The Project: Cast and Crew
 
Katrina Alix: has designed Gurnet Theatre Project’s productions of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead and Miss Julie. Other design credits include Words, Words, Words; Free Will & Wanton Lust; The Hairy Ape; and the world premiere of Charlotte the Destroyer.  Her work has been seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and she will be making her NY debut in the summer of 2007, designing My Fair Heathen Production’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist.  Ms. Alix holds a BA in Theatre Production from Northeastern University.
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Katherine Anthony: is a recent graduate of Ithaca College where she received a Bachelor of Music in voice performance.  Recent roles include Mrs. Grose in Britten's Turn of the Screw and Susanna in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, both included in Ithaca College Opera Workshop scene presentations, and the role of Katie in the student film "Do The Math."  Katie was the dramaturg for GTP's first production, The Illusion, in 2005 and is thrilled to return for their third summer production playing Amiens in As You Like It.
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Carly Assael: is excited to be working with the Gurnet Theatre Project and former colleges on Miss Julie. She is a recent graduate of Northeastern University. Favorite roles at Universtiy include Cathy in Tales of the Lost Formicans, Sarah in Stop Kiss, Janice in Italian American Reconciliation, and Meredith in Playing by Heart.  She has been involved in summer stock seasons at both the Mac-Haydn Theatre and with Park Play House II. She also spent a year interning at the New York State Theatre Institute.  Carly sends her thanks to friends and family for making her laugh.
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Jessica Bartlett: is a current sophomore at the University of Vermont studying English. She is a graduate of Duxbury High School where she was an active participant in the drama program. Favorite roles include Lubov in The Cherry Orchard, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, and Claire in Proof. As You Like It is her fourth appearance with Gurnet Theatre Project and she is thrilled to be a part of another GTP production. She would also like to thank her friends and family for their ongoing support.
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Francesca Bastianini: is a graduate of Smith College. She worked as a lighting designer, director and stage manager at Smith, and has also worked at the American Stage Festival in Nashua, NH, and the Teatro di Rifredi in Florence, Italy. Her lighting designs for theatre and dance include collaborations with the Brazz Dance Company. She received the Peggy Clark Kelley Design Prize for her design of Equus at Smith, which was included in the first World Stage Design exhibition.
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Danielle Bauman: a native New Yorker, just graduated from Boston University with a BFA in acting. While at B.U. some of her favorite roles included: Anna in The Lower Depths and Jackie in Deathwish. Other theater credits include: Constanze  in Amadeus (OLNEY Theater Co.), Eva  in Snow Angel (Lincoln Center Directors Lab @ HERE), and Mrs. Saunders and The Soldier  in Cloud 9 (Longwood Players). She has just recently sent her first play Little Red’s Dead  to the New York Fringe Festival.
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Liam Billingham: is excited to be playing Oliver this summer for GTP.  A native of Duxbury, Liam has spent the last year honing his craft in Prague, Czech Republic. While overseas, he founded Rock in Shoe Theatre, whose inaugural production of Bertolt Brecht's The Exception and the Rule was selected for the Prague Fringe Festival. He has also directed for Prague Playhouse. Prior to leaving the states, Liam directed GTP's Waiting for Godot, and received a BA in Theatre from The University of New Hampshire. Previous directorial credits include: The Laramie Project, Copenhagen, Pterodactyls, Stop Kiss, and the original piece Meeting: The Writings of Martin Buber. Liam has also worked as an actor (primarily in Shakespeare) and as a lighting designer throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This fall, he will be assistant directing New Repertory's A Streetcar Named Desire, before crossing the pond once more. Many thanks to Brian, Kristen, and everyone involved with this show.
