CAST AND CREATIVE BIOS:
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Elisha Lawson, an Adelco Award nominee, has been making a name for himself in the TV world. Born and raised in Heidelberg, Germany, Elisha honed his skills overseas before coming to New York. He has worked on major shows such as "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO), "Blue Bloods" (CBS), "Shades of Blue" (NBC), "The Get Down" (Netflix), "NCIS: New Orleans" (CBS), and many more. Elisha received a scholarship to attend The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and was hired, straight out of school, to be a professional improviser. Years of improving opened the door for Elisha to do professional theater. He has been in productions such as To Kill a Mockingbird (Queens Theater in the Garden), A Raisin In The Sun (Indiana Repertory Theater & Syracuse University), (A) Loft Modulation (A.R.T New York Theaters), Syncing Ink (The Apollo), and A Christmas Carol at the Tony Award-winning theater, McCarter Theater Center. Elisha Continues to grow and elevate in his craft with each project that he takes on.
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Christina Toth is an actress best known for her work as Annalisa Damiva in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. Other TV credits include HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Discovery’s A Crime to Remember, Revry’s STRUT and Prime’s Bumbld. Some of Christina’s stage work include David Bowie’s LAZARUS directed by Ivo van Hove at the New York Theatre Workshop, Candlelight by John Patrick Shanley, at The New Ohio, where she originated the role of Mabel, (A)Loft Modulation - a play with jazz, directed by Christopher McElroen and produced by the american vicarious at A.R.T. Theatres, The Woolgatherer directed by Chazz Palminteri at the LaTea Theatre. Christina Toth is the resident artist of The Bridge Production Group, where she actively participates in the curation of the company’s artistic seasons. She performed in their productions of Richard III, Red Light Winter, The Blue Room, in the New York premiere of SEE YOU by French Canadian playwright Guillaume Corbeil, and most recently in I Am Your Masseuse by John Patrick Shanley. Christina is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and Television Academy. www.christinatoth.com
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Max Samuels: Previously with The Bridge Production Group: hedda (World Premiere). Other New York: American premiere of Angry Young Man (Urban Stages); The Winter’s Tale (NY Shakespeare Exchange). Regional: Guild Hall, Portland Stage, Northern Stage, New London Barn Playhouse. Developmental workshops with New Victory LabWorks, New York Theatre Workshop, Musical Theatre Factory, and The Sappho Project among others. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Max’s first audiobook narration, Never Quote The Weather to A Sea Lion (and other uncommon tales from the founder of the Big Apple Circus), is available on Audible. Upcoming: MEAT at The Tank, Dec. 9-17. Education: BA Dartmouth College, MA London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. www.maxbsamuels.com
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Campbell Symes (she/her) is an actor based in Brooklyn, New York. Campbell is a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse, where she studied the Meisner technique. Recent film work includes "Talk to me in silence" (Young Claire) directed by Julia Ngeow, and "Elegy for a Glacier" (Penelope) directed by Stephanie Falkeis. Recent theater work includes The Ghost Train (Elsie Winthrop) directed by Carl Wallnau at Centenary Stage. Campbell's first co-star appearance will screen on Amazon next year.
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Michael DeFilippis is an actor and artist based in Brooklyn. He was most recently seen as Conrad in the To Be Theatre Company’s inaugural production of STUPID F*CKING BIRD, directed by Tom Costello, and as Prince Hal in the Stag and Lion rep productions of HENRY IV Pts. 1 & 2. He is thrilled to be making his debut with The Bridge Production Group. Michael received his training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Max Hunter (Director) is the Founding Artistic Director of The Bridge Production Group. Recent directing credits include Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen’s [title of show], which The New York Times hailed as a “rejuvenating balm” and “a paean to the uneasy but hopeful footing upon which we all find ourselves. [The Times] would be hard-pressed to find a more honest theatrical experience right now.” Prior to the COVID shutdown, Max directed the United States premiere of Guillaume Corbeil’s See You, which Maya Philips championed in The New Yorker as “fascinating and breathless.” He will direct and produce a new production of American Psycho by Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Off-Broadway in 2023. For The Bridge, Max has directed New York revivals of David Hare’s The Blue Room (“Brilliant and immersive, limitless in the ability to evoke raw emotion, an experience every adult should have” writes BroadwayWorld), the world premiere commission of Carol Brown’s hedda (Playwrights Horizons’ Robert Moss Theater), and Shakespeare’s Richard III (New York Theatre Workshop’s Fourth Street Theater). Other directing credits include City Centers Encores! (asst. to Walter Bobbie), Young Pilgrims (World Premiere: Clemente Arts Center), and Access Theatre; readings and workshops at the Abingdon Theatre, Sheen Center, National Black Theatre of Harlem, and Fire This Time Festival. Regional credits include the New London Barn Playhouse, Johns Hopkins University, and Dartmouth College. Max is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio, is an Associate Member of the SDC, and received a BA from Dartmouth College. www.maxhuntersite.com
