BIOGRAPHY
Elevator Repair Service
Elevator Repair Service, a theater ensemble, was founded by director John Collins and a group of actors in 1991. Since that time, ERS has built a body of highly acclaimed work and has appeared on stages in downtown New York and across the U.S. and Europe. ERS shows are built around a broad range of subject matter including literary, dramatic, and cinematic forms. They combine elements of hi-tech and lo-tech design, vaudeville, both literary and found text, found objects and discarded furniture, and the group's own highly developed style of choreography. The company has generated a repertoire that includes 14 original full-length pieces and several short pieces and workshop productions.
ERS is Laurena Allan, Mark Barton, Steve Bodow, John Collins, Robert Cucuzza, Jim Fletcher, Ross Fletcher, Brian Garber, Rinne Groff, Sarah C. Hughes, Lindsay Hockaday, Mike Iveson, Sibyl Kempson, Autumn Knight, Vin Knight, Aaron Landsman, Ethan Lipton, April Matthis, Annie McNamara, Katherine Profeta, Randolph Curtis Rand, Greig Sargeant, Kate Scelsa, Kaneza Schaal, Scott Shepherd, Dans Maree Sheehan, Kristen Sieh, Pete Simpson, Susie Sokol, Lucy Taylor, Louisa Thompson, Matt Tierney, Ariana Smart Truman, Victoria Vazquez, Eva von Schweinitz, Colleen Werthmann, B. D. White, Gary Wilmes, Ben Williams, and David Zinn.