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Ariel J Woodiwiss
(Performer)
Ariel is honored to be performing with the Horse Trade Theatre Group. While completing her MFA at Southern Methodist University, she was a two-time recipient of the Bob Hope Award. Having been in NYC for the past year, she has worked with other actors and playwrights through LAByrinth Theater, in a recurring role on As The World Turns and performed in numerous theatrical readings around the city including at NYTW, The Centrifuge and Spaghetti Sundays. She loves acting in new works, hates the late winter months and would love to sign with an NYC agent! For more info and contact: www.arieljwoodiwiss.com.
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Christopher Diercksen
(Assistant Director)
Christopher is a passionate director of new plays. Director: Parabolas by Kelley Girod (Best Director, 20/20 New Play Festival); Cassandra by Katharine Sherman (upcoming). Assistant Director: Laika Dog In Space by New York Neo-Futurists; Illyria by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel. Christopher is the Associate Technical Director for the New York Neo-Futurists and often can be found working their show, Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind. He is an alumnus of the National Theater Institute, National Playwrights Conference, and Albright College. Thanks to Kelley for keeping him on speed-dial.
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Kelley Nicole Girod
(Playwright)
Kelley Nicole Girod is a 2008 graduate of Columbia's MFA playwriting program where she was named the Stein and Liberace scholar as well as the John Golden fellow for her artistic merit. Kelley hails from Louisiana where she attended Louisiana State University and works extensively with the artistic community of Baton Rouge, most recently serving as a panel judge for Louisiana's artist in residency program. She has had plays produced in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, and Columbus, Ohio and has had readings at Primary Stages, the Labyrinth studio and Horsetrade Theatre Co.(NYC) which produced her play "Parabolas" as part of their downtown theatre festival. She is also a resident playwright for the Horse Trade's Drafts this year as well as a staff member of the theatre.
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Michael Rau
(Director)
Michael is a New York based director and adapter, specializing in new plays, re-imagined classics, and opera. His work has been presented at PS 122, HERE Arts Center, Ars Nova and Dixon Place and his productions have toured to Germany, Greece, and Ecuador. His New York credits include: Evanston: A Rare Comedy , (PS 122), The Ted Haggard Monologues (a New York Magazine Critic's Pick) at Collective: Unconscious Theater, The Italian Songbook, a chamber opera with the NYU Steinhardt School of Music, and an adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull, (developed in Papingo, Greece and presented at the Bushwick Starr). His show, the games we used to play, which he co-created with Max Goldblatt, took first place at Les Fêtes théâtrales du Suroît in 2005, and his production of Four Saints in Three Acts was selected as a noteworthy production of the 2008 Opera America Director/Designer Showcase. His productions have been remounted in Germany, Greece, and Montreal. He has directed readings of new plays at New York Theater Workshop, Primary Stages and Lincoln Center. Columbia University credits include: Vaclav Havel’s The Memorandum and O'Neill's The Great God Brown.
Michael Rau is a recipient of the Willard Fellowship, a 2006 Kennedy Center Directing Fellowship, a 2007 New Play Network Directing Fellowship and a 2008 TCG National Conference Grant. He has served as an assistant for John Turturro at Classic Stage Company, Les Waters at A.R.T., Anne Bogart at Glimmerglass Opera, and Robert Woodruff at San Francisco Opera. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2005, with honors in American Studies and Theater and has recently completed his MFA in theater directing at Columbia University. He is currently an Artist in Residence at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
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Nick Maccarone
(Performer)
Nick recently ended his run at The Flea Theater where he performed in 'The Great Recession.' He had the matchless experience of performing in a world premiere play written and directed by Adam Rapp as well as a new production by Thomas Bradshaw. He is delighted to once again be collaborating with his friend, colleague, and fellow alum Kelley Girod. Nick received his M.F.A. in theater from Columbia University.
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