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Avery Reed is a New York based costume designer working in theater, film and dance. Recent credits include: Patience (Second Stage), Buggy Baby (APAC), GNIT (TFANA), Ransom (Arts On Site), Water Cooler Siren Song (Little Island/HERE), Only Human (St. Clements), Dishwater Blonde (Torn Page), Indeed, Friend! (Clubbed Thumb/Playwrights), Sweeney Todd (Piper Theater), Linthead (SMP), Everybody (RU), The Tempest (Lenfest), ADMIX (NYCI NYCB), Appalachian Spring (Dance Theater of Harlem), Brut Force (Brut Force LLC), (Martin Eden (Kingdom County Productions). MFA NYU Tisch. www.averyreed.com
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Conor Mulligan (Lighting Designer) Credits include: NEW YORK: Kwento (Konverjdans), Stay With Me (NVA+GUESTS), The Eros Project, Under The Sun Rug, Plástica cuerpo en situación*, I am New Here, It’s Above Me Now, (territory) of the heart, QUARTZ (Triskelion Arts), Femmenisto (CLYMOVE),The Giant Hoax, (Theatre Row), KonverjdansIII (The Mark O’Donnell Theater), Jumping Mouse (Museum of Jewish Heritage), BalletNEXT (NYLA), National Children’s Chorus (Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall), Satellite Collective’s Echo & Narcissus 2018 (BAM Fisher), Adam Minus Josh, (Theatre Lab), Start From Hello A New Musical (Hudson Guild Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Smith Street Stages), The Gamblers, Lambs For Slaughter, The Overcoat, The Master and Margarita, Lady With A Lap Dog, The Three Sisters, Crime and Punishment (The Russian Arts Theatre & Studio), The Phillie Trilogy, Do You Dream In Spanish, (Fresh Fruit Festival 2017), The Commuters (Calendar Boys Productions). REGIONAL: PIRIRA, Old Love New Love (Luna Stage, NJ), An Act of God, On Golden Pond (Bristol Riverside Theatre), This Is Our Youth (Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, MA), Songs for a New World, Sunrize With A “Z”, E2, The 39 Steps, Sweeney Todd, All She Must Posses, The Other Place (REP Stage, MD), Columbinus, Fly By Night (1st Stage, VA), Manuel Vignoulle – M/Motions (Tulsa Performing Arts Center), The Effects Of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds [Winner of the Craig Noel award for Outstanding Lighting Design 2018], Fool For Love, True West (Cygnet Theatre, CA), Lesson 443 (MOXIE Theatre, CA), Thrill Me (Diversionary Theatre, CA). INTERNATIONAL: Cirio Collective: In the Mind, The Fourth Way, Parting Thoughts (Despertares Impulsa 2019; Guadalajara, MEX). Conor is a proud member of USA 829. More at www.conormulliganld.com
Andrew Freeburg is a designer, director and translator. From 2014-2020, he worked as a resident media designer with the Dmitri Krymov Laboratory; more recently: translating and directing Chekhov’s Ivanov (Columbia), directing an adaptation of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart (Columbia), Victory under the Sun (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Design: Everybody (Santa Fe Playhouse); The Trojan Women, The View, Once on Rumspringa (all Columbia University); Darling Grenadine (Roundabout Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals). MFA, Columbia University; BA, Yale University. andrewsfreeburg.com
Thomas Jenkeleit is a scenic and prop designer devoted to creating new, reimagined, and thought provoking work. Thomas is from Queens, New York and holds a BFA in Theatrical Production and Design from Ithaca College. Design/prop artisan credits include: The New Studio, Ithaca Shakespeare Company, Hangar Theater Company, Kitchen Theater Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, 15 Street Quarterly Meeting House, The Cherry Arts, RWS Entertainment Group, The State Theater of Ithaca. jenkeleit.com
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Melanie Ashby (Production Stage Manager) is new to New York City, and is very excited to be here! Favorite past productions include Jasper in Deadland (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE), The Medea Complex (Western Washington University), The Last 5 Years (The Evergreen State College), Henry IV Part 2 (Greenstage), and The Laramie Project (The Evergreen State College). They would like to thank their friends, family, and partner for their support.
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Dante de Blasio (Assistant Director & Dramaturg) is a writer/director from Brooklyn, New York. He studied political science at Yale University, graduating with distinction in 2019. His non-fiction writing has been published in the Threepenny Review, the New York Daily News, and USA Today. He most recently worked as a director’s assistant on the set of "Miracle Workers."
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