Ubu

Brantley Aufill (Director, Producer, Writer)

Brantley received his Bachelors in Drama from Ithaca College. His one-act play, A Play About Two Men, One Of Whom Does Not Understand, won Best New Play at the 1999 Kitchen Theater (Ithaca, NY) New Play Festival, and has been produced in New York and England, recently winning Best Production at the GMDF One Act Festival in Manchester. After a few years working in off-off-Bway and off-Bway theatre in NYC, he is currently a broadcast Producer with the advertising agency Publicis NY. He has produced commercials around the world, for clients including Proctor & Gamble, Maytag, and TBS. He recently won the First Boards Award for Agency Producer of the Year from 'Boards Magazine.

Monty Holamon (Writer, Composer, Lyricist)

Playwriting Credits: Paradise, The Year The Lake Turned Over, Fan Dance, and Ubu. Playwright–in-Residence 2 years at the Alley Theater, Houston. Recipient of the Rockefeller Playwriting Grant for Paradise. Equity Showcase for Fan Dance and The Year The Lake Turned Over at Alley Theater and Theater Center, Philadelphia. LA premiere of The Year The Lake Turned Over with Paradise, as a featured production for the 1984 Olympics Arts Festival. Founding Member of The Texas Playwrights Company. Toured 2 seasons with Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Tony Mayes (Director, Producer, Writer, King Wenceslas, Mr. Achras)

BFA in Acting, Ithaca College. From actor to technician, as director and producer, he has professionally worked internationally for over 10 years. Currently working as the Production Manager for the American Tap Dance Foundation, and Associate Producer for their upcoming production of Sound Check Performance Series (in Tap Dance), Tony is 'stoked' to see UBU… come to life. Credits include: A Play About Two Men, One of Whom Does Not Understand, by Brantley Aufill; In A Manner Of Speaking, by Robin Rothstein; Executive Producer/Director Hamlet (The Hamlet-O-Thon); Producer, Pineapple Project. Tony is still acting, and is a tap dancer, last seen at Tap City, 2008: the New York City Tap Festival.

Robert Grusecki (Musical Director)

Broadway: Grand Hotel, The Madwoman Of Central Park West. Off-Broadway: Cut The Ribbons, A Bistro Car, Green Pond, The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, Grub Street Opera and projects for Manhattan Theatre Club, Soho Rep, York Theatre Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Huntington Stage, Portland Stage, John Drew, Kennedy Center, and the O’Neill Center. As a composer Robert has written two musicals with lyricist/librettist Anya Turner: Greetings From Yorkville produced this last Fall at the SoHo Playhouse and After All, a musical much ado presented at the York Theatre Company. Both shows were named finalist for the Richard Rodgers Award. Visit: AnyaRobertMusic.com

Ayhan Sahin (Musical Arrangements)

Has worked with The Beu Sisters, Melba Moore, Phoebe Snow, Sezen Aksu, Sandra Bernhard, etc. His most recent project is an album for Karine Hannah singing Turkey's most-acclaimed female singer/songwriter, Sezen Aksu's songs. He has an MFA degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Please visit ayhanonline.com

Michael Thomas Holmes (Pa Ubu)

Appeared as Ali Hakim in Oklahoma! (Broadway), toured with The Producers (also in the movie as Stormtrooper Rolf) and spent last summer at The Guthrie as John Adams in 1776. Michael received his MFA in acting from UC Irvine, where he learned how to yell real loud.

Joan Barber (Ma Ubu)

Broadway/Follies, Man of La Mancha, Beauty and the Beast, Big, A Christmas Carol, King David. Starring in the hilarious new web series "50todeath.com" starting 9/15/08. Private voice studio on the Upper West Side. Go to www.joanbarberstudio.com.

