Founding/Producing Artistic Director

DONNA DEVLIN (Katherine, Maria, Lady Macbeth) was handpicked by author John Reed to play Lady Macbeth in the world premiere of his play "All The World's A Grave". Having honed her skills creating and writing pilots for MTV/Broadway Video, Fox TV and Canada's CTV and Much Music, this actress/producer/director has won awards at the Cannes, Houston and Vancouver Film Festivals and has worked for Warner Brothers TV and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Under the guidance of advertising guru-turned-tv-star Donny Deutsch, she carved out an award-winning career as a producer of numerous tv commercial campaigns for clients such as Pitney Bowes, Time-Warner, Volvo, Ikea and Procter & Gamble. As an actress, she's attended the world-renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, U.K. and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to numerous NYC and regional musical and classical theatre roles, she's appeared in London as Gertrude (“Hamlet”) and Maria (in the world premiere of "Twelfth Night: The Musical").  Other credits include an L.A. revival of Arthur Miller's "The Price", "The Comedy of Errors" and "Hamlet" in northern California and starring in a national tour performing various classical works. She is a veteran of day and prime time television, feature films and many broadcast tv commercials as well as being an in-demand acting teacher. A busy lady, she is the adapter/director of "Shrew", “Tamer Tamed” and "All The World’s A Grave” and created/wrote all of the "Sugar-Coated Shakespeare" and “Bionic Bard” Interactive Family Matinees.  She is a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild, AFTRA and was a member of Actor’s Equity Association until relinquishing her affiliation to begin this non-union company in 2006, where she has served as Founding/Producing Artistic Director ever since. This past winter she returned to New York City, where she served as Press Coordinator for the National Theater Workshops of the Handicapped’s Spring Fling series, played “Hermione” in filmmaker Doug Morse's “The Winter's Tale” reading, and developed both that film project as well as her own (all female) film version of "Macbeth".

Executive Manager

WILL HAMMOND (Petruchio, Petruchio, Macbeth) Tapped by author John Reed to step into Macbeth's bloody armor, Hammond is a fourth-generation Franklin, N.H. native and one of the founding members of that town's award-winning Footlight Theatre Company. After leaving the Marines, he decided to concentrate on acting and has never looked back: He has attended the renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, U.K., where he studied stage fencing with the legendary Richard Ryan (fight coordinator for the movie "Troy" and "Stardust"). Will has performed in London, playing the roles of Cassius (“Julius Ceasar”) and the Shepherd in The Winter's Tale at the West End's GBS Theatre. He has starred as both Antipholus roles in "The Comedy of Errors" and as Laertes in "Hamlet" in northern California and has played various roles on national tours. Fresh off his critically (and popularly) acclaimed 2007 "leading man hot streak" (Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" and Orlando in "As You Like It” with TUTS/SITV) Hammond spent the past year as a Stage Combat consultant and workshop teacher in NYC. He serves as Fight Choreographer for all of our shows this summer.

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Author: "All The World's A Grave"

JOHN REED (Playwright/Author) Has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University; writing has appeared in Bomb Magazine, New York Press, Paper Magazine, Timeout New York, Brooklyn Rail, Artforum, Artnet, Open City and Playboy; Books Editor of the Brooklyn Rail; author of the novels, A STILL SMALL VOICE (Delacorte Press 2000/2001), THE WHOLE (MTV Books/Simon & Schuster 2005), the 2004 bestseller, SNOWBALL’S CHANCE (Roof Books 2002/2003), and the forthcoming ALL THE WORLD’S A GRAVE: A NEW PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Penguin/Plume, Fall 2008) and TALES OF WOE (MTV books, Spring 2009); teaches creative writing at New School University; writer for award-winning film and television.

MEGAN ATKINSON (Grumio, Sophocles, Rosencrantz) is a Georgia native who recently moved to Boston this past January. Her Boston credits include  The New England professional premier of Mary Zimmerman’s  Metamorphoses  with the Boston Actors Theater and To Hell With This Village with SLAMBOSTON. She just toured with The Hampstead Stage Company in the fall of 2007. Before that she was a Barter Player for a year and a half with Virginia’s State theatre, Barter Theatre where she did many plays including Hamlet, Oliver!, and  Jamestowne: A likely Story. Megan received her BFA from Columbus State University in 2006.

