ANDREW BENOWICH (LLL: Dumain; Tempest: Stephano) is a

ANDREW BENOWICH (LLL: Dumain; Tempest: Stephano) is a graduate from Indiana

University and is excited to be a part of his first season with Hip to Hip. Previous Roles: A

Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Much Ado About Nothing (Borachio), Angels in

America: Part I (Roy Cohn), Godspell (Jesus), The Three Musketeers (Cardinal

Richelieu), Seusical (Horton), Anything Goes (Evelyn Oakleigh), Hamlet (Gravedigger),

Grease (Kenickie). Thanks to my family and friend for all their loving support. Exit, pursued

by a bear.

HOLLY CHOU (LLL: Katherine/Dull; Tempest: Miranda) Holly is delighted to make her

debut with Hip to Hip. Other New York credits include These Seven Sicknesses, Future

Anxiety, Looking at Christmas, Office Hours, The Great Recession, and Cato at The Flea;

Rent a White Guy with Fish Out of Water; and Much Ado About Nothing with Random

Access. Readings: Yellowjackets at The Public and NYTW; Vanya and Sonya and Masha

and Spike, Nine Days Falling at The Flea. Other Shakespeare: Feste, Benvolio, Fiasco

Theater FTI. www.hollychou.com

LINSLEY HOWARD (LLL: Moth; Tempest: Master) is elated to join the Hip to Hip team

for the first time with Love's Labour's Lost and The Tempest. A recent Texas transplant,

she graduated with a BFA in Acting from St. Edwards University in Austin last December.

Select regional credits include: Palindrome Theatre's production of Accidental Death of

an Anarchist (Felletti); Mary Moody Northen Theatre's production of On The Verge

(Mary); the Central Texas premier of God's Ear at the Blue Theater (Lenora); and Austin

Shakespeare's The Tempest (Miranda).

MARCUS DENARD JOHNSON* (LLL: Boyet; Tempest: Alonso) New York: The

Exonerated (The Secret Theatre), This One Time in Last Chance (Attic Theatre), Much

Ado (American Bard), Hamlet (Promethean Theatre) Regional: A Tale of Two

Cities(Broadway Tryout), Equus, The Play's the Thing, To Kill a Mockingbird (Asolo

Rep), The Wiz (True Colors Theatre). Marcus is a native of Atlanta, Ga., a graduate of

the FSU/Asolo Conservatory, and a proud Member of Actor's Equity.

SARAH JOYCE* (LLL: Maria; Tempest: Sebastian/Ceres) This is Sarah's first time

working with Hip to Hip, and she couldn't be more thrilled! Sarah's recent work includes

playing Charlotte in Charlotte's Web (TheaterworksUSA), Solange in Normalcy

(Playwrights Horizons), and Isabella in Sir Patient Fancy (Queens Company). Sarah

studied at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Love and thanks to Daddy (best dad in the

world), Drea, Mila and my Nik.

JOEY LOZADA (LLL: Longaville; Tempest: Trinculo) originates from Enfield,

Connecticut. He is beyond excited to be making his Shakespearian debut with Hip to Hip.

Joey is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Previous credits

include: Dog Sees God (Beethoven, AlphaNYC), Bare: A Pop Opera (Zack,

SpongeNYC), The Waiter Project (Luis, Theater For The New City). Joey would like to

thank his friends and family for their constant love and support. Special thanks to Ian

Hersey, Nicole Riccardi, and Israel Gutierrez. www.JoeyLozada.com

JASON MARR* (LLL: Berowne; Tempest: Director/Gonzalo) is the founding Artistic

Director of Hip to Hip Theatre Company for which he has directed As You Like It, Twelfth

Night, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About

Nothing, Othello, and Comedy of Errors. Jason is a founding company member of the

Ohio Shakespeare Festival, where he played leading roles and assisted the Artistic

Director for five seasons. Other acting work includes: Off Broadway: Freudian Slips,

Loose Knit, Eula Mae’s Beauty, Bait &Tackle; Regional Theatres: NYSTI, New Rep,

Foothills Theatre, Hippodrome State Theatre, Brown County Playhouse and Premiere

Stages; Television: “Law & Order: SVU”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “As the

World Turns”. Jason also teaches acting at Marymount Manhattan College. MFA,

Indiana University

JOY MARR* (LLL: Rosaline/Holefernes; Tempest: Ariel) Recent credits

include Gifted at the American Globe. A founding member of Hip to Hip Theatre

Company and Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Joy's acting credits range from School for

Scandal and Dracula to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Noises Off. Films include Other

People's Houses and the web series Space Dogs. She has appeared at regional

theatres across the country, and holds an MFA from Alabama Shakespeare

Festival. Thank you to our dedicated company and to my incredible husband.

