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We Few. We Happy Few.
Lean & Hungry Theater got its start in 2006 in Washington, DC.
We
use readers’ theater and radio drama to make Shakespeare make
sense to audiences of all ages.
Lean & Hungry performs in the Church of St. Stephen and the
Incarnation in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. We
support the mission and charter of the church St. Stephen and the
Incarnation, but our company is separate from the church.
We reach out to the community on our own, too, with special
performances and workshops that get people involved in
Shakespeare’s plays and what they’re really all
about.
Lean & Hungry brings professional readers’ theater to
underserved areas. We’ll set up anywhere there’s
space
– to add to the educational and cultural enrichment of
students,
seniors, families and other interested groups in Washington, DC and
beyond.
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Jessica
Hansen (Artistic
Director/Co-Founder),
MFA Acting, Brandeis University, is an Actors Equity Association
Membership Candidate, a member of the Screen Actors Guild and a
recognized Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight
Directors. She has an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing and
worked in the field of Public Relations before embarking on a career as
a professional working actor. Jessica has taught classical theatre
techniques to middle school-aged students with The Shakespeare Theatre,
the Maryland Shakespeare Festival, and Encore Stage & Studio. |
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Alex
Zavistovich (Co-Founder),
BA Philosophy, The College of William & Mary, is a member of
the
Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. He is also a
member of the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists’ financial core and a recognized Actor/Combatant with
the
Society of American Fight Directors. A graduate of the Studio Theatre
Acting Conservatory, Alex is a frequent performer with The Baltimore
Shakespeare Festival. He most recently served as the Director of
Operations for the Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre, a 501c(3)
professional theatre in Indian Head, MD. |
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Gregg Martin (Technical Director),
BS Music Technology, The College of Saint Rose, MM Composition, The
Catholic University of America. Along with composing music for small
and large ensembles, electronica, choir, film, dance and orchestra, Mr.
Martin has scored a number of plays and has received numerous
commissions in the DC metro area. Mr. Martin has received grants from
the Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the New York State Council for the
Arts, and the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation. His first opera Life
in Death has been performed at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium
Stage and the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival. |
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Alyssa Sanders (Director of Special Gifts),
is the Partner Representative for the Linkages to Learning Program, a collaboration between the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Public Schools and local public and nonprofit organizations. She has been an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University. Ms. Sanders received a Graduate degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and studied Theatre Arts at Brandeis University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and is a graduate of the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. She is an Actors Equity Association Membership Candidate. She has performed at the Studio Theatre and many other DC-area theatres. She is an active member of the Brandeis University Alumni Club of Washington, DC's Arts Committee. |
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