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................................... "Susan Bennett provides comic relief and still manages to prove touchingly insecure." |
................................... Susan Bennett (Leah) Chicago credits and favorite roles include Sonya in Uncle Vanya, Cecile in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Olga/Ensemble in The Women, The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Lynette in The Day Room, And Pascuala in Fuente Ovejuna. She extends thanks to her friends and family, in particular her mother for all her love, support, and care packages.
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................................... "Kurt Brocker may be stuck with the innocuous nice-guy role, but he pulls it off with considerable charm." |
................................... Kurt Brocker (Tony) Kurt was last seen in A Mislaid Heaven with Famous Door. Before that, he played with Rivendell Theatre in Holy Days; Prop Theatre in Sawdust and Spangles; Frump Tucker Theatre in The Conduct of Life; Powertap/Rivendell Productions in Hamlet; A Red Orchid Theatre in Canus Loonis Balloonis; Never Come Morning with Prop Theatre; In The Boom Boom Room; The Bourgeois Gentleman; Beautiful City; After The Fall; Ah, Wilderness!; Hold Me; and The Tempest. NOTE: Mark Niebuhr took over the role of Tony in May 1999 |
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................................... "Mr. Gold is terrific as the conflicted Ste." |
................................... Daniel Eric Gold (Ste) Dan is happy to continue in a role he has performed with Famous Door's Chicago production. Chicago: Henry V (Shakespeare Repertory), Dealer's Choice (Victory Gardens and Theatre on the Lake), Indiscretions (Organic/Touchstone Theatre), The Million Bells of Ocean (ATC), Much Ado About Nothing (Oak Park Festival), and Straight as a Line (Goodman Studio Theatre). Regional: Man of LaMancha and Winnie The Pooh (Pennsylvania Center Stage). TV: "Early Edition." Film: Kissing a Fool, The Negotiator, and Adventure Day. Dan wishes his father could be back home in New York.
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................................... "Kirsten Sahs is nothing less than sensational." |
................................... Kirsten Sahs (Sandra) Kirsten is a company member of Famous Door Theatre in Chicago, where she won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in Beautiful Thing. Other Famous Door credits: The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, Greenland, and Tiny Dimes; also Conquest of the South Pole and Salt of the Earth, which both received Joseph Jefferson citations for Production and Ensemble. Kirsten received a Joseph Jefferson nomination for her Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire with Shattered Globe Theatre. She understudied Death and the Maiden with Steppenwolf Theatre. Other Chicago credits: Marc Anthony in Julius Ceasar; Custer; A Moon for the Misbegotten; Benefactors and The Count of Monte Cristo. Kirsten played Germaine in Steven Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Briar Street Theatre, directed by Steppenwolf's Randy Arnie. She was recently seen on television in "Cupid."
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................................... "Mr. Stinton knows just when to reach out and when to hold back." |
................................... Matt Stinton (Jamie) Matt is a recent graduate of Illinois State University. In addition to originating the role of Jamie in the U.S., he has appeared in Scapin as Scapin, Lend Me A Tenor as The Bellhop, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest as Martini, and The Rivals as Fag. Matt's commercial credits include DeVry. ................................... |
