Watch the complete first season of The Puzzle Maker's Son.
Meet the Cast
Paul Hatrick
(Garrison Harding)
studied acting for the stage
with Morris Carnovsky and Phoebe Brandt. Acting for film with William
Walton. He is a founding member of Steppin Out Entertainment and has
performed in countless original musical comedies over the last 25 years.
Along with stage work Paul also is a member of Tired On Sunday, an
acoustic trio playing out in area venues. Paul is excited to be working
with Michael a second time having done a political parody with him last
year.
Michael Field
(David Harding)
has been writing
and directing for fifteen years with short film credits, “The Hero” and
“One Up” and the feature film, “Save the Forest”. His works have been
featured in film festivals across the country and his latest script,
“Max Flemming Saves the Day” has recently won a Kids First! Festival
award. See more of Michael's work at the Up on the Roof blog.
Elizabeth DeSantis
(Cynthia)
has performed in various regional and off broadway productions. Her favorite roles include Laura in the
The Glass Menagerie and Ophelia in
Hamlet. Her film credits include
Escaleno, in which she was nominated for 'Best Actress' and
Rochdale, which won 'Best Short Film'. Her acting and modeling work can be viewed at:
www.
elizabethdesantis
.com
. She is a graduate of Cornell University and has studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Stella Adler Studio.
Barbara S. Brown
(Audrey Harding)
is a professional actress and singer whose work in the region includes theatre, film, television, and cabaret.
She recently appeared in
Big River at Goodspeed Opera House and in
Black Pearl at the Vineyard Playhouse on Martha’s Vineyard. Favorite roles include Eliza Doolittle in
My Fair Lady, Nellie Forbush in
South Pacific, and Helena in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Barbara works extensively on-camera in film, television, commercials,
and industrial video in addition to radio commercials and voice-overs.
She is also a professional spokesperson and a commercial print model. She lives in Trumbull, CT.
Mike Butler
(Benji) is a Senior BA in the Drama Department at Hofstra University, with minors in
both Film and English. Previous Hofstra credits include performances of Sarah Kane's
Blasted! and William Shakespeare's
Hamlet, and
The Tempest.
He is currently cast as Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s
Julius Caesar for Hofstra’s Annual Shakespeare Festival.
Paul Hatrick
(Garrison Harding)
studied acting for the stage
with Morris Carnovsky and Phoebe Brandt. Acting for film with William
Walton. He is a founding member of Steppin Out Entertainment and has
performed in countless original musical comedies over the last 25 years.
Along with stage work Paul also is a member of Tired On Sunday, an
acoustic trio playing out in area venues. Paul is excited to be working
with Michael a second time having done a political parody with him last
year.
Vanessa David's
(Art Gallery Owner) theatre
credits include Sadako in Ron Destro and Yoko Ono's Kennedy Center
Award winning play "Hiroshima", Viola in "Twelfth Night", Jaquenetta in
"Love's Labour's Lost" and Rita in "Educating Rita". She is also a
published playwright. Her plays have been produced in New York, Boston,
Connecticut and Portland, Oregon.
David F. Savo
(Suited Man) studied
theatre at the University of Bridgeport under Phoebe Brand and Matt
Conley. David has performed on stage throughout New England for the
last 30 years, and has directed several award winning plays.
