Daniel Burmester

(Director/Set Designer)was raised in Carmel NY. He recently performed in The Ontological Hysteria’s Summer Incubator series & in GUTWork’s No Man’s Island. Along with being a Co-Founder of GUTWorks, Daniel is also a member of Clock Work Theatre Company in NYC. He received his BA in Performing Arts & Directing from SUNY New Paltz, studied at Evergreen State College & took workshops at Dell’Arte Int’l. He teaches theatre at Brattleboro Middle School & VT Academy. The past six years of his life, Daniel has been working in off- Broadway & Broadway theatres such as Second Stage, The Kitchen & Circle in the Square as a technician.

Audrey Finkelstein

(Lion/Mother) is a native of Montreal and works as a performer, director, stage manager and educator. Most recently, she co-directed The Wise Men of Chelm at the Segal Theatre (Montreal). Recent performance credits: Knot of Nots (Tangente), Peacemaker (Geordie Productions), Ur-Hamlet European tour directed by Eugenio Barba, The Whisper (Edgefest) and her solo show In Conversation with Crows. Audrey holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from Dell'Arte International. She has trained with Odin Teatret (Denmark), LUME (Brazil), Sue Morrison (Toronto), and Robert Lepage (Quebec).

Eliza Burmester

(Preacher) is originally from Louisville, KY but recently joined the Chicago NeoFuturists where she will be writing, directing and performing for TML. She won, by creating beer inspired art, Best Art (2007) and Best Beer, Food, Art Pairing (2008) at the Beer Fly Alley fight for two years running. She has performed at Geva in Rochester, NY in Noodle Doodle Box, and a national school tour with Kapoot Clown Theatre. She has studied mime, commedia and general physical theatre at the School for Mime, Dell'Arte and Celebration Barn. She has also studied at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC, scene work at The Actors Studio and staged combat from The Actor's Gym. She recently discovered a passion for nerd core rap and hopes to be coming to an open mic near you.

Neil Knox

(Playwright) earned his MFA in play writing at Sarah Lawrence College and was awarded the prestigious American College Theater Festival Award in 2006 for his play "Lions." Over the past ten years he has written several pieces for stage, film, and television.  As a screenwriter, he has a film to be released to DVD this fall,  the Lopez Brother's Tex-mex horror movie "Curse of the Lechusa."  He has several more films going into production this Summer and Fall, like the Magnaplex pictures feature "Freedom to rule" which he co-wrote. Neil is also a film actor and played the lead in the Journeyman Pictures film "Memorial Day" which was a featured world premier at the Las Vegas Film Festival.  Neil is also member of Wow International, an ensemble theater company in NYC. 

Joe Raik

(Author) is pleased to be engaging in his first collaboration with GUTWorks. Since earning a B.A. in Theater Arts from SUNY New Paltz (after only four years!), Joe has made his home in Brooklyn, NY where he does as much theater as he can. Recent productions include Lysistrata (Old Men's Chorus) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, The Tempest (Stephano) on the Hudson River and Tecmessa at Dixon Place on the Lower East Side. Joe has recently made the leap from acting to directing and his first workshop production, an excerpt from August Strindberg's Creditors, will be a part of the Best of Theatervision-Playtime series later on this summer.

Jonathan Maloney

(Priest/Multimedia Designer) hails from CT & VT. He has been working as a director in theatre & film for the last ten years, while also concentrating as a producer, camera operator, & actor. His diverse background includes recently playing Michael in Valparaiso at Lincoln Center & Tim in GUTWork’s No Man’s Island to being director of photography on the United Nations’ documentary Uncertain Soil, shooting peace-keeping missions around the world. He has taught in Brazil with Grupo Galpao, along with the NY Film Academy, The Putney School & VT Academy. Jonathan is a graduate of the NY Film Academy, has taken workshops at Dell’Arte Int’l & studied at FordhamUniversity.

Kali Quinn

(Lou the Zookeeper/Mask Designer) is a  native of Buffalo NY and has directed, created & performed with Padua Playwrights of LA, Atlanta’s Push Push Theatre,Telluride Repertory, Dell’Arte Company, Off-OffBroadway at HERE Art Center’s American LivingRoom Fest, SoloNOVA Fest at PS122, & NY Int’l Clown Festival. Kali has taught theatre workshops extensively throughout the U.S. & Brazil & now works as the Event Coordinator for the Bellows Falls Opera House & teaches at New England Youth Theater. Training: MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte Int’l, BA in English from University of Rochester.

Deena Marcum Frank

(Choreographer)has been dancing, playing, flying and performing for the last 20 years. She has studied ballet with Oakland Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Henry Jurriens School of Dance in Amsterdam, and earned a BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. She has extensive training in the Vagonova Style, and Contemporary Ballet, as well as Graham and Limon Modern Technique, Improvisation and Aerial Dance. Deena is a Certified Gyrotonic® Instructor, a Certified Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, and a DONA trained Birth and Postpartum Doula. Deena recently moved to Brattleboro to teach aerials at the New England Center for Circus Arts, and has a baby girl named Ruby.

Lucy Stevens

(Assistant Director/Production Manager)Lucy is a graduate of Psychology rather than theatre; but has loved and lived theatre all her life. Studying for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) examinations in Acting and Speech from the age of 6 to 18; she played the mother of a girl suffering from Anorexia nervosa in Hard to Swallow at the age of 15 and has tried to combine her two main interests ever since. She currently lives in Norwich, United Kingdom, where she teaches Psychology to 16 - 18 year olds and acts with the Maddermarket Theatre Company; most recently appearing in Roots (as Jenny Beales) and The Tempest (as Ariel). She tries to update her knowledge and enthusiasm for theatre by regularly taking short courses in related areas, such as improvisation, voice work and movement.

Adam Woolley

(Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of the theater conservatory at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Adam moved to Brattleboro in 2007 to pursue training at the New England Center for Circus Arts.  He has studied movement and theatre all over the country. He was a Musical Theatre major at Emerson College for two years, during which time he studied theatre abroad in Europe and Indonesia.  He trained briefly at the San Francisco Center for Circus Arts before finishing his degree at NC School of the Arts.  Since moving to the area, Adam has become deeply involved with both NECCA and NEYT, and continues to deepen his devotion towards bringing theater and circus together.

Cyan Yasmin Corwine

(Costume Design) is a passionate spirit with a zeal for life and those who embrace it. She received a her BA in theatre arts with dual concentration in both performance and design from SUNY New Paltz, her eclectic love led her to New Zealand where she tested her wings in the film and theatre industry - - a much valued and adored beginning. Her return to the states has led to further cherished experiences and opportunities in NYC. With her multitude of interest woven together by a giving and theatrical commonality she is thrilled and honored to join this wonderful group of inspired individuals. Ever appreciative she wishes to encourage all to keep their curiosity engaged, take pleasure in the human experience with all its bumps, find many reasons to giggle and then embrace those laugh lines.

Michelle Seekamp

(Make-Up) is a graduate of the Masters program at the Dell’Arte School of Phyiscal Theatre where she created ensemble work in a variety of forms including mask, clown, Commedia Dell’Arte and melodrama. She has created, directed and performed original work for Perseverance Theater in Juneau Alaska, the ’05 NET Festival, the Mad River Festival and the New York Clown Theater Festival. She continues to collaborate on a regular basis in NYC where she lives and works.