Chris O'Connor
Artistic Director
Chris founded Mile Square Theatre in 2002. He conceived and produces the annual 10-minute play festival 7th Inning Stretch. His MST directing credits include St. Columba and the River, The Souls of Black Folk, John Redding Goes to the Sea, Charlie Peter's Striking Out the Babe for the 2003 7th Inning Stretch, Warren Leight's The Love of the Game for the 2004 Stretch, Jenny Levison's Homefield Advantage for the 2006 Stretch, the inaugural MST Mainstage production, Cyrano, and he co-directed (with Jeff Steitzer) last summers The Scams of Scapin, for which he played the title role. As an actor, Chris has been associated with 12 Miles West, A Contemporary Theatre, The Culture Project, Soho Rep, the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Target Margin, Gloucester Stage, Book-It Repertory, City Theatre in Pittsburgh, Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles, The Bathhouse, Seattle Children's Theatre, among others. He is a theatre educator, and his original plays for young people have been produced at The Seattle Children's Theatre. He has taught theatre at Colgate University and Fairleigh Dickinson University, as well as schools in Hoboken. He will be teaching at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2007-08. He holds a BFA in acting from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA in Directing from Rutgers University. He lives in Hoboken with his wife Annie McAdams and their daughters Willa Jean and Mae Rose.

Matthew Lawler
Artistic Associate/Producer
Matthew Lawler is a Co-Founder and current Producing Artistic Director for the award-winning Rude Mechanicals Theater Company of NYC. The company's productions include New York premiers of works by Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Caryl Churchill, as well as world premiers by Will Eno and Charles Mee Jr. As an actor for the company, Matt has performed in several shows including Endgame, Largo DeSoloto (winner of Backstage's Harold Clurman Award), The Flu Season (winner of Newsday's Oppy Award), and DeLillo's Valparaiso (New York Times Best of Off-Broadway for 2002). Matt has worked with several other theaters in New York including The Roundabout, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The New Group, and 59E59 in Rough Sketch, a play by Shawn Nacol which he helped develop. TV and film credits include Filmic Achievement (Jackson Hole Festival Award for Best Comedic Performance), The Sopranos, and several appearances on Law & Order. He is an ACT grad, Hoboken resident, and proud father of Lily and Matilda.

Raymond McAnally
Artistic Associate/Producer/Casting

Hailing from Franklin Tennessee, Raymond is a professional actor and coach based out of Jersey City. He was named Artistic Associate of MST in 2005 and has served MST as a Casting Director, Producer, and Performer. MST CREDITS: St. Columba & the River, Scapin, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and 7th Inning Stretch (2005 & 2006).

Other Acting Credits include: OFF BROADWAY: God's Ear (The Vineyard Theatre- original cast, published); Sa Ka La (Oslo Elsewhere). NEW YORK: 365 Days/ 365 Plays (LAByrinth/ The Public); The Burial at Thebes (La MaMa); etc. TOURS: Defending the Caveman (one man show). REGIONAL: Mere Mortals (Two River); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Long Wharf); etc. TELEVISION: 30 Rock (NBC-Universal); Order of the Serpentine (Spike TV); Guiding Light (CBS); The Agency (Pilot 2007 NYTVF). FILM: Ghost Town (Dreamworks); Penance; etc.

He holds a BA in Philosophy from Sewanee and an MFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Proud founder of the RTA and ‘LABfriend’ of LAByrinth Theater. He writes and produces sketch comedy for online content. He is a member of AEA, AFTRA, and SAG. For more, go to www.raymondmcanally.com/

Liam Joynt
Artistic Associate/Producer

Off-Broadway: Metamorphoses (u/s TONY award-winning Second Stage production). Regional: Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Chautauqua), Twelfth Night (Saratoga Shakespeare Co), The Nerd (Majestic), and Eric Bogosian's one-man show Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead. TV: Law & Order, Guiding Light, All My Children. Film: Violet of a Thousand Colors (Best Film, Bogota Film Festival Nom). Liam is a Founding Artistic Director of the acting studio for teens, Young Actors Training Center, www.YatcNYC.com. Training: MFA: Rutgers University; Chautauqua Theater Conservatory.

Jenny Levison
Literary Associate
Jenny Levison is a playwright, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. Her plays include Shtil, Mayn Corazon -- A Yiddish Tango Cabaret, Don't Kiss Me I'm In Training, Dia de los Muertos, The Scams of Scapin, and The Next Big Thing. Her work has been produced, developed, and screened in theaters across the U.S. Jenny holds a BA from Bates College and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, where she now teaches. For more info: www.dotellproductions.com