Cast and Crew
Shan Agish – Actor
Lindsey Ashlen – Actress
Marion Attal – Producer and Actress
Lea Betremieux – Costume / Set Designer
Patrick David – Keyboardist
Katie-Jo Glover- Assistant Costume / Set Designer
James Holland – Writer
Julien Jardin – Music Director and Guitarist
Philip J. Harris – Assistant Director
Lauriane Lévêque – Advertising
Michael Petranek – Director
Amy Wowak – Light Designer
Anais Zapirain – Stage Manager / House Manager
Shan Agish
Shan Agish is extremely excited to be originating the role of Trevor. Born and raised in Queens, he has grown to accept Brooklyn, and now enjoys making the trek back and forth. A graduate of Boston College, his recent work includes a double-workshop of Larry Myers’ plays Facebook Puberty and Memo from Allen Ginsberg, as well as an independent feature film Powerplegic. He would like to thank Marion and Michael for giving him this opportunity, the cast and crew for making it all happen, and his friends and family for putting up with him.
Lindsey Ashlen
Lindsey Ashlen is thrilled to be making her New York theatre debut at The Invisible Dog. She is making her way from the stages of Florida to New York. Florida theatre : Twelfth Night (Viola), Grease (Marty), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife). New York recording : dealnews.com 100th Episode Musical Podcast. Lindsey would like to thank her Mom, Dad, and awesome family & friends for their love and support.
Marion Attal
Marion was born in Paris, France. At two years old, her father’s career moved the family to New York City. Thanks to the exposure to famous Broadway musicals at a very young age, she realized her destiny in life would be to become an actress. Therefore, when returning to her homeland a decade later, she took the opportunity to study French theater. She played Maria Callas and Antigone. When returning to the states, she completed her Meisner training at the Ward Acting Studio. There she performed in Honour and Mound Builders and studied with teachers such as Ivana Chubbuck and Patsy Rodenburg. At nineteen years old, Marion founded a theater company, Those Girls Productions, with three partners and produced her first play Sunday On The Rocks. Since then, she has been living and working in France and is now back in NYC at her beloved Invisible Dog with wonderful friend Lucien Zayan to produce and act in Portrayed.
Lea Betremieux
Lea met Marion in a theater school in Paris where they studied acting. Her first love is acting, followed by fashion and design. When Marion proposed that Lea design and conceptualize the costumes and the set, she jumped at the chance. She found this to be an enriching experience and a new realm in which to involve her various theater studies.
Patrick David
Patrick David is a sought after pianist, organist, conductor, arranger, and producer. He is a native of Brooklyn, NY. He attended the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music where he was very active in various performing arts ensembles. Patrick is a graduate of Queensborough Community college with a A.S Degree in Fine arts Performance and Music Electronic Technology. Shortly after graduating from Q.C.C., he attended the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where he graduated with his Bachelors degree in Music.One of the many highlights of Patrick’s career is when he performed for the Orsara Musica Jazz festival in Italy in the summer of 2009. In addition to being a performer, Patrick is also a Music Teacher at Corpus Christi parochial school in Woodside, Queens, and St. Francis of Assisi, in Crown heights, Brooklyn. Patrick David has performed as an accompanist/conductor for numerous choirs, and concerts, as he has the ability to shift between different musical genres and styles; from classical to jazz to gospel to opera to Contemporary and more.
Katie-Jo Glover
“I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal” ~ Calvin & Hobbes
Philip J. Harris
Born in France, to a French mother and a British father, Philip learned to speak both French and English fluently at an early age. His passion for theater came to him in high school as he played with his coeds on the big stage of Atlantia in La Baule, France. Since then, he went from free-lance acting courses in France, to mask play and creation in Belgium and to Shakespeare summer intensive acting course at the R.A.D.A. in England. He is now 23 years old and has moved on to learning the craft of acting in Paris at “Les Enfants Terribles”, which is where he first met Marion Attal. This is also where she first talked to him about her production. He was glad to be able to join her in the project as assistant director to Michael Petranek.
James Holland
James Holland received his BA in Theatre Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan College and Meisner training at the Ward Studio. James lives here in New York City and is an active: actor, comedian, director, and writer. This is James Holland’s first play. He hopes you enjoy it.
Julien Jardin
Julien is 21 years old and met Marion at “Les Enfants Terribles” theater school in Paris. Julien has been involved in many music bands and has explored many different styles of music during his teenage years. This is his first experience as music director. Julien enjoys traveling, and during one of his travels, he met Anaïs, the stage manager of the play and also the girl of his life.
Lauriane Leveque
Lauriane, 22 years old, obtained her diploma in communications in 2009. In 2010 she joined the acting school “Les Enfants Terribles” in France and began working as assistant directior for the “Corpus” company.
Michael Petranek
Michael Petranek is thrilled to be working with this talented cast and crew. Previous productions include Give and Take at the Network One Act Festival (Semifinalist), The Secrets of Lamplit Blinds (NYC Fringe), Boots (NYC Fringe, extended at Nicu’s Spoon Theater), The Jazz Messenger (NYC Fringe), and The Geography of a Horse Dreamer (Carnegie Mellon University). He is also a member of the sketch comedy group “Franks and Beans.” Michael loves working under Jim Salicrup and Terry Nantier as a comics Editor for Papercutz.
Amy Wowak
Amy’s lighting, producing, aural, stage managing, acting, scenic and make up work has been seen in various NYC venues. She has upcoming projects involving one or more of these skills. Thanks to all for their support.
Anais Zapirain
Anais is 22 years old and living in France. She Obtained her BA in applied languages at college. She’s a “Shutterbug” and will join a photography school in Paris this winter. This is her first experience in the theater and she is very eager to work with the team and for this project !
