Cast
Yasuhiro
Arthur Acuña
Mr. Acuña just finished a competition short (Philippine entry) for the ASEAN-ROK Film Festival in Korea next year. He also appeared as
Lihn at Goodman Theatre's world premiere of Ghostwritten, after a workshop production in Sundance 2006. His recent credits include
Two September and Most Wanted
at The La Jolla Playhouse. Mr. Acuña received an Obie Award for The Romance of Magno Rubio in the
role of Nick. His international credits include the lead in David Henry Hwang’s The Golden Child in Manila, Philippines. He also played leads in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Real Thing with Repertory Philippines. Mr. Acuña’s film credits include
To Maritina, Rigodon, Batang West Side (as Bartolo) at the Manila International Film Festival (for which he received the Best Actor Award). Television roles include “Law and Order,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Third Watch,” “As the World Turns,” “Stella,” “To Maritina” and “One Life to Live.” Mr. Acuña will be playing the role of Macario Locsin in the next John Sayles film to be shot next year. www.arthuracu.blogspot.com
Ghost
Holly Brook
Ms. Brook is a Wisconsin native, but is a true vagabond. For seven years, she has bounced between Los Angeles, New York, countless tours and the woods of Oregon, where she likes to escape to re-energize and nurture her creative muses. Ms. Brook had three independent albums under her belt by age 15, in mother-daughter duo, “Generations.” At 19, she was recognized worldwide for her vocal contribution on a song called, "Where'd You Go," by Fort Minor, which was a Linkin Park side project. Soon after she released her debut solo record, “Like Blood Like Honey,” on Machine Shop Records/Warner Bros., she teamed up with Duncan Sheik. Together, they've worked on many projects and toured the country numerous times. She is the featured female vocalist on the “Whisper House” album. Ms. Brook is currently awaiting the release of her new album, “O'Dark Thirty” for which Sheik has had a major hand in producing (date TBA). This is Ms. Brook's first step back into a theatre production since her youth when she participated in a dozen or so community and professional theatre musicals. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such an incredible cast and crew, and to spend time living in yet another new city. Ms. Brook dreams big and has
a hard time living in the real world, but with what she's been able to accomplish so far in life, it looks like anything is possible.
Lilly
Celeste Ciulla
THE OLD GLOBE: All’s Well That Ends Well, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Titus Andronicus, Othello, The Trojan Women. BROADWAY: The neon lights are bright. OFF-BROADWAY: Phantom Lady, Exit the King, She Stoops to Conquer, The Good Natur’d Man, Phedre, Andromache, The Tempest, Nathan the Wise and many others at the The Pearl Theatre. REGIONAL: ...And LA is Burning, Brooklyn Boy, Hysteria, As Bees in Honey Drown, Florida Studio Theatre; Frost/Nixon, Geva; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Pioneer Theatre; Moon Over Buffalo, Tea and Sympathy, American Stage Festival; and Thou Art, Life Theatre. FILM: Celeste made a film called Time’s Up, which she’s never seen. TV: She needs a new one. EDUCATION: Northwestern and Harvard Universities. Celeste is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and The Urban Rocks Project.
Charles, the Sheriff
Ted Kōch
Mr. Kōch has appeared in several Broadway productions including The Pillowman, Death of a Salesman and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
His Off Broadway credits include Meshugah, Naked Angels;
The Chaos Theories, Shotgun Productions and Topsy Turvy Mouse, Cherry Lane Theater. His National Tours include Frost/Nixon and Death of a Salesman. Mr. Kōch has also appeared in numerous regional productions including The Front Page and Sweet Bird of Youth, Williamstown Theater Festival;
True West, Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Nomination - Outstanding Lead Actor); Pig Farm and Sea of Tranquility, The Old Globe;
A Streetcar Named Desire, Studio Arena Theatre; The Fair Maid of the West and Orphans; CT-20 Ensemble (Joseph Jefferson Award - Best Actor); and As You Like It, Goodman Theatre. Television credits include “Gossip Girl,” “Cashmere Mafia,” “The Sopranos,” “The West Wing,” “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Film credits include Cold Souls, Collar, Hannibal, Dinner Rush, Griffin and Phoenix, and Death of a Salesman.
