MEET THE CAST
(in order of appearance)
Bethany Geraghty (Wendy) is a graduate of The New School for Drama, where she received an MFA in acting. Originally from Elmhurst, IL, she came to New York via Ireland. She is a resident artist with New Light Theater Project, a founding member of New Dance Theatre, and has had the honor of working with Paper Rain Productions, Bloody Shakespeare, Mind the Art Entertainment and Moonlight Productions.
Philip Cruise* (Stu) has been involved in all aspects of the entertainment industry since a very young age and has been part of the New York theatre scene since he was 13 years old. He began his acting career in 1983 when he played a page in Joseph Papp's production of Richard III for the New York Shakespeare Festival. As a child actor, he was cast in the groundbreaking MTV music video Love is A Battlefield as Pat Benatar's younger brother. As an adult, he has played such varied parts as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Crow's Foot in Mac Wellman's Harm's Way, and FBI Special Agent Hayes in Tom Ellis' Leatherstocking. He enjoyed two seasons as the host of At Schools, a show about technology in the New York City Public School System for the CUNY/NYC Board of Education Channel. Philip's directorial work with Thin Duke Productions, the theatre company he founded in 2003, includes a modern L.A. based version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, a revival of Mac Wellman's 7 Blowjobs, a skewering of conservative politicians on Capitol Hill, King George III, a retelling of George Bush's 2000 election and early presidency in the style of a Shakespearean history, and the revival of Tom Ellis' Bright Day, a comedy about hippies in an upstate New York college in 1972 who decide to spike Richard Nixon's water glass with LSD during the President's re-election campaign speech at their college. He has directed pieces for a program called Off the Hook that encourages inner city schoolchildren from Red Hook, Brooklyn to write their own plays and have them realized by professional actors and directors. Philip lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Bernadette and their daughter, Catherine Cura Cruise.
Eli Ganias* (Ray) an original cast member in Tony n Tina's Wedding, recently appeared as Matt Friedman in Talley's Folly at the Bickford Theatre in Morristown, NJ and The Oldcastle in Bennington, VT. Other theater include - Tony in Suzanne Bradbeer's Shakespear in Vegas; Steve in Richard Dresser's 100 Years; Rebar in Deborah Brevoort's Poetry of Pizza; Don in Richard Dresser's Rounding Third.
TV/FILM - Law & Order, L&O:Criminal Intent, 100 Centre Street, American Splendor.
TV/FILM - Law & Order, L&O:Criminal Intent, 100 Centre Street, American Splendor.
*denotes members of Actors Equity Association
MEET THE TEAM
Gama Valle (Director) is an up-and-coming Puerto Rican director, playwright and screenwriter. He holds an M.F.A in Directing from The New School and a B.A. in Drama from the University of Puerto Rico. Gama is the Artistic Director of TB!A Theatre Collective. He was also the recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship ‘10/’11 at Repertorio Español. Gama received the First Prize in playwriting from Puerto Rico’s Institute of Culture (2008) for his play “Queishd&Dilit”. Recently his play Oh Holy Mother of Quique! was part of FUERZAfest Latino LGBTQ Festival . He is really happy to be directing at FringeNYC for the first time! N.Y. credits include: L’Amfiparnaso, I Catch You Dreaming, Among Who, Whom and Ever, Jump It, In Love but Discreet, The Girl Who Used to Die Often. NSD credits: Atalanta K.O., Boston Marriage.
Twitter: @gamavalle.
Twitter: @gamavalle.
Courtney Labossiere (Stage Manager/Lighting Design) graduated from Rider University (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) where her stage management credits include Reasons To Be Pretty, A Chorus Line, The Full Monty, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Professional stage management credits include Passage Theatre’s (Trenton, New Jersey) One-Minute Play Festival and The Staged-Reading of Dissent as well as Luna Stage’s (West Orange, New Jersey) Two Plays By Phoebe Farber. She is also the Managing Director and Resident Stage Manager for Infused Quirk Productions. She is very excited to continue working with the cast and creative team for Jump It! Special thanks to friends and family for their love and support. Infusedquirkproductions.com What makes you unIQue?
Danny Viola (Authorized Company Representative / A.C.R.) is excited to be back at FringeNYC for the 2016 festival, especially with such a unique play as Jump It. Although he has been a Bergen County resident for his entire life, he has worked a wide range of theatrical events from New Hope PA to NYC as a producer, a designer, a director, a music director, and a proud AEA Stage Manager. Select technical credits include Mothers & Sons, Old Love New Love, Tar Beach (World Premiere), 35mm, Next Thing You Know (NJ Premieres), The Nutcracker (American Repertory Ballet). For full credits, check out DannyViola.com and InfusedQuirkProductions.com.