A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Mia Anderson (Titania/Theseus) is thrilled to be performing with Zephyer Rep. She was just seen in the role of Candace in the film Production which was selection in Urban World film festival 2009, she also did a reading at the Hot Ink Festival in Appointment with God playing opposite Rebecca Jones, and has made her directing debut in New York in the Frozen One Act Festival with Construct Theater Company. Regionally she has worked with Commonwealth Shakespeare (Boston MA), Boston Theater Works (Boston MA), Dreamkeeper Theater (Dayton OH), Providence Black Rep (Prov R.I.) and Painted Bride Theater in Philadelphia to name a few. She is also a proud Native New Yorker hailing from Brooklyn, USA!

Tamara Cacchione (Demetrius) is thrilled to be reprising the role of Demetrius after performing it in the production mounted in 2006. When Tamara is not acting, she can be seen on the court at Madison Square Garden as a member of the 7th Ave Squad cheering for the Knicks. She is a graduate of Vassar College (BA in Drama), National Theater Institute, and the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Favorite past roles include Marlene in Dance at Bataan (written and directed by Blake Bradford), Callie in Stop Kiss, April in Hot L Baltimore, and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew (reverse gender). tk_cacchione@yahoo.com

Julia Giolzetti (Snug) is ready to have a roarin' good time as Snug. This is her second production with Zephyer Rep, her first being February's Dear Brutus (Mrs. Purdie). She holds a BFA in Theatre from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory. San Diego: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet; SD Youth Playbill Award for Best Actress). NYU: Electra (Chrysothemis), The Misanthrope (Philinte), Laura Dennis, Cloud Nine, Mad Forest. New York: American Soldiers (Theater for the New City), PINK!, Henry V, The Back Line, T.A.B. (Downtown Urban Theater Festival & Manhattan Rep), Three Sisters. Film: HappyThankYouMorePlease (presented at Sundance 2010), White Irish Drinkers, Maconheiro, Sweet Lorraine, Last Chance. TV: "Z Rock". Commercial: Bank of America. Voiceover: "Big Love" interactive billboard campaign (NY/LA). Julia blogs about her crazy life at giolzetti.blogspot.com. Love to Mom, Dad, and Angela.

Alicia Green (Hermia/Choreographer) is a graduate of New York University, earning her Master’s degree in Educational Theater. She received her undergraduate degree in theater and music from Fordham University, and has studied at Circle in the Square, Alvin Ailey, HB Studios and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Alicia was most recently seen as Donna in Snake in Fridge and is very excited to be reprising the role of Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has also been featured in a handful of independent films, most notably The Key. New York: Claire/Christina in Dance at Bataan, Tess in Six Degrees of Separation, Gloria in Wait Until Dark, Sophie in Baal and Queen Isabella in Chamber Music. Regional: Cavale in Cowboy Mouth, Sabina in Skin of our Teeth, Jesse in ’night Mother. She would like to thank her very patient friends and family for all their support and love and most especially…her frickin awesome husband.

Caroline Kessler (Lysander) is thrilled to have made the acquaintance of Zephyer Rep. Recent credits include feature film work in Rome and various shorts in New York. Aside from acting, Caroline is a filmmaker whose directorial debut, CONQUESTS, is soon to hit the festival circuit; a video editor whose commercial work includes the Sam Adams "Take Pride in Your Beer" campaign; and an artist currently illustrating a children's book (please visit www.carolinekessler.com for work samples). Un abbraccio grande al mio uomo per tutto quello che è già successo quest'anno.

Madeline Reed (Snout) was most recently seen as Sebastian Lore/Oatsie Carew in the Rep @ NYU production of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom/Sleeping Beauty or Coma. She also appeared as an unhinged grade school teacher in the upcoming film The Video Guys. She can also be seen as Detective Powell in the film Fog Warning, which has been included in the Fright Night Festival as well as Shockerfest International Film Festival. Her training includes The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and T. Schreiber Studio in New York. While at RADA she appeared as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as Nerissa in Merchant of Venice. Other favorite past roles include L’il Bit in How I Learned to Drive, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Mistress Page in Merry Wives of Windsor and Sandra in The Exonerated. www.madelinereed.com

Claire Tyers (Puck) is ecstatic and honored to be playing her favorite Shakespearean character, PUCK. After her 2008 graduation from Eugene Lang College of New School University, she has been committed to building credits in film, musicals, singer showcases, theatre and even web commercials. Her favorite theatrical roles include Shakespeare's Viola and Autolycus, Wilde's Gwendolen Fairfax, and JC Super Star's Mary Magdalene. She would like to thank her sisters for helping make her dreams come true and Mom and Dad for the willow tree in the back yard. Thank you cast and crew of Midsummer for providing a world for her to be this "shrewd and knavish sprite" she truly is.

Kymm Zuckert (Bottom) is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School and New York University. Kymm has been working in the theatre for forty years. She started performing at the age of three in such plays as The Little Clown Who Forgot How to Laugh, a French-language version of Sleeping Beauty and the original reading of Devour the Snow, as well as appearing in television shows like “Sanford and Son”, “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and “Days of Our Lives”. She recalls almost every character she played as a child was named Jenny. As an adult, Kymm has been a performer and director with various theatre companies: Love Creek Productions, Foolish Mortals and Phare Play Productions. She has performed as Josie in Moon for the Misbegotten, April in The Hot L Baltimore, Leona in Small Craft Warnings and Marie-Ange in the world premiere of Maiden's Progeny (Off-Broadway). She has been a director for the past twenty years, for such shows as Dear Brutus, A Woman of No Importance, Orpheus Descending, Ghosts, Arcadia, A Doll's House, Cloud Nine, Closer, Gay Slave Handbook and Shirley Valentine.

Matt Klane is a fully trained advanced actor-combatant with the SAFD, and has studied as a Fight Director and Choreographer under Swordmaster Joe Travers. He holds a teaching license from New York State, and has taught undergraduate Stage Combat courses in three states. His choreography and stunt work has been seen here in the NYC area for the past eight years across the off- and off-off-Broadway stage, as well as on MSNBC, AMC, NBC.com and NewYorkTimes.com. All steel weapons for this performance were fully designed and created by swordsmith Nathan DeCoux and Gotham Armory. Wooden weapons provided by Honda Martial arts and designed by Matt Klane.

Peggy is pleased to once again be joining Zephyer Rep as a producer.  She was last seen in Dear Brutus and will next be seen in Zephyer Rep's The Cherry Orchard.