BOO-Arts was founded by Producer/Director Kathleen O'Neill in 2007, when she and Crystina Wyler collaborated on the critically acclaimed production of The House of Bernarda Alba at Manhattan Theatre Source in Greenwich Village, NY. BOO Productions (the theatre "arm" of BOO-Arts), is a Resident Theatre Company of Manhattan Theatre Source, where O'Neill has directed plays in the well-known EstroGenius Women's Festival for past 6 years. Nancy Sirianni is on The Operational Committee of the Advisory Board of Manhattan Theatre Source, and Source Founder Ed McNamee is a trusted Advisory Board Member of BOO. Dana Monagan assists with every aspect of administration and production planning & design.
Kathleen O'Neill
Welcome to BOO-ARTS.I am KATHLEEN O’NEILL, founder and Director of BOO-ARTS, a company I began after twenty years in the “Business”.Twenty years of receiving so much and now I want to give back.As a director, actor, teacher/coach and producer (as of 2007), I have worked in New York, Boston, Miami and at the University of Wyoming.Directing credits range from Pinero’s Short Eyes and William Wells' Gertrude Stein and A Companion, to Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward.The successful and critically acclaimed production of The House of Bernarda Alba launched BOO-Arts. Most recent NYC acting credits include originating the role of Su in A Collapse (Manhattan Theatre Source/NYC Fringe Festival), Lyubov in Cherry Orchard and Clytemnestra inThe Greeks; other favorites include Olympia in The Conduct of Life and Jessica Lyons in The Cat’s Paw.BOO-ARTS is a resident company at Manhattan Theatre Source in Greenwich Village, NYC, where I have been working for the past 8 years as a Director, Actor and volunteer.It is a very impressive group of people and we look forward to bringing you many hours of thought provoking entertainment through productions of the highest caliber.
Kathleen O'Neill in a Jon Guttman Film - Miles Apart
Miles Apart - Trailer
Miles Apart - Film
Crystina Wyler
Raised across three continents and fluent in three languages, CRYSTINA WYLER brings a polished and multicultural flair to every project. Ms. Wyler first achieved international attention with the flamboyant role of “Rosita” in Univision’s smash hit Corte Tropical. Her work in the U.S. includes starring, guest-starring and supporting roles in McBride (Hallmark), Gilmore Girls(CW), True Lies (20th Century Fox) Los Teens (Telemundo), Safe Harbor(CW)and Lifetime’s Shame II, among others, while her European credits include a guest-starring role in TV France3’s Madame Le Consul and a leading role in Camino No Tomado, an Indie film featured at the Torino Film Festival. Her voice, whether in English, Spanish or French, can be heard throughout the world with commercial and industrial clients such as: Walt Disney Resorts, McDonald’s, American Express, Maybelline, Exxon-Mobil, Microsoft and AT&T. Ms. Wyler still continues to work in the theater, her first love. Her portfolio includes leading roles in A Doll's House, Miss Julie, Death and the Maiden, Summit Conference, Dangerous Liaisons and Gertrude Stein and a Companion, which won her a Carbonell Award for Best Actress. This past June she co-Produced The House of Bernarda Alba which had great reviews and a successful 4 week run at The Manhattan Theater Source in New York City.Ms. Wyler loves to share her “Passion” for the Art of Acting and teaches classes whenever possible. Ms. Wyler is also President of HAWKLI Productions Inc. and HAWKLIFilms, an entertainment company dedicated to developing projects of cultural and social significance. Today, HAWKLI is in the midst of developing a human rights documentary film slated for release in 2008. www.crystinawyler.com
Nancy Sirianni
NANCY SIRIANNI is an actor,producer, singer and songwriter from Long Island, New York. Nancy has produced hundreds of live stage productions in theatre, comedy and music, live video tapings as well as released product on CD and video. Most recenlty Nancy's company, Spinning Plates Productions, produced four pilot episodes of a new game show starring Jackie Martling called Play With Jackie.
Acting credits include countless stage productions Off-Off Broadway, nine independent films, a guest-starring role on the weekly series High Tide starring Rick Springfield, and featured roles on America's Most Wanted and on NBC Television’s Law & Order Criminal Intent.
Her long-time group, recording artists the scoldees released two critically acclaimed CDs of original music that received nationwide airplay, and their music has been licensed to both television and film, including the just released National Lampoon'sOne, Two Many, and the upcoming Craig Saavedra (Rhapsody In Bloom) feature film Sherman's Way. Now performing solo, Nancy opened the show this past August for American Idol Taylor Hicks at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. www.nancysirianni.com
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Ed McNamee
ED McNAMEE is one of the Founding Directors of critically acclaimed Off-Off Broadway playhouse Manhattan Theatre Source, Ed helped to sculpt the space, the message, the model and the culture that is now know as "The Source".
As a playwright and lyricist Ed is most proud of his musical, La Gioconda, about Leonardo Da Vinci's relationship with Mona Lisa, which played at Theatre Row last June. He has also completed a new kind of "musical novel" called Peregrin the Aeronaut, written entirely in rhymed verse with songs – currently in development as an audio book. As a marketing professional, Ed has developed marketing strategies for scores of theatre productions at every level from Off-Off Broadway to Broadway, including creative promotions for Bring in da Noise, Grease, and Chicago. Before focusing on theatre he honed his skills in the corporate and academic worlds creating marketing programs for Advanta Corp., College Savings Bank, and the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science.
Ed is the Resident Set Designer at The Source as well, and for the last 3 seasons Ed has become known for his ambitious approach to such productions as Arcadia, The Cherry Orchard, La Gioconda, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, The Collapse, The House of Bernarda Alba and Dennis LeHane’s World Premiere Coronado. www.lagioconda.com - www.theskylands.com
Dana Monagan
DANA MONAGAN is a actor/director and producer.
Her producer credits include last year's Midtown International Theater Festival favorite Penang, Sketch Comedy Group Controlled Chaos, and this years Ingeniousfestival at Manhattan Theatre Source and Mrs. Warren's Profession.
She is the producer of BOO-Arts Multicultural Reading Series whose works so far have included Alice Childresse's The Wedding Band and David Hare'sFanshen and new works by David Stallings and Vickie Ramirez.
She has also assisted directed on Manhattan Theatre Source's House of Bernarda Alba in 2007, and 12 Angry Women in 2008.
