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ARTISTIC STAFF
All Through the Night by Shirley Lauro
Baal by Bertolt Brecht
Brian Reilly, Executive Director: Rogues Amidst the Fatherland
This is Brian's second time as executive director of a theatre event - coming on the heels of spearheading the successful Oscar Wilde play festival "A Wilde October" last fall. (Brian played the role of Jack Worthing in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".)
He is thrilled to have such highly qualified individuals join the CityShow team in order to bring the vision for "Rogues Amidst the Fatherland" to fruition. Brian extends his profound gratitude to Christopher Romero Wilson and Schnele Wilson for their painstaking work in directing and managing two very challenging works. He knows that this very special couple are the folks that make the "rubber meet the road". Brian also acknowledges the efforts of other contributing individuals: Shawn Madsen, Melissa Farinelli, Julia Morgantini, Viktoriya Papayani, Meredith Cleland, Faith Aeryn, Sasha Fiser-Miller, Alan Bordelon, and Matthew Castleman.
Christopher Romero Wilson
Artistic Director: CityShow's Rogues Amidst the Fatherland
Director: All Through the Night, by Shirley Lauro
Christopher is excited to be guiding the artistic vision for CityShow, and to direct the upcoming project - ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - an important and provocative play. He began his career working as an actor in classical theater, and transitioned into writing, producing, and directing, commercials, music videos and two independent feature films, The Digital Prophet and The Process of Creative Deception. In 2010 Christopher was at the helm of Foolish Mortals’ productions of Shakespeare's Measure 4 Measure and All's Well That Ends Well. He also continues to work as an actor. Recent roles include Banquo in Macbeth, Roman in Praying Small, Jack Tanner in Man & Superman, and Herod in CityShow's production of Salomé.
Schnele Wilson
Creative Director: CityShow's Rogues Amidst the Fatherland
Director: Baal, by Bertolt Brecht
Schnele is honored to be directing BAAL by Bertolt Brecht, as part of CityShow's upcoming event, Rogues Amidst the Fatherland. Her company, UrbanTopaz, will be handling the event's promotional materials, website, artwork and social media. Schnele began her career as a classically trained actress, director and pianist working professionally in theater. She moved to screen acting when she teamed up with Christopher Romero Wilson on the award-winning short film, Silent Interchanges. She co-founded Open Door Productions, Process Project, Velocity Pictures, and UrbanTopaz - multi-media companies that create commercials, corporate films, music videos, HBO pilot, children's videos, and feature films (including The Digital Prophet and The Process of Creative Deception). Clients have included Samsung, Word Records, Polygram, Knoll, Paramount Communications, Inc, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Center for Spine Care, Sabbatical Pictures, and Coats Aloe International. As part of a creative team, Schnele co-wrote, produced, directed and edited various projects. After opening UrbanTopaz's New York office, Schnele returned to the stage, earning a best actress nomination at the Spotlight On Theatre Festival for her work in the award winning production of Finding Center Three. Schnele was recently seen as the Countess de Rousillon in Foolish Mortals' All's Well That Ends Well.
Melissa Farinelli, Assistant Director / Stage Manager / Lighting Designer: All Through the Night
Melissa Farinelli most recently stage managed All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure, both directed by Christopher Romero Wilson, with Love Creek Productions. She has also worked with Sink or Swim Rep in their inaugural season of As You Like It and The Importance of Being Earnest. She is a directing graduate from The University of Northern Colorado in addition to her stage management experience and most recently directed The Misanthrope for Love Creek Productions. Other directing credits include Himmelreich, written by Mark Rosati of the Directors Guild of America, and several one acts for Love Creek Productions, TheaterVision and The Rising Sun Performance Company. farinelli.melissa@yahoo.com
Julia Morgantini, Assistant Director / Stage Manager: Baal
Julia Morgantini would like to thank Schnele Wilson and Brian Reilly for the opportunity to stage manage this wonderful production with such a talented cast. She has staged managed The Crucible with The Shelton Theater in San Francisco, and directed numerous one acts with Love Creek Productions in NYC. Julia is also an actress, appearing in NYC productions of The Misanthrope, Trojan Women, The Play's the Thing, Taming of the Shrew, Bill Wilson's Bicycle, and the indie film Cancer and Cake. juliamorgantini@yahoo.com
Viktoriya Papayani, Music Director / Pianist: Baal
Born in Ukraine, pianist Viktoriya Papayani was started on the piano by her father, Vladimir Yudilevich, when she was four and studied with him until her family moved to America in 1997. She continued her studies in New York with Genya Paley at the Lucy Moses School and then with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music on a Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship; she received her Bachelor of Music degree there in 2002, and her Master's degree in 2004. During her summer courses and International Music Festivals in Canada and Europe she received coaching from Dina Ioffe, Dmitry Paperno and Carlo Turriago. Ms. Papayani has received various honors and awards in many European countries, including Ukraine, France, and Italy and has performed in Europe, Canada and the United States. She was presented at the Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall in her New York recital debut by Artists International as recipient of its Special Presentation Award. In 2004 Viktoriya started studying acting and has since been in numerous theater productions, including Shakespeare. Viktoriya is very happy to be performing for you tonight.
