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Rachel Klein (Artistic Director, Executive Producer) is a director, choreographer, producer, and costume/production designer. Miss Klein established the ensemble in 2007 with her adaptation of Oscar Wild’s The Canterville Ghost and since has worked with RKP and other collaborators (including Junta Juleil Theatricals, the Jackie Factory, Disgraced Productions, HQ Rep, the House of Yes, Bluebox Productions, and Razors Edge Productions) to build and develop the full length productions The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Metro, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Sir Sheever, Aenigma, Go-Go Killers!, Hound, Princes of Darkness, Circus of Circus, and Lizardman. Shorter works and dance pieces include: Our Prison, La Enferma, Medusa, Sisters of the Moon, Sweeter Than Wine, Killer Workout, Beat Girl, The Fairy Tail Chain, Act Up! Ballet, and Noche de las Munecas. Miss Klein was a 2010 recipient of the Emerging Artists’ Residency Grant with the Field in Association with the Tides Foundation, currently curates a monthly performance art review at Bowery Poetry Club, and will be working on a new dance commission for Dixon Place in 2012. |
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Elizabeth Stewart (Performer) has been working on stage and film since studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting as an undergraduate at TISCH.
Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Go-Go Killers!, Hound, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Stage Blood is Never Enough, Aenigma, Medusa, Metro, La Enferma, and The Canterville Ghost. Other works: Racist Is My Middle Name (Manhattan Theater Source), The Tempest (NYSF/Public Theater), Charlie's Ghost (Abingdon Theater), The Suicidal Violinists (Brick Theater), Back Home Set (Stella Adler Studio Theater)
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Michael Porsche (Performer) is a professional chef by day and a dedicated member of RKP (since 2006!) by night. He feels very lucky to be able to work with so many creative, outrageous and hilarious individuals on a regular basis.
Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Stage Blood Is Never Enough, Go-Go Killers!, La Enferma, Sir Sheever, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Metro, Medusa (at Give Thanks!), and The Canterville Ghost.
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Abigail Hawk (Performer) is renowned for her versatile facial expressions and bone-chilling screams. Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Hound, the Canterville Ghost, Sir Sheever, and Stage Blood is Never Enough. Other Works: Rosemary, Christmas Rappings, Don't Dress for Dinner, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Wait Until Dark, Sophisticated Ladies, Romeo and Juliet, Assassins, The Laramie Project, Godspell, A Chorus Line, 'dentity Crisis, and subUrbia.
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Megan O'Connor (Performer) is an actress and swing dancer. Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Sir Sheever Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, Sisters of the Moon (At Night of 1000 Stevies) Medusa (at Give Thanks!) Bad Boys (as part of Sticky! With Blue Box Productions) and Sextacular! Sexacular! (At the Bleecker Street Theater). Assistant Director: Lizardman. Other Works: As You Like It with the Seacoast Repertory, Hamlet: the First Quarto and A Murder is Announced with the University of NH, Proof with Mask & Dagger Productions.
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Danielle Marie Fusco (Performer) is a freelance performer, choreographer, teaching artist and Reiki practitioner. Danielle is originally from NY, and has a BA is Dance Education from Marymount Manhattan, and two years of professional trining at the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance. Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Stage Blood is Never Enough, Go-Go Killers!, and Sisters of the Moon (at Night of 1000 Stevies). Other Works: American Document (Martha Graham Dance Co. at Joyce SOHO), The Eleventh Hour and Helios, Acts of Light (Martha Graham Repertory) Made for Paper (Kelly Donovan and Dancers, at Alvin Ailey), and Il Teatro Bramante (In Italy with Kinsun Chan of the Zurich Ballet.)
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Eric L. Schmalenberger: (Performer) is a performer, curator, and producer who works out of Brooklyn New York.
Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, and Sisters of the Moon (at Night of 1000 Stevies).
Other Ensembles: Deitch Projects, assume vivid astro focus, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Vanessa Walter's Man Dancers, The Arch Collective, and The Hole. Eric combines all his skills in performance and curation in a quarterly event called BANZAI!!!!, an art and performance extravaganza that he puts together with his brother in crime Muffinhead.
