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Esther Barlow, Artistic Director
Co-Artistic Director since 2005, Esther is a founding member of the Bridge, where her credits include: Spain (Beth), Humans Anonymous (Ellen), This is a Play (Female Actor), Down the Road (Iris) and Portland (Assistant Director).
Co-Artistic Director since 2005, Esther is a founding member of the Bridge, where her credits include: Spain (Beth), Humans Anonymous (Ellen), This is a Play (Female Actor), Down the Road (Iris) and Portland (Assistant Director).
Recent credits: Theatre - Universal Robots (manhattantheatresource), The Occupation of Heather Rose (LivingRoomArts), Metamorphoses (Weston Playhouse), My Children! My Africa! (A Mixed Company), and The Migration (Intravenous Theatre). Film and television - Law & Order: SVU, The Acting Class and F (Offical Selection: Montreal World Film Festival). Esther recently directed Beth Henley's Am I Blue
for Manhattan Repertory Theatre. She is a graduate of the Neighborhood
Playhouse and Queen's University (BAH Drama and Film Studies). Raised
in Toronto, Esther has performed at the Tarragon, ArtWord and Theatre
Passe Muraille, as well as in Toronto's Fringe and Summerworks
Festivals. www.estherbarlow.com.
For inquiries regarding Bridge productions, fundraising and marketing, please contact Esther at esther@thebridgetheatrecompany.com.
For inquiries regarding Bridge productions, fundraising and marketing, please contact Esther at esther@thebridgetheatrecompany.com.
Dustin Olson, Artistic DirectorDustin is a founding member of the Bridge, where his credits include: Lone Star (Skeeter), Never Swim Alone(Bill), and Blue Window
(Griever). He recently performed the role of Billy Pilgrim in the New
York premiere of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, presented by
Godlight Theatre Company.
Born and raised on the Canadian
prairies, Dustin has produced and performed throughout Canada and the
US. Recent Film & TV credits include Hometown Heroes (Comedy Central) Law & Order: C.I. , The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah (AFI Dallas International Film Festival) and After June
(Tribeca Film Festival). Dustin is a graduate of the Neighborhood
Playhouse. His street hockey team is currently in first place.
For inquiries regarding The Bridge Workshop Series and product sponsorship, please contact Dustin at dustin@thebridgetheatrecompany.com
Matthew K. Johnson, Head of New Play DevelopmentMatthew officially joined the Bridge in March 2008. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he is a graduate of the George Washington University and holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. A Departmental Fellow at Tisch from 2005 to 2007, he is also the recipient of the 2007 John Golden Prize and the 2005 Astere E. Claeyssens Prize for Playwriting, as well as having been nominated for two Po'okela Awards for Excellence in Hawaii Theatre. His work has been seen at the Public Theater, MCC Theater, the Abingdon Theatre Company, Beyond the Wall Productions, the Intravenous Theatre, the Tisch School of the Arts, the George Washington University, the Generic Theatre Company, and the Bridge.
For inquiries regarding New Play Development at The Bridge, please contact Matt at matt@thebridgetheatrecompany.com
Jennifer Laine Williams, Producer - Reading seriesJennifer is a founding member of the Bridge Theatre Company, a native Oklahoman and graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Georgetown University. New York theater credits include, Off-Broadway: Whose Family Values!, Off-Off-Broadway: Deep in the Jeeps of Georgia (OOBR Critics’ Choice Award), Naked Girls Drinking! (Ha! Comedy Festival Award), The Blue Martini, Tannhauser: The Play at the Ohio Theatre Ice Factory Festival, and Plunge, Never Swim Alone, and Laundry and Bourbon with the Bridge Theatre Company. She also participated in staged readings of David Rimmer’s The Wives and New York (with Anthony Edwards) and Craig Harwood’s Trick or Treat (with Lee Tergesen). She has performed at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in Big Love (Olympia) and in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Trisha) at Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy in Raleigh, NC. Jennifer has also appeared in several independent films: Catalina Trust (written and directed by Will Conroy), Crutch and Dress Rehearsal.
Zina Anaplioti, Producer - Reading SeriesOriginally from Thessaloniki, Greece, Zina has been a proud member of The Bridge Theatre Company since the fall of 2006. Some of her recent theater credits include The Georgestreet Playhouse, (Educational Tour 2006-07, The things you least expect, directed by David Saint, The Value of Names), and she has also worked with East Coast Artists in the production of Harvest (LaMama etc.) under the direction of Benjamin Mosse. She has worked repeatedly with the International WOW company and performed with them at The Ice Factory Festival (Expense of Spirit) in the Ohio Theater, as well as CSV (Limitless Joy) and The New York Stage and Film Festival. She originated and co-created the ensemble role of Sophia in The Expense of Spirit which was later published in a selection of best plays of 2005. Zina is also a member of the Mirror Theater Company where she played the role of Young Elizabeth in Richard and Anne (ArcLlight Theatre). She has also worked with theater in the flesh on the production of Blood And Honey (ArcLight Theatre). She recently worked on the film Friends (with benefits). Zina has a BFA in acting from NYU Tisch and attended the Neighborhood Playhouse and Alvin Ailey Dance School.