Kevin T. Collins (Corporal)

BFA, NYU Theater: Angels (Off-Broadway, Broadway), Paradise Lost, and Purple Hearts. TV: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Pros & Cons, Exit 19 (opposite Geena Davis), Comedy Central’s Stella, As The World Turns, Law & Order, and Guiding Light. Film: Aunt Rose, Inner Rage, Zombies Anonymous, The Sickness, Inbetween. Audiobooks: Lone Survivor, AMA, Testimony, Everyday Survival. Www.kevintcollins.com

Barrie Kreinik (Conscience)

New York: Pericles (Black Paw Theatre Company), Tying the Knot (Maieutic Theatre Works), Spirits! (Looking Glass Forum). Regional: Othello (Desdemona), Love's Labours Lost (Maria), Romeo and Juliet (Rosaline), all at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival. Barrie has written and performed two solo shows, piece(s) and The Glamorous Life: A Cabaret Comedy. B.A. Cornell University.

Tate Evans (Daughter)

Is very excited to be a part of Ubu. Off-Broadway: Perfect Harmony (Clurman Theater); NY/Regional: As I Lay Dying (Ohio Theatre), Beautiful (The Village Theatre – Fringe NYC), We’re All Dead (Chashama/Ohio), Mr. Gallico (HERE Arts Center), Bow Down (La Mama E.T.C.), Invert (Cherry Lane Theatre); singer/saxophone/keyboards in the bands Dirty Lenin and The Infinite Orchestra. Duke University Graduate. www.TateEvans.com

Kate Gilligan (Daughter)

Is happy to be at NYMF, working on this project with some fellow Ithaca College alums.

Molly Wright Stuart (Daughter)

Regional credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare and Company), On the Verge (Arena Stage, Westport Country Playhouse), Pride and Prejudice (Portland Center Stage), The Underpants (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Education: The Juilliard School, John Houseman Prize recipient.

Chris Carfizzi (Freeman)

Off-Off Broadway Yank! A New Musical (Rotelli); Touring: The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol and A Reading Rainbow (Theaterworks/USA); Readings: City of Light, Work Song; Regional The Music Man. Jesus Christ Superstar (Zeiterion Theatre); Recordings Yank! A New Musical, City of Light

Robert Lewandowski (Freeman)

Has been very lucky to travel the country and the world performing on cruise ships, national tours, and reginol theatre. Favorites include, Jerry in "The Full Monty", Kodaly is "She Loves Me", Conrad in "Bye Bye Birdie", and Hal in "The Scarlet Pimpernel"

Bob Barth (Paljenttent)

Theatre: Love Letters - Skyline Theatre Company, NJ, Treaty 321! A Musical, Off-Broadway - Lucille Lortel Theatre. A Christmas Carol - McCarter Theatre, NJ. Bob appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman as the singing armed gunman and has also presented his one man show at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Bob is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association.

Tom Bartos (Paljenttent)

Glad to be back onstage, Tom Bartos spends most of his time acting in commercials and film. This summer he produced a few shorts and created the new TV show, Señor Nugget. He lives in Brooklyn with his lovely wife and their surly cat. www.tombartos.NET

Jason Najjoum (Paljenttent)

Is super excited to be working on Ubu! New York: Notes on New York (Third Eye). Regional: Cappies (Kennedy Center), The Skin of Our Teeth, King Lear, 365 Days/365 Plays (Theater Emory), The Fantasticks (Ad Hoc Productions), Oklahoma!, Wonderful Town, H.M.S. Pinafore (CLOC). Jason is a company member of Third Eye Theatre Company, and most recently premiered his cabaret show Lost & Found in Atlanta and assistant directed Jacques Brel…alongside Susan V. Booth at the Alliance Theatre. B.A. Emory University.

Anne Letcher (Canteen Girl)

Broadway: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Off-Broadwayy: POWER OF DARKNESS (Mint Theatre), WAR IN PARAMUS (Abingdon Theatre), PIC-NIC AT HANGING ROCK (Lincoln Center workshop), Regional: PRINCESSES (Goodspeed and 5th Ave. Theatre), LES MISERABLES (Marriott Lincolnshire), THE CHEKHOV CYCLE (with Olympia Dukakis and Austin Pendleton). Anne is excited to explore Ubu and all its insanity.

Matthew O'Neill (The Head of Memnon)

Is very glad to be working on Ubu and excited to be a part of NYMF.