Members
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Steve Rotolo Received a Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University in 1993 where he worked with John Dennis (former Artistic Director for the Resident Ensemble, Mark Taper Forum, L.A.) and Barry Kyle (Honorary Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company). He continued his studies in directing under Prof. James Spruill at Boston University's School for the Arts. Locally, he was critically acclaimed for his performances at the Publick Theatre and Lyric Stage and has taught with the New Theatre Conservatory. Steve made his directorial debut with Molasses Tank's first production, LeRoi Jones' Dutchman and has helmed six of the last seven shows. |
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Duncan McCulloch Duncan has for a long time found a calling in many different art forms. An actor in the Boston area since 1990, he has worked at such venues as The Publick Theatre, The Lyric Stage Company and The Seacoast Repertory Theatre. He has 16 years experience in the graphic arts industry as a designer and pre-press artist. He is also a painter, illustrator, prop designer and occasionally works as a sound mixer and boom operator for local independent films. Working closely with the ensemble he has overseen production design and sound for all of MTP's past productions. |
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Sheilagh Cruickshank Actor, Casting Director Has been with Molasses Tank since 1998. As a veteran actress, she has worked in the Boston area with such companies as The Lyric Stage and Publick Theater and throughout the northeast as well as several national tours. She brings to Molasses Tank her boundless energy, insights and experience as actor and casting director. |
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Wendy Nystrom Wendy Nystrom studied theater at the University of Michigan, and is currently obtaining a Masters in Expressive Therapy from Lesley University. In the Boston area she has been seen in roles such as Katerine in Taming of the Shrew, Heidi in Fuddy Meers, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Zubaida Ula/ensemble in Laramie Project. She has appeared in Acts of Futility with Molasses Tank, as Vi/ensemble. Her costuming for Streetcar Named Desire at the Footlight Club was nominated for an EMACT award. Wendy is currently teaching drama to developmentally delayed teenagers, and works as an expressive therapist intern with troubled teens. |
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Jason Beals Jason first appeared with Molasses Tank in Ionesco, not Ionesco. Prior to joining Molasses Tank, Jason was involved with Willing Suspension Productions for whom he directed "Christ Before Herod", part of the York Mystery Cycle staged at the University of Toronto. Locally, Jason has performed as Valmont in Les Liasons Dangereuses, Bradley in Buried Child, Monty in Violet, Limping Man in Fuddy Meers, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Prospero in The Tempest and Willie Conklin in Ragtime, for which he received an EMACT award nomination. Jason is a rock star, occasionally, and a professional web idiot, daily. |
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Dirk de Pagter Dirk de Pagter somehow let Steve Rotolo talk him into more Molasses Tank endeavors. He is proud to have been part of the absurdist nonpareil that was Ionesco, not Ionesco and Acts of Futility. Mr. de Pagter has roamed around Boston, managing stages for smaller companies (e.g., Will Act For Food, Mill 6 Theatre Collaborative) and bigger ones (e.g., Boston Lyric Opera, Blue Man Group - Boston). Dirk carries with him an appreciation to a level beyond imagining for those who have seen him through it. |