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Goodtimes The Mummy (Brandon Beilis) and the Wolfman (Adam Swiderski) get some love and affection from Shoshana Hoffert (L) and Jessica Savage (R), two of the lovely lasses
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Brandon Beilis is an actor/comedian/improvisor whose roots are firmly planted in theatre. Brandon recently finished a run of Meet Market , an improvised “Dating Game”, at Gotham City Improv. Moving from stage to screen, he has worked with Metropolis Entertainment on the sitcom pilot “Unexplained Mystery Chasers”. Brandon also delivered a spot-on performance as the Bee in “Crosspollination”, an animated short parodying the story of the birds and the bees. He would like to give a big thank-you to Frank and Michele for everything. See Brandon Friday nights at Gotham City Improv with his group the Luigi Bros.
Frank Cwiklik is the former Artistic Director of the late, lamented DMTheatrics, which produced over two dozen shows in its five years of existence. Between 1999 and 2004, Cwiklik's work as director and playwright ranged from the melancholy nostalgia of Who in the Hell is the Real, Live Lorelei Lee ; to the bawdy political satire of Sugarbaby! (published in NYTheatre's Plays and Playwrights 2004 ); from the white trash burlesque of Trav S.D.'s House of Trash ; to the delicate romanticism of Twenty ; from the B-movie hysteria of Ed Wood's The Fugitive Girls! ; to the challenging S&M dreamscape of Bitch Macbeth . Praised by critics from NYTheatre.com, Backstage, Village Voice, Time Out New York , Show Business Weekly, and recipient of two consecutive OOBR awards for Outstanding Production, Cwiklik disbanded DMTheatrics in 2004, and has since been looking for excuses not to do anything else. He has failed utterly, to everyone's dismay.
Carolyn Demisch – Theater: Witches in Bikinis , Don't Tell Mama; Create Fate , Williamstown Theatre Fest; The Maids , True Pearl . Film: NY Film Academy and NYU shorts, including “Jane's Affliction”, “The Collector”. Carolyn is a world traveler, and has visited 5 out of 7 continents to date.
Matthew Gray is a writer, actor, director, living and working in Brooklyn . His last appearance with Frank Cwiklik was as Titus in DMT's Nevada Territory in early 2004. A BFA graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, he worked with Frank's late DMTheatrics company in Bitch Macbeth , Antony and Cleopatra , The Fugitive Girls , and Bride of the Monster .
Shoshana Hoffert – Theater: Four Fruits , Surf Reality; Long Light Point , Chashama; Ondine , Open Stage, CO. Television: “Kenny the Shark” (pilot), Discovery Kids; “Bump Cut” (pilot), PBS; Dance: David Dorfman Dance, CO; Hoi Polloi Dance Co, MA.
Madame Rosebud , aka Jennifer Leigh, is a southern girl raised in Sedona AZ where she has pursued the arts as an opera singer, commissioned artist, dancer, and actress. Jennifer moved to NYC to study at the American Academy of Dramatic arts where she completed the program and was invited to be a member of their prestigious company. The AADA company year was completed in February, and now Jennifer is pleased to have such a wonderful series of experiences and credits under her belt. She is now pursuing creative and challenging avenues, hoping to flesh out an interesting and diverse resume.
Sarah Marck is a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy . She is happy to be a part of Orgy of the Dead . Other credits include: Jackie O in The House of Yes and Narrator in her 1st grade Little Red Hen play because she was in the advanced reading group. Thanks to friends and family back in Detroit .
Josh Mertz is from Ohio . He is pleased to be appearing in his eighth production with Frank & Michele. He has performed in a few children's and/or musical theatre tours and performed every Saturday night with his sketch group Slightly Known People at Rififi on 11 th . Most recently, he appeared in Adhesive Theater Prokect's poperetta adaptation of RUR . This fall, he can be seen in The Memorandum as part of Untitled Theatre Co #61's Vaclav Havel Fest.
Jessica Savage is thrilled to be making her burlesque debut for Do What Now Media. Her dance background includes specialized training in Ballroom and Latin. She recently was a member of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts' 2006 Company: Burn This (Anna), Light Up The Sky (Frances Black), Masterpieces (Yvonne), and Idiot's Delight (Bebe). Other memorable roles: Habeas Corpus (Constance Wicksteed) and As You Like It (Phebe). "Robert...this is only the beginning..."
Scarlet O'Gasm aka Pagan – Stage: A Midsummer Night's Dream , Manhattan Repertory Theater; Tennessee , Teatro la Tea; Woyzeck , Variety Theater NYC. Tours : Terrific Travelling Troubadours, Mapping Sepocracy. Pagan is also a Division 1 NCAA swimmer, and has performed in seven languages.
Michele Schlossberg -Cwiklik is the former Managing Director for DMTheatrics, and now works in a vague, slightly sinister capacity for Do What Now Media. After being accepted and then thrown out of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Michele went on to a much more enjoyable stint at Oxford University in the Midsummer at Oxford program studying with Jeremy Irons, Rosemary Harris and several other well known English folks. Continuing on her collision course with fame she went on to Williamstown Theatre Festival to work with Austin Pendleton in Henry IV and as Estragon in Waiting for Godot . This led to lukewarm reviews and a case of bronchial pneumonia. Coming to New York in 1990, she took classes with William Hickey for 6 months and then disappeared from the stage for 12 years. In 1999, she was dragged back in by her now-husband Frank Cwiklik to run lights for the classic Girls' School Vampire . Between then and 2004, Michele directed and/or performed in over two dozen productions with DMT, notably as Cat in The Fugitive Girls! and Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra . Her most acclaimed stage turn was in DMTheatrics' Fall 2003 production of Who in the Hell is the Real, Live Lorelei Lee?
Jessica Silver is pleased to be shaken' it burlesque style for the first time, and happy to add tassel twirling to the old resume. She has recently graced the New York stage in The Looking Glass Theater's production of Antony and Cleopatra and will be seen (only if you don't blink) in the Castle Rock film Music and Lyrics By... . TV credits include ABC's "Young and the Restless" and TLC's "Scene of the Crime." Thanks Mom, Dad, and Scot for supporting me always and never missing a show, no matter how silly.
Adam Swiderski is a writer, actor and musician who has performed on the stages of theaters and clubs throughout New York City . He was last seen in Richard Foreman's Symphony of Rats and Film Is Evil/Radio Is Good , and in the title role of The Gentleman Killer , both at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn . He has previously collaborated with director Frank Cwiklik on such shows as Nevada Territory , Sugarbaby! , Antony & Cleopatra , House of Trash (for which he also served as musical director), Bitch Macbeth , and the original 2002 production of Orgy of the Dead at Surf Reality. He is very happy to be at the Orgy again.
Gwen Warkulwiz is a native of the Philadelphian suburbs. After precociously appearing in her first feature film at the age of five, it was evident that she was born with acting in her blood. She was honored with the Pennsylvania Performing Arts Alliance Award five times throughout her youth, an award usually given only once to a young performer. For the past four years, Gwen has lived in NYC working as an actress, honing and expanding her craft. She has studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company, Actors Conservatory, and the Upright Citizens Brigade. She was most recently seen working with the Michael Chekov Theatre Company in the sexy comedy, Happy Hour . |
