The Seeing Place (from the Greek "Theatron") is a base for disciplined artists to develop theater we all want to believe in. We are working to create a pure ensemble, committed to forceful storytelling that discovers and expresses real behavior in this day and age.

COMPANY

Erin Cronican (Artistic Associate/Webmaster): Erin is best known for originating the role of Cindy in the national tour revival of Suds, The Rockin' 60s Musical Soap Opera. Regional favorites include: The Last Five Years, Angels in America, Wit,  Avow, My Fair Lady, Camelot, The Wizard of Oz, Evita, and South Pacific. She has also appeared on the television shows Veronica Mars, Guiding Light, and  One Life to Live, and can be seen in several feature films including Paul Giamatti’s new film, Cold Souls. Erin is an award winning director and producer, helming shows in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. She is the founder of The Actors’ Enterprise — a career coaching service for actors. Erin was trained at Pepperdine University, and is currently studying with Alan Gordon (acting technique) and Craig Carnelia (musical interpretation.) Proud member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA. Learn more at www.erincronican.com.

Reesa Graham (Literary Manager): BA in Theater & Psychology from the University of Houston, and attended the Master of Letters program at Mary Baldwin College. For The Seeing Place, she is the Head of Play Development and Coordinator of the Playcasting Workshop Series and served as the Dramaturg for the World Premiere of When We Have Gone Astray. As a director, some of her favorite productions include William Mastrosimone’s The Woolgatherer, David Mamet’s Oleanna, Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, and Edna O’Brien’s Triptych. She has also directed All’s Well That Ends Well and Cymbeline with BareShakespeare, where she is a Founding Artist and Resident Director. She is the former Artistic Director of Get the Gun Productions for three years. She taught theater for three years with the Main Street Theater and continues to teach for The Princeton Review. She has studied with Jose Quintero and Marshall Mason, and worked closely with Lanford Wilson at the Albee New Playwrights Festival.

Liliane Klein (Artistic Associate): Graduated from Boston University's College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre Arts in 2002 with her BFA in Acting, cum laude. Career highlights include the national tours of Titanic, the Musical and Scrooge the Musical; Elliot Norton and IRENE award nominations for her portrayal of Helen in the New England premiere of Neil LaBute's, Fat Pig; multiple productions off-Broadway and regionally with Musicals Tonight!, La Mama E.T.C., Imua! Theatre Company, Foothills Theatre Company, Ivoryton Playhouse, and Connecticut Free Shakespeare; Terry the Turtle in the nationally syndicated PBS television show Kid Fitness; and the vocal tracks for Mama Rose on the Stage-Stars Karaoke CD of Gypsy. She is a proud member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA, and The Players, as well as a company member of Connecticut Free Shakespeare, New Jersey Repertory Company, and Imua! Theatre Company. Learn more at www.angelfire.com/folk/lilianeklein.

Joseph Mancuso (Technical Director): Actor in NYC since the year 2000. A graduate from the University of Hartford, he has worked on Romeo and Juliet, Loose Ends, Orpheus Descending, Our Country's Good, and Don't Dress for Dinner. He's appeared in television shows The 4400 and Flight of the Concords. Joseph can be seen in Terranova in the Fringe Encore in late September, and early next year in his first lead role in a feature film, Nice Things that Look Good.

Raab Rashi (Artistic Associate): Mastermind and engineer for the Playcasting Workshop Series with The Seeing Place. He has worked as arts-in-education and theatrical producer and director for over 10 years. As Associate Producer for the Foundry Theatre, Raab produced works that explored modern societal and educational concerns, including the world premier of Aaron Landsman's Open House. Raab has worked in arts-in-education and the arts in New York, New Jersey, and California, producing and directing projects a number of organizations including: Shakti Rising, The Old Globe Theatre, George Street Playhouse, and Rutgers University. He has also produced and directed a number of independent projects such as Instant Theatre (San Diego), Art as Life (New Jersey), and Playcasting (New York). In additional to his professional work, Raab holds a black-belt in Kendo and teaches at the Sung Moo Kendo Academy.

Jerilyn Sackler (Ensemble): Tess in the inaugural production of The Credeaux Canvas with The Seeing Place. Favorite credits include: Chuck Mee’s Coney Island Avenue at New York Theater Workshop, Iphigenia at Aulis at Symphony Space, Richard II with the York Shakespeare Company, and Play a la Turka in the NY Fringe Festival. She has trained at B.A.D.A, with the Aquila Theater Company, and at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Anna Marie Sell (Associate Artistic Director): NYC credits include: The Merchant of Venice with the Inwood Shakespeare Festival, Timor Mortis with Conflict of Interest, and The Tamer Tamed with Misfit Toys Rep. Regionally, she has appeared with The Wayside Theatre in Shadow of the Raven (world premiere), Nunsense Jamboree, and Hank Williams: Lost Highway; The American Shakespeare Center in Midsummer, A Christmas Carol, Julius Caesar, and Cyrano de Bergerac; The Cumberland Theatre in The Sound of Music and Pippin; The Theater at Monmouth in Henry V and The Mikado; and The Barter Theatre in Eleanor, Anne of Green Gables, and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Learn more at www.annamariesell.com.

Brandon Walker (Founding Artistic Director): Former Founding Associate Artistic Director of Poor Players Theater Company in San Diego for six years. Favorites include: This Is Our Youth, And A Nightingale Sang, Playboy of the Western World, Dog Act, Marat/Sade, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Romeo and Juliet, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, and Coriolanus at such theaters as The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Poor Players, New Village Arts, Moxie Theatre, ion Theater, North Coast Rep, Sierra Repertory Theater, and Barnstormers Theater. Training: David Gideon.

Lillian Wright (Managing Director): An actor since 1997 her favorite credits include: The Secret Agenda of Trees (Off-Broadway, Push Productions), Comedy of Errors - Courtezan, Parking Lot Lonely Heart (Boomerang Theater Company), Your Lithopedian (The Brick), A Midsummer Nights Dream - Titania, Julius Caesar, Cyrano de Bergerac (American Shakespeare Center), The Heiress, The Crucible - Abigail, The Seagull - Nina, Taming of the Shrew - Katherine, Hamlet - Ophelia, Playboy of the Western World - Pegeen (Hubbard Hall Theatre Company). NYU, Stella Adler, BADA. Currently studying with Larry Singer.

The Seeing Place Theater is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of The Seeing Place Theater may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.