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Courtney Branigan: is delighted to be making her Gurnet Theatre Project debut with As You Like It. Recent projects: The Women (Speakeasy Stage, winner of 5 IRNE awards including best ensemble and best production), Alais in The Lion in Winter, and Tina Howe’s Teeth. Past roles include: The Yellow Wallpaper (one-woman show and adaptation in Northampton, Massachusetts), Harper in Angels in America, and Desdemona in Othello. In her free time, Courtney teaches an audition workshop at the Boston Center for Adult Education, and obsessively tends her garden. She is a 2005 Graduate of Umass Amherst where she received her B.A in Theater. Thanks to Ryan!
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Mark Catalano: is a third year student at Northeastern University.  His main areas of study are in Information Science and Biology.  Although his course of study does not include theatre Mark strongly believes in leading a balanced lifestyle, countering the drudgery of academics by being an active member of the Northeastern Theatre Department.  Mark’s past experience includes Lighting Design for Italian American Reconciliation, Dead Man Walking, Charlotte the Destroyer and Internal Bleating, and Sound Design for Stop Kiss and Tales of the Lost Formicans.
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Chelsea Cipolla: is a senior at Emerson College majoring in Acting, with an emphasis in Theatre Education. Chelsea has been seen in GTP's previous productions of As You Like It (Rosalind) and Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Van's Sister). Recent past favorite roles include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company), Fan in A Christmas Carol (The Hartford Stage) and Eliante in The Misanthrope (Emerson Stage). Chelsea would like to thank her Mother, for all the reasons she should know.
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Peter Collins: Peter is a native of Duxbury and a recent graduate of Duxbury High School. Peter is relatively new to acting, but has been performing improvisation for more than 10 years. Peter is currently attending Fordham College.
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Rob Conners: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Lisa Dempsey: is a second year student at Northeastern University and she is thrilled to be a part of Gurnet Theatre Project. A dancer by trade, she is just starting out into the acting world. A few of her favorite credits include Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors and Mimi in Guys and Dolls. She enjoys long walks on the beach and puppies.
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Kacie Dietrich: is a senior at Bridgewater State College majoring in Theatre. Recent roles include Mrs. Millennium in the ACTF nominated Urinetown, Dopey in Snow...sort of...White and studio roles including Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Gin in Apocalypso and Andromache in The Trojan Women. Kacie has previously worked for local performing arts studios and will act as teaching assistant to acting students at Bridgewater State in the fall of 2007.
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Brian C. Fahey: Co-Founder of Gurnet Theatre Project, Brian holds a B.A. in Theatre from Northeastern University and has trained at The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, IRL. Representative roles include Chaplain in A Clockwork Orange (Company One at the Boston Center for the Arts), Vladimir in Waiting for Godot (GTP), and Dr. Caligari in Caligari is Coming to Town (Northeastern University). His directorial credits include Nicky Silver’s Free Will & Wanton Lust for Northeastern University, and for GTP: Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s The Illusion, Frank McGuinness’ new version of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie (MCC Gold Star nomination), the Boston premiere of Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, and Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth. Brian is currently in his first year of the MFA Drama and Theater For Youth program at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as a teaching artist for Drama for Schools, a UT program that trains teachers to use drama-based instruction in the classroom.
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Dan Frongillo: Dan graduated from Duxbury High School in 2004 and has attended college at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Past roles include Freddie in Noises Off, Antrobus in The Skin Of Our Teeth, and an ensemble member in All I Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, all at Duxbury High School.
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Alex Frost: Alex Frost is a rising sophomore at Skidmore College.  This past year he appeared in productions of An Enemy of the People, A Silly Silverstein Show, and True Love, all at Skidmore College.  Alex graduated from Westwood High School in 2006 and has spent past summers at the National High School Institute for Theatre at Northwestern University and the School of Cinema and Performing Arts.  He would like to thank his family and friends for always supporting his artistic endeavors.
