Edward elefterion
Edward Elefterion (Director) is the Artistic Director and a founding member of Rabbit Hole Ensemble. He recently won the award for Outstanding Direction for his work on Nosferatu: The Morning of My Death (Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007). Other recent work includes A Rope in the Abyss, The Night of Nosferatu, Land of the Undead, Nosferatu (atop the arch at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza), The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll (FringeNYC 2006), and The Siblings (MITF 2006). He also directed If She Screams by Stanton Wood at The Juilliard School, the world premiere of Therese Raquin by Neal Bell, the New York premiere of Figaro Gets a Divorce by Odon von Horvath, and acclaimed productions of In the Jungle of Cities, Macbeth, The Misanthrope, and Under Milk Wood among others. While in England, he spent time working with refugees of the war in Kosovo and created two commissioned pieces with them for the Midlands Refugee Council: Nobody You Know and A Refugee Story. Edward is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and New York Theatre Workshop's artistic community (The Usual Suspects) and has received annual production assistance grants from NYTW since 2001. He holds a BFA from NYU's TISCH School of the Arts and an MFA from Indiana University. He teaches acting at Hofstra University and an advanced scene study class in Manhattan. For more info visit www.edwardelefterion.com.
Stanton Wood
Stanton Wood (Playwright) is a playwright, screenwriter, and game designer whose plays include Eating Dirt (City Theatre), Down the Drain (adobe theatre company), and The Night of Nosferatu (Rabbit Hole Ensemble). He was resident playwright at Urban Stages Theatre Company for three years, and his plays The Snow Queen, The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, and The Blue Bird (with Lori Ann Laster) were produced by the company over successive seasons. He is the recipient of an ACTF Playwriting Award, a City Theatre Hamburg Partnership Grant, and the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. Manhattan Class Company, The Hangar Theatre, Primary Stages, and New York Theatre Workshop have supported the development of his work, and he is a resident artist at Offworld Theatre Company and Rabbit Hole Ensemble. Credits in film and television include a stint as dialogue writer on South Beach Story, a daytime drama, and as screenwriter on Heart to Heart.com, an independent feature film comedy now owned by the Starz Network. As a game writer, he has written dialogue and designed characters for award winning projects at Zoesis Studios and Pandemic Studios, including Otto and Iris, Mr Bubb in Space!, and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. www.stantonwood.com
Arthur Aulisi
Arthur Aulisi (Elmer) is an original member of adobe theatre company and the current Associate Artistic Director of the OOBR award winning Andhow Theater Company. A graduate of Northwestern University, Arthur has worked with countless NYC companies including Soho Rep, New Dramatists and Ensemble Studio Theater; premiering such playwrights as Lanford Wilson, Neal Bell, Naomi Iizuka and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; and last appeared in the Fringe in Theater B's awarding winning production of Go-Go Kitty, GO! Film and Television credits include Dennis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas, Four Lane Highway (with Frederick Weller and Reg Rogers), Public Interest (with Stuart Pankin and Robert Curtis Brown). Previous Rabbit Hole productions include Land of the Undead and The Siblings.
Matt W. Cody
Matt W. Cody (Big Thick Rod) Regional: The Night of Nosferatu (Rabbit Hole Ensemble/Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater). New York: The Patron Saint of Plants (Ensemble Studio Theater), When Lucy Ran Away (Urban Stages), Tickets, Please! (Algonquin Theater Productions), Nosferatu: The Morning of My Death (Rabbit Hole Ensemble/MITF Award Nominee for Best Ensemble), The Good Negro (Lark Theater), White Paper (Kraine Theater), Journey of the Fifth Horse (Ward Studio). Film: Never Say Jesus, Substandard, Life, Passion, Death. He is a Resident Artist with Rabbit Hole Ensemble. www.mattwcody.com
Tatiana Gomberg
Tatiana Gomberg (Cricket) is thrilled to be working with Rabbit Hole Ensemble again. She recently played Lori and Mollie in Rabbit Hole's A Rope in the Abyss, and Mina in Rabbit Hole's The Night of Nosferatu in New York and at WHAT in Cape Cod. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Yalova in The Beauty Inside at the Culture Project. As a founding member of Giant Squid Productions, she has performed in the New York International Fringe Festival (A Man's Man) and at the Jean Cocteau Rep (The Elephant Calf). She has also worked with Theatre 1010 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Northanger Abbey), toured with Theatreworks USA (Charlotte's Web), The Living Theatre, Moonwork, TOAST, and HERE Arts Center. Tatiana is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Emily Hartford
Emily Hartford (Burgermeister) is the Director of Development and a founding member of Rabbit Hole Ensemble. With Rabbit Hole Ensemble: A Rope in the Abyss, Nosferatu: The Morning of My Death (MITF Award Nominee for Best Ensemble), Land of the Undead, Nosferatu, The Transformation of Dr. Jekyll (FringeNYC 2006). Off-Broadway: The Contrast (Mirror Repertory Company) Regional/Tours: The Night of Nosferatu (Rabbit Hole Ensemble/Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre), The Tell-Tale Heart (Urban Stages). Film and Television credits include World’s Astonishing News (Nippon Television Network, Japan), The Weekend (now available on DVD from Warner Bros. Home Video), and Henry (recently screened on Channel 13). Emily holds a BFA from Hofstra University. www.emilyhartford.com
Dan Ajl Kitrosser
Dan Ajl Kitrosser (Jerome) An actor, playwright, comedian, and storyteller, Dan starred Off-Broadway in A Dolphin Up a Tree (dir. Paul Urcioli) and wrote the screenplays for the films Old Days (dir. Matthew Shapiro, starring Mary Beth Piel and Brad Oscar) and Bodybuilder Island (dir. Matthew Kliegman). Also one of New York City’s most prominent storytellers, Dan can be seen annually at Bryant Park and Central Park, as well as schools and libraries around the city. His cabaret show, An Hour of Love: An Evening with Patti LuPone, has been called “F***ing funny” by Adam Rapp, and has been seen at Playwrights Horizons, Don’t Tell Mama, The Slipper Room, and Rififi.
