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<p>Taking on the role of Adramelech is Hilario Saavedra who studied at CalArts, where he received his master's degree in acting in 2004.  Under the guidance of Valère Novarina and of Andre Marcon (the French actor who originated the role), Saavedra first performed Adramelech's Monologue in Chicago as part of the Playing French Festival in 2004.  He then reprised it for the New York City's Act French Festival in 2005, and subseqently, at the University of Iowa.  Recently, he was invited to perform Adramelech's Monologue at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March where he reunited with Novarina.  Saavedra made his international debut in 2006 with Michel Vinaver's 11 September 2001, directed by Robert Canterella at the Centre national dramatique of Dijon, France; this production also played at the Theatre de la Colline in Paris.  Hilario Saavedra's recent credits include Peach Blossom Fan, and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng at the REDCAT. Saavedra will return to Paris as part of Robert Canteralla's new project, Storytellers, in 2009.</p> <p>Directing Adramelech’s Monologue. Is fifty-one state’s Artistic Director, Josh Moyse. Mr. Moyse is a Los Angeles based Director who has worked in Film, Theater, and Opera. Many of the projects directed by Mr. Moyse are works that he personally adapted or created for performance.  In highly competitive fields, his work has been selected by juries to be performed at the LAByrinth Theater Company, the New York International Fringe Festival, the American Living Room Series at HERE, and the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab.  Most recently Mr. Moyse’s original play The Circular Schoolhouse was presented at the Roy and Edna Disney/California Arts Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
</p> <p>Producer Danny Fresh is a professional theatre, performance, and special events producer and director.  His many credits in the Los Angeles area include work with Boston Court, Ford Amphitheatre, 24th Street Theater, REDCAT, Sacred Fools, and the Greenway Court Theatre. Danny Fresh serves as Producing Director for Ensemble Studio Theatre – LA. Los Angeles producing credits include the West Coast premiere of Jen Maisel's The Last Seder; premiere of Norman's Ark, directed by Peter Schneider at the Ford Amphitheatre; with the Center for New Theater: Peach Blossom Fan directed by Chen Shi-Zheng at the REDCAT and King Lear directed by Travis Preston at the Brewery (and the Frictions Festival in Dijon, France); the West Coast premiere of Sheila Callahagn's Kate Crackernuts, directed by Jessica Kubzansky. </p>