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Michael Russotto and Joshua Morgan in A Bright New Boise (2011)
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Emily Townley, Felipe Cabezas, and Michael Russotto in A Bright New Boise (2011) |
SAMUEL D. HUNTER (Playwright) Recent plays include A Bright New Boise (2011 OBIE Award for Playwrighting, 2011 Drama Desk Nomination for Best Play; produced originally by Partial Comfort Productions, NYC), The Whale (upcoming production at Denver Center in Winter 2012), Jack’s Precious Moment (Page 73 Productions at 59E59), Five Genocides (Clubbed Thumb at the Ohio Theater), Norway (Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis; Boise Contemporary Theater), I Am Montana (Arcola Theatre, London; Mortar Theater, Chicago). He has active commissions from MTC/Sloan, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, and Boise Contemporary Theater. His plays have been developed at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, PlayPenn, Ojai Playwrights Conference, the Lark Playwrights Workshop, Juilliard, LAByrinth, Rattlestick, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, 24Seven Lab, and elsewhere. Internationally, his work has been translated into Spanish and presented in Mexico City and Monterrey, and he has worked in the West Bank with Ashtar Theatre of Ramallah and Ayyam al-Masrah of Hebron. At Ashtar, he co-wrote The Era of Whales which was performed in Ramallah and Istanbul. Awards: 2011 Sky Cooper Prize, 2008-2009 PONY Fellowship from the Lark, two Lincoln Center Le Compte du Nuoy Awards, others. He is a member of Partial Comfort Productions and is an alum of Ars Nova’s Playgroup. He has taught at Fordham University, Rutgers University, Marymount Manhattan College, and The University of Iowa. A native of northern Idaho, Sam lives in New York City. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
JOHN VREEKE (Director) Woolly Mammoth directing credits include Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, Boom by Peter Sinn-Nachtrieb, Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner, Our Lady of 121ST Street by Stephen Adley Guirgis, Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis by Charlotte Jones, and The K of D by Laura Shellhardt. In the DC area he has worked at Theater J, Washington Shakespeare Company, MetroStage, Everyman Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Forum Theatre, H Street Theatre, Source Theatre Festival, Charter Theatre, Theater Alliance, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences, Imagination Stage, and the Helen Hayes Awards Society. He has received four Helen Hayes Awards nominations for Best Director. Other regional theatre credits include the Alley Theatre in Houston, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Attic Theatre in LA, Salt Lake Acting Company, and First Stage in Milwaukee. In Seattle: Book-It Repertory Theatre, Annex Theatre, Alice B. Theatre, Arts West Playhouse, Seattle Public Theatre, Balagan Theatre, Center Stage, and Stone Soup Theatre. His television credits include Associate Producer and Casting Associate for the CBS TV Series Northern Exposure.
JOSHUA MORGAN (Alex) is making his Woolly Mammoth debut. Most recently he appeared in Theater J’s production of The Chosen at Arena Stage, which was adapted and directed by Aaron Posner. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the Co-Artistic Director of No Rules Theatre Company, which was the 2011 Helen Hayes Award recipient of the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company, and for whom he will be directing the DC premiere of Andrew Hinderaker’s Suicide, Incorporated later this season. You can find out more information about Joshua at 
FELIPE CABEZAS (Leroy), a Washingtonian born and bred, is juiced to make his Woolly debut. He most recently returned from a jaunt with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: All’s Well That Ends Well. Closer to home, he has performed with Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Alchemist; The Studio Theatre: reasons to be pretty; Constellation Theatre Company: Women Beware Women; and American Century Theater: Beyond the Horizon. He studied at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory and the University of Virginia.
MICHAEL RUSSOTTO (Will) is a Woolly Company Member who has appeared in over fifteen Woolly productions. Highlights include Alexandra in She Stoops to Comedy, The Soul in Vigils, Lou in Lenny and Lou, and Cosmo in The Pitchfork Disney. Most recently he played Yvan in Signature Theatre’s production of Art. In the DC area, Michael has also performed at Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre Center, Theatre J, Rep Stage, Washington Stage Guild, Theatre Alliance, MetroStage, Wayside Theatre, and The Studio Theatre. A four-time Helen Hayes Award Nominee, Michael teaches acting and directing at The Theatre Lab, and is a long-time narrator of recorded books for the Library of Congress and several commercial companies. 
KIMBERLY GILBERT (Anna) has been in the DC Theatreverse for over 10 years and is returning to Woolly after many productions, including Clybourne Park, In The Next Room or the vibrator play, Fever/Dream, Boom, Measure for Pleasure, The K of D, Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis, Big Death Little Death, and Cooking With Elvis. Kimberly joined the Woolly Company in 2006, and is also a company member with Taffety Punk Theatre. She received her MFA in 2001 at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting.
EMILY TOWNLEY (Pauline) is a Woolly Company Member, previously seen here as Woman in House of Gold, Lizzie in Maria/Stuart, Barbara in Spain, Heidi in Fuddy Meers, various roles in Wonder of the World, and Marilyn in Watbanaland. Other area credits include The Studio Theatre: Candida in Rock n’ Roll, Joyce Murray in The Bright and Bold Design; Rep Stage: Stevie in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Everyman Theatre: Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town; MetroStage: Cynthia in The Real Inspector Hound; Round House Theatre: Martine in The Sisterhood; Folger Theatre: Ariel in The Tempest. She can be seen next as Alpiew in The Gaming Table at Folger Theatre, directed by Eleanor Holdridge. For Sarah and John, her guardian angels. 
MICHAEL WILLIS (Hobby Lobby TV#1) has been a Woolly Company Member for over 25 years, performances include Full Circle, Fever/ Dream, Current Nobody, Faculty Room, Grace, Patience, Sharon and Billy, Mud People, Strindberg in Hollywood, and NY Mets. He has also appeared at Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Arena Stage, and New Playwrights. Nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, he received the Outstanding Lead Actor for The Boys Next Door at Round House Theatre. Feature films include Excuse Me For Living, Pushing Tin, Men in Black, and Just the Ticket. Television appearances include HBO’s The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Streets, and Law & Order. He will next appear in Stay for Theatre of the First Amendment, and at Folger Theatre in The Gaming Table. Mr. Willis is grateful to his wonderful and loving family, wife Lori, and their (grown) children Mike, Jr., Amy, and Rebecca for the unconditional support and tolerance they have offered over the years as he has pursued his muse.
MICHAEL GLENN (Hobby Lobby TV#2) recently appeared at Woolly Mammoth in two successful runs of Clybourne Park (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Production). Some other recent productions include Longacre Lea: Cat’s Cradle, The Hothouse; Folger Theatre: Henry VIII, Arcadia; Constellation Theatre: On the Razzle, A Flea in Her Ear; Signature Theatre: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Fallen From Proust; Theater J: The Moscows of Nantucket, Photograph 51. Michael can be seen currently at Imagination Stage in Aladdin’s Luck, and next at Folger Theatre in The Gaming Table.
