La Maupin 2018 Bios

Jessie Field (Book/Lyrics) is an NYC playwright and director. Past musical collaborations with her brother, composer Jared Field, include Rachel (2018 JDT Lab Selection, WINNER Outstanding Musical - 2015 Fresh Fruit Festival, 2013 Harold and Mimi Sternberg Prize for Best Original Play) and La Maupin (2018 MUT Competition finalist, WINNER Audience Favorite - 2017 Fresh Fruit Festival). Jessie’s TYA straight play To The West was recently a finalist in the Growing Stage’s New Play Reading Festival. She will be attending the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU Tisch in the fall. Jared, Kt, Michele, Mark, Cassidy, Allison, Vanessa, Sarah, Lisa, Max, Jake, Larry, Madeleine - my gratitude knows no bounds, thanks for the adventure! www.jessiefield.com

Jared Field (Music) is a composer, conductor, music educator and clarinetist. Jared has collaborated with his sister Jessie Field on several musicals including Rachel, La Maupin, and the upcoming Tulia. Jared is a graduate of Brandeis University and Teachers College, Columbia University. He currently teaches middle school music at Worcester Academy, where he is a proud recipient of the O’Connell Award for excellence in teaching. www.jfieldmusic.com

Michele O'Brien (Director) is a director, writer, and performer who is THRILLED to be helming this reading of La Maupin! Directing includes: Queens Theatre’s Park Plays (Afternoon Prayers by Jenny Lyn Bader), Emerging Artists Theater’s New Work Series (Chasers by Ashley Lara), NY Madness (new plays by Joshua Young, Jessica Moss, and Matthew Barbot), LOVE DRUNK (Sightseeing by Elena V. Levenson), The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (Delayed by Piper Werle). She's a member of the NY Madness directing company and New Perspectives Theater Company’s 2018 Women’s Work Short Play Lab and has assisted off-Broadway (F#%king Up Everything, dir. Jen Wineman), at FRIGID Festival (How to Sell Your Gang Rape Baby* *For Parts, dir. Michele Travis) and at the New York Theater Festival (Rachel, dir. Ari Laura Kreith). She’s also an improviser and sketch comedy writer whose work has been performed at Upright Citizens Brigade and the PIT. B.A., Vassar College.

Kt Harris (Stage Manager) is a third year at NYU Tisch School of the Arts studying Costume Design and Stage Management. Previous Credits Include: La Maupin (ASM), Tisch’s Festival of Voices (SM), Men on Boats (Costume Designer), Safety Net (Asst. Costume Shop Manager). She’s so excited to return to this project and would like to thank Jessie, Jared, and Michele for this wonderful opportunity. She’d also like to thank the three most important women in her life: her roommate Hunter, her girlfriend Jacquelyn, and her cat Gabby.

Mark Oleszko (Music Director) is a New York-based music director, pianist, composer, and arranger. He is also a current full-time high school music teacher with the New York City Department of Education. His performances have spanned various stages ranging from The Apollo Theatre to the United Nations. Mark's original musical #LoveStory played the NYC Fringe Festival in 2015, winning an audience favorite award. He sends big love to his family and students!

Madeleine Goldsmith (Producer) is a Manhattan-based producer. In the last year since moving to New York from San Francisco she has produced works at Abrons Arts Center, HERE Arts Center, and Target Margin Theater. In the fall she will have productions at The Bushwick Starr and SoHo Rep.