DAVID MOLD (LLL: Director) David directed last season's production of Hamlet for Hip

to Hip. Other New York directing credits: American Globe: Hamlet and Macbeth (What

Makes Shakespeare Great lecture series), new play Action & Reaction; Museum of

Jewish Heritage: opera, The Yellow Star; On the Leesh Productions: Break; Naked

Angels: Social Progress; Third Eye Repertory: Down the Road; cabarets at Triad

Theatre. Boston: New Theatre (artistic director), Open Door Theatre, Alley Theatre, New

Ehrlich Theatre, The Theatre Company, Inc. (co-founder/co-artistic director); Chicago:

DePaul University, dramaturg at Bailiwick Repertory, Goodman Theatre. Indianapolis:

Edyvean Repertory, Butler University. Professor of Theatre and Chair, Fine &

Performing Arts at Marymount Manhattan College and teaches in Special Studies at the

Chautauqua Institution.

CHRISTINA PAGȦN (LLL: Sir Nathaniel/Marcade; Tempest: Boatswain/Juno) is happy to

be making her debut with Hip to Hip this summer. Past credits include: Crime Against

Humanity (2009, 2013), Price of Silence (2013), among others. She is member of the

Bronx Repertory Company, the Children's Theatre Company at Lehman and has

performed with the Riverdale Children's Theatre Company. Christina also has a

background in technical theatre and television/film production. Thank you to Guy for

getting me involved and everyone for making this a wonderful summer.

JAMES PARENTI (LLL: Ferdinand; Tempest: Ferdinand) NYC acting credits include: All's

Well that Ends Well (Bertram), Twelfth Night (Orsino), Madame Bovary (Leon), A

Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius- twice), The Town of No One (Harold), The Body

Electric (Walt Whitman), Titus Andronicus (Bassianus), The Mystery Plays (Benny),

Feeding the Moonfish (Martin), the regional tour of 36:24:36 (Nick/Dick), and the films

Sam and Dave (Sam), Danny (Danny) and Anything You Ever (Mark). James is a

founding member of The Other Mirror Theatre Co., and holds a BFA in Acting from MMC.

ELISABETH PRESTON* (LLL: Princess; Tempest: Antonio/Iris) A Kansas native,

Elisabeth now calls Queens home, and she is thrilled to be joining Hip to Hip for

another summer of Shakespeare! Last season, she played Horatio in Hamlet and Luciana

in Comedy of Errors. Other roles include Rosaline in As You Like It (The Queens

Company), Nurse Wayland in The Sacred Flame (TACT), Bride Riordan in Transport (The

Irish Arts Center), Angelique in The Imaginary Invalid, Lily in The Giver, and Dorcas in The

Winter’s Tale (Asolo Rep).

JORIS STUYCK* (LLL: Don Armado; Tempest: Prospero) recently played Egeus and Snug

the Joiner in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Shakespeare Forum in NYC; the Doctor

in Medal of Honor Rag at Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, NY; and Richard Greatham in

Hay Fever for VOICETheatre in Woodstock, NY. Big Apple credits include Jack Straw in

Guantánamo (the Culture Project) and five Shakespearean roles for NY Classical Theatre.

Regional work includes the title role in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Cincinnati

Playhouse) and Montano in Othello (D.C. Shakespeare). English credits include The

Normal Heart (Royal Court, London) and various roles on TV (We’ll Meet Again, Tender Is

the Night) and in films (The Shooting Party, The Razor’s Edge). U.S. TV credits include

“The Americans” , “Quantum Leap”, “Dynasty, and Hunter”, and the miniseries “Onassis”

and “Sinatra”.

GUY VENTOLIERE* (LLL: Costard; Tempest: Caliban) Guy has a specialized BA in

Shakespearean Theatre and studied with Ruby Dee. His favorite roles include Twin

Dromios in Hip to Hip’s Comedy of Errors, Romeo, Treat in Orphans, Charlie in The

Foreigner, John Proctor in The Crucible & Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy.He worked for

SNL and was Ted O’Toole in the Disney Series “Cool Tool Adventures.” Other parts have

included Development Director, Technical Director, stage carpenter, and now Managing

Director of Hip to Hip.

KATHY ADELY (Kids & the Classics Teaching Artist and volunteer) is happy to be

working with Hip to Hip for the first time. She is also a founding member of The Bronx

Repertory Company as well as the Children’s Theatre Company @ Lehman. She also

spent years as an acting teacher/director throughout the Bronx public school system and

the Lehman College Department of Continuing Education.

CAITLIN CASSIDY (Assistant Director of Kids and the Classics) has had the pleasure of

combining her two loves: theatre and education. She is currently a high school English

and theatre teacher on Long Island. This is her first experience with Hip to Hip.

Education: B.A. Theatre/B.S. Secondary Education – Penn State University, M.S. Ed.

Special Education - CUNY Queens College.

DAWN CLARKE (Director of Marketing) Dawn currently heads up operations for a

Human Rights organization where she oversees marketing strategy and manages the

intern and volunteer programs. She has trained student interns and volunteers in all

areas of business, including national and international research and marketing

campaigns. Dawn studied Theatre at Herbert H. Lehman College.

LEIGH BERENIS (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be working with Hip to Hip for the first

time. She is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. Her previous credits

include Assistant Director for Importance of Being Earnest (TWAS), Geography of a

Horse Dreamer (MMC), Betty's Summer Vacation (MMC) and Director of Buck Simple

(MMC). She also has choreographed and co-choreographed four award winning

musicals at Saratoga Springs High School. She would like to thank her friends and

family for their constant love and support!

