Laura Pedersen
Playwright
Laura Pedersen was a columnist for The New York Times and is the author of several best-selling books including Beginner’s Luck, Buffalo Gal and most recently, Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws. In 1994 President Clinton honored Pedersen as one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans. Pedersen has appeared on shows such as CNN, Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Primetime and David Letterman.
Ludovica-Villar Hauser
The Director
Highlights include: Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night in London’s West End; 3 productions at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival; the premiere of
Gregory Murphy's The Countess, which ran Off-Broadway for 634 performances
and in the West End; Rona Munro's Bold Girls at the 29th St. Rep.; the premiere
of Duet by Otho Eskin, a new play about Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse; the
North American premiere of Leaves of Glass by Philip Ridley and as part of
Origin’s First Irish Festival Derek Murphy's A Short Wake; As It Is In Heaven by
Arlene Hutton, produced by 3 Graces Theater Co at The Cherry Lane Theatre.
For The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Enchanted April by Matthew
Barber, from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim (2010 Company) and The Heidi
Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein (2012 Company).
Gregory Murphy's The Countess, which ran Off-Broadway for 634 performances
and in the West End; Rona Munro's Bold Girls at the 29th St. Rep.; the premiere
of Duet by Otho Eskin, a new play about Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse; the
North American premiere of Leaves of Glass by Philip Ridley and as part of
Origin’s First Irish Festival Derek Murphy's A Short Wake; As It Is In Heaven by
Arlene Hutton, produced by 3 Graces Theater Co at The Cherry Lane Theatre.
For The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Enchanted April by Matthew
Barber, from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim (2010 Company) and The Heidi
Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein (2012 Company).
DeVida Jenkins
Producer
DeVida began her career as a technician and lighting designer, working on
numerous shows in Summer Stock, Community, and Regional Theatre. From
1997 until 2009, she was the General Manager of the Merriam Theater in
Philadelphia, where she introduced new audiences to theatre with an eclectic
booking policy. She also created many educational programs, including
Broadway on Broad and the Student Critics Program. She has served on the
board of the League of Professional Theatre Women and currently serves on the
boards of String Theory Schools and the Philadelphia County Master Gardeners.
FINAL ANALYSIS is her second production credit. In 2010, she co-Produced the
LPTW New Play Festival.
numerous shows in Summer Stock, Community, and Regional Theatre. From
1997 until 2009, she was the General Manager of the Merriam Theater in
Philadelphia, where she introduced new audiences to theatre with an eclectic
booking policy. She also created many educational programs, including
Broadway on Broad and the Student Critics Program. She has served on the
board of the League of Professional Theatre Women and currently serves on the
boards of String Theory Schools and the Philadelphia County Master Gardeners.
FINAL ANALYSIS is her second production credit. In 2010, she co-Produced the
LPTW New Play Festival.
Teresa J. Lotz
Production Assistant
Teresa Lotz ( http://www.teresalotz.com/ ) is a second year graduate student at the New York University Tisch School of the Art's Musical Theatre Writing Program. Three of her works have been produced including most recently, Anonymous, Grounded,
an original one-act musical (written with composer-lyricist Ryan Korell), Demoted: A faerie tale, and That's What She Said: the musical. Two works in progress have received professional readings and she is currently collaborating with composer-lyricist, Jesse Goldman, on a musical to receive its first professional reading April 2013. Teresa has professional experience as a music director for regional theaters in Baltimore, Maryland and Toledo, Ohio. She composed film scores for Derrick Jone's The Shadow of Lucasville and several Awkward Trio films, including a recent entry in the Baltimore 48 hour film festival. Ms. Lotz is thrilled to be working with Ludovica Villar-Hauser on A Dozen Perfect Moments.
