Phoenix Festival DIGITAL Playbill 2024 (2) - Flipbook - Page 38
COLLEEN COSGROVE (Maria)
An actress and writer in New York, Ms. Cosgrove’s unforgettable characterizations have
graced Drilling Company stages for almost 25 years and her short-plays have 昀椀lled
numerous Drilling Company evenings.
GUIDO GATMAYTAN (Sebastian)
Guido Gatmaytan is a recent graduate of NYU 昀椀lm school .Mr Gatmaytan, a Filipino-born
actor, is making both his New York and Drilling Company theatre debut. He notably led
the acclaimed Filpino theatre company TRUMPET’S original Filipino musical BLUEBIRD OF
HAPPINESS. Directed by Jaime del Mundo.
JOHN PATRICK HART (Orsino)
John Patrick Hart is with the Drilling Company Shakespeare in the Parking Lot /Bryant
Park. He has previously been seen in The Winter’s Tale and Comedy of Errors. He
recently appeared as Paddy in TDC’s HERSELF by Tim McGillicuddy for the First Irish
Festival. He is an actor and singer based in Manhattan and is a proud graduate of the
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
LIUSAIDH HOPPER (Valentine/Of昀椀cer )
Liusaidh Hopper is an Irish actress and singer who holds a Honors Bachelor of Arts degree
in Drama from The University of Wolverhampton and A level 7 singing cert in musical theatre
from the Royal Irish Academy of Music.(R.I.A.M.) Select Theatre credits include : NYC :
Reading from John B. Keane’s Letters Of A Matchmaker, (Lena Magee), Comedy of Errors,
Shakespeare In the Parking Lot (Luce) directed by Hamilton Clancy, Ireland: City Song (Kate
and Voice), Buzzin To Bits (Samantha), Lines Of A Chorus Line (Valerie Clark), Italy: Fango, Forta E Fatica,(Presenter), directed by Pietro Arrigoni Regista. Select Film/TV credits
include: Sing Street, (Featured Extra), directed by John Carney, Coffe Order, (Voice Over)
and Twigs, (Featured Extra). Liusaidh is excited and grateful to be part of this production of
Herself as part of the Origin Theatres First Irish Festival . Follow Liusaidh along in her journey
through her socials @LusaidhHopper everywhere!
MARY LINEHAN (Viola)
Mary Linehan is an actor and director based in NYC. Select NYC Acting: Post-Infest (NY
Shorts International and feature coming soon!); Ophelia (Hamlet, Bryant Park Shakespeare),
Hermia (Midsummer…, The Drilling Company), Stoned (Cannes Short Film Corner), My New
Pants. Select NYC Directing: -30- (Best Director Nomination, Hudson Guild WinterFest),
Boann and the Well of Wisdom (also in 2024 First Irish Festival), Goblins and Gates (OSPAC),
Competence is Key (The Theater Project), Mine Flowers (Vaclav Havel Library Foundation),
Buried Child (Insomniac Productions). Thanks to TTE and Evelyn; all love to Kevin. “Who
gossips with you will gossip of you”.
