KK bios

WES SHIPPEE (Sound Engineer) returns for his 8th show with Radiotheatre. Currently in the Music Technology program at NYU, Wes has done everything from live band mixing to DJ work to roadie work. Also performing extensively as an actor/singer/pianist, he finds himself back in the theatre behind the sound board, this time playing a monster or two. His most recent role was Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Out of the Woods Theatre Company, Richmond, VA). He is thrilled to be working with such a fantastic cast and crew.

DAN BIANCHI has spent over 30 years in theater and film as an Independent Theatre artist which includes writing, directing, producing, set and lighting design, music and sound design, graphics, PR and whatever else is necessary to keep the ball rolling. He founded RADIOTHEATRE in 2004 and has since produced/ written/directed MADHOUSE; HARDBOILED 1; HARDBOILED 2; WAR OF THE WORLDS (Nominated 2005 NYIT Award) ; KING KONG 2005; THE PIGMAN OF DELANCEY STREET (Nominated for two 2006 NYIT Awards); THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET (Nominated for two 2007 NYIT Awards;) THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU, KING KONG 2007, THE TIME MACHINE, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 2007, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU 2007. Among his accomplishments, he's been founder/Artistic Director of four international theater companies, written and directed over 50 plays and musicals, worked as screenwriter in Hollywood, directed 7 motion pictures with members of the Royal Shakespeare Co., won three-times Best Director Off Broadway, twice The Beckett Prize, the ASCAP Musical Theater Award, Billy Rose Theater Award, the National Writers Guild Screenwriting Award, a MacDowell Fellowship, and a National Humanities Grant. He recently directed a feature THE EVIL KILLERS. He founded and ran VIDEOTHEATRE, NYC's only year round DV-dedicated indie theater. He is also a visual artist whose works have been shown in galleries and museums around the world, including Museum of Modern Art, NYC, MOMA Australia, Brazil, Germany, Museum of Non -Conformism, Russia, etc.

JERRY LAZAR has appeared in Radiotheatre's THE TIME MACHINE, THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE INVISIBLE MAN. He's acted in hundreds of plays, musicals, concerts, radio programs, videos and ice cream parlors over the last 25 years. During that time, he's played angels, demons, bomb throwing anarchists, business tycoons, presidential advisors, and, possibly his most challenging role...a Big Guy From Jersey. He is a founding member and Assistant Director of the Lunatic Fringe improv comedy troupe.

FRANK ZILINYI has appeared in Radiotheatre's THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, and THE INVISIBLE MAN. Last season he performed with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival as Monsieur de Tréville in The Three Musketeers. Also for ISF: the Town Crier and Aladdin's Jinni in Arabian Nights, An Offering of Magic & Hope; Captain Flint in Treasure Island, in ISF's La Vida Es Sueño (en español) as the Soldier and in The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff. He was heard as two voices of the quartet in a sung prologue for Romeo and Juliet and was also seen or not seen, as the Ghost in Hamlet both at Expanded Arts.

SERRAH MCCALL is originally from Michigan. She has performed with the Russian Ballet and danced with award winning Polish choreographer, Elzbieta Alabuszew-Kutek. Upon moving to New York City, she danced and performed for 2 years with the Vangeline Theater. Serrah’s NY theater credits include Lady Sneerwell in School for Scandal, multiple character roles in Voices from Spoon River, The Bottom Line by Marcus Jones, Whoppers by Le Wilhelm, Babes and Brides by Eric Berlin, No Problem by Catherine Butterfield and For the Love of a Pig by Leslie Caveny. Recent on camera appearances include NY commercials for P.C. Richards, Storage Deluxe, Wishbone Salad Spritzers and a segment on The Today Show. Serrah would like to give a special thank you to Dan and the Radiotheater cast, her husband Chris and her wonderful and supportive family.

MATT EVERETT (Lights) is a student in New York University's College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in History and Politics. Previous off-Broadway technical credits include Edge (Bleecker Street Theatre) and The Great Divorce (Magis Theatre Company). He can currently seen playing guitar in the New York-based rock band Less Than Treason (www.lessthantreason.com).

MIKE BORAK was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey. After attending college at the George Washington University, Mike moved back north to New York City to pursue his acting career. He has appeared in various movies, commercials, television shows, and off-broadway plays over the past 6 years. This is his first time working with RadioTheatre, and he is extremely fortunate and excited about this opportunity. Mike’s inspirations include Don Rickles, Rodney Dangerfield, Daniel Day Lewis, and Lee Marvin. Mike’s ultimate goal is to be a regular on Saturday Night Live. He would like to thank his family, friends, the cast of RadioTheatre, and most of all Dan Bianchi for all of their support!

ZACH LOMBARDO, a Cleveland native, moved to New York to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated with his associates degree in occupational studies. Since 2005 Zach has performed in several festivals from the Gallery Players black box festival to the Impact Theatres Winter One Acts in Park Slope. Zach has recently directed and acted in his first show "Salacious" that was performed at the 78th Street Theatre Lab last February. Resume at http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/zachlombardo

CASH TILTON portrayed various mad scientists, their enemies, and their friends in RadioTheatre's THE TIME MACHINE, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE INVISIBLE MAN, KING KONG and THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU. Onscreen in Sexina: Popstar, P.I., he is kidnapped and forced to create a cyborg boy band, with which record company exec Adam West plans to dominate the music industry and possibly the entire world. On channel125.com, blip.tv, and elsewhere, Cash delivers satirical news commentary and makes unkind remarks about politicians and celebrities as Ed E. Druckman. He was recently in Emerging Artists Theatre's spring one-acts, and in August's NY Int'l Fringe Festival he will appear in One Seat in the Shade by John Reoli.