an original one-act musical (written with composer-lyricist Ryan Korell), Demoted: A faerie tale, and That's What She Said: the musical. Two works in progress have received professional readings and she is currently collaborating with composer-lyricist, Jesse Goldman, on a musical to receive its first professional reading April 2013. Teresa has professional experience as a music director for regional theaters in Baltimore, Maryland and Toledo, Ohio. She composed film scores for Derrick Jone's The Shadow of Lucasville and several Awkward Trio films, including a recent entry in the Baltimore 48 hour film festival. Ms. Lotz is thrilled to be working with Ludovica Villar-Hauser on A Dozen Perfect Moments.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Gary Adamsen
Production Stage Manager
GARY ADAMSEN (Production Stage Manager) Favourite NY and Regional: Tony ‘n’
Tina’s Wedding, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, The Phantom of the
Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story, Dark of the Moon, Music Man, Skin
of Our Teeth, Legally Blonde and As It Is In Heaven directed by Ludovica Villar-
Hauser. Just completed the run of Two Sisters, Two Brothers at Theater for The New
City, directed by Valentina Fratti and Mark Schneider. Director/Designer: Return to the
Forbidden Planet, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Chess, The WHO’s Tommy, Keeping
Faith, Nine, Harvey, South Pacific, All Shook Up, The Mikado, The Tenth (with
Trans Siberian Orchestra), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, A Chorus Line, and
Little Shop of Horrors for the SEED School in Washington DC as seen in the movie
“Waiting for Superman”. Production Manager and Designer for the State of Israel’s
50thAnniversary Celebration. US Navy (USS Kentucky - SSBN 737), based in Kings
Bay, Georgia for a few years, working with guidance systems and nuclear ballistic
missiles on submarines (seriously!). Trained at SUNY New Paltz and Royal
Shakespeare Company, London, then Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY (in case that theatre thing didn’t work out!) He also lectures at colleges and universities across the United States about Production and Stage Management . Thanks to Mumsy, Daddums, and of course, Ludovica!
Tina’s Wedding, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, The Phantom of the
Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story, Dark of the Moon, Music Man, Skin
of Our Teeth, Legally Blonde and As It Is In Heaven directed by Ludovica Villar-
Hauser. Just completed the run of Two Sisters, Two Brothers at Theater for The New
City, directed by Valentina Fratti and Mark Schneider. Director/Designer: Return to the
Forbidden Planet, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Chess, The WHO’s Tommy, Keeping
Faith, Nine, Harvey, South Pacific, All Shook Up, The Mikado, The Tenth (with
Trans Siberian Orchestra), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, A Chorus Line, and
Little Shop of Horrors for the SEED School in Washington DC as seen in the movie
“Waiting for Superman”. Production Manager and Designer for the State of Israel’s
50thAnniversary Celebration. US Navy (USS Kentucky - SSBN 737), based in Kings
Bay, Georgia for a few years, working with guidance systems and nuclear ballistic
missiles on submarines (seriously!). Trained at SUNY New Paltz and Royal
Shakespeare Company, London, then Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY (in case that theatre thing didn’t work out!) He also lectures at colleges and universities across the United States about Production and Stage Management . Thanks to Mumsy, Daddums, and of course, Ludovica!
Matt Hamilton
Assistant Stage Manager
Matt Hamilton (Assistant Stage Manager/Male u/s) is incredibly excited to be working on Final Analysis. He is a musician, designer, writer, actor, technician and company member at Project: Theater. Matt can be seen/heard monthly as part of Project: Theater's Our Bar (http://www.ourbarnyc.com/) and also with his band, Barons in the Attic (http://www.wearethebarons.com/). Behind the scenes he has worked with The Martha Graham Dance Company, Ars Nova and Northern Stage among others. His favorite productions include Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Costume Design), Lonely Planet (Stage Manager) and Project: Theater's Mangella (Various). Matt would like to remind you to always give more than you take away.
