To Paint the Earth (2008)

Recently played the role of "Carmen Ghia" in North Shore Music Theatre's production of The Producers. NY Theatre: Room Service (Soho Playhouse); Shockheaded Peter (Little Shubert); The Normal Heart (The Public Theatre); Theda Bara & The Frontier Rabbi (York Theatre); The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (NYMF); The Vocal Lords (Theatre at St. Clements); Hollywood Nurses (Chashama); A Midsummer Nights Dream & Twelfth Night (NY Classical). Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, Geva, O'Neill Theatre Center, Ordway, Cleveland Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter, New Repertory, Atlanta Theatre of the Stars, Texas Shakespeare Festival. Film: Uncertainty; Four Letter Words; Re-Directing Eddie; Goin' Down; Him!. Television: "Daily Pops"; "Law & Order"; "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"; "All My Children"; "VH-1's Scavengers," tons of voice-overs and commercials. Fred plays drums for the world's most punctual Meatloaf Tribute Band, Anything For Loaf and is the proud father of the mind-blowingly cute, Benjamin Roy Berman. As always, for Kate.

Holly Ann Butler is thrilled to be a part of her first NYMF production! She was most recently seen as Lorraine/Lead Angel on the 1st national tour of Jersey Boys. Off Broadway: Anne of Green Gables, Seth’s Broadway 101. Regional credits include: Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Fulton Opera), Hope in Urinetown (Carousel), Rumpleteaser in Cats (TUTS), and Louise in Gypsy (Barnstormers). TV/Film: “Figure it Out,” “SeaQuest2032,” and Looking for Trouble. Workshops/Recordings: Take Flight (with Maltby and Shire), Robin Hood (with Charnin and Meehan), and Vanity Fair. BFA from FSU and proud member of AEA. Thanks to my amazing family, the Mine, and Jeff.

Jessica is happy to be a part of such important and inspiring story telling. Selected credits include: Bus to Buenos Aires (EST), Cutman (NYMF), Dance With Me (York), Godspell (National Tour), Grease (DCT), Jekyll and Hyde (DCT). She's looking forward to another new project,The Cuban and the Redhead, being presented in the NAMT in October. She holds a BFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Broadway: Dr Suess’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys & Dolls, Funny Girl. Off Broadway: Classical Theatre of Harlem, NYMF. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, California Music Circus, Stages St. Louis, Barter Theatre, Studio Arena, Indiana University. Film: Julie & Julia, American Tiger and featured voice in Ice Age, Robots and the Academy Award nominated short No Time For Nuts. Television: “Law & Order”, “Miami Vice”, “USA Up All Night”, Nickelodeon’s “Welcome Freshmen. Many commercial voice-overs including Burger King, Jenny Craig and Knotts Berry Farm.

Scott is thrilled to be a part of this important piece. He has been seen on Broadway in the production of Brooklyn The Musical, Off-Broadway in the Original Cast of Sessions, which re-opens this October with Scott reprising his role of George. Around the country he has performed in different roles such as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Man #2 in I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change, and Iago in Shakespeare's Othello. Scott is the lead singer for New Jersey's best cover band, Rock Road and he regularly plays improv as a company member at the National Comedy Theatre in Manhattan. Special thanks to Shelisa for putting up with him all these years. Big Ups!

NYMF debut! Daniel played Menelaus in the 25th anniversary production of Andrei Serban and Elizabeth Swados’ The Trojan Women at La MaMa e.t.c. Also at LaMaMa, he played Pantalone in The Green Bird, Lebrel in Love, The Greatest Enchantment, and Mesrin in La Dispute. He understudied Marcellus and Reynaldo in Hamlet with Mark Rylance at the American Repertory Theatre. On television, he has appeared on "As The World Turns” and will be seen in the upcoming HALLMARK HALL OF FAME PRODUCTION, “UNORTHODOX” on CBS. Daniel is a graduate of Amherst College, Cambridge University, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Columbia University School of the Arts . He continues his studies with Casey Childs at Primary Stages School of Theatre and with Allen Savage. Love to my wife, Meg, my parents and my brother for their steadfast support.

Is performing in her 5th year at the NYMF. She was recently seen singing Tim Huang's music in the Neo Spotlight Series at the York. Favorite credits include Godspell (Nat'l tour, cast recording), Footloose (Rusty, Nat'l tour), Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel, Casa Manana), Wallenberg (Rosa, NYMF) and entertaining our troops with the USO with performances at Bob Hope's 100th birthday, NBC's "Today Show", and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Last year she co-created, co-produced and performed in Time Out magazine's critic's pick, Where's Darfur?, a concert benefiting the Darfur refugees. Lauren is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Royal Academy of Music. She dedicates her performance to her grandparents who miraculously survived the Holocaust. Special thanks to D, Jonathan and Michael.

