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Morgan Baker graduated from Villanova University with a Master’s degree in Theater and has been working in theater and film in NYC since early 2000. Recent roles include Rafael Lamas in Harvest (Alchemy Theatre Company), Peter in Lunch Hour (Heiress Productions), Dr. Gahagan in Haymarket (Alchemy Theatre Company), John in Welcome Home Steve (MadAir Productions), Ferenczi in Where Three Roads Meet (Midtown Intl Theatre Fest), George in Barman and Logan in Naked Girls Drinking! (both with Bon Bock Productions). Film credits include Privacy, Leaving New Hope, and Crickett and the Little Girl Power along with an appearance on the CBS series Hack.

Matthew Herrick most recently collaborated with Stephen & Scott Schwartz on the pre-Broadway readings of Children of Eden. As a resident member of the classical theatre company, Handcart Ensemble, Matthew recently finished playing Apollo/Prometheus in the NY premiere of Euripides' Alcestis, adapted by Ted Hughes, and Haemon in Seamus Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Antigone. As a singer, Matthew made his Carnegie Hall debut in The Gift of Music. He teaches acting, speech, and voice workshops throughout the city. Regional theatre credits include Jamie in The Last 5 Years, Moliere/Harpagon in Suzan Zeder’s adaptation of The Miser, Marius in Les Miserables, Adam in Children of Eden, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jed in The Fifth of July, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Kulygin in The Three Sisters, Richard III, Joseph in Joseph…Dreamcoat, and many more. He also appeared as a soloist alongside Tommy Tune and Linda Eder in the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the U.T. Performing Arts Center in Austin, TX. TV: As The World Turns, Touched by an Angel. National Commercials: principal for Verizon Wireless and The Olive Garden. Education: MFA in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin, BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Brigham Young University.Matthew is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and the National Association for Teachers of Singing. www.matthewherrick.net mherrick@TheatreEast.org

Kathleen Huber, Off Broadway: Harvest, Tamara, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Constant Wife, Milestones,Coriolanus, Hamlet, A Scent of Flowers, The Queen & the Rebels, Richard III, U.S. premiere of Jigsaws. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse (An Ideal Husband), Caldwell Theatre (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Later Life), Pasadena Playhouse (The Beaux' Stratagem), Stages St. Louis (The Music Man and High Society), American Heartland Theatre (Lettice & Lovage, The Mystery of Irma Vep), Music Theatre of Wichita (Gigi, The Wizard of Oz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, My Fair Lady), Stamford Theatre Works (Collected Stories), and the Alabama, Orlando and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festivals. Directing: New Jersey Rep, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Wayside Theatre, Forestburgh Summer Theatre, Mimes & Mummers of Fordham University, and aboard luxury cruise ships. Kathleen's short stories have appeared in Seventeen, Highlights for Children, Jack & Jill, Young World, and Homes & Gardens. She is co-author of Fourscore & Seven Years Ago and Olympic Spirit, which have been performed at schools throughout the U.S. with ArtsPower Touring Productions. Most recently Kathleen played Sister Aloysius in Doubt at the Foothills Theatre in Massachusetts.

Valerie Redd is a graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art's postgraduate Classical Acting course. She earned her BA in Theatre Arts from St.Edward's University in Austin, Texas.

UK credits: La Dispute (Owl Farm Theatre @ The Soho Theatre- London/ The Old Red Lion Theatre- London/ Diverse Attractions- Edinburgh Fringe Festival)

NYC credits: Twelfth Night, Sir Patient Fancy, The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (The Queen's Company)

Regional credits: All My Sons, You Can't Take It With You, The Kentucky Cycle, Playing for Time, Romeo and Juliet, The House, Medea Stories (Mary Moody Northen Theatre), Trash Anthems, Cheater (Shrewd Productions), Elektra (Gobotrick Theatre)

Other notable credits: A Midsummer Nights' Dream (dir. Lucien Douglas), Metamorphoses (dir. Christina J. Moore), Richard III (dir. Matthew Peover/ LAMDA), Women Beware Women (dir. Aaron Mullen/ LAMDA), Marriage a la Mode (dir. Hannah Eidinow/ LAMDA), Julius Caesar (dir. Rodney Cottier/ LAMDA) www.valerieredd.com

Doug Sheppard, Off and Off-Off Broadway credits include Harvest with The Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan, The Office Murders(with Austin Pendleton), Intermezzo (Lincoln Center), Iphigenia At Aulis (Timespace Theater Co.), Shakespeare Tonight, and The Pit and the Pendulum. His favorite Repertory and Regional roles have been those written by O’Neill, Chekov, Williams, Miller and Mamet. After recent performances in New York City clubs and at The Cabaret Conference at Yale, he is working steadily on his own cabaret show for the spring of 2008. Doug is proud to be a member of Actor’s Equity since 1979.