Laysha Duran
Marketing Associate
Laysha Duran graduated with a Bachelor’s in English Language and Arts from Pace University. Her dream is to be an actress on Broadway. Aside from acting she is a writer and a dancer (Hip Hop) and enjoys mixing all three of her passions. She has been working on a few community plays around the city, including the lead role in The Wedding. She wants to thank Ludovica Villar-Hauser for the opportunity to work on A Dozen Perfect Moments.
Brittany Vasta
Set Designer
Brittany Vasta (Set Designer) is based in Brooklyn, NY. Being an army brat, she hails from many different states across the country. Her recent work includes The Wild Duck (dir: Paul Mullins, NYU Tisch), True Love (Columbia), The Time of the Cuckoo (NYU Tisch), and Poco a Poco (Gene Frankel Theatre). She holds her MFA in Scenic Design from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts and her BA in Theatre from Lehigh University, PA.
Judith Binus
Assistant Director
JUDITH BINUS (Assistant Director) Stage Manager: Broadway: A Doll's House, An Inspector Calls, Children of a Lesser God, A Broadway Musical, Hello, Dolly. National Companies: Deathtrap, City of Angels, Annie. Opera: Dallas Civic Opera. Dance: Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey II Ballet. Lighting Designer: The Trojan Women, The Lower Depths, Joffrey II Ballet. Assistant Lighting Designer to Thomas R. Skelton, Ken Billington, John Gleason and Gil Wechsler. Thank you, Ludovica.
Jenny Greene
Costume Designer
Jenny trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, under the expert direction of Steven Daniel. She assisted in costume design and wardrobe supervision on hundreds of productions. As Producing Artist at Manhattan Theatre Source she was Costume Designer for The Crucible, Billy Carver & the Children in Mind, Cathedral and A Short Wake (for the First Irish Festival). She also supervised wardrobe for
numerous other Source productions including Junior Genius, Testo Genius and Oscar Palooza, and worked as Dresser for American Thymele Theatre's Rhesus. She provided Costume Design for forthcoming documentary Casting By and music
video Cinderella Falling for Margaret Bernstein. Thanks to Ludovica, Steven & A Dozen Perfect Moments.
numerous other Source productions including Junior Genius, Testo Genius and Oscar Palooza, and worked as Dresser for American Thymele Theatre's Rhesus. She provided Costume Design for forthcoming documentary Casting By and music
video Cinderella Falling for Margaret Bernstein. Thanks to Ludovica, Steven & A Dozen Perfect Moments.
Joyce Liao
Lighting Designer
JOYCE LIAO (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Marquis Theatre, where her work helped Soul of Shaolin to a 2009 Tony nomination in the category of Special Theatrical Event. Other New York Credits: Baruch Performing Arts Center, Cherry Lane Theatre, Henry Street Playhouse and Here Arts Center, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre. Regional: The Studio Theatre (DC), Le Petit Theatre (New Orleans), Jefferson Performing Arts Society (LA). Recent lighting design: Polanski Polanski and 7 Sins in 60 Minutes, Here Arts Center; Songs Of The Dragons Flying to Heaven, The Studio Theatre; Tosca, Amore Opera, Connelly Theatre. Joyce recently assisted Jennifer Tipton on The Glass Menagerie, first at New Haven's Longwharf Theater and again at the Laura Pels Theatre, when Roundabout brought this production to NYC. She also designed NPTC’s workshop of Hamlet and this year’s Women’s Work Short Play Festival. She is the winner of the Peggy Ezekiel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design for Caucasian Chalk Circle. MFA: Ohio University Theater School.
Jeanne Wu
Sound Designer
Jeanne Wu (Sound Designer) has designed "The Empty Ocean" at Stella Adler Studios, “In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play” at the Atlantic Acting School, “Trans Euro Express” and “3D Hamlet” with Fundamental Theater Project, “Nobody Suspects a Butterfly," "Safe Home," and “Dedalus Lounge” with Royal Family Productions, “Palestine” with Twilight Theatre Company, and Assisted on “Or” at the Women’s Project. Other design credits include productions at 52nd Street Project and Williamstown Theatre Festival, Sound Engineering and mixing productions at Bernhard Link Theatrical, PRG Audio, Theatre Row, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Café Wha, The Public Theatre, MassMoCA, Alvin Ailey, Atlantic Theatre Company, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and Syracuse Stage.