Lieutenant Rando
Kevin Hoffmann
recently appeared at The Old Globe in Whisper House (Lt. Rando) as well as Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Cyrano de Bergerac (Musketeer), Coriolanus (Senator) and Six Degrees of Separation (Ben). He also played Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with The Old Globe/USD Professional Actor Training Program where he was also seen in The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Greeks: The Murders. Regionally, Mr. Hoffmann has performed in Antony and Cleopatra and The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Theater at Monmouth), as well as Proof (Barksdale Theatre). His TV credits include “As the World Turns” and “All My Children.” His many commercials include Sony, Callaway Golf, and Fidelity Financial. Mr. Hoffmann holds a BFA in Acting from Elon University. www.kevinhoffmann.com
Ghost
David Poe
Mr. Poe is a songwriter, performing musician, producer and composer for film and dance. Transplanted from the American Midwest to New York City, Mr. Poe served as the sound engineer at CBGB before being signed to Sony Music. He has released five critically-acclaimed studio albums and two live albums: his debut, "David Poe" (Sony/550 1997), produced by T-Bone Burnett, "The Late Album" (Sony/Epic 2002), "Love Is Red" (Universal/Fuel 2004), "David Poe Live & Solo" (The Artists Den 2005) a live performance DVD, "David Poe Onstage at World Café" (Universal/Decca 2006), and two commissioned works for dance:
"The Copier: Music for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet" (2008) and "Shadowland: Music for Pilobolus," (2009) the company's first-ever
full-length shadow dance piece, currently on tour. Mr. Poe has produced recordings for Regina Spektor, Joseph Arthur and Kraig Jarret Johnson, collaborated with several other songwriters, including T-Bone Burnett, Grace Potter and Reni Lane and scored five films, including The Brooklyn Heist, Dare and the forthcoming Harvest, with longtime collaborator Duncan Sheik. In 2009, the Sundance Institute named him a Composer Fellow for his film score work. His songs have taken him around the globe as support act for Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Tori Amos and have been featured in numerous film and television soundtracks: Transamerica, “The OC,” “Dawson's Creek,” Seibutsu: Still Life, Jesus Henry Christ and Sam Shepard's play The Tooth of Crime (Second Dance). A new David Poe CD will
be released this fall. www.davidpoe.com
Christopher
A.J. Foggiano
A.J. Foggiano (Christopher) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06-’09). His other credits include Randolph McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie (San Diego Musical Theatre), the Coroner in The Wizard of Oz (Starlight Theatre), Michael in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater), and Harold Hill in The Music Man and the title role in Oliver! (F.A.M.E.). His film credits include Ready? Ok! by James Vasquez and The Legend of Pocahontas. A.J. extends his thanks to all of his friends, family and the Whisper House team for their support. He hopes to one day make his way to the bright lights of Broadway.
Team
Music and Lyrics
Duncan Sheik
Mr. Sheik is a Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter
and composer. Mr. Sheik initially found success as a singer, most notably for his 1996 debut single, “Barely Breathing,” which spent 55 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100. He has since expanded his work to include compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage. Mr. Sheik won two Tony Awards, as composer and arranger, for the Broadway production of Spring Awakening. Written with lyricist Steven Sater, Spring Awakening also received the Tony Award for Best Musical. Mr. Sheik’s and Mr. Sater’s creative partnership began with the album, “Phantom Moon,” released on Nonesuch in 2000. They are currently developing two new musical theatre projects, The Nightingale, based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale and Nero, (Another Golden Rome) which had a workshop production during the summer of 2008 at Vassar College, featuring Wicked star Idina Menzel and Spring Awakening ingénue Lea Michelle. His albums include “Duncan Sheik” (1996), “Humming” (1998), “Phantom Moon” (2001), “Daylight” (2002), “White Limousine” (2006) and “Brighter/ Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology” (2006). His concept album for Whisper House was released earlier this year on RCA Victor. www.duncansheik.com
Book and Lyrics
Kyle Jarrow
Mr. Jarrow is a Brooklyn-based writer, composer and performer.
