Artists Bios and Show info Coming Soon!
KELLY TEAFORD (Director) is a director, actor, and stage manager based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts. Her production staff credits include Bedspread (stage manager), Slaughterhouse- Five (assistant stage manager), Catch the Spider (production assistant), and Anon (assistant director). She has worked as part of the NYC Fringe Festival, the Adonis Festival, and Planet Connections Festival. She would like to thank every member of the cast and crew, especially playwright and producer Brian Kirchner, for putting their whole selves into this production and for being wonderful to work with. She is having a tremendous time working on this show and can’t wait to see it up on its feet!
BRIAN KIRCHNER (Playwright) is a composer, pianist, and playwright from Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of Muhlenberg College and the Community Conservatory of Music, Brian is an active member of the New York arts scene. He is the author of over 15 original plays, 6 of which have been produced in the Off-Off Broadway Theater scene. Highlights include: A Rule of Nines at the Bleecker Street Theatre, Dismissing Robert Fink at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Speakeasy at the Tank Theatre, and Doves at The Allentown Theater Outlet. Brian is also a multi-recording artist and an award winning composer for film and theater. For more information on Brian's solo piano work and plays please visit: www,briankirchner.com
MARIANNE VIDAL (Isabelle) Marianne is a New York City based actor. She earned her MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in May, 2012. Originally from California, she earned her B.A. in Musical Theater at California State University, Chico. While her work and focus is primarily with the theater, she also dances, sings, and choreographs. Equally at home on both coasts, she lives and raises her family in New York City. She is so grateful and excited to have the opportunity to work with the talented, creative team of The Kitchen Play.mariannevidal.com
RON BARBA is an actor from Greenwich, CT. He was just in two national commercials: Optima Online and Metro PCS and recently in the independent films, Moon and Sun and Sleepwalkers.
Producing and starring in his own TV Pilot, King of the List, about a Craigslist Talent Agent, Ron has been in over 100 youtube videos and several New York and Los Angeles stage plays and musicals.
Producing and starring in his own TV Pilot, King of the List, about a Craigslist Talent Agent, Ron has been in over 100 youtube videos and several New York and Los Angeles stage plays and musicals.
JOSHUA MICHAEL PAYNE (John) is making his New York Theatre debut in “The Kitchen Play”. He graduated from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in 2013, and has since starred in several notable films such as “Transience”, which is currently making its way around the International film festival circuit, and “Speechless”, which he also directed and produced. Payne could not be more excited to be working with the phenomenal cast and crew of artists that make up “The Kitchen Play”. joshuamichaelpayne.com
KAITLYN HUCZKO (Beverly) is an actor from Brooklyn with a BA in Theatre from Muhlenberg College and an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School. Favorite credits include A Piece of My Heart (IVP Wyoming tour), Electra (Theatre Row), Life is A Dream (Prospect Park Music Pagoda), Dismissing Robert Fink (Manhattan Rep), andStaged Reading (Dorothy Strelsin Theater) for which Kaitlyn was nominated for 2012 MITF Outstanding Supporting Actress. In her spare time she volunteers as a tour guide for the 9/11 Tribute Center. She is also a board member and resident actress with Infinite Variety Productions, a theater company devoted to telling forgotten stories from women's history. www.kaitlynhuczko.com
HANNAH WOLFF (Grace) is celebrating her one year anniversary with New York City! Since her move to New York she has worked regularly in Theater, TV and Film. NY Theater: Wasps (Schapiro Theater), Disconnected (Manhattan Repertory), Broken City (PopUp Theatrics). TV: "Gotham", "Blue Bloods", Film: "Back in the Day", "The Wolf of Wall Street". It has been an honor working with the very talented cast and creative team of The Kitchen Play. Thank you to my friends and family for following me down this crazy rabbit hole!
LOUIS LAVOIE: (Marshal) is very happy to be a part of The Kitchen Play and the Thespis Theater Festival. Favorite roles include Launcelot in Merchant of Venice, Oliver in As You Like It, Richard in The Lion In Winter, Jonathan in Oh Dad, Poor Dad..., and Hal in Summer Brave. Lois is from Christmas, Florida, and is an alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.