Ryan Nealy (Orsino) was most recently seen in Washington as William in Rorschach’s production of Monster. He understudied the role of Dead Body Boy in Tempodyssey at Studio and Jock in Columbinus at Round House theatre. He played PFC Jololo in Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage reading of Weasel. Ryan is a 2006 graduate of American University and holds a BA in Music Theatre. Favorite college roles include Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jack in Into the Woods, Jesus in Godspell, and Harry Brewer in Our Country’s Good. Ryan attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford in the summer of 2005. This spring he will appear as Hermie in Summer of ’42 at Round House Theatre.

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Michael Fernandez (Valentine) recently graduated from George Mason University with a BA in Theatre. His past roles at GMU included Gabriel in James Joyce's The Dead and Buck in Christopher Durang’s Betty's Summer Vacation. This is Michael's first professional production, and he would like to thank Akiva Fox, and Firebelly, for giving him this opportunity. Michael aspires to be an actor as well as a director in film, though he never wants to get away from his first love, theatre.

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Kevin Finkelstein (Curio) is jazzed to be making his Firebelly debut. He was last seen in Landless Theatre’s Night of the Living Dead, where he played Tom. Past favorite productions include Phoenician Women, Occam's Razor, Hair, Fortinbras, The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and the semi-original work Not In Our Stars, but In Ourselves, for which he received an Excellence in Acting award from the Folger Shakespeare Library for his portrayals of Romeo and the Duke of York. Kevin also founded the Traveling Players, a Florida-based theatre group that brought scaled-down classical productions to public high schools. A proud Washington D.C. native, Kevin attended the University of Miami BFA Acting Conservatory. For more information about Kevin visit http://www.stillacting.com.

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Amanda Thickpenny (Viola) is delighted to be part of Twelfth Night. She recently performed as Jessica Dunn in Howard University’s production of The Story. She also appeared in the inaugural Capital Fringe Festival’s production of Thinking under the Influence and the Washington Women in Theatre Festival’s production of I Heart Gertrude. Favorite roles include the Greek Chorus Leader in Antigone, for which she received an Irene Ryan nomination, and Azdak in The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Amanda holds a BA in theatre from American University, where her credits include Much Ado about Nothing, Of Thee I Sing, The Eight Reindeer Monologues, and Christopher Durang’s Medea. She has also studied with the British American Dramatic Academy.

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Vince Eisenson (Sebastian) earned degrees in Dramatic Art and Media Production from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he acted in The Elephant Man, Marvin's Room, and The Cripple of Inishmaan, among many other plays. His regional professional credits include Richard II, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Our Town (PlayMakers Rep), Dream Boy (Streetsigns Center), The Shape of Things and The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen (Manbites Dog Theatre). Vince recently moved to the metro area and has since played "Orpheus" in the Georgetown University production of Eurydice. He's very excited to be working with Firebelly.

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Cliff Williams III (Antonio) is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. His regional theatre credits include Ragpicker in The Madwoman of Chaillot, Butterworth in Dracula, and Campy Guy in Neo Mirage (2006 Humana Festival), all at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Cliff is an Advanced Actor Combatant and a six-year member of the Society of American Fight Directors. His work was recently scene as Johnny Squarefoot in The Skriker with Forum Theatre and Dance.

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Mikal Evans (Olivia), a native of South Carolina, graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Theater Studies May 2005. Mikal was last seen in Haroun and the Sea of Stories at the Theater Alliance. Before her move to Washington, D.C. she was seen as Donna in Debbie Does Dallas at the Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas. Other credits include Perdita in The Winter's Tale and Ophelia in Hamlet at Dallas Shakespeare Festival; Red in Late: a Cowboy Song at the Dallas Theater Center; Isabel in My Children! My Africa!, Feste in Twelfth Night, and Anna in The Baltimore Waltz at SMU. Directing credits include Mud by Maria Irene Fornes and He'll by Wrenn Schmidt. Other than theater, Mikal is currently recording an album to be released under Gypsy Eyes Records Fall 2007.

