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EbzB Biographies
David zum Brunnen
(CO-FOUNDER - EBZB PRODUCTIONS)http://www.ebzb.org/dzb
Selected credits include...
New York: Winding The Ball (American Premiere, Mint Theatre). National Tour: Elliot Engel's The Night Before Christmas Carol , War Bonds, The Tender Nights of F. Scott Fitzgerald ,The Wrights of Passage. Regional: Kruger in The Front Page (PlayMakers Rep); Henry Carr in Travesties (Piccolo Spoleto Festival); Comedy of Errors (Foundation Theatre, NJ), A Midsummer Night's Dream (StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance); Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Birmingham Children's Theatre, AL); Hotspur and other roles in Henry IV, Parts I & II (Burning Coal Theatre Company); Don Juan in Shaw's Don Juan in Hell (Hedgerow Theatre, PA), Andrew in Love Letters, Mortimer in Arsenic & Old Lace (Temple Theatre). International: Nicholas Nickleby in Nicholas Nickleby, Brad in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Charlie Brown in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Stephenville Festival, Canada); Film: Einstein's Dreams, Night Flyer, Cold War, Postcards, Kiss The Girls, David Huling, The Lemon Sisters, The Dead Poets' Society. Awards: 2 Triangle "Indie" Arts Awards (2002 & 2004) for work in enhancing the cultural life of the Triangle region of North Carolina. North Carolina Theatre Conference's Middleton Service Award - for tireless work on behalf of North Carolina's Theatre Field. Theatre Administration: Executive Director , EbzB Productions; Executive Director, North Carolina Theatre Conference; Past Board President of Arts North Carolina; General Manager, PlayMakers Repertory Company; General Manager, Hedgerow Theatre; Managing Director, Philadelphia Area Repertory Theatre. Administrative Consultant to a variety of arts organizations in NC and VA. Faculty: Stephenville Festival Drama Academy (NF, Canada). Education: Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, UNC - Chapel Hill; Eugene O'Neill Theatre Conservatory, CT; Tom Capps Acting Workshop for Film; Master Acting, Hedgerow Theatre School; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Workshops; Membership: Leadership Triangle - 2003, A highly selective, leadership consortium for leaders of North Carolina's Triangle region. Screen Actors' Guild, Actors' Equity Association.
Serena Ebhardt
(CO-FOUNDER - EBZB PRODUCTIONS)http://www.ebzb.org/serena
Selected credits include ...
New York: Winding The Ball (American Premiere, Mint Theatre). National Tour: Anne Frank. Regional: Alcestis, Chapter of Thanatos (92nd St. Y Unterburg Poetry Center, NY-ASU), Travesties (Piccolo Spoleto Festival), The Beggar's Opera (PlayMakers Repertory Theatre), Sister Carrie (People's Light and Theatre Company), Pump Boys and Dinettes (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), A Christmas Carol (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival), Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Street Signs Theatre), Love Letters (Temple Theatre) and Uncle Tom's Cabin (Burning Coal Theatre Company), Various Roles for New River Dramatists Playwrights' Project. International: Nunsense Maritime Tour, Canada. Nicholas Nickleby, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Chicago, Rocky Horror Show (Stephenville Festival, Canada). European Concert Tour. Film/TV: The Dead Poet's Society, The Lemon Sisters, Because of You, Postcards, Birthmark (adapted from Doris Betts "This Is The Only Time I'll Tell It."), and David Huling (screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival); Kelly - CBS Drama. Commercials: Toyota, New York Carpet World, NC Symphony in Meymandi Hall, Nike, Duke Medical Center, Domestic Violence PSA, NCDOT 511. Awards: Cantey Award: Best Supporting Actress. International Television and Video Association Silver Reel Award. YWCA Academy of Women (Charter Member 1983), 2003 DAC Emerging Artist. Directing: National Tours: Anne Frank and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever . Regional: Fit To Be Tied (Manbites Dog Theatre), The Long Christmas Dinner, A Christmas Memory (Hedgerow Theatre). College and Community: Search for Signs of Intelligent Life, The Foreigner, Where It's All Warm and Secret, Chamber Music, and The Tempest. Theatre Administration: Artistic Director, EbzB Productions; Producer and General Manager, Temple Theatre; Publicist and Company Member, Hedgerow Theatre; Publicist, The Prizery, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Opera Company of North Carolina, Burning Coal Theatre Company, Freelance Publicist, NC Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Theatre Conference. Faculty: Visiting Professor of Drama: Peace College, St. Mary's College, Sanderson High School, Raleigh Charter High School, St. Michael's Catholic School, Media Friends School. Headmaster and Acting Teacher of Stephenville Festival Academy of Drama in Newfoundland, Canada. Education: NC Governor's School in Drama; UNC Chapel Hill B.A. in Dramatic Art (Paul & Elizabeth Green Scholar); Hedgerow Theatre School with Rose Schulman and Ralph Roseman- Master Acting; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Workshops. United Arts Council Professional Development for Teaching Artists. Lincoln Center Institute International Educator Workshop. Membership: Actors' Equity Association, Canadian Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild (eligible).
