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Michael
Ferrell is from New Jersey and North Carolina and
has been acting and writing his entire life. After
receiving his BFA in Acting from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, he moved to Chicago
where he studied improvisation at the world- renowned
Improv Olympic and worked at Steppenwolf Theatre
Co. He appeared in plays and short films in Chicago
before traveling the country with the sketch comedy
group “Shtick
People.” Since landing in New York City, he
played Antonio in “The Duchess of Malfi” and
has acted in two full-length plays which he also
wrote: “The Blue Martini” and “Spring
and Jake,”
both at the Under St. Mark’s Theater. He has
also worked with the Tobacco Bar Theatre Co. and
Dirty Steve Productions. Recently he has acted in
two short films, and is currently writing and performing
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Phil Vos was a founding
member of Coffee Cup. He began acting as a high school
student in New York City. While living in England
for several years in the 1990s, he took acting classes
at London’s City Literary Institute and appeared
in traditional holiday “pantos”. His
acting experience since then includes numerous indie
short and feature film projects (Musician for Hire,
Dead Serious, Uncle Jim’s Cathedral), extra
work in television and films (King of the Corner,
Two Weeks Notice and
"The Sopranos"), and classical stage productions
(an adaptation of Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish
Tragedie, a staged reading of Hamlet). He has also
written and produced a documentary on the recovery
effort at the World Trade Center site (Ground Beneath
the Hole in the Sky). Phil has a BA from Columbia
University and an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Outside acting he was worked as an operations analyst,
a refugee caseworker, a contract manager for a major
computer company and a project coordinator for a
non-profit. Phil now works as a stay-home dad. |
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Training includes a BFA in Theatre from Niagara
University, intensives with the School of Physical
Theatre in London, and The New York Goofs Ultimate
Clown School. Performance work includes Nat’l
Tours: Peter Pan (Wendy) with Theatreworks
USA, The Miser (Marianne), and The Three
Musketeers (Constance) with National Theatre
of the Performing Arts. NYC and Regional Credits
include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare
in the Park(ing) Lot), The Rover (AGT), Much
Ado About Nothing (NYRF) In the Belly of
the Beast With Two Backs (Here! Arts Center), Not
Just for Shock Value: a Femmes Clown Assemblage (Six
Figures Artists of Tomorrow Festival) and most recently
Melinda was seen in Clowns By Dead Reckoning (La
Mama). In her spare time Melinda teaches yoga
to both children and adults and is completing a Master’s
Degree in Expressive Arts Therapy through the European
Graduate School in Switzerland.
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Rebecca Hackett
is from Portland, ME and grew up performing with
various professional and community theaters in
her home state and later Boston, MA. Recently
seen in New Moon Rep/ Roust Theatre Co.'s modern,
political adaptation of Antigone, I,Kreon (Chorus)
at Walker Space. Credits include: Cymbeline (Pisanio), Picasso
at the Lapin Agile (Germaine), Meetmarket.com (Carrie,
'best kiss' award). A favorite role: Herself in
the dueling solo performance/ live paint session Series
6.2:Paint on Canvas. Member of The Overturn
Theatre Ensemble. Graduated Emerson College with
a BA in Theater Studies. Training includes Grotowski,
Laban, stage combat, classical texts (UK and American),
Linkletter, and FitzMaurice. |
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Ben is a recent arrival to the city who received
his BFA in acting from the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro. New York credits include a reading
of The Etymology of Bird sponsored by the
New Group. Regional Credits include: Triad Stage-The
Matchmaker, A Streetcar Named Desire; North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival- Romeo and Juliet;
THR 232- Uncle Ulysses and the Mythic Sword;
The Garage Theatre- Suburbia; Greensboro Fringe
Festival- The Empty Space.
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