International credits The Sound of Music (Maria) UK , Crazy for You (polly) UK, Oliver (Nancy) UK, Nunsense (Sr Mary Leo). In 2007 Maxine was nominated for a MAC award for her autobiographical show, So Far. Most recently she played Emma in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cult one woman musical Tell me on a Sunday at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Maxine received her training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic in both Musical Theatre and Drama and also holds a law degree from The University of London. Maxine established The alloy theater Company in 2008. She is delighted to be a part of To Paint The Earth.
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David Nathan Perlow - was recently seen in "Most Wanted" at La Jolla Playhouse which will be workshopping in NYC this September. He will be reprising the role of Troy in North Shore Music Theater's High School Musical 2 this december. Many thanks to Michael for this opportunity and to Leading Artists for their work. For Grandma.

Jane Pfitsch is proud to be a part of telling this inspiring and heart-breaking story. Broadway: Roundabout's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2008 Tony Nominee—Best Revival), John Doyle's Company (2007 Tony Winner—Best Revival). Off-Broadway: Pumpgirl (MTC). Other Credits Include: A Mouthful of Birds, The Desire Project, Macbeth, The Wild Party(LaChuisa). Film/TV: 27 Dresses, "All My Children". Trained at the Brown/Trinity Consortium.

A.J. SHIVELY is a recent graduate of The University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre program. Earlier this summer he was seen in Joe Iconis’ THE PLANT THAT ATE DIRTY SOCKS at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Other New York credits include the Metropolitan Opera House, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Minetta Lane Theatre, as well as the Broadway Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Big thanks to my family, Leading Artists, Station 3, and U of M’s MT department!

Steven Strafford (Hening) is excited to join this talented ensemble working on To Paint the Earth. He joins the cast having opened Spamalot in Las Vegas playing the roles of Prince Herbert, the Historian, and several others. Other favorite roles include Costard in Love's Labors Lost, Anthony in Sweeney Todd, and Harold in Inside Out. He is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. Thanks to Michael, Dan, and Jonathan for this opportunity. And to Nell, Mom, and Adam.

Broadway and National Tours: "PARADE", "LES MIZ" (three companies),"SUNSET BOULEVARD", "CYRANO-THE MUSICAL", "BROADWAY-THE BIG BAND YEARS" (CAMI). Off Broadway:"THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN"(Atlantic Theatre),"MATA HARI" "A DOLL'S LIFE", "TIM AND SCROOGE", "THE PIPER" to name a few. Regional: Williamstown, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Goodspeed, Hartford Stage, to name a few. Film: "FREEDOM WRITERS, LIVING OUT LOUD, THE DRUMMER, THE HEARTBRAKER, SAX AND VIOLINS. T.V.: THE WIRE, THIRD WATCH, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, GUIDING LIGHT, A recurring role on SANTA BARBARA, IN LIVING COLOR, THe National Anthem at Wrigley Field WGN. Look for her album coming out in early November.

Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jane Eyre. Off-Broadway: City Center Encores!, New Victory, Vineyard. National Tour: The Cameron Mackintosh/Trevor Nunn production of My Fair Lady. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, NY Stage and Film, Berkshire Theatre Festival. Concerts: Casino Paradise for Lincoln Center's American Songbook and the World Premiere of Bill Finn's Innocence/Experience at Williamstown. Workshop: Manilow and Sussman's Harmony.

Daniel Frederick Levin's musical, To Paint the Earth, written with composer Jonathan Portera, won a 2004 Richard Rodgers Development Award and was presented in a series of readings at the Abingdon Theatre, NYC (Premieres, Paulette Haupt). With Portera, he also wrote the short musical The Hungry Lion (Dixon Place), and served as a Jonathan Larson Memorial Fellow at the Dramatists Guild (2003-2004) under the mentorship of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Daniel's full-length play, The Waiter, always the waiter, received a reading at the 92nd Street Y's Makor/Steinhardt center in July, 2006. His one-act play, Going to Belize, was presented at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, in February, 2007. Last Spring, Daniel's monologue, A Glorious Evening,was included alongside new works by John Guare and Neil LaBute in 5-story Walk-up, a series of short works performed at and for the benefit of the 13th Street Repertory. Daniel's newest musical, Campaign, is set on a fictional Senate race in Ohio. In April 2007, along with Lauren Lebowitz and Julie Tindell, he co-created and produced Where's Darfur? at the Knitting Factory, a concert to raise awareness about the genocide and benefit the refugees in Darfur, Sudan. The night raised $10,000 for relief work. Daniel holds an MFA in musical theatre writing as a composer/lyricist from the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and a BA from Yale University. www.danielflevin.com

