Dan Kern Artist Director, TRT; Director, Buried Child
Winner of the Barrymore Award for Lantern Theater Company’s Skylight, and the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his direction of Juno and the Paycock. An accomplished actor, Kern also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. Dan also appeared in leading roles at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, The American Conservatory Theatre, Missouri Rep and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Film and TV appearances include Frasier, Profiler, The President’s Man, Star Trek: Voyagers, and the award winning short film, Me and the Big Guy. Last season for TRT, he directed the critically-acclaimed staging of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, and appeared in Measure for Measure. He currently serves as Head of Acting at the Department of Theater at Temple University.
Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey Director, Tartuffe
Emmanuelle Delpech is an actor, teacher and director. She was classically trained at the Ecole Superieur d’Art Dramatique de la ville de Paris, and studied physical theatre at l’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq. She is currently a 2nd year MFA student in Directing at Temple University. A former member of Pig Iron Theatre Company, Emmanuelle has been a performer/co-creator of such productions as Gentlemen Volunteers, Flop!, Hell Meets Henry Halfway (Barrymore nomination for best supporting actress) and James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Barrymore Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical). She created and performed Madame Douce-Amere, a wordless clown duet at the 2005 Philadelphia Lives Arts festival, which was also produced by 1812Productions at the Walnut street theatre in October 2006. Emmanuelle directed Oedipus at FDR, an urban adaptation of Sophocles Greek tragedy “Oedipus at Colonus” at the FDR Skate park for the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts festival. In June/July 2009, Emmanuelle performed with The Second City Chicago in Reverie directed by Dexter Bullard which was premiered at the “Just for Laughs” festival in Montreal. Emmanuelle worked for the Civilians’ new piece The Great Immensity to share her physical theater skills with director Steve Cosson and was assistant director for its first performance at the Princeton Atelier. She worked again with Steve Cosson as a mime consultant for Anne Washburn’s new play: A Devil at Noon, which premiered at the Humana Festival in Louisville in march 2011. In December 2010, The Philly Shakes Cabaret Series presented her adaptation of Marivaux’s La Dispute. Emmanuelle is happy to be directing Moliere’s Tartuffe for the Temple Repertory Theater as her thesis. She is thrilled to start working next fall on an original piece with James Ijames on the tradition of Blackface performances. Emmanuelle has taught at University of the Arts and Swarthmore College. The last 2 summers, she taught a Clown workshop for the Volcano Institute in Toronto. Emmanuelle currently teaches a 2semester Lecoq Class at Temple University for undergraduate and graduate students and is a faculty member of the Headlong Performance Institute: www.headlongperformanceinstitute.org and of the New Pig Iron School: APT www.pigironschool.org. Please check my website for more info: emmanuelledr.squarespace.com
Daniel Boylen Scenic Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
Mr. Boylen received an AB degree in English and History from Yale University, where he was involved with the Yale Dramat. He studied Anglo-Irish Literature for a year at UCD College, Dublin, Ireland, where he was involved with the Dramatic Society. Finally realizing the intensity of a theater calling, he committed himself to a career in design. Mr. Boylen has designed extensively for regional theater including Goodspeed Opera House, McCarter Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Pennsylvania Ballet, GeVa and The Whole Theatre. For Temple Theaters, he most recently designed Charles Mee’s Big Love and the original piece Dreaming of Diamonds: The Conwell Project.
Jamie Grace-Duff Costume Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
Jamie is entering her third year as a costume design MFA student at Temple University. At Temple she designed A Flea in Her Ear and the world premiere of The Belly. Prior to her studies, she designed for Ego Po Productions (Bluebird, Spring Awakening), Plays & Players (Oleanna, Exit, Corpse), Represented Theatre Co. (Hugging the Shoulder, Jeffrey) and many various Philly Fringe Productions. She created patterns and samples for children’s company Fun & Function where her “Magical Apparel” was named a Dr. Toy 100 Best Children’s Products Winner and iParenting Media Award. Previous work has taken her to VA, MD and MA. Next she will be designing Richard III for Temple’s Fall Season.
John S. Hoey Lighting Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
John is a professor of Lighting Design at Temple University Theaters and has worked professionally as a lighting designer at the Arden, Wilma, and People’s Light, along with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, among others. He has also worked with Luciano Pavarotti, Spoletto Festival, Actors’ Theater of Louisville, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet and the film Center Stage. He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1989, and Temple University (MFA in Lighting Design) in 1992. He is the recipient of a Barrymore Award for his design of Sweeney Todd at the Arden.
David O’Connor Sound Designer, Buried Child
A theater director and designer, David is a graduate of the MFA Directing program at Temple University. David has directed numerous productions around town including“Master Harold” … and the boysat Lantern Theater Company, for which he was nominated for a Barrymore Award; as well as Lantern’s The Government Inspector and The Lonesome West, Arden’s The Seafarer and Peter Pan, among many others. Prior to this, he worked in theatres in and around Connecticut, especially Seven Angels Theatre, where he directed several productions including Dancing at Lughnasa, for which he was nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award. David has a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College.
David Sugg Sound Designer, Tartuffe
James Sugg is a member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 10 original pieces. He has also worked with the Wilma, The Arden Theater, Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Folger Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage, James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (1812 Productions). His work has been recognized with 2 Obies, four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist and a Pew Fellowship.
