The Burnt Part Boys
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Cast/Creative Bios

DAVID ABELES (Miner) National Tour: My Fair Lady (Cameron Mackintosh/Trevor Nunn), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Arena Tour). New York: The Day Before Spring (York Theatre), The Pursuit of Persephone (NYIT Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Lead Role) (Prospect Theater Co.), Hell House (St. Ann’s Warehouse), The Gay-No-More Telethon (NYC Fringe), Tock Tick (West End Theater), Henry and Mudge (Lucille Lortel), Lonely Rhymes (59E59), Dr. Dolittle (TheatreworksUSA). Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, O’Neill Theater Center, Florida Studio Theatre, The Orchard Project. TV & Film: “Law & Order: SVU”, Son of Mourning. Trained at LAMDA, David is also a singer/songwriter. www.davidabeles.com.

SKYLAR ASTIN (Jake) is thrilled to be a part of The Burnt Part Boys and is a proud AEA member. He is most notably known for his performance as Georg in the Original Broadway Cast of Spring Awakening and is featured on the cast recording. Skylar’s film credits include playing Rand Posin in Hamlet 2, and John Roberts in this summer’s upcoming Taking Woodstock (dir. Ang Lee). He also just finished a CBS pilot entitled “Ace in the Hole” starring opposite Adam Carolla. Thanks to his family for unconditional love and support.

AL CALDERON (Pete) Broadway: 13 The Musical (Original Cast Recording) and Radio City’s 75th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular. TV: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (aired on NBC and DVD released in 2008). Commercials & Voice Over: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, 13 The Musical. Regional/Community: Bye-Bye Birdie, Grease, Sound of Music, Annie, Aladdin and Suessical. He plans to return to the recording studio and complete his Urban/Pop demo CD. Al is a proud member of Actors Equity and is very excited and honored to be working at the Vineyard Theatre with the talented cast & crew of The Burnt Part Boys. Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity and thank you to my Abrams family.

WILL CHASE (Miner/Fantasy Movie Men) Broadway: The Story of My Life, Rent, High Fidelity, Lennon, Aida, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Don’t Quit Your Night Job. Regional: Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Signature Theater, Helen Hayes Award Nomination), Oklahoma! (Oklahoma Lyric), A Little Princess (TheaterWorks), Pajama Game (MUNY St. Louis). Film: Four Single Fathers, Everyday People, Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway, Shaft. TV: “Cupid”, “Rescue Me”, “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, “Canterbury’s Law”, “Conviction”, “Third Watch”, “Queens Supreme”, “Law and Order”, “All My Children”, “As The World Turns”, “Guiding Light”. Trained at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Love to his daughters Daisy and Gracie and his fiancée Stephanie.

KEVIN CSOLAK (Dusty) Broadway: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Hilton Theatre). Off-Broadway: Cirque du Soleil’s Wintuk (Theatre at Madison Square Garden), Knicks City Kids (MSG). Regional: Hello Dolly, Damn Yankees, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Wizard of Oz (FRCT). TV: “As The World Turns” (Daniel Hughes, recurring), “All My Children”, “Guiding Light”. Film: Whatever Works (Woody Allen), Feral Autumn (NYC Visions), HipHop Homeroom (Sony). Love to Star Maker School (Flemington, NJ) and especially his Mom, Kathleen Weaver, Jerri Brown, Jamie Day, Amanda Bay, Jihan Amaroli, Bob Beck; in NY, Rob LaRocco, Trapper Felides. Member of SAG, AFTRA and Actor’s Equity. Thanks Shirley Grant Management! Hugs to Dad and bros Steve & Kurt.

ANDREW DURAND (Chet) is thrilled to be working with such an amazing cast and creative team. He holds a BFA in theater from The Boston Conservatory class of ‘08. Shortly after graduating he assumed the role of Georg in Spring Awakening. He is also currently in The Last Goodbye (a musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set to Jeff Buckley music) playing the role of Tybalt. He would like to thank his friends and family for all their continued love and support.

