New Repertory Theatre

New Rep Studio Instructors

Diego Arciniegas is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at Wellesley College.  He is also a former Artistic Director of the Publick Theatre Boston, where he served for the past decade.  Diego has also taught in the MM program in Music and the BFA Program in Musical Theatre at the Boston Conservatory, and in the Fine Arts Division of Emerson College.  Diego's work as a director, producer, and actor has been regularly been recognized by the Elliot Norton Awards Committee, as well as that of the Independent Reviewers of New England.  Diego is currently in pre-production for New Repertory Theatre's upcoming production of "A Christmas Story".

Eve Kagan is a professional actress (AEA/SAG) and international theatre teaching-artist. Eve has performed in the Boston area since 2005, most recently at New Rep playing Mimi in RENT, Marianna in Passing Strange, and Hester Prynne in the New Rep On Tour production of The Scarlet Letter. Eve received an IRNE nomination for her work in the critically acclaimed production of Talking to Terrorists with Súgán Theatre. Eve holds an EdM in Arts in Education from Harvard and is a guest lecturer at Brandeis University, Gordon College, and the Boston Conservatory. From 2008-2010, Eve ran the IB Drama program at the International School of Uganda, designing and implementing drama curriculum for students from over 70 nations. Eve trained as an actress in LA, NYC and London (LAMDA), and has taught courses in acting, movement, Shakespeare, and theatre for social change to students at New Rep, the Huntington Theatre Company, Stoneham Theatre, and Wheelock Family Theatre.

Meron Langsner, MFA, PhD, has composed violence and movement for well over 100 productions and short films in New England and NYC.  New Rep fight direction credits include: A Streetcar Named Desire, Dessa Rose, and Cabaret, Fool for Love, and Hamlet (New Rep On Tour).  Other companies include: Merrimack Rep, Lyric Stage, Company One, Zeitgeist Stage, Whistler in the Dark, and numerous educational venues.  In 2007-2008 he was New Rep's Emerging Playwright in Residence through the National New Play Network.  His plays have been performed around the country and overseas and published by Smith & Kraus and Applause.  He recently completed his doctorate at Tufts University, where he was the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.  His dissertation was on the representation of martial arts on the American stage.  He holds an MFA from Brandeis and is an alumnus of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.  He believes himself to be the first theatre historian to have literally defended his dissertation with a katana.

Antonio Ocampo-Guzman. Director of New Repertory's productions of Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune and 'Art'. Recently directed Big Love at Northeastern University, where he serves on the faculty of the Department of Theatre. He directed The One Exception for the 1st Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown as well as collaborated with performance artists Jeff McMahon (We small hours at Dixon Place, NYC) and Carlos Manuel (La Vida Loca). International directing credits include Las Cuñadas at the Teatro Libre (Bogotá) and Death and the Maiden (Toronto). As an actor, he has worked with the Actors Shakespeare Project, The Nora Theatre, Boston Playwrights Theatre and Shakespeare & Company, among others.  A Designated Linklater Master Teacher, Antonio has adapted this popular practice into Spanish and offers both bilingual and Spanish-only training and coaching here in the US, as well as internationally. MFA in Directing: York University, Toronto.

Bridget Kathleen O’Leary (Associate Artistic Director) is in her fourth season at New. Most recently, she has directed New Rep’s productions of Collected Stories, DollHouse (Elliot Norton Nomination, Best Production, 2011), boom, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and Fool for Love. Other directing credits include:  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, for Summer Festival Theatre, Roxbury Latin; Aunt Dan and Lemon, for Whistler in the Dark; The Boys of Winter (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2008) for BKS productions; The Devil’s Teacup (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2007) at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre; and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The American Clock, Much Ado About Nothing, Curse of the Starving Class, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Sarah Kane’s Crave and 4.48 Psychosis, all at Boston University. In 2007, she assisted Artistic Director Wendy C. Goldberg at the National Playwrights’ Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and worked as an assistant on new plays by Rebecca Gilman and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Before moving to Boston, Bridget worked in Washington, D.C. with the Olney Theatre Center, Theater Alliance, Cherry Red Productions, Charter Theater, Studio Theatre Second Stage, and Phoenix Theatre DC, of which she was a founding member. Selected D.C. directing credits include: Independence, Parallel Lives, and the creations of Unwrapped and Lulu Fabulous by area playwrights. Bridget received her MFA in directing at Boston University.