Creative Team
Dan Kern Artist Director, TRT; Director, Buried Child
Winner of the Barrymore Award for Lantern Theater Company’s Skylight, and the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his direction of Juno and the Paycock. An accomplished actor, Kern also won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. Dan also appeared in leading roles at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, The American Conservatory Theatre, Missouri Rep and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Film and TV appearances include Frasier, Profiler, The President’s Man, Star Trek: Voyagers, and the award winning short film, Me and the Big Guy. Last season for TRT, he directed the critically-acclaimed staging of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, and appeared in Measure for Measure. He currently serves as Head of Acting at the Department of Theater at Temple University.
Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey Director, Tartuffe
Emmanuelle Delpech is an actor, teacher and director. She was classically trained at the Ecole Superieur d’Art Dramatique de la ville de Paris, and studied physical theatre at l’Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq. She is currently a 2nd year MFA student in Directing at Temple University. A former member of Pig Iron Theatre Company, Emmanuelle has been a performer/co-creator of such productions as Gentlemen Volunteers, Flop!, Hell Meets Henry Halfway (Barrymore nomination for best supporting actress) and James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Barrymore Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical). She created and performed Madame Douce-Amere, a wordless clown duet at the 2005 Philadelphia Lives Arts festival, which was also produced by 1812Productions at the Walnut street theatre in October 2006. Emmanuelle directed Oedipus at FDR, an urban adaptation of Sophocles Greek tragedy “Oedipus at Colonus” at the FDR Skate park for the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts festival. In June/July 2009, Emmanuelle performed with The Second City Chicago in Reverie directed by Dexter Bullard which was premiered at the “Just for Laughs” festival in Montreal. Emmanuelle worked for the Civilians’ new piece The Great Immensity to share her physical theater skills with director Steve Cosson and was assistant director for its first performance at the Princeton Atelier. She worked again with Steve Cosson as a mime consultant for Anne Washburn’s new play: A Devil at Noon, which premiered at the Humana Festival in Louisville in march 2011. In December 2010, The Philly Shakes Cabaret Series presented her adaptation of Marivaux’s La Dispute. Emmanuelle is happy to be directing Moliere’s Tartuffe for the Temple Repertory Theater as her thesis. She is thrilled to start working next fall on an original piece with James Ijames on the tradition of Blackface performances. Emmanuelle has taught at University of the Arts and Swarthmore College. The last 2 summers, she taught a Clown workshop for the Volcano Institute in Toronto. Emmanuelle currently teaches a 2semester Lecoq Class at Temple University for undergraduate and graduate students and is a faculty member of the Headlong Performance Institute: www.headlongperformanceinstitute.org and of the New Pig Iron School: APT www.pigironschool.org. Please check my website for more info: emmanuelledr.squarespace.com
Daniel Boylen Scenic Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
Mr. Boylen received an AB degree in English and History from Yale University, where he was involved with the Yale Dramat. He studied Anglo-Irish Literature for a year at UCD College, Dublin, Ireland, where he was involved with the Dramatic Society. Finally realizing the intensity of a theater calling, he committed himself to a career in design. Mr. Boylen has designed extensively for regional theater including Goodspeed Opera House, McCarter Theatre, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Pennsylvania Ballet, GeVa and The Whole Theatre. For Temple Theaters, he most recently designed Charles Mee’s Big Love and the original piece Dreaming of Diamonds: The Conwell Project.
Jamie Grace-Duff Costume Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
Jamie is entering her third year as a costume design MFA student at Temple University. At Temple she designed A Flea in Her Ear and the world premiere of The Belly. Prior to her studies, she designed for Ego Po Productions (Bluebird, Spring Awakening), Plays & Players (Oleanna, Exit, Corpse), Represented Theatre Co. (Hugging the Shoulder, Jeffrey) and many various Philly Fringe Productions. She created patterns and samples for children’s company Fun & Function where her “Magical Apparel” was named a Dr. Toy 100 Best Children’s Products Winner and iParenting Media Award. Previous work has taken her to VA, MD and MA. Next she will be designing Richard III for Temple’s Fall Season.
John S. Hoey Lighting Designer, Buried Child and Tartuffe
John is a professor of Lighting Design at Temple University Theaters and has worked professionally as a lighting designer at the Arden, Wilma, and People’s Light, along with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, among others. He has also worked with Luciano Pavarotti, Spoletto Festival, Actors’ Theater of Louisville, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet and the film Center Stage. He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1989, and Temple University (MFA in Lighting Design) in 1992. He is the recipient of a Barrymore Award for his design of Sweeney Todd at the Arden.
David O’Connor Sound Designer, Buried Child
A theater director and designer, David is a graduate of the MFA Directing program at Temple University. David has directed numerous productions around town including “Master Harold” … and the boys at Lantern Theater Company, for which he was nominated for a Barrymore Award; as well as Lantern’s The Government Inspector and The Lonesome West, Arden’s The Seafarer and Peter Pan, among many others. Prior to this, he worked in theatres in and around Connecticut, especially Seven Angels Theatre, where he directed several productions including Dancing at Lughnasa, for which he was nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award. David has a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College.
David Sugg Sound Designer, Tartuffe
James Sugg is a member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 10 original pieces. He has also worked with the Wilma, The Arden Theater, Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Folger Theater, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage, James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (1812 Productions). His work has been recognized with 2 Obies, four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist and a Pew Fellowship.