Our Cast & Team for Thursday April 20th Reading at TheaterLab
In Order of Appearance
Xander Jackson (Stranger)
Xander Jackson is an on stage & camera actor who recently began his journey with the Barrow Group. Past on stage productions include Proof (Greenwood Lake Theater), Sweat (Cultural Arts Playhouse), and Smartphone Love (The Tank). He has continued his training in the classroom, in front of the camera, and on stage throughout the tristate area.
In his free time, he enjoys a multitude of activities including Baking, Snowboarding, Skydiving, and Martial Arts Training to name a few.
Steven Weatherbee (Jester)
Steven Weatherbee (Jester) is making his off-Broadway debut in The Jester’s Wife. An MFA graduate from Texas Tech, Steve is an actor and educator who daily relishes the chance to learn from others — artistic craft, philosophy, and pedagogical approach all especially. Born and raised in California, he is thankful to his supportive and ever-inspiring friends and family. Steve is honored to take part with the talented people Knowledge Workings LLC have brought together to make vibrant this story.
Winnie Stack (Wife)
Winnie Stack moved from LA to NY in 2019 to pursue comedy and acting, and has found that subway rats are her best audience. Shortly after moving she was cast in the Upright Citizens Brigade Maude team “Peaches,” and now collaborates on two comedy sketch groups “One Bad Egg” and “Sleepover.” While she isn’t performing sketch comedy, she is performing her one woman show “@Jenna” to sold out crowds in NY and LA. Winnie is thrilled to be working on another T.J. Elliott play, and is eager to share this unique and hilarious story with audiences!
Ed Altman (Narrator)
With Workings Knowledge Theater: The Oracle, Keeping Right, Grunges (Narrator). Recent stage: Two Swans, Nowhere Man, Victoria Woodhull (both at Theater for the New City). TV/Streaming: The Good Cop (NTD/Epoch TV), The Vow (HBO), Food that Built America (History Channel), Dragon Meets Eagle(Amazon). Recent film: Biff & Me, Oatmelio’s, Thumbwrestler II, Jazz John, all making the international film festival circuit. Ed was a member of the comedy group Prom Night with whom he wrote and performed at the Westbank Café back in the days of Lewis Black and Rusty McGee. He is also a voiceover artist for commercial and corporate work, and has voiced several audio books. (Ed is also our invaluable Associate Producer for The Jester’s Wife)
T.J. Elliott (Playwright & Director)
Wrote Alms, Grudges, Genealogy, & The Oracle w/ the Joe Queenan — directed the latter May 2022 at Theater for the New City; solo playwrighting: Keeping Right, Honor, The Jester’s Wife. His 2019 Alms SRO comeback ended a 35-year hiatus from Off-Off-Broadway. In those lost years, T.J. produced, directed, & performed among casts of 1000s a mélange of corporate telenovelas & tragicomic, melodramatic, & absurd organizational performance art. (VP Chief Learning Officer at ETS for half that time.)
Marjorie Phillips Elliott (Executive Producer)
Marjorie’s work as Executive Producer & Co-founder of Knowledge Workings Theater arises from deep roots in the arts. A theater major at Skidmore College and grad student in photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Marjorie brings to producing a wide array of talents and experiences including her work in the film industry in the 1980s at New Line Cinema. Her support of our productions ranges from strategy to prop design to photo retouching to publicity consultation and beyond. Marjorie is also the Chair of the Board of Chamiza Foundation, a nonprofit helping to ensure the continuity & living preservation of Pueblo Indian culture and traditions, and serves on the Members Committee of the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC
Gifford Elliott — Artistic & Technical Director
A graduate of Cal Arts acting program, Gifford has served as Post-Production Coordinator on Bupkis, the 2023 Pete Davidson series, and The Best Man — Final Chapters, both streaming on Peacock. He was also on the postproduction teams for Queen’s Gambit on Netflix and Divorce (Season Three) on HBO. He has worked as a director of theater and film as well as the host of the very popular Srivia at Singers Bar in Brooklyn.
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