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Ken Fantry is a Circle Grad and teaching artist having
completed a residency with Daniel Sklar. He has toured with
Theatreworks. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Govenor’s
school for the Arts, Ken has extensive experience in educational
childrens theater. He was a big hit at SummerStage 2008!
Vivian Hasbrouk has a BA in Movement Theater and
Social Dynamics from University of South Florida (honors with
Jeffrey Jones and Eric Overmeyer), and she also attended the
acting conservatory at Towson State University where she was
classically trained in voice, movement and dance, acting, and
directing. Since 1993, Vivian has been a member of one of New
York’s most Award Winning children’s theater companies:
Interborough Repertory Theater. She became a staff director in
1999, directing over 10 of their touring productions (Oliver!,
Christmas Carol, Nutcracker and The Mouse King, Los Tres
Hermanos, The Little Match Girl, etc) and was made TYA Artistic
Director for 2003-2004. Vivian has taught and directed for
several regional and Manhattan acting conservatories, including
her current favorite: Acteen, where she teaches acting and
audition technique. Casting both Studio and Independent film
for over 13 years, Vivian has worked for such notable Directors
as Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, and Christopher Columbus. At
the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Vivian along with casting
partner Ellen Parks won the first ever Cast Ensemble Award for
the musical film Songcatcher
Chase Leyner began Hoboken Children’s Theater in
August of 2003. She received her acting training with Sanford
Meisner, William Alderson, Estelle Parsons and Sam Schacht,
and dance training with The New Jersey Ballet, L’Academie de
Danse de Monte Carlo and Skidmore College.
Melissa Malone grew up in Central Florida. A recent
graduate of The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
(formerly The School for Film and Television), she is currently a
member of a NYC Sketch Comedy group. She has also recently
appeared in a New York Improv show and an audio book
recording of Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
completed a residency with Daniel Sklar. He has toured with
Theatreworks. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Govenor’s
school for the Arts, Ken has extensive experience in educational
childrens theater. He was a big hit at SummerStage 2008!
Vivian Hasbrouk has a BA in Movement Theater and
Social Dynamics from University of South Florida (honors with
Jeffrey Jones and Eric Overmeyer), and she also attended the
acting conservatory at Towson State University where she was
classically trained in voice, movement and dance, acting, and
directing. Since 1993, Vivian has been a member of one of New
York’s most Award Winning children’s theater companies:
Interborough Repertory Theater. She became a staff director in
1999, directing over 10 of their touring productions (Oliver!,
Christmas Carol, Nutcracker and The Mouse King, Los Tres
Hermanos, The Little Match Girl, etc) and was made TYA Artistic
Director for 2003-2004. Vivian has taught and directed for
several regional and Manhattan acting conservatories, including
her current favorite: Acteen, where she teaches acting and
audition technique. Casting both Studio and Independent film
for over 13 years, Vivian has worked for such notable Directors
as Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, and Christopher Columbus. At
the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Vivian along with casting
partner Ellen Parks won the first ever Cast Ensemble Award for
the musical film Songcatcher
Chase Leyner began Hoboken Children’s Theater in
August of 2003. She received her acting training with Sanford
Meisner, William Alderson, Estelle Parsons and Sam Schacht,
and dance training with The New Jersey Ballet, L’Academie de
Danse de Monte Carlo and Skidmore College.
Melissa Malone grew up in Central Florida. A recent
graduate of The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
(formerly The School for Film and Television), she is currently a
member of a NYC Sketch Comedy group. She has also recently
appeared in a New York Improv show and an audio book
recording of Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
Chris O'Connor founded Mile Square Theatre in 2002. He
conceived and produces the annual 10-minute play festival 7th
Inning Stretch. His MST directing credits include St. Columba and
the River, The Souls of Black Folk, John Redding Goes to the
Sea, Charlie Peter's Striking Out the Babe for the 2003 7th Inning
Stretch, Warren Leight's The Love of the Game for the 2004
Stretch, Jenny Levison's Homefield Advantage for the 2006
Stretch, the inaugural MST Mainstage production, Cyrano, and he
co-directed (with Jeff Steitzer) last summers The Scams of
Scapin, for which he played the title role. As an actor, Chris has
been associated with 12 Miles West, A Contemporary Theatre,
The Culture Project, Soho Rep, the 78th Street Theatre Lab,
Target Margin, Gloucester Stage, Book-It Repertory, City Theatre
in Pittsburgh, Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles, The Bathhouse,
Seattle Children's Theatre, among others. He is a theatre
educator, and his original plays for young people have been
produced at The Seattle Children's Theatre. He has taught theatre
at Colgate University and Fairleigh Dickinson University, as well
as schools in Hoboken. He is on the faculty of the Mason Gross
School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He holds a BFA in acting
from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA in Directing from
Rutgers University.
Michelene Rhymer has extensive theatrical experience.
While pursuing degrees in Special Education and Musical
Theater, she participates in regional choral singing and currently
teaches at the Hoboken Charter School..
conceived and produces the annual 10-minute play festival 7th
Inning Stretch. His MST directing credits include St. Columba and
the River, The Souls of Black Folk, John Redding Goes to the
Sea, Charlie Peter's Striking Out the Babe for the 2003 7th Inning
Stretch, Warren Leight's The Love of the Game for the 2004
Stretch, Jenny Levison's Homefield Advantage for the 2006
Stretch, the inaugural MST Mainstage production, Cyrano, and he
co-directed (with Jeff Steitzer) last summers The Scams of
Scapin, for which he played the title role. As an actor, Chris has
been associated with 12 Miles West, A Contemporary Theatre,
The Culture Project, Soho Rep, the 78th Street Theatre Lab,
Target Margin, Gloucester Stage, Book-It Repertory, City Theatre
in Pittsburgh, Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles, The Bathhouse,
Seattle Children's Theatre, among others. He is a theatre
educator, and his original plays for young people have been
produced at The Seattle Children's Theatre. He has taught theatre
at Colgate University and Fairleigh Dickinson University, as well
as schools in Hoboken. He is on the faculty of the Mason Gross
School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He holds a BFA in acting
from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA in Directing from
Rutgers University.
Michelene Rhymer has extensive theatrical experience.
While pursuing degrees in Special Education and Musical
Theater, she participates in regional choral singing and currently
teaches at the Hoboken Charter School..
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