Who's Who

Margo Davis

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Margo Davis (Grandma Lester) is happy to be joining  the 20th Anniversary of American Reparatory Theatre!  She is fascinated by and honored to play this role.

Margo’s performances throughout the US and Canada, ironically as a voice actor, and  improvisation, live radio drama ,film and stage including most of the theatre companies in the Buffalo area.  She has been a SAG/AFTRA voice actor for many decades.  She is retired Theatre Chair at BAVPA, Buffalo and instructor at Buffalo State University. You may have seen some of her public visual art commissions around town or caught one of her “Permanent Resident” historic characters at Forest Lawn over the years. Dedicated to building community, Margo also volunteers with Habitat For Humanity on builds throughout the world and is an active member of the Buffalo-Kanazawa Sister Cities Committee. www.margodavis.com

Robert Insana

2026 marks Robert"s 40th year working as a professional actor in western New York. He has performed on many stages and appeared in countless commercials throughout his career. He also has worked as a drama teacher, improv comedian, director, and music teacher in that time. Some of his more notable roles include: his Artie Award winning role as JIm in Pumpboys & Dinettes, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Groucho Marx/Captain Spaulding in Animal Crackers, and The Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Much thanks to ART of WNY for his roles as The Devil in LIttle Robert, Art Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves, and most recently Ebenezer Scrooge in When Worlds Collide. He also was a recent Artie Award nominee for his multiple roles in Musicalfare's The other Josh Cohen.

As an accomplished singer/guitarist for close to 50 years he has performed not only in Western New York, but also in Florida, California, and with Carnival Cruise Lines.

Danette Pawlowski

Danette Pawlowski (She/Her) is a Buffalo based actor, singer, and improviser. Favorite credits include Fran Dobishinsky (Gods of Padarewski Drive - ART of WNY), Katie Fox (The Informer- ART of WNY) and Titus Andronicus (Titus XX-Brazen Faced Varlets). She has performed, produced, directed and taught improv throughout Buffalo for over a decade. Love and thanks to Dan for his never-ending support. 

 

Matthew LaChiusa

A proud graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a BFA in Creative Writing and minor in Theater, this marks Matthew's 26th production (23 plays and 3 musicals) he has directed at American Repertory Theater of WNY. During that tenure, he has earned two Artie Nominations for Best Direction of a Musical (American Idiot and Jesus Christ Superstar) and one for Best Director of a Play (An Irish Play). Most favorite productions, up to date, include "An Irish Play", "The Informer"(Artie Award winning play for Best Original Play), "Something Wicked" (Artie Nominated play for Best Original Play), "American Idiot" (Artie Nominated for Best Musical Production and winner of the Best Ensemble of a Musical), and "A Behanding in Spokane". When not directing at the company, Matthew also serves as the Technical Director and leads American Repertory Theater of WNY as both the Artistic and Executive Director. He is grateful to the ensemble of "An Irish Play" for all the hard work, focus and commitment they have put into this piece. Namasta.