Cast

*appears courtesy of AEA

Zack Calhoon*

Zack graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Dreamscape credits: Ivan in The Commission, Lee in True West, Hamlet in Hamlet, Jamie in The Credeaux Canvas, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, Banquo in Macbeth. NY credits: Edgar in King Lear (ShakespeareNYC), Variation in the World Premiere production of Giant-N-Variation, Dex in the U.S. premiere of Irvine Welsh’s (author of Trainspotting) play, You’ll Have Had Your Hole; Prince Hal in Henry IV Part 1, Edmund in King Lear (Boomerang Theater Company); Lady Anne in Richard III (Judith Shakespeare Co.); The Player in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Milk Can Theatre Co.); and Chiron in Titus Andronicus (Expanded Arts). Regional credits: Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nym in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hubert in King John, Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing (Actors Shakespeare Co). Playwriting credits: The Weird Sisters (East 3rd Productions), Breaking Ranks (New Mummer Group), Marlowe, P.I. (Dreamscape), Violence in the Air, Paint, Enough, and Dream House. Zack is a member of the Dramatist Guild, and an Eagle Scout. He would like to thank his wife for her love and support.

Pete Forester

Pete Forester is an actor and playwright based in NYC. He received his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2007 where he studied at Playwright's Horizons Theater School and the Meisner Extension. He spent his years at NYU studying acting under Vicki Hart and Nate Flower and Clowning under Lucas Caleb Rooney and Orlando Pabotoy. Since graduating, Pete has become a member of The Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea Theater in TriBeCa - an impeccable community of young artists. To keep his art going (and heart racing), he teaches yoga to the destitute residents of NoHo. He is taught by his students daily. Pete has been with IN FIELDS since the beginning, and it has proven to be the most fruitful and satisfying artistic process he's ever been a part of. As Pete likes to say about Dreamscape, "These people know what they're doing." Pete only wishes he could return the love and support he's received from the cast, creative and technical teams.

Billy Griffin

Billy is a graduate of NYU'S TSOA where he studied at the Meisner & Classical Studios and the Experimental Theater Wing. Recent credits include a workshop production of The Secret Keeper with Examined Man Theater, Iago in the Old Vic/New Voices presentation Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Oberon/Theseus in Lake George Theater Lab's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Malvolio in Twelfth Night with the NYNeo-Classical Ensemble. Billy can also be seen in the upcoming internet-television series Mars Kane.

Carl Hendrick Louis

Off Off-Broadway: In The Silence of The Heart (Theatre for the New City), Blacken The Bubble (Dixon Place), Women of Manhattan (The Producer’s Club), Emancipation (Classical Theatre of Harlem/Future Classics Program), 365 Days Week 41 (The Public Theatre), Marat Sade (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Love Poems (TSI). Regional: Halfway There (Periwinkle National Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Piper Theatre). Film: Unknown Soldier; 2004 Best Narrative Feature Los Angeles Film Festival. Carl is a graduate of Fordham University’s Theatre Program.

Alan McNaney*

Education: AB in Drama and Philosophy - Vassar College. MFA in Acting - Brown University. Off Broadway: Baron Tusenbach in Three Sisters at Columbia University, Rich in Suckers by Duncan Pflaster at Planet Connections, The Hairy Ape at Columbia University. Regional: Editor in All The King's Men and Young Marley in A Christmas Carol at the Trinity Repertory Company. Highlights: Dr. Schadenfreude in Hydriotaphia, Clive/Cathy in Cloud 9, Dodge in Buried Child, Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret. Katie- thank you for being supportive and amazing! I cannot give enough thanks to Ricardo, Brad, Michelle, and the entire cast and crew at all stages in the process. You've made working together amazing from day one. THANK YOU!!!

Jared Sampson

Jared Sampson is thrilled to be working with Dreamscape on this production! Originally from Cleveland, some of his favorite credits include Dear World (Julian), Baby (Danny), West Side Story (Tony), and two productions of Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter and Pilate). He spends his days in a Structural Biology research lab at NYU Langone Medical Center, and his evenings acting, singing and arranging music for his a cappella group, The Red States (redacappella.com). He thanks the cast and creative staff for a wonderful experience, his family and friends for their support, and Anna for keeping him around.

Michael Swartz

Michael Swartz (Jones). NY credits: Iphigenia in Tauris (ATA); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Flux Theatre Ensemble); Measure for Measure(On the Square); The Tamer Tamed (Misfit Toys Rep.); The Merchant of Venice (Hudson Shakespeare Co.); and more. Michael was trained in a corn-field in Pennsylvania (DeSales University), where he performed with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It (dir. Russ Treyz); The Merchant of Venice (dir. Bob Moss); Henry IV, Part I; Hamlet; My Fair Lady. As a member of the New York Choral Society, Michael has had the privilege to perform at Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden.

