meet the cast
Jody Christopherson* (Emily)
is an actor/writer living in New York. She creates and performs plays and events within the context of theater, film/new media and music.
Her work has been presented at: The New York International Fringe Festival, Filmgate Miami, Carrie Morris Performing Arts Center in Detroit, The Brick Theater, Dixon Place, Bowery Poetry Club, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, Exquisite Corpse Film Festival NYC. Her solo show Because You Are Good, based on interviews with Mabou Mines Associate Clove Galilee (daughter of Ruth Maleczech and Lee Breuer), is currently nominated for a 2015 New York Innovative Theater Award.
Acting credits include; Lincoln Center Film Society, The Kitchen, The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, Actors Theater of Louisville, Nebraska Repertory, Performance Space122, The Bushwick Starr, Ensemble Studio Theater.
Additionally, Jody is the creator and Editor in Chief of the New York Theatre Review, an indie theater blog written for and by indie theater artists with over 1 million unique visits to date. She is a contributor to The Huffington Post, and has been a guest artist at The Orchard Project and Mason Gross School of the Arts. Member: Actors Equity Association, Dramatist Guild of America. http://jodychristopherson.wix.com/jodychristopherson
is an actor/writer living in New York. She creates and performs plays and events within the context of theater, film/new media and music.
Her work has been presented at: The New York International Fringe Festival, Filmgate Miami, Carrie Morris Performing Arts Center in Detroit, The Brick Theater, Dixon Place, Bowery Poetry Club, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, Exquisite Corpse Film Festival NYC. Her solo show Because You Are Good, based on interviews with Mabou Mines Associate Clove Galilee (daughter of Ruth Maleczech and Lee Breuer), is currently nominated for a 2015 New York Innovative Theater Award.
Acting credits include; Lincoln Center Film Society, The Kitchen, The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, Actors Theater of Louisville, Nebraska Repertory, Performance Space122, The Bushwick Starr, Ensemble Studio Theater.
Additionally, Jody is the creator and Editor in Chief of the New York Theatre Review, an indie theater blog written for and by indie theater artists with over 1 million unique visits to date. She is a contributor to The Huffington Post, and has been a guest artist at The Orchard Project and Mason Gross School of the Arts. Member: Actors Equity Association, Dramatist Guild of America. http://jodychristopherson.wix.com/jodychristopherson
Mat Leonard* (Jason)
Off Broadway: Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man (Stefan), Austerity of Hope (Vinny)- Regional: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Spike, Shakespeare and Company), Julius Caesar (Octavius, Shakespeare and Company), Of Mice and Men (Lennie)- Off Off Bway: The Human Condition (Him) May Violets Spring (Laetes) http://www.matleonard.com |
Claire Kennedy* (Tasha)
New York: Tempest (Eureka Suitcase), Welcome To America (New World’s Theatre Project), Signs from God, The More Beyond (The Puzzle Festival), Into The Woods (NightWind Productions). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Odyssey, A Midsummer Nights Dream (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Lend Me A Tenor, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (The Human Race Theatre Company), Shenandoah (Victoria Theatre), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Zoot Theatre Co./ESC), among others. Film: Life in a Box with Cerisaie Films, Amnesia Party. Claire is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a proud alum of Wright State University’s Professional Actor Training Program. @OneClassyClaire. http://www.theclairekenndy.com
New York: Tempest (Eureka Suitcase), Welcome To America (New World’s Theatre Project), Signs from God, The More Beyond (The Puzzle Festival), Into The Woods (NightWind Productions). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Odyssey, A Midsummer Nights Dream (The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Lend Me A Tenor, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol (The Human Race Theatre Company), Shenandoah (Victoria Theatre), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Zoot Theatre Co./ESC), among others. Film: Life in a Box with Cerisaie Films, Amnesia Party. Claire is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a proud alum of Wright State University’s Professional Actor Training Program. @OneClassyClaire. http://www.theclairekenndy.com
Aaron Vega* (Derek)
NYC: We The People (Theatreworks mini-tour), In My Own Words (Reader’s Ensemble Company), Uncle Vanya (Schapiro Studio Theatre) Regional credits include: Other Desert Cities, Lend Me A Tenor, A Christmas Carol, Man of LaMancha, 5 Course Love, Seussical, The Tempest, The Nerd, (Human Race Theatre Company), A Little Night Music (Weathervane Playhouse), You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Summer Stage Wright), Big River, Tommy, Guys and Dolls, Godspell, Yultide 7, 8, 9, & 10 (Alpine Theatre Project), Disney Dreams (DCL) and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Twelfth Night tour. Aaron is a proud Alumni of Wright State University’s Professional Actor Training Program, a founding artist and board member of The Zoot Theatre Company, and the Artistic Director for Eureka Suitcase. For directing credits go to www.AaronVega.com, @BardGeek, FB/AaronVegaNews
NYC: We The People (Theatreworks mini-tour), In My Own Words (Reader’s Ensemble Company), Uncle Vanya (Schapiro Studio Theatre) Regional credits include: Other Desert Cities, Lend Me A Tenor, A Christmas Carol, Man of LaMancha, 5 Course Love, Seussical, The Tempest, The Nerd, (Human Race Theatre Company), A Little Night Music (Weathervane Playhouse), You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Summer Stage Wright), Big River, Tommy, Guys and Dolls, Godspell, Yultide 7, 8, 9, & 10 (Alpine Theatre Project), Disney Dreams (DCL) and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Twelfth Night tour. Aaron is a proud Alumni of Wright State University’s Professional Actor Training Program, a founding artist and board member of The Zoot Theatre Company, and the Artistic Director for Eureka Suitcase. For directing credits go to www.AaronVega.com, @BardGeek, FB/AaronVegaNews
Darci Faye (Playwright / Director)
is a local playwright, and is seeing one of her plays staged for the first time with Infinitely Yours. Other playwright credits: The Other Me, Love for Losers, Baggage, Hindenburg! The Musical and Just Wait. Darci also directed her first play, The Big Meal last semester, which was the University Players debut production. Education: Primary Stages' Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) in NYC, University of Maine at Farmington, Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY, and University of Maine at Presque Isle.
is a local playwright, and is seeing one of her plays staged for the first time with Infinitely Yours. Other playwright credits: The Other Me, Love for Losers, Baggage, Hindenburg! The Musical and Just Wait. Darci also directed her first play, The Big Meal last semester, which was the University Players debut production. Education: Primary Stages' Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) in NYC, University of Maine at Farmington, Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY, and University of Maine at Presque Isle.
HOPE & JUSTICE PROJECT
Advocates at Hope and Justice Project have worked hard to provide services to anyone affected by abuse and violence in Aroostook County since 1979. It is their mission to educate the community on domestic violence, provide help to victims in achieving safety, including shelter, and reduce social attitudes that tolerate abuse and violence. For more information, visit their website at www.hopeandjusticeproject.org or email at [email protected]. To speak with one of Hope and Justice Project’s advocates, please call their 24-hour hotline at 1-800-439-2323. Services are free and confidential.
Advocates at Hope and Justice Project have worked hard to provide services to anyone affected by abuse and violence in Aroostook County since 1979. It is their mission to educate the community on domestic violence, provide help to victims in achieving safety, including shelter, and reduce social attitudes that tolerate abuse and violence. For more information, visit their website at www.hopeandjusticeproject.org or email at [email protected]. To speak with one of Hope and Justice Project’s advocates, please call their 24-hour hotline at 1-800-439-2323. Services are free and confidential.
*denotes member of Actors Equity Association