The Company:
Jake Bartush
Laurel Casillo
Colby Cecca
Adam Chanler-Berat
Adam Delia
Nick Hepsoe
Carlyn Kautz
Will Lacker
Sara Lukasiewicz
Claire McGinley
Kacy Rice
Eryck Tait
Steve Yates
THE BOARD:
Executive Director – Adam Chanler-Berat
Artistic Director – Eryck Tait
Literary Manager – Kacy Rice
Marketing Director- Sara Lukasiewicz
Bookkeeper – Carlyn Kautz
Jake Bartush is a Marymount Manhattan College graduate ‘09 with a BA in Theater Performance. Favorite productions include Our Town (George Gibbs), Finding the Sun (Benjamin), Grapes of Wrath (Connie Rivers), Fun (Casper) at the Theresa Lang Theater, various characters in Don’t Step, You are Cordially Invited (Josh Short) Five Flights Theater Company.
Laurel Casillo is a Marymount Manhattan College graduate 07′ with a BA in Theater Performance. She also studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in the two year Meisner program. Recent credits include; Stage- Nanny in What a Life (Center Stage, NY), Liz in You are Cordially Invited and Christie, Nanny, Jenny, Ensemble in Don’t Step (Woodstock Fringe Festival), Carol in Black Comedy (Shadowland Theater), Rose Weiss in A Shayna Maidel (Chenango River Theater), Television- Nurse Jackie, 30 Rock, Films- Cassie in Evil Things, Julie in What We Do, Lara in Shifting.
Colby Cecca Graduated with a BA in Theater Performance at Marymount Manhattan College ‘09. Recent shows include: Don’t Step on the Cracks (Julie, Woman 1), Macbeth Mercenary (Bokor) at the Oval House in London with the British American Drama Academy, Sleight of Hand (Rebecca Fairhurst) at the Jerwood Space in London, and The Vagina Monologues 2009. Stage manager: The Woodstock Fringe Festival (Don’t Step and Cordially), assistant stage manager (What A Life).
Adam Chanler-Berat Broadway: Next To Normal, Recent NY Stage: Next to Normal at Second Stage Theater (dir. Michael Greif), Calvin Berger with Manhattan Theater Club (dir. Josh Prince), A Civil War Christmas, workshop with the Long Wharf Theater (dir. Tina Landau), At Daybreak with 321 Productions. TV/Film: The Life Before Her Eyes (dir. Vadim Perelman), Law & Order. Five Flights: Don’t Step On the Cracks (Co-writer / Connor, Tickle, and Adam), You Are Cordially Invited(Director).
Adam Delia is a Marymount Manhattan graduate ‘03, then studied with James Brill at The Neighborhood Playhouse. Work in Five Flights includes: Don’t Step, You are Cordially Invited, The Custodian, director and co-writer of What a Life. Off-Broadway credits include Lorca’s Blood Wedding, Lone Star, Not Yet Dead, Curse of the Starving Class, and Nobody Suspects a Butterfly with Anthony Rapp. Film credits include “Goomar” (writer, producer, director) first place, Lower East Side Film Festival; a music video, “Apt B” (director), shown on IFC’s Media Lab. Soprano’s (HBO) stand in and production assistant.
Nick Hepsoe is a Marymount Manhattan Graduate with a BFA in Acting. Previous Five Flights roles include Remi in The Custodian, Ben in You are Cordially Invited, and Various characters in Don’t Step. Other credits include Patrick in This Basement (Strawberry One Act Festival) and Simon Stimpson in Our Town (MMC).
Carlyn Kautz earned a BA in Theater Performance from Marymount Manhattan College. In addition to acting as the company’s secretary and treasurer, she holds production credits for The Custodian and What a Life, writing credit for You Are Cordially Invited, and has appeared as a cast member in The Custodian (Wanda), You Are Cordially (Audrey), and Don’t Step (Various).
Will Lacker is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan, he earned his BA in Theater. He has written and performed in their original works Don’t Step and You Are Cordially Invited. He stage managed for What a Life and wrote and directed The Custodian.Other credits: Man’s Best Friend (Rex), Inspector General (Mayor), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Sheridan Whiteside), The Original Last Wish Baby (Actor #1), Once a Catholic (Father Mullarkey), The Laramie Project (Various Roles), Film: What We Do (Kevin), The Stiff (Loomis), Sex Drugs and Rocketships (Johnny), The Buschwick League (Blanket Man).
Sara Lukasiewicz Graduated Marymount Manhattan. NY Credits: Corie Bratter in Barefoot in the Park, Romaine in The Laramie Project (Elmwood Playhouse), Belinda Blair in Noises Off (Centerstage), Sara won the 2006 Best Actress Award for The Landscapers Daughter (NYPicture Start Film Fest). Other film credits: Doretea in Green Grass (LA Shorts Film Fest), Linda in All Screw Up, Lucy Mellon in Otherwise Engaged (Dir. Bill Price). Sara can be seen with her sketch comedy troupe Fine Funny and Female at Bleecker St. Theater. www.saralukasiewicz.com
Claire McGinley Past productions include You Are Cordially, Don’t Step On the Cracks, Seussical (On Stage and Off), Working (On Stage and Off). She is currently in the band Socially Unacceptable Sweaters who can be seen playing music around the NYC area. Claire is a Marymount Manhattan graduate. Credits: Hello Again, and Savage/ Love.
Kacy Rice graduated Marymount Manhattan College with a BA in Theater Studies. She first joined Five Flights with the production of You are Cordially Invited. Other credits: The Vagina Monologues 2005 and 2006, and The Custodian. She can be seen in the upcoming web series Losers-Just like Your Friends. Kacy is an actor and a dramaturg, and is thrilled to continue her involvement with Five Flights as Literary Manager.
Eryck Tait holds a BA in Theater Performance from Marymount Manhattan. Past credits include Butterflies are Free (Don), Summer Brave (Alan), A Kind of Alaska (Hornby), Native Son (Jan), The Hunt (William) as well as roles in all 4 previous Five Flights productions. He made his directing debut with the first production of Don’t Step.
Steve Yates graduated from Marymount Manhattan college with a BFA in Acting. His credits there include Native Son (Britten) Approaching The End of A Summer (Don) Camille (Armand) and Blindness (Dan). His work with Five Flights includes What A Life(Anthony) and The Custodian (Bucky).