Cassidy Layton (Julie d’Aubigny) is so so excited to be getting to revisit the world of La Maupin, this time as Julie! Cassidy is an actress, singer and comedian based in NYC. Favorite credits include Ryan Scott Oliver’s: Three Points of Contact, Bagels from Benny (92Y), Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS), and All Star: the Smash Mouth Musical. You can see Cassidy on SNL a few times a season to the left of and slightly behind the famous people, or in a handful of indie films where she plays various angsty teens. Cassidy is also currently writing her first full length play A Conversation with Ted Bundy. She would like to thank Rob, the shrubs, Jessie & Jared, and every dog she’s ever seen. cassidylayton.com - @casadilla67

Allison Frasca (Marquise de Florensac) is so excited to join the fantastic world of La Maupin! She is an actor, singer, and writer living in NYC. You can also catch Allison performing at St. Luke’s Theater in Wicked Frozen every Sunday at 7:30. Allison has also starred in many indie films including Toss It (Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival) and Dean Darling (The Stony Brook Film Festival). She’s also currently writing, producing, and starring in her magnum opus, All Star: The Best Broadway Musical, a full show only using the song All Star by Smash Mouth (they know about it and aren’t going to sue her!) She loves and thanks her family, this incredible cast and creative team, Dominic, and the Shrubs for their endless support and love! www.afrasca.com

Vanessa Wendt (Brigitte) New York: Godspell; Willie & Me: The Emmett Kelly Story (Actress – Reading); Roaring Girl (Mistress Gallipot); La Maupin (Brigitte, Fight Captain – Fresh Fruit Festival), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), As You Like It (Duke Frederik/Corin), Windy-Woo and her Naughty, Naughty Pets (Princess Vicki/Ensemble; Workshop Reading), Pieces, The Musical (Dr. Carol – Workshop Reading), Julius Caesar (Brutus, Fight Captain), Orphan Train: The Musical (Rachel Pierce), The Taming of the Shrew (Katharina), Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio), Comedy of Errors (Adriana – NY Fringe), Quest of the Hero (Princess Zelga - PCTF), Sunday on the Rocks (Jessica), Under Fire (Ensemble – NYMF), The Big Orange Splot (Penelope Record); Chicago: Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), How To Succeed in Business…. (Bud Frump), Little Women: The Musical (Marmee). Vanessa is also the Managing Director of The Fools and Kings Project. www.thefoolsandkingsproject.com

Lisa Campbell (La Rochois) acts in classical and contemporary theater, musical theater, and film in NYC and regionally. She has performed with the Adirondack Shakespeare Company, Castillo Theatre, Theater for the New City, and The Gallery Players. She holds an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College. Lisa is a feminist and activist, and she is thrilled to be part of this reading about the legendary, badass Julie D'Aubigny.

Sarah Moebius (Fanchon Moreau and others) is so excited to be a part of La Maupin’s revival. She was last seen as Fanchon in last year’s production of La Maupin. Directly after the show she will be leaving for Seattle to attend the International Stunt School. She would like to thank her parents and friends for their undying support.

Jake Regensburg (Comte d'Albert and others) is ecstatic to be making his debut in the Tank Pride Festival. Recent credits include Happily The Musical with Lamplighters NYU, and La Maupin at The Fresh Fruit Festival. He is a current student at NYU Tisch School for the Arts in the Atlantic Acting School. He would like to thank the La Maupin team for granting him this incredible opportunity, again! Love to M, D, and C.

Larry Luck (Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard) is an actor and singer based in NYC, but owes his charm to hometown Houston, Texas. Some of his favorite credits include Joe Hardy, Cinderella's Prince, and Curly McClain. He is incredibly honored to be part of this production, and very excited to finally realize the dividends of high school French class.

Max Bitar (Séranne) is thrilled to be back working on La Maupin again! He has worked in New York primarily on new plays at venues such as The Cherry Lane Theatre, INTAR Theater, The New Ohio, The Wild Project, and more. Regionally he has performed at theaters such as PlayMakers Repertory Company, Deep Dish Theatre, and The Kenan Theatre. Huge thanks to Jared and Jessie and the entire Maupin team!

Anastasia Rutkowski (Stage Directions) is a Graduate of Drew University and a Massachusetts native. Favorite past theater roles include Irene Pavel in Steel Birds, Marlene Dietrich in Silver Screen Parade, Elizabeth in Press, Maria in Twelfth Night. Film: Lobster Fra Diavolo, and Pancakes.