JOHN SCHIAPPA (Miner) Broadway: Assassins (Proprietor), Take Me Out (Toddy Koovitz), Blood Brothers (Sammy), Jekyll & Hyde (Lord Savage/Spider), Starlight Express (Greaseball), Jerry Springer the Opera. Regional: Take Me Out (NYSF), Laughter on the 23rd Fl. (Geva), Three Musketeers (NSMT), Company (Huntington), American premier of New Year (HGO), Romeo & Juliet (Goodspeed), Little Shop of Horrors (ATC). TV: “Kidnapped”, “Law & Order”, “Third Watch”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “The Cosby Mysteries”, “Monsters”, “All My Children”, “As The World Turns”. Film: Seeing Beauty, What Just Happened.

TIMOTHY WARMEN (Miner) spent a good portion of the last year out in Utah playing Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. Before that he filmed Revolutionary Road in which he played April’s father (played by Kate Winslet) for Dreamworks, directed by Sam Mendes. Broadway: The Who’s Tommy (Original Cast), Steel Pier, Sideshow, Jekyll and Hyde, Wonderful Town (Lincoln Center), Christ Superstar, Dance of the Vampires. Check out www.22CaliberMouth.com.

BUBBA WEILER (Francis) Chicago Theatre: Picnic (Writer’s Theatre), Talking Pictures and The Actor (The Goodman), Candles to the Sun (The Eclipse), A Park in Our House (Victory Gardens), I Sailed With Magellan (Biograph), Hecuba (Chicago Shakespeare), Dandelion Wine (Chicago Children’s Theatre), VIRUSNURBLOODSTR33M (Collabaraction), Oliver! (Marriot). Film: America Hidden Hearts. Bubba is a sophomore at Marmion Academy in Aurora, Il.

MARIANA ELDER (Book) writes for theater and television. Her book musical The Burnt Part Boys is slated for a co-production with Playwrights Horizons and Vineyard Theatre in spring 2010. The show was selected by William Finn to open the Barrington Stage Company’s 2006 Musical Theater Lab, named as a finalist for the 2006 American Theater Critics New Play Award and received workshops at Theatreworks New Works Festival and University of Nebraska: Lincoln. Her other plays, lyrics and musicals have been performed and read at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Galapagos, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Williamstown Theatre Festival Director’s Lab, The Duplex, Theater for a New City, New York Film Academy, Manhattan Theater Source, Musical Theater Works, Bank Street Theater, Smith College and Hudson Backstage Theater. Theater awards include the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Rusty Magee Music Theater Fellowship, Daryl Roth First Look Award, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s Fellowship for Musical Theatre Writing and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Scholarship. Her plays have been published in the Estrogenius Playsource. Mariana is also devoted to teaching drama through Lincoln Center Theater and in NYC public schools. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Grinnell College and the National Theater Institute, and interned under Oskar Eustis and Pamela Ward at Trinity Repertory Company.

CHRIS MILLER(Music) Credits include: song cycle Fugitive Songs (45th Street Theatre, 2008 Drama Desk Nomination), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick with Nathan Tysen & Joe Calarco (London, Aspen, NYC, Barrington Stage Co. 2008), string quartet Moment of Weakness with cellist Peter Sachon (Symphony Space, May 2007). Chris is currently working with Tysen on a new commission from Lincoln Center Theater, a commission from Playwrights Horizons with playwright Craig Wright, and a new musical of Tuck Everlasting (Bway Across America/Barry Brown), among other things. Proud recipient of a few awards; inquire within. Proud graduate of Elon University and NYU.

NATHAN TYSEN (Lyrics) Recently profiled in The Dramatist Magazine under “Fifty to Watch,” Nathan has written The Burnt Part Boys (Finalist, American Theatre Critics New Play Award). Other work with Miller includes their song cycle, Fugitive Songs (2008 Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Revue), and an adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s picture book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (book by Joe Calarco, world premiere at Barrington Stage Co., Boston Globe Top Ten Pick of 2008). Nathan has received awards and grants from many foundations including Richard Rodgers, Jonathan Larson, Frederick Loewe, Kitty Carlisle Hart, and Daryl Roth. He is currently working with Miller on Molly’s Delicious (book by Craig Wright) for Playwrights Horizons/Theatreworks, an adaptation of the popular children’s novel Tuck Everlasting, and a new musical commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater.