He writes for film and television as well as the stage, and he plays in the rock bands Super Mirage and The Fabulous Entourage. He won an Obie Award at age 24 for his play
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, which has subsequently been produced around the country. Other plays include Hostage Song, Love Kills, Trigger, President Harding is a Rock Star, Rip Me Open and Gorilla Man. He wrote the screenplay for the film Armless – based on his play of the same name – which will premiere as an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Jarrow has been a Dramatists Guild Fellow,
a John Golden Prize winner, a nominee for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Backstage West Garland Award. He's a co-founder of the indie publishing company Awkward Press, and with
his band The Fabulous Entourage
he performed as part of the 2006 Whitney Biennial. His band Super Mirage will be releasing their debut LP, “Pretty Lies,” in February 2010. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in religious studies. www.landoftrust.com
Director
Peter Askin
Mr. Askin directed John Leguizamo’s Sexaholix, Spic-O-Rama (Drama Desk Award) and Mambo Mouth (Obie and Outer Critics Awards). Other New York credits include Paul Weitz’s Show People and Privilege; Pulitzer Prize finalist
Dael Orlandersmith’s Monster and Beauty’s Daughter (Obie Award),
as well as her play The Gimmick (conceived and directed). Other productions include Hedwig and
the Angry Inch, Trumbo and Eve Ensler’s The Good Body. Mr. Askin’s upcoming projects include Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. He has directed regionally at Goodman Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Ahmanson Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse and Dorset Theatre Festival. His film
and television credits include Smithereens (co-writer), Company Man (co-writer, director), Trumbo (director) and HBO’s “Spic-O-Rama” (Cable Ace Award).
Dance Director
Wesley Fata
Mr. Fata has choreographed several productions at The Old Globe including the 2008 Shakespeare Festival and Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little (1987). His Broadway credits include Master Harold...and the Boys (dir. Athol Fugard); David Merrick's I Won't Dance (dir. Tom O'Horgan);
The News, Senator Joe (dir. Tom O'Horgan); Hair (assistant director/ choreographer, original production). Mr. Fata’s regional credits include James Lapine's 12 Dreams, The Public Theater; Gertrude Stein (dir. James Lapine), New York Theatre of the Eye; Lost in the Stars (dir. Arvin Brown); Camille with Kathleen Turner, Long Wharf Theatre; Travels With My Aunt (with Jim Dale), Minetta Lane Theatre; Capitol Cakewalk, Vineyard Theatre.
Mr. Fata has also choreographed numerous operas including: Les Troyens, Vienna State Opera;
A Soldiers Tale (cond. Gerald Schwartz), Carnegie Hall; Leonard Bernstein's Mass, Kennedy Center (10th anniversary production); Daphne and News of the Day,
Santa Fe Opera. His film credits include The Coen Brothers’
The Hudsucker Proxy and The Good Shepherd (co-choregraphed with Julie Arenal; dir. Robert de Niro). Mr. Fata has taught at the Yale School of Drama for 32 years and has choreographed as many plays there. His favorite experience was dancing with the Martha Graham Dance Company at Covent Garden.