was most recently the former director of artistic production for the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. He was associated with MTC for over 25 years and helped artistically guide more than 150 new plays and musicals, including the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof, and Doubt, and the Tony Award-winning Love! Valour! Compassion! At MTC, he most recently directed Based On A Totally True Story in 2006. He was instrumental in the rebirth of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Cabaret & Performance Conference, and has served as its artistic director since 2005. Mr. Bush directed The Story Of My Life at Toronto's CanStage, and Murderers for The Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Emelin Theatre and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre. He also directed Stormy Weather starring Leslie Uggams for The Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia and will be directing the west coast premiere in Los Angeles at the Pasadena Playhouse in January 2009. Mr. Bush directed the New York Music Theater Festival productions of The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde (2005), and Grammy Award winning songwriter Marcus Hummon's The Piper (2007) and Warrior (2006). During his tenure as producing artistic director at Charlotte Repertory Theatre (2002-2004) he presented Hilary Swank in The Miracle Worker, Penny Fuller in The Glass Menagerie, and directed Emily Skinner in the 20th Anniversary production of Pump Boys And Dinettes. He also directed and co-wrote the book for the musical Let Me Sing, A Musical Evolution, co-produced with George Street Playhouse and Charlotte Repertory Theatre.

received her MM in Piano Accompanying from Temple University, and is a recent graduate of the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU. "Lightning Man", for which she co-wrote lyrics, was performed at the New Musicals Workshop at NYU in July 2008. She also co-wrote music and lyrics for "The Dragon" (NYU), and wrote book, music, and lyrics for "Fruitlies" (Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theater Festival). As a musical director/pianist, Katya's most recent projects include "Cheerwars" (NYU New Musicals Workshop), "Married Alive" (Act II Playhouse), "Dreamgirls" (Prince Theater), and "Menopause: The Musical" (Society Hill Playhouse).

Recent credits include "Our Lady of 121st Street" directed by Michael Sexton, "PEOPLE Like US" choreographed by Silas Riener and Kristen Arnold, "Tiger Tiger" directed by Lee Aaron Rosen. Assistant set design for "Sleeping Beauty" designed by Tony Walton at the Metropolitan Opera. Upcoming: "Twilight in Manchego" directed by Billy Porter at NYMF, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Daniel Fish at Bard College. She is conversational in French and Italian, has an insatiable passion for harmonicas, and is an amateur gourmet chef. MFA: NYU www.alexisdistler.com

Recent NYC credits include: Slavey (dir. Robert Ohara, Clubbed Thumb), STRETCH: a fantasia (dir. Emma Griffin, New Georges), 27 rue de Fleurus (dir. Francis Hill, Urban Stages), Becoming Tennessee (dir. Michael Bush, Emelin Theatre), The Runner Stumbles (dir. Scott Evans, TACT), and Removable Parts (dir. Emma Griffin, @HERE).? Raquel is the resident lighting designer for the O?Neill Playwrights and Cabaret Festivals and a member of the Drama Desk and Obie award winning Keen Theatre Company. Raquel began designing while at Middlebury College and received her MFA from NYU?s Tisch School of the Arts. www.RaquelDavisDesigns.com

Previously for NYMF: Look What A Wonder Jesus Has Done (2007), Warrior (2006). Recent works include: Signature Theatre's production of Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer dir. Ruben Santiago-Hudson; Southern Promises (PS122) dir. Jose Zayas, Oslo Elsewhere's SA KA LA dir. Sarah Cameron Sunde, several productions with Studio Dante including Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters directed Michael Imperioli; Lucy (EST) dir. William Carden; War in Paramus (Abingdon Theatre Co.) dir. Austin Pendleton; Havana is Waiting (Cherry Lane) dir. Michael John Garces; Under Milk Wood, The Cherry Orchard (Juilliard); Scar Tissue (AngelRod Films). Regional: Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Studio Arena, Capital Rep, etc. www.dmlsound.com

Becky is excited to be back in New York and working with Michael Bush. She returns from being the Production Stage Manager for the 2008 summer season at Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Off-Broadway: Almost an Evening (Bleecker Street Theater); Yellow Face, Stuff Happens and 365 Days/Plays First Sunday Series (The Public/NYSF); Prometheus Bound (CSC), Mrs. Warren's Profession (with Dana Ivey) and Beowulf (both at Irish Rep); The Foreigner (w/Matthew Broderick at Roundabout); The Argument (Vineyard); The Piper (NYMF 2007). Regional: Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Berkshire Theater Festival, Emelin Theater, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Many thanks to my parents and husband. Member of Actors' Equity Association.