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Adam Henry Garcia: has acted since the age of eleven, starting with an elementary school production of Oliver Twist as the good Doctor Grimwig. He has performed and studied at McCarter Regional Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey and The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. Some of his favorite roles include Joe Pitt in the Northeastern University production of Angels in America, Lucius in the Gotham Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus and Alan Quevedo in the mockumentary feature film The Beverages. Adam is very excited to be in his first Gurnet Theatre Project production and would like to thank the cast and crew for all of their hard work. Also, he would like thank his Mom, Dad and brother Chris for their unwavering support.
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Ben Gettinger: Ben Gettinger is a recent graduate from the Theatre Arts program at the University of New Hampshire. Ben has a feature role in the independent film, "Dribbles", which will be released this summer at film festivals all around the world. When not on the stage or in front of the camera, Ben enjoys surfing, reading, acting like a big kid with his best friends, and writing program biographies in the third person. Ben hopes you've enjoyed this bio.
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Jordan Gill: graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Performance from Northeastern University. While at Northeastern favorite stage roles include Texas in Cabaret and Crystal Allen in The Women. Regional credits include Go To Hell Kitty in Chicago with Fiddlehead Theatre Company. Her directorial credits include Willard Carroll’s Playing By Heart.
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Gillian Green: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Terrence P. Haddad: has worked with Boston Actors Theater, Zero Point Productions, Contemporary Theatre of Boston, 11:11 Theatre Company, Another Country Productions, Zeitgeist Stage Company, Way Theatre Artists, and Bad Habit Productions. He was most recently seen as Paul Bratter in Bad Habit’s production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park. His favorite past role was Randle P. McMurphy in Assumption College’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He has also acted in close to thirty student and independent films. One of these films, The Daydream, won best local short drama at the 2006 Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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Spencer Hale: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Michelle M.K. Hatfield: is a co-founder of Gurnet Theatre Project and graduate of Smith College. With GTP, she has appeared as Elicia/Lyse/Clarina in The Illusion, as Kristin in Miss Julie, and as Antonia in Much Ado About Nothing. Hatfield also directed and appeared in an adaptation of Mario Goloboff's Criador de Palomas (Keeper of the Doves) at Smith College.
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Anastasia Holly: is in her fifth year at Northeastern University. She is a theatre major and an education minor.  She has participated in many productions including Songs for a New World and Marriage. She has worked for Boston Theatre Works and The Wang Theatre. She recently completed her student teaching and will be teaching in China during the summer of 2006.
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Timothy Hoover: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Rachael Hunt: is thrilled to be working with Gurnet Theatre Project. Most recently she appeared as Jen in Stars (SLAMBoston). Boston credits include Maureen Peal in The Bluest Eye (Company One), Waiting (New England Fringe Festival), and Lucy in Mr. Marmalade (Company One – IRNE nomination). She holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Bard College, where she also studied dance intensively. Collegiate and New York credits include The Mike and Morgan Show, You Can See the Whole City, The long and short of it, Outside a Hospital, and The Vagina Monologues. Rachael received her theatre training at the Boston Arts Academy, where she performed in The Crucible (Mary Warren), Inner City Blues (Lady in Brown), The Colored Museum (Normal Jean Reynolds/ Medea), and Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Suzanne). She has also appeared in the 2nd annual African American Theatre Festival, and in The Bald Soprano (Newton Drama Training Institute). In her daytime life, Rachael works as an actor and educator with Urban Improv. She is eternally thankful to her friends and family for their wonderful support, and to Rosalind Thomas-Clark for always leading her in the right direction.
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Foster Johns: is thrilled to work once again with Gurnet Theatre Project after appearing in Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead as Van.  Favorite roles include Walter in Keely and Du, Buff in Suburbia, Bobby in Love! Valour! Compassion!, Ezra Chater in Arcadia, Jerry in The Zoo Story, and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.  Foster has worked with Another Country Productions, the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, TSporadic Evolution, the Harvard French Farce Festival, and most recently with New Repertory Theatre assistant directing on the productions of Thom Pain, Orson's Shadow, and White People.  Mr. Johns hails from New Orleans, LA and holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and English from Boston College.  You can see him in the Fall of 2007 as Mercutio in Holland Production's Romeo and Juliet at the Devanaughn Theater.
