Artists

Company Lead

Lukas is an actor, director, producer and teaching-artist who specializes in Shakespeare and Verse speaking. He has worked in Germany, the UK and the US on various productions as an actor and director and is a graduate of the Shakespeare Institute (Stratford-upon-Avon), the Atantic Theater Company Conservatory program (NYC), and LAMDA (UK). His 2015 Tryst won several awards at festivals and passionately believes in story-telling through an ensemble led process. Lukas is interested in how heightened language and verse drama can transcend time and be relevant to this day.

Co-Producer & Company Advisor.

Hamilton is the Artistic Director of the New York based Drilling Company with which he has directed and/or produced the majority of Shakespeare’s plays, produced over 350 short plays and 21 projects celebrating playwrights of social conscience including the 2013’s NY Times Critic’s Pick, The Norwegians (world premiere). He has worked extensively in Film/TV and received the SAG/Ensemble Award for Orange is the New Black.

Company & Production Design Lead

Sofia is an actor, make-up artist, costume/make-up and production designer. An actor since childhood, she focuses primarily on camera work and is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Company’s conservatory program. As a designer, she has worked on productions with Bryant Park Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot) and the Flashbulb Project, as well as extensive work in make-up for camera. She is a member of the Jacobethan Study Group.

Company

Jane is a NYC-based actor and director with extensive stage and screen experience. Acting credits with The Drilling Company include: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Two Noble Kinsmen, A Winter’s Tale, Othello. Directing credits with TDC include: Twelfth Night, The Folio is Female: Great Women of Shakespeare. Other NYC/regional acting credits: Clubbed Thumb, La MaMa, JACK, The Kitchen, Playhouse on Park. Film/TV: Law & Order: Organized Crime, Bull, The Dreamer (winner: Best Comedy, LA Shorts), CRAM (winner: Audience Award, Austin Film Fest). Various national commercial campaigns. She is a co-founder of The Wet Mariners, a London-based Shakespeare theatre company. Jane is a member of the Jacobethan Study Group.
www.jane-bradley.com

Company

Mary Linehan is an actor and director based in NYC. Select NYC Acting: Post-Infest (coming 2023); 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), Goblins and Gates (OSPAC), Competence is Key (The Theater Project), Mine Flowers (Vaclav Havel Library Foundation), Buried Child (Insomniac Productions). She is a member of the Jacobethan Study Group.

Company

Marina is an actor and writer who recently made her off-Broadway debut with Paradise Lost and has worked a number of theaters including the Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Syracuse Stage (SALT Awards Best Actress nomination), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theater, Virginia Stage, Gulfshore Playhouse, and Trinity Rep to name a few. She has also worked and trained with the Guthrie, the SITI Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Columbia University, and Shakespeare and Company. She is a member of the Jacobethan Study Group.

Mariangela Pagan is a
Puerto Rican actress, writer and producer. Most known from her work on television shows like 9-1-1 (2019), Code Black (2018), and How I Met Your Mother (2014). Mariangela strives to bring di- verse stories to life. From writing to producing to acting in any medium she wants to bring joy to every story!