H.U.P.
(HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCiple)
or
Quantum Fairy tales
The Humanist Project returns with the WORLD PREMIERE of:
H.U.P. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle (Or Quantum Fairy Tales)
A new devised play!
Friday, 11/22 @ 9:30pm
Saturday, 11/23 @ 9:30pm
Friday, 12/6 @ 9:30pm
Saturday, 12/7 @ 9:30pm
Sunday 12/8 @ 9:30pm
Tuesday 12/10 @ 7:00pm (note earlier start)
Thursday, 12/12 @ 9:30pm
Friday, 12/13 @ 9:30pm
Saturday, 12/14 @ 9:30pm
@ The TANK
312 W 36th St New York, NY
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Cast: Andrew Borthwick-Leslie, Josephine Wilson*, Michael F. Toomey*, Zach Libresco
Stage Manager: Darielle Shandler
Assistant Stage Manager: Carmen Legg
Lighting Designer: Ariella Axelbank
Set Designer: Tekla Monson
Props Designer: Alex Chandler
Company Member: Sheila Bandyopadhyay
Josephine Wilson* (Peena) is the Chair of Acting for Film at the New York Film Academy. She is a company member of the nationally-acclaimed Shakespeare & Co in Lenox, MA where she spent nearly 10 years acting, directing and teaching. Josephine has taught for, and helped develop Lincoln Center Theatre‘s Shakespeare program. She is amember of The Humanist Project, Acting in their five-person Macbeth, Shakespeare Society's exploration of Richard III, and is a co-creator of HUP or Quantum Fairy Tales. She has also written and developed her own show, Psyche, which she performed at Dixon Place. Regionally, she has performed as Annie in Table Manners, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Miss Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She holds an MFA in Acting from Pennsylvania State University and is a proud member of Actors Equity.
Michael F. Toomey* (Francis) is the Co-Artistic Director of the Humanist Project. He has been a member of the nationally acclaimed Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA since 1998, where he is an actor, director, and faculty member. He is a founding member and trustee of Split Knuckle Theatre, which devises new works of theatre and has toured throughout the world with performances in Bangkok, Athens and Paris. Michael teaches workshops for professional actors in Fight, Clown and Shakespeare. He has directed, devised or choreographed numerous shows including Julius Caesar and Alice In Wonderland and 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.www.michaelftoomey.com
Zach Libresco* (Dean) daylights as a model for the National World War I Memorial sculpted by Sabin Howard. Previously with The Humanist Project: Dean in H.U.P., Malcolm/Porter/Witch in Macbeth, Lucius/Chiron in Titus Andronicus; Off Broadway: Julio in Double Falsehood(Letter of Marque). Select New York: Crow/Ba in The Snow Queen (Blessed Unrest), Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice (The Shakespeare Forum), Stark in The C*nt (Spicy Witch Productions). Narrative Fiction: Zero Hours Podcast, Wolf 359, Janus Descending, Ars Paradoxica, TidesPodcast. B.A. Wesleyan University. www.zachlibresco.comI love tuna so much
Andrew Borthwick-Leslie (Prof. S. Pants) is a co-founder of the Humanist Project. He is a director, actor, teacher, and acting coach in NYC. . He is a member of Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA where he has taught, directed and acted for twenty years. Andrew has run workshops for the Center for Renaissance Studies, the American Bar Association, the New England Homeless Veterans shelter and many more. Acting credits include REGIONAL – Elm Shakespeare Co: Love’s Labour's Lost (Sir Nathaniel), Romeo and Juliet (Montague, Friar John). Shakespeare & Co: Julius Caesar (Casca), Hamlet (Guildenstern/Osric). Philadelphia Shakespeare: The Tempest (Alonso). EgopoClassic Theater: Vieux Carre (Nightingale). Isis Productions: Madagascar (Nathan). Bckseet Productions: Raised in Captivity (Kip), Lake Street Extension (Fuller). NYC – the Humanist Project: Titus Andronicus (Titus). Andrew also directs in NYC where he has worked for his own company, The Shakespeare Forum and Letter of Marque.
Darielle Shandler (Stage Manager) is a stage manager, light designer, and playwright. She has worked with companies such as Blessed Unrest, Texas Shakespeare Festival, New Ohio Theatre, En Garde Arts, Live Source Theatre Group, The Civilians, New York City Plyayers, and Mill Mountain Theatre. Some of her favorite credits include: Stage Manager of Into the Woods (TSF); Production Stage Manager of Refuge (Blessed Unrest + Teatri Oda at Baruch Performing Arts Center); Director of Canarsie (by Andrew Barnes at NYTF SummerFest); Stage Manager of Doruntine (Blessed Unrest + Teatri Oda, “First Prize” at the Secondo Theaterfestival in Zurich, Switzerland); and Light Designer of Post Traumatic Super Delightful (“20 16 Artist’s Pick” at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival). One of her original plays, Don’t Make It Weird, premiered in Portland, Maine (Deering High School). She was the Associate Producer of the ICE Factory festival at the New Ohio Theatre, summers 2015 - 2018. www.darielleshandler.com
Carmen Legg (Assistant Stage Manager) is NYC based actor that hails from the Northern Colorado area. She is a recent graduate from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she would've been seen in Love Labours Lost and A Spare Me. Carmen is thrilled to be working on this production and would like to thank everyone at The Humanist Project for the oppportunity. She would also like to thank her friends and family for their support.