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Christian Kiley: is thrilled to be making second appearance with Gurnet Theatre Project, after playing Beethoven in Dog Sees God.  He was seen recently as Seymour Krelborn in Animus Ensemble's Little Shop of Horrors at the Boston Center for the Arts' Plaza Theater. Locally, he has been involved in various productions with the Reagle Players and the Wellesley Players. He has been seen in many college films, as well as the defunct CBS sitcom Welcome to New York. Some of his favorite past roles are the Thief in Len Jenkin's Dark Ride, Otto in Nicky Silver's The Food Chain, and Orlando in As You Like It.  He got his B.A. in Theater Studies from Bard College in Annandale, NY. Christian would like to thank Tom, his better half, without whom none of this would be possible.
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Keith Kordis: is a sophomore at Duxbury High School, where he acts as Assistant Stage Manager for DHS Drama, and where he has served on various technical crews for numerous DHS productions.
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Kevin Kordis: is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst with a BA in Theater. He's been a part of Gurnet Theatre since it was founded and has performed in both The Illusion and Much Ado About Nothing the past two summers. Recent stage appearances include the title role in Titus Andronicus at Hampshire College as well as Gum and The Caucasian Chalk Circle at UMass.  He is currently employed as an actor on Boston Harbor Cruises new adventure theme boat tour, Codzilla.
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Douglas F. Ladd: Doug is a DHS and Thespian Troupe #355 alumni. Since moving from Duxbury he has received a degree in acting, directing, and political science from Plymouth State University. He is currently on the executive board of the Sandwich Players and is a founding member of The Tabula Rasa Theatre Co. where he has directed and designed such shows as Lysistrata, Rocky Horror Show, Nunsense, and Triple Bluff. Doug has taught at the Drama Training Institute and toured Vermont with the Voices Program.
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Hugh Lawton: is a classically trained actor from Ireland. He graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2001. Highlights of his career include playing Macbeth, and playing Romeo in the acclaimed production of Romeo na Juliet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He also played the lead in Cuchulainn which toured Ireland for 9 months. He recently finished playing the parts of Joe and The Narrator in Brian Friel’s The Lovers for Saturnae Theatre Company in Dublin. He moved to the United States in October 2005.
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John Laputz: John is a junior at Duxbury High School. He has been the props chairperson for the past year for Thespian Troupe #355 and has been elected Treasurer for the Troupe for the ’05-’06 school year. He has been part of almost every DHS production, either acting in or working backstage.
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Traci Lepore: Traci is a graduate of Fitchburg State College where besides studying Graphic Design she also studied theater, and performed in such productions as Love Letters, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Thornwood, and Tweltfh Night. Traci also recently performed in Acme Theater's New Works Winter Festival ('06) in Maynard, MA. She is excited to get back into theater after a break while beginning to work full time, and is especially excited that it is a Shakespeare production that is her reentry in the world of acting.
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Alex Lewis: Alex recently graduated DHS and is currently attending Bridgewater State College as a theatre major. Recent roles include MacHeath in The Beggar’s Opera, and Robert in Proof. In The DHS Fall Tournament of 2003, Alex directed for the first time with Hush Little Celia, Don’t Say a Word.
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Michael MacDonald: has been surrounded by the wonderful world of theatre since high school. While he hasn’t appeared on stage since 2000, he has attended countless performances since then, including memorable ones from his good friends Brian Fahey and Gillian Mackay-Smith. He is proud to be a part of Gurnet Theatre Project, making sure the word gets out and the seats get filled. He received his BA in Communications with a minor in Business from Northeastern University in 2004. He lives in Boston and makes his living as a Marketing Coordinator for Online Buddies, Inc., based out of Cambridge.
