The Cast and Crew |
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JEFF AUER (Maxie Ferguson) This is Jeff's fifth foray into Todd Michael world: Two productions of Vice Girl Confidential (Best Ensemble - 2006 NY International Fringe Festival), Tough Guys Don't Shoot Blanks (2008 Fringe Festival) and Buddy Becker's Big Uncut Flick (2009 Fringe Festival). He also was directed by the effervescent Walter Hoffman in an acclaimed 2009 production of The Return Of Odysseus at the TBG Theatre. Jeff has performed in independent films, national commercials and recorded numerous voiceovers for radio and television. His screenplay The Incoherents is currently in development with Perfect Weekend
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COURTNEY COOK (Blossom Lee) Courtney is thrilled to be working with Todd, Walter and the gang again! An Alabama native, Courtney has lived in NYC 14 years. Favorite acting roles/shows include Haley Walker in Theresa Rebeck’s one-woman play “Bad Dates,” two productions of “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” and of course, Kitty De Villiers in Gracye Productions’ “Tough Guys Don’t Shoot Blanks” and Mamie Winters in “Vice Girl Confidential.” Courtney currently has a commercial online at Kodak.com and a short film, “17 to Midnight,” premiering at the Staten Island Film Festival this month. |
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MATT GARNER (‘Skeets’ McGillis/Dwight Penbrook/Walsh) Tough Guys Don’t Shoot Blanks, Vice Girl Confidential (Gracye Productions); Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar (Gorilla Repertory Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Theatersmarts); Italian-American Reconciliation, Boy Gets Girl, Bamboozled (Select Collegiate Credits). As I exit NYC this summer, I would like to thank the following people for making the past few years really fantastic: Mandy Holder, Mary Anne Sahawneh, John Sahawneh, Tevy Bradley, Sam Thielman, Walter Hoffman, Allison Taylor, Todd Michael, Christopher Carter Sanderson, the Atlantic Acting School faculty Josh Pais and of course the cast of this show. |
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*JASON GRIFFITH (Johnnie ‘Kid’ Wilensky) Jason Griffith was last seen on stage in the Fringe Festival’s critically acclaimed Buddy Becker’s Big Uncut Flick. Other theatre includes Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh (Caldwell Theatre), Pvt. Wars (Apple Core), and Goosebumps (Natl. Tour). Jason can be heard as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog on all things SEGA. Love to Little Meow. |
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JOEL HABERLI (Wilensky) Joel is happy to be performing with this wonderful group of actors in this fun production. Joel last appeared on stage as Barry in Text Misdirected, and Pepe in Pepe Dormido, both pat of the 2010 8 Minute Madness Festival at Turtle Shell Theater. Other roles include ‘Man’ in Bluff for the 2009 Summer Shorties Festival (Turtle Shell), Byron Collins in Rewriting Her Life for the Summerfest 2009 at Manhattan Rep, and Wesley Hanna in One Nation Under for 3 Chicks Theater Co. TV work includes Icelandic Ultra Blue (Cartoon Network), All My Children (ABC), and Celebrity Ghost Stories (Bio Channel). Film: Lupercalia, Trunk, Rainbow Rabbit Reliant, Last Chance, Landscapes, and Hearts In Atlantis. Web: The A Team B Team C Team and Mad Libs for collegehumor.com, The Speed Creeper for manicattack.com, and Superman: The Unofficial Webseries at NYU. Joel’s voice can be heard on numerous radio and TV spots for Geico, Walmart, Sherwin Williams, McDonald’s and many others. www.joelhaberli.com |
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BRIAN HOPSON (Lew Kagel/Fitz Grogan) Brian is a very silly man and has done many silly things in this business! Recently he made his musical debut in Phoenix Theater’s “Three Little Pigs” and he hopes to have his original play “Noodlecrap” produced next year. Special thanks to his talented Rhapsody Cast and Director. My friends – Stephen, Erika, Glen, Lauren, Audrey, Nicole, Alicia, Devon and Kady for their constant support! Family – I love you more than words can express, and finally to the beautiful Amanda – you’re the finest person I know, I love you! |
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JESSICA LUCK (Peggy Wilensky/Beatrice) Jessica is thrilled to be working with Gracye Productions again after playing Margie and Vikki in Buddy Becker’s Big Uncut Flick and June in Vice Girl Confidential. Favorite NY credits include Our Town (Emily), What Makes Sammy Run? (Rosalie/Billie), The Disembodied Soul (The Soul), and Night Must Fall (Dora). Jessica is a graduate of Yale College and the Professional Musical Theatre Workshop at the Manhattan School of Music. She can be heard on Cousins by Steel+ and 16 Devils by Joemca, out this month. She is extremely grateful to this amazing cast for inspiration, her family for support, and J for the last 5. |
