The Bald Soprano Bios

Rachel Botchan (Mrs. Smith) Select Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream/RAC,Sheen Center;The Matriarchs/Theatrelab; The Mulberry Tree/LaMama; King of the Jews/Here Arts; 40 productions with the Drama Desk and Obie Award winning Pearl Theatre Co. including A Taste of Honey, Uncle Vanya, And Away We Go by Terrence McNally (world premiere),Vieux Carré, Toys in the Attic, Twelfth Night and Richard III (Bayfield Award for Lady Anne); National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene -The Sorceress; New Yiddish Rep - God of Vengeance. Select Regional: Pendragon, San Francisco Playhouse, Two River, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Milwaukee Rep., Virginia Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Rachel is an award winning audio book narrator with over 100 titles for Recorded Books.

Anique Clements (Mrs. Martin): Julius Caesar, All’s Well That Ends Well, Henry IV (New York Classical Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Resident Acting Company); As You Like It (Smith Street Stage); The Savage Queen (National Black Theatre); Unheard Voices (American Slavery Project); Fefu and Her Friends (Stella Adler Studio of Acting). Regional: Skeleton Crew (Shadowland Stages); The Last Match, Babel, The Nether (Florida Studio Theatre); Cymbeline, The Scottish Play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry VI: The Rise of Richard (Great River Shakespeare Festival). Three year conservatory training at the Stella Adler School of Acting and BS in Human Services from University of Delaware. @aniqueclements

Dominic Cuskern (Mr. Smith) has appeared on Broadway in Inherit the Wind which starred George C. Scott. He played Labisse in the First National Tour of the musical Victor/Victoria. He has created four roles in plays by Terrence McNally: Ganesha in A Perfect Ganesh; Various roles in And Away We Go;  the Concertmaster in Prelude and Liebestod and Marlon in Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. He was a member of the Pearl Theatre Company where he played many roles: among his favorites were Shylock and Malvolio. He currently serves as President of Gallery Players in Park Slope which is about to embark on its 60th season!

Dan Daily  (The Fire Chief )   Original member of the Resident Acting Company. Over fifty productions for The Pearl Theater Company, including Richard III, Stupid Fucking Bird, Misalliance, Henry IV Pt. 1, The Master Builder, and The Gentleman Dancing Master.  Broadway: The Minutes (Steppenwolf-rci theatricals), The Tenth Man (Lincoln Center Theater ). Off broadway: The Cake (Manhattan Theater Club ) In The Matter of j. Robert Oppenheimer, The Dining Room (Keen Company - Drama Desk Award ), Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (The New Group), The Scarlet Letter (CSC), Days To Come ( The Mint ). Film/tv: Duplicity, Things Heard and Seen, the Kitchen, The Wolf of Wall Street, Blood and Wine, Law & Order (all of them) , Ed, House of Cards, City on a Hill. B.A. From the University of Notre Dame, MFA. From the Professional Actor Training Program , University of Washington, Robert l. Hobbs, Director.

Carine Montbertrand  (Mary, The Maid). RAC company member. Off-Broadway: Puck in RAC's MIDSUMMER last season, NY Classical (Associate Artist), Soho Rep, Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Acting Company. Regional: George Street, Bay Street, Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, The Alley (FOOL, world premiere by Theresa Rebeck), Rep & Shakespeare Theatres of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse ("Acclaim Award", OTHELLO-Emila), Independent Shakespeare Co., ATL, UDREP, Denver Center, Pioneer Theatre, Utah Shakespeare, and many more. Audiobooks: Recorded Books, Penguin Random House, Audible (AudioFile's "Earphones Award", American Library Assoc. "Notable Recording").  TV/FILM: NEUMAN, THE RED SHOE, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, AS THE WORLD TURNS www.carinemontbertrand.com

Andy Paterson (Mr Smith)— New York — BAM, La MaMa, Aquila Theatre, The Acting Company, New York Classical Theatre. Regional — American Repertory Theater (Harvard), Arizona Theater Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Center Stage (Baltimore and Portland), Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Indiana Repertory theatre, Intimate (Seattle), McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Rep, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, North Shore Music theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, PCPA Theaterfest, Pig Iron Theatre Company (Philadelphia and New York), Pioneer Theatre Company, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Seattle Children’s Theater, Shakespeare Theater of NJ, Theater of the Stars, Theatre Under the Stars, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theater. Proud member Actor’s Equity Association.

Bradford Cover (Director) Acting: Broadway: A Thousand Clowns. Off Broadway: A Taste of Honey, The Ding Dong, Uncle Vanya, You Never Can Tell, Henry IV Part I, The Philanderer, The Bald Soprano, Rosmersholm, Hard Times, Tartuffe, Arms and the Man, Richard II (among many others) (The Pearl Theatre Company)  The Cartells (Drama Dept.) Love Goes to Press (The Mint). Return of the Prodigal, (The Mint). A number of readings with Project Shaw. Waxing West (The Lark) A number of readings with The Actor’s Company Theatre. The Tutor (NY Fringe Festival)  Regional:  Human Race, Two River Theatre, Playmakers Rep,  Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Cleveland Playhouse, Vermont Stage Co, McCarter Theatre,  Philadelphia Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival,  New London Barn, Berkshire Theatre Festival, St. Michael's Playhouse, Texas Shakespeare Festival.  Television: The Plot Against America, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Person Of Interest, The Good Wife, Law and Order, All My Children. Film: La French.  Directing New York: The Country Wife -Odyssey Productions, Eight Reindeer Monologues - StageDoor Acting Ensemble, Scratched Fenders -- Mark Murray Gallery, House of Bernarda Alba and Summer - American Academy of Dramatic Art,  and a number of staged readings with The Pearl theatre Company and The Resident Acting Company.   Bradford is the Artistic Director of The Resident Acting Company.  He also directs the Eighth Grade Shakespeare Play at St. Bernard’s School in Manhattan.