Meredith Wilford, Choreographer: Baal
Meredith Wilford studied modern, jazz and ballet at Texas Womans University, SMU and at the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance School in NYC. She danced with David Dorfman in his "Out of Season" project and studied works by Jerome Robbins and David Parsons. She choreographed 4 original pieces at Brookhaven Dance Festival and was offered a scholarship to ADF. Her choreography focuses on modern with influences of ballet and classical jazz which stems from her love of Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Mikhail Barishnikov. Currently, she is a fine wine consultant in NYC and very excited to be a part of Baal.
Faith Aeryn, Costume Designer: All Through the Night
When she's not treading the boards, Faith has a penchant for copy editing, set construction, crossword puzzles, singing and design. She is über happy that she got to put some of these skills to use for ATTN. In the future, she hopes to become certified in stage combat and suggests that if you ever find yourself in a tight spot, ask yourself one thing: "What would MacGyver do?" www.FaithAeryn.com
Sasha Fiser-Miller, Costume Designer: Baal
Sasha Fiser Miller is excited to collaborate with Schnele and the cast as costume consultant. With 8 years experience in the fashion industry, she has designed for Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, and Ann Taylor to name a few. Being a stylist and bridal designer on the side, she loves everything about fashion and is happy to add costume consultant to the list.
Alan Bordelon, Lighting Designer: Baal
Alan graduated with a BA in theatre arts in 1997, with distinction in performance, directing and technical theatre. He received certification training in technical theatre through an initiative with the State of TX. Afterward, he worked in LORT theatres in Virginia and Texas as an artistic and management associate for several years before deciding to pursue other interests, though he never stopped working lighting, sound and staging for rock-n-roll shows, corporate events, film and live theatre. He moved from Dallas to NYC over a year ago and recently decided to resume acting after an 11-year hiatus. He joined Love Creek Productions in late Fall 2010, and debuted as Lord Dumain in All's Well That Ends Well in December, followed by the Winter One Act series in January. He then appeared as La Grange in Moliere's The Precious Young Ladies, and just finished a run as the lead role in Feydeau's The French Knot. Alan is excited to be a part of CityShow, and is thankful for the opportunity to "geek out" again as a 'techie'.
Matthew Castleman, Fight Director: Baal
Matthew Castleman studied theatre at Oberlin College, and has been performing on the stages of New York for just over a year. Among his favorite roles are Octavius in Man and Superman, Angelo in Measure for Measure, and Paroles in All's Well that Ends Well. He lent his voice to the video advertising of CityShow's earlier Wilde October festival, and this is his first acting role with the company. He is excited to work with the excellent assembly of talent that's been put together for this production. mttcast@gmail.com
Sandra Maren Schneider, Dialogue Consultant: All Through the Night
Sandra Maren Schneider is an actress/ writer of Czech-German descent. Theatre credits include Happy End, Chatroom, Woyzeck, Nathan The Wise, Fame, Film: Kai Apkabinsiu Tave (Lithuania & Poland), for which she worked as German Dialct Coach as well, and Episode 50, Television: Chatroom Chicks (Australia & HBO Latin America) and Die Pfefferkörner (Germany) as well as many voiceover spots. She is studying with William Esper. www.sandramarenschneider.com