RESUME

NEW YORK THEATRE (REPRESENTATIVE)

Ridiculous Theatrical Company/Everett Quinton

God

Big Hotel

Ridiculous Theatrical Company/Everett Quinton

Valere

Tartuffe

Ridiculous Theatrical Company/Everett Quinton

Prince Petrovich

Ridiculous Theatrical Company/Everett Quinton

Twoton

Peter Quince

Vera; or, The Nihilists

Der Ring Gott Farblonjet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Gorilla Rep/Christopher Sanderson

La MaMa/Ellen Stewart Theatre/Theatre Askew/Elyse Singer

Alexander Menken; Algernon Swinburne; ensemble

Horseplay; or, The Fickle Mistress: A Protean Picaresque 

Secret Theatre/Will Lewis 

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

Theatre Askew/ Jason Jacobs

One*

i google myself

Theatre Askew

Caligula**

I, Claudius Live

Actor’s Shakespeare Company/Colette Rice

Aramis

Three Musketeers

Benvolio

Tim Jackson-Smith† 

Romeo and Juliet

Bald Diva!

Actor’s Shakespeare Company/Colette Rice

Theatre Askew/Jason Jacobs

Columbia University/Theatre Askew/ Jason Jacobs

Ariel

The Tempest

*NYTheatre.com Person of the Year

**Next magazine Future Legend

†TheaterMania Notable Performance of the Year

FILM

Christopher Sanderson, director

Rivers

Richard III

Wendy Jo Cohen, director; Atlanta Film Festival; Quad Cinema

Roger McEntyre

The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek

Terracino, director; Sundance Film Festival; New Directors New Films at MOMA; Boys in Love video compilation

Timith (lead)

My Polish Waiter

Training

New York University/Tisch School of the Arts (Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute: BFA in Acting)

Hunter College/City University of New York: MA Theatre

Acting: Hope Arthur, Geoffrey Horne, David Gideon, Irma Sandrey, Mira Felner

Dance: Simonson: Katiti King; Ballet: Tricia Kaye, Kenny Larson, Irini Res; Horton: Barbara Frasier; Jazz: Max Stone; Contemporary: Doug Elkins, Ezra Caldwell, Guido Tuveri, Nia Love

Movement Theatre: Kevin Kuhlke & Ann Bogart (Viewpoints), Jane Comfort, Kari Margolis, Alexandra Beller

Voice: Phil Campanella, Nova Thomas, Martha Arnold, Nomi Tichman

In rehearsal for "Agamemnon's Daughters" at New Bulgarian University in Sofia. Director: Kalina Terziyska.

In rehearsal for "Agamemnon's Daughters" at New Bulgarian University in Sofia. Director: Kalina Terziyska.

With Jerry Marsini in Theatre Askew's "Bald Diva!," David Koteles's hilarious adaptation of Ionesco's "Bald Soprano." Jerry and I were the Mr. and Mrs. Smith characters. Director: Jason Jacobs

With Jerry Marsini in Theatre Askew's "Bald Diva!," David Koteles's hilarious adaptation of Ionesco's "Bald Soprano." Jerry and I were the Mr. and Mrs. Smith characters. Director: Jason Jacobs

With Bianca Leigh in "I, Claudius Live," Theatre Askew's six-part serial adaptation of the classic 1970s BBC television program. I played her great-grandson, Caligula

With Bianca Leigh in "I, Claudius Live," Theatre Askew's six-part serial adaptation of the classic 1970s BBC television program. I played her great-grandson, Caligula

In a rare Kari Margolis Method workshop at Hunter College. I first trained with Kari in Minneapolis in 2001.

In a rare Kari Margolis Method workshop at Hunter College. I first trained with Kari in Minneapolis in 2001.

Taking part in a workshop staged reading of a new play at Hunter College.

Taking part in a workshop staged reading of a new play at Hunter College.

In a puppet adaptation of O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" at Hunter College. Director: Claudia Orenstein

In a puppet adaptation of O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" at Hunter College. Director: Claudia Orenstein

Appearing as Prince Petrovich in an online production of Wilde's "Vera; or, The Nihilists" with the rest of the Russian court: Mark Erson, Nancy Lindeberg, Maude Burke, Géraldine Dulex, and Cheryl Reeves-Hayes. Director: Everett Quinton.

Appearing as Prince Petrovich in an online production of Wilde's "Vera; or, The Nihilists" with the rest of the Russian court: Mark Erson, Nancy Lindeberg, Maude Burke, Géraldine Dulex, and Cheryl Reeves-Hayes. Director: Everett Quinton.

One of three Ariels in Jason Jacobs's thesis production of "The Tempest" for Columbia University.

One of three Ariels in Jason Jacobs's thesis production of "The Tempest" for Columbia University.

Molly Pope as Adah Isaacs Menken sits on her first husband. Theatre Askew's production of "Horseplay", Trav S.D.'s epic biography of the 19th-century actress and celebrity, opened at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre in February 2015.

Molly Pope as Adah Isaacs Menken sits on her first husband. Theatre Askew's production of "Horseplay", Trav S.D.'s epic biography of the 19th-century actress and celebrity, opened at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre in February 2015.

The kooky company of a staged reading of Tom Murrin's wild late 60s play "Son of Cock Strung" performed at The Club at La MaMa. Director: Ralph Lewis for Peculiar Works Project

The kooky company of a staged reading of Tom Murrin's wild late 60s play "Son of Cock Strung" performed at The Club at La MaMa. Director: Ralph Lewis for Peculiar Works Project

Fickle Mistress

In July 2012, Theatre Askew had the opportunity of presenting a workshop version of what would eventually be called Horseplay, or the Fickle Mistress: A Protean Picaresque as part of the Dixon Place HOT Festival, the longest-running celebration of queer performance anywhere. At the time the working title of Trav S.D’s play was The Fickle Mistress, an old soubriquet for fame. The play told the story of the fascinating saga of the mid-19th-century actress, equestrienne, poet, and model, Adah Isaacs Menken, who at the peak of her career was one of the most famous people on the planet. Now for all intents and purposes she’s completely forgotten. Originally from New Orleans and likely of mixed-race ancestry, Menken’s first stop on her road to cultural dominance was Cincinnati, Ohio, with her first husband, Alex Menken. In this scene the young newlyweds bicker over Adah’s growing stage career and Aex’s fondness for her liquor. 

Molly Pope plays Adah Isaac Menken.