Terry Berliner (Director)

Terry Berliner received the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle Award in 2008 for her production of Bingo (by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid & David Holcenberg) and a Roe Green Artist Grant from the University of Colorado at Boulder for her direction of the new musical Beneath the Surface (by Caroline Murphy & Brett Macias). Broadway credits include The Lion King, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes. Off Broadway: Time and Again, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Captains Courageous, Violet and Merrily We Roll Along. Other NY: By Proxy and One Thing I Like To Say Is (both by Amy Fox), Room 407 (by Jeffrey James Keyes), Emma (by Joel Adlen at NYMF 2007), The Mercy Seat, TheatreWorks Gala, Spine (by Bill C. Davis) 7 seasons of the Drama Desk Awards Show and Allegro (City Center Encores). Her direction and choreography have been seen in regional theatres across the country including the Gateway Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Arena Stage and many others. Ms. Berliner has written two series of articles for American Theatre magazine--“A Game of Love and Chance” and "Songs for the Way We Live Now." She has also written for the Drama Desk Awards Show, Theatre Bay Area magazine, Theatre History Studies and many corporate clients including the PGA and MasterCard. terryberliner.com.

Jolie Curtsinger (Libby)

A Los Angeles native, Jolie studied theatre at Florida State University and Broadcast Journalism at Barry University In Miami. Film credits include Conversation Piece and The Dry Spell (Slamdance Grand Jury Prize Winner). Her L.A. Stage credits include the West Coast premiere of Adam Boch’s Swimming in the Shallows, Joe Orton’s Loot, the World Premiere of Cheyenne, and the US Premiere of Emma Frosts’s Airsick. Jolie was a founding member of Anthony Meindl’s MetaTheatre and Rogue Theatre Companies in Los Angeles. Since moving to New York, she has joined the Cockeyed Optimists Theatre Company and was seen last fall in John Cariani’s Almost, Maine. and Amy Fox's One Thing I Like To Say Is (both at Access Theater). She was last seen in InProximity's inaugural production of Craig Wright's Orange Flower Water at Theatre 54. Jolie is endlessly grateful to her husband Gabe, partner Laurie, and everyone who has shown support and encouragement on this journey.

Laurie Schaefer (Cynthia)

Laurie Schaefer has loved the theatre for as long as she can remember. Hailing from Missouri, she graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in Theatre Education and Theatre Performance. After graduation, she worked at various regional theatres throughout the United States. Upon moving to Los Angeles, she worked in several television, film and stage productions, including the World Premiere of Cheyenne, as well as the US premiere of Airsick by Emma Frost. She is a member of MetaTheatre Company and an original member of Rogue Theatre Company in Los Angeles. She was last seen as Beth in InProximity's production of “Orange Flower Water”. Still charmed by the theatre world, she is thrilled to continue growing here in New York as a founding member and co-Artistic Director of InProximity Theatre Company.

Josh Clayton (Taylor)

Josh Clayton is proud to join InPoximity Theatre for The Maiden's Prayer. Regional credits include the world premiere of Plainsong (Denver Center), Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (Theatreworks, CO). New York credits include Marko, the Prince (Immigrant's Theatre Project), Night (Fringe Festival '07). Film/TV credits include Law and Order: SVU, Ghost Town, Letter to You. He recently graduated from Rutgers - Mason Gross School of the Arts with an MFA in Acting, where his favorite roles were Jeff in Lobby Hero and Silvius in As You Like It. He is a proud member of the Actor's Equity Association. www.joshaveryclayton.com

Ari Rossen (Andrew)

Ari is thrilled to be working with this talented group of artists. Theatrical credits include Off-Broadway: Frank in Katie and Frank (Playwrights Horizons), A.W.O.L. (59E59), Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (The Lion/Theater Row), various readings/workshops; Nat'l Tours/Regional: L.M. in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Mason St. Warehouse), The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz and Burt Reynolds in Stand By Your Man (Mtn. Playhouse). TV/Film credits include: From Date to Mate (Self Conscious Entertainment), My Mother's Fairytales (Simmia Films), webisodes for CollegeHumor and commercials & voiceovers. Ari is a proud graduate of Northwestern University. Heartfelt thanks to Terry, Matthew, Jolie and Laurie for giving me this opportunity. And deepest gratitude to family and friends for their love and suppo

Matthew Maisto (Casting Director)

Theatre credits include: Casting Associate on 13 (Broadway), Love Never Dies (upcoming Broadway), Flamingo Court (Off Broadway), College: The Musical (NYMF '08) and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular ('08). Film includes: Morning Glory (Bad Robot/Paramount), Follow Me, Double Fault. TV:Boardwalk Empire (HBO/dir. Martin Scorsese), BACK (CBS). Graduate of Marymount Manhattan College.

