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Meet Eric Michael Parker & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Eric Michael Parker

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts Center. It’s an appropriately intimate, immersive space for our new work.

What’s next for you?

World domination!

What is the name of the last show you saw?

1984. What a mind-blowing production.

Any advice for your peers?

I got an incredible piece of advice a couple years ago. Your ego has nothing to do with your work. So both compliments and criticism you might get are not for you, but for that little artistic muse in your brain 🙂

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Website: ericmichaelparker.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricMichaelParkerTenorActor/

Twitter: I don’t tweet but I support your right to do so. Tweet away.

Instagram: @ericpahkah

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/shoutoutloud8

Eric is a recent SoCal transplant grateful to be making his NYC debut here at Whiskey Pants.  Top winner of Weill Foundation’s International Lotte Lenya Competition, recognizing performers with dramatic and musical versatility. Eric’s career has brought him to places across the globe,  from the Tokyo Disney Resort to Operafestival di Roma in Rome’s Piazza Navona.  Select credits: Freddy: My Fair Lady (MTW, Prather), Harold Bride: Titanic (Moonlight Prod.), Melchior: Spring Awakening(Riverside Rep), Robert: The Drowsy Chaperone (Norris PAC), Henry: Next to Normal (SDMT). B.M. from Chapman U. ericmichaelparker.com

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Vincent Hale & Whiskey Pants: Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Vincent Hale

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: Mayor of Williamsburg

What’s next for you? A Soulful Christmas

What is the name of the last show you saw? On Your Feet

Any advice for your peers? Come ready to laugh your face off

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Facebook: Vincent MrSuave Hale

Twitter: Thee_MrSuave

Instagram: Thee_MrSuave

You Tube: Vincent Hale

 

Vincent Hale is a Singer/Actor/Dancer who hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is currently the Enrichment Lead for the Partnership for Innercity Education, teaching music at two schools in Harlem. Vincent is a member of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and has been blessed to travel to Ghana, Bermuda, Nicaragua and Italy with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers. Mr. Hale has graced the stage as Jim in Big River, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, Tom Collins in RENT, and Tinman in The Wiz. “A song is but a little thing, and yet what a joy it is to sing.”

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Ashley Soliman & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor Of Williamsburg

Name: Ashley Soliman

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor Of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts Center!  It’s exciting to be in a space that supports emerging and offbeat productions.  Being in an actual theater has allowed us to flesh out our concept in various areas such as lighting, sound, and a real set.  And there’s dressing rooms!  I lucked out that so many costume pieces could be used from the original production.  It’s been fun to update the looks and create new ones for the fantasy world these characters inhabit.

What’s next for you?

No upcoming costume gigs as of now, but I am very much looking forward to having time to focus on some personal projects like drawings and textile-based works.   Also: wedding planning and crocheting some sweaters for the (hopefully) upcoming cold season.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

ABT’s “Whipped Cream” at Lincoln Center

Any advice for your peers?

Costume design ain’t easy but what in life is?  Keep an open mind and talk to people, especially industry vets.  I’ve sent many emails to strangers I admire and have been fortunate that many of them have been kind enough to help me out, whether it’s someone else they know or a list of places to contact.  No matter how crazy things get, I always enjoy seeing performers initial reactions to their costumes and watching the visuals coming together with the rest of the production – theater is a collaboration after all.  Last but not least, don’t be an asshole- you never know who you’ll meet or work with again.

Want More?

Website: http://www.terribleboogie.com

Instagram: @terribleboogie

 

Ashley Soliman is an artist, costumer, potato and nut aficionado, collector of objects, color fiend.  She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Printmaking / Fine Arts and currently works at the Jeff Fender School of Ladies’ Arts.  Special thanks to Team Whiskey, Samuel Gasner, and Henderson the cat.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Serrana Gay & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Serrana Gay

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts Center encourages and nourishes the creation of daring new work. Through their partnership we are able to further explore the environmental aspects of our show and nurture the development of our bizarre, exciting production. I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to develop Whiskey Pants with their support.

What’s next for you?

I am currently developing two new projects with Mind The Art Entertainment, the opera “The Vice of Berthe” and the dark operetta “Moonshine in b Minor”. I am also working on my first straight play, and  finishing my first novel “And She Exhaled”.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Miss Saigon

Any advice for your peers?

