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Phil Atlakson --- Director
PHILLIP ATLAKSON has written for Paramount Pictures, Robert Redford, and 20th Century Fox Studios. He wrote and directed the award-winning independent feature, Not This Part of the World, and two short films, which have played numerous film festivals as well as cable channels.
Phil recently directed his newest play, A Buddhist HIistory of the United States, at Boise State University, and a production of his one-act, Charlotte's Web We Weave in Seattle. He has directed several of his own plays in New York, including The Ascetic, Leapfrog Through Time and Space, and The Rehearsal.
The New York Times called Leapfrog Through Time and Space "...a form of emotional Darwinism, in all its ferocity. Well played by Atlakson." Backstage called The Ascetic, "...a beautifully written and performed comedy that takes us deep into the heart of mysticism without getting sanctimonious or artsy...full of mad, brilliant ideas and comedy. Atlakson is an adept playwright and director."
Phil has appeared in several independent feature films, and numerous roles for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Boise Contemporary Theatre. This spring he will appear in a production of Art to be performed in Boise.
He is the recipient of the Stanley Drama Prize, The Kennedy Center Medallion, The Nell Shipman Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, and the Long Island Film Festival Best Feature Award, and numerous grants, fellowships, and residencies. He heads the Dramatic Writing Program at Boise State University, and has been a member of the Writers Guild of America – West, since 1997.

About the Cast (alphabetically):

Claire Anderson --- Fleance
Claire Anderson is 12 years old. She dreams of a future as a playwright; for now, she is happy to be playing Fleance. She dances at the Astoria Dance Centre and takes voice and piano. She wants to thank Dad and Mom for driving her everywhere, her brothers Sam and Henry for putting up with her, Tony and Maureen from ADC, and Grace Pettijohn, her voice teacher. She is a 7th grader at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights. Everyone needs to know her favorite color is purple.

Gabe Bettio* --- Ross
Having recently moved to NYC from Toronto, Canada, Gabe is excited to be making his OTE debut playing Ross in Macbeth. Last year, Gabe made his U.S. theatrical debut in My Heart In A Suitcase, a Holocaust story that toured several months for ArtsPower National Touring Company. That was followed by a workshop production of The Seagull at HB Studio, in which he played Medviedenko. North of the border, Gabe's favourite stage roles include Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Anibal in Jose Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics and both Theo and Vincent van Gogh in the one-man show, Vincent, written by Leonard Nimoy. Gabe has also written for his own theatre company, Role of the Dice Productions. On the small screen, Gabe played the hero in an episode of the disaster series, Mayday, for the Discovery Channel, and appeared with Ted Danson in Knights of the South Bronx. He has also been active in the independent film scene.

Mac Brydon* --- Banquo/Siward
For Oberon: Merry Wives of Windsor, Murder at Twickenham Vicarage, King Lear, Moonchildren, The Physicists, and The Miser. Waldo! Check out 'Mac's First Time' on www.youtube.com. Training: The Warsaw Academy of Drama in Poland, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, New York Stage and Film at Vassar College, Carnegie Mellon University, and ongoing studying with Harold Guskin in Manhattan.

Brian D. Coats* --- Duncan/Doctor
Theater: Public/ NY Shakespeare Festival, The Acting Company, Lincoln Center Theater Institute, Resonance Ensemble, Metropolitan Playhouse, Culture Project, Kings County Shakespeare Festival, NC Black Repertory, People's Light & Theater Co., Award: Barrymore Theatre Award/ Best Ensemble Acting, TV: Co- Star and Guest Star: Law and Order, L&O : SVU, JAG, and The Sopranos' final season. Grad: NC School of the Arts/ Drama.

Sarah Ecton-Luttrell* --- Daughter/Young Siward
Sarah is very excited to be performing in Macbeth with The Oberon Theater Ensemble. Recent roles include Portia in Julius Caesar and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival, as well as Penelope in Dibble Does Christmas in NY with Broken Watch Theatre Co., Little Lulu in The Liberation of Little Lulu at Theater for the New City, and Susan in First in Flight with Theaterworks USA. She was a singer/dancer for several years with Doc Scantlin and His Imperial Palms Orchestra (The Rainbow Room) and band leader for Tallulah Starr (featured on Washington DC's Smooth Jazz and Hober.com internet radio.) Sarah has been seen on PBS and The Learning Channel.

John Gardner --- Macbeth
JOHN GARDNER has lived and worked in New York City for the past eight years. He is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. Past projects have included I Google Myself, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Buccaneer, Danton’s Death, Slagheap, and Antigone. Past film work: Double Exile; Black Eyed Susan.