Abigail Strange
Abigail Strange, Stage Manager, is a Junior at Hofstra University pursuing a BFA in directing. She has most recently been working as an intern at HERE Arts Center and, in the past, has Assistant Stage Managed for Light Opera Works in Chicago. She will be Assistant Directing The Great White Hope next year at Hofstra University, Directing The Good Body, and Stage Managing The Cid. This is her first time working with Rabbit Hole Ensemble and she has found it to be an irreplaceable learning experience. The commitment of this group is unrelenting, and she couldn't be more excited to be a part of it this summer!
Jessica Quimby
Jessica Quimby, Director of Fundraising, is a 2004 magna cum laude graduate of NYU. With her undergraduate degree in Communications, Media and Psychology, Jessica currently works as a motion picture trailer editor at Giaronomo Productions. She is a member of NYU's Pipes & Drums band and competitively ballroom dances. Jessica has been an admirer of Rabbit Hole Ensemble's since it's formation in 2005 and is thrilled to be joining this talented group.
Kelly Aliano
Kelly Aliano, Literary Manager, graduated from NYU and recently received her Masters from Hofstra University. She has stage managed for Rabbit Hole Ensemble since the summer of 2006.
AVERY LEWIS
Avery Lewis (Lighting Designer) recently graduated from NYU where she studied lighting design. NYU credits include Icarus' Mother, I'll See You Tomorrow and Macbeth. NYC credits include The Velveteen Rabbit, The Three Sisters and The Little Mermaid. She has Tech Directed for FringeNYC for the past 2 years, but this is her first design for a Fringe show.
Dave Liao
Dave Liao (Graphic and Web Designer) currently runs Offpeak Design in Brooklyn and has seen many a Rabbit Hole production. Dave loves Rabbit Hole's work so much that he is willing to do whatever it takes to support their goals, whether it's designing a site or eating four hot dogs at once! That's dedication. offpeakdesign.com
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Michael Tester (Costume Designer) Known for his epic shoe collection, Michael's reconstructed footwear has bedazzled the feet of cast members in the national tour of Big River, and the long running Off-Broadway show The Awesome 80s Prom , for which he also contributed costumes and props, including the vintage 80s bicycles for the New York, Chicago and Minneapolis productions. Other costume credits include Amoebas on Parade!!, King's Head theatre, London, Hollywood Exposed!, Actor's Playhouse, Miami, Blue Balls (10th Annual FringeNYC) as well as regional productions of Honk! and The Pirate Musical. Michael is founder of BroadwayClubhouse.com, which is linked to Playbill.com, and Who's Who in Broadwayworld.
Lauren Cook
Lauren Cook (intern/ACR) is currently a junior pursuing a BFA in performance at Hofstra University. Recent credits include The Pillowman (Tupolski) and Lend Me a Tenor (Maggie). This is her first time working with the wonderful people at Rabbit Hole and she couldn't be more thrilled. Thanks to Ed and everyone else for the opportunity to work and learn from such great people and such an "interesting" show!
Rachel Myers
Rachel Myers (Intern) is a junior at Hofstra University and is working towards a BFA Theater major. She hopes to star in her own film or sitcom in the near future and is eagerly pursuing this dream every day. She is very excited and pumped to be promoting for such an hilarious and talented group of individuals.
Jackie Nese
Jackie (Intern) is currently a junior at Hofstra University on Long Island pursuing a BFA degree in Theater Performance. She is thrilled to be interning with Rabbit Hole Ensemble this summer and has had a great experience working on Big Thick Rod. Thanks to Ed, Emily, and everyone at RHE for allowing her to be a part of a great show!
