2008 Additional Cast Members

Our casts often include actors from outside the Oberon Theatre Ensemble. Here are the people who joined us in the 2008 productions of Macbeth and Ghost on Fire. Actors are listed alphabetically so keep scrolling!

Claire Anderson

Fleance, Macbeth
CLAIRE ANDERSON is 12 years old. She dreams of a future as a playwright; for now, she is happy to be playing Fleance. She dances at the Astoria Dance Centre and takes voice and piano. She wants to thank Dad and Mom for driving her everywhere, her brothers Sam and Henry for putting up with her, Tony and Maureen from ADC, and Grace Pettijohn, her voice teacher. She is a 7th grader at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights.

Philip Atlakson

DIRECTOR, Macbeth
PHILLIP ATLAKSON has written for Paramount Pictures, Robert Redford, and 20th Century Fox Studios. He wrote and directed the award-winning independent feature, Not This Part of the World, and two short films, which have played numerous film festivals as well as cable channels. Phil recently directed his newest play, A Buddhist HIistory of the United States, at Boise State University, and a production of his one-act, Charlotte's Web We Weave in Seattle. He has directed several of his own plays in New York, including The Ascetic, Leapfrog Through Time and Space, and The Rehearsal. The New York Times called Leapfrog “… a form of emotional Darwinism, in all its ferocity. Well played by Atlakson.”

Phil has appeared in several independent feature films, and numerous roles for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Boise Contemporary Theatre. He is the recipient of the Stanley Drama Prize, The Kennedy Center Medallion, The Nell Shipman Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, the Long Island Film Festival Best Feature Award, and numerous grants, fellowships, and residencies. Phil heads the Dramatic Writing Program at Boise State University, and has been a member of the Writers Guild of America – West, since 1997.

Brianne Berkson

Laurel, Gina, Nurse Ghost on Fire
BRIANNE BERKSON is thrilled to be embraced by the Oberon Ensemble family. A native New Yorker, Brianne recently finished a show with Stamford Center for the Arts and a NYC Off Broadway production, Absolute Clarity. She just wrapped three films and is excited to be starting work on a new web-series In the Now. A proud member of AEA, SAG, and AFTRA, Brianne would like to thank her family and friends, her beams of light, love and support.

Brian D Coats

Duncan/Doctor, Macbeth and Nathan Berger, Ghost on Fire
Theater: Public/ NY Shakespeare Festival, The Acting Company, Lincoln Center Theater Institute, Resonance Ensemble, Metropolitan Playhouse, Culture Project, Kings County Shakespeare Festival, NC Black Repertory, People's Light & Theater Co., Award: Barrymore Theatre Award/ Best Ensemble Acting, TV: Co- Star and Guest Star: Law and Order, L&O : SVU, JAG, and The Sopranos' final season. Grad: NC School of the Arts/ Drama.

Sarah Ecton-Lutrell

Daughter/Young Siward, Macbeth
This is Sarah's debut with The Oberon Theater Ensemble. Recent roles include Portia in Julius Caesar and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival, as well as Penelope in Dibble Does Christmas in NY with Broken Watch Theatre Co., Little Lulu in The Liberation of Little Lulu at Theater for the New City, and Susan in First in Flight with Theaterworks USA. She was a singer/dancer for several years with Doc Scantlin and His Imperial Palms Orchestra (The Rainbow Room) and band leader for Tallulah Starr (featured on Washington DC's Smooth Jazz and Hober.com internet radio.) Sarah has been seen on PBS and The Learning Channel. See Sarah's website.

Craig Fitzpatrick

Tom Cooper, Ghost on Fire
Craig is excited to be working with Oberon. New York work includes at least eight original plays at Vital Theatre, as well as works with Partial Comfort, Boy Howdy! Productions, The Peculiar Works Project, Confluence, The Village Playwrights, Red Fern Theatre Company, OCYC (sketch comedy) and voice-overs for Good Yarn. Regional roles from playing in Hamlet at Nebraska Shakespeare Festival to Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at the Blue Barn Theatre. Thanks Jennifer.

Allison Goldberg

2nd Weird Sister in Macbeth
ALLISON GOLDBERG is making her Oberon Theatre Ensemble debut. After graduating from Yale in 2006, Allison performed in Cinderella's Mice at the Vital Children's Theatre, then moved to Disney World to sing and dance in the Hoop Dee Doo Revue. Favorite productions at Yale Drama include The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, Pirates of Penzance, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains..., Into The Woods, and The Boy Jumped Into the Sea. Allison's new theater company, Lively Productions, which she co-founded with fellow Yalie Lisa Siciliano, had its debut performance in December. Please check out our website, www.livelyproductions.org.

Rand Guerrero

Avram Schenker, Ghost on Fire
Theatre: Hamlet (with Karen Lynn Gorney and The Frog and Peach Theatre Company), Mixed Messages (East West Players), Two Gentlement of Verona, An Actor's Nightmare, Prelude to a Kiss, Danton's Death and Stalag 17. Film: Whirlwind, The Forgotten Son, Soulmates, Fall Semester, and The Jumper. TV: ER. Rand is excited to be working with Oberon Theatre Ensemble. Special thanks to Terry Schreiber, Laura Henry, Ryan, Mom and Dad.

