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Julia Beck |
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| Chicago, IL | |
| EMC | |
| Julia will be graduating from Missouri State in May with a BFA in Musical Theater. She most recently performed at Missouri State in A Chorus Line as Kristine. This summer Julie will be seen in Anything Goes as an Angel at Tent Theater. | |
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| 314.413.6928 juliabeck13@gmail.com |
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 Barry Bennett |
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| Chicago | |
| BARRY BENNETT ('91) has had his theatre and dance scores heard as far away as Salzburg and maybe as near as the seat in which you are sitting. This group of folks would include Chicago Dramatists, The Aardvark, Steppenwolf, The Art Institute, Emerald City, National Pastime, PROP THTR, Chicago Moving Company, Estrogen Fest, Writer’s Theatre, Asimina Chremos, NEXT Dance, Heartz & Bonies, Flush Puppy, Blackbird, Terrapin Theatre, and others . By day he is a modern dance accompanist and he has been Composer in Residence for the Chicago Moving Company for the past 7 years; for whom he has created music for numerous out reach programs. He is the founder of the art rock ensemble, MiLkBabY, (www.milkbaby.net), which recently released it‘s 5th album, BottLe, on Uvulittle Records (www.uvulittle.com ). He is married to director, Ann Filmer, and they have a pretty neato daughter named Hannah Doris. Barry believes that despite appearances, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. | |
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| 773.307.9187 barry@milkbaby.net |
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 Shannon Boland |
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| Chicago | |
| A 2007 graduate of Missouri State, Shannon now resides in Chicago. After graduation and a 3rd season of Tent Theatre, Shannon went on tour with the American Family Theatre company on a 3 month, 44 city tour of The Little Mermaid where she played the Sea Witch. This summer Shannon joins Timber Lake Playhouse for a 5 show summer season. She will be playing Anita in West Side Story in this, the 50th Anniversary of the show. | |
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| 636.358.3775 ShannonBoland1@yahoo.com | |
 Joel Ewing |
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| Chicago | |
| Since leaving The Bronze Bear, Joel followed a girl to Chicago. He, along with a slew of other SOUTHWEST Missouri State alums, co-founded and currently serves as Artistic Director for Open Cage Ensemble. With the Cage, Joel has appeared as an actor rigged in a beehive bouffant as Nancy in Tim Reardon's US: a tragedy, sported a "leaves little to the imagination" tracksuit in Boy's Life, donned prosthetic facial hair to play Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, downed a bottle of red as Melvin in Phyro-Giants! and directed Neil LaBute's bash. Check out our website at www.opencagetheatre.org for info on our Midwest Premiere of How To Act Around Cops. Other favorite credits include the Chicago premieres of Suitcase (Appetite Theatre) and Parade (Bailiwick Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award: Best Ensemble) Go Lady Bears! | |
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| ewingjoel@hotmail.com | |
John Hall |
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| Chicago | |
| Shortly after graduating from SMS and moving to Chicago, John Hall was cast in Chicago's own Child's Play Touring Theater Company. He toured the east coast and Chicago region for five months with CP, before moving on to a long-standing relationship with Emerald City Children's Theatre. John was featured in several of their shows, including the title role in their production of Frosty. John is currently working with the Barrel of Monkeys children's theatre, as well as appearing on an on-going basis in the Chicago production of Tony N' Tina's Wedding. | |
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| 816.718.4153 featofstrength@yahoo.com |
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Erròn Jay |
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| Chicago | |
| EMC * SAG | |
| Erròn
decided that after he played Cadmus in SMS's production of the Bacchae
of Euripides and after ZQ made him pay 20 bucks for a black
and white head shot (which he used for 5 years), he decided to spread
his wings and count his blessings. He missed James Woodland, taking
costuming 3 times, McCalister's Sweet Tea, and Jackie Stiles a lot. He
is also proud of everyone that is chasing this crazy dream of ours. Erròn Jay is now a Masters of Fine Arts! He recently finished his studies at the prestigious Theatre School of DePaul University. He has been working steadily in Chicago, having done a slew of national commercials ( Safe Auto, Time Warner Cable), and some wonderful theatre projects. He recently close the world premier of Harriet Jacobs at Steppenwolf Theatre. Hey Chicago people can we do something together? Maybe? Please? |
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| 417.894.7280 erronjay@gmail.com |
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| Agent:
Geddes Talent 312.787.8333 |
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 Zachary Quarles |
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| Chicago | |
| SAG | |
| ZQ is a core member for the Chicago-based theatre company, Open Cage Ensemble (www.opencagetheatre.org ) and directed the most recent production, Phyro-Giants! He has been seen throughout the Midwest in productions such as: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Comedy of Errors, The Bacchae of Euripides, Assassins, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Godspell, and The Spoon River Anthology. You can also hear his voice in such video games as: Soldier of Fortune 2: Double-Helix, X-Men: Legends, X-Men: Legends II Rise of the Apocalpyse, and Quake 4. He recently moved to the Chicago area to be more hands-on with Open Cage and to accept a job as audio director for Day 1 Studios (www.day1studios.com ). That's right. He makes video games for a living. He is a nerd. Check out his freelance company's website for any contract-based sound-design or original music composition work: www.changeling-sound.com | |
