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-Marissa S.
Purchase Conservatory Class of 2008

  

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Jan Neuberger was a member of the original cast of WICKED, delivering the green baby nightly and stepping in frequently as Madame Morrible. Also on Broadway: Original casts of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Grandma Who); BIG (Miss Watson); A CHANGE IN THE HEIR (Martha); and the 1974 revival of GYPSY. In the course of her 37-year career, Jan has done everything from Off-Broadway to regional theatre to summer stock, concert work and more. Connecticut audiences are familiar with her from numerous productions at the Goodspeed Opera; Connecticut Repertory Theatre, the Ivoryton Playhouse, Seven Angels, Playhouse on Park, and the Downtown Cabaret.  A Newtown resident since 1996, Jan is currently an undergraduate English major at Trinity College.

 

 

 

Leeann Prestileo Kluskiewicz’s credits include roles in Into the Woods, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Our Town, The Curious Savage, Arsenic and Old Lace, Bye, Bye Birdie, and, most recently, Hair.  She holds a BA in Theatre from Fordham University, and an MA in Integrated Marketing Communication from Emerson College.  Prior to leaving the daily 9-5 grind to spend more time with her children, she worked in the field of higher education administration at Tufts University and Fordham University, and also served as the Director of Marketing for the Actors Federal Credit Union, which serves AEA, SAG and AFTRA members. 

 

   

Matt Neufeld is Assistant to the Managing Director and Intern Coordinator at Hartford Stage, as well as Director of Development of the Drawing Board Arts Project and a member of WTE Theatre Company in NYC. His directing credits include Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Remind Me Again, How To Speak Man (World Premier), and The Libation Bearers. Matt’s performance experience spans from the Midwest and New York City to Dublin, Ireland and Edinburgh, Scotland. Most recent productions include The Altruists (UK Premier), A Very Bad Idea, Dolly West’s Kitchen, Waiting For Lefty, and Tegonni: An African Antigone. Matt holds a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; and has trained with the Atlantic Theater Company (NYC); Stonestreet Studios (NYC); NYU Performance Workshop in Dublin (IRE); Master Clowns Christopher Bayes, Orlando Pabotoy, and Giovanni Fusetti (NYC); Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble (NYC); City Improv Comedy Club (St. Louis); Improv-Abilities (Kansas City). 

 

    

Adam Goldstein, the Artistic Director of the Drawing Board Arts Project in NYC, served as Artistic Apprentice at Hartford Stage for the 2006-07 season, assistant directing the acclaimed production of I Am My Own Wife. Other directing credits include: Aristophanes' The Frogs, Parade, The Wheel: The Musical (NYC Premiere), The Three O'clock by EST Youngblood alum Sharyn Rothstein (NYC Premiere). Recently, Adam assisted Joel Froomkin, winner of the NYC Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Direction, on The Infliction of Cruelty, which is currently enjoying an encore run at the 14th Street Y. Of Adam's numerous performance credits the most recent one is the  starring role of Edward in Drawing Board's production of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Adam holds a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Collaborative Arts Project 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory studio.