Ariella Axelbank (Lighting Designer) is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer and performance photographer, among many other things. Previous lighting design credits include Water, Water, Everywhere... (Exquisite Corpse Company), Still We Grow (Playful Substance), Echo (The Tank),
Tekla Monson (Set Designer) is an interdisciplinary designer for theater. She was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and attended Wesleyan University before moving to Brooklyn. Tekla is an Associate Artist with Those Guilty Creatures. Recent collaborations include the scenic design for Dutchman at Access Theater Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Gene Frankel Theater, Oscar at the Crown at 3 Dollar Bill and Maverick at the Connelly Theater Upcoming: Little Women at The South Oxford Spakce.
Alex Chandler (Props Designer) is a production designer and filmmaker from Chicago, Illinois. Recently graduating from the College of Film and the Moving Image at Wesleyan University, he specialized in film form, art photography, and horror aesthetics. Alex has worked in the art department on a variety of television, commercial, and independent film productions, and is excited to be exploring the world of design in theater. Currently, he is a studio associate at Art For Film, a prop house based in Brooklyn, in addition to Adoing freelance production design work.
Sheila Bandyopadhyay (Company Member) is a Brooklyn-based director, movement specialist and devisor of original theater. She has an extensive background in classical and physical theater, and her work has been showcased at the West End Theater, the 72nd St Theater Lab, the Brick, theBoston Center for the Arts, and the Festival circuit. With the Humanist Project, Sheila served as movement coach for Macbeth and played Tamora in Titus Andronicus. . www.sheilabnyc.com IG: @sheilabnyc
Stage Manager: Darielle Shandler
Assistant Stage Manager: Carmen Legg
Lighting Designer: Ariella Axelbank
Set Designer: Tekla Monson
Props Designer: Alex Chandler
Company Member: Sheila Bandyopadhyay
Josephine Wilson* (Peena) is the Chair of Acting for Film at the New York Film Academy. She is a company member of the nationally-acclaimed Shakespeare & Co in Lenox, MA where she spent nearly 10 years acting, directing and teaching. Josephine has taught for, and helped develop Lincoln Center Theatre‘s Shakespeare program. She is amember of The Humanist Project, Acting in their five-person Macbeth, Shakespeare Society's exploration of Richard III, and is a co-creator of HUP or Quantum Fairy Tales. She has also written and developed her own show, Psyche, which she performed at Dixon Place. Regionally, she has performed as Annie in Table Manners, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Miss Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She holds an MFA in Acting from Pennsylvania State University and is a proud member of Actors Equity.
Michael F. Toomey* (Francis) is the Co-Artistic Director of the Humanist Project. He has been a member of the nationally acclaimed Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA since 1998, where he is an actor, director, and faculty member. He is a founding member and trustee of Split Knuckle Theatre, which devises new works of theatre and has toured throughout the world with performances in Bangkok, Athens and Paris. Michael teaches workshops for professional actors in Fight, Clown and Shakespeare. He has directed, devised or choreographed numerous shows including Julius Caesar and Alice In Wonderland and 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.www.michaelftoomey.com
Zach Libresco* (Dean) daylights as a model for the National World War I Memorial sculpted by Sabin Howard. Previously with The Humanist Project: Dean in H.U.P., Malcolm/Porter/Witch in Macbeth, Lucius/Chiron in Titus Andronicus; Off Broadway: Julio in Double Falsehood(Letter of Marque). Select New York: Crow/Ba in The Snow Queen (Blessed Unrest), Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice (The Shakespeare Forum), Stark in The C*nt (Spicy Witch Productions). Narrative Fiction: Zero Hours Podcast, Wolf 359, Janus Descending, Ars Paradoxica, TidesPodcast. B.A. Wesleyan University. www.zachlibresco.comI love tuna so much
Andrew Borthwick-Leslie (Prof. S. Pants) is a co-founder of the Humanist Project. He is a director, actor, teacher, and acting coach in NYC. . He is a member of Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA where he has taught, directed and acted for twenty years. Andrew has run workshops for the Center for Renaissance Studies, the American Bar Association, the New England Homeless Veterans shelter and many more. Acting credits include REGIONAL – Elm Shakespeare Co: Love’s Labour's Lost (Sir Nathaniel), Romeo and Juliet (Montague, Friar John). Shakespeare & Co: Julius Caesar (Casca), Hamlet (Guildenstern/Osric). Philadelphia Shakespeare: The Tempest (Alonso). EgopoClassic Theater: Vieux Carre (Nightingale). Isis Productions: Madagascar (Nathan). Bckseet Productions: Raised in Captivity (Kip), Lake Street Extension (Fuller). NYC – the Humanist Project: Titus Andronicus (Titus). Andrew also directs in NYC where he has worked for his own company, The Shakespeare Forum and Letter of Marque.
