Your LA. Your Theater.
need
theater
""If you find yourself at Son of Semele Theatre on a Tuesday through Thursday night, and I
hope you do, you'll find a pair of one-man shows presented by needtheater...
Ian Forester directs Dillon in a pitch-perfect interpretation...
Dillon imbues his brittle and wryly funny interpretation with deeply felt understanding...
Playwright Clancy simply uses every conceivable aspect of the theater as an allegory for all the world being a stage. That he does it so simply turns his one-act into something like one of those luminous shafts of light that shoot up into the night from a truck outside some celebrity event or advertising event."
THE INTERVIEW
MORLAN HIGGINS*- at the Black Dahlia--Finally, and Forgiveness. at the Fountain Theatre-Shining City, Exits and Entrances, After the Fall, Victory, Boys in the Band. At the Matrix-Dealing With Clair, Water Children, Mad Forest, Birthday Party. Dylan-Skylight Theatre, Equus-Pasadena Playhouse, A Skull in Connemara-Theatre Tribe, Hughie-Eugene O'Neill Foundation at Tao House and Santa Barbara Theatre, Cavalcaders- Floorida Stage and numerous other plays at various local stages. Lucille Lortell Off- Broadway Actor of the Year Nomination for Exits and Entrances at Primary Stages in NYC. Carbonell Nomination for E and E at Florida Stage. New Jersey Tony for E and E at new Jersey Rep. Santa Barbara Indie awards for Hughie and Victory at SBT. Morlan has received multiple Ovation, LADCC, LAWeekly, Garland, Dramalogue, TicketHolders and Maddie awards. He has also worked in Film, Television and Video Games.
THE INTERVIEW
Tuesday, 03/02. One night only! - MORLAN HIGGINS.
DANA SORMAN is a Chicago bred actress. Television: FlashForward, Lie To Me, Lost, Samantha Who?, Trust Me, The Week Reduced (TBS Pilot/Series Regular). Theater: Big Love, EL2Stage; The Maiden's Prayer, Playgroup; Sketchbook, Collaboraction. Training: The School at Steppenwolf, Second City Conservatory (Chicago), Lee Strasberg Theater Institute (NYU: Spring Semester at Tisch). She hopes tonight is marginally interesting and there are no punctuational errors in her bio. Oh and her dad would want her to mention she has a degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thanks to my vision-board boyfriend.
THE INTERVIEW
Thursday, 03/04. One night only! - DANA SORMAN.
THE INTERVIEW
Wednesday, 03/03. One night only! - MARC JABLON.
THE INTERVIEW
Tuesday, 03/09. One night only! - STEVE MARTINI.
THE INTERVIEW
Wednesday, 03/10. One night only! - JANE HEITZ.
THE INTERVIEW
Thursday, 03/11. One night only! - CHRIS FIELDS.
Chris Fields is a LA-based director, teacher, & actor. He is the Artistic Director of the award-winning Echo Theater Co, which he founded in 1997. Most recently, he directed the premieres of Jessica Goldberg's Body Politic (Ovation nominated), Kate Robin's What They Have at South Coast Rep, Kate Robin's Anon at The Echo, Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play, Paul Zimmerman's Pigs and Bugs, and Eat Me by Jacqueline Wright (nominated for 6 LA Weekly Awards). He produced the Echo production of Bryan Davidson's War Music at the LATC (won 3 Ovation Awards). Chris founded and was Artistic Dir. of the Ojai Playwrights Conference from 1996 to 2000. As a director, he's also worked with and staged plays by Adam Rapp, Christopher Durang, David Lindsay-Abaire, Ellen McLaughlin, Napoleon Ellsworth, Padraic Duffy, Bernardo Solano, Deborah Pryor, Neal Bell, Kira Obolensky & Karl Gajdusek, among many others. His work in film includes his adaptation of Neal Bell's Out the Window, which he produced and directed, & his recent short Sunnyslope (awarded Best New York Film at the NY Film & Video Fest & nominated for Best in Fest at the Great Lakes Film Fest). As an actor, Chris has appeared on Broadway (Homefront), Off Broadway (Machinal at the Public, Aristocrats at Manhattan Theater Club, Orphans with Steppenwolf) and regional credits: Golden Boy, All My Sons, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and 2. His film & tv work includes: Zodiac, Fight Club, Apollo 13, The Game, Jurassic Park, Alien 3, Jacobs Ladder, "Sleepercell," "ER" (recurring), "NYPD Blue," "Boston Public," "Ally MacBeal" and "The Guardian" (recurring). He was a proud member of the acting ensemble of the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Fest at the NTC under Lloyd Richards. Chris was an adjunct professor of drama at SUNY Purchase.
