P - R . . .Company and Cast Members 2008
Eric Parness - Associate Member
DIRECTOR- Ghost on Fire, SSDCERIC PARNESS is the Artistic Director of Resonance Ensemble, where he has directed Sophocles' Antigone, Gorky's The Lower Depths, Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, and the world premiere productions of Strange Bedfellows by Bruce Cohen, La Tempestad by Larry Loebell, The Mail Order Bride by Charles L. Mee, and Sherlock Solo by Victor Cahn.
Other New York-area directing credits include Jean Cocteau Repertory’s/Rachel Reiner Productions’ Crazy for the Dog, Oberon's productions of Finding Louise, The Winter's Tale, Of Mice and Men, and Measure for Measure, Hypothetical Theatre Company's Kryptonite City and Faith, Blood Wedding (Boomerang Theatre Company), Zimmerman (Sanford Meisner Theater), Fit to Kill (Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre), and new work with adobe theatre company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Vital Theater Company, as well as educational theatre for Marist College, Stern College and Brandeis University.
Eric has served as Assistant to Artistic Director Curt Dempster of Ensemble Studio Theatre, where he was also the assistant director on Dempster's projects, and as Associate to the Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience, where he was the assistant director on Bartlett Sher's production of William Shakespeare's Pericles at the BAM Harvey Theatre. Eric also assisted on La Mama ETC's production of Mario Fratti's Passionate Women and several productions for Oberon Theatre Ensemble. Eric is an alumnus of Brandeis University and a member of the Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab.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 Grace Pettijohn - Core Member
Gentlewoman- Macbeth, and Outreach Manager
GRACE PETTIJOHN was last seen onstage with Oberon at the Clurman on Theatre Row in All-In-One as Luka in Anton Chekhov’s The Bear. Other Oberon credits include Comedie of Errors, …and They Were Lovers and I, Unseen. Grace has toured Europe, the British Isles and Scandinavia with the American Drama Group Europe, most notably in Harold and Maude and regionally in The Mikado, Angel and journeyed the gamut from Laura to Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. New York showcases abound including National Shakespeare's productions of True West, and Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton among others. Recent TV/Film: Law and Order, Deadline, My Brother's War and Stupid Rays. Grace is creator and founder of Theatre/Singing Dynamics - and she has written, produced and directed many plays for children. She is Outreach Manager at Oberon and looks forward to bringing The Bear to young and old audiences alike. Thank God for the voice of the theatre.