Allison Goldberg* --- 2nd Weird Sister
Allison Goldberg is looking forward to her Oberon Theatre Ensemble debut as a Weird Sister. After graduating from Yale in 2006, Allison performed in Cinderella's Mice at the Vital Children's Theatre, and then, in a similar vein, decided to move to Disney World to sing and dance in a platinum blonde wig in the aptly named Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Favorite productions at Yale include The Nature and Purpose of the Universe (Elaine) , Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains... (Sister Mary), Into The Woods (Little Red), and The Boy Jumped Into the Sea (Greta) with the Yale School of Drama. Allison is also very excited about her new theater company, Lively Productions, which she co-founded with fellow Yalie Lisa Siciliano and which had its debut performance this past December, Everaftering & Other Tales. Please check out our website, www.livelyproductions.org, for information on our upcoming cabaret and other events!

James Holloway* --- Malcolm
Theatre Row/Oberon: debut. NYC: ClassyAss (Centerstage); Ride the Rhythm (Hip Hop Theatre Festival). Regional: Fences (Bristol Riverside); History of the Word (Crossroads/original cast); A Walk Through Time (Freedom Theatre); The Laramie Project, Boy Gets Girl, Time Flies, Hamlet (Abbott Kaplan – Purchase Rep). Film: Freedomland, Arthur! Celebration of Life, Wake of the Fallen Sun. TV: One Life to Live (recurring). BFA degree from the Conservatory of Acting at SUNY – Purchase.

Cliff Jewell* --- Captain
Cliff Jewell (A.E.A., SAG) Local credits include Clive in Cloud 9, Detective Cole inStop, Kiss, and Friar Lawrence in Romeo & Juliet. Regional credits include Oedipus in Oedipus Tyrannus, Tranio in Taming of the Shrew, Bassov in Summerfolk, Gunner in Misalliance and Mark Twain in Sam Clemens and the Real Mark Twain. TV credits include Law & Order and Parco PI. Cliff’s numerous fight choreographies include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Othello and West Side Story.

William Laney* --- Macduff
William Laney Most Recently Played: "Sir Thomas Page" in the Oberon Theatre Ensemble production of The Merry Wives Of Windsor by William Shakespeare.
NYC Productions: Demigod, The Lion Tamer by Rich Orloff; Solyony, The Three Sisters; O’Brien, Kitty The Waitress; Jud Fry, Oklahoma; Leontes, The Winters Tale; Doctor Ron, The Chaos Theories by Alex Dinelaris; Baron Regnault, The Honor of Thomas Becket; Borachio, Much Ado About Nothing; Albert Einstein, The Physicists; Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night; LaFont, Woman Of Paris; Caliban, The Tempest; Mr. Summey, Dark Of The Moon; Pistol, King Henry The Fifth; Duke Frederick, As You Like It; Recent Film: New release of the short film Mugsy Falls written by Lannie Hill and filmed by Bjornqvist Films.

David McLellan* --- Angus
David McLellan (Angus) is thrilled to be joining the Oberon Theatre Ensemble for the first time. Regional credits include Deaf West's Big River at Ford's Theatre, Steel Pier at the Cape Rep Theatre, Summer of '42 at the Round House Theatre, Legends From The Iroquois at the Capital Repertory Theatre, A Wonderful Life at the Surflight Theatre, and many others. This spring, David will be joining the Kennedy Center's national tour of Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid. All his love to Mary.

Jonathan Pereira* --- Seyton
Jonathan Pereira recently moved to New York from Chicago. Selected Chicago credits: Macbeth and Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare), Say You Love Satan (About Face), Strictly Dishonorable (American Theater Company), Charlie Chaplin in the world premiere of Lady Chaplin and Her Tramp (Piven Theatre), Abingdon Square (Piven), title roles in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (Chicspeare Productions), The Moon’s the Madonna (Circle Theatre), Taming of the Shrew and Julius Caesar (Crew of Patches), Midsummer Nights Dream (Festival Theatre). Selected NYC credits: 365 Days/365 Plays (Public / Rising Phoenix Rep), Slipping (Rattlestick), The Mound Builders (Sackett Group), and Cassiopeia at the Workshop Theatre, where he is also a member. Jonathan is the writer and performer of two solo shows, Tastes Like Chicken and American Cake, which he has performed throughout North America. American Cake, a solo satire about love and patriotism, will be making its New York premiere at the Frigid Festival starting February 28th, 2008. www.jonathan-pereira.com

