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David graduated from Princeton University, where his theater studies focused on lighting design, directing, and writing. He designs lighting, sets, and multimedia for dance, theater, and opera. David has worked recently on projects with Opera New Jersey, BALAM Balinese American Dance Theater, Battery Dance Company, Intravenous Theater Company, Re:Directions Theatre Company, Royal Family Productions, The Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Kathak Ensemble, and Princeton Summer Theater.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Commedia dell'Artemisia, 2005: Co-Creator, Lighting Design
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Lighting and Set Design
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Lighting and Set Design
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Lighting and Set Design
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Lighting and Set Design, Actor ("Orazio")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Lighting and Set Design |
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Sam Dingman holds a BA in Theatre Studies with an Honors Concentration in Acting from Swarthmore College, and has also studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre School, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and Studio Dante. He is a founding member of Stolen Chair, and co-created its inaugural production, A Portrait of Dora as a Young Man. He has also appeared as a co-creator and Actor in Pennybacker at the People’s Improv Theater. Other recent credits include Hugging the Shoulder in NYCFringe, I Wish I Was Woody Allen at TSI, and the independent film Trick.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Portrait of Dora as a Young Man, 2002: Co-Creator, Actor ("Freud" & "Dora")
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Jones")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Heinrich")
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Layna Fisher is an artist performing around New York with companies such as Studio 42, The Faux-Real Theater Co, Theatre Faction and her own company LawnFish. LawnFish has produced such works as the play sKIN, Subversions, vignettes on the subway, Stare an opportunity to, Aparkments, blueprints in the park and Truncated, an inquiry into the diamond trade of Sierra Leone which was performed at the Public Theater. Layna has trained with Raïna von Waldenburg of ETW, David Cady, Dani Super, Brette Goldstein, The Oxford School of Drama, AADA and UCB. She has attended residencies with The Field and ACA with master artists Vik Muniz and Eric Bogosian.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Actor ("Puritanus" & "Venus")
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Tuzia")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Anna")
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Aviva Meyer
Management, Props, and Graphic Design
aviva@stolenchair.org
Aviva graduated from Swarthmore College and received a Masters in Public Health from Columbia. Her endeavors include origami, knitting, web and graphic design, and electing progressively-minded musicians to Congress. She brings her eclectic interests and skills to the tasks of stage management and graphic design.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Commedia Dell'Artemisia, 2005: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design
Kill Me Like You Mean It , 2007: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design, Graphic Design
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Management, Prop Design, Graphic Design
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In addition to his work with Stolen Chair's, Cameron's NYC credits include 365 Days/365 Plays July Fest at The Public Theater, The Joy of Lex at HERE Arts Center, Fay Lindsay-Jones Story (FringeNYC), RPG at Manhattan Repertory Theater, and Full Length Play at the Gene Frankel Theater. Cameron earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he trained with The Atlantic Theater Company and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His NYU credits include Kulygin in The Three Sisters, The Country Club, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (RADA), and Valere in The Miser.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Actor ("Lord David Dirry Moir")
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Actor ("Gallathea," NYIT Awards Nomination: Best Lead Actor)
Kill Me Like You Mean It , 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Detective Ben Farrell")
Commedia dell'Artemisia, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Tassi")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Max")
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Emily is a dramaturg, musician, and composer based in New York City. Past dramaturgy credits include Dido, Queen of Carthage, directed by Neil Bartlett, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Martha Clarke, both at the American Repertory Theatre, and the world premiere of Philip Glass's Appomattox, directed by Robert Woodruff, at the San Francisco Opera. Emily holds an MFA in dramaturgy from the American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Composer
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Composer, Dramaturg
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Composer, Dramaturg, Actor ("Mona")
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Dramaturg, Musical Director
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Dramaturg
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Kiran is Stolen Chair’s resident playwright, and has penned ten plays for the company since she co-founded it in 2002. Her playwriting has been praised for its "literary and poetical pyrotechnics" (Martin Denton, NYtheatre.com) and her adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs has been published by the New York Theatre Experience in Playing with Canons. Kiran holds an MA in English Literature at Columbia University and a BA in Theatre Studies and English from Swarthmore College.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Portrait of Dora as a Young Man, 2002: Co-Creator, Playwright
Fair Ladies at a Game of Fortune, 2003: Co-Creator, Playwright
Stage Kiss, 2003: Co-Creator, Playwright
Virtuosa, 2004: Co-Creator, Playwright
Sister Carrie, 2004: Co-Creator, Playwright
Commedia Dell'Artemisia, 2005: Co-Creator, Playwright
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Playwright (Published in Playing with Canons)
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Playwright
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Playwright
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Playwright
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Playwright
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Jon has co-created and directed all of Stolen Chair's productions since he co-founded the company in 2002. He has trained with Thomas Richards at the Grotowski Workcenter, Anne Bogart and The SITI Company, Antonio Fava, and The Roving Classical Commedia University, and in the techniques of Jacques Lecoq. He teaches playwriting, directing, acting, and physical theatre techniques throughout the tri-state area and is a commentator and teaching artist for the NYC Student Shakespeare Festival. He holds a Theatre Studies BA from Swarthmore College.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Portrait of Dora as a Young Man, 2002: Co-Creator, Director
Fair Ladies at a Game of Fortune, 2003: Co-Creator, Director
Stage Kiss, 2003: Co-Creator, Director
Virtuosa, 2004: Co-Creator, Director
Sister Carrie, 2004: Co-Creator, Director
Commedia Dell'Artemisia, 2005: Co-Creator, Director
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Director
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Director
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Director
Commedia dell'Artemisia , 2007: Co-Creator, Director
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Director
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Alexia is a Actor, educator, speaker, and life/business coach. She is touring her performance piece The Joy of Lex, most recently to HERE Arts Center’s TALR Festival, Initiation International in Singapore, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Alexia produces the New York City Student Shakespeare Festival and is an adjunct professor at John Jay College and New Jersey City University. She is published in Melody Berger’s book, We Don’t Need Another Wave and featured in Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards’s book, Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism. Alexia holds an MA in Experimental Theatre and Gender Studies from NYU.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Sister Carrie, 2004: Co-Creator, Actor ("Millie")
Commedia Dell'Artemisia, 2005: Co-Creator, Actor ("Tuzia")
The Man Who Laughs, 2005: Co-Creator, Actor ("Duchess Josiana")
Stage Kiss, 2006: Co-Creator, Actor ("Phyllida")
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Lydia Forsythe")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Louisa")
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Liza is originally from Myrtle Beach, SC. She attended high school at North Carolina School of the Arts and went on to earn a B.A. from LIU’s Friends World Program where she worked extensively in London, Northern Ireland, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. New York credits include Faust and the Furious (Culture Project), Guys and Dolls (Heights Player’s) and actor/teacher (Creative Arts Team). Liza can be seen bustin' a move in a Cingular commercial. Favorite roles: Sheila in The Boys Next Door, featured dancer in Unto These Hills, and Mute in The Fantastics. Liza also fancies herself a playwright, educator, and proud auntie.
Past Stolen Chair Productions:
Kill Me Like You Mean It, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Vivian Ballantine")
Commedia dell'Artemisia, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Artemisia")
Kinderspiel, 2007: Co-Creator, Actor ("Sonja") |