THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON by Jason Miller at Interact Theatre Company

Los Angeles (Director): "Skylight" by David Hare at Fremont Centre Theatre, Gary Richards’ "The Root" at The Ark, "Loyalties" and "What Happened Was" at Alliance Theatre Co., "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "Waiting At The Malibu Diner" at PRT’s Co-op, "Othellox3" and "Mlle. Colombe" at the Classical Theatre Lab, "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" at The Acme, "The Volunteer" at West Coast Ensemble and in New York, "My Fifteen Minutes." As an actor, Ken appeared On, Off, and Off-Off B’Way and in major regional theaters across the country. TV: recurring roles in the current HBO series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers, Without A Trace, Station 19, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, S.W.A.T., Seal Team, and more. Film: Lansky, Carman the Champion, and Walt Whitman, a Kosmos for PBS. Ken was the voice of Seneca in The Holy Roman Empire, and Derek Wildstar in the anime classic, Star Blazers. Ken is a long-time member of The Classical Theatre Lab in L.A., as well as the chair of their Director's Wing.

Barry Heins was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Upon graduation from The Juilliard School (BFA, Drama), he toured forty-five states with five plays as a member of The Acting Company, including Michael Langham’s production of "Twelfth Night" and Alan Schneider’s 25th Anniversary production of "Waiting for Godot." Broadway: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan, and the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Good" starring Alan Howard. Off-Broadway: "An Enemy of the People" starring Roy Dotrice (Roundabout Theatre), "The Boys Next Door" (Lambs Theatre), "On the Verge" (John Houseman Theatre), "Ten by Tennessee" (Lucille Lortel Theatre), and "Spring Awakening" (NYSF/Public Theatre). Favorite film and TV roles: Baby Boom, Fear of a Black Hat, and Grace and Frankie. Favorite regional theater roles: Ben in "The Sunshine Boys" with Eddie Bracken and Lou Jacobi, and Norman in "And a Nightingale Sang" with John Slattery. Los Angeles: Ford Theater (Best Actor Drama-Logue Award for "Much Ado About Nothing"), Interact’s productions of "Other People’s Money" at the Pico Playhouse, and the West Coast premiere of the Mark Rylance & Louis Jenkins comedy "Nice Fish" at The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. In addition to his work as a voiceover actor, Heins has taught voice and speech at the professional actor training programs of NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Playwright’s Horizons Theater School and SUNY Purchase College, and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). Heins produced ITC’s “The Pulitzer Prize Winners: 10 Plays from 10 Decades” for the Los Angeles Public Library, directing "You Can’t Take It With You" and "The Great White Hope." During the pandemic, he produced and directed two short films for ITC, Just Another Birthday in Bedlam, and Faultless, tallying multiple top honors at film festivals across the country, including Best Indie Filmmaker from Top Shorts Film Festival and a Telly Award.