Jane Heitz moved to LA five years ago from Chicago. Jane began her career as an actor in Chicago, where in the 80's she started working in casting. After three years of working as a freelance Casting Director she opened her own office, which remained active for 14 years. After closing the doors on her casting office, Jane again began acting on Chicago stages, becoming an ensemble member of Rivendell Theater. Since moving to LA, Jane has appeared on Grey's Anatomy, Without a Trace, ER, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI. Look for her on an upcoming episode of Hawthorne. She sends love to her grandchildren in Chicago- Claire, Jack Henry, and Wil.
Steven Martini (The Interview 3/9) -Steven Martini came to LA after making his big screen acting debut as Cadet Alex Stone in 'Major Payne'. He went on to play under cover officer Anthony Libretti in NBC's short lived series 'Prince Street'. Steven has long since scorched his native NYC roots to cultivate a California life of sunny leisure, Kundalini Yoga, and legalized marijuana. When not steeping his mind in deep meditative silence, he opens his heart to make award winning films, such as 'Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire', and 'Lymelife' or plays music with his bandmates in The Spaceship Martini. He also works as a screen writer for film and tv, including the jazz bio-pic Bolden and the sci-fi series Flash Gordon. He has acted on stage playing the mentally challenged 'Phillip' in Lyle Kessler's "Orphans" and can currently be seen as P.K. in Michael Sargent's new play 'Parent's Who Love To Much' at the Unknown Theater.
MARC JABLON - Regional Theater: Richard III, 1776, Born Yesterday (Utah Shakespearean Fest.), The Glamour House (Victory Gardens Theater), Street Scene, The Blue Bird (Williamstown Theater Fest.), Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Joseph Jefferson Citation, Supporting Actor); TV: ER (recurring), Guest Stars on Bones, NUMB3RS, N.C.I.S., Medium and Without a Trace; M.F.A. University of Washington P.A.T.P.
THE INTERVIEW
Tuesday, 03/16. One night only! - SARAH SIDO.
THE INTERVIEW
Wednesday, 03/17. One night only! - DAVE RAZOWSKY.
THE INTERVIEW
Thursday, 03/18. One night only! - PAUL DILLON.
David Razowsky is known as one of the top teachers of theatrical improvisation in the country. David merges the mindfulness of Buddhism with teaching and directing improvisation’s core principals of being in the moment, taking care of your partner, and groundedness. He has been called “the guru of improvisation, an improviser’s improviser.” He has over twenty years experience acting and directing, and has worked with Chicago’s world famous Second City, iO West, and The Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He has served as consultant to Dreamworks, BBC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway, and Amsterdam’s famous Boom Chicago Theatre. He served as Artistic Director and Dean of Second City Training Center Los Angeles, and as adjunct faculty in the California State University system. He continually teaches improv around the world, from Fresno, to Denver, to Norway and The Netherlands, and continues to act and direct professionally in Los Angeles. He has been a featured lecturer at the Chicago Improv Festival, The San Francisco Improv Fetstival, the Vancouver Improv Festival, and The Kennedy Center. David has appeared on Spin City, Roseanne, The Weekenders, The Young and the Restless, Working and many other TV shows. He's a frequent ensemble member and writer for the Second City Mainstage in both Chicago and Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Paul was busy on Chicago stages before moving to Los Angeles in 1994. He originated the roles of the Cabbie in Will Kern's Hellcab at The Famous Door Theatre, and the titular Killer Joe in Tracy Letts' play at the Next Lab in Evanston. In 1999, he first reprised Killer Joe Off Broadway at The Soho Playhouse, appearing for six months. In 2005 he played the Dallas police detective in the Ovation award-winning, west coast premiere production at The Gardener Stages. At Bang Bang, he produced and played the Cabbie in 1995's LA Weekly Award-Winning production of Hellcab at the Tamarind Theater. Those efforts along with great help and good fortune led to the independent feature film Chicago Cab in its theatrical release and Hellcab thereafter. Favorite roles also include the Dealer from In the Solitude of Cottonfields, at A Red Orchid Theatre, the Professor from Heart of a Dog here at the Lillian, and Macheath from The Odyssey's latest Threepenny Opera. Paul lately appeared as Alan in Rogue Machine's LA premiere of Brett Neveu's American Dead. Paul earns his living from film and TV, and notable work includes Angelo, a recurring character on “The Pretender”, Patty O'Brien in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and Irvin in Fight Club.
