Peter Brown (John Calvin, Fielding, Lt. Waters, Mr. Devries) holds a BA in Drama (Acting & Directing) from Dartmouth College. Prior to moving to Portland in 1998, he was the founding Artistic Director of The St. Croix Community Players in his hometown of Woodland, Maine. Peter was an ensemble member and Associate Artistic Director of Mad Horse Theatre Company, where he acted in a dozen productions including
The Late Henry Moss, The Normal Heart, The Pillowman, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and
Cloud 9. He has also acted with several other local theaters: Portland Stage Company (
Comedy of Errors); The PSC Studio Series (
The Food Chain); Fenix Theatre Company (
Twelfth Night &
Taming of the Shrew); Lorem Ipsum (
Blood Wedding); The Stage at Spring Point (
Twelfth Night &
The Miser); Portland Players (
Noises Off!, I Hate Hamlet &
Dial M for Murder-all with Michael Rafkin); The Children's Theater of Maine (
The Wrestling Season); ROiL (
Close to Home); MainePlay Productions (
Torch Song Trilogy); and The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor (
Twelfth Night, Almost, Maine &
Indoor/Outdoor).
Brian Chamberlain (Heinrich). Recent stage:
Burn This (StageForce),
Killer Joe (Space Gallery);
Hay Fever, Stones in his Pockets, The Importance of Being Earnest and
Shakespeare in Hollywood (Good Theater);
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fenix Theatre Company). He also tours with "You The Man" for Ad-Verb Productions. Recent Film & Television includes:
The Forsaken (2012),
Anatomy of the Tide (2012) and
Gilded Lilys (ABC 2012). Brian grew up in a small "Down East" town in Maine called East Machias. After high school, he moved to Georgia where he went to college on a baseball scholarship. Then at the age of 24 he reconnected with his true passion.....acting. He had the pleasure of training with Second City in both New York and Chicago. Brian lives in Portland with his beautiful wife Amy and their dog Tru.
Matt Delamater (Tommy) Matt is very excited to be working with Dramatic Repertory Company again on such an amazing show. Matt was previously seen with DRC in last season's production of
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde as Edward Carson and other characters. Matt was most recently seen this winter as Brandon in Good Theater's
Next Fall and Vladimir in Fenix Theatre's Summer production of
Waiting for Godot. Other roles include Eddie Pazinski in The Public Theater's
Last Mass at St. Casimir's and Nephew Fred & Ghost of Christmas Present in their last two productions of
A Christmas Carol; Jerry Devine in AIRE's
Juno and the Paycock; and Ray Moss in Mad Horse Theater Company's
The Late Henry Moss. Look for Matt this summer in The Theater at Monmouth's productions of
Henry IV, Part 1 and
The Little Prince. Matt would like to thank Keith for the chance to work with DRC and with such an incredible cast, his mentor Sally Jones for all of her wisdom and guidance, and his beautiful wife Emily for always supporting his passion
Elizabeth Lardie (Sally, Mrs. Fielding) has performed with outfits including AIRE, Fenix Theatre Company, Snowlion Repertory Company, The Theater Project, Sydney Theatre Company and Lanyard Theater Company (where she serves as co-director). Roles include Mary in
How the Other Half Loves, Mary in
Juno and the Paycock, Sylvia in
Sylvia, and Regan in
King Lear. Elizabeth is slated to make her full-length feature debut in the independent film
How to Make Movies at Home later in 2012. She earned a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and recently completed an internship at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. Also a professional columnist, her quirkier credits include regionally touring with a bluegrass musical; the ability (and stupidity) to rollerskate down a mountain; and nabbing the lead role in an Australian horror film which took the top prize at a Sydney film festival - for Best Comedy. She adores her incredibly tolerant loved ones.
