Since 2003, when Lyralen Kaye started Another Country, the company has changed and grown. As Lyralen Kaye's Meisner classes have grown in popularity we have developed a large community of Meisner-trained actors who are featured each year in our March Slam. We have also begun to build an ensemble of artists who collaborate to produce work that meets our mission statement, that embodies the radically connected performances for which the Meisner technique is known, and that takes us into the kind of experimentation and creativity that can explode conventional expectation of what theatre can do, moving audiences and changing their perceptions of our world.
Meet our company members:
Marc Ewart, Managing Director & Slam Production Manager
Marc joined Another Country as the production manager for Betrayal in the spring of 2009 and quickly proved his amazing efficiency and organizational skills. Besides his administrative work, Marc has directed for the last three short play events, winning audience favorite for Points-of-View.
Lyralen Kaye, Board Chair & Founder, Actor, Writer and Director
Lyralen, MFA Theatre, Sarah Lawrence, 2002, premiered in the November 2003 SLAMBoston with EARLY TO RISE. She originated the role of Mary Claire in THEY NAMED US MARY, 2004 played it again in 2006. Her other credits include Emma in Betrayal with ACP, Teresa in Memory of Water with Way Theatre Group, Polina in The Seagull at Theatre Zone, Vera in The Unveiling with Molasses Tank Productions, June Price (lead) in the feature film Mama's Boy as well as film credits in Escape from the Night and 27 Dresses. As a writer, Lyralen was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Fiction in 1997, won the Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting in 2002, and was a finalist for the Mass Council of the Arts Awards in 2005.
Julia Short, Board Vice-Chair, Director, Actor
Julia began studying the Meisner technique at Another Country in 2009. She has since had the lead in Rescue in the 2011 Points of View Festival, has played Sarah in Saint John the Divine in Iowa's teaser, has directed with Another Country as well as writing and directing her own independent short film, Hello. She has worked for The Perishable Theatre in Providence and many Fringe Theatres in Boston.
< Julia Short's Page >
Joan Mejia, Board Treasurer, Actor & Director
Lyralen Kaye discovered Joan Mejia when she saw him in a 10 minute play festival by Holland Productions, and recruited him immediately for her next slam. Since then, Joan has been an artist-in-residence and has performed in every theatrical production Another Country has done. A talented photographer and graphic designer as well as stand-out actor, Joan has taken the press photos and designed postcards and flyers for Another Country...in his spare time.
< Joan Mejia's Web Site >
John Greiner-Ferris, Board Secretary, Playwright & Actor
John Greiner-Ferris came to Another Country Productions with years of acting and writing experience under his belt. After his first 6 week class, Lyralen Kaye cast him in Measuring Matthew by Patrick Gabridge, which performed at the Devanaughn Theatre. John has performed for Holland Productions, Apollonaire Theatre, Hovey Players and many more companies in Boston. In 2010, he was accepted into the Boston University Playwrighting Program and completed his MFA this year. His dedication to collaborative theatre and storytelling makes him an incredible asset to the company.
< John's Blog >
