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(Producing Artistic Director; Director)
Earned a bachelor's degree from Keene State College in theater/dance and studied Theater and Dance abroad at The University of Derby in England. She created the Boston Actors Theater in the summer of 2004 while teaching beginner's theater. The company was put on hold while she finished her third national tour with The Hampstead Stage Company. She also toured with The National Theater Company as Margot in Anne Frank. Although she is primarily a director and producer these days she still tries to perform from time to time. She is currently playing Mattie in the web series Project Nephilim: Salvation , in production from Paracelsus Films. As a director she has received critical acclaim for her direction of the comedy Criminal Hearts, as well as being praised for her choice of pieces for the Summer Play Festival as both a director and artistic director. She looks forward to bringing more great theater to Boston audiences |
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David Lucas: (Technical Director/Core Cast)
Studied theater at Northeastern University loves his time with The Boston Actors Theater. He has worked behind the scenes with The Theatre Project at the Majectic Theatre in West Springfield as well as Company One here in Boston. He has appeared on stage recently in BAT's Boston professional premier of Metamorphoses and he looks forward to getting back in the lighting grid for the 2008 Summer Play Festival. He is enjoying his 4th season with the company. |
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Joey Pelletier: (Assistant Artistic Director/Core Cast Member)
has been doing the Actor/Waiter thing for 5 years in Boston. Along the way he has worked with 11:11 Theatre All My Upside-Down Roses, The Autumn Hours, Under Her Umbrella, and Our Hearts as Fiction, Boston Actors Theater Love: From Beginning to End; The Basil Pot and the Contemporary Theater of Boston Sam Shepard 's Savage Love. He has also appeared in Duplex: an original musical and P.S. Page Me Later with Alarmclock Theater Company and Polaroid Stories with Tinderbox Stage Company. He will be performing as Mark in Zeitgeist Stage Company's Blowing Whistles January 18-February 9, 2008. |
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Rebecca Jackson: (Company Manager)
Metamorphoses marks Rebecca's second show with Boston Actors Theater, and she is thrilled to be back after working as Assistant Stage Manager on the Summer Play Festival. Previous roles include The Narrator in Into the Woods , Stephano in The Tempest , Queen Aggravain in Once Upon A Mattress , and Olive in The Odd Couple (Female Version) . When not lurking in corners with spare pencils and scripts, she is answering the age old question of “What do you do with a B.A. in English?” by working at The New England Institute of Art. |
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(Core Cast Member)
A graduate of Azusa Pacific University, Los Angeles, with degrees in Communication and Theatre Arts, Jon joined the Boston Actors Theater in 2005 and recently starred as John Alessandro in the BAT production of Hence These Tears. His previous credits include: Puck in Midsummer Nights Dream; De Gushe in Cyrano De Bergerac; Ben in Secret Garden; David Orland in Gender Bender; and Warren the UPS Guy in the Jack Neary penned Misdirected Theatre Company series. Most recently he could be seen in the Junkyard Dogs production of Children's Hour and as The Storyteller in The Misdirected Theatre Company Presents Rumplestilskin. |
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Paul Ezzy: (Core Cast Member)
Paul is a high shcool chemistry teacher in Arlington, but secretly aspires to become a professional filmmaker/actor. This is his 3rd show with Boston Actors Theater, preceded by Yellow to Lavander, in which he played Tenessee Williams, and Play it Again Sam, in which he played Humphrey Bogart. Paul is excited to be playing characters that are less pre-established than his previous roles, and hopes that one day he will be able to create a completely unique character. |
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Julia Specht: (Core Cast Member)
Metamorphoses is Julia's second show with Boston Actors Theater. Recent stage credits include: “Jessica” in The Basil Pot (also with BAT),“Juliet” in Romeo and Juliet , “Alice” in You Can't Take It With You, “Hermia” in A Midsummer Night's Dream , “Lady Beatrice Jasper” in A Murder Has Been Arranged (melodrama). As for film: Julia has played leading/featured roles in several short and feature length films; the most recent being the starring role in “Stricken", the third feature film from Laurelin Films, a production company based in New England. Julia is an artistic partner with Laurelin Films and is currently developing several other scripts with the company, one of which, “Kite”, will be produced this summer. In addition to her work with Laurelin Films, she has a starring role in the web series Project Nephilim: Salvation, currently in production from Paracelsus Films. |
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