ERICA SCHMIDT (Director) Directing credits: Humor Abuse (co-creator with performer Lorenzo Pisoni at MTC, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Drama Desk and Obie Award Winner), Rent (Tokyo), Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer and Copland’s The Tender Land (Bard Summer Scape), People Be Heard (Playwrights Horizons), Carnival (The Paper Mill Playhouse), Trust (The Play Company, Callaway Award nominee), As You Like It (The Public Theater/NYSF, chashama and New York International Fringe Festival 2000 Winner for Best Direction), Debbie Does Dallas (wrote the adaptation and directed Off-Broadway at the Jane Street), Spanish Girl (Second Stage Uptown), Romeo and Juliet (Outdoor Garage). College and University: Buried Child and R&J (The Juilliard School), Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards (The McCarter’s Berlind Theater, Princeton University), Top Girls (Fordham University). Upcoming: The Burnt Part Boys (New York Stage & Film and Playwrights Horizons).

DEREK MCLANE (Set Consultant) Recent credits: 33 Variations, Ruined, Becky Shaw, Groundswell, Our House, Grease, The Pajama Game (Tony Award, Best Revival), The Threepenny Opera, Little Women, I Am My Own Wife (Tony Award, Best Play), Barefoot in the Park, Lestat, The Women, Present Laughter, London Assurance, Holiday, The Scene, The Voysey Inheritance, Two Trains Running, Macbeth (Shakespeare in the Park), Hurlyburly, Abigail’s Party, Modern Orthodox, Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Creadeux Canvas, Rafta, Rafta... In addition, Mr. McLane designed the entire Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He has also worked in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Moscow, Krakow, Caracas, Sydney, and Warsaw. He is the recipient of two OBIE Awards for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design, Drama League Award, Michael Merritt Award in Chicago, numerous Drama Desk Awards, 2004, 2005, and 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards, Outer Critics and Tony Nominations.

KAYE VOYCE (Costume Consultant) Selected recent credits: Louise (Spoleto Festival USA, directed by Sam Helfrich), Inked Baby (Playwrights Horizons, directed by Kate Whoriskey), Beckett Shorts (New York Theatre Workshop, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis), Tartuffe (McCarter Theatre and Yale Rep, directed by Daniel Fish), Thyestes (set and costumes, Court Theatre, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis), Orphee (Glimmerglass Opera, directed by Sam Helfrich), The Frame (Theater Bonn, directed by Richard Maxwell), Rocket to the Moon (Long Wharf Theatre, directed by Daniel Fish), All the Wrong Reasons (set and costumes, New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Pam MacKinnon), Shining City (Biltmore Theatre, directed by Bob Falls).

DAVID WEINER (Lighting Consultant) Vineyard: This Beautiful City, The Piano Teacher, Stopping Traffic, and Where Do We Live. Broadway: Neil Labute’s Reasons to be Pretty, Butley, Dinner At Eight (Lincoln Center Theater), Betrayal (Roundabout), The Real Thing. Other New York: Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, The Public, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, M.C.C., Atlantic Theater Company, Culture Project. Opera: Los Angeles Opera, Bard Summerscape. Regional: Center Theatre Group, The Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, The Alley, McCarter Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, American Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown, Cincinnati Playhouse, ACT — Seattle, New York Stage & Film, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. www.DavidWeinerDesign.com.

