ANDREW BORTHWICK-LESLIE

Andrew Borthwick-Leslie is Co-Founder of The Humanist Project and has been an active member of Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA for twenty years.  Recent directing:  “Frances Goes to War” (Humanist Project); “Julius Caeser”, “Cymbeline” (Shakespeare& Co); “The Long Run” (The Wharton Salon); “The Merchant of Venice”, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (The Shakespeare Forum);“Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika”, Bogosian’s “Sex Drugs & Rock and Roll” (Bckseet). Recent roles: Casca “Julius Caeser” Guildenstern/Osric “Hamlet” (Shakespeare & Co.); Fuller “Lake Street Extension”, Kip “Raised in Captivity” (Bckseet), Nathan “Madagascar” (Isis Productions); Nightingale in William’s “Vieux Carre” (Egopo).  He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, DeSales University, Emerson College, and the University of Maryland among others. He has taught workshops for the Center for Renaissance Studies, the American Bar Association, the New England Homeless Veterans shelter and many more.  And, as always, all credit goes to my muse James.  

Michael toomey

Michael F. Toomey is the Artistic Director of the Brooklyn based theater company The Humanist Project. Michael is a neurodivergent performer/teacher who combines his unique perspective on play and performance with embodiment of language. He has been a company member at the internationally acclaimed Shakespeare & Company in Lenox Ma for over twenty years where he is an actor, director and core faculty member. He is a founding member and trustee of Split Knuckle Theatre, which devises new works of theatre touring throughout the world with performances in Bangkok, Athens and Paris. Michael teaches workshops for professional actors in Fight, Clown and Shakespeare around the country and abroad. He has directed, devised and choreographed numerous shows including The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar and Alice In Wonderland. Michael has performed throughout the East Coast and internationally including roles such as Macbeth, Scapin, and Polonius. He is a graduate from LISPA (London International School of Performing Arts) and holds an MFA in Lecoq-based actor created theatre from Naropa University. Michael lives in Brooklyn with his wife Sarah and son August. www.Michaelftoomey.com 

Josephine Wilson

Josephine Wilson has trained extensively at Shakespeare & Co in the Berkshires and holds her MFA in Acting from Pennsylvania State University. She is a Company Member of the Humanist Project seen in Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, and HUP! Quantum Fairy Tales.  She is also a member of Shakespeare on the Fly where she recently played Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing.  Josephine has been seen regionally as Annie in Table Manners, Miss Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and Nancy in Frozen.  She has taught extensively for Lincoln Center and Shakespeare & Company Education, and she currently Chairs the Acting for Film Program at New York Film Academy, teaching adults around the world how to embody Shakespeare, how to deepen Acting Technique and free the breath and body to allow the actor’s imagination and impulses to live.   Josephine is a proud member of Actor's Equity.

Zach Libresco

Zach is a proud company member of The Humanist Project. Recent credits include: Letter of Marque's Double Falsehood, The Shakespeare Forum's The Merchant of Venice, and Demetrius/Snout at East 13th Street Theater. Big thanks to Kaos, LoM, THP, and the fam. B.A. Wesleyan University.