 Sara
Towber Lerner is the
founder and artistic
Director
of Little Hibiscus Productions.
She began her
professional career at
the School of American Ballet, performing
at the
New York State
Theater. While attending Smith College
and
graduating with a degree in
Literature she performed throughout
the
Pioneer
Valley with various
companies and The Ohio Dance Theater.
Upon
returning to New York and
hanging up her dancing shoes, she has studied at the Lee
Strasberg
Theatre Institute, The Neighborhood Playhouse and The Matthew
Corozine
Studio. Favorite roles include Bonnie Jean in Brigadoon with the
Heights Players, Babe in Crimes
of the Heart,
Valerie in Imagining
Brad
with the Matthew Corozine Players, Maple in The View From Here
and
Julie in Pizza
Man
with
Little Hibiscus Productions. She also originated the role of Mia in On
The Rocks written by Dina Laura. She can be seen in several movies
including Center
Stage,
Mona Lisa Smile, The Forgotten, as well as many student
and independent films. Sara is a member of SAG. She
is also a certified Pilates instructor and personal trainer and works
as a print and fitness model.
www.saratowber.com
Ira
Lerner For
more than 25 years Ira
Lerner photographed fashion ads and created national advertising
campaigns for clients such as Calvin Klein, Revlon, Benetton, Halston
and Danskin, to name but a few. As owner of a small ad agency and
marketing consulting firm, Lerner also produced and directed many
industrial films and videos,
working with many of New York City's most talented commercial actors. A
member the Board of Directors, he brings his years of experience and
wealth of knowledge to Little Hibiscus Productions. |
Michelle
Del Villar trained
as a dancer in her hometown
in Australia,
and began her career in regional musical theatre, including Cinderella
and Mr. Toad. Other credits include the televised Diva Awards, and
assistant choreographer on Hand in Hand. She
then toured
Australia, Singapore and Malaysia with the cabaret group Aussie Spice,
before heading to the USA and to New York to work on various
industrials and teach competitive danciers. Michelle has since hung up
her dance shoes to work as a registered nurse.
Mark
J.
Paynter is very
proud to be part of the
creative
team for Little Hibiscus Productions, Inc. He has worked both on the
stage and behind the scenes with Sara and feels she has a great future
with this company and is looking forward to being a part of it. He was
Alec Baldwin's stand-in and photo double on the new NBC comedy 30 Rock. He is a
teacher in a new pilot called Bored
of Education which he is hopeful will earn a national
spot. Mark can be seen on such shows as Hope and Faith, Law and Order
SVU, Law and Order Criminal Intent and Sins of the City.
He has also been in major movies and commercials
throughout NYC. Coming from a Musical Theater background Mark has been
seen hoofing his heels in such shows as 42nd Street, West Side
Story, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
and Bye Bye Birdie,
just to mention a few, and is a proud member of
AFTRA, AEA and SAG (the professional unions for actors), He has also
toured nationally and internationally. Thanks to BJ for all his love
and support.
David
Towber David has
been involved for 30 years in the evolving arts scene as an educator,
entrepreneur and artist. A regular contributer at National Conferences
on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists and multiple recipient
of awards in Teaching and Education, he brings his
educational and commercial knowledge and institutional connections to
Little Hibiscus Productions. David operates a graphic arts and print
studio, and is a Professor of Art at The Hunter College Campus Schools,
New York. Works are in private collections in the US, Canada,
France and England, Eastern Europe and Israel. |