Morgan Anne Zipf

Morgan Anne Zipf (Catherine) is an actress, director, and designer. A native of Pittsburgh, PA she has lived in New York for over 8 years. Morgan holds a BFA from New York University where she studied at Playwrights Horizons, the Experimental Theatre Wing, and the Bali Institute in Ubud, Bali. She is the Head of Production for Dreamscape and has been working with them since 2002. Morgan was an Ensemble Member/Co-creator of Dreamscape’s The Burning Cities Project (FringeNYC ’06). In addition, she has worked with numerous Off and Off-Off Broadway Theatre Companies including the Ensemble Studio Theatre (Asst. Director: world premiere Bone China by David Mamet), Legitimate Theater (Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game!, Olivia), and Theatre of the Expendable (Three Sisters, Masha). She can be seen on the worldwide web in the series Four if by Space (www.fourifbyspace.net). Special thanks go to the cast and crew who have worked on each incarnation of this project – whose dedication has been beyond heart-warming, and to Brad Raimondo for being a great partner in crime. Also to Kent and her Dad – without their support, none of this would be possible. Her performance is dedicated to her Mom.

Creative Team

Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez

Playwright

Writing Credits: In Fields Where They Lay (Playwright, Dreamscape), The Burning Cities Project (Contributing Writer, Dreamscape), The Widowers of Lake Youwannatanna (Lead Screenwriter, MondoLoveMeister Productions), Migrants! Cantata a los emigrantes (Contributing Writer, Teatro Pregones), Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (Spanish Translation, S.E.E. Theatre, DVD Production).

Acting credits include the solo show Johnny Got His Gun (FringeNYC 2005) for which Curtain Up and nytheatre.com hailed him as “remarkable” and “utterly compelling.” Acting highlights: an originating role in Suzan-Lori Park's celebrated 365 Days/365 Plays at the New York Public, Juan Gonzalez in Migrants! (Teatro Pregones), Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Tom in Un ballo in maschera, Schaunard in La Bohème (Burgas Opera House, Bulgaria) and El Dancaïro in Carmen (Hradek Kralove Opera Festival, CR). Sample of NY credits: Salerio/Solanio in Merchant of Venice, The Murderer/Mentieth in Macbeth (Dreamscape Theatre), the Padre in Man of La Mancha (Duo Theatre), Marat/Sade (Classical Theatre of Harlem), and Renfield in Dracula. Ricardo is a member of The Dreamscape Theatre and Big Apple Playback Theatre, an improvisation troupe that specializes in reflecting back the stories of the audience, focusing on themes of social justice (www.bigappleplayback.com).

Brad Raimondo

Director
Brad@dreamscapetheatre.org

Brad is the co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Dreamscape Theatre. He holds a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied directing & producing at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and a Masters’ Degree in Educational Theatre from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education. Previous directing projects have included The Credeaux Canvas by Keith Bunin (Dreamscape, 2004) and Lisa Barri’s Invisible Child at the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2005. He was the lead creator and an ensemble member of Dreamscape’s Burning Cities Project(FringeNYC 2006). He produced or co-produced all sixteen of Dreamscape’s projects since 2002, including The Commission by Stephen Fechter (FringeNYC 2007). His work as an independent producer includes the John Ott’s Galatea, also at FringeNYC 2007. In addition to his work as a director and producer, Brad is a Teaching Artist with The New Victory Theater and other New York institutions. He is the co-creator and director of the web series Four if By Space (fourifbyspace.net). He has created various works of devised, ensemble-written or original theater both with young and adult actors.

Margot Fitzsimmons

Stage Manager
Margot Fitzsimmons graduated from New York University with a Masters in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities. She has assistant stage managed SWEENEY TODD at Wildwood Summer Theatre and Off Off Broadway's production of ALICE SQUARED and TULLY (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) and stage managed the Winter Forum Festival at The Looking Glass Theatre, DAMARUNG at Theatre Row and BIG MARY and HIS DARK MATERIALS at Acting Manitou. When not stage managing she is a teaching artist for The American Place Theatre, The New Victory Theatre, Shadow Box Children's Theatre and The Leadership Program. She is also a puppeteer.

Kacie Hultgren

Scenic Designer
Previous design credits include The Rape of Lucretia, Marat/Sade & The Other Shore at Boston University and the 2005 & 2006 seasons at the College Light Opera in Falmouth, MA. She spent two seasons as the resident scenic design assistant at The Old Globe in San Diego, CA. Current projects include assisting on A View From The Bridge and Time Stands Still.

