THE COMPANY

ROBIN BRAUN
EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ROBIN HOLDS A BFA IN THEATRE/PERFORMANCE AND AN M. Ed. IN MENTAL HEALTH AND SCHOOL COUNSELING. SHE HAS HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING AS AN ACTRESS, SINGER AND DANCER, AND HAS WORKED PROFESSIONALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CHICAGO. HER WORK WITH THE IMAGINATION THEATRE IN CHICAGO, WHERE SHE TOURED THE INNER-CITY SCHOOLS WITH TOUCH AND NO EASY ANSWERS, A SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WAS THE CATALYST FOR RETURING TO SCHOOL WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER MASTER'S.
BEFORE FOUNDING INSIDE OUT THEATRE, ROBIN DID A VARIETY OF COUNSELING AND TEACHING WORK, AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE POPCORN THEATRE, AN INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S THEATRE IN WESTON, FLORIDA. DEDICATED TO BUILDING ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY, ROBIN CURRENTLY SERVES AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER WESTON.

SANDRA IVES
PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
SANDRA IS A MEMBER OF THE ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO AND TELEVISISION ARTISTS. A PROFESSIONAL, WORKING ACTRESS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, SANDRA HAS RECEIVED MANY NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS FOR HER WORK AND IS A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED ACTRESS WHO WORKS NATIONALLY AND EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. SHE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MANY GREAT ROLES THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, ON SCREEN AND OFF. SHE HAS FILMED MANY NATIONAL COMMERCIALS AND FEATURE FILMS, BUT LIVE STAGE WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND CONTINUES TO BE, HER FIRST LOVE.

AUTUMN HORNE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
AUTUMN IS A MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY, AFTRA AND THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FIGHT DIRECTORS.  MOST RECENTLY, SHE WAS SEEN IN MANUSCRIPT AT INSIDE OUT THEATRE, FT. LAUDERDALE, SHE ORIGINATED THE ROLES OF "THE GIRL" IN MARRIAGE MINUET (CURRENTLY ON ITS WAY TO BROADWAY) AND "LILLIAN" IN HANGING FIRE WITH PATRICIA CONNOLLY (BOTH AT FLORIDA STAGE), AND WON A CARBONELL AWARD FOR HER WORK IN LEND ME A TENOR (CALDWELL THEATRE).  OTHER CREDITS INCLUDE: RABBIT HOLE, WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY, PRELUDE TO A KISS (BEST ACTRESS, MIAMI SUN-POST), STEEL MAGNOLIAS, BLOOD BROTHERS, THE SHAPE OF THINGS (BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MIAMI SUN-POST), BOY GETS GIRL (CARBONELL NOM.), WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, PROOF, QED AND MORE.  AS AN INSTRUCTOR, AUTUMN HAS TAUGHT COUNTLESS CLASSES, INCLUDING COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND STAGE COMBAT, AND IS THE DIRECTOR (AND PLAYWRIGHT) OF INSIDE OUT THEATRE'S THEATRE ON THE GO PROGRAM TOURING TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. SHE ALSO RECENTLY DIRECTED THE MUSEUM OF ART FT. LAUDERDALE'S NEWEST SUMMER PROGRAM; A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FINE ARTS CAMP AND HER OWN MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION CLASS. AUTUMN IS ABOUT TO GO INTO PRODUCTION FOR A NEW FILM WITH DEIRDRE LOVEJOY (THE WIRE). WHEN NOT DOING THAT, SHE CAN FREQUENTLY BE FOUND FALLING DOWN WHILE ROCK CLIMBING, PRACTICING AIKIDO (NOT AT THE SAME TIME), AND FIGHT DIRECTING, WHERE SHE OFTEN ENDS UP UNDERNEATH LARGE HEAVY OBJECTS. AUTUMN IS CURRENTLY DIRECTING A SHOW FOR EQUALOGY INC. (A THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE) IN NEW YORK CITY.

LISA MORGAN
LITERARY/COMPANY MANAGER
LISA IS A PROFESSIONAL, CLASSICALLY TRAINED INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS WHO HAS GARNERED MANY AWARDS IN HER TWENTY-FIVE YEAR CAREER - THE MOST RECENT BEING BEST ACTRESS 2005 MIAMI SUNPOST (RETREAT FROM MOSCOW) AND BEST ACTRESS 2005 BROWARD WEST PALM NEW TIMES (THE MEMORY OF WATER), BEST ACTRESS 2004 CURTAIN UP AWARDS (FROZEN), MIAMI HERALD TOP TEN OF 2004 (FROZEN), CARBONELL BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WINNER (TOM WALKER), AND NINE-TIME CARBONELL NOMINEE. LISA HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN THE UK AND USA AND IS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION. LISA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED DIALECT COACH AND TEACHER. SHE IS A CO-FOUNDER OF PINNACLE THEATRE IN LONDON AND WAS ASSISTANT DEAN AT NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IN MIAMI FOR FOUR YEARS.

MARJORIE O'NEILL-BUTLER
RESIDENT STAGE MANAGER
MARJORIE, ACTRESS, DIRECTOR AND STAGE MANAGER, IS A PROUD MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTISTS. SHE HAS CREDITS AS AN ACTRESS IN FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATRE. MARJ HAS ALSO DIRECTED AND STAGE MANAGED MANY PRODUCTIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SHE CO-PRODUCED/DIRECTED OVER 300 PRODUCTIONS AS MANAGING PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN GUILD (KILLINGTON PLAYHOUSE) IN VERMONT FOR 24 YEARS. SHE IS ALSO A PRODUCED PLAYWRIGHT OF NINE THEATRE FOR CHILDREN PLAYS. MARJ HOLDS AN MA FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.

I regard theatre as the highest of all art forms,
the most immediate way a human being can share with another
the sense of what it is to be
a human being.

Oscar Wilde