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Kayleigh MacFarlane: Kayleigh graduated in spring 2004 from Duxbury High School where she was an active member of the drama club. Her roles there include Jane in The Chronicles of Jane: Book Seven, Lizzie in A Mad Breakfast, and Catherine in Proof.
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Mariah MacFarlane: Mariah is currently a freshman at Duxbury High School.  Among her Academic studies Mariah also peruses her interests in music and theatre, becoming proficient in the oboe and piano.  Mariah’s past theatre roles have included Liesel in The Sound of Music and Renata in S.P.A.R by Stephen Gregg.
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Gillian Mackay-Smith: is making her second appearance with Gurnet Theatre Project after performing the title role in Miss Julie in the Spring of 2006. Recent appearances include Maud/Betty in Cloud Nine with The Longwood Players, and Mom/Mrs. Conners in Charlotte the Destroyer with My Fair Heathen Productions. She recently completed work on her first film, The Beverages: Music for a New Degeneration. Favorite roles include Claire in Free Will & Wanton Lust at Northeastern University, Martha in A Piece of My Heart with Delvena Theatre Company, Lola in Damn Yankees and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls with Annisquam Village Players. Gillian attended the summer program at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, and is a graduate of the theatre department at Northeastern University.
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Hillary Mackay-Smith: soprano, has studied music and applied voice for the past three years with mezzo-soprano and vocal coach Diana Jacklin, and collaborative pianist and diction specialist Elaine Smith Purcell. Hillary has performed many local recitals, as section leader/cantor in several churches, as well as in Symphony Hall in Boston with various choral groups.  In 2004, she was awarded the Chancellor's Talent Award at UMass Amherst.  She is currently studying English Literature and Philosophy in the Salem State College Honors Program.
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Ahmad Maksoud: is currently attending Northeastern University as a double major in psychology and theatre. His performance credits include Jerry in Tales of the Lost Formicans, Silvius/Amiens in As You Like It, and Louis in A View from the Bridge at Northeastern University.  He will be Assistant Directing Children of Eden for the Newton Summer Stage program this summer.
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Brett Marks: has recently been seen as Sean in Love-Lies-Bleeding (Way Theatre) and as Jed Rowen in The Kentucky Cycle (Zeitgeist Stage/Way Theatre – Elliot Norton Award, Best Fringe Production). Previous credits include The EIGHT: Reindeer Monologues (Hollywood); The Twilight of the Golds (David) and Richard III (Richard Radcliffe) with Vokes Players (Wayland, MA); and The Shape of Things (Adam) with SAMM Entertainment. Brett received his BA in Theatre Arts from Boston College. He will be directing Gurnet Theatre Project's next production, the Boston Premiere of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) in January ’09.
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Lisa Martin: is a graduate of the theatre department at Northeastern University. For Gurnet Theatre Project, Lisa has stage-managed productions of Miss Julie and Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. Other SM credits include A View from the Bridge and Dead Man Walking.
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Laura McKusick: Laura is currently a junior at Northeastern University majoring in Theatre with a concentration in Performance.  She has recently been involved in university productions such as Tales of the Last Formicans, A View from the Bridge, and Stop Kiss
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Devin Michelson: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Mark W. Morgenroth: Mark is a graduate of Duxbury High School and of Bates College with a degree in Political Science.  While at Bates he also studied music and meditation.  He grew up on Cape Cod and spent two years in North Carolina before settling in Duxbury.
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Danielle Muehlenbein: lives and works in Boston, MA. Boston stage acting credits include Nickel and Dimed (SouthCity), Play it Again, Sam (Footlight), Midsummer Night's Dream (Wandering Minds) and bobrauschenbergamerica (Stage Troupe). Boston film credits include Flowers like Mouths and Teeth by Kartina Richardson and Exposure  by Patrice Hamilton. She has also directed Moliere's Tartuffe, and Shakespeare's Tempest at Boston University.
