His artistic career is in ruins, and Leonardo da Vinci is renouncing his fickle Muse for good. Taking a “vow of utility,” he turns to scientific exploration and accepts an appointment with Cesare Borgia, the powerful and ruthless leader.
Together they will build technological wonders to change the world. But the catastrophic potential of Leonardo’s creation may be more than he could have foreseen. A Lost Leonardo imagines da Vinci in turmoil, torn between two identities and two passions. In this scintillating depiction of da Vinci at his funniest, award-winning playwright David Davalos asks what price we’re willing to pay for the pursuit of knowledge.
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Jenna Anderson
Actor
Actor
Jenna Anderson
Matthew Amendt
Actor
Actor
Matthew Amendt
Jim Jorgensen
Actor
Credits at Amphibian Stage include: Northside Hollow, A Lost Leonardo. Some credits DFW include: How is it that We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice, Madame Bovary at Undermain Theatre, Quixote at Shakespeare Dallas, Our Town at Circle Theatre, Holmes and Watson at Stage West. Washington DC credits include: Edge of the Universe Players II: Entertaining Mr. Sloane; Shakespeare Theatre: Tartuffe U/S, Tempest U/S Appeared; Taffety Punk: Hamlet, Constellation Theatre: 36 Views, Gilgamesh, Zorro, Ramayana; Forum Theatre; The Pillowman, Angels in America I and II, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Mad Forest; Theatre J: Born Guilty, Our Suburb; WSC Avant Bard: Night and Day, Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Bacchae, Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Folger Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Keegan Theatre: Buried Child; Scena Theatre: Hedda Gabler; Fountainhead Theatre: Fit to be Tied, Betrayal. Training: Southern Methodist University’s MFA Acting.
Actor
Jim Jorgensen
Credits at Amphibian Stage include: Northside Hollow, A Lost Leonardo. Some credits DFW include: How is it that We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice, Madame Bovary at Undermain Theatre, Quixote at Shakespeare Dallas, Our Town at Circle Theatre, Holmes and Watson at Stage West. Washington DC credits include: Edge of the Universe Players II: Entertaining Mr. Sloane; Shakespeare Theatre: Tartuffe U/S, Tempest U/S Appeared; Taffety Punk: Hamlet, Constellation Theatre: 36 Views, Gilgamesh, Zorro, Ramayana; Forum Theatre; The Pillowman, Angels in America I and II, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Mad Forest; Theatre J: Born Guilty, Our Suburb; WSC Avant Bard: Night and Day, Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Bacchae, Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Folger Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Keegan Theatre: Buried Child; Scena Theatre: Hedda Gabler; Fountainhead Theatre: Fit to be Tied, Betrayal. Training: Southern Methodist University’s MFA Acting.
Shawn Gann
Actor
Shawn Gann was last seen on the Amphibian stage in David Davalos’s A Lost Leonardo, directed by Illana Stein. Mr. Gann regularly performs throughout D/FW where his most recent credits include Terra Nova with The Arts Center, Titus Andronicus with Shakespeare Everywhere, The Scottish Play, Shakespeare in Love, & Hamlet with Shakespeare Dallas, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare in the Bar. Notably, throughout 2019 he has portrayed Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (L.I.P. Service Theatre); which included performances at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Also, he just directed a production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona with the newly formed Altered Shakespeare company. He has so much love for Amphibian Stage Productions and cannot wait to collaborate in the future. Merde!
Actor
Shawn Gann
Shawn Gann was last seen on the Amphibian stage in David Davalos’s A Lost Leonardo, directed by Illana Stein. Mr. Gann regularly performs throughout D/FW where his most recent credits include Terra Nova with The Arts Center, Titus Andronicus with Shakespeare Everywhere, The Scottish Play, Shakespeare in Love, & Hamlet with Shakespeare Dallas, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare in the Bar. Notably, throughout 2019 he has portrayed Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (L.I.P. Service Theatre); which included performances at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Also, he just directed a production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona with the newly formed Altered Shakespeare company. He has so much love for Amphibian Stage Productions and cannot wait to collaborate in the future. Merde!
Walter Kmiec
Actor
Walter Kmiec is a theatre artist currently residing in Orlando, FL. He is the former artistic director of Virginia-based Endstation Theatre Company, of which he is also founding member. Endstation acting credits include title roles in Hamlet & Macbeth, as well as featured performances in Assassins, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It. Orlando credits include performances in The Three Musketeers, Henry IV: Part 1, Pride and Prejudice, Macbeth, Hamlet, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charm, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, all for Orlando Shakes. He appeared in the world premiere David Davalos’ A Lost Leonardo at Amphibian Stage Productions in Ft. Worth. Directing credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, The Importance of Being Earnest, and three world premieres: in Sweet Remembrance by Tearrance Chisholm, Counter/Top by Kirin McCrory, and The Whole Bunch by Josh Mikel. He lives with his wife and daughter.
