THE MASTER BUILDER

The Cast

Danny BinstockDANNY BINSTOCK (GERARD)

is a second-year MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama, where he most recently appeared as Dr. Dorn in The Seagull. His other theatre credits include Paradise Lost, Man in Love (Yale School of Drama); Nijinsky’s Last Dance, Bones in the Basket, Language of Angels (Yale Cabaret), as well as productions at the Signature Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, and the New York Music Theatre Festival. He received his BFA in music theatre from the University of Michigan.
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Randy HarrisonRANDY HARRISON (ANDY WARHOL)

has appeared in New York on Broadway in Wicked and Off-Broadway in Craig Lucas's The Singing Forest (The Public Theater), Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre for a New Audience), Edward II (Red Bull Theater), and A Letter from Ethel Kennedy (Manhattan Class Company). His regional theatre credits include The Glass Menagerie (Guthrie Theater); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SITI Company); Ghosts, Waiting for Godot, and Amadeus (Berkshire Theatre Festival).  His television work includes five seasons on Showtime's Queer as Folk. Back to top.

Doug KreegerDOUG KREEGER (ONDINE)

most recently appeared in Judas & Me (New York Musical Theatre Festival) and Rooms: A Rock Romance (Off-Broadway). His other credits include Kander & Ebb’s The Visit opposite Chita Rivera (Signature Theatre); the Broadway revival of Les Misérables; international tours of Grease and Hair; the Off-Broadway production of Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story; Departure Lounge (The Public Theater); as well as productions at Arkansas Rep, Barrington Stage, Bay Street Theatre, Geva Theatre, Metrostage, and The Old Globe.  He appears on the cast albums of Rooms: A Rock Romance, Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story, and Hair: European Tour.  Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Doug attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. www.dougkreeger.com. Back to top.

KritzerLESLIE KRITZER (VALERIE)

Broadway credits include A Catered Affair (Drama Desk Award nomination), Legally Blonde (Clarence Derwent Award), Hairspray, and the upcoming Sondheim on Sondheim with Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams. Off-Broadway and regional credits include Judas & Me (New York Musical Theatre Festival), Rooms: A Rock Romance (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), On the Town (City Center Encores!), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Drama Desk nomination), Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches(Joe’s Pub, The Plush Room in San Francisco; Time Out New York Award), Bat Boy, Godspell, Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), Born Yesterday, the world premiere of Vanities, Urinetown (National Tour), Evita, and an acclaimed run as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. She has performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall as a guest soloist honoring Tim Rice and Alan Menken and can be heard on several cast recordings. Film and television credits include Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, 3LBS (CBS), and Jason and Jessica (HBO). www.youtube.com/lesliekritzer. Back to top.

Cristen PaigeCRISTEN PAIGE (EDIE)

performed this role in the Yale Institute for Music Theatre workshop of POP! Her other theatre credits include How Now, Dow Jones (New York International Fringe Festival); Sarah Plain and Tall (Dallas Theater Center); Kander & Ebb’s The Visit (Goodman Theatre, world premiere; Signature Theatre); the resident Chicago production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Cry-Baby (La Jolla Playhouse, directed by Mark Brokaw); the world premiere of Loving Repeating (About Face); Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest, James Joyce’s The Dead (Court Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Honk!, Bye Bye Birdie, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Marriott Theatre); Dames at Sea (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Lucky Stiff (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz (Chicago Shakespeare); Into the Woods and The Taffetas (Peninsula Players).  Ms. Paige received her BFA in acting from Boston University. Back to top.

Brian Charles RooneyBRIAN CHARLES ROONEY (CANDY)

performed this role in the Yale Institute for Music Theatre and New York University workshops of POP! He made his Broadway debut as Lucy Brown in The Threepenny Opera (Roundabout Theatre Company). Other theatre credits include Camelot (New York Philharmonic, seen on PBS); Tony in West Side Story (International tour); The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (North American tour); Dionne Salon in Bedbugs!!! (New York Musical Theatre Festival); Piers Gaveston in Edward the King (The Barrow Group); Homer in Floyd Collins (Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre); Younger Brother in Ragtime (White Plains Performing Arts Center); the title role in Batboy! The Musical; The Bully (Vital Theater Company); The Taxi Cabaret (Prospect Theatre Company); Becoming Tennessee (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center); and productions at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Pittsburgh CLO, Paper Mill Playhouse, American Conservatory Theater, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, among others. He received his BA from Duke University and certificate in acting from American Conservatory Theater. www.briancharlesrooney.com. Back to top. 

Emily SwallowEMILY SWALLOW (VIVA)

has appeared in New York in the Broadway production of High Fidelity; Romantic Poetry (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Black Eyed (New York Theatre Workshop); Measure for Pleasure, Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theater); Like Love (New York Musical Theatre Festival); and Orange Lemon Egg Canary (PS 122).  Her regional theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Guthrie Theater), Enchanted April (San Jose Rep), Metamorphoses (Pioneer Theatre), Measure for Pleasure (Sundance Theatre Institute). Her film and television credits include The Lucky Ones, NCIS, Southland, Flight of the Conchords, Journeyman, Jericho, Medium,and Guiding Light.  She received her BA in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Virginia and her MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Back to top.