CAST
Daniel Pollack
Stanley Godwin
Daniel Pollack acted in Family Dinner at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row in the prior season, also at the Beckett, he did Dryfus in Rehearsal by Garson Kanin. He was on Broadway in The Price by Arthur Miller. He has also toured with the national companies of The Tenth Man and Moonchildren. He acted in two season at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Off-Broadway he worked in the company of Goodnight Grandpa with Milton Berle; also at The Director's Company in Those Left Behind. He sang the role of the narrator in Warsaw at CAMI Hall. Many other inning roles followed. Other Off-Broadway appearances were at Playwright's Horizons, the Jewish Rep and La Mama. Regional theaters include: Waterville, Maine, The Charles Playhouse, Boston; Whole Theatre Co., New Jersey, Wayside THeatre, Virginia, and Bristol/Riverside Theatre Co., Pennsylvania, among others. Film credits include: The Roots of Heaven with Orson Welles, directed by John Huston; He was Eli Wallach's lawyer in Crazy Joe starring Peter Boyle. He played Sigourney Weaver's boss in Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols. In television, he acted in many of the major daytime serials and evening dramas. Daniel is the author of Act A Little Bit, an actor's memoir. He holds a PhD in Drama from New York University.
Molly Irving
Ashley Godwin
Molly originally hails from North East England, but has made New York her home for the past three years. Molly is a recent graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she was lucky enough to be a part of the 2012 Academy Company. Molly recently originated the role of 'Delilah' in the world premiere of 'The Text of Sex' at Luna Stage in NJ. She is very excited to be a part of A Dozen Perfect Moments and would like to thank everybody involved.
Kristen Doscher
Amber Godwin
Kristen Doscher (Amber) is thrilled to be a part of the A Dozen Perfect Moments cast. Kristen was born and raised in Long Island, New York. She is a 2012 graduate from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she was honored to play such roles as Sarah in Female Transport and Franny in All This Intimacy. Kristen looks forward to working and growing as an actress/writer living in New York City. She has nothing but thanks for her beautiful family and friends, who have given her nothing but love and support along the way.
Michele Fulves
Claire Murphy-Godwin
Michele Fulves*– favorite roles include Faith in Fast Light and Brilliant (Abbiefest/Chicago), Dr. Nebbens in Patient HM, (Emerging Artists Theatre) and the Abbess in The Comedy of Errors (Artists’ Repertory Theatre). In March, she participated in a reading of Roadside Angels, her one woman show which she wrote and performed in Emerging Artists’ One Woman Standing Series. She is currently working on her second play The Price of Courage, which she plans to tour in 2013. She is thrilled to be working with her dear friend, Ludovica, the talented playwright Laura Pedersen, and this lovely cast and crew.
Frank Palmer
Grant Godwin
NYC Theatre: Hot Keys (PS 122). Come Clean (PS 122). The Moment of Aha! (The Ohio). Suits (Theatre 3). The Last Sortie (Theatre for a New City/The WestBeth). Coyote Ugly (Alice’s Fourth Floor). Hamlet Q1 (Nada). Bingo (HERE). The Hairy Ape (Sanguine Theatre). The Holy Ghostly (Fabulous Jalopy Theatre). Regional Theatre: Saturday Sunday Monday (Huntington Theatre). The Mandrake (San Francisco Rep). Film: Mortal Thoughts. Firecracker Flower. All Bookies Wear Speedos. TV: The Late Show w/ David Letterman. One Life to Live. Loving. L.A. Law. Commercials: Staples. Mohegan Sun. Verizon. Training: Yale School of Drama. The Actors Center (Lloyd Richards). Stephen Michaels Studio.