JP ZippiJP (Ensemble) is excited to making his American Theatre for Actors debut! He was recently seen on tour with the National Theatre for Children. Off-Off Broadway: The Laramie project, Bed Bugs and Beyond (Best Supporting Actor Nom. Unchained Theatre Festival). Film/TV: Syfy's the Internet Ruined My Life, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Skinny Steps Weight Loss. Love to family and friends. Instagram @jpzippiacts
Kyle FerrisKyle (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his NYC theatrical debut. Recently graduating from Skidmore College with a B.S. in Theater in 2018, he has since moved to NYC to further pursue his career. Some of his previous credits at Skidmore include Octavius Caesar (Julius Caesar), Teacher (Small Mouth Sounds), Eddie (The Rocky Horror Show) and Officer Barrel (Urinetown). Outside of Skidmore, Kyle has trained at the Summer Program of the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, and at Shakespeare & Company’s Summer Training Institute in Lenox, MA. In his free time, he loves to write plays and continue expanding his theatrical knowledge. He would like to thank Jeff Dailey and Jen Fuller for this incredible opportunity, the amazing cast, and his friends and family.
Daniel MartinDaniel (Ensemble) a NYC native, is excited to be a part of The Dance of the Death at the American Theatre of Actors. A cinephile since the age of 12, Daniel loves to write, draw and read as much as possible in his spare time. And whether it be on stage, in front of a camera, or on the clean white of a blank page, Daniel's greatest passion is to tell a story
Daniel WuerdemanDaniel (Ensemble )appeared previously at ATA in “Dream of the Rood,” “John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness,” “The Temptation of Our Lord,” and “Racquetball.” Daniel has also performed in numerous other plays, including The Drunkard, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Iceman Cometh, Comedy of Errors, Our Town, The Crucible, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman, Inherit the Wind, Purlie Victorious, and Summer and Smoke, in addition to various new plays, including “Café Ole,” “The Hug,” “Sleep” (which can be seen on You Tube), and “Ravencrest.”
Jen FullerJen (Stage Manager) is an actor and teaching artist originally from Florida. She currently enjoys working at an after school arts and literacy program in the Bushwick area. She has a passion for theatre for young audiences and plans on pursing working in arts education. She was last seen in productions at Emerald Coast Theatre company; A Winkle in Time (Charles Wallace), The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (Mrs. Lambchop)
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Matthew PappadiaMatthew (Ensemble) was born and raised doing theater in Long Island, New York. In college, Matthew studied occupational therapy, with an end goal of using theater to help children with autism and sensory processing disorders. 6 years later, Matthew is able to focus his energy on working as a full-time actor. Matthew recently made the move to New York City and is grateful to celebrate in his heart and on stage, bringing Jeff Daily's vision to life. Matthew was last seen touring with Ronnie Larson's "Happy Ending" Summer 2017.
Josh KarenJosh (Ensemble) is a Philly native now living in Brooklyn and is immensely excited to be in his first show in New York City. He studied at Skidmore College where he was in productions of Let the Right One In, Rocky Horror Show, American Idiot, and Stop Kiss, amongst others. He would like to thank his family and his girlfriend for their unending support, and of course his incomparably fantastic fellow cast and crew for being the heart and soul of this production.
Zachary BaumZachary (Ensemble) recently graduated from Union College. He was a History Major and Political Science Minor. While being at Union, he has acted in Romeo and Juliet, How I Learned to Drive, The Hunchback of Seville, Fool for Love, and An Enemy of the People. He would like to thank everyone for their support.
Jeff S. DaileyJeff (Director) earned his PhD in theatre from NYU, with additional study at Wagner College, The College of Staten Island, The Folger Institute, New York Theological Seminary, General Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary.
At the American Theatre of Actors, he has directed the medieval play The Coming of Antichrist, Pushkin’s Mozart and Salieri and The Stone Guest; Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great, parts 1 and 2; Dido, Queen of Carthage; Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris; Seafaring (his adaptation/translation of Anglo-Saxon poetry), Sophocles’ Ajax, and an award-winning production of Plautus’ The Captives, among other plays. He is the founder of the Long Island Student Shakespeare Festival and the early music ensemble Collectio Musicorum. Outside of the theatre, he recently worked on The Big Bang Theory TV series and the movie The Conjuring 2. Although retired as an educator, Dr. Dailey serves as pastor of All Nations Lutheran Church in Manhattan http://allnationslutheran.com/. He is also noted as a scholar with wide interests, having published studies of Gilbert and Sullivan, Gaetano Donizetti, Beowulf, Eugene O’Neill, Kurt Weill, medieval and Renaissance drama, and other topics. He is currently working on a book about the biblical plays of John Bale, a pre-Shakespearean playwright whose works he directed at ATA last fall. |