Ensemble
Mark O’Connell
Artistic Producing Director
Mark co-founded Lynx in 2003. With Lynx he has produced and performed in Contracts (premiere), Laughing Wild, The Turn of the Screw & stellYY. Most recently Mark played Matthew Shepard in Justin Deabler’s Prayer of the Expelled at The Oval House Theatre in London. NY theatre includes The Culture Project, Expanded Arts, Clemente Soto Velez, NYC Fringe Festival, The Brick. Mark also appeared in Rock in a Hard Place (workshop starring Andre DeShields). Regional credits include Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) at Northshore Music Theater, As You Like It (dir. Oskar Eustis), Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep, and Angels in America (dir. Robert Moss) at The Hangar Theater. Film & TV include a featured role in Outside Providence with Alec Baldwin and Third Watch. Mark has an MFA in acting from Trinity Rep Conservatory (now known as the Brown/Trinity Consortium).
Aileen Barry
Artistic Managing Director
Aileen co-founded Lynx in 2003. With Lynx she performed in the premiere production of Contracts, Laughing Wild, Turn of the Screw and played the title role in the workshop production of stellYY at HERE. She co-wrote and performed in the three-person show Hello Kitty ; Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre. Regional credits include Marat/Sade,, (Charlotte Corday), Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett ), Into the Woods (Cinderella), Assassins (Squeaky Frome), and Anything Goes (Bonnie ); The Alice Austin Theatre, Christopher Durang’s An Actor’s Nightmare (Ellen Terry) ;Robert Sinclair Theater. TV: Guiding Light. She has studied improvisation at Second City Training Center, NYC, and has performed with the Improv troupe “The Mulligans” at Arlene’s Grocery. Ms. Barry is currently Program Director of National Dance Institute. She has a BA in Theater and English from SUNY Geneseo.
Core
Michelle Coe
Co-Producer
Dassance Resler
Resident Stage Manager
Justin Deabler
Playwright/ Producer
LianMarie Holmes
Actor/ Program Assistant
Joy Besozzi
Actor/ Program Assistant
Brandon Matthews
Resident Set Designer
Deborah Smith
Resident Musician
Darren Ley
Resident Lighting Designer
Maryanne Barry
Co-House Manager
Mary O’Connell
Co-House Manager
Ginger Grogan
Program & Newsletter Designer
Associates
Actors
Chris Arruda
Devon Berkshire
Bill Bowers
Doug Brandt
Christopher Burris
Zac Calhoun
Susan Ferrara
Esther Friedman
Noah Galvin
Danny Gigliobianco
Vanessa Hidary
Betsy Johnson
Tim Kang
David Lavine
Krystal Lucas
Brian McManamon
Joy Marr
Jason Marr
Sean J. Moran
Debbie Morgan
Lucas Papaelias
Rebecca Stuard
Christian Young
Directors
Jessica Bauman
Michael Goldfried
Ari Laura Kreith
Mahayana Landowne
Kate Powers
Liesl Tommy
Jen Wineman
Playwrights
Suzanne Bradbeer
Paul Grellong
Olga Humphrey
Brian Mullin
Dan O’Brien
Jessica Provenz
Consultants
DJ Concerned, Events
Justin Scribner, Stage Manager/ Asst. Director
Allison Shigo, Events Consultant
Kate Schumaecker, Producer/ Special Events Coordinator