EbzB Associate Biographies
Julie A. Florin
(MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND ACCOMPANIST ~ WAR BONDS, IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER)
Julie received her Master of Music in Church Music from East Carolina University, Certificate of Church Music from Shenandoah University, Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Penn State University and Bachelor's in Theatre Arts from North Carolina Central University. She holds a Service Playing Certificate from the American Guild of Organists. Musical direction for the following theatre companies: Raleigh Little Theatre (Altar Boyz, The Light in the Piazza, Cinderella, Cabaret, Hot Mikado, The Full Monty, Carousel,Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris); Burning Coal Theatre Company (Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Company, Juno and the Paycock, Travesties, Lipstick Traces, Accidental Death of An Anarchist, Crowns, 1960) ; EbzB Productions (WarBonds: Songs and Letters of WWII, In One Era and Out The Other); Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Robber Bridegroom, Tell Me On a Sunday); Meredith College (Nine, Gypsy) ; and University Theatre at NSCU (A Little Night Music, Cabaret, Follies, Anything Cole, Grease, The Apple Tree, Sweet Charity, Godspell, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Into the Woods). Julie is a freelance musician who has taught public school and done church music ministry among other musical pursuits. Much love and thanks to Greg.
Gregory J. Dixon
(ACCOMPANIST)Greg has served as musical director for Kitty Hawk (World Premiere, Los Angeles, CA), 1940’s Radio Hour, Once Upon a Mattress, Songs the Girls Sang, and Smokey Joe’s Café. He also performs as a pianist and vocalist for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. An accomplished and experienced musical director, performer, and instructor, Greg’s training includes East Carolina University, BA; Florida State University, MA; and The Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. Greg enjoys reading, architecture, politics, history, and travel.
Stephen Wall
(ACTOR
~ THE WRIGHTS OF PASSAGE) Stephen Wall's has appeared on stages across the nation - most recently in the national tours of Anne Frank - Diary of a Young Girl, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. In addition to his national tour credits, Stephen has appeared with the acclaimed professional regional company, Burning Coal Theatre, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among the highlights of his regional credits - Paul in the musical Company, Medvedenko in The Notebook of Trigorin, Bobby in Cabaret, and Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His numerous musical credits also include She Loves Me, Anything Goes, Cinderella, and The Robber Bridegroom, among many others. He has also performed and served as spokesperson with such organizations as the NC Museum of Natural History, the 2000 Raleigh International Festival, and the 1999 Special Olympics. Stephen enjoys traveling and has an extensive knowledge of pop culture.
Mike Wiley
http://www.mikewileyproductions.com/(ACTOR ~ BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION)
Michael hails from Roanoke, Virginia and is graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He recently completed his M.F.A with the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. While in attendance at UNC, Michael was the recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board's Impact Award for Dramatic Art - Inspiring Underprivileged Youth Through Historical Plays. Michael is the author of two one-man touring plays entitled, "One Noble Journey" and "Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart". He has performed both original works at colleges and universities throughout the country and has appeared in several regional theaters such as Mill Mountain Playhouse, Playmakers Repertory Company and the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express. Michael is an Upward Bound /Talent Search alumnus and has made numerous appearances in high schools and auditoriums with outstanding arts groups such as Richmond, Virginia's Theatre IV which is professional theatre company for young audiences. He was also bestowed the Upward Bound Trio Achiever award for the state of Virginia as well as the Mid-Atlantic Educational Opportunities Programs.
Rachel Zielinski
(STAGE
MANAGER ~ NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CAROL, WRIGHTS OF PASSAGE)Rachel is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Syracuse University in drama with a minor in chemistry just for fun. After graduation, Rachel worked for a year in various departments at the Great Lakes Theater Festival. Realizing that she really preferred working in stage management, she came to North Carolina as a visiting artist for Burning Coal Theatre Company (A Doll 's House). She was quickly convinced to stay, and has since worked with theater and performance groups around the Triangle including Manbites Dog Theater (Fit To Be Tied, Tune for Tommy, Silver River) and the Festival of the Eno.
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