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(in no particular order, here are a few bios of just some of the many extraordinary actors who regularly perform with Theatre Revelation:)

ALAN MANDELL

Legendary Beckett actor Alan Mandell has performed on-screen in 4 Theatre Revelation productions.  (- also go to our PRODUCTIONS page of our website to see the press release excerpts under "The Devil Has A Sister".) 

Alan toured Europe with original productions directed by Samuel Beckett of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Endgame.  He re-created Beckett’s direction for the filming of Endgame, in which he played the role of Nagg.  He also performed Endgame at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, and in London and Italy. He was Consulting Director at Los Angeles Actors’ Theatre where he directed and acted in Beckett’s Company, as well as Rockaby, Ohio Impromptu, Footfalls, and Charles Marowitz’s Artaud at Rodez.  He has performed in numerous productions on and off Broadway, throughout the United States, and in Europe.  He also acted, directed and served as Consulting Director for Los Angeles Theatre Center, and was General Manager at both the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop, Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center and co-founded the San Quentin Drama Workshop.  Among his countless stage appearances are Prospero in The Tempest, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, the title role in King Lear and in productions of The Cherry Orchard, The Royal Family and in the national tour of Twelve Angry Men.  His film roles include Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus.  He is the recipient of LA Weekly’s first Lifetime Achievement Award. 
 
KEIRIN BROWN

Keirin has performed in 3 Theatre Revelation productions.  She is originally from New York and New Jersey, where she received her BFA in Acting from Rutgers University.  Through Rutgers, she studied at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.  While in New York, she performed in numerous off-Broadway shows including:  Leonce and Lena, Saugerties, The Good Samaritan (Reading Series), and Island to Themselves.  She was an original member of MISA Table, a physical theatre company who devised and performed new works in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York and lastly, Minneapolis where they worked closely with one of the founders of Theatre de le Jeune Lune.  In L.A.,  she worked for two and a half years as a founding member of ARTEL, American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory.  With ARTEL, Keirin created and performed original physical theatre works all throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco, including Bulgakov Raw, Variation # 50, Gogol Mogol, and The Legendary Times of Bulgakov. 

BETSY MOORE

Betsy has performed in 5 Theatre Revelation productions.  She received her B. A. in theater arts from Santa Clara University.  While in the Bay Area, she performed with Shakespeare Santa Cruz and in  regional theater.  She moved to Los Angeles to perform as Connie in Tony 'n Tina's Wedding with the original production company, and has since gone on to perform in numerous television, film,  theater and voice over projects - from Shakespeare to T.S. Eliot to experimental theater. She recently starred in and co-produced with fellow actor Bonnie Root in a critically acclaimed production of the one-act play Dolores and plans to co-produce more works with Ms. Root in the future.

PAUL TUCCI

Paul has performed in 3 Theatre Revelation productions.  He was born and raised in Long Island, New York.  He received his BFA from Hofstra University with a special concentration on Theater Performance.   He’s appeared in such works as:  bash: a gaggle of saints (John), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Collins) and Henry V (Chorus).  Paul made his Los Angeles stage debut in Blood Is My Legacy! 

ILANA GUSTAFSON TURNER

Ilana Gustafson Turner has worked for three years as a founding member of ARTEL, American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory, and is currently a founding member of commedia del’Arte group, I Zanni. She has toured her own work throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her other work includes such roles as Medea in MedeaText, The Skriker in Churchill’s The Skriker, and Cassandra in Agamemnon at City Garage and she has performed on other local stages such as Inside the Ford, Theater of Note, and Orange County Performing Arts Center . She has studied clowning, mask, and physical theater styles with Dell Arte International, Cirque School, Teatr Zar, Jef Johnson, and local teachers Rachel Rosenthal, John Achorn, and at Studio Six with David Bridel. She has worked extensively as an arts educator to at-risk youth throughout L.A. with Bluepalm and East L.A. Classic Theater.

PAMELLA PEARL

Pamella Pearl’s Off and Off-off Broadway credits include:  Daisy Mame , Crossing Delancy, Hurlyburly, Eastern Standard, Isn’t  it Romantic, As You Like It,  Chance in a Million, Bye Bye Birdie, Guys and Dolls, Pirates of  Penzance , and Carousel amongst many others.  Regional credits include:  Dracula, The Winter’s Tale, Junglebook,  and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Paris credits include: Les Liasons Dangereuses, Huis Clos,  and L’Atelier.  She currently studies with Warner Loughlin and has also trained at/ with The Royal Shakespeare Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Theatre Des Arts et Progress, Theatre des Boueffs du Nord and at Steppenwolf.

