Monday, January 27, 2020

Creative Team for the play TRANSFERENCE by Debra Whitfield: Program


TRANSFERENCE by Debra Whitfield
Directed by Debra Whitfield

Time:   The present.
Place:  Scenes 1 and 2: Jack’s living room.
  Scene 3:  Clarice’s kitchen. 

Characters in order of appearance
Jack.............. Jay Russell
Jillian............ Angela Pierce
Jane.............. Leanne Cabrera
Clarice.......... Melissa Hurst

All actors are members of AEA.

Who’s Who

Leanne Cabrera (Jane) was last seen as Nightingale in Pan Asian Rep’s production of The Emperor’s Nightingale at Theatre Row. Other NY Theatre: Eve Ensler’s Emotional Creature at the Signature Theatre; Chatillion Stage Company (Tech Support); Pan Asian Rep (No-No Boy, A Dream of Red Pavilions); Leviathan Lab (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It). Regional Theatre: The Fantasticks, The King and I, Jewtopia, South Pacific. leannecabrera.com


 


Melissa Hurst (Clarice) New York premieres: Delta in the Sky with Diamonds (with Austin Pendleton), The Houseguests by Harry Kondoleon (Obie Award, Best Play), Utility by Emily Schwend at Rattlestick (Yale Drama Prize, NY Times Critic’s Pick), Antarabhava by Jay Stull at The Brick,  The Whale Play by Kati Schwartz at Drama Book Shop, One Neck by Todd Alcott (with Allison Janney) at Atlantic Theatre Company, Dark Ride by Len Jenkin at Soho Rep, and Cause Celeb! (with Charles Busch) at Joe’s Pub. Regional theatre: Life in the Trees (with Josh Brolin ) at GeVa, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Pittsburgh Public, Goldstar, Ohio at Hartford Stage. TV: Law and Order, Guiding Light; Film: Eternal Sunshine (2019). Numerous audiobook narrations. melissahurst.com

Angela Pierce (Jillian) has worked extensively in television, film and theatre, most recently wrapping The Blacklist. She has a significant resumé off and on Broadway, which includes The Great Society, and the Tony Award winning Oslo, for which she won an Obie Award. Angela's varied and considerable career has taken her all over the United States and England, where she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works Festival. She is widely recognized for her achievements - Boston Film Festival Best Actress Winner for Delinquent, Best Actress nominee by the Connecticut Critics Circle, the Seattle Times and the Arizona Theatre Awards of Excellence. Angela is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Drama Division Alumna and Board Member of The Acting Company. She is delighted to be working with Debra Whitfield on her new play, Transference. angelakpierce.com

Jay Russell (Jack) Broadway: End of the Rainbow, The Play What I Wrote. Off Broadway: Public, Transport Group, Keen Company, Mint, Irish Rep, Barrow Street, MTC, & Debra Whitfield’s Fire. National Tours: Wicked and Beauty & the Beast. Regional: Guthrie, Arena Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Utah Shakespeare, Goodspeed, Alabama Shakespeare, Long Wharf, Westport, Vienna & Frankfurt English Theatres. TV: Gotham, Ugly Betty, Mr Robot, The Plot Against America, Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Louie, Seven Seconds, Law & Order(s). Film: Morning Glory, Ride, In Lieu of Flowers. Carbonell Award Best Supporting Actor Indecent at Palm Beach Drama Works. Jay wrote and directed the short film, ruok, which has played at more than 30 Film Festivals all over the world, winning many awards along the way. jay-russell.com 

Debra Whitfield (Playwright/Director) is an award-winning actress, director and playwright. Credits include The Mint Theater, Florida Studio Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, Hartford TheaterWorks, the Depot Theatre, the Bickford Theatre, the Emelin Theatre and the Amateur Comedy Club. Off Broadway, she has directed: Tech Support (59E59), Olympics Über Alles (St. Luke’s) & The Banana Monologues (Acorn). Other favorites: Blithe Spirit, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Rope. Debra was named Best Director for Welcome to the Hard Luck Café at New York’s Thespis Festival. Writing credits include Tech Support, Fire, The Man in the Window, Champagne, and Duck Sauce Can Be Dangerous, all produced in NYC. Debra won Best Actress awards for How I Learned to Drive, Relatively Speaking, and The Adjustment. She is the Artistic Director of Chatillion Stage Company and is on the Board of Directors for The Shaw Project.  debrawhitfield.net; chatillionstagecompany.com


The Strawberry One-Act Festival
Wednesday, February 12th at 6pm
Thursday, February 13th at 8:30pm
Tickets:  $25 Online; $27 at the Door (Cash Only)
At Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios & Theatres
244 West 54th Street, 12th Fl, NYC 





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