Creatives
Dennis Bush (Playwright)
Dennis Bush’s plays have been performed in New York and throughout the United States, Canada and the UK. His published work currently includes 11 plays and 7 monologue collections. In addition, his creative non-fiction piece, Different, Now, was featured in Rio Grande Review literary magazine. He has extensive credits as a writer, coach and consultant. He has written commissioned theatrical texts for numerous clients and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America. Dennis is currently writing a full-length play for Element 8 Ensemble. Heʼs delighted to be working with these wonderful actors and his favorite director and dear friend, Lester Shane. Heʼs grateful for the love and support he receives from all his friends, and from Martin, in boundless supply.
Lester Thomas Shane (Director)
Lester Thomas Shane’s directing credits include Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Tempest (Shakespeare at the Met/San Marco), Bright Room Called Day, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Cleveland Public Theatre), Loot (T. Schreiber Studio), Hedda Gabler, Summer & Smoke (Manhattan Theatre Club), Pretty Witty Nell, Grit in a Sensitive Instrument (Vineyard), Shaviana, Bertolt Brecht: In Dark Times, Titus Andronicus (Director in Residence,The Basic Theatre). For A&E he wrote James Brown, Tyrone Power, and Carmen Miranda; for AMC, Fox: The First Fifty Years; for Discovery, Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy; his documentary, Walk Like A Man aired on LOGO. At the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Lester played Mercutio, Tartuffe and Puck and was company Voice and Movement Master. His one-man show, Mortal Coil, continues to tour.
Chess Venis (Stage Manager)
Chess Venis has recently moved from Los Angeles, where she worked primarily at the Pasadena Playhouse and Theatre @ Boston Court. Since arriving in New York, Chess has had the opportunity to work with Bridge Across Productions, Thirteen Street Repertory, Manhattan Childrenʼs Theatre, Wah Wah Productions, Crost Cause Production, American Theatre Of Actors, and the Columbia University Theatre Program.
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