Joanne Haas

Costume Designer
Off Broadway Credits Include: The Second Tosca (45th Street Theatre), The Young Playwrights Festival, XXIV (Peter J. Sharp Theatre), The Threepenny Opera, Dames at Sea(Jean Cocteau Repertory). Regional credits include: Striking 12, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, The Crucible, Intimate Apparel (Capital Repertory Theatre), The Fall to Earth, Orphans (Penguin Rep), Mary’s Wedding, Manhattan Casanova, Almost, Maine (Hudson Stage), Jack and Jill, Coastal Disturbances (Penobscot Theatre Company), The Waverly Gallery (New Repertory Theatre). Joanne’s design work has been seen at the Tribeca Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, and Rooftop Film Festival, among others. http://joannehaas.com

Wilburn Bonnell

Lighting Designer
A Streetcar Named Desire (Columbia Stages); Galileo (Milk Can), Three Cala Lilies (PRTT); Mare Cognitum, Squiggy & the Goldfish, Three Sisters, and Tragedy of John (TotE); Anchors and I’d Leave You But… (Living Image Arts); After the Revolution, Wing It and Late-Night Cabaret (Williamstown); Sympathy (EST), Flushing Town Hall, Invention of Love and We Bombed in New Haven; Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (Vassar College). Assistant/Associate: Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Signature (NYC), Vineyard, Juilliard, Châtelet (Paris); Detroit, Chicago & New York Int’l. Auto Shows. Special thanks to his pals & parents.

Geoffrey Roecker

Sound Designer
Geoffrey is pleased to be working on his first production with Dreamscape. Past sound design credits include Emilie's Voltaire, Anchors, Committed, and Hello, My Name Is... (Living Image Arts), The Dead Guy (The Henge), Three Sisters, and The Tragedy of John (Theatre of the Expendable). Geoffrey is currently involved in researching a book on the Marine Corps, and performing with his band: http://www.odd-man-in.com. Many thanks to my family for the continued support of their itinerant artist son.

Anna Ebbesen

Music Director
Anna Ebbesen has been part of theatre throughout the country for several years as both conductor and pianist with favorite music directing credits including ALL SHOOK UP, A CHORUS LINE, WIZARD OF OZ, HONKY TONK ANGELS, DEAR WORLD, FOREVER PLAID, WEST SIDE STORY, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE, HELLO DOLLY, CAMELOT, PETE 'N' KEELY, CABARET and BABY. She currently works as a music director for the New York Film Academy. Anna provides accompaniment for voice studios, auditions and workshops in New York and recently completed a reading of her first original musical. She holds a B.A. in Music and Theatre from Saint Mary's University.

Jennifer McGrath

Movement Designer
Jen is thrilled to once again be working with Brad and the Dreamscape Theatre. Directing credits in New York include WOZA ALBERT!, CITIZEN GIRL, and THE BURNING CITIES PROJECT to name a few. Stage management includes Dreamscape, The Present Company, NY Fringe, and Real Theaterworks as well as gala events for NYU’s Ireland House, Our Time Theatre, Abyssinian Baptist Church, and a special event with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in honor of President Barack Obama’s inauguration. Jen has worked for Blue Man Group, Lincoln Center Theater, and as a teaching assistant at NYU. She is an NYU/Tisch graduate with honors from the Playwrights Horizons Theater School and has spent the past five and a half years touring the world as the Assistant Stage Manager of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Michelle Philippin

Dramaturg
Michelle Philippin has a split personality. By day, she is a fourth grade associate teacher at an all-girls charter school in NYC, and by night, she participates in any and all theatrics she can. Michelle has worn many different hats working in theatre for over eight years now, including as a teaching artist throughout the five boroughs. Some of her favorite projects include: The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (Gin Chance, The College of Staten Island), Braided Sorrow (Alma/Assistant Director, New York University/Steinhardt), Ore or Or (Dramaturg/Get S.O.M Productions.) Michelle dedicates her work on In Fields to the memory of Andrea Batista, who, just like Christmas, could turn the mundane and difficult into the extraordinary.

Bret Jaspers

Dialect Coach
Bret Jaspers is an actor and speech coach. In addition to dialects, he works with private clients on accent reduction. Recent NYC performances: Under Milkwood (Common Thread Theatre), Ten Selected Minutes… (American Globe Theatre), The Degas Incident (Manhattan Theatre Source), Short Kuts & Forks (newFangled theatRer), Iphigenia in Aulis (Tiyatro Global), The Ugly Man (Boomerang Theatre), and readings with Stageplays Theatre and Vital Theatre. Regional: The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Bay Theatre Company). MFA, Brooklyn College. BA, Duke University. Many thanks to Brad, Ricardo, and Morgan for this opportunity.