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Metropolitan
Playhouse
The American Legacy 220
East Fourth Street ~ New York,
New York 10009
Office: 212 995 8410 ~ Tickets: 212 995 5302 "One
of my favorite downtown theaters"
~ Martin Denton, nytheatre.com
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Cast of Denial
 This
is Michael James Anderson’s
first
production with the Metropolitan Playhouse. He is honored to be
working with such an excellent cast and director. His past
credits off-off Broadway include Jack
in The Boys Next Door, Captain Brice in Arcadia, and Antipholus
of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors,
and Seyton in Macbeth.
Member of AEA. He thanks his wife and dearest friend, Virginia,
for her constant support. Alia Shakira Chapman is delighted to
make her sophomore appearance at Metropolitan Playhouse. She is
originally
from Washington DC and holds a BFA in acting from Howard
University. New York credits include William Shakespeare’s Haunted Pier, Freedom Train,
Metropolian’s production of The
Octoroon, and The Taking of
Miss Julie. Alia wants to thank God first and foremost,
along with all her loved ones for their undying support.  H.
Clark Kee. Off-Broadway: Castro’s
Beard, The Trials of Martin Guerre.
Other NY appearances include: God
Willing, Princess Ivona, and HB’s 25th anniversary production of
Short Eyes. Regional: The Legends of Arthur and Bill
Finn’s adaptation of Camino Real
with the Williamstown Second Company; The
Heiress, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and Playboy of the Western World at
Shadowlawn Stage; Fiddler on the Roof
and Inherit the Wind at Mill
Mountain. Member, Accidental Repertory Theater Co., John Strasberg,
Director. Over
the 39 years of his career John Tobias'
roles include, Tegeus in A PhoenixToo Frequent (Circle-in-the-Square); Polonius in Hamlet (Manhattan Playhouse); Dr. Stockman in Enemy of the People (Studio Arena Theatre); Cassius in Julius Caesar (Barter Theater), and many other major roles. On Channel 13's series, Cultures and Continents, JT was seen as Citizen Tom Paine, the Devil in The Devil and Daniel Webster, and the social reformer Jacob Riis. He is also author of plays that have been produced Off-Broadway, regionally, and at major theatres in 13 countries.  For
the past few years Martin Novemsky
has been translating
and performing stories of Sholem Aleichem, some of which were rendered
into English for the first time. He has performed them both in
the original Yiddish and English at various venues including the
National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst Massachusetts. He
appeared in the National Public Radio Series, The Yiddish Radio Project. He
is particularly fond of the works of Anton Chekhov and has adapted his
story “Ward Six” for the stage and directed its performance in New York. Suzanne Toren
(Abby Gersten) appeared last year at this theatre as old
Frau Quixano in The Melting Pot. Prior
to that, she won critical acclaim as the ditsy old lady in Lenny and Lou (29th Street
Rep). She has appeared on and off Broadway, and in regional theatres
throughout the country, in works by well-known playwrights (from
Shakespeare and Moliere to Arthur Miller and Neil Simon), as well as
new ones. Broadway: Goodbye,
Fidel (starring Jane Alexander). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse (Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities),
Philadelphia Drama Guild (A View from
the Bridge), Pennsylvania Stage Company (Brighton Beach Memoirs), Syracuse
Stage (The Seagull).
Off-Broadway: Westside Theatre (A
Shayna Maidel ; From Door to Door), Jewish Repertory Theatre (The Disputation). TV: Law and Order. Suzanne is an
award-winning narrator of audio books; has recorded hundreds for
the Library of Congress, as well as for many commercial audio book
producers. She has been recognized for her narrations by Audiofile
magazine, and is currently nominated for an “Audie” for her narration
of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Riva |
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