The Dance of Death Creative Team
Pictured: (l to r) Bill Van Horn; David Bardeen; Kittson O'Neill. Photographer: Kyle Cassidy. Costume Design: Robin Shane.
Taken on location at the Franklin Inn Club
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Kittson O’Neill* (Alice): Kittson is delighted to finally be working with Philadelphia Artists Collective. She is the Artistic Director of Shakespeare in Clark Park and is driving their commitment to Radical Community Engagement, which includes the people of Philadelphia as integral performers in each summer’s production. Recent acting work: Sweat (Philadelphia Theater Company) Unravelled (MLB Productions – NYC), Hand to God (Boise Contemporary Theater), Informed Consent (Lantern), Grounded (InterAct, - Barrymore Nomination – Best Actress) & Or, (Hedgerow Theater Company). Other Philadelphia credits include: The Body Lautrec (Cromie & Tuomanen), Down Past Passyunk (InterAct), Behind the Eye (Gas & Electric), The Pride of Parnell Street (Act 2) and The Early Bird (Inis Nua). She has also worked at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Public and New Jersey Repertory. As a director: The Wolves (Boise Contemporary Theater), Moby Dick (Hedgerow Theater Company - Barrymore Nomination, Best Director), King Lear (SCP), Copenhagen (Lantern Theatre Company), Coriolanus (SCP), Uncle Vanya (Hedgerow Theater Company), and the world premier of A Knee That Can Bend (Orbiter 3 - Barrymore Nomination, Best Director). Recent on camera work: Crumpet (in production), The Upside, Law & Order: SVU, Outsiders, and Those Who Kill. Her musical, Minors, written with composer, Robert Kaplowitz premiered at The Lantern Theater Company in June 2019.
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Natajia Sconiers (Stage Manager): is an Actress, Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Designer and is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Graduating with a BA in Theatre from Rutgers University, Natajia is a former Arden Professional Apprentice of Class 26. She has recently played "Alice" in Theatre Contra's Dream Rushes and understudied/gone on in Treasure Island at Arden Theatre Company. Tay has performed as an acting apprentice with Delaware Shakespeare and has performed in past New Jersey and Philly Fringe Festivals. Natajia has worked in costumes and wardrobe at multiple theatres in Philadelphia and New jersey including: Ignoble Artist, The New Freedom Theatre, The Rutgers University Theatre Department, and The Philadelphia Opera House. She recently appeared as Juletta in PAC's The Sea Voyage.
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Bill Van Horn* (Edgar): has been an actor for 46 years. He is proud to be performing with PAC for the first time. He is a permanent member of the acting company of the Theater at Monmouth in Maine where he will be directing Julius Caesar this summer. His next job in Philadelphia will be as Mick in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Rocky.
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David Bardeen* (Kurt): Regional: Yale Rep, South Coast Rep, Walnut Street Theatre and Studio 3, Arden, Wilma, Lantern, Theatre Horizon, InterAct, Azuka, and he performed in several projects last season with PAC, 1812 Productions, 11th Hour, and as Albert C. Barnes with the Philadelphia Orchestra for their Barnes/Stokowski Festival. David is a five-time Barrymore nominee for Supporting Actor in a Play, receiving the award in 2001 for the role of John Houseman in Interact Theatre’s It’s All True and 2017 for the role of Frog in Theatre Horizon’s Grand Concourse. TV: Weeds, Medium, Numb3rs, Dirty Sexy Money, Related. David has also Assistant Directed three productions at the Lantern Theater. M.F.A. Yale School of Drama.
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Eli Lynn (Movement Director) - is a trans* non-binary performer, fight director, and lOG-certified Intimacy Director. They recently choreographed fights for PAC for The Sea Voyage and 'Tis Pity (Barrymore Nomination- Choreography). Regional
credits: The Sea Voyage (PAC), The Winter's Tale (Folger), Little Red Robin Hood (People's Light), Sensitive Guys (InterAct), Shakespeare in Love (PA Shakespeare), and Moby Dick (Hedgerow). Love always to Vanessa. Soli Deo Gloria. |
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Robin Shane (Costume Designer) - is very pleased to be back at PAC for her 4th show! Previous designs with PAC include Mary Rose, Iphignia at Aulis and The Captive. Recent designs include Kalamazoo (Act II Playhouse), Mary Rose (PAC), Sing the Body Electric (Theatre Exile), ms. estrada (The Flea) and Julius Casesar (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ) . Robin is in her second year as a full time faculty member of the Theatre & Dance Department at Rider University, having previously been the resident costume designer at Rider for 7 seasons. Favorite productions include Bright Star, Sophocles: These Seven Sicknesses, Bonnie & Clyde, Assassins (KCACTF Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Costume Design), She Kills Monsters, Spring Awakening, Catch Me If You Can, All Shook Up, The Praying Mantis, Metamorphoses (KCACTF Honorable Mention), and The Full Monty. Regional credits include productions at The Passage Theatre, EgoPo, New Victory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, Jean Cocteau Rep, Soho Rep, The Mint, Chicago Opera Theater, The Juilliard School, New York University and The Harrisburg Opera, as well as the large and small screen. Robin is active in many professional organizations including ATHE, USITT, SETC and USA.
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* = Actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
