DelanoCelli Productions sponsored by Beth Davis In Good Company

Playwright

     Jeffrey Skinner was awarded his second Creative Writing Fellowship  from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006.  His fifth book of poetry, Salt Water Amnesia, appeared in 2005 from Ausable Press.  He has published four previous collections: Late Stars (Wesleyan University Press), A Guide to Forgetting ( a winner in the 1987 National Poetry series, chosen by Tess Gallagher, published by Graywolf Press), The Company of Heaven (Pitt Poetry Series), and Gender Studies, (Miami University Press). 

    Four of Skinner’s plays have been finalists in the Eugene O’Neill Theater Conference competition, and his one-act, Damned Spot, won the 2006 Paw Paw Village Players short play competition.  His short plays have won a number of staged readings and productions, and his full length play, FORTUNATE SON, was given staged readings at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in May, 2002, and the Theater at Monmouth in August of the same year, as well as being chosen as a finalist in the Writer’s Digest Playwrighting Awards.  His recent play DREAM ON, had its premier full production in February of 2007, by the Cardboard Box Collaborative Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. 

    Skinner’s poems have appeared in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, Poetry, Bomb, DoubleTake, and The Georgia, Iowa, and Paris Reviews, and his poems, plays and stories have gathered grants, fellowships, and awards from such sources as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the Howard Foundation, and the state arts agencies of Connecticut, Delaware, and Kentucky.  He has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, McDowell, and the Fine Arts Center in Provincetown.  His work has been featured numerous times on National Public Radio. In 2002 Skinner served as Poet-in-Residence at the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut. Over the years Skinner has made his living in a variety of ways, including work as social psychologist, actor, waterfront director, factory stock man, and private detective.

Director

    Trish Minskoff has worked on productions in London, Scotland, Holland, Romania, Hong Kong, Massachusetts and New York. The JMTC production of Circle, which she directed for PS NBC@HERE, The Kraine Theatre and The Raw Space won an OOBR award and ran Off-Broadway for five months.  Other NY credits include: When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout, by Sharman Macdonald with Roberta Maxwell and Robin Morse (NY premiere), Don’t Let Destiny Push You Around for PS NBC@HERE, Jump Start, Birthday and Patient 23 for The John Montgomery Theatre Company, The Unexpected Man (York Avenue Playhouse), Crimes of the Heart (National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped for Emerge Arts), Sirens (The Producers Club for The Harbor), Orpheus on West Fourth Street (New Knitting Factory) and Screwdrivers & Sunday Brunch (Altered Stages and WBAI Radio). Workshop productions include: Sex Ed (The Actors Institute), As Long as it’s Morning (Rattlestick Theatre) and The Child (Vineyard Theatre). For the Harwich Junior Theatre on Cape Cod Trish has directed Bugsy Malone and Jane Eyre.  London credits include Jane, or the End of the World, Quest of the Whooperdink, Lysistrata and The Enchanted Wood, which she also co-wrote, (Arts Threshold Theatre Co.), and The City – a multi-media dance piece (The Place Theatre & Turtle-Key Arts Centre). Trish brought Arts Threshold’s production of The Guise to the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe First) and toured through Romania and Hong Kong. As an assistant director, she has worked with Phil Setren on Wendy Hammond’s Jersey City for the London New Playwright’s Festival, with Jack Klaff on The Secret of the White Rose, with Jonathan Chadwick on The Investigation by Peter Weiss and Art Devine on 9-Ball.  In addition, she assisted John Dexter on the Buxton Opera Festival and West End production of Gigi. 
    Trish studied at LAMDA completing both the 3-year Acting Course and the 2-year Stage Management Courses, has an MFA in Directing and Playwriting from The Actors Studio at The New School University and is a member of The Dramatists Guild and The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Stage Manager 

    Doug Shearer has been a performer, director, designer and stage manager since High School. (That’s a very long time ago.) Since coming to NYC (not quite as long ago…) he has worked with a variety of companies and venues including Lincoln Center, MTC, Primary Stages, Rattlestick, American Globe, and a long and fruitful collaboration with the John Montgomery Theatre Co. Recent productions include “Benny,” “Preparation Hex,” “Spitting in the Face of the Devil” (JMTC), “Finer Noble Gases” (Rattlestick), and “No. 11 Blue and White” (Play Co.) Though he has known the founders for years, he is thrilled to be working with DC productions for the first time. Thanks to Bob, Laura, and the cast and crew.
 

