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Royston Coppenger is a writer, director and educator whose work has been
performed across the United States and overseas. He contributed the
autobiographical piece "Ghost/King" to John Rubin's 1968, for the Labyrinth
Theater's Barn Series in 2009. International credits include directing his own
adaptation of O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra at the Teatro do Barraca in
Lisbon, and conceiving and directing Am anfang war das teater, an original
movement theater piece, for the Teatro Palino in Baden, Switzerland. He also
prepared the adaptation for an all-female production of King Lear which was
presented at the Center for New Theater in Los Angeles and at the Frictions
Festival in Dijon, France. Royston Coppenger's New York directing credits include
Orpheus in the Underworld and The Tender Land for the Bronx Opera, The Great
White Hope and Fahrenheit 451 for Brave New World Repertory, and the world
premieres of Carne Ross' The Fox and Stevan Arbona's Saturn's Children at
HERE. His award-winning translations of plays by Bernard-Marie Koltès have been
performed across the United States. Coppenger's short films, Das Kapital: The
Movie Chapter 1 and Chapter 8, have been presented at festivals and screenings
in New York and elsewhere. Royston Coppenger has taught courses in theater,
film and popular culture at Harvard, New York University, and Cal Arts. He holds a
Doctor of Fine Arts degree in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale
School of Drama.
Rich Ferraioli is a graduate of Hofstra University with a BFA in theatrical
production with an emphasis on directing. Rich has directed over 25 productions
professionally ranging from classics like Hamlet, Spanish Tragedie, and Everyman:
An All Female Exploration to the NYC Fringe Festival’s production of Daily Sounds.
Rich was a proud member of the 2008 Lincoln Center Directors lab and has served
as the Managing Director for The Queens Players since 2007. Originally from the
farmlands of Pennsylvania, Rich now resides with his scenic artist wife Stephanie
and their monster Izzy in Long Island City, NY
Kirk Gostkowski is the founder of the independent film production company
Running on Faith Productions. Kirk recently made his directorial debut with the film
Leave Me Behind, which was featured in ten film festivals across the world, won
awards, and just received a distribution deal. Writing, directing, and acting in the
film was a dream come true. Kirk is a graduate of Hofstra University with a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree focused in performance. While at Hofstra, Kirk also studied at
the School for Film and Television in New York City. During his undergraduate
years he had a large variety of training, working on plays ranging from
Shakespeare to contemporary works. In his senior year at Hofstra he received the
Acting Award for outstanding contributions to performance. Since graduation, Kirk
has studied with Alec Baldwin in a master's class focused on professional theatre
for several summers andhas appeared as an actor in a number of shows in New
York. Kirk will next be appearing as Iago in Othello this March at the Secret
Theatre in Long Island City and as one of the leads in the indie film The Ridley
Project. Some past theatre credits include: Othello as Iago (Secret Theatre), Daily
Sounds as Shawn (NYC Fringe Festival), Hamlet as Hamlet (Secret Theatre), True
West as Austin (SCC), The Spanish Tragedy as Hieronimo (Shelter Studios),
Beautiful Noises (Shetler Studios), Forward Movement (The Queens Players),
Labors of Love (Boomerang Theatre Co.) Jerry in The Zoo Story, and Brutus in
Julius Caesar. For more information please visit: (www.kirkgostkowski.com)
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