Always be open to new opportunities and collaboration. Sometimes beauty can be found in the most unexpected places. Remember to act with integrity, treat people with respect, and ask to be treated with the respect you deserve. Creativity can only truly blossom from a foundation of understanding between team members. Don’t be afraid to put ego aside: theatre is a collaborative medium and the act of creating something together is bigger and more important than personal complexities.

Want More?

Website: http://www.mindtheartentertainment.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MayorOfWburg/

Twitter:  Company: @mindtheart Personal: @serranagay

Instagram: @mayorofwburg

 

Serrana Gay is the co-creator of “Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg” which is opening at The Here Arts Center on September 28th and won the Audience Favorite Award at FRIGID New York in 2015. She is also an Associate Producer at Mind The Art Entertainment and was their 2014 Artist in Residence. She holds a B.F.A in Acting with a Writing Minor from Ithaca College.

She is the writer of the children’s book “Fatty Fatty No Friends” and co-wrote the musical adaptation of the same name, which went on to win an Overall Excellence award at FringeNYC, was extended to the Fringe Encore Series in 2014, and then moved Off-Broadway in 2015 where it received a 2016 New York Innovative Theater Award Nomination for Best Musical. As a performer she appeared in La MaMa E.T.C.’s “The Dream Vault Cycle.”

Serrana is currently developing two new projects with Mind The Art Entertainment, the opera “The Vice of Berthe” and the dark operetta “Moonshine in b Minor”, while also working on her first straight play, and her first novel “And She Exhaled”.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Chloe Fox & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Chloe Fox

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts Center: I think it fits our budget well and allows us to work with the immersive concept our directors have in mind easily.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Groundhog Day

Any advice for your peers?

Pursue as many interests as you can, as far as you can. Even if they don’t end up being useful in your career (in your mind), you will end up a more well-rounded and interesting person.

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Website: chloefox.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChloeFoxOfficial/
Twitter: @chloe_the_fox
Instagram: @chloe_the_fox

Chloe Fox is a graduate of NYU Tisch (CAP21) and recently returned from touring with Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Lady of Ridicule, u/s Madame). Favorite credits include Morticia (The Addams Family, The Palace Theatre), Connie (Saturday Night Fever, Finger Lakes MTF), Rizzo (Grease, Theatre By The Sea), Bombalurina (Cats, Flat Rock Playhouse), and The Tempest, starring Sam Waterston and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park: Ensemble, u/s Miranda). http://www.ChloeFox.com

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Tony Mowatt & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Tony Mowatt

What is your current project?  Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

At HERE Arts Center. It’s an intimate blackbox where we can stage things in the round. This show would lose a lot of it’s effect if it was in a big proscenium house.

What’s next for you?

Continuing to sing gigs, teach, paint, write, etc. Hopefully another show will find it’s way into my life.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

The Color Purple

Any advice for your peers?

Be true to you. Stop trying to impress someone. You are enough.

Want More?

Website: www.tonymowatt.com

Tony Mowatt performs throughout NY and NJ. Some past credits include: Billis (South Pacific), Leo Frank (Parade),Roger Debris (The Producers), Charles Guiteau (Assassins), and Martin Dysart (Equus); including numerous student films. He received a BA in Theatre from Kean University and currently studies at The Patrick Page Studio. He is a well-rounded musician with over two decades of guitar and fourteen years of piano under his belt. He resides in Jersey City with his dog, Jimmy.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Michelle Ireton & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Michelle Ireton

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts Center. This is a very immersive piece, and having a space that allows us to stage the show as such and bring the audience into the action is so important to the overall experience and style of this musical. This isn’t the kind of show where you want a clear fourth wall kind of separation between actor and audience, and having a unique space where that line can get blurred will really impact the way people experience these characters and their stories.

What’s next for you?

I’ll let you know when I do!

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Indecent

Any advice for your peers?

Patience. Persistence. And then more patience.

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Website: http://www.michelleireton.com
Instagram: @baby_mireton
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQkCfUXonrObnUnjStiblg?view_as=subscriber

Michelle Ireton is explosively excited to be making her Off-Broadway debut with the company of Whiskey Pants. Michelle studied at Kent State University where she got her BFA in Musical Theatre and has been living the chaotic dream here in Manhattan ever since. The list of people who need thanking would never begin to fit in this bio, but a few honorable mentions include Mom and Dad, for their unconditional support; her friends and roommates, both past and present, for their exceptional tolerance; and Mind The Art Entertainment for this extraordinary experience. And Ricky, for his constant love and encouragement.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Caitlin Mesiano & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Caitlin Mesiano

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

HERE Arts; The space is intimate and helps bring the audience into our world.