Assistant Stage Manager/ sound & video projection operator

 Aaron Jaros  is the resident Stage Manager and Marketing Associate for Urban Stages.  He is a two-time award winning playwright for the BrooklynOne Theatre Arts Festival.  In his free time Aaron enjoys Singing, Songwriting, and guitar playing throughout New York and New Jersey.  He has recently taken up the task of trying to climb the tallest mountains in all 50 States; 6 down, 44 to go.  He holds a B.A. in Theatre and a Minor in Religion & History.  
 

Scenic Design 

    Tim McMath  is a busy freelance designer, whose work was most recenly seen in the Off-Broadway premier of Penny Penniworth. Other Favorites: Judy & Me (St. Luke's), Guilty (Cell Theatre), Six Degrees... (Gallery Players, NY IT Award nomination), Volume of Smoke (14th Street Theater), The Wild Party and Winter’s Tale, both at Columbia University, Catch-22 (Theatre Schmeater, Seattle), and Scapin, Buddy & Into The Woods (all at POTS, Memphis). As an Emerging Artists Theatre company member he's also designed Claymont, Heaven in Your Pocket and the last four EATfests.  As an assistant designer, he has worked on shows for Steppenwolf, Yale Rep, Met Opera, Seattle Rep, the Guthrie, ACT, MCC and on Broadway (to name just a few).  MFA: University of Washington, Seattle.  www.timmcmath.com

Projection Design

    Alex Koch leads production and post-production tasks for video installations and short narrative works. Projections design on Broadway; Irena's Vow. Off-Broadway; ReWrite, The Blue Bird, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion (Urban Stages), Pantaleon Y Las Visitadoras, House of the Spirits (Repertorio Espanol), #9 (Waterwell), The Dark Heart of Meteorology (The Assembly). Also design and technical work with New Georges at 3LD, Big Art Group, The Shalimar, KNF Co, and Royal Family Productions. His work was seen at the National Arts Club in 2008. www.alexkochdesign.com 

Lighting Design 

     John Tees, III NYC design credits include productions with The Atlantic Theatre Co., Vineyard Theatre, American Opera Project, Triad Theatre, National Shakespeare Co. Pulse Ensemble and Queens Theatre in the Park, John Montgomery Theatre Company, Common Ground Stage and Film and others. Regional Theatre Designs include The Madison Repertory Theatre, Florida State Opera, Dayton Opera, N.C. Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Live Bait Theatre (Chicago), New American Theatre, Helen Hayes P.A.C., and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.  His Assistant credits include shows on Broadway and in more than 20 cities and throughout the country. John has recently been working on many Fashion Shows and in Television.  John is a member of United Scenic Artist Local 829 and NABET Local 16.

Sound Design

    Daniel Kluger-Welcome to Yuba City (Pig Iron Theatre Company), The Oldsmobiles (The Flea Theatre), Whore, The Ones That Flutter (SPF/The Public Theatre), Dov & Ali (Playwrights Realm), The Temperamentals (MAN underdog/Barrow Group), Jailbait (Cherry Lane), Hardly Wonder (Columbia University), The Greeks Part III (Juilliard), Melissa Arctic, Heartbreak House, A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage (Two River Theatre Company), The Persians (People's Light & Theatre), Metamorphoses (Weston Playhouse), The Dining Room (Keen Company), Platonov, Uncle Vanya (Lake Lucille/Brian Mertes). 

Graphic Design

    Laura Skinner is a freelance photographer/graphic artist based in New Hampshire. She received a BA in English from Kenyon College in 2005, and recently graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with an MFA in photography.  Her work can be viewed at www.lauraskinner.com.

Production Photography

    Scott Wynn is a seasoned photographer of Broadway and Off Broadway shows (including opening nights, photo calls, and PR shoots). He has been the official photographer for the Drama Desk Awards (9 years), The New School for Drama (11 years), The John Montgomery Theatre Company (10 years) and The Actors Studio MFA program at PACE University. www.scottwynn.com

Publicist

    Paul Siebold is managing director of OFF OFF PR, a public relations firm dedicated to the promotion of Indie/Off-Off Broadway theatrical productions through effective marketing communications.  Publicity credits include the AEA Showcase productions of YANK! A New Musical, Like You Like It, and King Lear (The Gallery Players); KNF Co's Love, Incorporated (Midtown Festival) and Bird House (Theatre 3); and John Montgomery Theatre Company’s productions of Benny (Midtown Festival), Spitting In The Face Of The Devil (FringeNYC), and Sex Ed (Short Subjects (continued)).  Member, AEA / AFTRA.  Paul@OffOffPR.com.

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