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TODD MICHAEL (Playwright/Rita Vance) Todd is the founding Artistic Director of Gracye Productions. Plays he’s written and performed with them include Bad Dames Go To Hell (The Red Room, 2003), Poverty Row Double Horror Show (The Red Room, 2004), The Greatest B-Movie Ever Told (FringeNYC, 2005), Vice Girl Confidential (FringeNYC Outstanding Ensemble Award, 2006; 2008 revival at Under St. Marks), Say Your Prayers, Mug (The Red Room, 2007), Tough Guys Don’t Shoot Blanks (FringeNYC, 2008) and Buddy Becker’s Big Uncut Flick (FringeNYC, 2009). Looking forward to acting out of drag in Apple Core’s upcoming production of William M. Hoffman’s As Is. Thanks to Walter, Allison, and this perfect cast and crew. Love to Peter, Mom and Gracye – 101 years old and still going strong! |
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*RYAN STADLER (Harry Katz/Toresca/Anatol de Lange/Kelsey/Eddie) I’m thrilled to be back in the Red Room with Gracye Productions and Horse Trade! I like to write bios in the first person. Credits include: Buddy Becker’s Big Uncut Flick, As Is, The Painter, Say Your Prayers Mug, Dinner at Precisely Eight-Thirteen, Man of La Mancha, Candide, Murder on the Nile, Threepenny Opera, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Working, and Fiddler on the Roof. Opera: La Traviata, Abduction from the Seraglio, Albert Herring, Il Trittico, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Yeoman of the Guard. Film: “Perfect Silence” and “A Day From Hell.” TV: “Guiding Light,” “Rescue Me” and HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords.” I’m a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. I’d like to thank my beautiful wife, Nikki! www.ryan-stadler.com
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WALTER HOFFMAN (Director) is an actor and director, born and bred in New York City. Recent directing credits include the revival of Vice Girl Confidential (Under St. Marks), Pvt. Wars (TBG Theater), The Return of Odysseus (TBG Theater), and Buddy Becker’s Big Uncut Flick at the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. |
JOEMCA (Sound Design) Joemca’s sound design and music was most recently featured in experimental puppet company Inkfish’s production Three Good Wives at the Little Angle Theater in London. Other sound projects include Inkfish’s The Brain at the Club, La Mama (NYC), Gogol’s The Nose at the Collective Unconscious (NYC), Murakami inspired experimental puppet pieces Slow Ascent and UFO in K at the Labapalooza festival in St. Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY), Audiomatic Theater’s audio play productions, and Willow Breaking Productions’ experimental opera, The Disembodied Soul at the NY International Fringe Festival. He is currently working on Inkfish’s adaption of The Epic of Gilgamesh. Joemca’s songwriting can be heard on his 2006 eponymous EP, and his debut album, 16 Devils released this month on One Stone Records. |
DAVID ZWIERS (Costumes) David L. Zwiers has been designing and sewing costumes for Gracye Productions from the beginning, although he wasn’t supposed to. David began as an actor with the group and in a pinch, volunteered his talents, and we all know how that goes. He began sewing and designing out of necessity in rural Wisconsin for himself as a teenager in the 80’s and progressed to ballroom dance gowns, evening gowns, bridal gowns, and multitudes of everything else. Under the label DZYNZ, he has worked with Gracye Productions for 10 years and is ecstatic to do so. David also enjoys acting, singing, hair design, and walks on a nude beach, romantic dinners and anything to do with Gracye Productions! He’ll be returning to the stage after an absence of five years in Apple Core’s production of “As Is.” |
PILAR NEWTON (Graphics) Pilar Newton has directed, illustrated and animated for such companies as Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, MTV, Estee Lauder and Listerine. Her print and graphic design work includes Nickelodeon, Bustello coffee and Gracye Productions. She’s also illustrated several children’s books for Nickelodeon, and has independently illustrated a produced series of children’s books in association with Three Spots Productions. Pilar has just completed episode 75 of the long-running popular web series “Kabbalatoons” for Chabad.org. You can visit her at pilartoons.com. |
*Appearing courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association |
