she co-created and performed in the two-woman show, “The Adventures of Lock and Kay” which enjoyed a successful 4-month run at the UCB Theater.
Off-Broadway she has appeared at Playwright’s Horizons in the World Premiere of Lynn Nottage’s most recent play Fabulation, as well as understudied Christopher Durang’s Miss Witherspoon.
She has studied clowning with David Shiner, Kendall Cornell and Hovey Burgess and Improv with Ralph Buckley.
Ms. Powers is co-founder and served as Managing Producer for five years of “The Mud/Bone Collective”, a theater company formed for and by artists of color whose original mission was to perform classical works by a diaspora of actors. The company has since moved to the Bronx. While Managing Producer, Ms. Powers co-produced a series of workshops of original plays (most notably “Tough Titty” by Oni Faida Lampley which was performed at Williamstown in the summer of 2005, and “In the Continuum” which was produced Off-Broadway this year by Primary Stages).
Ms. Powers is a Teaching Artist. She also is a certified CPR teacher and a Diversity Trainer. She holds an MFA in Acting from the NYU Graduate Acting Program where she was awarded a Graduate Assistantship. In addition to her stage performances, she has also appeared in film (“MVP” – 2004 Sundance entry, and “Why George?” – upcoming release) and television (appeared regularly on “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central, as well as on “Law and Order”, “One Life to Live”, “Guiding Light” and “Why We Love Geeks” on E).
She has spent a year of her life traveling the world, teaching and performing Shakespeare, and she loves the Theater.
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