A Moon for the Misbegotten

*indicates member of AEA
† indicates member of BNW Rep

 Alex Dmitriev † (Phil Hogan)

Most recently Papa Bettinger in AMT Theater’s production of Albert M. Tapper’s Bettinger’s Luggage. A member of the Workshop Theater, he was seen in Leegrid Steven’s Mesquite, NV and Alan C. Brindel’s Through The Darkness. Primarily a director, Alex has work at regional theaters across the country, in Canada and London. In NYC, seven shows for the York Theater Company including the Drama Desk nominated Lost in the Stars; the Abingdon Theatre, Pearl Theater and the Irish Rep. For BNW he director Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge on the barge in Red Hook. He spent the pandemic rereading the Greeks, out of which he wrote The House of Atreus, a series of connected monologues starting with Zeus and tracing the lineage from Tantalus to Orestes; BNW presented a workshop of this piece at the Greek Temple in Prospect Park. He studied in London and while there got to work with the incredible Ken Campbell on his Road show with Sylvester McCoy and he performed at the Royal Court with Vanessa Redgrave in her Show for Peace. He worked for six years in Canada working in film, television and stage before moving to NYC.

John Edmond Morgan * † ( James Tyrone )

John is a co-founder of BNW and Associate Artistic Director. Brave New World credits include: “The House of Atreus,” “Shakespeare on Stratford,” “The Hook,” “The Plantation,” “NUN$” “Moby Dick, Rehearsed,” (director) “Street Scene,” “The Merry Wives of Windsor Terrace” (director) “The Crucible,” “The Tempest,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” The Great White Hope,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Importance of Being Earnest” New York stage includes:“The Last Empress” at Lincoln Center, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at The Samuel Beckett Theatre, “Sure Thing” at Soho Rep, the title role in “Zastrozzi” and “The Rover” at The Basic Theater, and “How I Learned to Drive” as a guest artist at Brooklyn College. Regional credits include “Sideman” at Florida Rep, “Candida” at Pennsylvania Stage, “Master Harold and the Boys” for Portland Rep, “Romeo and Juliet” at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival and “Hamlet” as a guest artist at Northern Michigan University. Television appearances include “All My Children” and “As the World Turns.” John has performed in and choreographed fights for numerous Shakespeare Festivals and independent films. Also for The Basic Theatre he directed “Downtown” at The Samuel Beckett, and he has directed for The Neighborhood Theatre for kids in Brooklyn. Teaching credits include NYU, Webster University, Northern Michigan University, SUNY Rockland, Brooklyn College, and The Brooklyn School For Music and Theater for 15 years.

Christopher Sears * (Mike Hogan/T. Stedman Harder/Guitarist)

Christopher Sears came from a theatre family. His parents raised him and his siblings while running their very own theatre company in St. Louis, Missouri. He started writing songs for their productions as a teenager. While getting his BFA at Rutgers University for Acting he played Feste the Fool in Shakespeare's 12th night. Christopher found a kindred spirit in Feste, and the role of the fool in life. This vantage point along with the mercurial transformation into adult society are the guiding inspirations for his album Bread Boy. He lives in New York City where he continues to act, paint, compose, and play!

Erin Treadway * † (Josie Hogan)  

Erin Treadway is a frequent collaborator with playwright/director Leegrid Stevens and their company Loading Dock. With Loading Dock: Molly in Spaceman (Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance), Jesse in War Dreamer (Wild Project), Kailey in A Peregrine Falls (Wild Project), Julie in Miss Julie, Asian Equities (The Dock at Loading Dock), Cleo in The Twelfth Labor (Gene Frankel), and Clara in The Dudleys! (HERE). She is company member of Brave New World, where she played Julie in a site-specific production of Leegrid Stevens' Miss Julie, Asian Equities and Therese in The Hook (Arthur Miller premier). Upcoming: playing the demi-god Achilles in Leegrid Stevens' The Trojans (The Cell), and is currently in a production of The Voices in Your Head by Billy McEntee with Egg and Spoon Theatre. 

