Veronika Duerr
(Abigail)
Veronika has been waiting with baited breath to make her debut at the Alliance and here it is! Since graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Acting, Veronika has worked in professional theatre in Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles. You may have seen her around town at Theatrical Outfit in
To Kill A Mockingbird; The Shakespeare Tavern:
Romeo and Juliet,
Merchant Of Venice,
Twelfth Night; Theatre in the Square:
Tradin’ Paint (Suzi Award, Best Lead Actress); Actors Express:
Becky Shaw; Synchronicity Theatre:
Exit, Pursued By A Bear and The Aurora in
Noises Off. Veronika is a proud member of Actor’s Equity. Many heartfelt thanks to the cast and crew of
Spoon Lake Blues and the amazing staff at the Alliance! Love to the family, Curtis and the many friends that support her on a daily basis.
Jimi Kocina
(Brady)
Jimi
is so thrilled to be performing in
Spoon Lake Blues. Other Atlanta credits:
True Love Lies – Horizon Theatre (Suzi Bass Nominee),
Fat Pig – Aurora Theatre,
25th Annual Putnam Co. Spelling Bee – Georgia Ensemble Theatre,
Zanna, Don't! – Actor's Express. Jimi would like to thank David, Josh, Alicia, the cast and everyone involved with the show.
Lakisha Michelle May
(Caitlin)
Lakisha is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut. She served as the artistic intern at the Alliance Theatre during the 2006-2007 season. Last fall, she played Oya in the west coast premiere of Tarell McCraney’s
In the Red and Brown Water. She is a recent graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at The American Conservatory Theater. While there she was selected to go to Bath, England to workshop the play
Riot, in which she originated the role Kelly. Lakisha’s favorite roles at The American Conservatory Theater include Angel Allen in
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Polly in
Gnadiges Fraulien and Hamlet in
Hamlet workshop
. Lakisha is also a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. Additionally, she enjoys sharing her passion for the arts with underserved youth of color.
Luke Robertson
(Denis)
Luke is very excited to be making his debut at The Alliance Theatre. Other regional credits include The Yale Repertory Theater, Hartford Stage, and Baltimore Centerstage. Television credits include
Blue Bloods,
Law and Order,
Law and Order: SVU,
Third Watch and
All My Children. Luke has been in many independent films, some of which include
Split Ends, Imaginary Heroes, and
Levity. Luke is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
Bryan Brendle
(US Denis/Brady)
Bryan is tickled pink to be working at the Alliance for the first time. Recent Atlanta credits include:
Superior Donuts (Horizon Theatre),
Broadsword (Actor's Express),
Dead Certain (ART Station),
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (ART Station),
Mauritius (Actor's Express) and
Dracula (Aurora Theatre). Other credits include:
One Life to Live,
Drop Dead Diva,
Army Wives, and
Franklin & Bash. Bryan received his BFA in acting from Florida State University. Bryan would like to thank the gang at the Alliance for the opportunity and his wife and daughter for their endless support and encouragement.
Marisa Weatherly
(US Caitlin)
Marisa, a native of Powder Springs, Ga., is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory (CCM Drama). Marisa is currently training at The Company Acting Studio in Atlanta. An athlete doesn’t become successful and then stop training; as an actor I still want to keep growing and learning and evolving. I want to be great and memorable and you can’t achieve that by being mediocre. Marisa would like to thank God for always making a way out of no way and her friends and family for their continued support of her career.
(US Abigail)
Maureen is thrilled and honored to be understudying such a great role! She most recently played Jeannie in Aurora Theatre’s production of
Fat Pig. Maureen is also an actor/education artist with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, where she has graced the stage in
The Three Parts of Henry VI,
Romeo & Juliet,
The Canterbury Tales,
Hamlet! The Musical! and the title role in
The Taming of the Shrew. As an education artist, she co-directed productions of
Macbeth and
The Comedy of Errors. Other Atlanta credits:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Synchronicity),
Harvest 2010: The Backyard Plays (Onion Man Productions) and the short film
No Chopsticks (Pinion Tree Productions). Regional theatre credits: The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, American Family Theatre, Savannah Shakespeare Festival, Tybee Theatre Café, Scioto Society Inc., Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Drama. Many thanks to Jody for this opportunity. Love to Michael.
Davis McCallum
(Director)
Davis is delighted to be working at the Alliance. He last worked in Atlanta in 2004, when he directed
Cyrano de Bergerac with Chris Kayser at Georgia Shakespeare. Recent work in New York includes world premieres of Sam Hunter’s
A Bright New Boise (Partial Comfort), Greg Moss’s
punkplay (Clubbed Thumb), Chuck Mee’s
Queens Boulevard (Signature Theater), and Quiara Hudes’
Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue (P73; Pulitzer Prize Finalist). Regional highlights include
Henry V (Guthrie), Itamar Moses’
Back Back Back (Old Globe),
The Belle’s Stratagem (Oregon Shakespeare Festival),
Arcadia (Chautauqua Theater Company), Noah Haidle’s
Western Country (Williamstown Theater Festival), and Molly Smith Metzler’s
Elemeno Pea at the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays. He trained at LAMDA, studied at Princeton and Oxford (Rhodes scholarship), and currently teaches at the New School.
Joshua Tobiessen
(Playwright)
Originally from Schenectady, NY, Josh received a degree in philosophy from Grinnell College in Iowa before moving to Chicago to study at the Improv Olympic. From there he moved to Ireland for a Masters degree in Theatre and Drama at The National University of Ireland, Galway. After graduating, he co-founded a Galway-based theatre company called Catastrophe, and produced his plays at such venues as the Galway Arts Festival and the Dublin Fringe Festival. From Ireland, it was off to UCSD’s MFA playwriting program where his play,
Election Day, was a finalist in the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition at the Alliance. He’s been produced or developed at such places as The Alliance Theatre, The O’Neill New Play Conference, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theater Masters and Second Stage Theatre.
Election Day is published by Samuel French and in the Smith and Kraus anthology,
New Playwrights, Best Plays of 2008.