Moby Dick: the sermon - Actors

Rich Kirkwood - Father Mapple

rich kirkwoodRichard recently appeared in Camino Real for Arthouse Productions in Jersey City, and in the dance piece "Because of B_____" choreographed by Shaleigh Comerford. Before coming to New York he acted in numerous theaters in Washington DC and Virginia. He has also appeared (or been heard) in productions for the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, and the feature film "War", a selection at the 2004 Sundance Festival.


Don Slovin - layman with lantern

don slovinDon has created and performed in many improv theatre troupes including but not limited to Second Sight Theater Lab in Phila, Improvakatzia in Israel, WOW in Calif. and Frogmen of the Gowanus in Brooklyn, along with Improv Summit, Jamprov, Improv Centric Unit, Slowpoke, and Improv ReTreaters. Childrens shows such as Land of Wonder, Take 5 and Radio Fever. He has also played drums with Shlomo Carlebach, Ruby Harris, New Jerusalem Magic Whoopie Band, Any Old Time String Band, Doro and Lorin Coyote. He has trained at/with SecondCity, Magnet, UCB, Tom Soter, Chris Applegate, Carol Fox Prescott, Michael Gelman and countless others. He thanks Joe for this opportunity. On an interesting note, he was the voice of Zoomer Slick in the cartoon Speedracer.


Mary Jane Dingledy - Chorus

maryjane dingledyMary Jane made her operatic debut this summer as Rachel Stitcher in A.F.R.A.I.D. An attorney for the City of New York, Mary Jane has spent many years pursuing her singing talents, primarily as soprano soloist for the choir at St. John's Episcopal Church of Park Slope, where she performed many solos such as 'The Virgin Slumber Song.' Also, she sang in duets including 'Recordare' from the Verdi Requiem. In 2005 she was invited to perform in concert in Germany for the churches at Neunkirchen and Dilsberg singing the Bach cantatas 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu Joy)' and 'Dir, Dir Jehova will ich singen,' and the English Elizabethan songs, 'The Lowest Trees Have Tops' and 'Now What is Love,' accompanied by the organ. Mary Jane studies voice in Manhattan, and is a graduate of Empire State College and SUNY Buffalo Law School.