MAURA HOLLORAN (Production Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Marymount

Manhattan College with a double major in BA Theatre Arts- Producing and Management

and a BA in Communication Arts. Previous credits include Marymount Manhattan’s

Mainstage Productions of Ruined (PSM), The Good Soul of Szechuan (PSM), Time And

The Conways (ASM), and Triumph of Love (Assistant Master Electrician). Other credits

include the Equity Developmental Lab Beyond the Music (Production Assistant) and

Second Stage Uptown’s Warrior Class (Stage Management Intern).Many thanks to her

family and friends for their unending support.

SHIORI ICHIKAWA (Assistant Costume Designer) A new member in a creative team of

company as one of the interns, upcoming senior at Marymount Manhattan College

majoring in Theatre Performance and Costume Design with Musical Theatre

minor. Design credit for Oh, the Humanity! directed by Dyana Kimball and a student

choreographed dance piece from Dancers At Work at Marymount. Worked as an

assistant designer and a costume shop manager for various shows including Ruined by

Lynn Nottage and Chekov’s Three Sisters.

HARRY JONES (Tempest: Music Composer) is a junior at Groton School and a recent

graduate of St. Bernard's School in New York City, where his favorite roles in the

school plays included Oliver (in Oliver!) and Beatrice (in Much Ado About Nothing). For

these and other performances he won the school’s Samuel E Gates Public Speaking

Prize and the Charles M Morris Music Prize. At Groton, Harry has had roles in The

Pirates of Penzance and The Crucible. Harry has studied composition and jazz piano

with David Lopato of The New School and film scoring at New York University. Harry

sings in the Groton Choir and Chamber Choir and co-founded the school's male a

cappella group, the Maqupellas.

S. C. LUCIER (Assistant Director) is a theatre artist in the NYC area. She graduated

magna cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College where she received the Gold

Key of Excellence for her work in theatre direction. “Luci” has toured on the production

team of the Martha Graham Dance Company, designed for Richard Move/Move-it!

Productions at the Joyce Theatre, and has most recently directed an experimental

interpretation of Beckett, showing at The Brick Theater. She is a co-founder of Moira

Dance Theatre and a member of SDC.

MEGHAN MIRSCH (Technical Director) is a rising senior at Marymount Manhattan

College double majoring in Theatre Arts for Technical Design and Communication Arts

for Creative Media. Recent Theatre Credits: Three Sisters (Assistant Lighting Designer,

Marymount Manhattan College), Hot Line (Lighting Designer, Marymount Manhattan

College), Triumph of Love (Master Electrician, Marymount Manhattan College), The

Red and The Black (Assistant to Lighting Designer, St. Clement’s Theatre), Ruined

(Assistant Projection Designer, Marymount Manhattan College). Film Credits: Zarra’s

Law (Art Department), In Lieu of Flowers (Art Department).

NANCY NICHOLS (Costume Designer) Daughter and granddaughter of exceptional

dressmakers, Nancy has turned a lifelong fascination with fashion history into theatrical

designs for Hip to Hip’s Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer, Othello, Much

Ado, Hamlet and Comedy of Errors. With the Neville Bean Design Studio she created

costumes for NYC productions of The Straw, Frankenstein, and Richard III for

Salamander Rep and Freudian Slips at the Abingdon Theatre. She lives in NY with her

husband, Joel Leffert, and her two children.

KAT PIERRO (Intern; Tempest: Spirit) Kat goes to Bard High School Early College

Queens where she will graduate with a High School diploma and Associates Degree in

Liberal Arts from Bard College; She is a B+/A- student and has been studying or doing

theater in some form or another since she was 5; including many years of summer

camp and 3 advanced theater classes in high school. She is interested in furthering her

studies in psychology, but theater is her first love.

CHRIS STECKEL (Stage Manager) is a rising senior at Marymount Manhattan College

studying toward a B.A. in Theatre Arts with concentrations in Stage Management and

Lighting Design. At Marymount he has been the Production Stage Manager of the main

stage production The Arsonists. Other New York credits include; Importance of Being

Earnest (ASM) with ‘TWAS, Warrior Class (PA) at Second Stage, Beyond The Music

(PA) developmental lab production, Rock N Roles (PSM) with Boomerang Theatre

Company.

JARRED TOLLINCHI (Kids & the Classics intern) studies theatre at Herbert H. Lehman

College where some of his most recent credits included Snout in Midsummer Night’s

Dream, Flaco in Den of Theives and Harv in Curtains. He is happy to be interning with

Hip to Hip Theatre Company this season and taking part in the inaugral children’s

program “Kids & the Classics”.

BRITTANY VASTA (Set Designer) Some previous work includes: Playboy of the

Western World at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Lawnpeople at Cherry Lane Studio

Theatre, A Song at Twilight at Portland Stage, Lombardi at Smithtown Theatre, Shout

at Shadowland Theatre, Final Analysis at June Havoc Theatre, A Nasty Tempered

Man at Theatre for a New City, The Wild Duck at the Atlas Room, NYU, and Poco a

Poco at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Education: MFA, NYU. brittanyvasta.com