Our Actors

Bodine Alexander is an actor, freelance video editor and producer. She is a graduate of Barnard College, and has performed in New York at PS122, Rattlestick Theater and HERE Arts Center, as well as in three feature films and many shorts. Very recently, she produced and edited The Ted Haggard Monologues, a feature-length dark comedy film written by and starring Michael Yates Crowley.

Bodine’s favorite advice to the actor: In film, a totally blank expression can sometimes be inferred to have a lot of meaning, based on context. Don’t be afraid of being very, very small in that medium.

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Jason Carden is an actor, freelance producer and director. He earned his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to producing and starring in a web series called Three Percent Enemies, Jason can be seen every Saturday night as captain of the football team Blake Williams in The Awesome 80s Prom at Webster Hall.

Jason’s favorite advice for the actor: Learn as much as you can about every aspect of the process, every approach, every philosophy, and from as many people as possible. You don’t know when and where it will come in handy, but it will.

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Kate Chadwick grew up in Twin Peaks, CA and went to the University of California, Irvine (B.A., Drama, magna cum laude and high honors in musical theatre). She also has a post-graduate degree from the Oxford School of Drama in England. Some previous roles include: Maria in The Sound of Music, Marian in The Music Man, Fiona in Brigadoon, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sarah in Guys and Dolls, and Bessie Higginbotham in A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot. She is currently working on a CD of old standards from the 30s and 40s (her favorite era), and a play based on silly bacteriologists.

Kate’s favorite advice for the actor: Stay funny. Nothing is so bad when you can laugh at it.

Andrew’s favorite advice for the actor: As your first contact with a script, read the entire script aloud and embody all characters with as much individuality as possible.

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Ben Jaeger-Thomas is a working actor in NYC and currently makes his living primarily through voice-over commercial work. He studied Theatre for three years at The University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, and has also worked with Josh Pais from The Atlantic Theatre School in addition to several courses in improv at Upright Citizens Brigade.

Ben’s favorite advice for the actor: An actor must always be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Patrick Lacey’s New York credits include The Soldier Dreams (Spiral Inc.), Icarus (Six Figures Fairy Tale Festival 04), The Secret of Steep Ravines (Ripetime Productions at P.S. 122), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Witch of Edmonton (REV Theatre), Significant Circus (Horseback Productions), The Indian Princess (Target Margin) The Incubus (Yorkville Rep), En Attendant Moscow (Chekhov Now! Festival). Seattle credits: Bread and Circus, Interrogating the Nude, This End Up and others (Annex Theatre: company member). The Revenger’s Tragedy, Holy Ghosts, Innocence (Aha! Theatre). The Swan (Northwest Actors Studio). Patrick also designs masks which have appeared in productions in New York, Washington, Indiana, Canada and Ireland.

Patrick’s favorite advice for the actor: When things are going badly, get your attention off yourself, and back on your scene partner. Find something new. There’s always something. He or she will surprise you, and nothing puts you in the moment better than surprise.

Adam Laupus recently finished dark original fairy-tales Hinterland by Ben Adair Murphey, and experimental musical workshop, Pyrates! with composer Stephanie Johnstone and writer/director Josh Gelb. Earlier this year, he completed his first major leading film role in an indie film in India, A Decent Arrangement directed by Sarovar Banka. He is also co-founder of brilliant-but-canceled sketch team Fresh Meat and toured at several Fringe Festivals around the country and Canada. TV credits: Kings, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, As The World Turns, Guiding Light. B.F.A. in Drama from NYU.

Chelsea O’Connor is originally from Michigan, and has been living and acting in New York for over 3 years. Currently, Chelsea is a member of Panoply Performance Laboratory, a non-profit arts collective. She recently performed with PPL in a deserted Wall Street bank vault, as a part of the LMCC Swing Space. Other NYC Theatre credits include Hamlet (Gorilla Repertory), Endoftheworldlovesong (Flea Theatre), and 7 Ways to Mourn the Dead (MCC PlayLab Reading Series).

Anastasia Olowin is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and currently resides on the island of Manhattan. She holds a B.F.A. in acting from New York University, where she studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing. She has also trained at the Moscow Art Theatre and the American Conservatory Theater. In addition to performing, Anastasia works as a creator and choreographer.

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Risa Sarachan has a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing. Past credits include: Bang/Whimper (NY Fringe), Learning to Love Me More (Ontological Hysterical), Claire and Daniel (Atlantic Theatre Stage 2) and The History of My Domestication (TigerMilk Collective). You can also see Risa in the indie film My Friends Told Me About You now available in the Wholpin’s DVD Collection. Two other films, Moziba and hItec!, will be screened in NYC in early 2010. She will also be appearing in the 31DOWN premiere production of their work Red Over Red at the Ontological Theatre this spring.

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Jeff Wills (AEA) is a founding member of The Action Collective. Jeff is an actor, director, teacher and playwright. He earned his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Jeff has continued his studies in physical theatre and expanded into circus, Suzuki, Viewpoints, commedia dell’arte and clowning. He is a founding member of the circus/theatre group Kirkos, and the commedia dell’arte troupe Zuppa del Giorno, and frequently works as a teaching actor in NYU’s playwriting and film directing courses. He is a freelance teacher, and also instructs in the Electric Theatre Company’s Actor’s Conservatory.

Jeff’s favorite advice for the actor: Listen with your whole body, all the time. It’s a good way to be there for a scene partner, and the best practice in life for being open in performance.