Actor
Walter Kmiec
Walter Kmiec is a theatre artist currently residing in Orlando, FL. He is the former artistic director of Virginia-based Endstation Theatre Company, of which he is also founding member. Endstation acting credits include title roles in Hamlet & Macbeth, as well as featured performances in Assassins, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It. Orlando credits include performances in The Three Musketeers, Henry IV: Part 1, Pride and Prejudice, Macbeth, Hamlet, All’s Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charm, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, all for Orlando Shakes. He appeared in the world premiere David Davalos’ A Lost Leonardo at Amphibian Stage Productions in Ft. Worth. Directing credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, The Importance of Being Earnest, and three world premieres: in Sweet Remembrance by Tearrance Chisholm, Counter/Top by Kirin McCrory, and The Whole Bunch by Josh Mikel. He lives with his wife and daughter.
Kelsey Milbourn
Actor
Kelsey Milbourn (AEA) is a KS native and TCU graduate with a BFA in musical theatre and independent study in modern dance. Kelsey is adjunct faculty for the BFA theatre program at TCU and is an actor and dance/fight/intimacy choreographer in the DFW area as well as a stilts instructor for Amphibians Tadpoles for 4 years. Some of their recent acting and choreo work includes projects at Stage West, Circle Theatre, DTC, Undermain Theatre, Amphibian Stage Productions, WaterTower, Danspiek NYC, and Cape Fear Regional. They’ve been an artistic associate of the Trinity Shakespeare Festival for a decade and a proud recipient of the Tarrant County Theatre League award.
Actor
Kelsey Milbourn
Kelsey Milbourn (AEA) is a KS native and TCU graduate with a BFA in musical theatre and independent study in modern dance. Kelsey is adjunct faculty for the BFA theatre program at TCU and is an actor and dance/fight/intimacy choreographer in the DFW area as well as a stilts instructor for Amphibians Tadpoles for 4 years. Some of their recent acting and choreo work includes projects at Stage West, Circle Theatre, DTC, Undermain Theatre, Amphibian Stage Productions, WaterTower, Danspiek NYC, and Cape Fear Regional. They’ve been an artistic associate of the Trinity Shakespeare Festival for a decade and a proud recipient of the Tarrant County Theatre League award.
Patrick Bynane
Actor
Patrick Bynane is originally from Northeast Ohio and has lived and worked across the US. He has a Ph.D in Theatre History from LSU (Geaux Tigers!) and is a proud member of Actors Equity. He has lived in Denton, TX since 2006 when he moved there to join the Texas Woman’s University Theatre Program. He is Program Director for TWU Theatre and is currently enjoying a semester sabbatical to pursue creative and scholarly projects. He is thrilled to return to the Amphibian stage where he has previously been seen in this past summer’s SparkFest, Babette’s Feast and A Lost Leonardo among other productions.
Actor
Patrick Bynane
Patrick Bynane is originally from Northeast Ohio and has lived and worked across the US. He has a Ph.D in Theatre History from LSU (Geaux Tigers!) and is a proud member of Actors Equity. He has lived in Denton, TX since 2006 when he moved there to join the Texas Woman’s University Theatre Program. He is Program Director for TWU Theatre and is currently enjoying a semester sabbatical to pursue creative and scholarly projects. He is thrilled to return to the Amphibian stage where he has previously been seen in this past summer’s SparkFest, Babette’s Feast and A Lost Leonardo among other productions.
Illana Stein
Director
Illana Stein (she/her) is a NYC-based director, originally from Fort Worth. Amphibian credits include Director/Co-writer (with Deborah Yarchun and Sean Hudock) on Hans & Sophie (five DFW Critic Awards including Outstanding Director and Outstanding New Play) and A Lost Leonardo. She recently directed Handle with Care (Stage West). NYC Directing credits: Julius Caesar Tour (HVSF), NYU (Tisch, Stella Adler, Strasberg) Associate/Asst. credits: TFANA, Signature, Pearl, OSF, Yale Rep, A.R.T., Hangar Theater, Cincy Playhouse, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Drama League First Stage Residency, LCT Directors Lab, AJT Theatremacher Program Director, JPP Artistic Producer, and League of Professional Theatre Women Board. illanastein.com
Director
Illana Stein
Illana Stein (she/her) is a NYC-based director, originally from Fort Worth. Amphibian credits include Director/Co-writer (with Deborah Yarchun and Sean Hudock) on Hans & Sophie (five DFW Critic Awards including Outstanding Director and Outstanding New Play) and A Lost Leonardo. She recently directed Handle with Care (Stage West). NYC Directing credits: Julius Caesar Tour (HVSF), NYU (Tisch, Stella Adler, Strasberg) Associate/Asst. credits: TFANA, Signature, Pearl, OSF, Yale Rep, A.R.T., Hangar Theater, Cincy Playhouse, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Drama League First Stage Residency, LCT Directors Lab, AJT Theatremacher Program Director, JPP Artistic Producer, and League of Professional Theatre Women Board. illanastein.com
Seancolin Hankins
Scenic & Technical Director
Scenic & Technical Director