Meet The Cast
At Home At The Zoo
David Lee Vincent as Jerry
David Lee Vincent brings decades of stage and film experience to his
performance. Vincent appeared in professional and community theater
across New England including roles in All’s Well That Ends Well, Much
Ado About Nothing, Tracy Lett’s Bug, The Cherry Orchard, and Trip to
Bountiful along with onstage storytelling. His film work includes lead
and supporting roles in feature and short films, video webseries and
audio drama podcasts. David has studied improv, voice, movement
and both stage and on camera acting at Acorn Studio, Actor’s Studio,
Steve Blackwood’s Masterclass, James DuMont’s Actors Gym and
Waynflete’s Performing Arts. He lives in Newburyport with his partner
Sandy and his German Wirehaired Pointer, Dee. Vincent says “I’m
excited to join Psych Drama Company’s immersive, experimental
theater in Albee’s complex, raw and truthful “At Home at the Zoo”.
David Lee Vincent brings decades of stage and film experience to his
performance. Vincent appeared in professional and community theater
across New England including roles in All’s Well That Ends Well, Much
Ado About Nothing, Tracy Lett’s Bug, The Cherry Orchard, and Trip to
Bountiful along with onstage storytelling. His film work includes lead
and supporting roles in feature and short films, video webseries and
audio drama podcasts. David has studied improv, voice, movement
and both stage and on camera acting at Acorn Studio, Actor’s Studio,
Steve Blackwood’s Masterclass, James DuMont’s Actors Gym and
Waynflete’s Performing Arts. He lives in Newburyport with his partner
Sandy and his German Wirehaired Pointer, Dee. Vincent says “I’m
excited to join Psych Drama Company’s immersive, experimental
theater in Albee’s complex, raw and truthful “At Home at the Zoo”.
Brian Dion as Peter
Brian is excited to finally be working with Wendy and Psych. He was last seen as King Lear in The Bard Brigade's outdoor production of the same. Past roles include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Gaston in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Frank Foster in How The Other Half Loves, and Joe in The Shadow Box. Brian writes formal poetry and was a runner-up for The Grolier Book Shop Poetry prize in 2005.
Brian is excited to finally be working with Wendy and Psych. He was last seen as King Lear in The Bard Brigade's outdoor production of the same. Past roles include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Gaston in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Frank Foster in How The Other Half Loves, and Joe in The Shadow Box. Brian writes formal poetry and was a runner-up for The Grolier Book Shop Poetry prize in 2005.
Wendy Lippe Ph.D. as Ann
Wendy Lippe, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Producing Artistic Director of The Psych Drama Company, a 501©3 non-profit theater company which has performed in Boston, NYC and Rhode Island. Dr. Lippe was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for over a decade, and has been on the faculty and served as a Visiting Researcher at Boston University for over twenty years. She has private practice offices in Brookline and Cambridge, MA. Dr. Lippe has an extensive history in the theater. Most notably, Dr. Lippe developed and portrayed a female Hamlet for three different Boston area theater companies. She was most recently seen as Eleanor of Aquitaine in Roundabout Productions' The Lion in Winter. Other favorite roles include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Goneril in King Lear, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Inez in No Exit, and Lady MacBeth in MacBeth. Dr. Lippe's theater work has been featured on WBUR, WCVB/Channel 5, in the Boston Globe, Edge Media Network, and other local newspapers and radio stations.
Wendy Lippe, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Producing Artistic Director of The Psych Drama Company, a 501©3 non-profit theater company which has performed in Boston, NYC and Rhode Island. Dr. Lippe was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for over a decade, and has been on the faculty and served as a Visiting Researcher at Boston University for over twenty years. She has private practice offices in Brookline and Cambridge, MA. Dr. Lippe has an extensive history in the theater. Most notably, Dr. Lippe developed and portrayed a female Hamlet for three different Boston area theater companies. She was most recently seen as Eleanor of Aquitaine in Roundabout Productions' The Lion in Winter. Other favorite roles include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Goneril in King Lear, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Inez in No Exit, and Lady MacBeth in MacBeth. Dr. Lippe's theater work has been featured on WBUR, WCVB/Channel 5, in the Boston Globe, Edge Media Network, and other local newspapers and radio stations.
Larry Segel - Director
Larry Segel (director) is a veteran of dozens of theatre productions, as an actor, director, lighting designer, producer, and many other jobs behind the scenes. He has directed dramas: The Cherry Orchard, Iphegenia in Aulis, Little Women, Our Town, and Under Milk Wood, as well as comedies: The Underpants, The Inspector General, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mornings At Seven, and Auntie Mame. When he was in high school long ago, he played Peter in Zoo Story. Larry enjoys trying to figure out how people get to where they are emotionally. Finding the characters’ way through Homelife is a fascinating challenge, in addition to discovering how their situation influences what occurs in Zoo Story. He also believes in the Psych Drama philosophy of immersive theatre, and is excited to provide the experience of seeing this show from difference sides.
Larry Segel (director) is a veteran of dozens of theatre productions, as an actor, director, lighting designer, producer, and many other jobs behind the scenes. He has directed dramas: The Cherry Orchard, Iphegenia in Aulis, Little Women, Our Town, and Under Milk Wood, as well as comedies: The Underpants, The Inspector General, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mornings At Seven, and Auntie Mame. When he was in high school long ago, he played Peter in Zoo Story. Larry enjoys trying to figure out how people get to where they are emotionally. Finding the characters’ way through Homelife is a fascinating challenge, in addition to discovering how their situation influences what occurs in Zoo Story. He also believes in the Psych Drama philosophy of immersive theatre, and is excited to provide the experience of seeing this show from difference sides.
