Abe Goldfarb
(Performer)
Abe Goldfarb studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic, and has worked with such companies as the Jean Cocteau Rep, Studio 42 and The Pumpkin Pie Show. Favorite roles include Ben Franklin in We the People, the Frontman in Hostage Song, Pistol in Henry V, Arthur in In Public, Tiger Brown in The Threepenny Opera, the Mascot in Junta High and Jaques in As You Like It. He also emcees burlesque in NYC and nationwide under the pseudonym Bastard Keith. Thanks, Rosebud.
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Brian Silliman
(Performer)
Brian Silliman is very happy to be back with the Pumpkin Pie Show. He recently won a Fringe Award for Overall Excellence in Performance for his role as Gordon in The Particulars. Other recent credits include Mac Rogers' Advance Man (Kip), H4 at Theatre Row (Falstaff), and his sixth season with the Summer Theatre of New Canaan, performing in My Fair Lady (Doolittle) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Jacob, Potiphar, Baker). Other credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry) with American Globe, and the National Tours of The Comedy of Errors (Egeon, Nell, Courtesan, Officer) and The Iliad: Book One (Agamemnon) with Aquila. Original plays include Savior (Comic Book Theatre Festival, 2011) The Magic of Mrs. Crowling (Kraine Theatre, 2007, published by Original Works Publishing), as well as many others that have been produced throughout New York. He starred in, co-wrote, and associate produced the short film Anniversary Dinner, and is a graduate of Ithaca College.
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Clay McLeod Chapman
(Playwright-Performer)
Clay McLeod Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. He is the author of Rest Area, a collection of short stories, and Misscorpus, a novel. Currently, he is writing a trilogy of children's novels titled The Tribe — book one, Homeroom Headhunters, is slated to hit the shelves in 2013. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University.
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Hanna Cheek
(Performer)
Hanna Cheek with Waterwell,has devised and performed in Goodbar, Chill & Serve, Sweetness& Light, The Persians…a comedy about war with five songs, Marco Millions(based on lies) and The|King|Operetta. With The Pumpkin Pie Show: Hostage Song (The Kraine Theater), Junta High (PS122), CardiacShadow (PS122), Saint Hanna... (The Kraine Theater), RingsideSeats (Belt Theatre), Rise Perverts Rise (Red Room), Big Top (RedRoom) and The Birds and the Bees (Red Room). Other NYC Credits: The Amulet (78th Street Lab),First You're Born (Playwrights Horizon), Broken Boughs (Blue Heron Arts Center), Judith, a comedy troupe (The Kitchen). LA credits: Bad Touch: A Sketchy Show (Masquerade Theatre) and improv at IO West. At Sarah Lawrence College: TheSeagull and Kinder transport. London credits: Lady Macbeth (BridgeLane Theatre). TV credits: The West Wing, Titus and MTV’s Undressed.
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Kevin Townley
(Performer)
Kevin Townley has performed in Hollywood blockbusters, elementary school cafeterias, and everywhere in between. He sings in the rock band, Bambï, which recently completed a sold-out run of their live concept album, GOODBAR (based on Judith Rossner’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar), at The Public Theatre. Their debut album, Bad News in a Party Dress, and EP Dogs on the Dance Floor, are available on Amazon & iTunes. Kevin’s been in a zillion Off- and Off-Off-Broadway shows, including the international hit Shockheaded Peter, which starred the British cult band, The Tiger Lillies. He was seen on the big screen playing a young Eddie Izzard in Ivan Reitman’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and as a terrible valet alongside Jonah Hill in The Sitter (and on the small screen in all the Law & Orders). He can also be seen in Men in Black 3 and The Comedy, starring Tim Heidecker. Kevin co-hosts and -produces the monthly themed-variety show, The Talent Show, with Elna Baker, which has featured Ira Glass, John Hodgman, Janeane Garofolo, They Might Be Giants and many others. Kevin and Elna are currently writing a Young Adult novel for Scholastic. Kevin is not only a Moth Grand Slam finalist, but has also been listed as one of New York’s best dressed by Time Out New York and Worst Dressed by Star Magazine. The Associated Press has called him ”Magnetic” and ”Fabulous” and The New Yorker observed that he is ”Phenomenal.” Yay!
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