Maurice E. Parent is an actor / singer / dancer originally from the Washington D.C. metro area. He started dancing at Carnegie Mellon University under Jim Caton and continued his training at the Dance Theatre of Harlem. A frequent performer on the New Rep stage, his credits include Ragtime, Cabaret, Passing Strange and most recently RENT. Other credits include Ragtime at the Fulton Opera House and Music Theatre of Wichita, HAIR at Barrington Stage, Guys and Dolls at Northern Stage, The Rink at The Cape Playhouse and Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Gardner and Wife productions, K.L. Malaysia. Maurice served as assistant director / choreographer for New Rep’s production of The World Goes ‘Round and has danced in commercials for WB Mason and Dancing with the Stars. Maurice won a 2008 Elliot Norton Award for performances in Angels in America (Boston Theatre Works), Terrance McNally’s Some Men (SpeakEasy Stage), and Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (New Rep). Maurice’s teaching experience includes his work as a Teaching Artist for the Citi Performing Arts Center. He was hired to lead a 6-week Target Arts Residency Program with 30 fourth graders at the David A Ellis School in Roxbury. The residency was structured around the story of Peter Pan and culminated with a performance of an original piece conceived, developed and staged by Maurice and his students. At New Rep Maurice taught a three week dance intensive to teenagers focused on music video choreography, musical theatre, lyrical and African dance as well as audition technique and monologue work. Last summer he developed and taught the dance component of New Rep’s Summer Studio for High School Students. In New York Maurice was an instructor for Broadway Bodies, a fitness organization dedicated to increasing health and stamina for people with varying levels of dance experience using Broadway musical choreography, pop and video dance. Maurice holds a M.A. in Vocal Performance with a concentration in Music Theatre from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Performing Arts and a B.S in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Resident Company Member of the Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

Bobbie Steinbach has been a longtime member of Boston’s very special theatre community as an actor, cabaret performer, teacher and most recently, a director. She is a Founding Member and a Resident Company member with Actors’ Shakespeare Project, where she has performed in twelve plays from the canon over the last 7 years. She has worked in many area theatres including: The New Rep: Collected Stories, The Clean House, Romeo and Juliet, Waverly Gallery, Stonewall Jackson’s House; Huntington Theatre Company: Rose Tattoo, Dead End, The Corn is Green; Commonwealth Shakespeare Company:Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing, Lyric Stage Company of Boston: Follies The Importance of Being Ernest,Arms and the Man, A Little Night Music, Spitfire Grill, Assassins, Lend Me a Tenor, Beyond Belief, Present Laughter; Michigan Opera Theatre,  Boston Pops at Boston Symphony Hall & Tanglewood: A Little Night Music (Madame Armfeldt); Speakeasy Stage Company: Anna in the Tropics; Christmas Revels at Sanders Theatre; Boston TheatreWorks:Our Town, Coyote on a Fence, Merrimack Rep: A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Christmas Carol, Ring Round the Moon: Vineyard Playhouse and Jewish Theatre of NE: The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Directing credits: New Rep'sThe Diary of Anne Frank, Third and Oak: The Laundromat, The Red and the Blue, Boston Theatre Marathon and Our Town at Boston Conservatory. Bobbie has taught acting for many years at Suffolk University, Huntington Theatre Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, JCC. She also coaches privately. She is the recipient of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress and the Independent Reviewers Best Supporting Actress award.  Bobbie is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Bobbiesteinbach.com