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ANYTHING BUT BLACK An exchange in a suburban cigar lounge leads to a crisis between two best friends.
Duane S. Egyud (Marty) is happy to be appearing for the first time at the Riant Theatre. Past performances include: De Guiche in Cyrano De Bergerac (National Tour), the title role in Hamlet, Austin in True West, the Promoter in The Lark, and Eugene in Biloxi Blues. Duane holds a BFA in Acting/Directing from Montclair State University. Duane thanks his best friend, his wife Paula, for her support through it all.
James Earl Stewart (Lloyd) is pleased to be appearing in Anything But Black, and thanks Van Fisher and Vanya for the opportunity. Past performances include two engagements as Marty in Dreamgirls, Col. Makinson in A Few Good Men, Jack Johnson in The Great White Hope, the Foreman in The Jury Room, (also at the Riant Theater), Steve Daniels in A Lesson From Aloes, and Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. Best wishes to all in The Colors of Life.
Vanya Cassel Pawson (Director) thanks Van Fisher and Fred Rohan Vargas for the opportunity to direct Anything But Black. For the Riant, she previously appeared in and directed Credit/No Credit by David Lohrey and Walking the Dream by Bronson Dudley, and directed Anonymously Written, Love, Dogs and Other Obsessions, and The Amnesiac. She serves as Executive Director of the Center Stage Company, where she adapted from the French, produced and directed The Lark by Jean Anouilh. Vanya remembers her mentor, Herbert Berghof. “It should be so simple, a child could understand it.”
GOODNIGHT LOVIN' TRAIL Two wounded strangers find redemption in each other's eyes while negotiating over a stolen 
guitar.
Olivia Roric (Lee) Olivia graduated with a BA from Rutgers University and an MA from The University of Chicago in Literature. She is a recent graduate of the William Esper Studio Two-Year Meisner technique program and has made appearances in multiple independent and student films, and various theater productions at Interborough Repertory Theatre, Where the Eagles Dare Theatre and Roy Arias Theatre. Olivia is thrilled to join Rising Sun Performance Company! Thank you Akia, RSP, and the cast and crew Goodnight Lovin' Trail! Love to my family and friends!
Nic Mevoli (Mr. Coffee and Cigarettes) Nic has been working with Rising Sun since 2003, and has appeared in many of their productions including: A Royal Toil, The Off Broadway Revival of An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, The Crucible, "Amerikan Mine" and RSP’s 2004 Production of Good Night Lovin' Trail; most notably he received rave reviews as the Cab Driver in their hit production of Hellcab, which ran for 13 Weeks at Under St Marks Theater 2005-06. The prospect of getting enough time away from his current job of freelance film production to write his own bio proved too much for our talented young Nic, therefore you will have to stalk him at the end of performances and ask him what other things he has done.
Billy Fenderson (Mr. Coffee and Cigarettes, Swing) Billy is proud to working with Rising Sun. He has received his theatre training at Columbia University. His latest performances include Johnny-Boy in “Sneakers and Soul,” The Editor in Carmen Vidal Balanzat’s “Slate,” and Camille in “A Flea in Her Ear.”
Akia Squitieri (Director) Akia has been a member of many NYC Off-Off & Off Broadway theatre companies since 1997. Akia is Company Manager for the Blue Man Group. Proudly, she’s the Founding Artistic Director of Rising Sun Performance Company. She’s on staff at Horse Trade Theatre Group, Board Member of The Paul Butterfield Fund & Society, and Company Manager for The NY Innovative Theatre Awards. In 2007 she was General Manager for FRIGID New York, and Production Coordinator for The Puerto Rican Traveling theatre. She resides in the Bronx, with her husband and their 2 cats. Thanks to Van and The Riant, JPB for writing such great work, and most of all to her amazing Cast & Crew!
Matthew Kreiner (Assistant Director) Matthew's fun-loving, party-going personality injected the necessary flair that this play's seemingly somber approach needed. He has traveled the plains of Poland, climbed the Alps, and wrestled snow leopards with his bare hands in Tibet. He trained with Ken, Ryu, and Akuma, and if you ask him nicely to borrow something, he just might say "Sureyouken!" Matthew also a bottomless pit of poor jokes and bad lies. But in all honesty, Matthew has climbed the Alps. He swears.
John Patrick Bray (Playwright) John is a PhD in Theatre Student at LSU and has an MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University. His full length plays include the critically successful Trickster at the Gate (At Hand Theatre Co., OOBR), As We Speak (re:Directions Theatre, OOBR), and Hound (upcoming: Planet Connections Festivity, OOBR). His one-acts have been produced at the Samuel French Festival, the Strawberry One-Act Festival, and the RSPC's Aspire to Inspire series. John is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America Inc.
Lindsay Rhae Beecher (Stage Manager) She is a graduate from Adelphi University's BFA Acting program and Design Technology. She is very excited to become a new member of the RSP family. Some of her acting credits include Pasty, The Rimers of Eldritch; Seada, Necessary Targets; Rachel Corrie, My Name is Rachel Corrie. Some of her Stage Management credits include City of... by Anton Dudley and Out Behind the Bard by Nicholas Petron. She would like to thank the wonderful Cast & Crew on GNLT and her family and friends for their support and love.
Elaine Jones (Production Assistant) Elaine is new to New York and to the theatre scene. A recent graduate of Humanities at San Francisco State University and a seasoned painter, contractor, and musician Elaine is making her debut as technician and prop master in Goodnight Lovin' Trail. As a new intern with Rising Sun Performance Company Elaine is thrilled to be working alongside such a talented cast and crew.
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