OUR COMPANY

LILY FILIPATOS

Actor

Lily Filippatos is a New York City native and a recent Theater graduate of UMass Amherst, where her roles on the main stage included: Mara in Refugee, Jean in Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Rhoda in A New Brain, Rebecca in Collidescope 2.0, and Desdemona in Othello. In 2015, she was a member of the summer touring Shakespeare company at Theatre Under the Stars in Waterville Valley, NH, where her favorite role was Sylvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. She has been training in the style of Isadora Duncan dance since age 3, and was a member of the UMass Dynamics co-ed a cappella group. She is the recipient of the Ed Golden Acting Award, as well as the UMass Chancellor’s Talent Award.

ALYSSA LABRIE

Actor/Producer

Alyssa Labrie is a Western MA performer who utilizes the genres of theatre, film, music, and dance to create her art. She is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst with a B.A. in Theater, a B.A. in Communications, and a certificate in film studies. She is known for her role as Katarina Vasic in the world premier of Refugee. Her other performance credits include The Body Project 2.0, an independent dance piece with Into the Light Theatre, Flock, a devised piece with Deakin University’s Drama program in Melbourne, Australia, and as Hedda Gabler and Thea Elvstead in UMass’ all-women cast, devised piece, Hedda. She has a passion for socially conscious, political theatre and is a founding member of STC.

LENA VANI

Actor

Lena Vani graduated in May of 2016, from UMass Amherst, with a BA in theater, completing the program in three years. Her major credits include Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Olivia in What Actually Happened Was, and Nellie Bly in Remember Me, Nellie. At a young age she thrived in math and intended to study it up until the last minute when her passion for acting took over.

ERIC LOVE

Actor

Eric Love has contributed to the success of Sudbina Theater Company since its establishment through his portrayal of the character, Lanzo Prince.

TIM ERIKSEN

Musician

Tim Eriksen unites a mastery of traditional American and world folk styles with innovative arrangement, original and experimental music. “One of the best singers in music” according to producer T Bone Burnett, he has contributed extensively to films including Cold Mountain, for which he worked closely with Jack White, Ralph Stanley and Nicole Kidman, and his song I Wish The Wars Were All Over was chosen by Joan Baez to be her final recorded musical statement. Eriksen’s primary musical training was in South Indian classical music, and he holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, but he cut his teeth playing punk, world and indie rock in seminal bands including Cordelia’s Dad (post-punk and folk) and Žabe I Babe (Bosnian folk and rock). He has recorded with artists including Afro Cuban pianist Omar Sosa (on the twice Grammy nominated Across the Divide), English fiddle legend Eliza Carthy, and in composer Evan Chambers’ symphonic song cycle The Old Burying Ground. His works in progress include a second collaboration with Omar Sosa and a posthumous recording project with Esma Redžepova, “the queen of Gypsy music.” With his longtime involvement in Sacred Harp or “shape-note” singing he has helped spearhead an international revival of the music, teaching workshops across North America, Europe and as far abroad as Singapore. Eriksen’s media appearances have included Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage and the Academy Awards, and he is known as the only performer to have shared a stage with both Kurt Cobain and Doc Watson.