Tom Lipinski

(Nick) Made his Vineyard debut in PICKED. As a member of the Flea Theatre he has performed in numerous plays including A.R. Gurney’s LIGHT LUNCH directed by Jim Simpson. He recently filmed Certainty written by Mike O’Malley and directed by Peter Askin playing the lead role of ‘Dom’. His TV credits include Mildred Pierce, “Law […]

(Nick) Made his Vineyard debut in PICKED. As a member of the Flea Theatre he has performed in numerous plays including A.R. Gurney’s LIGHT LUNCH directed by Jim Simpson. He recently filmed Certainty written by Mike O’Malley and directed by Peter Askin playing the lead role of ‘Dom’. His TV credits include Mildred Pierce, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Law & Order”, and “The Wonderful Malady’s”. He is currently recurring on the upcoming USA Network’s “A Legal Mind” produced by Doug Liman and David Bartis. Tom is a graduate of Brown university.

Artists

Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA

(Casting Director) Vineyard Theatre: GOOD GRIEF, THE AMATEURS, HARRY CLARKE, THE LYONS (and Broadway), GLORIA (and Goodman), DOT, THE LANDING, CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?, KID VICTORY (and Signature DC), TOO MUCH SUN, BILLY & RAY, SOMEWHERE FUN, THE NORTH POOL, ARLINGTON, OUTSIDE PEOPLE, CHECKERS, PICKED, MIDDLETOWN, THE METAL CHILDREN, WIG OUT!. Other theater: KPOP, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS, NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812; THE WILDNESS (Ars Nova). Sundance Theatre Lab: 5 seasons. Television: US Casting for “Black Mirror,” Comedy Central’s “The Other Two” with Allison Estrin, HBO’s “Succession” and Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle” with Douglas Aibel. Film: Saturday Church, It Felt Like Love, Easy Living; with Douglas Aibel – Grandma, Love After Love, How to Talk to Girls at Parties; with Allison Estrin – Spider-Man: Homecoming (NY Casting). Also: “Homecoming The Podcast” S1-2.

Mattie Ulrich

(Costume Design) Off-Broadway: PICKED (Vineyard Theatre), THE STARRY MESSENGER (The New Group), THE PRIDE (MCC), FAULT LINES (Naked Angels), FROM UP HERE (Manhattan Theater Club), LIBERTY CITY (NY Theater Workshop), SLUG BEARERS OF KAYROL ISLAND (Vineyard), THINGS WE WANT (The New Group), ELECTION DAY (Second Stage), JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL ….(The Zipper), 9 PARTS OF DESIRE (MET), PEOPLE ARE WRONG! (Vineyard), BADDATES (Playwrights Horizons), JOHN FERGUSON (The Mint), WHERE DO WE LIVE (Vineyard), MASSACRE (LAByrinth), THE MYSTERIES (Classic Stage Company), ROAR (New Group), WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (The New Group). Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park, Goodspeed Musicals, Florida Stage, Huntington Theatre Co., Dallas Theater Center, Delaware Theater Co., Madison Rep., New York Stage and Film. OPERA: Washington National Opera (upcoming), Norwegian National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Germany), Opera Ireland, Bard Summerscape, Opera Colorado, FILM: Year of the Fish (Sundance 2007), Sovereignty and Shoplifting Chanel. Mattie was awarded the European Opera Prize in 2006.

Russell H. Champa

(Lighting Design) Current and recent projects: PICKED, TIMON OF ATHENS (The Public Theater), THE GRAND MANNER (Lincoln Center Theater). Broadway: IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY, Julia Sweeney’s GOD SAID “HA!”. NYC: Manhattan Theater Club, 2nd Stage, New York Stage & Film. Regional: ACT, Berkeley Rep, The Mark Taper Forum, Wilma Theatre. Thanks J + J. PEACE.

Rachel Hauck

(Set Design) Vineyard: PICKED, A BOY AND HIS SOUL, WHERE DO WE LIVE, THE FOURTH SISTER. Recent NY: GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE (Playwright’s Horizons); THIS WIDE NIGHT (Naked Angels); ORANGE, HAT AND GRACE (SoHo Rep); CREATuRE (Page 73/New Georges); ETHEL:TRUCKSTOP (BAM Next Wave); BEEBO BRINKER  Ä(37 Arts), CATARACT (Womens Project). Recent Regional: AN ILIAD (McCarter). Resident scenic designer for the O’Neill Playwrights Festival since 2005.

Michael Wilson

(Director) The Vineyard: PICKED. Other Off- Broadway: Christopher Shinn’s WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN (Playwrights Horizons); Horton Foote’s THE ORPHANS’ HOME CYCLE (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Director), THE CARPETBAGGER’S CHILDREN (Lincoln Center Theatre) and THE DAY EMILY MARRIED (Primary Stages); Jane Anderson’s DEFYING GRAVITY; Eve Ensler’s NECESSARY TARGETS; Tina Howe’s CHASING MANET; Tennessee Williams’ THE MILK TRAIN DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYMORE (Roundabout Theatre Company) and THE RED DEVIL BATTERY SIGN. Broadway: Foote’s DIVIDING THE ESTATE and Matthew Barber’s ENCHANTED APRIL (Outer Critics Circle nom), OLD ACQUAINTANCE. International: Tony Kushner’s ANGELS IN AMERICA, PARTS 1 & 2 (Venice Biennale). In June, Wilson completes his final season as Artistic Director of Hartford Stage.