Arielle Legere (Stage Manager, she/they) is a stage manager, actor, teaching artist, and technical theatre professional based in the New York City area. Arielle is a multidisciplinary artist and a member of Actor’s Equity Association. They are also frequently involved in the NYC circus scene, notably at House of Yes in Bushwick. Recent credits include Objects of Decadence (En Garde Arts), The Misfortunes of a Spy and Her Mystic, Shamaniac (Spirit Freak Theatre), My Fair Lady, In The Heights, 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (Connecticut Stage Company), Dating Comprehension (Dramatists Guild Foundation), In Search of Elaina (Drift In, Act Out); Sustainable Fashion is a Drag, Sustainable Fashion is a Cabaret (zero waste daniel for NYFW); Tiny Beautiful Things, The Christmas Show Must Go On, Rabbit Summer, The Christmas Tree Farm, Funny Like An Abortion (world premiere), Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, The Burdens, 5 Times in One Night and others (Mile Square Theatre); The 24 Hour Plays: Hoboken (24 Hour Plays Co); box. bag— & blood (Edinburgh Fringe); The Devouring (Paradise Club at The Times Square EDITION). Love always to Dan and Lola!

Kaelin Elizabeth Fuld (Assistant Stage Manager) is a native New Yorker and has been working as a stage and production manager for the past seven years. Credits range from educational programs such as the Waterwell Drama Program and Applause Theatrical Workshops to off Broadway productions and workshops of original works. Recent credits: Hungry Women at Soho Playhouse, The Matriarchs at TheaterLab; Officer Scott at Brooklyn Art Haus. She is so thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with these powerful creative voices. This one and all the rest are for Dad. Get in touch at kaelinelizabethfuld.com 

HARRY FEINER - Set and Lighting Designer

Scenery, lighting and projections for theatre, opera and dance. Off-Broadway,  regional productions, including The Mint, Cherry Lane, Peccadillo, Directors Company, Pearl Theatre, Two River, Missouri Rep, Virginia Stage, Premier Stages, A Red Orchid, FPA, Premier Stages, Working Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Peoples’ Light & Theatre Company, Olney, Studio Arena, Pittsburgh Public, McCarter, Capital Rep, Delaware Theatre Company, , GEVA, George Street Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Theatre Virginia, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Pennsylvania Stage, New Jersey Rep,  & Actors’ Studio.  Designs for Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Colorado, Alabama, and North Carolina Shakespeare. Dance: Rioult Dance, Viewsonic Dance & North Carolina Dance Theatre. Opera: Central City Opera, Boston Lyric, Maryland Lyric, Lake George, Florida State Opera, Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, Syracuse, Chatauqua, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Manhattan School of Music.

Jason Imber - General Manager

Jason holds a BA in Theatre from Washington College in Chestertown, MD. He has worked in both film and theatre, with credits including Theater Row Studios, Love Creek Theater, the John Drew Theater, and the Irish Repertory Theatre. In addition to his work with the Resident Acting Company, Jason serves as stage manager for the annual Shakespeare production at St. Bernard’s School in New York City.

PJ Ju - Sound designer/Composer

PJ (they/them) is a music director, songwriter, sound designer, and PatchMaster music technologist. BroadwayWorld runner-up and AUDELCO nominee for Sound Design/Composition, Nashville songwriter (>8MM streams, JoJo Siwa’s supergroup XOMG POP! and Landon Austin on Spotify Editorial Playlists, Apple Music Country, SiriusXM Top of the Country). Composer/Co-Bookwriter: “Bitch, I Cloned You!” (Theatre Now New York’s Sound Bites 13), the unofficial “Gattaca” adaptation (BMI MT Workshop). BROADWAY: 860 w/Billy Crystal, Chess, Wicked, Real Women Have Curves. OFF-BROADWAY: Broad Strokes w/Cat Cohen, Bigfoot, Music City, Henry IV (TFANA), Big Gay Jamboree, DRAG.  REGIONAL/NYC MD: Lost City Radio (d. Leigh Silverman/Rhinebeck RRR) Rimbaud (d. Zi Alikhan/K-Musical Roadshow), Wakeman (d. Sarna Lapine/NAMT), Dino! (d. Jonathan Hetler/Milwaukee Rep), 54 Below, Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall. Nashville: The Cutting Room, The Bitter End, The Bluebird Cafe, The Listening Room, Belcourt Taps, The Local. Solo pianist w/Taipei National Symphony Orchestra. Inaugural winner, MUSE/Maestra MD Experience with WICKED. NAMT Songwriting Challenge Selection Committee Member 2026. BMI Lehman Engel Composer/Lyricist 2026. Proud Juilliard Pre-College alum (‘90 Piano, Composition, Assistant Conductor to the Chamber Chorus).

Jeremy Pitzer Costume Designer

Jeremy Pitzer (he/him) is a costume designer, writer, drag queen, and director originally from San Francisco California. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BFA in Costume Design and a minor in Religious Studies in 2025. Since moving to NYC Jeremy’s work has been featured at La Mama, Mabou Mines, Stella Adler, East Village Basement, TADA youth theater, and the Hunt’s Point Children’s Shakespeare Ensemble.  @jeremypitzer