JORDANA BERLINER

Jordana Berliner’s recent theatre credits include: Dromio of Ephesus in Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors (Open Fist Theatre, LA),  Marianne/Flipote in Tartuffe (Actor’s Gang, LA),  Little 1 in Angela Berliner’s Little (Actor’s Gang, LA),  Valli in Ken Prezinskis’ Amerikafka (Met Theatre, LA). Film credits include: Strange Girls, Crustacean, Hobgoblins 2, Clothing Optional, and Unleaded.  Currently, she’s playing Rose Red in Snow White & Rose Red, adapted by her sister Angela Berliner through Open Fist’s Children’s Theatre program.

Here is a list of cast members from our various productions:

HAPPY ENDING
(Who Will Live, Will See)

Etheline - Keirin Brown
Agatha - Betsy Moore
Young Man - Paul Tucci
Nurse Matilda - Ilana Gustafson Turner
Old Man - Alan Mandell (on screen)

The Devil Has A Sister 
(A Sororicidal Tale)

Vivian – Jordana Berliner
Veronique – Keirin Brown
Vera – Betsy Moore
Aunt Birdy – Pamella Pearl
Tap-Dancing Twins/Lizard King – Paul Tucci
Father –  Alan Mandell (on screen)

2 By Sinner

Unburthen (To My Soul’s Delight!)
Sister Peg – Betsy Moore
Brother Hardy – John Sinner

If Water Were Present It Would Be Called Drowning
Lolly – Betsy Moore
Man – John Sinner

If Water Were Present
It Would Be Called Drowning (@ REDCAT)

Lolly – Betsy Moore
Husband – Mike Hartley

Blood Is My Legacy!
A Theatrical Extravaganza of Pure Family Values

Beatrice – McCready Baker
The Senator – Simon Burzynski
Manboy 1/Creature – Dion Davis
Manboy 3/Fireman – Mike Hartley
Fairy Goddess – Brenda Lamberty
Prissy – Betsy Moore
Needles McCann – Rhett Nadolny
Mobley – Paul Tucci
on video:
Alan Mandell
David Organisak
Pamella Pearl
Doug Wilson

What Remains Of A Whore

Malcolm – Daniel Getzoff
Alice – Sharon McMahon
Isadora – Amy Moon
Cousin Barbara – Irene Muzzy
Gentleman – David Organisak
Ezra – John Sinner
Dr. Strangecandy – Patrick Towne
Construction Worker – Doug Wilson
on video
Father – Alan Mandell
Wife – Deborah Offner 
Lira Angel
Steve Istock
Brian Heinberg
Brian Gattas
David “Bill” Sheldon
Chris Welles






















Photographs/video stills on this TheatreRevelation.com website were taken by:
Stephanie Vovas (stephanievovas.com); Joao Braz (joaobraz.com);
Adam Soch (adamsoch.com); John Zalewski (johnzalewski.com); and others.
Producing Artistic Director
JOHN SINNER


John Sinner is the founder and producing artistic director of Theatre Revelation.

John has worked with the Los Angeles Theatre Center (with artists Reza Abdoh, Alan Mandell, Adam Soch,  Luis Alfaro and Susan Rubin amongst others), A.S.K. Theatre Projects, Shakespeare Festival/L.A., the Lannan Foundation, and Chamber Repertory Theatre touring company.  John was also Assistant Director to Rod Marriott and Elise Thoron on original works by Joe Pintauro and Timothy Mason.

John trained at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center/National Theatre Institute, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in England and at Trinity College in Ireland.


In John's words:  "Antonin Artaud, the founder of theatre of cruelty has a great quote about what theatre artists should be, and he said that 'Theatre artists should be as if burning at the stake and signaling through the flames.'   Right now our country and globe, metaphorically and too often literally, are on fire. Here in this film industry city in which we live, we are often asked “Why are you working with an avant-garde theatre company in L.A.?”  Trying to survive and thrive in L.A. as an experimental theatre company can be akin to a fish hitting its head against the glass wall of a confining water tank, but we continue to plug away at our creative ambitions and goals, presenting our idiosyncratic body of work, and reaching out.  I know our company feels truly impassioned about our productions, and we feel privileged to present our work to an ever-expanding audience."
