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John Tweel (Sir Toby Belch) makes his debut at Firebelly Productions. Regional credits include SCENA Theatre (War of the Worlds, Silent Partners, The Trial), Catalyst Theater Company (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Elephant Man), American Century Theater (Moby Dick Rehearsed, The Andersonville Trial, Mister Roberts, The Emperor Jones, Twelve Angry Men), Didactic Theatre Company (The Glory of Living), Washington Shakespeare Co. (A Walk Across the Rooftops, Marat/Sade), Longacre Lea Productions (The Power of the Dog, "The Scottish Play"), Signature Theater (The Gospel According to Fishman). Film work includes Syriana and The Wedding Crashers as well as commercials for Next Day Blinds and New Homes Guide. His upcoming work includes Scenes from the Big Picture at Solas Nua Productions and Hellzapoppin at The American Century Theater.

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Joshua Drew (Malvolio) is pleased to return to Firebelly with three Firebelly Productions in his resume: Dale Harding in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Next, Sigmund in Conversing Elevens, part of Firebelly’s New Playwright Project staged at Theatre on the Run in Arlington and Hong Kong’s Faust International Festival, and as Paul Singer in Ken Ludwig’s Moon over Buffalo. Other area credits include Georgia in The Christmas Foundling with Journeymen Theater; Young Patron, Five by Tenn (at the Kennedy Center), and The Boy/Ensemble (swing) in The Silent Woman for the Shakespeare Theatre Company; Robert Ken O’Dunc in MACBIRD!, Frederick Ellis in The Autumn Garden, and Bomber in Picnic for The American Century Theatre; Steve Culverhouse in the Glory of Living for Didactic Theatre Company; and Jean Bilodeau in Lilies produced by Actor’s Theatre of Washington. Josh graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Acting/Directing.

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Jon Reynolds (Feste) pleased to be making his Firebelly debut. Previous credits include: Monster (Rorschach Theatre); Evita, Caucasian Chalk Circle (Open Circle Theatre); Glory of Living (Didactic Theatre); Titus, The Tempest (Washington Shakespeare Company) A Flag is Born (The American Century Theater); and f(Journeymen
Theatre). Jon is a graduate of McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. You can see him next in Scenes from the Big Picture with Solas Nua.

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Joanna Edie (Maria) born in Washington, D.C, is happy to be performing in her hometown again. Twelfth Night marks her first performance after returning from Valparaiso, Chile, where she taught English. Other credits include: New York Fringe
Festival’s Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular; Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, 4th of July, The Miser (with Theatre de la Jeune Lune), and Room to Exist; and Contemporary American Theater Festival’s Amazing. Closer to home her roles include Stanislavski Theater Studio’s The Brothers Karamazov, Rockville Little Theatre’s Nuts and Silver Spring Stage’s The Rehearsal. At Pomona College she had roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hair, Ancient History, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Guys and Dolls. Joanna trained as an Acting Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She teaches English as a Second Language in Washington, D.C.
 

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Brian Lee Huynh (Fabian) is proud to be in his second show with Firebelly Productions. Past New York City productions include: Henry V, Uncle Vanya and The Threepenny Opera – Jean Cocteau Repertory, Titus Andronicus – Gotham Shakespeare Company, King Lear – Artemis and the Wild Things. You can also see him later this year in Imagination Stage’s The New Kid and The Araboolies of Liberty Street.

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Dave Daniels (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) is thrilled to be working with such a phenomenal cast and director. This is Dave’s sophomore effort at Firebelly. Dave recently understudied Matt in Red Light Winter (The Studio Theatre) and played Billy Bibbit in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Firebelly). Favorite school roles include Pale in Burn This!, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Woyzeck in Woyzeck. Dave is currently on a leave of absence from Emory and Henry College and is applying to several acting conservatories for next fall.

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