James J. Fenton (Scenic Designer)

James is thrilled to be a founding member of InProximity Theater and their Resident Scenic Designer. Over the past 10 years he has been a professional designer and artist in New York, San Francisco, Ashland (OR), Florence (Italy), Spain, Edinburgh (Scotland), Croatia, and Bosnia. Recent Scenic Designs include: Urinetown by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman for the Professional Performing Arts School of New York, 7 Stories by Morris Panych for the Strain Theater Co., Top of the Rock: Halloween Installation at Rockefeller Center, Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Clouds by Peter Parnell for the A.C.T. –M.F.A. Program in San Francisco, Spunk by George C. Wolfe and Hit It! By Andre C. Andre and Jared Chocolate for the Lorraine Hansberry Theater, Bright Ideas by Eric Coble for the Shotgun Players in Berkeley, Juan Gelion Dances for the Sun (World Premier) by Dominic Orlando for Crowded Fire Theatre Company, and One, the Musical by Wade McCullom for Insight Out Theater Collective. He has also designed for TiVo, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Woodloch Pines Luxury Resorts, and has been the Associate Scenic Designer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Guthrie, and The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. James currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY from his professional studio, B-Side Designs.

Cory Pattak (Lighting Designer)

Broadway: Associate LD for The Story of My Life, Irena’s Vow, NYC: Dreyfus in Rehearsal (Beckett Theatre), The Blue Flower (Prospect Theatre), Mercy Thieves, Ride (Outhouse Theatre), Do Not Disturb (59E59), Castronauts, The Bubble, A Puppet Music Thing (NYMF) Regional: Rent (Engeman Theatre) Woodloch Pines Resort, Les Miserables, Take Two (Northern Stage) Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof (Pittsburgh Musical Theatre), Fully Committed (Syracuse Stage), Rounding Third, Our Lady of 121st Street (The Redhouse), and many concert/cabaret designs at Ars Nova. ALD: Chicago (US Tour), 42nd Street (TOTS Tour), Shamu’s Xmas Miracle (Seaworld), Gem of the Ocean, I Am My On Wife (Pittsburgh Public), Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights Horizons), The Internationalist (Vineyard), Altar Boyz, Love Song (Adirondack Theatre Fest) BC/EFA Easter Bonnet. Upcoming: ..Spelling Bee (Northern Stage), This Side of Paradise (Off-Bway) BFA: Syracuse University. www.corypattak.com.

Amy Altadonna (Sound Designer)

Amy is happy to be doing her second production with InProximity. Her designs and original music have been heard Off- and Off-Off Broadway, and in regional theatre. Recent credits include Orange Flower Water (her first InProximity production!), Foxfire, Private Lives, and The Secret Garden (Utah Shakespearean Festival), Twelfth Night (Pearl Theatre), Medea and Eurydice (Columbia University), Macbeth (Stonington Opera House), Uncle Vanya (Bard Summerscape), The Unmentionables (dir. Anna Shapiro, Yale Repertory Theatre), Marat/Sade (recomposed for rock band) and The Seagull (Yale School of Drama), On the Verge and The Winter's Tale (Warehouse Theatre). Amy's design for Mill Fire (Retro Productions) was nominated for an NYIT Outstanding Sound Design Award. She is an instructor of sound design at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. Education: B.A. in Music, William and Mary; M.F.A. in Sound Design, Yale School of Drama. www.amyaltadonnasounddesign.com

Tescia Seufferlein (Costume Designer)

Since 2001 Tescia has been designing costumes for dance, theatre and film in San Francisco, Berkeley and New York. Before moving to New York City, Tescia studied theatre and design at the University of California, Berkeley. Since being in New York, Tescia has designed La Ronde at the Lee Strasberg School and The Time of Mendel’s Troubles at Theatre Row, Urinetown, Lobby Hero and Moonlight Room for The Professional Performing Arts School, and InProximity’s previous production of Orange Flower Water. She has assisted on such Broadway shows as Bye Bye Birdie, Dreamgirls, The New Grease on Broadway, Gypsy, Is He Dead?, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Mark Morris Dance Group. Tescia is very excited to be working on InProximity’s new production, The Maiden’s Prayer.

Jenna Gottlieb (Stage Manager)

Broadway: The Apple Tree (ASM) Sly Fox (Sub SM/PA) Off Broadway: Safe (PSM), Chase Brock Experience (SM), Golf the Musical(Sub SM) Television/Film: Museum of the Moving Image Salutes (ASM 2002-2008), New Years Eve with Carson Daly (Assistant Production Coordinator), Audie and the Wolf (Production Coordinator). Theatre pieces directed by Terry Berliner; One Thing I Like to Say Is (PSM, Cockeyed Optimists), By Proxy (PSM, CAP 21). Holds a BA in Theatre: Producing and Management from Marymount Manhattan College.

Jasmin Sanchez (Assistant Stage Manager)

Jasmin is so excited to be working with Inproximity again! Stage Management credits include: Orange Flower Water (InProximity) Ubu Roi and Machinal (Tribeca Performing Arts Center)

Leslie Kelley (Assistant Costume Manager)

A native Californian, Leslie moved to New York four years ago to pursue her love of costume and the arts. Having recently graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with a concentration of Art History and Costume History with an emphasis on World War II, Leslie is looking forward to beginning a career in the theater industry. The Maiden’s Prayer is her first production.