Darielle Shandler (Stage Manager) is a stage manager, light designer, and playwright. She has worked with companies such as Blessed Unrest, Texas Shakespeare Festival, New Ohio Theatre, En Garde Arts, Live Source Theatre Group, The Civilians, New York City Plyayers, and Mill Mountain Theatre. Some of her favorite credits include: Stage Manager of Into the Woods (TSF); Production Stage Manager of Refuge (Blessed Unrest + Teatri Oda at Baruch Performing Arts Center); Director of Canarsie (by Andrew Barnes at NYTF SummerFest); Stage Manager of Doruntine (Blessed Unrest + Teatri Oda, “First Prize” at the Secondo Theaterfestival in Zurich, Switzerland); and Light Designer of Post Traumatic Super Delightful (“20 16 Artist’s Pick” at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival). One of her original plays, Don’t Make It Weird, premiered in Portland, Maine (Deering High School). She was the Associate Producer of the ICE Factory festival at the New Ohio Theatre, summers 2015 - 2018. www.darielleshandler.com
Carmen Legg (Assistant Stage Manager) is NYC based actor that hails from the Northern Colorado area. She is a recent graduate from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she would've been seen in Love Labours Lost and A Spare Me. Carmen is thrilled to be working on this production and would like to thank everyone at The Humanist Project for the oppportunity. She would also like to thank her friends and family for their support.
Ariella Axelbank (Lighting Designer) is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer and performance photographer, among many other things. Previous lighting design credits include Water, Water, Everywhere... (Exquisite Corpse Company), Still We Grow (Playful Substance), Echo (The Tank),
Tekla Monson (Set Designer) is an interdisciplinary designer for theater. She was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and attended Wesleyan University before moving to Brooklyn. Tekla is an Associate Artist with Those Guilty Creatures. Recent collaborations include the scenic design for Dutchman at Access Theater Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Gene Frankel Theater, Oscar at the Crown at 3 Dollar Bill and Maverick at the Connelly Theater Upcoming: Little Women at The South Oxford Spakce.
Alex Chandler (Props Designer) is a production designer and filmmaker from Chicago, Illinois. Recently graduating from the College of Film and the Moving Image at Wesleyan University, he specialized in film form, art photography, and horror aesthetics. Alex has worked in the art department on a variety of television, commercial, and independent film productions, and is excited to be exploring the world of design in theater. Currently, he is a studio associate at Art For Film, a prop house based in Brooklyn, in addition to Adoing freelance production design work.
Sheila Bandyopadhyay (Company Member) is a Brooklyn-based director, movement specialist and devisor of original theater. She has an extensive background in classical and physical theater, and her work has been showcased at the West End Theater, the 72nd St Theater Lab, the Brick, theBoston Center for the Arts, and the Festival circuit. With the Humanist Project, Sheila served as movement coach for Macbeth and played Tamora in Titus Andronicus. . www.sheilabnyc.com IG: @sheilabnyc
William Shakespeare's
MACBETH
APRIL 14-30, 2017
Directed by Andrew Borthwick-Leslie
featuring Michael F. Toomey , Claire Warden, Wellend Scripps, Josephine Wilson , and Zach Libresco
featuring Michael F. Toomey , Claire Warden, Wellend Scripps, Josephine Wilson , and Zach Libresco
"Be afraid. Be very afraid. The wildest— and wickedest— is yet to come in this new version of Macbeth, directed by Andrew Borthwick-Leslie... This castle is crackling!"
- Jed Ryan, THE HUFFINGTON POST
" Scrappy aesthetics
and minimalist approach. "
-Ran Xia, THEATRE IS EASY
"The company’s inventiveness will intrigue..., and Shakespeare fans will be satisfied by a new examination of a timely subject. Recommended."
-Emily Snyder, CLASSICAL NYC
- Jed Ryan, THE HUFFINGTON POST
" Scrappy aesthetics
and minimalist approach. "
-Ran Xia, THEATRE IS EASY
"The company’s inventiveness will intrigue..., and Shakespeare fans will be satisfied by a new examination of a timely subject. Recommended."
-Emily Snyder, CLASSICAL NYC