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Maylin Murphy: is in her fifth and final year at Northeastern University. She is currently studying Theatre in combination with an Elementary Education minor.  Her favorite roles include Phoebe in As You Like It, Dolly in Etta Jenks and Nastya in The Lower Depths.  She is working with The Wang Theatre and Wheelock Family Theatre.  She is preparing for her student teaching in the fall of 2006. Maylin would like to send all her love and a big thanks to her family.
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Jonathan Orsini: Past credits on the professional stage include: After Ashley (Justin) with Company One (I.R.N.E. nominated, Best Actor), Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (CB) with Gurnet Theatre Project, and The Kentucky Cycle (Patrick/Zach Rowen) with Zeitgeist Stage Company.
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Brian Petersen: is a recent graduate of Northeastern University. He is excited to be working on his first project with the Gurnet Theatre Project. Favorite past roles include: Eddie Carbone in A View From the Bridge,  Jaques in As You Like It, and Jedadiah Schultz in The Laramie Project. Brian will be spending the summer of 2006 as a company member at the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont.
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David Phillips: David first took to the stage as Sir William Rollander in Agatha Christie’s Verdict and, most recently, played Flan in John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation. A few favorite roles in between include Val in Neil Simon’s Laughter On the 23rd Floor, Cheswick in Dale Wasserman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, George Deever in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, and Benjamin Beaurevers in Harry Kurnitz’s A Shot In the Dark.  Employed by Verizon Communications, David graduated from Clark University, where he concentrated in 18th- & 19th-Century European Intellectual History.  As a diversion from his studies, he spent two summers away from campus undergoing rigorous training at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Basic Training at Parris Island, South Carolina, and at its Officer Candidates School at Quantico, Virginia.
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Jonathan Popp: is thrilled to return to the BCA with Gurnet Theatre as Dennis Ziegler, after having appeared as Matt in Gurnet's Spring production of Dog Sees God. Other local credits include Funny Forum (Miles) and Unbound (Bones) with Boston Theatre Works; Distant Music (Dev Heart) with Image Theatre; The Grapes of Wrath (Tom Joad) with Stoneham Theatre; and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse with North Shore Music Theatre. Jon is also an Actor in Residence for the Boston Playwrights' Platform.  A graduate of Boston College, Jonathan has also studied with the British American Drama Academy in Oxford where he learned that fries are chips and chips are crisps. Jonathan would like to thank his family, friends, and colleagues at Prospectiv for all their support.
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Steven Rossignol: is a 21 year old actor from the great state of Maine. He is very excited to be a part of the Gurnet Theatre Project. As an Emerson College acting student, he has recently played Eddie in Fool for Love, as well as Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He aspires to be a successful entertainer for years to come, and hopes you will enjoy his work. He would like to thank from the bottom of his heart his entire family, who are his biggest fans, and his support from the start.
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Haley Roth: is thrilled to be making her first appearance with Gurnet Theatre.  Regional credits include The Autumn Hours (11:11 Theatre Company), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Shakespeare Now!), The Diary of Anne Frank (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Urinetown (Lyric Stage). Other favorite credits include Grease, Working, A Chorus Line, Grapes of Wrath, Chicago, and Company.  Haley graduated from Emerson College in 2006 with a BFA in Musical Theatre and is happy to be back in Boston doing outdoor Shakespeare!
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Abbe Scnhibbe: Abbe is a rising senior at Duxbury High School and has been looking forward to finally performing with GTP all year, having worked behind the scenes the past two summers on the productions of The Illusion and Much Ado About Nothing. Aside from acting, Abbe loves to read, sing, and be with her family. This year's production of As You Like It is especially exciting for her because it is the first time she will have worked under her sister Kristen as a "real" director.  This is her third summer working with GTP and hopefully not her last.  She wishes much peace and love to the rest of the cast, her friends, and her family, especially K.Schnib.