BRETT JARVIS (Sound Consultant) Recent credits: The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Vineyard Theatre), Speech and Debate (Roundabout Theatre Company), Revolution (The Joyce), Kiki and Herb—Alive on Broadway!, Two Trains Running (2007 Audelco Award Nomination), Landscape of the Body and The Trip to Bountiful (Signature Theatre), and Best of Both Worlds (Women’s Project Theatre). Other selected works include People Be Heard (Playwrights Horizons), Bill Irwin’s Mr. Fox: A Rumination, The Regard Evening and Harlequin Studies (Signature Theatre), Avenue Q (Lucille Lortel Award 2003), The Karaoke Show, Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching, Eli’s Comin’ (Vineyard Theatre), Swimming with Watermelons, Brutal Imagination (Lucille Lortel Nomination 2002, co-design), Running Man (Music Theatre Group), Mark Dendy’s Dream Analysis, and the long running hit The Donkey Show. Dance credits include the National Tour of Donald Byrd and Duke Ellington’s The Harlem Nutcracker, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ivy Baldwin Dance, and Maureen Fleming’s After Eros and Decay of the Angel. Mr. Jarvis is also currently working on a dance musical adaptation of Dante’s Inferno with CircleNine. He holds a degree in Sound Score Design from The North Carolina School of the Arts.

VADIM FEICHTNER (Music Direction, Piano) was most recently the musical director/arranger of …Spelling Bee on Broadway as well as the musical supervisor for the Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and touring companies. Other recent credits: Elegies: A Song Cycle (LCT), Party Come Here (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage) and the workshop for the upcoming Little Miss Sunshine. As a composer, he wrote the incidental music for the Public Theatre’s As You Like It, and co-wrote with William Finn Songs of Innocence and Experience. Recordings: …Spelling Bee (Grammy nom.), Elegies: A Song Cycle, I Sing!, Infinite Joy, Make Me A Song. Vadim is an alumnus of the NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program.

MATT HINKLEY (Guitar) is a Texas-born music director, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He most recently completed a stint as Resident Music Director/Conductor/Guitarist for Rooms (off-Broadway, New World Stages). Other MD/Supervising credits include Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis (Second Stage, Zipper), Green Eyes (Fringe), The Black Suits (Public Theater), All Fall Down (Dramatists Guild), ReWrite (Urban Stages). Guitar credits and collaborations include The Joe Iconis Rock ‘n’ Roll Jamboree, Ryan Scott Oliver, Mel Marvin, Factory Girls, Allies, Perez Hilton, and many more. Matt’s self-titled original rock album can be found on iTunes, CD Baby, et al. Love to Kym and Brutus. For more info and a free download, www.matthinkley.com.

HANNAH COHEN (Production Stage Manager) Touring: Sweeney Todd (Richard Frankel Productions) Spongebob Squarepants Live! (Broadway Asia) Off-Broadway: Humor Abuse (Manhattan Theatre Club), This Beautiful City (Center Theatre Group/Vineyard Theatre), Indian Blood (Primary Stages), The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels), The Wooden Breeks (MCC), Lone Star Love (Amas Musical Theatre), Slag Heap (Cherry Lane) Regional: This Beautiful City (Center Theatre Group), Boston Marriage (Guthrie Theater), Persephone, The Rose Tattoo, What the Butler Saw, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Huntington Theatre Company), Landscape of the Body, Travesties (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Graduate of Boston University’s School of Theatre Arts.

EILEEN KELLY (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: Mary Stuart. Off-Broadway: Streamers (Roundabout Theatre Company). Regional: Shining City, Brendan, She Loves Me, Present Laughter, The Hopper Collection, Falsettos (Huntington Theatre Company), A Flea in her Ear, Cabaret and Main, and R Shomon (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Other regional credits include Boston Playwright’s Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and the Olney Theatre.

IAN CRAWFORD (Assistant Director) Assisting credits: Carnival! (Paper Mill Playhouse, Dir. Erica Schmidt), Top Girls (Fordham Mainstage, Dir. Erica Schmidt), Fair Game (Genesius Theatre Group, Dir. Andrew Volkoff). Directing credits: A Boy Called Noise (Downtown Urban Theater Festival Best Short Play 2009), Providence (Maieutic Theatre Works), Dark of the Moon (Thirsty Turtle Productions), Quartett, Far Away (Fordham University), Three Guys and a Brenda, Minna and the Space People (Atlantic Theater Company Acting School). Ian is a proud graduate of Fordham University Directing program and is the Operations Manager for Atlantic Theater Company.

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