The Company: Actors

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Has  appeared Off B’way in LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Col. Redfern);THE IDIOT (Lebedev); THE CHANGELING (Vermandero). This is Bill’s 12th season with THE DRILLING COMPANY where he has appeared in some twenty productions. A few of his favorite roles, Sheriff Bart in HOME OF THE GREAT PECAN; Sorin in THE SEA GULL; Aguecheek in TWELFTH NIGHT; Pompey in MEASURE FOR MEASURE; Ghost in HAMLET; Porter in MACBETH; York in HENRY VI, PART III. He has published a half dozen novels, and written and directed thousands of ON-AIR PROMOS for ABC-TV. 

For TDC: A Midsummers Night’s Dream (Helena); Twelfth Night (Countess Olivia).  Other selected NY theatre credits: Golden Boy (Lorna) directed by Aaron Latham; Missing Pieces (Tina) at The American Theatre of Actors, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Estelle Parsons at The Actors Studio. Film/TV/Web: Exp.36, The Strip (Channel 9 Australia), Executive Producer and Lead Actress of Woe is She (@woeissheseries). Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio; The PIT NYC improv training (thanks to MVRP Scholarship), Actors Studio Drama School MFA.  www.kathleensimmonds.com / @kathleensimmo

Native of Tampa Florida,  Directorial debut with the Drilling Company. Acting with TDC: OTHELLO(Iago), MIDSUMMER NIGHT’s DREAM (Puck), MACBETH (MacDuff), TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Speed), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Don Pedro), MERRY WIVES OF  WINDSOR (Dr.Caius), and RESERVOIR (Andres). With Washington D.C.’s Alliance for New Music Theater: Vanek in UNVEILING AND PROTEST (Vaclav Havel), which have played in DC, New York, and Prague. www.drewvalins.com

with TDC Richard in RICHARD III, RICHARD  in HENRY VI PT.3, Petruchio TAMING OF THE SHREW, Sir Toby Belch TWELFTH NIGHT, Alumnus of LaGuardia Performing Arts High School and Boston University, some favorite NYC Shakespeare credits include Hamlet, R3, Toby Belch, Touchstone and Petruchio. Film credits include Gaspare in Vendetta (HBO Original) Web credits include Peter in Lemmings and Potts in Mirage (32nd St Productions) Bringing free Shakespeare to the people is an honor, and barding with the Drilling Co is a joy.

With TDC: TAMING OF THE SHREW, MIDSUMMER, ALLS WELL, TWELFTH NIGHT, MERRY  WIVES , MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in a three-person COMEDY OF ERRORS, and HAMLET ( Hamlet). Other credits include Clown Bar (Pipeline Theatre Co.); MAJOR BARBARA  (Helluva Theatre Co.); and Writopia Lab’s Worldwide Plays Festival. Jarrod performs weekly with the FSGA Commedia Company,  “Jarrod Bates: Out of the Box and Onto Your Face” created with Virginia Scott. Training: The Neighborhood Playhouse, The Funny School of Good Acting with Christopher Bayes, Spymonkey’s Aitor Basauri, and the Annoyance Theatre NYC! www.jarrodbates.com

 Award-winning actor, improviser, & social media marketing consultant who could add more to this sentence to make it flow better, but decided against it. Past Drilling Co: TWELFTH NIGHT (Fabian), MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Provost), AS YOU LIKE IT (Phoebe). She’s a member of  New York Madness Acting Company, Ego Actus Advisory Council, and The Downtowners Improv. Alum of  Florida Studio Theatre Acting Apprentice Company, BFA in Theater Performance from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College.   www.rachelacollins.com

Acting: MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Angelo) , HAMLET (Laertes), TAMING OF THE SHREW (Gremio)  -TDC 's Bryant Park Shakespeare  -  OTHELLO (Cassio) , CYMBELINE (Iachimo) - TDC Shakespeare in the Parking Lot -  Regional: Cymbeline , Romeo and Juliet ( Virginia Shakespeare Co.) , Cyrano de Bergerac (Heartwood Regional Theatre,ME 

Tour: MacBeth (Mopa Theatre Company, UK)  Film: Tryst (feature) , Mira Mira (Short), and Mona (Short). Directing: ROMEO AND  JULIET, THE TEMPEST  (TDC), A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet ( Harbinger Theatre  Company). Member of the Actors Center. Training: Atlantic Theatre  Company.

Previously with TDC: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (Interpreter), MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Pistol),  MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Elbow), AS YOU LIKE IT (Le Beau), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Conrade), TAMING OF THE SHREW (Grumio), TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Launce) and HAMLET (Bernardo), MERCHANT OF VENICE (Launcelot) and OTHELLO (Clown). New York: OEDIPUS REX (Oedipus), THREE SISTERS (Tuzenbach), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Eddie/Dr. Scott) and THE AMERICAN MIME THEATRE REPERTORY. ericpaterniani.com.

Last seen with The Drilling Company as Othello's Desdemona, Liz Livingston is a theater artist and yogi who combines these two disciplines to offer Yoga for Artists and YogaPiano. Several of Liz’s plays have been produced through Abrons Arts Center’s education program, where she teaches young artists. Performing credits include: Iphigenia (Spirit Fox), Three Sisters (Moscow Art Theater School), and Nice Fish (American Repertory Theater). Directing credits include: Severance (The Tank), Carl Duncan 2020 (NYTF), Home (The Navigators), and THE VVOKE (Rule of 7x7). Liz earned her MFA from ART at Harvard University.