Sarah Sido Recent theatrical credits include Jumping the Median with Push to Talk, Amy Randall in Tape at The Ventura Court Theatre, Garlic Press in Push To Talk’s production of Robots Vs Fake Robots, Abigail in The Crucible at The International City Theatre, Pricilla in Stages at The Matrix Theatre, Renee in Dark Rapture at the Evidence Room, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew at the Orpheum Theatre, Desdemona in Othello with Will and Company, and the ensemble of The Master and Margarita with Zoo District. Favorite New York credits include Bloody Poetry at the Classic Stage Company and Heart of a Dog at Theatre for a New City. She also toured with The National Shakespeare Company playing Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew and Bianca in Othello. A few Television and Film credits include Sleeper Cell, Without a Trace, Winter Nights, Lollilove and Les Superficiales. She can be seen and heard in numerous commercials and video games, including Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Prince of Persia. She is the co-creator of BrainsofMinerva.com – The Guide to the L.A. Actor Hustle, and her Production Company, Term of Art, is in the midst of developing its first feature film, based on the play The Revenants by Scott T. Barsotti.
THE INTERVIEW
Saturday, 03/27. One night only! - Dava Krause.
Dava has a recurring role on House, M.D on FOX, and is a voice over artist who can be heard on television and radio commercials nationwide.
Just recently, Dava landed a distribution deal with the new indie label New Wave Dynamic. In February 2010 her first album, “Child of the 80’s” was made available on over 300 websites including itunes and Amazon. Dava was also selected to perform one of her songs, “I love you” at South by Southwest in Austin. The song will be featured on the compilation album distributed by RandR Radio called “New Faces, New Music” out on March 27th. Dava also wrote the theme song to the pilot, “Women’s Work,” which is currently in development.
In Los Angeles, Dava performs stand-up regularly at The Hollywood Improv, The Ice House, and on Tom Arnold's show "Laughing with the Stars “ at The Laugh Factory. Dava studied at The Second City Conservatory and The Improv Olympic Training Center in downtown Chicago, while earning her B.S in Theatre at Northwestern University.
Her 1st series, “My Roommate’s Boyfriend,” was produced by Comedytime.tv and can be viewed on youtube.com or her website. Her 2nd series can be viewed at www.inappropriatefairytales.tv and was featured in the ITV Fest 2009.
THE INTERVIEW
Tuesday, 03/23. One night only! - MARGUERITE MOREAU.
THE INTERVIEW
Wednesday, 03/24. One night only! - DAN MAHONEY.
THE INTERVIEW
Thursday, 03/25. One night only! - CHRIS REDMAN.
A graduate of the Speech and Drama Program at Trinity College, Cambridge, Christopher has worked extensively in Canada and the U.S. in film ,TV and theatre. Credits include: "Stargate SG-1", the Emmy award winning BBC series "The Magican's House", Kathryn Bigelow's "K-19 The Widowmaker" with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, and "88 Minutes" opposite Al Pacino. Christopher can currently seen in "CSI Miami" as the dapper brit Michael Travers.
DAN MAHONEY, an associate artist with Need Theater, has appeared on Chappelle's Show (Comedy Central), Law&Order: SVU (NBC), World's Best Rollercoasters (Travel Channel) and Ultimate Film Fanatic: Live (IFC/Sundance). He trained in acting at Northwestern University, and has studied and performed improvisation at iO (Chicago), iO West (LA), Second City (Chicago), the Groundlings (LA), and P.I.T. Theater (NYC). He directed Matt Sax's solo hip hop musical "Clay" (Edinburgh), is a member of the Striking Viking Story Pirates (NYC/LA), performs locally in the sketch group "Lost Moon Radio," and played Sam in need theater's inaugural production of C.J. Hopkin's "Horse Country." His voice can be heard currently in "Stan Lee's Time Jumper," a web-series for Disney.
Films include Mighty Ducks, Wet Hot American Summer, Queen of the Damned, Helter Skelter, Easy, Runaway Jury, Beverly Hills Chihuahua. TV credits include a starring role in the ABC series, Life As We Know It, FOX’s The O.C. (recurring) and ABC’s What About Brian. In 2007, Marguerite starred in Jeff Balsmeyer’s independent film Long Shot opposite Jeremy Renner, Dallas Roberts and Ayelet Zurer.
Last year, Marguerite shot three independent films, Wake, Easier with Practice-which was nominated for a 2010 Independent Spirit Award and Douchbag, which is enjoying its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition. She also made guest appearances on several television shows including the critically acclaimed series Mad Men, playing a sultry prostitute who has a romantic encounter with John Slattery. She is currently recurring on the new drama from creator Ron Howard, Parenthood, which will premiere in 2010 on NBC. Marguerite graduated with honors from Vassar College.
THE INTERVIEW
Friday, 03/26. One night only! - Steve Walker.
Steve Walker- Steve appeared last fall in needtheater's production of Scarcity. He recently moved to Los Angeles from Chicago, where he worked as an actor and director with numerous theater companies, including Steppenwolf, Second City, Red Orchid, Famous Door, Neofuturists, Oobleck, Curious, Hope and Nonthings, Factory and many more. In LA he directed the play Four Clowns and a Bench at the Complex. Films include "Stir of Echoes" and "Dot".
