WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon”. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain …
CHRIS GRIGGS has been a regular host for TV Land’s “Prime Movies” and has made television appearances on Saturday Night Live, Bravo, IFC, E Television, Hulu and The Discovery Channel. He also was selected to represent New York on the TV show “World Cup Comedy” produced by Kelsey Grammar. In addition to being an improv veteran at The Peoples Improv …
DEAN LAHANA is a guitar player from Queens, NY. He spends much of his time working on his own rock and groove project, The Monday Special, which achieved extremely marginal success with the First Try EP. Dean is also studying chemistry at CUNY City College, and hopes to eventually work in sustainable energy. Dean’s other hobbies and passions include cooking, …
MARCO WYLIE is an actor and musician, born and raised in NYC. He has studied at Stella Adler and UCB. His credits include: Astyanax, Trojan Women/Prometheus Bound; Ensemble & backstage crew, Romeo & Juliet Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. Marco has 15 years of experience playing guitar and writing music and was awarded Honors twice in music production classes at Bard College. …
TOM LEE is a recent winner of the Audio Verse Award for Best Original Composition. Tom is an active songwriter, composer, arranger, and performer. He was the Music Director for OFFLINE’s stagings of Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night and is very excited to have been invited to be a part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Lee has also appeared in a number of New York venues performing …
Art For Progress (AFP) is a 501(c)3 non profit arts organization committed to the cultivation and support of emerging artists working in diverse genres: the visual arts, fashion, music, film, and new media. Based in New York City, AFP seeks to increase the visibility of talented artists, to raise the awareness of the importance of arts education in public schools, …
ALI REZA FARAHNAKIAN (SAG, AEA, WGA, AFTRA) studied extensively with Charna Halpern and Del Close in the 1990s at ImprovOlympic (IO). He was also a founding member of the UCB with whom he helped to create the critically acclaimed show Virtual Reality. At The Second City in Chicago he was part of the Jeff-nominated show, The Revelation Will Not Be …
ANGELICA KATZ is delighted to be part of the production team for Offline Productions’ Twelfth Night. She has previously stage-managed the play, Much Ado About Nothing at the Soho Playhouse. Katz likes to pursue theater on the side from her day job in New York City government. When she is not behind the scenes, she enjoys playing competitive sports, lifting …
