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Margo Hammond
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. In 2009 she
received The Showtime Award from The Park Theatre for her
work with children and for creating Hoboken Children's Theater.
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.
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. In 2009 she
received The Showtime Award from The Park Theatre for her
work with children and for creating Hoboken Children's Theater.
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.
Maggie Reed plays the recurring role of Felicia Chatham on
Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit and has guest starred on the
other Law and Order shows as well as Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG,
Spin City, The Young Riders, Empty Nest, The Golden Girls,
Blossom, Knots Landing to name a few. While on sabbatical
during her eight years as Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on As the
World Turns, she won the DramaLogue Award for her
performance in Other People's Money at the Pasadena
Playhouse. Margaret received an M.F.A. from Cornell University
and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz , then
toured the United States in a repertory of classical plays as a
member of John Houseman's prestigious troupe The Acting
Company. In many other regional theatres she went on to play
leading roles in Twelfth Night, All's Well that Ends Well, The Mayor
of Zalamea, All My Sons, The Fantasticks, Cactus Flower, Gypsy,
and Godspell, etc. Some of her films are Christina, Dress
Rehearsal, Shelter Island, IMAX: The Journey Within, Quicksand,
and The Eiger Sanction. Maggie teaches acting at Weist-Barron
in Manhattan and has taught at Stonestreet Studios, NY Film
Academy, The NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Smith College,
Cornell University and her private Maggie Reed Workshops
where she specializes in on-camera workshops in SitCom, Soap
Opera, Primetime TV, Film, Theatre, and Basic Acting along with
interview/audition technique. Her private coaching sessions are
now available in-person as well as over the internet through
Skype. Check it out at www.maggiereed.com
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 All Saints Day School and 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.
Maggie Reed plays the recurring role of Felicia Chatham on
Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit and has guest starred on the
other Law and Order shows as well as Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG,
Spin City, The Young Riders, Empty Nest, The Golden Girls,
Blossom, Knots Landing to name a few. While on sabbatical
during her eight years as Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on As the
World Turns, she won the DramaLogue Award for her
performance in Other People's Money at the Pasadena
Playhouse. Margaret received an M.F.A. from Cornell University
and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz , then
toured the United States in a repertory of classical plays as a
member of John Houseman's prestigious troupe The Acting
Company. In many other regional theatres she went on to play
leading roles in Twelfth Night, All's Well that Ends Well, The Mayor
of Zalamea, All My Sons, The Fantasticks, Cactus Flower, Gypsy,
and Godspell, etc. Some of her films are Christina, Dress
Rehearsal, Shelter Island, IMAX: The Journey Within, Quicksand,
and The Eiger Sanction. Maggie teaches acting at Weist-Barron
in Manhattan and has taught at Stonestreet Studios, NY Film
Academy, The NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Smith College,
Cornell University and her private Maggie Reed Workshops
where she specializes in on-camera workshops in SitCom, Soap
Opera, Primetime TV, Film, Theatre, and Basic Acting along with
interview/audition technique. Her private coaching sessions are
now available in-person as well as over the internet through
Skype. Check it out at www.maggiereed.com
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 All Saints Day School and Hoboken Charter School..
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