Grace Pettijohn --- Gentlewoman
Grace Pettijohn was last seen onstage with Oberon at the Clurman on Theatre Row in All-In-One as Luka in Anton Chekhov’s The Bear. Other Oberon credits include Comedie of Errors, ...and They Were Lovers and I, Unseen. Grace has toured Europe, the British Isles and Scandinavia with the American Drama Group Europe, most notably in Harold and Maude and regionally in The Mikado, Angel and journeyed the gamut from Laura to Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. New York showcases abound. Recent TV/Film: Law and Order, Deadline, My Brother's War and Stupid Rays. Grace is creator and founder of Theatre/Singing Dynamics - and she has written, produced and directed many plays for children. She is Outreach Manager at Oberon and looks forward to being part of reclaiming Macbeth. Thank you Phil, thank you Oberon, thank MPI and thank God for the voice of the theatre.

Laura Siner* --- Lady Macduff
Laura Siner has been an active member of the Oberon Theatre Ensemble for the past ten years, appearing last season as Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her other shows with Oberon include: The Years, The Comedy of Errors, King Lear, The Three Sisters, Moonchildren (OOBR award for excellence), The Winter’s Tale, The Physicists, Phaedre, The Taming of the Shrew, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Additional NYC theater credits: In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel (White Horse Theater Company), Days of Wine and Roses, Blood Wedding (Boomerang Theatre), and Wild Thing (Gallery Players). Film: The indie features Three Cells of Separation and Third on a Match. Laura is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Business School. www.laurasiner.com

M. Eden Walker --- Lady Macbeth
After her 2007 Oberon debut as Mistress Quickly in Merry Wives of Windsor, Eden is thrilled to return to Theatre Row this season as Lady Macbeth. Eden’s past work in NYC includes The Ascetic of Lincoln County, Leapfrog through Time & Space (Awesome NY Times Review!), The Rehearsal, and Our Town. She would like to thank her amazing newlywed husband Jake Walker for his loving support during this project. They don’t plan to kill anybody.

Paula Wilson* --- 1st Weird Sister
Paula Wilson is a graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Design and Production), Pomona College (Dance and Theatre Management), The New School University (Screenwriting and 3rd World Cinema), and the Alvin Ailey School Professional Division. (Occasionally she sleeps, too.) She is the recipient of a California Undergraduate Research Grant in Dance, a Moss Hart Award Winner for her choreography for "A Winter’s Tale", and a Union Production/Stage Manager.
As an actor/dancer, Paula is a member of Loco7, a dance/puppet/theater company that is in residence at La MaMa, ETC in New York. She recurs on the ABC soap opera, All My Children as Nurse Jeri (a.k.a. Nurse Annie-it’s a long story) in Pine Valley Hospital. She played a principal role in the film Death of a B-Boy which was recently screened at The Hollywood Black Film Festival. Other recent credits include principal roles in the films Grass Under Ground, Can’t Keep a Dead Man Down, Baby Come Back, Elected, and Life’s Passing Me By. She recently performed in The Great Conjurer with Fluid Motion Theater and Film at The Kirk, Reveal with This Woman’s Work Theater Company, Open Door with Loco7 at La MaMa, and American Family Project with Rising Circle Theater Collective. She has danced in ads for Nokia and Verizon, and most recently in music videos for Elizabeth Withers and We the Kings. She is also currently the voice of FujiFilm’s AR-1000 Archiving Device online, and of Nova Southeastern Florida University’s radio campaign.
Paula’s most recent projects are The Mixed Girl Monologues a one woman show about growing up mixed race in America, that she wrote, choreographed, and directed; and the sci-fi series, Pied which she has written, and is producing and directing. The Mixed Girl Monologues has been work-shopped off and on since 1998, with its most recent incarnation being presented at Lincoln Center’s Samuels Studio. The next showing will be in early February 2008 as part of the "Spork Festival" at Theater 54 in Manhattan. Pied is currently in pre-production, and the pilot is scheduled to be complete in December 2008. Please visit Paula online at www.paulawilson.info to read reviews, view her reel, and read up on current projects.

About the Production Crew:

Dianna Martin --- Assistant Director/Stage Manager
Diánna Martin is thrilled to be working with the Oberon Theatre Ensemble. As an actress she has starred most recently as Violet in Before the Next Blue Norther by Sage Allen, directed by Ernie Martin at the Actors Creative Theatre. After five years hosting, directing, and producing television and radio in St. Louis, she has returned to her hometown to pursue theatre - following in the footsteps of her parents, actress Ann Wedgeworth and acting teacher/director Ernie Martin. Having acted on stage and independent film, Diánna has also taught acting to teenagers and adults at NYFA and the Ernie Martin Studio Theatre, respectively, and is currently privately coaching actors in scene study, monologue, and Strasberg/Meisner technique until she can open her own studio. Email her at martin.acting.studios@gmail.com for class information. Website, Martin-Acting-Studios.com soon to come.