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Kristen Schnibbe: Kristen is thrilled to be working with Gurnet Theatre Project for the third summer in a row.  She graduated from Skidmore with a BS in Theatre and a concentration in Directing.  Her previous directing credits include Overruled, My Name is Rachel Corrie, True Love (a movement piece using Shakespearean text), and Much Ado About Nothing, which she directed last summer with Gurnet Theatre Project.  Kristen also spent a year studying Shakespeare in London with various members of the RSC and Shakespeare Institue.  As always she would like to thank her family and kindreds for their love and support, and the cast and crew for all their hard work...."to thine own self be true."
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Susie Schutt: is pleased to be assistant directing Gurnet Theatre Project's Essential Self-Defense. She most recently stage managed Life in a Marital Institution and The Lady of Burma at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Footlight Club's award winning production of A Raisin in the Sun in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2005, Susie worked for Hoipolloi Theatre Company, New International Encounter Theatre Company, and Classworks Theatre Company, in Cambridge, U.K. In 2004, she graduated from the University of Michigan, where she pursued her passion by directing Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Vagina Monologues. Acting credits at Michigan include Celia (As You Like It), Karen (Dinner with Friends), Halie (Buried Child), and Electra (Electra).
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Michael Duncan Smith: is the Program Coordinator of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, where he is responsible for much of the artwork and design associated with each production.  Mike is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Humanities and Social Sciences with a focus in History and English. Mike’s acting credits include: As You Like It (Touchstone), Our Town (George Gibbs), A Midsummer Night’s Dream  (Nick Bottom), Romeo and Juliet  (The Nurse), The Marriage of Bette and Boo  (Father Donnally), Laughter on the 23rd Floor  (Max Prince), the Regional Premiere of Pound of Flesh (Pvt. Cooper) and many others. Mike has also performed in the SAS Playfest of World Premiere monologues and the Mt. Holyoke College German TheatreFest. Mike has several directing and assistant directing credits including: The Bald Soprano, Evita, Into the Woods  and On Golden Pond.  Mike is also the designer and webmaster of bostonplaywrights.org.
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Colin Summers: Colin is real excited to be in Essential Self-Defense.  A recent graduate from Emerson College, he was in the Publick Theater's Romeo and Juliet last summer and was a student teacher for a bunch of awesome kids in Roxbury this fall.  He rounds out his time writing and playing music with his band "My Friend Other."
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Dana S. Tellier: Dana is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire's Theatre & Dance program, where he had the good fortune to be involved in many diverse productions, playing characters such as Pisanio in Shakespeare's Cymbeline, and Major Sergius Saranoff in Arms and the Man. He was also director and performer in a self-written piece entitled Nine of Swords. Somehow, Dana found the time to be involved with UNH's extracurricular theatre group, Mask & Dagger. There, he performed in several excellent student-run productions, playing Dr. Huml in Vaclav Havel’s The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millenium Approaches, as well as performing in the ensemble production The Laramie Project, taking on the daunting roles of Dennis Shepard and Rev. Fred Phelps, among others. He has also performed professionally at the Rochester Opera House in New Hampshire, playing the role of Horatio in Hamlet.
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Christian Titus: BIO UNAVAILABLE
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Lillian Webster: Lillian Webster is a local resident and artist whose creative pursuits include illustration, tattoo design, and craftsmaking.  She had the pleasure of creating promotional art for Gurnet Theatre Project's production of The Illusion, as well as designing a kite for the Duxbury Rotary Club's "First Free Library for Women in Kabul" benefit, and most recently was asked to create the promotional poster for Waiting for Godot.  Lillian looks forward to future projects in partnership with GTP.
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Lauren Alexandra Wood: a Pennsylvania native, and upcoming senior at The Boston Conservatory, is thrilled to be playing Celia in As You Like It.  She most recently appeared as a Factory Girl in Parade at Speakeasy Stage Company in Boston.  Other recent productions include Jesus Christ Superstar, Lysistrata, and Urinetown (Little Sally) at the Conservatory.
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