Castle Hill Theatre Company - Presenting the Cast!

Robin's photo Robin Cannon
Ms. Cannon is happy to join the Castle Hill Theatre Company in their first production. Robin is originally from Texas, and graduated in 2004 from the University of Mississippi with a BFA in Musical Theatre and Acting. Favorite shows there include: Proof (Catherin), Chicago (Annie/Dancer), Kiss Me Kate (Lois), and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (Viola). Regional credits include West Side Story and Aesop's Fables (Fort Salem Theatre), Mystery Side Show 3: Way Out West and Robin Hood (Berkshire Theatre Festival), and The Lincoln Biographies (Flat Rock Playhouse). Robin also enjoys dancing! She has danced with both the musical theatre company "Showstoppers" and in Mississippi at "The Dance Company." Robin is an Artist-in-Residence at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and will be appearing on the main stage there this summer in Amadeus.

Nancy's photo Nancy Duvall
Ms. Duvall has directed and acted in many area productions over the years wtih the Old Barrington Players, Egremont's Hayloft Players, the Mahaiwe Theatre musicals (Mame, La Cage, Damn Yankees) and at the Ghent playhouse in Night of the Iguana and Rumors. She has also performed in the Actors Center's evenings of Scenes and Monologues and in the Audobon Society's annual Halloween skits - a most interesting challenge. Nancy is delighted to be in on the ground floor of Castle Hill Theatre Company's first venture and hopes this will be the first of many plays to come.

Andrew's photo Andrew Joffe
Mr. Joffe has appeared locally at the Workshop Playhouse in Signs of Life, Radio Paramus, and An Evening with David Ives; at Copake Theatre Company in Where the Albatross Flies and Lone Star; as Isaac Bashevis Singer in An Afternoon with I.B. Singer; in staged readings of Conrad Bromberg's Gymboyz; Caz and Diane and Dreams of a Blacklisted Actor; and with the variety show "Saturday Night Liv," as well as performing one-man readings of the stories of Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jean Shepherd. He has performed such roles as Richard III, Uncle Vanya, M. Jourdain in The Bourgeois Gentleman, George in Of Mice and Men, Mr. Clark in Twentieth Century, and Krupp in Saroyan's The Time of Your Life. On radio and audio he has been heard in Visit New Grimston, Anyway on National Public Radio, in the documentary In Time of the Breaking Nations, and in The Radio Stage for WNYC in New York. He has performed extensively and variously as part of Seeing Ear Theatre and Tales from the Crypt at Sci-fi.com, including roles in animated series, Maat Ka Ra (as the evil leader of an intergalactic invasion) and Mean Planet as both the announcer and an amorphous and carniverous alien. Mr. Joffe also functions as a director, playwrite, lecturer and award-winning opera librettist and poet.

David's Headshot David Joseph
Mr. Joseph is very happy to be joining this talented cast from Puss in Boots.. David moved back to the Berkshires from New York City where he performed in many off Broadway and regional shows, including Frederick in the Pirates of Penzance and Tenario in Man of La Mancha. Other credits include: the original cast and recording of Gifts from the Heart. He has been seen locally in Copake Theatre’s production of Bye Bye Broadway and in several productions at Mixed Company to rave reviews.. His most recent film, entitled Magdalena Brain, is available at Hollywood Video. David looks forward to many more productions in the beautiful Berkshires.

Karen's photo Karen Lee
Ms. Lee has performed throughout the world as a Broadway gypsy - singing, dancing and acting. She has also landed upon many a Berkshire stage, including Jacob's Pillow, where she began her professional career and is now on the faculty there as well as choreographing around the county. She has appeared on television, in film, and has been featured three time for award-winning BBC radio plays by Gregory Whitehead. Karen earned a double major from Hunter College in Dance and Sociology, has worked in theatres all over New York and all over the country, including the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walt Disney, and many others. Karen has appeared regularly at Mixed Company and was in their acclaimed production of A.R. Gurney's Sylvia where she had the opportunity to play a dog...this marks a turning point for any true cat to be able to play the one and only PUSS IN BOOTS! She is the owner of Pilates Central in Lenox, a studio dedicated to the gift of movement. She is also mother of two magical angels, Max, 10, and Sam, 8.

Jordan Pallis
Mr. Pallis was raised in the Berkshires as a third generation artist. He was groomed by his grandfather’s passion for filmmaking and the beauty of his grandmother’s arias. Being involved with theatre for most of his life, Jordan is also a member of the Workshop Playhouse Company, where he most recently delighted audiences with his performance as Andrew in Beyond Therapy.

Judith Pieschel
Ms. Pieschel's credits include: Chris Collins in Michael Brady's Hard Time and Evie in Ellen McLaughlin's Tongue of a Bird at Main Street Stage; Yentl from Yentl the Yeshiva Boy and Genendel from Teibele and Her Demon in An Afternoon wtih Isaac Beshevis Singer in Hudson, NY; Sharon in The Philadelphia and Kafka in Words, Words, Words in An Evening with David Ives at the Workshop Playhouse; Anna Trumbull in A.R. Gurney's What I Did Last Summer at the Actors Center; and Women Creating Women Creating, a women's collaboration of solo works, in St. Louis, MO.