MECHANICIANS

Mechanicians are core company members of Applied Mechanics. We complete all day-to-day administrative work, as well as artistic roles with the company.

Rebecca Wright

Orbiter 3, InterAct Theatre Company, Quintessence Theatre Group, The Flea Theater, The Riot Group, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, Annie Wilson, Cynthia Hopkins, Michael Kiley, Azuka Theatre, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Company of Wolves, LaMaMa Umbria, First Person Arts, Lark Play Development Center, Columbia University, University of the Arts, University of Michigan, New England Literature Program, Independence Fellowship, Artists U, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award; Director, Creator, Teacher. www.rebeccaswright.com/

Maria Shaplin

The Riot Group, Swim Pony Performing Arts, InterAct Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, 1812, New Paradise Laboratories, The Berserker Residents, The Wilma Theatre, People’s Light, Theater Horizon, MPA, Signature Theater, Bristol Riverside Theater, UArts, Temple University, Hampshire College, 2015 Independence Fellowship, 2019 Pew Fellowship; Lighting, Scenography, Graphic, Web + Game Design.   www.mariashaplin.com

Thomas Choinacky

Environmental Performance Agency, The Foundry @ PlayPenn, Flux Factory, Simpatico Theatre Company, thINKingDANCE, InterAct Theatre Company, Terminal 136, SoLow Fest, Headlong Dance Theater, Orbiter 3, Meg Foley/ moving parts, Elsewhere, Kultuuritehas Polymer, Meghann Williams, First Person Arts Festival, Anthology Project, 1812 Productions Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Program, Capital Fringe, Arden Theatre Company; Visual artist, Dancer. thomaschoinacky.com/

Mary Tuomanen

American Philosophical Society, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Foundry, Orbiter 3, Aaron Cromie, InterAct, PlayPenn, O’Neill Theater Center, National Puppetry Conference, Arden Theater, People’s Light and Theater Co, Theatre Exile, The Riot Group, L’Ecole Lecoq, Joseph Fox Bookshop, Attic Youth LGBTQ Center; Director, Playwright and Napoleon Enthusiast.

Jessica Hurley

Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Anthology Project, InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Raiden!!!, Oxford Revue; L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Universities of Oxford, Sussex, Pennsylvania, Chicago; Theater Artist, Scholar, Teacher.

Brett Robinson 

Pig Iron Theatre Company, The Arden Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, The Flea Theatre, The New Ensemble, Theatre Horizon, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, Geva Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Anita Holland

Quintessence Theatre Group, Caps Lock Theatre Collective, Tale Told Productions, Unicycle Productions, Fresh Produc’d, Plays and Players, Jeni Breen Tango Academy, Stagewest Theatre, Body by Svec, Des Moines Playhouse, Comedy Cooperative, New York Fringe, Minneapolis Fringe, Gateway Dance Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Samba Fogo, University of Utah, Black Dog Productions, Cherry in the Spoon; Human. http://www.theanitaholland.com/

Isabella Sazak

Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training/ MFA in Devised Performance (2018), The Riot Group, The Flea Theater, Superhero Clubhouse, Tugboat Collective, The Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, Young Playwrights Festival, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, National Theater Institute, St Petersburg Theater Arts Academy, SITI Company, Movement Theater Studio, Shakespeare on the Lawn, University of Virginia; Performance Artist, Musician, Theatermaker, Teaching Artist.


Associated Artists


Applied Mechanics recognizes artistic kinship and community in the form of Associated Artists. Applied Mechanics Associated Artists have spent significant time collaborating with the company and actively share in our ethos.


Nic Labadie-Bartz

The Bearded Ladies, Orbiter 3, Ninth Planet, New Paradise Laboratories, Pig Iron Theatre Company, FringeArts, MJ Kaufman, Annie Wilson, Mary Tuomanen, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, The University of the Arts, Suli Holum, Trey Lyford, Martha Stuckey, Cursed Church; Stage Manager. 

Annie Wilson

Independent choreographer, Headlong Incubated Artist, Mascher Space Cooperative, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, Meg Foley/ moving parts, Mary Tuomanen, Headlong Dance Theater, Lucinda Childs, <fidget>, Almanac Dance Circus Theater, Carbon Dance Theatre, Marcel Williams Foster, Christina Gesualdi, Here[begin] dance, Thinking Dance, New Paradise Laboratories, Bryn Mawr College, JACK, Fringearts, Pew Fellowship, Independence Fellowship, Headlong Performance Institute, Artist U, Lucky 13, Simpson Mid-Town. www.theanniewilson.com

Adriano Shaplin

The Riot Group, Headlong Dance Theater, Annie Wilson, Quintessence Theatre Group, Berserker Residents, New Paradise Laboratories, Royal Shakespeare Company, Bennington College, Sarah Lawrence College, UC Berkeley, Swarthmore College, Oberon Books, Playscripts Inc, United Talent Agency; sound designer, performer, playwright.  www.theriotgroup.comwww.adrianoshaplin.com

Sam Tower

Ninth Planet, International Performing Arts for Youth, New Paradise Laboratories, Bryn Mawr College, FringeArts, Headlong, BRAT Productions, Arden Theatre Company, Shakespeare in Clark Park’s Park Plays, Plant Me Here, The Greenfield Collective, Martha Stuckey, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, Exquisite Corpse Company, Actors Movement Studio NYC, Independence Fellowship 2017, Headlong Performance Institute 2009, University of the Arts BFA 2010; director, creator, designer, producer. www.ninthplanet.org

Maura Krause

Orbiter 3, National New Play Network, InterAct Theatre Company, Applied Mechanics, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, EMP Collective, PlayPenn, The Renegade Company, Arcadia University, and Tiny Dynamite, PearlDamour, Cleveland Public Theatre, Lena Barnard; director, producer, creator.

Emily Schuman

Arden Theatre Professional Apprentice, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company, 1812 Productions, FringeArts Festival, Quince Productions, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, Chickabiddy, Revolution Shakespeare, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Denison University.www.chickabiddytheband.wix.com/chickabiddy

Kristen Bailey

Applied Mechanics (company member 2010-2014), Bearded Ladies Cabaret, The Riot Group, Wilma Theater, Arden Theater, University of Utah Actor’s Training Program, New Orleans Fringe,  Quintessence Theatre Group,  Elastic Theatre Company, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, Makoto Hirano, [ad hoc], New Works Theater Machine, Friche Theatre Urbain, stilts, songs, stories; Theater Maker.

Bayla Rubin

Applied Mechanics (company member 2012-2016), Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, The Bearded Ladies, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Mary Tuomanen, Theatre Horizon, Marcel Williams Foster, The Riot Group, Swim Pony Performing Arts, The Berserker Residents, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Leah Stein Dance Company; BFA from The University of the Arts.


Our Production Manager


Natalie Robin

University of the Arts, Target Margin Theater, Polybe + Seats, American Realness, Opera House Arts, Williams College, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Michelle Boulé, Meg Foley, Carlos Cruz Velazquez, the Wilma, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Quintessence, Live Design Magazine. BA: Columbia. MFA: NYU/Tisch. Member: USA 829.
www.natalierobinlighting.com


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