Production Team

(in no particular order, here are just a few of the many wonderful artists whom John Sinner has brought into the collaborative creative family that is his
Theatre Revelation:)

JAMES GOODKIND

Production Designer
Set Piece Concepts
Editor/Dramaturg
Artwork Design for Photographs
Creative Consultant

James Goodkind is John Sinner's chief creative collaborator. 

Among the Theatre Revelation productions for which James has collaborated with John, his most recent were Happy Ending (Who Will Live, Will See) (at Highways in California), The Devil Has A Sister (at the Nederlands Theatre Festival's Amsterdam Fringe Festival) for which he also acted as production designer, created the set piece concepts, and was editor/dramaturg and photo art designer, and 2 By Sinner (at the New York International Fringe Festival) among others.

ADAM SOCH
Video

The list of internationally renown videographer Adam Soch's client/subjects speaks volumes about his four decade artistic achievements in video:  Placido Domingo, LA Opera, Reza Abdoh, Jorge Marin
Daniel Liebsohn, Lester Horton, Michael Tilson Thomas, Ray Bradbury, and so many others.  Soch also is one of the originators of the nationally and internationally televised arts channel Classic Arts Showcase.  Soch has collaborated on three  Theatre Revelation projects.

MATT RICHTER
Lights + Sound

Matt is a lighting and sound designer and composer based in Los Angeles.  Matt has collaborated on four Theatre Revelation productions.

Matt served as Technical Director for Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica for several years, where he worked closely in collaboration with performers such as Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, Luis Alfaro, Diavolo Dance, Ledges & Bones Dance Company, and Oni Dance.  He currently shares his time as in-house tech director for various Los Angeles theatrical institutions. 

As a Lighting & Sound Designer he has worked on over 200 productions since relocating to the Southland in 2003. 

As a musician, Matt works as half of the experimental duo “Lanfair Field”, who have contributed scores to numerous plays and soundtracks and have been nominated for original score and original sound design for Asleep on a Bicycle at the Lillian Theatre for the 2008 Ticketholder Awards.

Matt’s work can be seen online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattrichterdesign/sets.

DAVIS CAMPBELL
Set Pieces

Davis has designed/built sets for numerous stage, film, and music video projects in and around LA.
Highlights include Existence (Cannes Film Festival), Atreyu’s music video “The Theft,” and stage productions of Kill Me Deadly, Sona Tera Roman Hess, Lie With Me, All My Sons, A Mulholland Christmas Carol, Hatful of Rain, Twentieth Century and The Elvis Test. 

TODD FRIEDRICHSEN & ELAINA B. ARCHER
Video

Todd and Elaina are award winning documentary filmmakers and partners in A&F Productions, who have had their work presented on Turner Classic Movies, STARZ! and HBO.  They co-produced and co-edited RITA which aired on Turner Classic Movies. Todd also directed and co-produced an episode of Deep Sea Detectives for The History Channel entitled Pearl Harbor's Revenge, and he co-produced and co-edited with Elaina, Gangland: Bullets Over Hollywood for Star Encore Entertainment and Alta Loma Pictures. They most recently finished filming premiering their documentary on censorship in early cinema called Why Be Good?- Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema.

JOHN ZALEWSKI
Sound Design

John has collaborated on two Theatre Revelation productions.  John has designed for Disney Hall-LAPhil, Center Theatre Group, Evidence Room, Actors’ Gang, Geffen, Playwright’s Arena, the Taper, Bottom’s Dream, Long Beach Opera, Skirball Festival, the Humana Festival, PS122, LaMama, chashama, and many others.

He is the recipient of numerous design awards including the LA Weekly, BSW (Garlands and Local Hero) and Ovation.

More on John Zalewski's work:  johnzalewski.com

STEPHANIE VOVAS
Photography

Portraiture photographer Stephanie Vovas' work has been exhibited internationally.  She presently works out of Los Angeles, where she recently concluded a solo exhibit at the Boulevard3 gallery. Her work can be see on line at  http://www.stephanievovas.com.

AVIVA PEREA
Hair & Make-Up Design

Celebrated Aviva Perea's hair and make-up design can be seen in countless magazines, television shows, commercials, fashion shows and celebrity and press events.