CREATIVE TEAM

Claire Beckman † (Director)

Claire is the producing artistic director of BNW which she co-founded in 2003; Acting and directing highlights include: A Moon For The Misbegotten (Director), The Hook adapted from Arthur Miller's screenplay by Ron Hutchinson (Director), A View From The Bridge (Beatrice), Shakespeare on Stratford (Co-Director), A Muslim in the Midst (Director), The Plantation (Directed and Adapted from The Cherry Orchard), Picasso’s Masterpiece (Director), Street Scene (Director, named #22 of 25 Best Stage shows of 2013 by L Magazine), The Long Christmas Dinner (Director), The Merry Wives of Windsor ~Terrace (Mrs. Ford), The American Clock (Rose), The Crucible (Director, NY Magazine Critic’s Pick), The Tempest (Director, Brooklyn Borough President Proclamation) Fahrenheit 451 (Mildred), Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Adaptor/Director), The Great White Hope (Ellie), To Kill a Mockingbird (Jean Louise/Director, Brooklyn Borough President Citation.) Off Broadway credits include The Torchbearers at Drama Dept., Snakebit for Naked Angels, the title role in Bella Belle of Byelorussia directed by Christopher Ashley at the WPA and Kevin Kline’s Hamlet at The Public. Regional credits include Mother in The Pianist adapted for the stage and directed by Emily Mann for George Street Playhouse, and leading roles at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Asolo Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Capital Rep, GeVa, Syracuse Stage, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and various Shakespeare Festivals including Lady Macbeth at Shakespeare on the Sound. Films include: “The Tollbooth,” the award winning “The Wormhole,” “Revolution #9,” “Pollock,” “Fallout,” “The Door in the Floor” with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger and “The Thing About My Folks” with Peter Falk and Paul Reiser. Crystal Prism Award Best Actress: “Better Than Escape” (“Bolje od Bekstva” Serbia/Montenegro.) Best Producer nomination at NYC’s Visionfest for “The West Begins on Fifth Avenue.” TV: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order CI,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns.”

Coda Leana Boyce (Assistant Stage Manager)

Coda Leana Boyce is a multi-talented actor from Detroit, who found a love for stage management when she received her BFA at Southern Methodist University. Her New York acting credits include: On The Harmful Effects of Tobacco and Other Substances with Theater Lab; Pericles with Hamlet Isn’t Dead; We Go East with Makers' Ensemble; the world premiere of Genesis with Titan Theatre Company. She has also performed in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, winning with Mercy at Midnight Castle, which you can find published this summer. Regional credits include: Eubie, The Light, and The African Company Presents Richard III with The St. Louis Black Repertory Company; the world premiere of Flex, The Mountaintop and Tiny Beautiful Things with TheatreSquared; A Christmas Carol with The Dallas Theater Center; and Rights of Passage with Four Walls Theater.
Instagram: @coda_leana

Celeste Muñiz* †(Producing Associate/ Stage Manager)

Celeste is an actress/writer born and raised in the Bronx. She has a B.A. in Theater from Fordham University at Lincoln Center. Celeste has performed with many theater companies in NYC including Brave New World Repertory, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and The Civilians. Recent film credits include: Poorly Executed (Gorilla Ocho Productions), …But A Dream (Mwhaha Laugh Productions). BNW credits: Street Scene, The Hook, Brave New Works: Daughters of the Sexual Revolution. She has performed her original work at Bowery Poetry Club, Harlem Arts Festival, and Salon BKLYN. Celeste is interested in creating work that sheds light on unity despite our perceived individuality. celestemuniz.com

Piper Phillips (Lighting Designer)

Assistant & Associate Lighting Design: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Harry Potter & the Cursed Child (2024 recast), Tammy Faye, Merrily We Roll Along (Sony Pictures Classics), Beautiful (Paper Mill Playhouse), Minor.ity (WP Theatre), Bus Stop (Classic Stage Company). BFA Emerson College.

Emely Zepeda* (Production Stage Manager)

Emely was the resident production manager and stage manager with Brave New World Repertory Theatre where she worked on Shakespeare on Stratford (2021 and 2019), The Hook, A View from the Bridge, The Plantation, and Miss Julie, Asian Equities. Currently, Emely is the resident production stage manager at TheatreSquared, where she has stage managed A Christmas Carol (2023, 2022, and 2021), The Band’s Visit, Dial M for Murder, Violet, Sanctuary City, Detroit ‘67, It Came From Outer Space, Miss You Like Hell, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Mountaintop, Designing Women, and American Mariachi. She holds an MFA in stage management from Yale and a BA in Theatre Technical Design from Binghamton University.