What’s next for you?

Can’t say yet!

What is the name of the last show you saw?

War Paint

Any advice for your peers?

Learn from watching others. Absorb as much as you can, but in the end it must come from You. “Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new. Give us more to see.”

Want More?

Website: http://www.caitlinmesiano.com (under construction)
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/CaitlinMesiano/
Instagram: @caitlinmesiano
You Tube: Caitlin Mesiano (CMusic2729)

Caitlin Mesiano (Prudence/Abigail) is a whiskey enthusiast and therefore is Delighted to be making her HERE Arts Center Debut in Whiskey Pants! Regional: Sister Act (North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By the Sea, St. Michael’s Playhouse); Beauty and the Beast and South Pacific (Gateway Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (John W. Engeman Theater); john and jen (The Theater Barn). Others: Jo in Little Women (Bob Jones University) and most recently, Little Red in Into the Woods with St. Petersburg Opera. BFA in Musical Theater from Pace University in Manhattan.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Stefanie Londino & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Stefanie Londino

What is your current project?  Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

The HERE Arts Center, beautiful, contemporary off-Broadway venues promote the concept that great art can be made anywhere, and invite audiences of the beaten path to discover gems like Whiskeypants that aren’t (yet) on the Broadway boards.

What’s next for you?

Our band, West Side Waltz’s NYC debut at Rockwood Music Hall. After being away for 9 months, I’m so excited to bring our sound back to the states. Also, spending the holiday season at home in New York! We were away on tour last year; very much looking to be home for Christmas.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Indecent! (And while I confess it was on Broadway, it was the kind of innovative, truthful piece that is what’s best about live theater.)

Any advice for your peers?

Give your heart away every day. What are you saving it for?

Want More?

Website: http://www.stefanielondino.com, http://www.westsidewaltz.com
Facebook: facebook.com/stefanielondino
Twitter: @stefanieLondino
Instagram: stefanielondino
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CCi6MlRyx9-tFN15Pm5HA

Stefanie is a proud almost “real” New Yorker and University of Utah Actor Training Program alum who is excited to make her Mind The Art debut in The Mayor of Williamsburg at the HERE Arts Center! Credits include: Off-Broadway: What Do Critics Know? (The York Theater), Flak House (Actors Temple Theater). NY: Red Wine in Paper Cups (TheaterNOW), Midsummer…Dream (Titania). Regional: Pioneer Theater Co. (Romeo & Juliet, Dial ‘M’ for Murder), Salt Lake Acting Co. (Master Class, Too Much Memory), Much Ado…(Beatrice), Tristan & Yseult (Yseult). http://www.stefanielondino.com She also fronts a folk rock band: http://www.westsidewaltz.com

Show Info:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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Meet Claudillea Holloway & Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Name: Claudillea Holloway

What is your current project? Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

Here Arts Center. It provides the opportunity for Theatre in the Round, so we can create a truly ‘environmental’ show, and invite the audience into the world we are all creating.

What’s next for you?

Auditioning, auditioning & auditioning! Also am producing a couple of short films.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

1984. I actually saw it 2 summers ago in London, and boy was it completely different watching it in todays social/political climate!

Any advice for your peers?

The universe provides. That doesn’t mean you don’t work your arse off, but it does mean, that what is meant to happen will happen at exactly the right time for you. It’s hard to trust that, but once you start believing it, amazing things will start manifesting in your life!

Want More?

Website: claudilleaholloway.com
Instagram: claudilleaholloway
You Tube: Claudillea Holloway

British-South African Coloratura Soprano and Actress, rides her citi-bike across theatrical boundaries; from Baroque to New Works to Musical Theatre to acting on Screen. Claudillea seeks to use her art as a vital tool to highlight the social issues that are affecting our current climate.

Show Information:

DATES: September 28 – October 28; Wednesday – Saturday at 8:30PM/Saturdays & Sundays at 4:00PM

VENUE: HERE, 145 6th Ave. (Enter on Dominick, 1 Block South of Spring); For Tickets & Information: visit here.org or call 212-352-3101

TICKETS: $35/$50; http://here.org/shows/detail/1938/

https://themayorofwilliamsburg.com/

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