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Brian Rubiano (Performer) believes that a glittery world is a fabulous and joyful world! Productions with Rachel Klein: The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and Sisters of the Moon (at Night of 1000 Stevies).
Other Works: Tops in Blue (World Tour), Aida , Miss Saigon, Evita, Edward III, Hansel and Gretel Eat Crabs, and was a Featured Singer for The Actor’s Project Season 17 Showcase . TV and Film: “American Gangster,” the Marvin Hamlisch Tribute Film (A Chorus Line Dancer), “27 Down,” “Crispy Bacon ,” “The West Wing,” and “Ugly Betty” (Wardrobe Asst).
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Freddy Mancilla (Performer) is a BFA Acting Major at Marymount Manhattan College. Rachel Klein has allowed him to masquerade as a dancer in her productions The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Go Go Killers!, and Stage Blood Is Never Enough. Other Works: workshop readings of Carlos J. Serrano's piece The Day Three Mariachi Followed Charlie Home and the music video for the 3D2 song "Yo Valgo Mas."
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Preston Burger (Performer) has been having the ride of his life working with this fantastic ensemble of movers and shakers. Productions with Rachel Klein: Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and The Tragedy of Maria Macabre. Other dance credits include: Sean Curran (The Force of Circumstance), Monstah Black (Suspended Gardens at SUPERFRONT Gallery), Adam Barruch Dance, and Abigail Levine and the Move The House Foundation, as well as repertory by Ze'eva Cohen, Christopher Williams, and Leonide Massine.
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Jillaine Gill (Performer) is an actress, model, and performance artist who has studied with Anthony Abeson and is a founding member of Junta Juleil Productions. Productions with Rachel Klein: Aenigma, Go Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, Sisters of the Moon (at Night of 1000 Stevies), Our Prison (at the Tank), Sweeter than Wine (at Give Thanks!), Sir Sheever (the original production, circa 2001), Naomi in the Living Room (2001), and Gift of the Maeggots (with AUR).
Other Works: Dreams of the Clockmaker, and Stage Blood Is Not Enough (Junta Juleil Theatricals), Your Eyebrows are Too Jersey, Mix Tape, Stand Up Comic, Baby with the Bathwater, David's Redhaired Death, Wall of Water, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Measure for Measure, The Bitch Was Wrong, Voices, and Salome
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Kari Warchock (Performer) is an actress, singer, and dancer and has worked with Rachel Klein since 2001. Productions with Rachel Klein: Metro, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Sir Sheever (in both the Original Production in 2001, and in the NYC Production in 2008), Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and La Enferma.
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Rob Richardson (Performer) is Rachel Klein’s go to guy for yelling, black guy stuff and smoothness. Productions with Rachel Klein: Stage Blood is Never Enough, Aenigma, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Southern Werewolf (at Under TS. Marks with RSP)and Propmaster and Enforcer for the Frogs (with RSP, 2006). Other works: [pwnd] (Under St. Marks) Liberal White Female (the Bleecker Street Theater) and Manuel Vs. the Statue of Liberty (Puerto Rican Traveling Theater).
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Anita Rundles (Makeup Designer) is a multi-talented performer, visual artist and
musician based in Brooklyn. Productions with Rachel Klein: the Canterville Ghost, All Kinds of Shifty Villains, Sir Sheever, Aenigma, La Enferma, Stage Blood is Never Enough, Go-Go Killers!, Hound, and the Tragedy of Maria Macabre. Other Works:, Othello, Faust, and Nosferatu, with Palehorse Productions as an actress puppeteer and mask maker.
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Sean Gill (Playwright, Filmmaker, Sound and Video Designer) has written over 20 plays and written and directed over 35 feature length and short films which have been screened all over the world. He is a 2010 graduate of Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School and has studied with Juan Luis Buñuel. Productions with Rachel Klein: (Playwright) Go-Go Killers!, Aenigma, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and Our Prison (the Tank). (Sound Design) all of the above, the Tragedy of Macabre, Princes of Darkness, and Hound. Film collaborations with RKP: La Enferma, and the Tragedy of Maria Macabre. Other Works: (Playwright) Dreams of the Clockmaker, Laurie Deacon and the Night Caller, and Stage Blood is Not Enough (Junta Juleil Theatricals). Films: Thursday Night, Low Lives, the Sleepy-Time Time cycle, Highly Confidential, Go Harlem, Chewies 4, Crescendo, Chinese Pop!, and The Tragedie of Admiral Cigarette.
