Phoenix Festival Playbill 2025 (1) - Flipbook - Page 42
JASMIN GONZALEZ (Moth)
Jasmin Gonzalez is a Talent Unlimited Highschool Alumni who once performed with
Theater for the New City in 2008 and interned for The Drilling Company in summer of 2009
as a stage crew intern. Whether on stage or behind the scenes Jasmin enjoys creating as well
as being among the creators. After taking an approximately 17 year hiatus she is thrilled to
dabble back into the arts with her favorite mentor Hamilton Clancy.
PATRICK HART (Lysander)
Patrick Hart is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and an award nominated
actor and singer. He is thrilled to be returning to Shakespeare in the Parking Lot this summer.
Previous credits with The Drilling Company include Florizel in The Winter’s Tale, Orsino in Twelfth
Night, and Aiden in Herself. Other credits include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Joe in
Golden Boy, and Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along. Enjoy the show!
BASIL LVOFF (Snug)
Basil Lvoff grew up in Moscow and moved to New York in his early twenties. For over a decade,
he has taught courses in great works of literature, Russian history, Russian and English composition and translation, and some other ones, holding both a U.S. Ph.D. and its Russian equivalent—
each focused on literary criticism. Throughout, he has combined scholarship with the arts: his
creative writing has appeared in acclaimed literary journals, and he has written 昀椀lm scripts and
worked as a voiceover actor. In 2024, he debuted in a leading role in Theatre Will Not Prepare
You for Death, staged at La MaMa. The play was produced by Hamilton Clancy, directing MSND.
DAVID MARANTZ (Theseus/Oberon)
For The Drilling Company, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot (since 2002): Merry Wives
(Falstaff), Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio) Twelfth Night (twice
- Toby Belch and Malvolio), Midsummer (Bottom) and more. In Bryant Park: Othello (Iago),
Merry Wives (Falstaff), Midsummer(Bottom) and director for Romeo and Juliet . Also for
TDC, actor and director of many original short and a few full-length plays in their former
uptown home at 78th St. Theater Lab. Off Broadway: A Class Act at New World Stages,
Chasing Jack in the Fordham Moot Court, The Mint Theater, Theaterworks USA. Regional:
Human Race Theater, OH; Princeton Rep, NJ; Fair昀椀eld Theater Co, CT. TV/Film: L&O, Soaps,
Nova Science Now, indie 昀椀lms. Webseries: “Off-Off,” “The Conspiracy Theorists.” Audiobooks: 165+ titles. AEA, SAGAFTRA. www.davidmarantz.com
CHRIS MARTEL (Flute)
Chris Martel is an actor and musician based out of the Hudson Valley, thrilled to be
making his Parking Lot debut. Recent stage credits include Chebutykin in The Three
Sisters (Columbia University), Banquo in Macbeth (Double Feature Productions,
Brooklyn), and Theodore Adorno in Soiree at Walter Benjamin’s (New York Theater
Festival). He holds a degree in drama from Vassar College, and studied acting at the Atlantic
Acting School in New York City. An old-time musician, he plays acoustic guitar and banjo, and
