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KYMBERLY TUTTLE (Titus Andronicus) Theatre: Bolingbroke and York in The Wars of the Roses Cycle, The Importance of Being Earnest at The Pearl Theatre, Viola in Twelfth Night, Hellena in The Rover, Mary in the world premiere of Ian McEwan’s In Between the Sheets, Little Mary in The Women, Judy in Women of Manhattan. Also created characters in 3 new works with the National Theatre of Elsewhere. Film/TV: Sesame Street, Your Light Saber & You. A native of Southern California, her credits there include Tartuffe (twice), Lysistrata (title role), Faust, Everyman, Private Lives, Barefoot in the Park, and Whatever Happened to Baby Thane? Training: UC San Diego and the Atlantic Theater Company.

sean

SEAN PHILLIPS (Aaron) is a graduate of The American Musical & Dramatic Academy. Theatre credits include: Mother Courage and Her Children with Meryl Streep, To Kill A Mockingbird (Tom Robinson), Othello, Richard III, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Cold April (2008 Strawberry One Act Festival Winner for Best Play). Film/TV: Law & Order, My Sassy Girl, August the First, Cold April, The Men Who Stare At Goats.

brianna

BRIANNA TYSON (Tamora) was born and raised in the City of Lost Angels, just west of Hollywoodland and north of Cookie Cutter County. She found her way to the better coast nigh eight years ago to study theatre at NYU, and has been loving it and living it here ever since. With a passion for classic theatrical arts and more than a flair for the absurd, Brianna is thrilled to return to DMT after her appearance in the Badass Record Collection entry Taking Liberties. She would like to thank all of her friends and family who continue to be the rock needed to push herself out of a hard place.

ANN BREITBACH (Lavinia) This is Ann's first production with DMTheatrics and she is honored to be apart of this immensely talented and supportive cast. Due to ADD, disruptive behavior, and summer school Ann began acting in first grade. After college and several years of "real life" she moved to New York to attend and graduate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts('05-'07). Past credits include: Anne in Cry of Players, Cheri in Bus Stop, Blanche DuBois in Streetcar Named Desire, and her favorite, Hedda in Hedda Gabler. This performance is dedicated to the most caring, courageous, and amazing woman I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, Tracy. "Can we agree" there are no words that would say "thank you" for how much you have taught me. And, yes, acting in the moment is better than sex. XX

GREG ENGBRECHT (Lucius) has worked in New York City as an actor, director, and stage manager for three years. He received his BA in Theater at Ithaca College and his recent credits include Mountain Jews (Isaac) Off-Broadway; King O'Neil (Major De Burgh), Whisky, Beer, and Apple Pie (Chris) at the Abingdon; and the New York premiere of The Tragedy of John (Ben) at Theatre Row Studios. Thanks to Mrs. H for getting him into this whole mess.

fred

FRED BACKUS (Saturninus) is excited to be working with Frank again, after previously appearing as Rbiter in DMTheatrics' 2008 production of Bitch Macbeth. Other credits include: A Little Piece of the Sun (GeminiCollisionworks); The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice (PiperMcKenzie); Besides, You Lose Your Soul (Apocryphal/Camden Peoples' Theater, London); Macbeth Without Words (PiperMcKenzie/Pretentious Festival); Camino Real (Arthouse Productions); Temptation and Mountain Hotel (Havel Festival); World Gone Wrong (Gemini-CollisionWorks/Moral Values Festival); The Pragmatists (Piper McKenzie); Word to No One (Camden Peoples' Theater, London); Horse Country (dir. J. Clancy, award: Outstanding Performance, FringeNYC); and as "The Amazing Viernik" in Matt Gray and Bryan Enk's Penny Dreadful.

kristin

KRISTIN WOODBURN (Marta) New York: Wars of the Roses (the 8 play Shakespearean History Cycle), Edward II, Airport Hilton, The Memory of Water, and Twelfth Night. Regional: Romeo & Juliet, The Crucible, King Lear, All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Film: Lifetime MOW A Long Way Home with Meredith Baxter, Hell on Earth, The Wicked, and Angel’s Blade. Kristin holds a BFA from the University of Arizona and received training at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC. Many thanks to friends and family for their unconditional love & support. Love to JDH.

adam

ADAM SAMTUR (Demetrius)New York credits: Line (13th St Repertory); Saraph (Manhattan Theater Club). Regional: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Indian Head Playhouse); Little Shop of Horrors (Scarsdale Auditorium). He holds a BA in Creative Writing/Theater from Colgate University.

craig

CRAIG KELTON PETERSON (Chiron) A Seattle native, trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC. Arsenic and Old Lace/Kraine Theater, King O'Neil/Ensemble Theater Studio. Recieved SAG on ER/season 15. Love and thanks to the McClung family.

