A New Brain
DEVLIN SHAND (Gordon Michael Schwinn) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include Godspell (Jesus) and The Fantasticks (El Gallo) with the Admit One Players, Pippin (Player), and Company (Peter) with Ithaca College Triple Threat Theatre, and Me and My Girl (Bill) and Rumors (Glen Cooper) at Cornwall Central High School. He is currently a Sophomore Drama major at Ithaca College.
ERIC CARSIA (Roger) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include Bat Boy: The Musical (Bat Boy), Scapino (Ottavio), Arsenic and Old Lace ( Jonathan), Kiss Me, Kate (Paul), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) and Grease (Danny) at Notre Dame High School, and Much Ado About Nothing (Borachio) at McCarter’s Theatre’s Summer Shakespeare. He trained for six years with Princeton Ballet School and performed professionally with American Repertory Ballet’s three years. He is currently a Sophomore Drama major at Ithaca College.
ARIEL REID (Rhoda) is excited to be in her first MTC production. Other credits include The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Ragtime (The Little Girl), and Honk! (Ida). She is currently a Freshman ILR major at Cornell University.
JILL McCOY (Mimi Schwinn) is in her first season with the MTC. Recent credits include Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown) at NJPAC/Algonquin Arts, Jekyll & Hyde (Lucy) at Cranford High School (Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Nomination for Best Actress), and The Fantasticks (Luisa) at Plays-in-the-Park. She is currently a Sophomore at Cornell University.
JASON MARTINEZ (Mr. Bungee) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include Once Upon a Mattress (Dauntless), A Chorus Line (Richie), and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Linus) at Ithaca College Triple Threat Theatre, Far Away (Prisoner) at Ithaca No Bucks Theatre, Sweeney Todd (Tobias) at Sussex Playhouse, and Camelot (Mordred) and Damn Yankees (Applegate) at the Hopatcong Players Theatre. He is currently a Senior Drama major at Ithaca College.
MICHELLE STRUCKE (The Homeless Woman) is in her second season with the MTC. Company Credits include Into the Woods (Witch). She is currently a Senior Politics major at Ithaca College.
OMAR NAJMI (The Doctor) is in his first season with the MTC. Other credits include The Complete Works of William Shakespeare… Abridged at the Theatre Company of Saugus and Violet at Ithaca College. He is currently a Freshman at Ithaca College.
DANIEL KERR (Richard) is in his second season with the MTC. Company credits include Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Father). Other credits include Romeo and Juliet (Lord Capulet) and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Man #2). He is currently a Psychology and Classics major in the College of Arts and Science at Cornell University.
MELISSA SHAPIRO (Nancy D.) is in her second season with the MTC. Company credits include Bat Boy: The Musical (Assistant Stage Manager). Other credits include Les Misérables (Cosette), Once on This Island (Andrea), Songs for a New World (Woman 1), Footloose (Vi Moore), and Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Rowena). This summer, Melissa interned for Opera of the Hamptons. She is currently a Junior soprano vocal performance major studying in the studio of Carol McAmis at Ithaca College.
MICHAEL TEDESCO (The Minister) is in his third season with the MTC. Company credits include Bat Boy: The Musical (Pan, Ned). Other credits include Grease (Danny Zuko) and The Long Voyage Home (Nick). In his first year at college, Michael was a member of Anything Goes, a musical theatre troupe on campus. He is currently a Junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.
JACLYN ABRAMS (The Waitress) is in her first season with the MTC. Recent credits include directing The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lucy, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She is currently a Junior Communications major at Cornell University.