Saman Boyd & UpStreamRight Presents:
"If you love rock musicals like Spring Awakening and American Idiot, then you'll enjoy this..." - Theater is Easy
"Return to the Onion Cellar has Off-Broadway potential!"
- NYTheater
"Miss Boyd is a genius with a terrific and powerful score"
- Queens Bar Bulletin Culture Corner
"Another step toward the musical evolution"
It begins with a play.
In a desensitized callous world, the government has banned emotions for the sake of social order leaving humanity physically incapable of expression. Those in search of release opt to illegally frequent The Cellar, an underground speakeasy specializing in Onion trafficking, a contraband substance known for its tearing-properties.
It ends with a revolution.
A playwright has created a world in which direct expression is impossible and citizens must find alternative outlets. But does art imitate life or are they one in the same?
Sam, The Pianist, Writer-Director
A graduate from Oberlin College with a BA in Theater. Previous acting credits include Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Intimate Apparel (Mayme), subUrbia (Pakeeza), and others. Her other theatrical compositions include the original musical, "22 + LOADED"
Tod
BFA in Acting and Musical Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. Most recently, he appeared in Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad (yeah, that's totally what it was called) at 45 Bleecker. Favorite recent credits include Rabbit Hole (Howie),Titus Andronicus at the American Globe Theatre, She Stoops to Conquer (Hastings),W.A.S.P. (Jim), and Our Town (Mr. Webb).
Delaney
A Palos Verdes, CA native. National Tour: Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island the Musical (Broadway on Tour). NYC Theatre: North Shore Fish and Thoroughly Modern Millie (The Neighborhood Playhouse), Hair (Real Theatre Company/Theatre Row), US: The Peter Gabriel Musical (Real Theatre Company), Star Song (Artistic New Directions). Regional: Peter Pan and The Wizard of OZ (CLOSBC), The Crucible (Helvey Theatre).
Glen/Glenda
Frankie is thrilled to be a part of the Return to the Onion Cellar cast! His credits include, "Les Miserables" at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, under the direction of Richard Jay-Alexander; "Twelfth Night" Dir. Edward Berkeley (Malvolio), "Angels in America" (Prior). He is a fresh graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School's Musical Theatre 2 year workshop.
Charlie
Graduate from New York Universitys Steinhardt School in Vocal Performance Hails from the isles of Bermuda. Bachelor of music from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Previously seen in Steinhardts production of Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Valentine), Candide (Lion/Baron) and King David (Goliath).
Gunter, The Guitarist
Natalie
A student at NYU Tisch in The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She appeared in the film Break which received the award for Best Performance at the NYU Tisch 48 Film Festival. She has performed in shows such as Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Twelfth Night (Maria), Little Shop of Horrors (Urchin), as well as others.
Melissa
Sophie is a Brooklyn-based actor and musician entering her final year at Stella Adler School of Acting (NYU Tisch). She's most recently been in Caesar and Cleopatra at Theatre Row (dir. Kent Paul), The Winters Tale and Kindertransport at Stella Adler, and numerous student films. She's also a songwriter in the process of recording her demo.
Strindberg the Mute
Acting: Among Roses and the Ash (WOW café Theater), Amateurs (Under St. Marks Theater), Return of the Ships (Accademia Dell Arte), Bennington College: Wall of Water (Dir. Dina Janis), Time and Motion Study (Dir. Jenny Rohn, Nick Brooke). Film: Ipseity (NATAS Productions). Directing: Killing the Boss (Cherry Lane Studio Theater, Asst. Dir. W/ Jean Randich), Brecht & Weill's Songspiel Mahagonny (_ Benn. College w/ Jean Randich), Approach (The Theater Studio, inc.).
Bert/Mime
National tour of Cabaret as Rudy the Sailor. His past theater credits include Reefer Madness (Jack/Jesus), Evita (Soloist), As You Like It (Touchstone), and Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw). He is a proud graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and currently resides in New York City.
The Officer/Mime
Trains at HB Studio and on scholarship at Mary Anthony Modern Dance Studio. He is a member of the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre and the Heights Players, where he acted most recently in Fiorello!. Peachy Weil in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Jerry in The Zoo Story, Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Jeffrey in Godspell, Don Issachar is Candide, and Marcel in The Boyfriend. He holds a degree in theatre arts from East Carolina Uni.
Mime
Member of the Young Americans. From 2002 - 2005 Brian was also a part of the 303 Arts Collective, performance credits include THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Riff Raff), REEFER MADNESS THE MUSICAL (Jack/Jesus/George Washington), and THE BALTIMORE WALTZ (Carl).
A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. BFA in Theater. Atlantic Theater Company and Stonestreet Studios for Film & Television. 'The Telephone Man Doesn't Die Last' at the Abingdon and multimedia peices "Oh No. 18" and "Revolution" at The Cell and The Tank. She appeared in the first promotional trailer for the DefJams 'Rapstar' video game and MTV's 'Free Movie Fridays'. She is a blues singer-songwriter.
From from Boston, MA and is currently a student at NYU Tisch - Atlantic Theater. His most recently performances include Griever in Blue Window (Atlantic's Stage 2), Nick in Swimming in the Shallows (Theater for the New City) and a cabaret at Joe's Pub. Past work includes ImprovBoston, Boston Playwright's Theater, and Adam & Cole Productions.
A recent graduate of Muhlenberg College. She was last seen as Anthony in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as well as a Nun in The Sound of Music during Muhlenbergs Summer Music Theatre's 2009 season.
Emiliano, The Drummer
Emiliano Flowerman is a sophomore at Oberlin College, originally from Marin County, California. He picked up the drums at an early age and has played in various bands and countless theater productions throughout high school and college. He has played everything from classical to funk to punk to hip hop.
Stage Manager
A senior at Oberlin College, majoring in Theater (Production & Design) and History. Stage Management Associate for Shakespeare on the Sound’s Othello. Oberlin College’s Main Stage scene shop. Credits include: Death of a Salesman, In the Blood, Reefer Madness, Slave Ship, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fall Forward (dance), Intimate Apparel, and the Ohio Dance Festival.
Lighting Designer
Graduate of Oberlin College, a major in theatre with a dual concentration in directing and acting. He has also studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and and The Stratford Shakespeare School. Past lighting design credits include work for SUNY Purchase's summer programs, Equus, Speech and Debate, O-Shorts, Cat O'Nine Tales, The Illusion, and The Shadow Box, all at Oberlin College. Past directing credits at Oberlin include include Love's Labour's Lost, Dark Matters, The Flattering Word, Dark Matters again, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, No Prior Experience Necessary in A Six-Pack of Plays and, Salt on Dry Ground in Cat O'Nine Tales.
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"Contortionist"
The Cellar closed August 2010 at The Ellen Stewart Theater at LaMama so tickets are no longer available.
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