ROBERT BRADFORD (Hortensio/”Licio”, Rowland, Iago) Originating in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Rob graduated with a degree in Acting from East Carolina University before heading north to New York City.  Since arriving, he has performed on stage in “The Best Party Ever” and “What You Know”, on the small screen in “One Life to Live” and “As the World Turns”, in addition to starring on the big screen in “The Graduates” which is currently making it’s festival rounds.  His favorite Shakespeare roles include Silvius in “As You Like it”, both Puck and Lysander in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as well as “Rosencrantz” in Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”.

CAITLIN CHUCKTA (Trania/”Lucentio”, Livia, Juliet) is excited to make her Shakespeare in the Valley debut. She was last seen this past Fall in the national tour of Don Quixote. Other credits include: Katherine in Love’s Labours Lost with CT Free Shakespeare, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare LIVE! She had the honor of playing Dunyasha in The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s critically acclaimed production of The Cherry Orchard. Caitlin received her BFA in Acting from The University of Connecticut where she performed in numerous mainstage productions with The Connecticut Repertory Theatre and later the Downtown Cabaret Theatre.

STEPHANIE DANIELSON (Bianca, Bianca, Hecate) is a NYC based actress for film, TV, classical and contemporary stage as well as a commercial model. She is very happy to be returning to the lovely Waterville Valley after having played Miranda in 'The Tempest' and Touchstone/Phebe in 'As You Like It' in TUTS/SITV Fall Tour. Other credits include the 'Shakespeare Alive!' Tour with the MD Shakespeare Festival as well as many others.

JOSEPH MALLON (Baptista, Petronius, King Lear/Old Hamlet) This Connecticut resident’s classical credits include Quince (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at the Alliance Theatre, Antonio (“The Tempest”), Lord Capulet (“Romeo and Juliet”) and Duke, Sr (“As You Like It”) with the Danbury Shakespeare Festival, Bottom (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”) at the Westport Levitt Pavilion and Grumio (“Taming of the Shrew”) with the Putney Players as well as numerous radio readings, staged readings and new works presentations at NYC’s Samuel French Short Play Festival.

ANTHONY C.E. NELSON (Lucentio/”Cambio”, Moroso, Romeo) Off-Broadway: Macduff/First Witch in Macbeth (Dir. Alex Harvey), H6R3 (w/ Lynn Redgrave, Austin Pendleton, and Geraint Wyn Davies) New York: Amerika (NY Fringe Best Ensemble Award), The Mary Trilogy, Incorporated. Regional: Tamburlaine (w/ Avery Brooks) and Argonautika (u/s Jason, dir. Mary Zimmerman) at the Shakespeare Theatre of DC, General Desdemona (Edinburgh Fringe) Peter Pan (Emerald City), Come, Lady Death (Bailiwick) Film: Red-Legged Devils, State of Play, Conlang. Training: Northwestern University. Anthony's adaptation of the Indian story Shakuntala was workshopped by Authentic Theatre this spring and will recieve a full production this fall in new york.

MARY RILEY (Widow Gremio, Sophia, Emilia) Unable to stay away from the beauty of NH, Mary has been seen in Proof, Deathtrap, and The Nerd at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in 2005, as well as touring The Comedie of Errors last summer with the New England Shakespeare Festival. New York:  The Winter’s Tale and Brevity Showcase with American Globe Theatre, Romeo and Juliet with Genesis Repertory.  Regional:  Mill Mountain Theatre, Virginia Stage Company. Upcoming: Hermione in The Winter’s Tale with Southwest Shakespeare Festival. She received her M.A. in Music from Radford University, and a B.M. from East Carolina University. 

ELIZABETH BAK (Servant, Sailor, Player Killer/Epilogue/Prologue) A Theatre Major at Wagner College on Staten Island, Lissa has played Beatrice (“Much Ado About Nothing”), Rosalind (“As You Like It’) and has directed “Love’s Labours Lost” for their Shakespeare on the Oval Series. Other university credits include “The Vagina Monologues”. In addition to her Wagner program, she has studied Commedia dell-Arte at Academia dell’Arte’s Teatro Punto in Arezzo, Italy.

