2010 CAST & COMPANY MEMBERS . . . A - B

Jessica Angleskhan

Emilia, Othello
JESSICA ANGLESKHAN is thrilled to join the cast in her first Oberon show. NY credits include As You Like It, Jacob's House, Summer and Smoke, Native Speech, and Hamlet, among others. She has worked in various Dallas and LA venues including Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas Children's Theater, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Hy'Tara Entertainment, and HIT Entertainment. NYU, Stella Adler and proud member of AEA.

James Edward Becton

Joe Davis, Order
JAMES EDWARD BECTON is beyond ecstatic to be given the opportunity to breathe life into the new words of Mr. Christopher Stetson Boal. James's is an extensive and diverse resume. If you are interested in his past, present, and future work, he welcomes your company and conversation over a single malt scotch. Cheers. Member AEA.

Ann Bartek

Set designer, Order, Othello
Recent designs include: Top of the Heap (GP), House of Blue Leaves (GP) Galileo (Milk Can Theater Co.), Throughly Modern Millie (GP), McReele (Conflict of Interest Theater), Raised by Lesbians and October Crisis (NYFF 2008), Running (Milk Can), Three Calla Lilies (PRTT), By Oscar Micheaux (Milk Can) and Pirates of Penzance(St. Michael's Playhouse). Recent associate / assistant designs: 101 Dalmations (Troika Productions, National Tour), Seance on a Wet Afternoon (Opera Santa Barbara), and Desire Under the Elms (Broadway). Ann is a recipient of a 2009 Princess Grace Award. Member USA 829. www.abartek.net

Gabe Bettio

Bathug, Order
In his third season with Oberon, Gabe is stoked to be working with this fine group of people. This winter, Gabe has appeared in American Globe’s Titus Andronicus and Storm Theatre’s The Satin Slipper. Previously with Oberon Theatre: Hello Out There, Much Ado About Nothing, and Macbeth. Other favorite stage credits: Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire; and both Theo and Vincent van Gogh in the one-man show, Vincent, written by Leonard Nimoy. Member AEA.
Oberon Associate Member

Jennifer Blood

Desdemona, Othello
JENNIFER BLOOD was most recently seen in Snapshots with Prospect Theater Company. New York faves: Susan and God (Mint Theater Company), The Flood (Prospect), and Full Bloom(Vital Theater Company). Elsewhere: Light in the Piazza (Maine State), Glass Menagerie (Mountain Playhouse), Man of La Mancha (Sacramento Music Circus), Third (Philadelphia Theater Company), Dying City (Lyric Stage of Boston) and Steel Magnolias (Casa Manana).

Christopher Stetson Boal

Playwright, Order
Christopher Boal is the critically acclaimed author of Crazy for the Dog, and 23 Knives. Boal is also the creator of The Continuing Adventures of Dick Danger, as well as Bad Guys Don't Know Dick - the Musical, and the award-winning short film Walking Charlie. A Hope for this World won an audience award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recent projects include the screenplay Driver for Ridley Scott Associates.

Walter Brandes

Don Pedro, Much Ado About Nothing
In addition to being a member of the ensemble, Walter is our Literary Manager and Grant Writer. See his bio on the Executive Committee page

Oberon Core Member

Mac Brydon

Jacobi, Order
Originally from San Diego, California. Some work in the US has been with NY Stage & Film, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Boomerang Theatre Co., QED Productions, Theatre VA, York Shakespeare Co., Summer Theatre at Mount Holyoke College, Carnegie Mellon University and The San Diego Opera. And across the pond: Strathclyde University, The Tron Theatre, and The Arches Theatre. TRAINING: The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland; The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy (PWST), Warsaw, Poland.  FOR OBERON: The Miser, The Physicists, Durang It!, Moonchildren [OOBR Award], Famous For Fifteen Years,  King Lear, Mystery at Twickenham Vicarage, Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing. TV: Lipstick Jungle. Studies acting with Harold Guskin in Manhattan. WWW.BYRDMANCO.COM. Member AEA.
Oberon Associate Member

Lowell Byers

Montano, Othello
Since arriving in NY in 2008, Lowell has performed in numerous Off-Off-Broadway productions, most recently playing four different soldiers in Women and War with Retro Productions, and Look After You, which was part of the 2009 Fringe Festival. Recently he played a small part in the film Company Retreat, directed by Campbell Scott. Lowell has studied with acting coach Ted Sluberski, and with Peter Miner and Susan Pilar of the Terry Schreiber Studios. www.lowellbyers.com

Isabella F. Byrd

Lighting Design

Lighting Design Credits: Long Way Go Down (Harold Clurman Lab Theater), various at Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Golden Gate (Williamstown), Crimes of the Heart, Invisible Cities, Swan Lake and others at the College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati. Associate/Assistant credits: The Lisbon Traviata (Kennedy Center), A Steady Rain (Bway), and working with companies such as The Alley Theater, Cincinnati Ballet, and Houston Ballet. Upcoming: Yorktown (DramaGarden), and various at Twin Tiers Theater Festival. Isabella spent the past two summers working on Lighting Staff at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and is excited to join forces with the power of the Oberon Theater Ensemble!