(Lady Capulet) is delighted to be back with The Drilling Company after productions of Hamlet (Bryant Park, 2019 and in the Parking Lot, 2018), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry VI, Part III and Measure for Measure. She also just finished playing Gertrude in Hamlet with Hamlet Isn’t Dead. She has worked with American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Magic Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Center Rep, Shotgun Players, Central Works and others. KendraLeeOberhauser.com.

(Juliet)  Helena in ALLS WELL THAT  ENDS  WELL, Beatrice on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (NYT Critics Pick) in Bryant Park. Previous Shakespeare in the Parking Lot credits include Mercutio (NYIT Nomination) in ROMEO AND JULIET and Princess of France in LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST. Other work with TDC includes the world premiere of THE SWEET REVENGE OF HANSEL AND GRETEL (originating the role of Gretel), HINDSIGHT (originating the role of Barbara). Previous regional credits include PICT Theatre’s HOUSE AND GARDEN (Sally Platt) and AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Mabel), and Monomoy Theatre’s YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Alice Sycamore) and MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Hermia). Miss Darcy  can also be seen in the award winning short film “Puddle”. anwendarcy.com

 In summers past you might have seen him in ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, HAMLET, CYMBELINE and THE SCOTTISH PLAY.  He has worked on Broadway, National Tours, Off Broadway,  around the NYC with over 16 Companies and Regionally from Maine to California in roles from Atticus to Scrooge.  You can catch him in a number of award winning films and some TV shows.  More info at www.davidsitler.com. 

Previously with TDC: TWELFTH NIGHT, MACBETH, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Other credits: CORA AND DAVE ARE GETTING OLDER (EST), SONNETS ON TAP (Cherry Lane), BENEATH THE SKIN (La Mama), PERICLES (Walker Space), TRACKERS (Getty Villa, dir. Michael Hackett), THE AMERICAN CLOCK AND SUMMERFOLK (dir Austin Pendleton). Film: Heyday of the Insensitive Bastard, Love Comes Later (Cannes Film Festival). TV: “Black Mirror”. He has worked at Harold Clurman, HERE, Geffen Playhouse, LATC, Rattlestick, The Public, Antaeus Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, The Shadowland Theatre.  A Native NYer. Thanks Lukas, Clancy, cu,m,m,m,e,j.

(AEA) is an actor, musician and music-maker originally from Baltimore, MD.  BFA: University of the Arts in Acting.  Training:  James Brill (Meisner), John DeSotelle, FSGA.  With TDC:  MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Madam Pompey Overdone),  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Titania).  Regional credits:  TWELFTH NIGHT (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), THE BOOK OF WILL (HVSF), LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (The Acting Company/HVSF).  Select NYC credits:  8th Annual BIG GREEN THEATER FEST. (The Bush. Starr/Superhero Clubhouse), Salty Brine’s Living Record Collection: JUNGLE BOOK, SALTY FOLK (SHC), JULIUS CAESAR (WDMC/Queens Shakes.), THE OLD ...THINGS (The New School).  love to the whole family and Nameless.  www.serenaemiller.com

Credits include: Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, Home of the Great Pecan, Short Plays; The Drilling Company. Julius Caesar; Shakespeare in the Park, The Public.. Twelfth Night; Commonwealth Shakespeare Company.  Mud, Love’s Labour’s Lost; New School for Drama. A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Payomet Performing Arts Center, The Triumph of Love; Shakespeare on the Cape. Training: MFA The New School for Drama, University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program. The Drilling company was my first artistic home in NYC when I moved here 9 years ago and I am thrilled to be a part of this production. Thank you for supporting free Shakespeare. 

toured Europe early 2019 in Sam Graber’s phenomenal Shooter (dir. Katrin Hilbe, ManyTracks). Since then: Frank Ceruzzi’s Round Went the Wheel (dir. Janet Bentley; BBTF), Morgan Dean’s Thick Blood, Thick Water (dir. Mehr Kaur), Dark Planet (Planet Connections), and Zooms for Portland Stage and Planet Connections. DrillingCo. work includes Malvolio, Polonius, Don Armado, Egeon, LaFeu, SECURITY, DEBT, and HONOR 2 (IT Award nom). Other NYC: Eddie Antar’s Drama Desk–nominated The Navigator and John McKinney’s The Chekhov Dreams (Chekhov; both dir. Leslie Kincaid Burby, WorkshopTh.); Savannah Disputation (dir. Katrin Hilbe, ManyTracks); Bill Rogers’s Caldwell’s Bomb (dir. Gerald vanHeerden; “Best Actor” nom.); John Dirrigl’s Bauer Sisters (dir. Troy Diana; MITF, “Best Supporting” nom.); Mike Folie’s Slave Shack (dir. Deb Whitfield, Algonquin); and Michael Niederman’s Riverside Symphony (dir. Hondo Weiss-Richmond; PCTF “Outstanding Actor”). Features/Web: Off Jackson Avenue; Bobby G. Can’t Swim; ONN’s News from the Year 2137. AEA, SAG–AFTRA. www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgnatactor/