Servant of Two Masters Cast/Crew Bios
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Jesse Garlick DIRECTOR
(he/him) is a Boston-based actor, director and theater educator. Select regional credits: The Band’s Visit ( Huntington Theatre/ Speakeasy Stage) A Christmas Carol, Journey to the West, Arcadia (Central Square Theatre) Good, Assassins (New Repertory Theatre) A Story Beyond, Yellow Bird Chase, Who Would be King (Liars and Believers) Hamlet, As You Like It (Brown Box Theatre Project). New York credits: Good (PTP/NYC),Who Would Be King (ArsNova/Liars and Believers). International Credits: Yellow Bird Chase (Assembly/Liars and Believers). Jesse is the Education Director of Liars and Believers in addition to being a faculty member at Boston Ballet’s Community Education Department. MFA: ASDS. BFA: BU School of Theatre.
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Peter Fanone* FLORINDO / PANTALONE
(he/him) is a NYC-based actor from Alexandria, VA and is excited to return to Lanes Coven for more character-switching commedia tomfoolery! With Lanes Coven: Taming of the Shrew (Gremio/Curtis.) OFF B’WAY/REGIONAL: Indoor Person (Normal Ave Theater), Equity (Theatre Row), Hamlet w/ John Douglas Thompson (A.C.T.), A Christmas Carol (A.C.T.); FILM: “Retreat!,” “15 to Sunrise." Peter has also started his own film production company (FAN1 Films LLC) and is currently developing a feature film, “PAPPY" set in Alexandria, VA with co-writer Rob Capron and Tony-award winning executive producers Shawn Arani and David Lambert. Shoutout to his reps at Bret Adams Ltd., his career coach Tessa Faye, to Lily & Justin for starting quite possibly the best theater company in New England (and the world), and most of all, to his family and friends for their never ending love and support. A.C.T MFA, Georgetown University, Certificates from YSD and RADA.
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Eliza Fichter CLARICE / PORTER
(she/they) is delighted to be returning to Lanes Coven after playing Puck/Egeus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream earlier this summer. Company One: Morning, Noon and Night. The Umbrella Stage Company: The Minutes. Boston Playwrights’ Theatre: Kill the Magistrate. Huntington Theatre’s Summer Workshop Series: Oxbow. The Nora Theatre/BEDLAM: The Crucible. Central Square Theater: The Revolutionists. Underground Railway Theater: Matchless & The Happy Prince. A multidisciplinary artist from Massachusetts, Eliza also works as a printmaker, and is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Theatre and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. elizafichter.com
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Justin Genna* TRUFFALDINO / SCRIPT ADAPTER
is an actor, director, dancer and runs Lanes Coven with Lily. With Lanes Coven: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Proposal (Director), The Importance of Being Earnest, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth (Director & the role of Tybalt), The Dumb Waiter,Taming of the Shrew. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Justin worked with Milwaukee Ballet for 8 years, and trained at Houston Ballet and Virginia School of the Arts. OFF BROADWAY: Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick Theater). REGIONAL THEATER: Marie, Dancing Still (5th Avenue Theater Seattle), Cyrano (Livermore Shakespeare Festival), Little Dog Laughed & Rock of Ages (Santa Rosa Rep), A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater). TV/FILM: Law & Order SVU, “Little Women.” MFA, American Conservatory Theater. justingenna.com
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Amanda Lea Mason* BEATRICE
(she/her) is delighted to be making her Lanes Coven debut with these wonderful weirdos! Favorite theatre credits: The Elephant Man (Broadway/West End/Williamstown), eaves (59E59/Edinburgh Fringe), The Diary of Anne Frank (Mill Mountain Theatre), Hot Fun in the Wintertime (Cherry Lane Theatre). Select TV/FILM: Three Women (Starz), and Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada. Originally from Houston, Texas, Amanda currently lives in Brooklyn with her boo, Scott, and her single-toothed senior chihuahua, Peanut. She is a proud co-founder of Don, Pat & Tom, a multi-disciplinary production company. You may also recognize her as the lady who officiated Lily & Justin’s wedding (Mimi & Giuliano’s, too)! Education: Boston University, LAMDA www.amandaleamason.com
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Ella Mooradian SMERALDINA
(she/they) is currently a senior at Dean College working towards her BFA in musical theater. This is her second show this season with Lanes Coven! You may have seen her as Snout/Peaseblossom/Wall in A Midsummer Nights Dream last month. Her other credits include Fleabag in Fleabag, Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, U/S Lady Bracknell & Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest, Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act, and Amy March in Little Women. She'd like to thank her family, and especially her grandparents for their endless love and support. Instagram: @ellamooradian
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Vincent Randazzo BRIGHELLA
While involved in Lanes Coven's pandemic era radio play Savannah, Randazzo's turn as BRIGHELLA marks his first “appearance on stage” with Lanes Coven, and he is thrilled! Recently seen in Western, MA in Survival of the Unfit (Great Barrington Public Theatre), Crime & Punishment (The Old Globe), As You Like It (The Old Globe), Vanity Fair (A.C.T & Shakespeare Theatre Company; Helen Hayes Award Winner); A Walk on the Moon, Hamlet, & A Christmas Carol (A.C.T.); Washed Up on the Potomac (San Francisco Playhouse), Orson Welles/Shylock: A Docu-Fantasy Radio Play (Franklin Stage Company, Montreal Fringe, Toronto Fringe), The Stranger Things Experience: NYC (Mycotoo) Film/TV: WeCrashed, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU. Honors: Helen Hayes-Outstanding Supporting Actor. Education: M.F.A. Acting, American Conservatory Theatre. B.A. Theater, Le Moyne College. @vinnyrand
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Nate Stephenson SILVIO / THE WAITER
Based in Portland, ME, he is thrilled to be returning to the stage with Lanes Coven. after being seen in Lanes Coven’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Demetrius. Recent Stage Credits: Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches (Portland Stage Company/Dramatic Repertory Company), One Man, Two Guvnors (Good Theatre), Quills (Mad Horse Theatre Company) and The Tempest (Fenix Theatre Company). In the fall, he will return to Portland to work again with Portland Stage and Dramatic Rep for their co-production of Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika. TV/FILM: include SWEET MEATS (Damnationland XIII/Boston Underground Film Festival), and “Wild Crimes” Season 2 (Hulu). Special thanks to MJ Boylan for facilitating his stay in Gloucester! instagram: @natetheprettygood | natestephenson.com
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Mia Contilli (u/s CLARICE/PORTER)
(she/her) With Lanes Coven: Snug/Cobweb in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest. Mia is a Gloucester native and Beverly resident who will be attending Dean College in the fall. Recent credits include: Rabbit Hole and The Good Doctor with New England College.
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Lily Narbonne* (CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
With Lanes Coven: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Director), The Proposal, Romeo & Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest (Director), The Dumb Waiter (Director), Monkey, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew. REGIONAL & NYC Theatre: currently Leopoldstadt (Huntington Theatre), A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Persuasion (SPARC Theater in Livermore, CA), The Three Musketeers, and King Lear (Hudson Valley Shakespeare). TV/FILM: “Julia”, HBO Max. Lily is also a Dialect Coach working remotely on private coachings and productions, credits include: Shining City,Translations, Funnyhouse of a Negro and Superstar. MFA, American Conservatory Theater. BFA, BU School of Theatre & LAMDA.
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Tara Hightower* (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER)
(she/her) With Lanes Coven: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Macbeth. Tara is a Connecticut Native and Central Connecticut State University alumni who holds a BFA in Theatre Technology, Design, and Production. She is excited to be in Gloucester this summer for a third season with Lanes Coven! Select Stage Management credits:Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (ASM), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Gloucester Stage); Sam & Jim in Hell (Lost Nation Theater); andThe Nutcracker (Brass City Ballet). Proud member of the Stage Managers’ Association of the United States. IG: @tarahightowersm
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Allie Nadeau (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER & PROPS MASTER)
(she/her) recently worked on Lanes Coven’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is a recent graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a BFA in Theatre Performance. Past stage management credits include The 39 Steps and Clue: The Musical.
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Judith Chaffee MOVEMENT ADVISOR
is a retired dancer, choreographer, Equity Actor and Associate Professor Emerita at Boston University, where she was Head of Movement for the School of Theatre and for the BU Opera Institute (3 Actors and the Director of this production were her students). She co-edited The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte with Olly Crick, and has two CD’s on Period Styles through Insight Media, edited by Joel Asher. She was Co-Artistic Director with Boston Dance Collective for over 20 years, and continues to choreograph and direct theatre throughout New England. Judith is on the Board of Theater In The Open in Newburyport, and is thrilled to be a part of Lanes Coven Theater Co this year, as are her masks (and slapstick.)
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Jen Greeke COSTUME DESIGNER
Jen returns to Lanes Coven, after working A Midsummer Night's Dream. She has previously designed for Gloucester Stage’s productions of Wipeout, The Thin Place, Love From Halifax andThink Of Me Tuesday as well as Spongebob Squarepants The Musical, Midsummer Night’s Dream, James And The Giant Peach and Holiday Delights for GSC’s youth company. She designed Mass Opera’s The Magic Flute and La Traviata. Jen has also been the Costume Designer for Bosoma Dance Company since 2018. Jen Greeke is a Gloucester native. After graduating from GHS she went on to get her BFA in fashion design from Parsons School of Design and then her MFA from NYU’s Tisch design for stage and film. Jen has had the opportunity to work under some amazing designers in film, Broadway and Ballet.
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Morgan Dyer (PAINTED SET FLATS)
is a fine artist based in Gloucester, MA. Since graduating from Montserrat College of Art in 2013, Dyer has lived on the North Shore building a full time art career through her large scale paintings and murals. When she's not found painting within the landscape, she's teaching one-on-one art lessons, assisting other artists and mixing color in her studio on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA. Today, she predominantly uses acrylics, but her artwork has expanded to include various types of paint—inks, watercolor inks, fabric dye and oil sicks.