Dead White Males
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Brady Adair is thrilled to make his Tongue in Cheek Theater debut with this special New York premiere. New York: Walking the Dream (ATA), Dulcy (Zephyr Rep) and new works at Manhattan Children’s Theatre. Regional: Romeo and Juliet (New England Shakespeare), The Foreigner (Millbrook Playhouse), and All Quiet on the Western Front (world premiere, Roxy Regional). Film and television credits include The Oracle and The Forensic Files. www.bradyadair.com
A native Texan, Robert moved to New York City in 2002 and has been very fortunate to have been performing almost non-stop since. Robert is an actor, singer, dancer and accomplished choreographer. Off-Broadway: Fools in Love, Tempest Tossed Fools, Kennedy’s Children and KNB - The Musical. Numerous Off-Off-Broadway, workshops and staged readings and regional credits. During the summers, Robert teaches at Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts camp in the Catskill Mountains. www.robertgonzalesjr.com
New York: Christians Having Sex in Silence, Playing Cricket, Psych, The Mercy Seat. At New School for Drama: Blind Date, A Ringing of Doorbells, In the Shadow of the Glen, All’s Well that Ends Well, As You Like It, A Thousand Cranes (59E59), The Crucible. B.A. Smith College, M.F.A. The New School for Drama.
Leanne Linsky is the host and co-creator of Casual Sketch, performs musical improv with Miracle Baby, is one half of the comedy duo Bryan*Linsky, and performs all over NYC with Cherub Improv. Leanne is also a TV show host on KZTV, Kid Zone TV at Mount Sinai Hospital. She began her studies at The Second City, which led her to Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY & LA, IO Chicago and most recently, Magnet Theater.
National Tour: The Little Prince (National Theatre of the Performing Arts). New York: Proof, Psych, Recent Tragic Events, Five Flights, Love Letters, The Baltimore Waltz (Tongue in Cheek Theater), Up a River/Down the Aisle (Midtown International Theatre Festival, Strawberry One Act 2009 - semi-finalist), Night Sky, Exes and Ohs, Just Before the Drop (NativeAliens Theatre Collective), Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Sisters, Thanksgiving Dinner (Prospect Theatre Company), and The Last Circus (Post Theater). B.A. in French, Smith College; M.F.A. in acting, Actors Studio Drama School. www.jakelipman.com
New York: Othello, Loyalties, Double Falsehood (U.S. premiere), The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, The Servant of Two Masters, Much Ado about Nothing, On Baile’s Strand, Twelfth Night, The Bohemians, Since Psychopathia Sexualis…, A.D. 33, Macbeth, The Jew of Malta, Don’t Die Laughing, Brecka and Scarlett, Even Reindeers Get the Blues. U.K.: As You Like It. B.F.A. in acting, Boston University and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (Spring 2008). Graciany was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
Theatre: Recently returned from performing Artie in Eleemosynary at Millbrook Playhouse. Co-produced and played Agnes in Marion Bridge at The Directors Company. Other favorite roles include Carlotta in The Cherry Orchard at Columbia and Tansy in The Nerd at CRT. Film: Silver Tongues, Bad Idea, Overheard. B.F.A., University of Utah, as well as training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, National Theatre Conservatory, and The Actors Center, NYC. www.shanawiersum.wordpress.com
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William Missouri Downs was trained in playwriting at the Circle Repertory in New York. In Hollywood he wrote for several NBC sitcoms. As a playwright he has written twenty plays, several of which are published by Samuel French and Playscripts. His newest play, Forgiving John Lennon, opens at the Detroit Rep in March. He has also authored several books including “The Art Of Theatre” (Wadsworth), “Naked Playwriting” (Silman/James) and “Screenplay: Writing the Picture” (Silman/James). He lives in Wyoming. Web site
Dina Epshteyn – Dramaturg
Brock is a minimalist director and the artistic director of Altruistic Theatre Company, whose recent production of A Taste of Altruistic was featured in the Theater for the New City’s 2010 Dream Up Festival. New York: This Is Our Youth, Poona the F*ckdog and Other Plays for Children, A Devil Inside, It’s All True. B.A. in theatre performance, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. www.altruistictheatre.com
Allison Lemel – House Manager
Alison has stage managed several productions, including Proof and the Plus 1 Solo Show Festival in May 2010, both for Tongue in Cheek Theater. Other New York credits: Dances in Funny (FringeNYC 2009), Love, Oil & Pizza (Red Room Theatre), and Against Her Better Judgment at the Drilling Company Theatre. She has also worked as a spotlight operator for My Illustrious Wasteland and F#@king Up Everything (NYMF) and as spotlight operator and assistant electrician on the Off-Broadway production of How to be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself).
Virginia Monte – Set Designer
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Katy Moore – Stage Manager
Katy left the world of wealth management to pursue her long-held dream of a career as a stage manager. Most recently, she was the ASM for the hit off-Broadway show, With Glee, with Prospect Theatre at Theatre Row and the PSM for Jester’s Dead at the Philly Fringe. Some of her recent favorite shows include Romance Romance (The Active Theater Company), The Confidence Man (The Woodshed Collective) and The Green Manifesto in the 2009 New York Fringe Festival.
Michael went to the Don Loper School of Design. He designed the Korean Premiere of Jekyll and Hyde and many other Off and Off-Off Broadway shows, and has done many projects for Broadway Cares, including Broadway Bares.
Philip holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Rice University and is an active composer, orchestrator, and consultant. Orchestration credits: Taking Chance, Teddy in His Own Words, You Don’t Know Jack (HBO Films), Sin Nombre, Hollywoodland (Focus Features), The Nanny Diaries (Weinstein Company/MGM Films), Faces of America (PBS), Schooled (CW Network). 2010 New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nominee, Outstanding Sound Design for Proof (Tongue in Cheek Theater). www.philiprothman.com
