Rising Action Theatre, Inc. is dedicated to promoting and educating the public in diversity and tolerance for all people through theatre arts. It will present plays with multi-cultural themes and works of social relevance.
David Goldyn, Executive Artistic Director, founded Rising Action Theatre in 2006. Since its inception, Mr. Goldyn has produced Say You Love Satan, Flora the Red Menace, The Andrews Brothers, Bent and Sordid Lives, among others. For Rising Action, some of the plays he has directed include Southern Baptist Sissies, Some Men, Take Me Out and The Sisters Rosensweig.
Previously, David was the Producing Artistic Director of the Acting Studio Company in Orlando for seven years, where he directed such shows as Jeffrey, Ruthless, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, and Fortune and Men's Eyes. For New York City's Park's Shakespeare Company, he directed Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Shakespeare Collage: All the World's a Stage. In Los Angeles, he directed and produced the held-over hit Stray Dog Story and From Shirley Temple to Aimee Semple.
As an actor, David has appeared with Jack Scalia in Pointman, Eric Roberts in Saved by the Light, Dolly Parton in Heavens to Betsy, Lorna Luft in Carnival and in Unsolved Mysteries.
David has taught acting at Theatre of Arts in Los Angeles and at Nat Horne Musical Theatre in New York City. He holds a Master's Degree in Theatre from NYU and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and teaches theatre at Broward College and Miami Dade College. He is involved in the production of the recent Broadway revival of Promises, Promises starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenowith.
Andy Rogow, Producing Director, is well- known in the South Florida theatrical community. He is the former Artisitic Director of the Hollywood Playhouse, which received many Carbonell and Curtain Up awards and nominations during his tenure. He is also a Past-President of the Theatre League of South Florida, having served on its Board of Directors for six years and founding the Producers Forum. For the past several years, he has worked as a freelance director. His most recent credits include: Steve Solomon's My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy and its two sequels, which have toured the country extensively over the past 7 years, including stops at the Broward Center for the Performaing Arts and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. He also directed the musical revue Food Fight which had a successful run at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre several seasons ago, and toured nationally last year with extended runs in Atlanta and St. Louis. Most recently, he directed Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Bloomw with Elayne Wilks at the JCAT Theatre in North Miami Beach.
Jerry Jensen, Managing Director, has an extensive business career and a lifelong interest and active participation in the arts. He is currently President of Jerry Jensen and Associates, LLC., which advises small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits. He has 40 years senior management and consulting experience in diversified Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurial companies, a Big 5 accounting and consulting firm, a not-for-profit regional arts center and a leading credit card bank. His management experience has ranged from owning three small businesses to managing two large operations each with 350 employees. He holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.
Jerry has participated in the performing and cinema arts for many years. He has acted in over 60 plays in ten states, directed more than a dozen productions and done backstage duty on many more. He has served as an officer on the Boards of the Germantown Community Theatre (TN), the Wilmington Drama League (DE), the Public Theatre of South Florida and Rising Action Theatre, where he has also served as Business Manager for over two years. For two years he was the Executive Director of the Wichita Center for the Arts, a regional arts center incorporating an art museum, a professional community theatre, and a school for the visual and performing arts. In college, he was President of the Cornell Cinema Society, a highly successful film program which attracted over 50,000 attendees annually, and after graduation, owned a 16mm film rental company. The Jerry Jensen Cinema 16 Film Collection is now housed at the University of Nebraska.
PAST SHOWS
2006
Southern Baptist Sissies
The Last Hairdresser
2007
Burning Blue
Simply Barbra
2008
Eleven O' Clock Number
Confessions of a Mormon Boy
6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks
The Sisters Rosensweig
Some Men
Bathhouse the Musical
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
2009
Say You Love Satan / Simply Barbra
The Andrews Brothers
Bent
Judy Garland Live
Take Me Out
Eyecons
2010
Sordid Lives
Reefer Madness
The Sum of Us
Mother/Son
Mr. Charles.../ Mexico City
2010 - 2011
Judy & Liza Together Live
Fit To Be Tied
The Boys in the Band
The Killing of Sister George
Grey Gardens, The Musical
The Mormon Boy Trilogy
2 Boys in a Bed on a Cold Winter's Night