NOELLE FAIR (Sly, Horatio/Crazy Ophelia, Guildenstern) is thrilled to be performing with TUTS/SITV.  Originally from the DC/Balto metro area she graduated from Towson University in 2006.  Noelle made her Off-Broadway this May with Roots and Branches in Big Apple Bites: The Interview Project at the Hudson Guild Theatre.  Other NYC/Off-Off Bway credits include Richard III (Queen Margaret/Ratcliff) at the Beckmann , The Merchant of Venice (Salarino), Romeo and Juliet (Nurse/Gregory) The Complete Works .. (abridged) (juliet, Ophelia, Lavinia, Macduff, Benvolio, Gertrude, Claudius) all with Hudson Shakespeare Company where she is also a teaching artist.  She recently appeared in the acclaimed Fat Kids on Fire where she originated the role of "Bianca" which is currently being published by Playscripts, Inc and Noelle is nominated for Best Featured Actress for the NYC Innovative Theater Awards 2008.   Noelle has also worked with the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped and Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. 

JENNIFER RAE GARZA (Ophelia’s Lady/Laertes, Witch) This Fresno, CA native is a recent graduate of NYC’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her credits include “Romeo and Juliet” with the Woodward Shakespeare Festival, Fiona (“Brigadoon”) and Belle (“Beauty and the Beast”).

AMANDA LAPERGOLA (Dog Handler, Mourner/Hamlet, Player Queen/Time) Is a BFA Music Theatre graduate from Shenandoah University and has studied Shakespeare at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. NYC credits include Mopsa (“The Winter’s Tale”) and Tecmessa (“Ajax”) at the American Theatre of Actors. Regional: "Brigadoon" with Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre, "Titanic" with The Media Theatre, "Electra" with the Philly Fringe Festival.  National tour: “Camelot” 2006-2007 tour.  Amanda is also a stand-up comedian who has appeared at the New York Comedy Club, The Broadway Comedy Club, and as a special guest on Comical Radio.  She will next be seen in the upcoming feature "Veronika Decides To Die" starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

KAITLIN MAUSSER (Hostess, Bad Ophelia, Witch) A 2007 graduate of Penn State University with BA’s in both Theatre and Integrative Arts-Dance, this Dean’s List scholar appeared as Puck (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”) and “Lysistrata” with Penn State’s Shakespeare in the Park as well as serving as a mentor, actor and dancer with the Children’s Theatre. She has studied dance extensively in both Pittsburgh and London and made her NYC debut as a choreographer last October.

JAMES PATRICK NELSON (Sly’s Lady, Shakespeare, Friar, Hamlet) is making his NYC debut with All the World's a Grave. He spent the past two summers working with the National Players, appearing in Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest. California credits include Taming of the Shrew, The Browning Version, Lion in Winter, and Rhinoceros. James spent four months at LAMDA, appearing in Man of Mode and Antony and Cleopatra. This past spring, he received his BFA from the Boston University School of Theatre, where he appeared in Stuff Happens, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tartuffe, Arcadia, Playing for Time, Woyzeck, House of Dust and Veronika Decides to Die, and his senior thesis Blacked Boots: A Beginning. This upcoming winter, he will appear in the Actors' Shakespeare Project's production of The Duchess of Malfi.

JAMIE THIESSEN (Servant, Player 8, Witch) Jamie recently graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a BA in Drama, emphasis in Musical Theatre. She has worked with the Utah Shakespeare Festival and Disneyland. Previous roles include: Young Hattie/Hattie (“Follies” with John Raitt), Tiger Lily (“Peter Pan”) and Josie (“George M”). She has choreographed “Godspell”, “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Metamorphoses” (among others).

RICHARD VENEZIA (Head Usher/MC, Player King/Hamlet, Player King) A New Jersey native, Rich recently graduated from Somerset County Performing Arts HS as a musical theatre major. He heads off to Point Park University to study acting after making his professional debut with TUTS/SITV this summer. Credits include Theseus/Oberon ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"), Benvolio ("Romeo and Juliet"), Fred Graham/Petruchio ("Kiss Me Kate"), Kenickie ("Grease"), Hermocrates ("Triumph of Love") and Pippin ("Pippin").

OLIVIA WHELAN (Gertrude/Ophelia, Lady Maria) This NYC native is a recent graduate from Barnard College/Columbia University where she has appeared as Ophelia (“Hamlet”), Benvolio (“Romeo and Juliet”), Phebe (“As You Like It”) and Juliette (“Measure for Maesure”) as well as appearing in the CHOWDAH Sketch Comedy Group. She has studied at the British American Dramatic Academy and the Lee Strasberg Acting School.