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ALI BRENEMAN
Ali Breneman is
thrilled to be a
part of
Shostakov-
ich and the Black
Monk
. She can be
seen in the up-
coming
feature
Nesting Dolls
and
web series
Every
Exit.
Past favorite credits include Iris in
Living
on Love
with Stephanie Zimbalist
,
Inga in
Young
Frankenstein
, and singing with the Blue Ash
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra.
EVELYN MCGEE
COLBERT
Evelyn
McGee
Colbert is de-
lighted to be a
cast
member
of
Shostakovich
and the Black
Monk
. She has
been a longtime
fan of the Emerson String Quartet and it
is a privilege to share the stage with them.
McGee Colbert is a graduate of the University
of Virginia and the Circle in the Square Theater
School. She is a founding board member of the
Montclair Film Festival and currently serves as
the president of its Board of Directors. She is
also an independent film producer and the vice
president of Spartina Productions.
ALEX
GLOSSMAN
Alex Glossman is
thrilled to be ap-
pearing with the
Emerson
String
Quartet in
Shosta-
kovich and the
Black Monk
. This
is his first “Russian
Fantasy,” but previous favorite roles include Ken
in
Red
(Shadowland Stages) and Robert in
Liv-
ing on Love
(Seven Angels Theatre). Glossman is
also a writer, so look out for his two upcoming
web series,
Every Exit
and
Blocked
.
PAUL MURPHY
Paul
Murphy’s
New York theater
credits
include
Finnegan in
Fin-
negan’s
Wake
,
Falstaff in
Mer-
ry Wives
, The
Prince in
Jubilee
,
Pseudolus in
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
,
and 42 parts in
1000 Avant-Garde Plays
. New
Jersey and regional appearances include
Every
Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)
,
Durwood Peach in
Landscape of the Body
, Bohr
in
Copenhagen
, Karl in
The Good German
, The
Dragon in Sheldon Harnick’s
Dragons
, Mack
Now in
Kick the Can
, Carr in
Travesties
, and Es-
tragon in
Waiting for Godot
.
LINDA SETZER
Linda Setzer is
delighted to ap-
pear in
Shostakov-
ich and the Black
Monk
. Her other
work with James
Glossman
in-
cludes
Old Flame
(Theatre for a
New City),
Futebol
(NYC Fringe Festival),
Bluff
(Boar’s HeadTheatre, Lansing),
Transit of Venus
,
and
A Perfect Ganesh
,
Copenhagen
,
The Collec-
tion
,
Endgame
, and
Travesties
(Luna Stage, NJ).
Setzer’s first career was calligraphy, which she
taught at The New School.
production of
McMafia
, a dramatization of Mi-
sha Glenny’s years-long investigation of syndi-
cated global crime networks. He has appeared
on stage in NYC in Oscar Wilde’s
Salome
,
Strindberg’s
Dance of Death
, Harold Pinter’s
Birthday Party
, and
The Heiress
with Jessica
Chastain. Strathairn’s regional credits include
work at ACT/SF (
The Tempest
,
Chester Bailey
),
People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, PA (
The
Cherry Orchard
,
Nathan the Wise
), andThe Wil-
ma Theatre in Philadelphia (
Cherry Docs
,
Every
Good Boy Deserves Favour
—Tom Stoppard’s col-
laboration with André Previn, performed with
the Philadelphia Orchestra). He is most proud
of his involvement with Bryan Doerries’s ongo-
ing project Theatre of War
Productions, which
presents community-specific, theater-based
projects that address pressing public health and
social issues throughout the world.
SEAN ASTIN
Sean Astin has demonstrated his innate ability
to share his heart with the world through such
iconic roles as Mikey Walsh in
The Goonies
,
the title character of
Rudy
, Samwise Gamgee
in the
Lord of the Rings
trilogy, and Bob Newby
in
Stranger Things 2
, roles that epitomize hope,
determination, and loyalty. Astin began his ca-
reer that has spanned more than three decades
and 140 credits at a young age, making his fea-
ture film debut in 1985’s
The Goonies
. He transi-
tioned into young adult roles in such critically
acclaimed films as
Memphis Belle
(1990) and
The
Low Life
(1995), scoring a career-defining suc-
cess in the college football biopic
Rudy
(1993).
He experienced another career breakthrough in
Peter Jackson’s
Lord of the Rings
trilogy (2001–
3), and he authored the
NY Times
bestseller
There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale
in 2004.
Astin has also appeared in numerous television
movies and series, including recurring roles in
Jeremiah
(2003–4),
24
(2006), Guillermo Del
Toro’s
The Strain
(2014–15), and Netflix’s
Strang-
er Things 2
(2017). His recent films include the
dark comedy
Range 15
(2016), made by and for
vets, and the romantic comedy
Unleashed
(2017)
with Kate Micucci, and he narrated and execu-
tive produced the documentary
Remember the
Sultana
(2018), chronicling the worst maritime
disaster in US history.