Mickey Zetts --- Composer & Sound Design
Mickey's first collaboration with Oberon was last year's Merry Wives Of Windsor. He is best known for his musical play Apathy-The Gen X Musical which was cited by Talkin' Broadway as Outstanding New Musical Summer 2005. To hear more of his work, please visit him on line at: http://zetts.imeem.com/

Adia Tamar Whitaker --- Choreographer
ADIA TAMAR WHITAKER, artistic director of Ase Dance Theatre Collective, graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Dance. Ms. Whitaker is a former member of Group Petite La Croix and has performed Afro-Haitian dance in the U.S. and abroad for 13 years. Adia completed the Professional Division U.S. Independent Studies Program at the Ailey School (2001), was Choreoquest Resident Artist @ Restoration Dance Theater (2004), a Ford Foundation Special Initiative for Africa Grant Recipient (2004), an Urban Bush Women Apprentice (2005), and a Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography @ FSU Creative Entry Point Choreographic Fellow (2006). Adia was also a co-choreographer and touring cast member of Scourge, a choreopoem written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, featuring choreography by Rennie Harris and Stacey Printz. Scourge toured in the U.S. and abroad for two years.
Most recently, Adia became a 2007 BAC Re-Grant Recipient. Her work has been featured at both national and international dance festivals including The Living Word Festival at Dance Mission (San Francisco, CA 2007), ODC (San Francisco, CA 2007), Summer of Love at The Whitney (NYC 2007), The Vagina Monologues: Stop Violence against Haitian Women at the BMA (NYC 2007), E-Moves at Aaron Davis Hall (NYC 2006), and the IABD Dance Conference at Symphony Space (NYC 2006). Adia has also been presented by Arts Connection (2006 & 2007), Thelma Hill Performing Arts (2002 & 2005), Dancing in the Streets, Community Works (2005 & 2006), The Kitchen (2004), and The Schomburg Center (2003-2005).
Ms. Whitaker's full-length works include: Shugaculuwata (2004) - A 90-minute multi-media dance theater piece that discovers the mirror between Hip Hop Culture and Vodou. The Truth About Medusa (2008) - A 90-minute multi-media dance theater piece that investigates the African origin and mythology of Medusa.
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/asedance for more information.

Ryan Bartruff --- Fight Choreographer
Ryan has been choreographing violence in and around New York City for the last several years. He received his initial stage combat training at New York University while earning his BFA. He is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors and the United Stuntman’s Association. Some of his past credits as fight choreographer include; Avalon (FHB Productions, Spotlight On Award winner), Othello (Firebird Productions), You Can’t Take it With You (St. Peter’s College), P.O.V. (Milk Can Theatre Co.), Second Hand Smoke (Triad Arts Ensemble), Comedy of Errors (Curious Frog Theater Co.) Hamlet 2050 and Romeo and Juliet (Queens Shakespeare Inc.), and West Side Story (Ridge Chorale/Jeff Samaha Prod.). He would like to thank the cast for their hard work, and Lelia for her support. Please check out his current projects, including productions and classes, at www.massbattle.com

Sharon Huizinga --- Lighting Designer
Sharon relocated from Vancouver, Canada just over one year ago. Sharon designs lighting for both theatre and music. Credits include: Lighting Design for Diana Krall’s 2007 "From this Moment On" Tour, Lighting Direction for Norah Jones’ 2003 Summer Tour, Asst. Head of Lighting for Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion. Credits also include: Lighting Design for I am my Own Wife- The Belfry Theatre (Victoria), The Red Priest, and Mary’s Wedding- The Globe Theatre (Regina), Sleuth-Richmond Gateway Theatre, Canada Games 2005, Cymbeline- Bard on the Beach (Vancouver), Caucasian Chalk Circle and You Can’t Take It With You- Studio 58 (Vancouver). She designed Oberon’s 2007 productions of Merry Wives of Windsor and Sweet Love Adieu She is delighted to be back.

Goldie Zwiebel --- Costume Design
Goldie has worked on a wide variety of stage and film productions bringing to life characters from Russia (Anna Karenina), New York (The Lower East Side Project), the forest of a Midsummer Night’s Dream and a whole host of individual characters for one-person performances. Goldie ( as MEDART-FX ) creates special effects makeup and prosthetics for stage, film and medical education. She (as Frederica) is a jewelry designer whose work sells nationally. Oh – and of course, Goldie is an actor and Voice Over artist.