Angus Hepburn

Ralph, Ghost on Fire
ANGUS HEPBURN has acted for over forty years in Britain and the US. Roles include Cyrano, Frederick Treves (The Elephant Man), Pizarro (The Royal Hunt of the Sun), Salieri (amadeus), Sparger (Kennedy's Children), Cpt Bluntchli (Arms and the Man), Thomas Dunne (Stewrd of Christendom), The Duke (Big River), Mr. Peachum (Threepenny Opera), Henry (The Real Thing), and Harpagon (The Miser). Wife Stephanie and children James and Jenniver (in the Les Miserables London cast) are also in theatre. www.angushepburn.com

James Holloway

Malcolm, Macbeth
JAMES HOLLOWAY is making his Theatre Row/Oberon debut.
NYC Credits: ClassyAss (Centerstage); Ride the Rhythm (Hip Hop Theatre Festival). Regional: Fences (Bristol Riverside); History of the Word (Crossroads/original cast); A Walk Through Time (Freedom Theatre); The Laramie Project, Boy Gets Girl, Time Flies, Hamlet (Abbott Kaplan – Purchase Rep). Film: Freedomland, Arthur! Celebration of Life, Wake of the Fallen Sun. TV: One Life to Live (recurring). BFA degree from the Conservatory of Acting at SUNY – Purchase

Cliff Jewell

Captain, Macbeth
Cliff Jewell (A.E.A., SAG) Local credits include Clive in Cloud 9, Detective Cole in Stop, Kiss, and Friar Lawrence in Romeo & Juliet. Regional credits include Oedipus in Oedipus Tyrannus, Tranio in Taming of the Shrew, Bassov in Summerfolk, Gunner in Misalliance and Mark Twain in Sam Clemens and the Real Mark Twain. TV credits include Law & Order and Parco PI. Cliff’s numerous fight choreographies include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Othello and West Side Story.

Linda Larkin

Julia Rittman, Ghost on Fire
LINDA LARKIN’s theatre, film and television appearances include: Notes From The Confederacy (Cherry Lane Theatre), Gun Club (Cherry Lane Theatre), Noises Off (Alley Theatre), I Hate Hamlet (Actors Theatre of Louisville), A Joke (Malaparte), The Next Best Thing (Paramount Pictures), Two Ninas (Winner, GenArt Film Festival), Joshua (Fox Searchlight) and the voice of Princess Jasmine in Walt Disney’s Aladdin, The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, and the Aladdin animated television series.

David McLellan

Angus, Macbeth
DAVID MCLELLAN is thrilled to be joining the Oberon Theatre Ensemble for the first time. Regional credits include Deaf West's Big River at Ford's Theatre, Steel Pier at the Cape Rep Theatre, Summer of '42 at the Round House Theatre, Legends From The Iroquois at the Capital Repertory Theatre, A Wonderful Life at the Surflight Theatre, and many others. This spring, David will be joining the Kennedy Center's national tour of Katie Couric's The Brand New Kid.

Jonathan Pereira

Seyton, Macbeth
JONATHAN PEREIRA recently moved to New York from Chicago. Selected Chicago credits: Macbeth and Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare), Say You Love Satan, Strictly Dishonorable, Charlie Chaplin in the world premiere of Lady Chaplin and Her Tramp, Abingdon Square, title roles in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, The Moon’s the Madonna, Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Midsummer Nights Dream. Selected NYC credits: 365 Days/365 Plays (Public / Rising Phoenix Rep), Slipping (Rattlestick), The Mound Builders (Sackett Group), and Cassiopeia at the Workshop Theatre, where he is also a member. Jonathan is the writer and performer of two solo shows, Tastes Like Chicken and American Cake, which he has performed widely. American Cake, a solo satire about love and patriotism, will be making its New York premiere at the Frigid Festival starting February 28th, 2008. www.jonathan-pereira.com

Paula Wilson

1st Weird Sister, Macbeth
PAULA WILSON is a graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Design and Production), Pomona College (Dance and Theatre Management), The New School University (Screenwriting and Third World Cinema), and the Alvin Ailey School Professional Division. As an actor/dancer, Paula is a member of Loco7, a company in residence at LaMaMa, ETC in New York. She recurs on the ABC soap opera All My Children as Nurse Jeri. She played principal roles in the films Death of a B-boy, Grass Under Ground, Can't Keep a Dead Man Down, Baby Come Back, Elected, and Life's Passing Me By. She recently performed with Fluid Motion Theater and Film at the Kirk, This Woman's Work Theater Company, Loco7 at LaMaMa, and Rising Circle Theater Collective. She has danced in ads and music videos, and Paula's most recent projects are The Mixed Girl Monologues, a one woman show about growing up mixed race in America that she wrote, choreographed, and directed; and the sci-fi series Pied which she has written and is producing and directing. Please visit her website