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Howard Meyer's Acting Program
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Howard Meyer |
Howard Meyer is a playwright, director and founding Artistic Director of Axial Theatre and Howard Meyer's Acting Program. Howard’s plays include The Kiss, All That’s Fair, The Contract, (co-created with playwright Linda Giuliano, and the Axial company) Twenty, Lost in Paradise, AngelBeast, Cherrie & Jerry and the monologue, Calculus. Productions of AngelBeast and Cherrie & Jerry at Axial Theatre have both received critical acclaim (Gannett). Lost in Paradise has been optioned for a motion picture.
Howard’s most recent plays: Radiance was read at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center in October, 2010. WELCOME, This is a Neighborhood Watch Community was read at The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, The Barrow Group, and Naked Angels’ Tuesdays at 9 (2008-2009), and was presented in November 2010 at Axial in November, 2010 directed by Drama Desk award-winner, Josh Hecht. The production featured LABrynth Theater Company co-founder, David Deblinger, and Emmy-nominated actor, Jon Lindstrom. Howard’s directorial assignments include the NYC premiere of Athol Fugard’s original text of Hello and Goodbye (New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre, co-produced by Kevin Spacey), the original workshop of Craig Wright’s The Pavilion (Playwright Center), Adam Rapp’s Train Story, Linda Giuliano’s The Last Delivery and his own Cherrie & Jerry and Lost in Paradise (Axial Theatre). He is an inaugural member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab.
In 1994 Howard founded the Acting Program that bears his name and in 1998, co-founded Axial Theatre now in its 12th season developing and presenting new plays in Westchester County, NY. Under his artistic direction, Axial has produced over 40 premieres of one-act and full length plays since the theatre’s inaugural performance in the winter of 2000. For more information about his specific projects, please log on at http://howardmeyer.info.
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 Rachel Jones
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Rachel Jones is a member of Actors' Equity and Screen Actors' Guild. She toured the US and Canada with the first national tour of David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly and has acted in several films and commercials. Rachel was a founding member of New York's Avalon Repertory Theatre where she both acted and directed. She has studied the acting techniques of Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen. Ms. Jones currently acts with and directs for The Axial Theatre.
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Heather Nicolson |
Heather Nicolson has been lucky to work with creative learners, ages 2-80, as both a teacher and director, and is in a state of constant admiration at the bravery put forth by each and every one of them. Heather has taught with the Denver Center Theatre Company, both as an on-sight teaching artist, and as an artist in the field, going into schools and being part of hands-on theatre programs including the reknown, Living History program (An engaging multi-day performance and workshop presented in high schools), and Educational programming for Elementary-aged students. Heather also helped co-design a program in Colorado for highly at-risk high school students, using theatre as an original mouthpiece to voice their social presence and concerns. Though she enjoys teaching all ages, she especially loves the energy and minds of middle-school and high school-aged students. Having earned her secondary teaching license 3 years ago, she is constantly amazed by the originality, creativity, honesty, and authenticity of these students, and sees theatre as an ideal vehicle to encourage them to understand the power and importance of finding and using their own voice.
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Francesco Campari |
Francesco Campari
Born in Milan, Italy, Francesco has worked and trained with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and Centro Teatro, as well as working extensively with the Mamadou Dioume, Yoshi Oida and the great Peter Brook. He moved to New York city in 2006 continuing his director’s training under Robert Ellermann at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Insitute. Since 2008 Francesco, together with Anatol Yusef, is the artistic director of FIXITSOLIFE theatre company. In 2010 they produced Jason Odell William’s The Science of Guilt which had a successful run at the DR2 Theatre in NYC. Other Off Broadway credits include: Proof by David Auburn, Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson, William and the Tradesmen by Eli James, American Addict by Ricky Butler and Nineteenhundred by Alessandro Baricco. Francesco is a member of the 2011 Lincoln Center Directors LAB.
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