Musical Director/Keyboards
Jason Hart
Mr. Hart is thrilled to be working with Duncan and Kyle on Whisper House. He has toured internationally with Rufus Wainwright and was a core member of Mercury-Prize winners Antony and the Johnsons. Other performing and/or recording credits include Gavin Degraw, Elton John, Lou Reed, Keren Ann, Kris Kristofferson, the B52's and others. His theatre credits include: Burleigh Grimes at New World Stages (keys, bass and guitar); Medea: In Concert at NYU (original music, musical direction); The Shadow at the High School of the Performing Arts (original music, musical direction). Mr. Hart is also a songwriter and recording artist whose debut CD
is entitled "If I Were You." www.myspace.com/jasonhartmusic
Scenic Design
Michael Schweikardt
Mr. Schweikardt has designed sets for several musicals by Joe Iconis: ReWrite, A Musical Comedy Triple Feature at Urban Stages; The Black Suits at The Public Theater; The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks at The Lucille Lortel Theatre and Things
To Ruin at The Zipper Factory and Second Stage Theatre. He is the set designer for Ella, a musical about Ella Fitzgerald, which is appearing
in cities all across the country. Recently he created the sets for
The Asolo Theatre Company’s 50th anniversary production of Barnum and the critically acclaimed productions of Camelot, 1776 and Big River, Goodspeed Musicals. He designed the American premier of Frank McGuinness’ Gates of Gold, 59E59; The Bird Sanctuary, Pittsburgh Public Theatre (starring Elizabeth Franz and Hayley Mills) and productions of Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories (starring Lynn Redgrave) and Joe Sutton’s Restoring The Sun. For Blue Light Theater Company, Mr. Schweikardt designed the set for Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy directed by JoAnne Woodward. He went on to design two more productions for Ms. Woodward: Waiting for Lefty (starring Marisa Tomei) and The Big Knife. Mr. Schweikardt continued his association with Blue Light Theater Company, designing sets for The Seagull (directed by Austin Pendelton) and Michael Cristofer’s Amazing Grace (starring Marsha Mason). Other credits include All Under Heaven (starring Valerie Harper) and Tallulah, Hallelujah! (starring Tovah Feldshuh). Mr. Schweikardt also designed the set for James Taylor’s “One Man Band” Tour which toured the U.S.A. and Europe and was recorded on dvd. www.msportfolio.com
Costume Design
Jenny Mannis
Ms. Mannis has designed the following Old Globe productions The Mystery of Irma Vep and Pig Farm. Her New York productions include 10 Things To Do Before
I Die ans Swimming in the Shallows, Second Stage; Port Authority and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Atlantic Theater Company; The Drunken City (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), Pen and Manic Flight Reaction, Playwrights Horizons; Something You Did and The Right Kind of People, Primary Stages; Spain and In a Dark Dark House, MCC; Dog Sees God, Century Center For the Performing Arts; The Polish Play, Katharsis Theater Company; Heddatron and Boozy, Les Freres Corbusier; Stay and Where We’re Born, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; Animal Farm (Drama Desk Award nomination) Synapse Productions. Her regional credits include Goodman Theatre,
Two River Theater Company, The Studio Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Yale Repertory Theater. She has worked on several films including Beloved, Elevation Filmworks; All Saints Day, Washington Square Films. Ms. Mannis received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama (awarded the Leo Lerman Fellowship in Design).
Lighting Design
Matthew Richards
Mr. Richards recently designed several productions for The Old Globe including The Violet Hour, Bell Book and Candle and The Women. His New York credits include Port Authority, Atlantic Theater Company; The Drunken
City and Pen, Playwrights Horizons; Grace, MCC; Len, Asleep in Vinyl, Second Stage Theatre; Seussical
and Click!, Clack!, Moo!, TheatreworksUSA; A Small Melodramatic Story, The Public Theater/LAByrinth Theatre Company; One Loss Plus, BAM Next Wave Festival; ARS Nova, Edge Theater Company, Katharsis Theater Company and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. His regional credits include CENTERSTAGE,
Bay Street Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, TheaterWorks Hartford, Huntington Theatre Company, New York Stage and Film, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Skylight Opera Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Wolf Trap Opera Company and Yale Repertory Theatre. Mr. Richards
is a graduate of The University
of Massachusetts and The Yale School of Drama. www.matthewrichardsdesign.com.