Christine Penney (Gale). Christine Penney fell in love with theatre at the age of seven as Gretel in
The Sound of Music. She has worked with various theatre companies in New England and California including STAGE FORCE, New Hampshire Theatre Project, Industrial Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and Mill Valley Shakespeare Festival's Curtain Theatre. Her most recent acting credits include: Anna in
Burn This and Joan in
Love Song, both with STAGE FORCE at The Music Hall Loft; and Stella in
A Streetcar Named Desire at The Players' Ring.
Andrew Sawyer (Howard, Richie, Waiter, Delivery Boy). Andrew Sawyer is a local actor/writer/producer/man about town and a resident of beautiful Portland, Maine. He graduated from the University of Southern Maine in 2009 with a BA in Theatre Arts and has been beating the streets of Portland since. He most recently was seen in the role of "Patrick Dennis" in Good Theatre's production of
Little Me at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Previous credits include Mrs. Peachum in Lorem Ipsum's production of
Three Penny Opera and the Moon in
Blood Wedding. Andrew is a member of Mint films: www.mintfilms.net and Hilltop Productions. Andrew is thrilled to be
working with such a talented and passionate group of people on this production for DRC and can't wait to do more!
Casey Turner (Megan) Casey received her BA in Theatre from the University of Southern Maine. Recent credits include Good Theater (
Little Dog Laughed), Harbor Light Stage (
The Play About the Baby, Ethan Frome), The American Irish Repertory Ensemble (
Eclipsed, The Lonesome West, The Streets of Portland), The University of Southern Maine (
The Tempest, Moonchildren), Space Gallery (
Killer Joe), Dramatic Repertory Company (
Tigers Be Still). Casey is a company member of Apparatus Dance Theater and the Oddfellow Theater.
Keith Reddin (Playwright) is an American actor and playwright. He received his B.S. in 1978 from Northwestern University and then went on to attend The Yale University School of Drama until he received his M.A. in 1981. His plays
Life and Limb, Rum and Coke, Highest Standard of Living and
But Not for Me all received their world premieres at South Coast Repertory. SCR also produced his adaptation of Alexander Buravsky's
The Russian Teacher. Other plays include
Nebraska, Life During Wartime, Brutality of Fact, All the Rage, The Prophets of Nature, Synergy, Frame 312, Human Error, The Missionary Position, The Will to Art and
HmatrixH. Adaptations include: Bulgakov's
Black Snow, Shatrov's
Maybe, Molière's
The Imaginary Invalid, Anouilh's
Antigone and Thorton Wilder's
Heaven's My Destination. Film and television include,
Big Time (American Playhouse),
The Heart of Justice (TNT),
Milken (TNT),
The Alarmist, and
All the Rage.
KEITH POWELL BEYLAND (Director) Recently directed the critically-acclaimed DRC productions of
Tigers Be Still, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and
Blue/Orange. Keith spent the last two decades working on and off Broadway with respected organizations like Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre Company (NY), The New Group, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Irondale Ensemble Project. He directed
The Waiting Room, Insomniac, Throwing It Together and
Inamorata in New York and
And The Same in the Berkshires. Keith studied with Athol Fugard, John Patrick Shanley, Paula Vogel, Maria Irene Fornes, Anne Hamburger, Carey Perloff and Venable Herndon, among others. He holds a degree with Honors from the Dramatic Writing Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
MICHAELA WIRTH (Lighting Design). Rarely seen in the full light of day, this designer is delighted to be working once again with DRC. When not in the darkness of the theatre, she can often be found in the darkness of the projection booth of the Nicklelodeon... planning the lights for the next DRC show!
CHRIS FITZE (Sound Design) is very pleased to be working with the DRC! Over the past 20 years, Chris has designed shows for several different venues including: Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Children's Theater of Maine, St. Lawrence Performing Arts Center, and Portland Stage Company. He is Technical Director at Morse High School in Bath where he oversees a crew of 30 kids. He also designs and builds sets. Chris works days at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine as a member of their Exhibits/ Operations team. He send his love to Jessica, Martin, and Arthur.