The Players:

Brigitte Barnett* - (Silvia) Brigitte was last seen in HERE Arts Center's Living Room Festival in an adaptation of A Woman of No Importance. Regional credits include: Bee-Luther-Hatchee (The Unicorn Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (City Theatre), Stonewall Jackson's House (W.H.A.T), Our Town (Syracuse Stage), New York Credits: My Body (The Drilling Company). Measure for Measure (NYSF), Geneva (LaMaMa a, etc.), Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (National Black Theatre), Good Night Irene (Hypothetical Theatre), If the Shoe Pinches (Manhattan Theatre Source), RANT (The Public, Cherry Lane, and LaMaMa etc.). TV/Film: One Life To Live, Maid In Manhattan. Brigitte works as a teaching Artist with various theatre companies and organizations in Arts in Education. M.F.A. Tisch School of the Arts.

Tom Cleary* - (Thurio) New York: The Trojan Women (Emerging Artists Theatre), Three Sisters (Neue Theatre), July (Metropolitan Playhouse), A Little Princess (Wings Theater). Regional credits: A Man For All Seasons; Twelfth Night (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), The Merchant of Venice; Much Ado About Nothing (Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival), The Good Woman of Szechuan (Hedgerow Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arden Theatre), The Tempest (People's Light & Theatre Company), Tin Pan Alley Rag (Wilma Theater), Purlie (Freedom Theatre - received a Barrymore nomination). Other leading roles: Once on a Summer's Day directed by Scott Schwartz; In the Boom Boom Room, Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Guys & Dolls (Nathan Detroit). Film/TV: Death by Committee with Tovah Feldshuh; Shot in the Heart (HBO), Jersey Girl (Miramax). Training: William Esper.

Laura E. Johnston* - (Lucetta) Recent theatre: The Exploitation of Joice Heth, Sort & Staple, and Richard III. TV/Film: Law & Order:SVU, 100 Centre Street, and Romance & Cigarettes. Thanks to The Drilling Co. for this opportunity.

Michael Lewis* - (Duke) NY theatre: Primary Stages, New York Theatre Workshop, Syncronicity Theatre, and the Signature Theatre. Regional: Cincinnatti Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Huntington, the Alley, and San Diego Rep. TV: Law and Order, The Guiding Light, and American Playhouse.

Gary Mink* - (Speed) is thrilled to be co-producing and acting in this production, having played Launce in TDC 2001's production of 2G. He has worked Off-Broadway in Grandma Sylvia's Funeral at the Soho Playhouse, and with the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Big Hotel. Regionally, he appeared in Speed the Plow at The Northeastern Theatre Ensemble, and A Few Good Men at the Wayside and Mill Mountain Theatres. He toured in The Comedy of Errors and Othello with the National Shakespeare Company. Off-Off Broadway he has worked with The West End Theatre, The Mint Theatre, Target Margin Company, The Turnip Festival, The Westside Repertory Theatre, A.A.I. Productions at Soho Rep, and many others. He studied with Austin Pendleton, John Basil (American Globe Theatre), and at Montclair State University. Nancy, OY, do you rock!

Greg Petroff* - (Antonio, Eglamour) received his BA from Case Western and his MFA from Rutgers. He has appeared in several Gorilla Rep outdoor Shakespearean productions in NYC including Midsummer, MacBeth and Henry IV. He is happy to be part of this production.

Tamara Reynolds* - (Panthina, Hostess, and Outlaw 2) NYC Theatre: Windows on the World, Most Fabulous Story..., Six Women with Brain Death. Regional: HMS Pinafore, Nightingale!, Lilies of the Field. Always thrilled to perform Shakespeare, and always wishing to perfect my hollandaise.

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