Scott D. Phillips – Scott’s previous
roles include Dick in Kevin Brofsky's Albee Damned and Arnie in Movie
Lover- Dancin’ Straight (Tosos II), Juan/Michael in Metroplitan
Playhouse's The East Village Chronicles, LaCroix in Danton's
Death (Prospect Theatre Co.), the Young Shepherd in The Winter's
Tale (Texas Shakespeare Festival), Baz in A Bright Room Called
Day (Freunde der Italienischen Oper, Berlin) and Jacob in Freedom
Train (Theatreworks/USA). He occasionally appears on ABC-TV's One
Life to Live. Scott holds an M.F.A. degree from the University
of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State
University, but he set them down as he needed to free up both hands to
perform in this show.
 Brian
Costello - Brian is very happy to be returning to the Phoenix,
having previously been seen in Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, Plays
In A Pub, and Under Milkwood. After spending ten years moving
about the country figuring out where he belonged, Brian finally settled
on New York City, just 50 miles from Patchogue, Long Island, where
he was born and raised. Some past roles include: Benedick in
Much Ado About Nothing, Hal in Henry IV, Touchstone in As You Like
It, Che in Evita, and Jinx in Forever Plaid. Brian has a bachelor's
degree in acting and directing from Binghamton University.
Matt Neely - Matt is very pleased to be working again
with the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble after having played several roles in
their production of Kafka’s The Trial. Other New
York credits include: The Furies (Tom), Stu and Ray (Ray), Spare
Change (Roger), Linked (Zak), Not In Front Of The Baby (Luke), Unreal
City (Bryan), Sex and Other Collisions (Ray), Marriage (Anuchkin), The
Heart of a Dog (Sharik), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), The
Curvature of The Earth (Moonman), Gladiators or Kamikazes (Raymond), Hunter
and the Irish Giant (Coxwell), Twelfth Night (Sebastian). In
addition to theater Matt has produced and acted in several movies including
the feature Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow (New York International
Film and Digital Video Festival) and the shorts Marcy and Shea (Woodstock
Film Festival), The Librarian Wants Chinese (BAM) and The
Grass That’s Never Green. Matt holds an MFA in Acting from
Carnegie Mellon and The Moscow Art Theater, as well as a BS in Theater
from Skidmore College. He also studied at the National Theater
Institute, the Saratoga International Theater Institute and the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
 Michael
Surabian (Director) – Michael received his BFA from
Hofstra University and his MFA from the Professional Theatre Training
Program at The University of Delaware. Since graduating, he has worked
regionally as an actor, writer and director at the Idaho Shakespeare
Festival, the Texas Shakespeare Festival and a number of off and off-off
Broadway theaters, including the Accidental Theatre, Soho Rep, the
Metropolitan Playhouse and the original Jean Cocteau Rep.
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