Sound Design
Dan Moses Schreier
Mr. Schreier has designed several productions for The Old Globe including A Catered Affair, Cymbeline, Floyd Collins, Dirty Blonde and Julius Caesar. Broadway credits include 110 in the Shade, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street, Julius Caesar,
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Gem of the Ocean, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, After the Fall, Anna in the Tropics, Into the Woods, Topdog/Underdog, Major Barbara, Dance of Death, Dirty Blonde, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Tempest, Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring
in ’Da Funk. His Off Broadway work includes Stuff Happens, Homebody/ Kabul, Floyd Collins, and many others. He recently composed the score for the Broadway production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf, designed the sound for both John Doyle’s productions of Mahagonny starring Audra McDonald and
Patti Lupone, and City Center’s production of Gypsy starring
Patti Lupone. He has received
three Drama Desk Awards, the 2004 Ovation Award, the Entertainment Design Award and an Obie Award,
both for sustained excellence.
Projection Design
Aaron Rhyne
Mr. Rhyne’s designs include Bonnie & Clyde, La Jolla Playhouse; Jerry Springer: The Opera, Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House; Working,
The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory Theatre; The Civil War, Ford’s Theatre; Dutchman and Topsy Turvy Mouse, Cherry Lane Theatre; The Last Five Years, Asolo Repertory Theatre; Circumcise Me, 45 Becker; The JAP Show, Actors Temple; Flags, 59E59. He has done extensive video work with Big Art Group on The House of No More and Flicker. Additionally, Mr. Rhyne directs
music videos, commercials, and performance projects for television. www.aaronrhyne.com
Stage Manager
Richard Costabile
Mr. Costabile delights in returning to
The Old Globe 21 years after his first visit, as stage manager of Blood Wedding. In the interim, he has been lucky enough to have worked on seven Broadway productions (Translations, The Odd Couple, Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight!, Anna in the Tropics, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The School for Scandal, George Abbott's Broadway), plus tours that have included Roger Rees in What You Will, Death of a Salesman, Mark Twain Tonight! and White Christmas. Off Broadway he has stage managed at Roundabout Theatre (Intimate Apparel, Fiction, All Over), Playwrights Horizons (Goodnight Children Everywhere), and the Public Theater/NYSF (Love's Labors Lost), among many others. Regional theatre work includes Great Lakes Theater Festival (11 seasons), Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, McCarter Theatre Center, O'Neill National Music Theater Conference, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Hartford Stage and Denver Center Theatre. He ran away with Big Apple Circus (Summers of ’07 and ’08), and he recently made his Carnegie Hall debut as stage manager for the Collegiate Chorale’s Fall concert with the American Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Costabile has taught at Mason Gross/Rutgers and SUNY Purchase and has been a guest lecturer at colleges nationwide.
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in NYC is where he received his training as an actor. Last May, the members of the Stage Managers' Association elected him to his fifth term as Chairman.
Asst. Stage Manager
Moira Gleason
has stage managed several shows at The Old Globe including Alive and Well, Whisper House, Since Africa, Back Back Back, Sea of Tranquility, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Constant Wife, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘05), Summer Shakespeare Festivals (2005, ‘07, ‘08 and ‘09), Vincent in Brixton, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Fiction, The Full Monty, as Douglas Pagliotti Stage Management Intern: Old Wicked Songs. She has also been the Stage Manager for Adoption Project: Triad (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company), Miss Witherspoon (San Diego Repertory Theatre) and Fathom (Malashock Dance, ‘06). Ms. Gleason has held many different positions at The Old Globe from House Manager to Carpenter, Master Sound Technician to Education Coordinator. She holds a BA from Southern Oregon University and is a proud member of The Actors’ Equity Association.