Here is a list of some of our production team members from our various productions:

HAPPY ENDING
(Who Will Live, Will See)

Lighting + Sound  - Matt Richter
Set Pieces - Davis Campbell
Video Imagery - Adam Soch
Costumes  – John Sinner
Creative Consultant
   + Production Design - James Goodkind

The Devil Has A Sister
(A Sororicidal Tale)

Lighting + Sound – Matt Richter
Costumes – John Sinner
Costume Assistance – Francine Brazeau
Video Imagery- Todd Friedrichsen & Elaina B. Archer
Creative Consultant
   + Production Design - James Goodkind
Make-up &  Hair Design - Aviva Perea
Photography & Print Design – Stephanie Vovas

2 By Sinner

Light & Sound Design – Matt Richter
Costume Design – John Sinner
Costume Assistance – Francine Brazeau
Make-Up & Hair Design – Aviva Perea
Structural Prop Design – John Toom
Original Score – Lanfair Field
Creative Consultant - James Goodkind
Stage Manager – Jen Cleary
Photography & Design – Stephanie Vovas

If Water Were Present
It Would Be Called Drowning (@ REDCAT)

Video Design – Carol Gehring
Sound Design – Matt Richter
Costume Design – John Sinner
Creative Consultant - James Goodkind

Blood Is My Legacy!
A Theatrical Extravaganza of Pure Family Values

Set Design – Scott Butler
Lighting Design – Matt Richter
Sound Design – John Zalewski
Costume Design – John Sinner
Costume Assistance – Francine Brazeau
Video – Adam Soch
Casting – Pamella Pearl
Set Crew – Greg Kristopic
Make-Up Effects – Sarah Gribaa
Graphic/Art Design - James Goodkind

What Remains Of A Whore

Sets – David Sheldon
Lighting/Tech Director – Kirkland Dickey
Sound – John Zalewski
Costumes – John Sinner
Video – Adam Soch






Theatre Revelation

Theatre Revelation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) theatrical production company.  We are based in Los Angeles, California, and we present our theatrical productions and workshops in L.A. as well as in other cities in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. 

Theatre Revelation actively seeks to present and travel its productions nationally and internationally -- so we encourage you to contact us (see "CONTACT INFO" below) to discuss possible presentations or co-productions in cities throughout the world.

Theatre Revelation's artistic mission is to create, nurture and produce new, innovative and experimental theatre works that use a multi-disciplinary, multi-media approach to expand the boundaries of traditional theatre. The inspiration and leadership for Theatre Revelation stem from its founding director, John Sinner. 

As a classically-trained surrealist theatre artist working out of the industry town that is his native-born L.A., and as a feminist and gay man living with multiple sclerosis, John's writing and direction have led our company to telling the stories (dramatic, comedic, fantastic) of characters who do not have a seat at the table of the more dominant society, about the physical and psychic toll that such disconnect from the mainstream takes on them, and the struggles and successes of their efforts to achieve empowerment, escape and freedom, real and imagined.  Our productions often use stylized language, movement and dance set in dreamlike visual and sonic landscapes, mixing darkness with light, mayhem with musical numbers, laughter with surreal. In John Sinner's words: "exhilaration can be found when we push beyond the collapsing walls of our war-torn world, however briefly or absurdly, and find solace in the mere act of creation."  (See column at the top of this page for John Sinner's bio.) 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT PRODUCTIONS, GO TO OUR PRODUCTIONS PAGE and also see our overview HOME PAGE by clicking onto one of the PURPLE TABS below. .

Theatre Revelation is proud to be associated for many years with so many extraordinarily creative collaborators.  For a sample list of just some of those, see THEATRE REVELATION's PRODUCTION TEAM and CAST columns above.

Theatre Revelation's community outreach includes the active participation of our artistic director as a spokesperson for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Living Well program. For more on that, click on this National MS Society link to watch a video on John's"Living Well with MS". Through John, Theatre Revelation participates in programs with the MS Society, by John's continuing to actively speak at in-person seminars to those newly diagnosed with MS, and also through the company's encouraging persons in the MS community (via free ticket programs) to come out to the theatre to see first hand how very live and vibrant theatre can be and is in fact run by one "Living Well" with the disease.

Funding for Theatre Revelation  -- a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation -- comes entirely from a wonderfully supportive and ever-expanding, diverse community of charitable funders and private donors contributing at various donation levels. Theatre Revelation also was the recent recipient of a Durfee Foundation grant. For more on contributing to Theatre Revelation, contact us below. 

THEATRE REVELATION CONTACT INFO: 

We can be reached by email at THEATREREVELATION@HOTMAIL.COM


or by regular mail at Theatre Revelation, 6404 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1639, Los Angeles, California 90048