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 Danyel Read |
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| Chicago | |
| Several years back, Danyel Read moved to Chicago where she met a variety of theatre folks through different projects. Some of these slightly odd, yet totally loveable people wooed her with their talents and their booze. As a result, she now has a long and sordid past with the Open Cage Ensemble. OCE acting credits include: US, Boys’ Life, bash, PHYRO-GIANTS!, How To Act Around Cops, and supporting roles in numerous Open Cage Yard Sales. And then there was that time when they let her direct Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Because the title of Dance Captain was greedily snatched up by fellow ensemble member, Zachary Quarles, she currently serves as Executive Director Supreme and also as the punch-line to Joel Ewing’s inexplicable and totally inappropriate Old People jokes. | |
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| danyelread@yahoo.com | |
Janell Rinne |
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| Chicago | |
| EMC | |
| Janell is a recent graduate of Missouri State and new to the Chicago area. In addition to her roles at Missouri State, Janell has had the pleasure of learning the original choreography to A Chorus Line from Mitzi Hamilton in the summer of 2006. She has also participated in workshops with Craig Carnelia and Dave Clemmons. Janell was recently seen in Tent Theatre as 'Purity' in Anything Goes. | |
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| 816.305.9081 janellrinne@gmail.com |
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D.B. Schroeder |
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| Location: Chicago | |
| D.B. Schroeder is presently the Artistic Director of Chicago based Thunder & Lightning Ensemble. For T&L he directed Two Small Bodies and the critically acclaimed premiere of Ambition Facing West; named the number one show to see in Chicago for the weeks of June 14 and 21. He received a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from Missouri State University and also apprenticed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Past Directorial credits: Let Your Hair Down, Rapunzel and The Magic in Me both for Characters & Co. and Peter Weiss’ Night with Guests as part of the MSU One-Act Series. In Chicago he has acted with the Griffin Theatre in Frindle (Chris/Bud) and Romeo and Juliet are Alive and Well and Living in Maplebend (Jimmy Claypoole), Actor's Gym in The Tempest (Alonso), Audacity Theatre in Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence), and with Chase Park Theatre as Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Mr. Schroeder was an Assistant Teacher with Storybook Theatre at The Magic House in St. Louis and also taught Children’s Theatre for Characters & Co. | |
| db@thunderandlightning.org | |
 Trista Smith |
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| Chicago | |
| Trista Smith moved to the best city in the U.S. of A. shortly after graduation, and into the apartment of Jason Grimm where she realized her true calling: raunch. Smith and Grimm have performed their two-person show in several cabaret venues around Chicago, and most recently at the illustrious Lakeshore Theatre in the two-act vaudeville Give Our Retards to Broadway (Balls-Out Productions). When she's not collaborating with her favorite partner-in-crime, she has been seen in several productions of her theatre company, Hell In A Handbag Productions. Favorite roles with Handbag include Trixie in Caged Dames, Miss Collins in sCarrie! The Musical, and Ethel Merman in Judy's Scary Little Christmas. She has also worked with Porchlight Music Theatre, Theatre Building Chicago, Collision Theatre Company, and Open Cage Ensemble (though she is not affiliated, but she does support them and was told to mention them in her bio). | |
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| 773.401.6969 tristalouise@hotmail.com |
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 Tiffany Williams |
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| Chicago | |
| Tiffany Williams is a Missouri State Graduate from St. Louis, MO. Since pursuing her career in Chicago, IL she has worked non-stop in playing Kristy in the play The Other Side of the Game, Mrs. Johnson in the tv pilot 'The In Crowd', Tammy in the play 'He Beats Me', Bev in the independent film 'Guilt', and reoccuring roles for Plus Size Productions at the Gorillo Tango Theatre. | |
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| 314.853.9079 tiffanyw1908@gmail.com |
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Jennifer Reeves Wilson |
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| Chicago | |
| After leaving Springfield, Missouri, Jennifer returned to her native Chicagoland and currently lives in the northside Edgewater neighborhood with her husband, Jesse, and their kitty, Soleil-Moon-Unit-Zappatista. She continues to perform as an actor, dancer, musician and singer in Chicago. She has played on the stages of Steel Beam Theatre, No Center Aisle Theater Co., Borealis Theatre Co. and NightBlue Theater Performing Arts Company, where she is in the Repertory Ensemble as well as serving as a Program Assistant. She has been seen on the stage most recently at the Athenaeum Theater in Chicago in productions of Miss Saigon ("Ellen") and Kiss Me Kate ("Man 2"). She was also a featured actor and dancer in the premiere of Trisha Cole's Butterfly at the Bailiwick Director's Festival in June 2007. | |
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| 630.862.5869 JenniferReevesWilson@yahoo.com | |
| Agent: Lori Lins Ltd. | |
