KK bios

WES SHIPPEE (Sound Engineer) returns for his 12th 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 currently working on the stage crew at Radio City Music Hall.

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 (Nominated for three NYIT Awards) , THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU 2007 (WINNER 2008 NYIT Outstanding Music and Outstanding Sound Design), KING KONG 08, THE MOLE PEOPLE, DRACULA'S GUEST , DRACULA (Nominated for two NYIT Awards) and all 12 perfs/20 stories of SUNDAYS WITH POE. 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.

FRANK ZILINYI (SUNDAYS WITH POE/ FRANKENSTEIN) has appeared in Radiotheatre's THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE INVISIBLE MAN, KING KONG 08, DRACULA'S GUEST, DRACULA. 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.

JOE FELLMAN (SUNDAYS WITH POE/ FRANKENSTEIN) has appeared in Radiotheatre's DRACULA'S GUEST and DRACULA. He graduated MFA, Rutgers. Recent credits include "Miss Witherspoon" Amphibian Stage Prod; "The Crucible" Northern Stage; "The Darker Face Of The Earth," "Educating Rita" New London Barn Playhouse; "Much Ado About Nothing," "Romeo and Juliet" Princeton Rep; "Othello" Shakespeare Theatre of NJ; On TV - Law & Order;Criminal Intent; All My Children.

CASH TILTON (SUNDAYS WITH POE) has appeared 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 NY Int'l Fringe Festival he appeared in One Seat in the Shade by John Reoli.

REBEKAH LEVIN (FRANKENSTEIN) has a BFA in acting from NYU Tisch. Originally from California, Rebekah moved to NYC to train at Stella Adler Studio where she was for three years. Since graduating, Rebekah has been working with several non-equity theatre companies. She has been acting in a couple short films and was recently seen playing Peasblossom in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Wide Eyed Theatre company. Rebekah is looking forward to beginning her work with Radiotheatre and hopes her voice will be an exciting addition to the sound of this company. She is glad her constant singing in the shower and booming vocal quality has enhanced her theatrical career and is happy to share it.

DANA MAZZENGA (FRANKENSTEIN) a recent graduate of the New School for Drama's MFA program, was recently seen in the Samuel French Festival in a play entitled "H.R." She also has been participating in readings for MCC's Youth Company and their FreshPlay Festival. NSD credits include Dolores in Horton Foote's "Blind Date", Boochie in Stephen Adly Guirgis's "Den of Thieves", Dina Dorf in Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society", and Abigail in Miller's "The Crucible". Other NYC credits include Tilly in "Tilly and Bill" (Wizard Oil Productions), Jana in "Poppies" (FringeNYC), and Myrrhine in "Lysistrata" (MadIris Productions). This is Dana's first performance with Radiotheatre and she couldn't be more delighted!

MIKE QUIRK (FRANKENSTEIN) graduated with a B.A. in Communications (Broadcast Emphasis) and a minor in Theatre from Kean University where he earned the University’s Broadcasting Excellence Award. While at school, he attended the Connecticut School of Broadcasting at night, and jump started his radio career. Since graduating, Mike has done Afternoon Drive, Morning News, audio production, and appeared in hundreds of radio commercials. He also teaches Audio and Video Production and Theatre Arts to high school and middle school aged students. He continues to pursue a career as a performer and voice-over artist in the greater New York area.