peter schuyler

PETER SCHUYLER (Quintus/Chorus) is an actor, singer, producer, director, and writer working in NY’s indie theatre scene since 2001. He has worked with numerous companies in his tenure, including La MaMa ETC, Immediate Theatre Company, The Tank, Dysfunctional Theatre Company, 3Graces, TheatreRats, and Bouncing Ball Theatre in DC. Peter has played the titular role in Titus X, Shawn Northrip’s punk rock musical version of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy, and played Strom Thurmond’s father in Thomas Bradshaw’s Strom Thurmond is Not a Racist (both were NYIT award nominees). Most recent roles include Phaidrig O’Neill in TheatreRats' production of King O’Neill, and Teddy Brewster in Dysfunctional Theatre’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace. He is currently a company member of Dysfunctional Theatre Co, and a raconteur for the Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl. Love and thanks to Dawn, best fiancé ever.

peter schwartz

PETER W. SCHWARTZ (Martius/Chorus) Theater: Love’s Labours Lost, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Actor’s Theater); The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: A Road Trip (Blueforms Theater Group). Peter holds a BA in theater from Ohio State University.

ken

KEN SIMON (Bassianus/Chorus) Among other things in his career, Ken Simon has: shaved his chest twice to play William Shatner in Dysfunctional Theater’s productions of I Am Star Trek; been crushed to death by a giant lobster claw fighting to save the Earth (Manifestations); stripped down to his underwear, shoes, socks and pole-danced (Richard Foreman's Classical Therapy); and fought off atomic, flesh-eating zombies until bitten by his zombie-fied "wife" and shot (Ten Nights in a Bar-Room). Ken is thrilled to be working with this cast and with DMTheatrics; his last time with DMT was the 2002 “Vegas” production of Antony and Cleopatra, where he was shot in his underwear while dancing to Louis Prima’s “Just a Gigolo”.

lydia

LYDIA BLAISDELL (Lucia) was recently seen in The Disappearance of Jonah (NY and Capitol Fringe) as well as Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream (Looking Glass). She graduated from Columbia last May, where she directed Last Days of Judas Iscariot. She currently works as an intern for New Dramatists.

stephanie

STEPHANIE WORTEL (Nurse/Chorus) is thrilled to be making her DMTheatrics debut! She recently appeared in Trains (Woman) and If You Give a Pig a Party (Girl). She is fortunate to study voice with Jean Kraft and acts as Public Relations Director of Just ASK Productions. Stephanie thanks her urban family for the support and Adam for his love. Look up!?!

william

WILLIAM SLATER WELLES (Publius/Chorus) Theater: The Hunger Artist (Human Group Theatre); As You Like It (Frog and Peach Theatre); Bang Bang You're Dead (Red Chair Players, Edingburgh Fringe). Film/TV: Celebrity Ghost Stories (Biography Channel); A Shot in the Dark (Sonic Turtle).

poor napoleon

FRANK CWIKLIK (producer/director)  has been pumping out loud, excessive, almost entirely pointless theater in various NYC venues for over 10 years, despite the pleas and entreaties of audiences and critics, and in defiance of several court orders and Federal regulations.  Having started in the arts in his childhood, writing and directing school plays at the precocious age of 10, his talent has barely progressed since, though he has put on weight and gotten much crankier.  With his needlessly gargantuan theater company, the roundly despised DMTheatrics, he has produced and/or directed over two dozen shows since 1999, and has worked as an actor and designer for dozens of shows for other desperate unsuspecting entities in that time. 

His best-known works include the influential S&M futuristic fantasia Bitch Macbeth (whose recent third appearance at Williamsburg’s hip Brick theater smashed box office records and earned a 4-star review in Time Out New York);  the controversial political satire Sugarbaby! (published in the 2004 NYTE Plays and Playwrights Collection);  the smash-hit Vegas version of Antony and Cleopatra (winner 2003 OOBR Award for Outstanding Production); an infamous series of Ed Wood adaptations which played to sellout crowds at the legendary Todo Con Nada, as well as the Red Room and the St. Marks Studio Theater; and countless more.  His immersive, eccentric, aggressive directorial style has earned him praise from the Village Voice, the New York Times, Time Out New York, NYTheatre.com, Backstage, and Stage Press Weekly, and has influenced many directors working both on and off Broadway. 

Cwiklik's DMTheatrics Laboratories are busily constructing the next phase of his ongoing assault on delicate sensibilities, including further installments of the Badass Record Collection; Gruge Match entries Taming of the Shrew, Love's Labours Lost and Hot Midsummer Nights; an adaptation of the noir classic Scarlet Street; and several originals, including No Time For Heroes.