The Company
What would Co-Op Theatre East be without a company of amazing artists work collaboratively? We'd have to change our name.
Amy Chang is honored to be joining the talented and inspiring COTE team! She was made in Taiwan, but grew up mostly in Georgia. She graduated from Brown University with a major in Art Semiotics (really) and is now an actress based in New York City. Amy Chang played the role of Susan in the feature film Children of Invention, which screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and several other festivals. She also starred in the short film Red opposite Gbenga Akinnagbe of HBO’s hit TV series, The Wire. Amy Chang won Best Actress in a Comedy for her role as an 11-year-old in the one-act play The Party (which, incidentally, was directed by none other than COTE’s own Miss Ashley Marinaccio, and assistant directed by Mr. Robert Gonyo!) Other onstage credits include: Resignations (Joy), Yellow Lens (Nai Nai/ Madeline), Love, Life & Redemption (Amy). Please visit her website for future updates, www.amychang-nyc.com.
Theresa Christine is thrilled to be a part of the COTE Company! A South Carolina native, she graduated in Spring '09 from Pace University with her BFA in Acting. It was at Pace that she first worked with Ashley, including productions of Decadent Acts, Dead Man Walking, and Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens. In 2009, Theresa joined COTE to produce and perform the title role in My Name is Rachel Corrie at the Kraine Theater. Other favorite roles include Summer and Smoke, Proof, and Out in the Open: Stories of Queer Oppression and Empowerment. Theresa is also an alum of SpringboardNYC 2009 with the American Theatre Wing, and she attended the Summer Training Congress '09 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. www.theresachristine.com
CURRENT PROJECTS: Assistant Directing Decadent Acts with COTE.
Sheira Feuerstein is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the American Theatre Wing’s SpringboardNYC. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Julyfest. Off-Off Broadway: Queens Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (Role of Beatrice); Faux-Real Theatre Company, 365 Days/Plays; Co-Op Theatre East, Questionable Content. Regional: Millbrook Playhouse, Once Upon a Mattress (Role of Winnifred); The Theater Barn, Leading Ladies (Role of Audrey); Philadelphia Music Theater Works, Watch the Birdie. Other credits include Maria in West Side Story, Pennsylvania Players; Carla & Saraghina in Nine, Front Row Theatre Company, Woman 2 in Songs for a New World, iNtuitons Theatre Company and Kate/Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate, Pennsylvania Singers Light Opera Co. www.sheirasings.com.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Acting in Decadent Acts with COTE.
Alex Herrald is a New York City based actor and very proud member of Co-Op Theatre East. His work with Co-Op Theatre East includes roles in the staged reading of Decadent Acts (Pace University) by Ashley Marinaccio, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer (Gene Frankel Theatre), and the 2008 Questionable Content Festival (Gene Frankel Theatre). Other New York theatre credits include Ronnie in The House of Blue Leaves (The Gallery Players), Andrea in Galileo (The Milk Can Theatre Company at Urban Stages), Earl Lindquist in The Tender Trap (Retro Productions at the Spoon Theatre), George in The Meaning of Life... and Other Useless Pieces of Information (Rope Swing Entertainment at the 45th St. Theatre), Thomas Kid in The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots (The Gallery Players and Engine 37 at the Gallery Players and Manhattan Theatre Source), and Hans/Brunette Waiter in Dinner With Ahmed (Blume Media Group at the American Theatre of Actors). Alex was also in the 2008 College Academy Award winning film for comedy, The Conservatory, directed by Reed Van Dyk. Alex is an alumnus of Cornell University.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Acting in Decadent Acts with COTE.
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Lynn Spencer began her acting career in NYC at the age of 19, but after a promising start had to leave the business. She fully returned to the industry 4 years ago and has delved passionately into the business, rebuilding her resume and her heart with many interesting characters. Theatre credits include the roles of Candi in The Party as part of the Vignettes for the Apocalypse Festival 2008, and with COTE, Janice Valeria in Documentary: A Suicide Narrative and Candi Swenson in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer, all directed by Ashley Marinaccio. She also performed in last years Midtown International Theatre Festival as Darcy Applebaum in Dageurreotypes. Her TV credits include Princiapl, Day Player and Under 5 roles in One of a Kind: The Stu Unger Story, Important Things with Demetri Martin and The Guiding Light, in addition to various appearences on Saturday Night Live and As The World Turns. Lynn has done many principal roles in feature length, short films and videos as well. "I am so proud to be a memeber of this company and have the opportunity to work with Ashley, Robby and Casey again, as I am so in love with what I do, and am only as good as my characters. The opportunity to bring new characters to life is a complete treasure."
CURRENT PROJECTS: Designing costumes and acting as propsmaster for Decadent Acts.