Mei Ling Acevedo: Off Broadway: The Framer (Brokenwatch Theatre Company), Dutchman (Cherry Lane Theatre), Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans (The Players Theatre). Off-Off Broadway: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Summer Play Festival 08’), All Aboard the Marriage Hearse (Theatre for the New City), Madame Bovary (Dir. Elizabeth Falk), Big Times (Dir. Leigh Silverman), My Father’s Son (NY Fringe Festival 05’), Five Bottles in a Six Pack (Cherry Lane Theatre). Other Projects: U.S./Mexico Word Exchange 2007 (Lark Play Development Center), Mentor Project 2007 & 2008 (Cherry Lane Theatre).

Yoni first heard Daniel Levin play songs from To Paint the Earth at a Jewish summer camp in Clayton, Georgia, during their training seminar as Spielberg Fellows in Jewish Theater Education in 2002. He has since followed the show's development and is excited to be involved in this production. Yoni is a contributing artist to Teater NOR's production Knut er død – the Hamsun anniversary 2008-10 which has been performed in Norway. His latest collaboration, The Consistency of Flour, was recently presented as a work in progress at the JCC of Manhattan. Yoni has directed Oleanna, The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden, Swan Song, Crito, Na'im (The Lover), Joseph…, and has devised original works. Yoni received his B.F.A. in Drama from NYU – Tisch School of the Arts/Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and his M. Phil in Ibsen Studies from the University of Oslo. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab.

Recent NY producing credits include: Pure Heaven (Emelin), Jeffrey Hatcher's Murderers (Emelin), The Piper (NYMF 2007), Surface to Air (Off Broadway, Symphony Space), The Polish Play (Walkerspace/ Katharsis); Character (Prospect); Brian Charles Rooney: Live (Zipper); Warrior (NYMF 2006); Behind the Limelight (NYMF 2006); Hot and Sweet (NYMF 2006); Ibsen + Fosse 2006 with Oslo Elsewhere at 59E59: Rosmersholm, deathvariations; Manhattan Madcaps of 1924; Jeff Daniels' Apartment 3A; The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (NYMF 2005). Previously, she was the associate producer at Symphony Space and was on the artistic staff at Manhattan Theatre Club (Doubt, Reckless, Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, 5 by Tenn, A Picasso, etc.) and has also worked at the New 42nd Street, American Repertory Theatre and New York Stage & Film. Upcoming projects include: Katharsis Theatre's new adaption of Moliere's Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Martin Fox's Two Handers, set to be directed by Austin Pendleton, and Frank Strausser's The Split. Lisa will also be the general manager for this years NAMT festival in October. In January 2008, Lisa formed Across the Pond Theatricals with Andy Vitolo, a company that focuses on creating musicals in an organic process with collaborations between artists in the US and in the UK, upcoming Across the Pond projects include Pollyanna written by Neil Berg and Dan Remmes. She is also the Executive Producer of Oslo Elsewhere, the American voice for internationally produced playwright Jon Fosse, and the producer of Katharsis Theatre. She also produced a major NY benefit for the Save Darfur Coalition last year and has also produced countless musical readings. Lisa holds a BA in theatre management from Florida State.

is a freelance Production Manager living and working in New York. Prior to moving to NYC, Jen was the Production Coordinator at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center as well as many theatres in Washington DC. While working in DC, she worked with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Washington Women in Theatre, soundincentive and Georgetown University. Recently Jen has worked with The Gallery Players, Two Guys and a Credit Card and Mushroom Cloud Press. Currently she has projects with Oslo Elsewhere and NYMF 2008. Jen holds a BA from Georgetown University.

Klapper Casting's work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, internationally, on television and film, and heard on radio. Selected recent Off-Broadway projects include: A Dangerous Personality (Julia Miles Theatre); Continuous City, (the Builders Association); Our Dad is in Atlantis (Working Theatre); Frankenstein, the new musical (37 Arts); None of the Above (Kirk Theatre); (obie and artios award winning ) an oak tree (Barrow Street Theatre); Treason (Perry Street). For Primary Stages numerous plays, most recently A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal; Willy Holtzman's Something You Did; Brooke Berman's Hunting and Gathering; Michael Hollinger's Opus and Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate (soon to be on Broadway). In the Continuum (NY, International and National Tour). Regional: NY Casting for Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights (Berekely Rep/Kansas City Rep), and Mirror of the Invisible World (Goodman Theatre),The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (Cincinnati Playhouse/Dallas Theatre Center); Old Wicked Songs (Vienna English Theatre). Ongoing projects for Roundhouse Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, New Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, Milwaukee Rep., and Vermont Stage Company (amongst others). Numerous independent feature films. Ms. Klapper is a member of the Casting Society of America and the League of Professional Theatre Women.