Rebecca Lehrhoff (Ruffles Featherbottom, Scenic Design & Props) is a LAB company member based in Somerville, MA whose work ranges from acting, theater devising and dance to set design, art installation and mural painting. Rebecca first appeared in a LAB production dancing Butoh in the company’s co-LAB, Interference. She’s also been a part of LAB’s production of Who Would Be King, taking the show from ART’s Oberon to the Philly Fringe and most recently to Ars Nova’s Theater 511. Last spring she appeared at the BCA Gala performing in LAB’s two-person silent mask piece, built for the occasion. Rebecca holds a MFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University and a B.S. inTheater from Skidmore College. Previous acting credits include: The Princess & The Pea, (Imaginary Beasts), Beowulf, (Poets’ Theatre), Sacred Spaces Redux(Exchange Artists), Enigma Variations, (Flat Earth Theater), The Good Woman of Setzuan, (Fort Point Theater Channel), King Arthur, (Poets’ Theater), Beck: Song Reader(Chimera Lab Dance Theater). Select scenic design credits include: How Soft the Lining (Bad Habit Productions), From the Sea to Somewhere Else (Flotsam Productions), The Farnsworth Invention (Flat Earth Theater- IRNE Award- Best Fringe Show), Polish Joke(Titanic Theater Company), and Chalk (Fresh Ink Theater).
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Kendra Bell
Kendra Bell (Costume Designer) spends her daytime making beautiful things at Costume Works in Somerville. Before settling at Costume Works, she has worked for Huntington Theater Company, Stonehill College, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, and Hubbard Street Dance. Some of her design work includes Song of Songs (LAB), The Fantasticks (Prometheus), Cosi Fan Tutte (Millikin University), and Peter (Braintree Films). She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Millikin University and a MFA in Theatrical Design from Rutgers University.
Jason Slavick
Jason Slavick (Director) is the Artistic Director of Liars & Believers. He is a director, writer and educator. For the LAB, he conceived and directed Who Would Be King, Yellow Bird Chase, and ICARUS, which premiered in Cambridge, played Outside The Box in Boston and made an acclaimed New York debut at the 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival (honorable mention for book and design). Jason directed 28 Seeds, he co-wrote and directed, Song of Songs: a LoveRomp, and wrote and directed Le Cabaret Grimm: a punk cabaret fairy tale {sans fairies}, which premiered in Boston and played at the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival (best featured performer and best design, honorable mention for choreography). Jason also directed the LAB’s experimental project, Talk to Strangers. Jason wrote and directed Heaven & Hell: The Fantastical Temptation of the 7 Deadly Sins, a musical excursion commissioned by The Boston Conservatory. As a company member of Boston Theatre Works, Jason directed Othello (Elliot Norton Award nominated for Best Production and Best Actor), The Tempest, Antony & Cleopatra, and Macbeth. He developed and directed Emily Mann’s critically acclaimed Meshugah, Olga Humphrey’s Veronika Vavoom Volcanologist, and his own play J: a one-act improvised tragi-comedy. He also directed numerous developmental workshops and readings including Joyce Carol Oates’ The Tattooed Girl. Jason has directed throughout New England, in Tel Aviv, and in Philadelphia. Besides the shows above, Jason has written and directed The Golem, Icaphish, and Alice: a Grotesque Turn in Twelve Scenes. Jason has taught at colleges and schools throughout New England. He earned his MFA in directing from The Trinity Repertory Conservatory in Providence, where he was awarded the inaugural Pell Scholar Award.
There he had the great fortune to work with Oskar Eustis, Brian Kulick, and Kevin Moriarity. Jason also studied at the Dell Arte International School of Physical Theatre, the Eugene O’Neill National Theatre Institute, and the Warsaw Theatre Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Glen Moore
Glen Moore (Poodge) As an artistic ensemble member with Liars & Believers, Glen Moore played Saul in Who Would Be King, which he helped devise over the course of 2015. He was last seen in the New England Regional Premiere as Gene in The Last Schwartz with Gloucester Stage Company. Boston area credits include; BLINDERS (Flat Earth Theatre), The Importance of Being Ernest (Moonbox Productions), Of Mice and Men (Boston Children’s Theatre), CLOSER (Bad Habit Productions), Of Mice and Men (Moonbox), The Time of My Life (Zeitgeist Stage Company), And Nither Had I Wings to Fly (BHP), Arcadia (BHP), Eurydice (Independent Drama Society) Regional Theatre; Speech And Debate (Curious Theatre Company). He holds a B.A. in acting from The University of Northern Colorado and also studied briefly at The National Theatre Conservatory. Glen is an Equity Membership Candidate with AEA and has worked as an acting coach in Boston and Denver both privately and with Model and Talent Management Agency. He would like to thank his friends and family for all their support.
Rachel Wiese
Rachel Wiese (Tootles McBarglehorn) LAB Artistic Associate: Who Would Be King. Regional: Metamorphoses, and Wildflowers (Zach Theatre). Boston area: Beowulf (Poet’s Theatre). Austin area: Lifelines and Hometeam (Vetworks), Sacred Space Redux and A Streetcar Straight to Hell (The Exchange Artists), Frankenstein and The Jungle (Trouble Puppet Theatre), Marvelous Things, People Will Talk About You Sometimes, and Her Little Prince (Poison Apple Initiative), Oceana (The Vortex). Filmography at imdb.com. She is also the Producing Artistic Director of The Exchange Artists.