Christopher Shinn

(Playwright) PICKED marks the return of Mr.Shinn to the Vineyard Theatre, which presented the U.S. premiere of his play WHERE DO WE LIVE (Obie, 2004). His other plays include NOW OR LATER (shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play), DYING CITY (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), ON THE MOUNTAIN, WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN, THE COMING WORLD, OTHER PEOPLE, and FOuR. Most recently he adapted HEDDA GABLER for the Roundabout. He teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama. www.christophershinn.com

Liz Stauber

(Jen) Liz is thrilled to be back at The Vineyard in PICKED after appearing in the U.S. premiere of Christopher Shinn’s WHERE DO WE LIVE. Other theatre credits include: THE TEMPEST (Shakespeare Festival LA), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, MACBETH, GOD’S PICTURES, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Indiana Repertory Theatre). Film credits include: All Good Things, 3 Kings, Almost Famous, White Oleander, The Village.

Michael Stahl-David

(Kevin) Michael Stahl-David is best known for his starring role in producer J.J. Abram’s monster-thriller, Cloverfield. Stahl-David starred in 2007’s critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway show THE OVERWHELMING about an American family abroad during the Rwandan genocide. Other theater credits include PICKED, and THE HAPPY SAD at The Public Theatre’s Summer Play Festival with Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ari Graynor. He also starred in the indie film-drama, The Project, which premiered at the 2008 SlamDance Festival. Other film credits include Uncle Nino and Newport South. TV: starring roles in ABC’s “My Generation” and “The Black Donnellys”. Guest-starring roles on “kings”, “Mercy”, “Numb3rs” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”. He is also the creator of the critically-acclaimed self-created web series “Michael Stahl-David: Behind The Star”, distributed by Sony Television on Crackle.com. A native of Chicago, Stahl-David currently resides in New York.

Tom Lipinski

(Nick) Made his Vineyard debut in PICKED. As a member of the Flea Theatre he has performed in numerous plays including A.R. Gurney’s LIGHT LUNCH directed by Jim Simpson. He recently filmed Certainty written by Mike O’Malley and directed by Peter Askin playing the lead role of ‘Dom’. His TV credits include Mildred Pierce, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Law & Order”, and “The Wonderful Malady’s”. He is currently recurring on the upcoming USA Network’s “A Legal Mind” produced by Doug Liman and David Bartis. Tom is a graduate of Brown university.

Donna Hanover

(Casting Director/TV Personality) Off-Broadway: PICKED, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, HILLBILLY WOMEN. Film: The People vs. Larry Flynt, Keeping the Faith, Someone Like You, Superstar, Just the Ticket, The Dream Team, Series 7: The Contenders, Ransom, Celebrity, Turk 182. TV: “Louie”, “Rescue Me”, “Law & Order”, “Sex and the City”, “The Practice”, “Jenifer”, “Ally McBeal”. Donna is also an author, broadcast journalist—currently at CUNY TV, and Former First Lady of New York City. She graduated from Stanford university and The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia university. She sends love to Ed, Andrew, Caroline, Mom,  Dad, Ellen, Sondra, and Sue!

Mark Blum

(John) Broadway: TWELVE ANGRY MEN, THE GRADUATE, A THOUSAND CLOWNS, Gore Vidal’s THE BEST MAN, LOST IN YONKERS, MY THING OF LOVE, THE MERCHANT. Off Broadway: PICKED, AFTER THE REVOLUTION, THE OVERWHELMING, THE WAVERLY GALLERY, THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME, THE MUSIC TEACHER, THE SEAGULL, MIZLANSKY/ZILINSkY, GUS AND AL (Obie), IT’S ONLY A PLAY, LITTLE FOOTSTEPS, KEY EXCHANGE, TABLE SETTINGS, SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE. Regional: Long Wharf, Huntington, Old Globe. Film: I Don’t Know How She Does It, The Green, Step Up 3-D, Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee, Shattered Glass,The Presidio, Blind Date, Worth Winning, Getting to Know You, You Can Thank Me Later, Miami Rhapsody, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, The Defenders, Just Between Friends, Lovesick. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Fringe,” “Jesse Stone,” “The Sopranos,” “The West Wing,” “NYPD Blue,” ”CSI: Miami,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order:Criminal Intent,” “Frasier,” “Ed,” “The Practice,” “Wings,” “St.  Elsewhere,” “Capitol News,” and Steve Martini’s “The Judge.” He is on the faculty of Brooklyn College and HB Studio.

Bill BC Du Boff

(Sound Designer) Vineyard: OUTSIDE PEOPLE, PICKED, MIDDLETOWN, THE FOURTH SISTER, WE LIVE HERE, AMERICAN FIESTA. Broadway: OTHER DESERT CITIES, GOOD PEOPLE, THE CONSTANT WIFE, THE GOOD BODY, BILL MAHER: VICTORY… Off-Broadway includes Atlantic, MTC, MCC, Playwrights Horizons, The Public, Second Stage, NYTW, WP, New Georges, Flea, Cherry Lane, Signature, Clubbed Thumb (Affiliate Artist), The New Group. Regional: Bay Street, La Jolla, Cincinnati Playhouse, Westport Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Portland Stage, Long Wharf, The Alley, NYS&F, Humana, Williamstown, ATF. Radio: Studio 360.  Nominations: Drama Desk, Henry Hewes. Awards; Ruth Morley Design Award, 2011 Obie for Sustained Excellence. Adjunct Professor at Sarah Lawrence College. Love to Adam.