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Leasen Beth Almquist, (Performer) enjoys working with Rachel because of her artistic originality and vision! Productions with Rachel Klein: Go-Go Killers! and Sisters of the Moon (at Night of 1000 Stevies). Other Works: Broadway Revival of Annie Get Your Gun, National- Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat, Regional- Cabaret (Pitts. Public,) Asst.choreo/Dance Capt. Legends- Las Vegas. TV: “All my Children,” “As the world Turns,” “L&O”, David Lynch’s “Industrial Symphony #1,” Martin Scorsese Short for “Cava.”
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Reagan Wilson (Performer) is a performer and executive producer of Ciona Taylor Productions. Productions with Rachel Klein: Go Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough. Other Works: please visit www.luvrae.com
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Marina Steinberg (Stage Manager) studied Theatre at Cornell University and has been stage managing shows in NYC since graduating in 2006. Productions with Rachel Klein: Aenigma, Go-Go Killers!, and Stage Blood is Never Enough. Other Works: Larry Traiger's The Gay Barber's Apartment (Half Assiduity Productions), Martin Zuckerman's The Aspern Papers (Turtle Shell Productions), and Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change (Gallery Players).
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Josh Hyman (Performer) Josh is a native New Yorker, blazing his own unique trail of entertainment on the stages of NYC via quirky standup comedy, theatrical bravado, and memorable film/tv characters. Productions with Rachel Klein: Stage Blood is Never Enough, Bad Boys (as part of Sticky! With Blue Box Productions), The Frogs and Cover Magnets (With RSP in 2006). Other Works: Talking Heads (Turtle Shell Productions), HellCab (Under St. Marks), Dead Lawyers (Gene Frankel Theater), [pwnd] (Under St. Marks), GhostNet (Grumbling Gryphons), Trying To Get To The Moon (Interborough Repertory Theater), and multiple tours with the National Theater for Children.
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Michele Cavallero (Performer) is a dancer, singer, and actress who has had the honor of working on several Rachel Klein Productions. Productions with Rachel Klein: Go-Go Killers! (performer and dance captain), Excerpts from Go-Go Killers! At La MaMa, and Stage Blood is Never Enough. Other works: JUNK: A Rock Opera (Lyric Theatre/Los Angeles), Guys & Dolls (Downey Civic Light Opera), assisted on the 2010 Drama Desk Awards (LaGuardia Concert Hall), 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards (Lincoln Center) and the 2010 Tony Awards (Radio City.) Michele is also a graduate of Emerson College in Boston.
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Kristen Lee (performer) is a Pinup Model, Comedic Actress, Striptease Artist, and Producer, and was Miss Coney Island Pinup 2008. Productions with Rachel Klein: Stage Blood is Never Enough, leading actress in Off-Broadway production Sextacular!Sextacular! (choreographed by Klein) founder and of striptease dance troupe Les Chatons Magnifique! (choreographed by Klein). Other works: Producer of Big Banana Burlesque, co-producer of Cherry Pop under Bubble Bath Burlesque. Co-host of Vroom! Vision; and has performed at Duane Park, Slipper Room, Hell's Kitchen, Original Cyn, Le Scandal, Freaks and Geeks, NY PInup Club Burlesque.
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Robyn Nielsen (Performer) has been working in New York writing, directing, acting and producing theater and film since 2003.
Productions with Rachel Klein: Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and Medusa (At Give Thanks!).
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Veronica Vroom! (Performer) is a dancer and burlesque performer. Productions with Rachel Klein: Go-Go Killers!, Stage Blood is Never Enough, and is a performer in the burlesque dance ensemble Les Chatons Magifique with Kristen Lee and Rosabelle Selavy (choreographed by Klein). Other Works: Producer/Performer: the burlesque noir shows Vroom! Room and Vroom!-Vision at the Slipper Room; Co-Producer with Miss Kristen Lee of the non-concept burlesque show Cherry Pop at The Delancey Lounge where you can catch her every fourth Tuesday of the month.
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