The Hot L Baltimore

At ANTAEUS: The Hot L Baltimore, reading (Debut). Other Theater: Trouble in Mind (McClintock Theatre), Peter Pan (Maryland Ensemble Theatre). Film: Troop 491, The Adventures of The Muddy Lions. Training: B.A., University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts.

Dawn Didawick is a founding member. Her varied career has taken her from New York to Europe in the classics and new works. Broadway: All My Sons (Tony Award Best Revival), Regional credits include Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Long Wharf Theater, Hartford Stage Company, Globe Theater in San Diego, Alabama Shakespeare Theater, ART, Seattle, St Louis, and South Coast Repertory Theaters.  Her roles ranged from Dee Dee in Marsha Norman’s The Laundromat to Juliet, Hermia, Titania, Gonzala in works of Shakespeare to Amy and Clara in The Show Off, both productions with one of her theater mentors, Jean Stapelton. She has appeared with her husband, Harry Groener, in many productions including Caught in the Net at The Coconut Grove and Regrets Only at The Cape Playhouse.  Her participation in the development of new works included stints at New Harmony, The Gathering and The Colony (both in Montana). She serves as an honorary board member of The Alpine Theater Project in Whitefish, Montana, and has served as a long time board member of The Antaeus Company. At ANTAEUS: The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Bear, Pera Palas, Autumn Garden, The Seagull, The Crucible, Uncle Vanya, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (multiple nominations and Stage Raw Award for Supporting Female Performance for “Big Mama” )and Three Days in the Country. Over the years she has participated in many Classic Fest readings and workshops, including her favorite as Amanda in Glass Menagerie. Representative film and T.V. credits: Erin Brockovich, Christmas with the Kranks, The Amateurs, I Am I, Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse, Hart of Dixie and Pretty Little Liars.

Emily graduated from USC's School of Dramatic Arts and received an MA in Classical Acting from LAMDA. At Anteaus: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Other Theatre: Trying (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The 39 Steps (Malibu Playhouse), A Tale of Two Cities (A Noise Within), Ah, Wilderness! (A Noise Within), Stupid F*cking Bird (Boston Court Pasadena). Television credits include guest stars on L.A.'s Finest, Criminal Minds, Future Man, Castle, Fameless. Feature film credits include Shook, Jane & Emma, The House On Pine Street (winner of 3 Best Actress Awards), and Snapshots (winner of 4 Best Actress Awards).

Harry Groener is a founding member At ANTAEUS: Pera Palas, Mother Courage, The Bear in Chekhov x Four, and the title role in King Lear (Drama Circle Award), Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Ovation, Drama Critics Circle and Stage Raw Awards), Three Days In The Country and Uncle Vanya. His multiple Broadway and Off Broadway credits include Crazy For You (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations), Cats (Tony Nomination), Oh Brother!, Oklahoma! (Tony Nomination and received Theater World Award), Harrigan and the Hart, Is there Life After High school, Sleight of Hand, Sunday in the Park with George, Imaginary Friends, and Spamalot. Other Nominations and Awards: Ovation Award Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse, Jefferson Award (The Madness of King George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Jefferson Award Nominations: Cyrano De Bergerac, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, William Tecumseh Sherman, The March, Steppenwolf Theater. Other recent credits include: Lincoln and LBJ in Appomattox, The Guthrie Theater; The Train Driver, Long Wharf Theater. Film and Television partial: About Schmidt, Patch Adams, and Road to Perdition, Cure For Wellness, Dear John, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, How I Met Your Mother, Medium, Bones, Las Vegas, Breaking Bad, The West Wing and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, and Enterprise.

At Antaeus: The Winter's Tale, ClassicsFests: Candida, The Hot L Baltimore, and multiple in-house readings. Off-Broadway: Charlie Chaplin in My Man Kono (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, A.R.T./ New York Theatres; world premiere). Regional and Los Angeles credits include South Coast Repertory, San Diego Repertory Theatre, East West Players, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Marriott Theatre, Quintessence Theatre Group, Theatre Mu, Perseverance Theatre, Northern Sky Theatre, Next Act Theatre, First Stage/ the Marcus Center, Classical Theatre Lab, and others. Trained under Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier in France and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. 

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Crucible, Cousin Bette. Other Theater: Devil And Billy Markham (award winning one man show, Zenith Ensemble); Pulp Shakespeare (Asylum Theatre); Delusion (Haunted Play); Hamlet (ASC); A Midsummer’s Night Dream (ASC). TV/Film: Bell Canyon, The Wasteland (Historian), Unfriended, To The Beat, To The Beat 2, Saint George, Weeds. Training: B.A., University of Massachusetts @ Amherst, Antaeus Theatre Company , Lecoq Mask Intensive, Studio 24/7, To Play Not Work Studio.

