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EGOPO COMPANY MEMBERS Lane Savadove (Artistic Director) has been directing and teaching nationally and internationally for over 15 years. Savadove is a Drama League Directing Fellow, a Presidential Fellow, a Shubert Fellow, and was the first director to receive the prestigious Henry Luce Fellowship. He holds a MFA in Directing from Columbia University, his B.A. in theater from Haverford College. In 1991, Savadove founded the award winning repertory company, EgoPo Productions, and continues as its Artistic Director. From 1995-96, he served as the Resident Director of the National Cultural Center of Indonesia. His work includes over 35 productions, 20 of them World Premiers. His awards include: “Best Show of 2000” by Backstage, “Pick of the Year” by The Village Voice, 8 Louisiana Theater Festival Awards, and over a dozen nominations for the Stoorer Boone and Big Easy Awards in New Orleans. His first show after relocating to Philadelphia following Katrina, Spring Awakening, performed at the Adrienne received a Barrymore Nomination for “Outstanding Ensemble for a Play”. Lane has served on the faculties of NYU, Loyola University, Rutgers, Rider and is now an Assistant Professor at Rowan. Lane has been training the actors of EgoPo for 15 years and is considered one of the nation’s top teachers and developers of Viewpoints technique. Megan Hoke’s (Associate Artistic Director) acting credits include Keystone Repertory Company, Wandering Rom, Gemini Theatre Company, Intrepid, Theater Exile, Flashpoint, Greenlight Productions, Bckseet Productions, Simpatico Theatre Project, Snowday Productions, Vagabond Acting Troupe, and the Metropolitan Playhouse in Manhattan. As a teacher Megan has worked at Footlight Players, Kerr Elementary. Megan is a founding member of Wandering Rom and currently works as the General Manager of a multi-business company in Midtown Village. She holds her BA in theater from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Doug Greene (Associate Producer) has performed locally with Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, City Theater Company, Delaware Theater Company, Wandering Rom, Theatre Ariel, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Snowday Productions, Irish repertory of Philadelphia, Madhouse, Philadelphia Dramatist Moritz in EgoPo’s Spring Awakening . As a teaching artist he has taught acting at elementary and secondary schools throughout the city. He served as General Manager of Vagabond from 2005-2006 and currently serves on the SPARK committee for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and is the associate artistic director of Vagabond. He is a graduate of the theater program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Brenna Geffers (Literary Manager) is a founding member of the Wandering Rom Players for whom she has directed 9 productions in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York City. She has directed for Theater Exile, Vagabond Acting Troupe, Green Light Theatrical Productions, The Brick Playhouse and Metropolitan Playhouse in NYC. She has assistant directed at The Arden, the Wilma and New Paradise Laboratories, among others. She is earning her MFA in Directing at Temple University. Brenna has served as Company Manager for the Open Stage Theater and is the artistic assistant at Theatre Exile. Ralph Mullen (Production Manager) has performed for Wandering Rom, Langhorne Players, Playmasters and The Hanover Street Theatre. As a technician and designer, Ralph has worked at The Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Center Stage, Sesame Street Live, 1-2-3 Imagine, the first national tours of The Producers, Gypsy, Hot and Sweet and Bombay Dreams on Broadway. Ralph worked as the props designer and stage manager for EgoPo’s SPRING AWAKENING. He is a graduate of the theater program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Colleen Hughes (Assistant to the Artistic Director) has appeared locally at The Wilma Theater, Enchantment Theatre Company, Lantern Theater Company, Wandering Rom, Greenlight Productions, The Brick Playhouse, The Academy Theatre and Philadelphia Theatre Workshop. In Ireland Colleen was in the original cast of Michael West’s An American Wake and starred in a music video for the Dublin–based band The Immediate. Colleen is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts. Colleen has spent the last two years as the Office Manager of Arionda LLC, a wireless consulting firm based in Southern New Jersey. Sarah Schol (Director of External Relations) is a recent graduate of Hamilton College with a BA in Theatre. For EgoPo’s Spring Awakening, Sarah served as box office manager. Sarah is currently the Subscriptions Apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre, where she sells and maintains subscriptions for over 50,000 people. Sean Lally- Company Member and Artistic Intern Terry Brennan- Company Member Dan Soule- Company Member Eric Snell- Company Member Nathan Edmonson- Company Member |