AT ANTAEUS: As You Like It, Love & Information, The Tempest; Other credits: Alabaster (The Fountain Theatre), Life Sucks (Interact Theater Company), Worst Laid Plans (Upright Citizens Brigade, co-creator), My Break-Up Playlist (Rogue Machine Theatre, writer/performer), Bunny Bunny (The Garry Marshall Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Ensemble Theatre Company), and Neil LaBute’s Filthy Talk for Troubled Times (UK premiere). Film and TV credits include: Recurring role in Physical (Apple TV, Seasons 1, 2, and 3), Good Trouble (Freeform), Grace and Frankie (Netflix), American Princess (Lifetime), and No Activity (Comedy Central). Other credits include: Chad (TBS), Happy Endings (ABC), American Housewife (ABC), Magnum P.I. (CBS), Homecoming (Netflix), Here Comes the Bride (Lifetime), NCIS: LA (CBS), Criminal Minds (CBS), and Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC). Training: BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; The Meisner Studio; Experimental Theatre Wing; and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Phil Proctor is a 15-year member of Antaeus and a 50-year member of the thrice-Grammy-nominated Firesign Theatre, recognized as one of the “Thirty Greatest Acts of All Time” with a recording in the Library of Congress. He’s appeared on-and-off Broadway, on street corners in the USSR with the Yale Russian Chorus, in many local and regional theatres, on radio, and in scores of films, video games and TV shows. He’s won Theatre World, LA Weekly, LA Free Press and Drama Critics’ awards, and his voice credits include Toy Story, Spirited Away, Monsters, Inc., Seahorse Bob in Finding Nemo, the Drunken French Monkey in Dr. Dolittle, Dr. Vidic in Assassin’s Creed, and Howard DeVille in the Emmy-winning Rugrats, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is currently featured in the independent films Window of Opportunity, Charity and The Love Addict and tours in a one-man reading of Don Quixote with the L.A. Guitar Quartet.

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, readings of The Rover; Mayor of the 85th Floor. Frequent participant of the Antaeus Playwrights Lab. Other Theater: My Children, My Africa! (Marin Theatre Company); A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater); Exonerated (Lynx Performance Theatre); Good Breeding (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts); Hamlet Machine (Ion Theatre). TV/Film: 40; Easy Made Hard; The Institute. Training: B.A., San Diego State University; M.F.A., American Conservatory Theater. Member: AEA, SAG.

Janellen is well-known to Los Angeles theater audiences. She most recently appeared in Native Gardens at Coachella Valley Rep. Other credits: Maria Vasilyevna Voynitskaya in Uncle Vanya at New American Theatre. And she appeared in the original cast of its precursor, The Wood Demon, at The Mark Taper Forum, where she also appeared in A Flaw in the Ointment at Taper Too. Janellen has also performed at The Old Globe. In L.A. at: L.A. Theatreworks, East/West Players, the Getty Villa, The Odyssey, The Fountain Theatre, Sacred Fools,The Evidence Room, 24th Street Theatre, and in several productions with The Antaeus Company of which she is a founding member. She has appeared on TV in shows such as Sleeper Cell, Roseanne, Strong Medicine and in independent films. She has also appeared at regional theaters from Ohio, to New York, to Key West. Janellen is also a jazz vocalist and as a voice over actor, she can be heard in numerous video games, animation, radio and T.V commercials, and dubs English into international television films and series. She helped develop and lead Antaeus’ Education Outreach program and has taught for Antaeus Academy.

At ANTAEUS: Uncle Vanya, MacBeth, Peace in Our Time. Other Theatre: A Moon for the Misbegotten (Rubicon Theatre), Nice Things (Rogue Machine), Andronicus (Coeurage Theatre Company),Belfry (Malibu Playhouse), The Liar (The Ensemble Theatre), RII (Boston Court). TV/Film: Why Women Kill, Pretty Boy, Can You Take My Picture. Member: AEA. www.rebekahtripp.com.

At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure, Diana of Dobson's,  As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Measure for Measure, and The Curse of Oedipus. Other theater: Vietgone (The Alley Theatre), Sense & Sensibility (South Coast Rep); Love's Labour's Lost, Edward III, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet (The 6th Act); Frankenstein (A Noise Within); The Hard Problem and Vietgone (LA Theatreworks); Gloria and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide (Curious Theatre Company); Colony Collapse (Boston Court Pasadena); Supper (Theatre of NOTE); Rose and the Rime (Sacred Fools); and 99 Histories (Artists at Play). She holds degrees in Theatre and Business from UNCo. DesireeMeeJung.com

Julia Fletcher has been a theater professional for more than 35 years, working in new play development, as an adapter of the works of Shakespeare, as a director, an Equity stage manager, and a master teacher. She trained and worked as an actor with the American Conservatory Theatre, and has performed with the Old Globe, the Intiman, San Jose Rep, ACT/Seattle, Antaeus, P.C.P.A., and the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, among others. She was also the Founding Artistic Director of the Pacific Resident Theatre in Los Angeles.