Kymberlie Stansell, NY: My Lovely Suicides (w/ Ari Fliakos of Wooster Group) Harvest (Beckett/Theater Row), Diving in December (NYCFringe), The Highway (Pearl Theater), Baal (Looking Glass Theater), Not I (Advisor; Anne Bogart), The Seagull (Advisor; Anne Bogart), Songs Our Mothers Taught Us (co-creator, Bushwick Starr), and the independent film Initiation. Training: Steppenwolf Theater, National Theater Institute at The O'Neill Center, American Conservatory Theater, and interned with The Wooster Group. Member of Full Stop Ensemble.

Jeremy Stuart, Stage credits include leading roles in Harvest at Alchemy Theatre/Theater Row, Rinne Groff's Lift-Off at Provincetown Playhouse, Ascension Day with Ving Rhames and Andre DeShields at Hudson Guild, Flatbush Faithful with Chazz Palminteri at Judith Anderson Theater, Edward 2 at NYFringe Festival, Gary Richards' Stag at Studio 3. As a member of Circle Rep Lab, Rivers and Ravines and Hire the Man. Founding member of Gary Garrison's First Look Theater Company. Extensive work with Tony Randall at National Actors Theater for Young Audience Outreach program. Television, recurring roles on All May Children and Guiding Light. Longtime and devoted student of Michael Howard and Uta Hagen.

Jennifer Gordon Thomas is an actor/director/producer living in Brooklyn. She holds a BFA in Directing from West Chester University and studies On-Camera with Bob Krackower. For the past 5 years Jennifer has been working with Manhattan Theatre Source, a non-profit arts service organization located in historic Greenwich Village. While at "The Source", Jennifer has acted in numerous productions including Woyzeck (directed by Andrew Frank - also of Sid at the New Dodgers) and Mac Roger's acclaimed Universal Robots (which will be re-mounted in January '09). She produced and directed an extremely well received production of Good by British playwright C.P. Taylor, and has been a producer of Estrogenius, a festival celebrating the artistic work of women. The festival of short plays, dance, solo pieces and panel discussions is now in it's 9th season. Jennifer can be seen frequently on the downtown theatre boards and, in addition, she runs "Screaming Buddha" (her own production company) where she shoots, edits and produces film and video for corporate clients. jgthomas@TheatreEast.org

Shorey Walker played the role of Aggy Taylor in Harvest with The Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan. This past summer Shorey appeared as The Cat in the Hat in Seussical at the Lucile Lortel Theatre. Select NYC credits: Ester Meucci in Fishing with Tony & Joe (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Agrippina in Caligula (NYMTF). Tour credit: Peter in Peter Pan, Tommy and Fiddler on the Roof. Favorite regional credits: Violet Bick in It's a Wonderful Life, Li'l Abner, Goodspeed and Evita at The Helen Hayes Theatre. shorey@TheatreEast.org

Actors are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, actors face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get "real" jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day they have to ignore the possibility that the vision to which they have dedicated their lives is a pipe dream. With every passing year, many of them watch as the other people their age achieve the predictable milestones of normal life-the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. But they stay true to their dream, in spite of sacrifices. Why? Because actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul. Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart. In that instant, they were as close to magic, God, and perfection as anyone could ever be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment is worth a thousand lifetimes".

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William Franke has appeared on stage with Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, Lark Play Development Center, and the Drama League in addition to his work with Theatre East. He has also worked with The Jungle Theater, Park Square, and many others theaters in his native Minneapolis, as well as Out to Lunch Theater in Berlin, Germany. TV: All My Children; As The World Turns; Law & Order: SVU; Living In Captivity (pilot — official selection, New York & Los Angeles Independent Television Festivals). Film: Alone; After You're Gone; Smokers, and others. Member of AEA and AFTRA. www.williamfranke.com wmfranke@TheatreEast.org

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Ehad Berisha is currently in the 9th grade at the NYC iSchool and has been involved in several theatre productions at Booker T. Washington and Emily Dickinson School. He has studied acting since he was ten years old at John Robert Powers, NY. In addition, he has won several acting awards at the iPOP LA conference in commercial acting and monologues.

Martin Blumberg is a recent graduate of Ball State University in production, directing. Martin is currently an intern at The Acting Company.

Helen Merino, Off Broadway: Taboos (Soho Playhouse). Regional Theatre: Present Laughter, Bad Dates, Omnium Gatherum, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Vagina Monologues, Bee Luther-Hatchee, Pride's Crossing, My Children My Africa, The Last Night of Ballyhoo (all at Zachary Scott Theatre Center). Hamlet (Austin Shakespeare Festival), As You Like It, Antigone (TheatreWorks Austin), Anton In Show Business (The State Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Logos, (Interact), Sylvia, The Foreigner (Stafford Opera). Film: Fast Food Nation, Cassidy Kids, Gretchen

Matt Savins is a Dallas native, he last worked with Mrs. Devine on the regional premiere of the two person show, Mary’s Wedding with Rover Dramawerks. His other Dallas regional work includes The Magician’s Nephew and The Secret Garden with The Dallas Children’s Theater, Marvin’s Room with Contemporary Theater of Dallas, as well as Picnic at ICT Mainstage and Coronado with Essential Stage at the HUB, among others. He has appeared in several short films, Saint Zen being an official selection in the first annual AFI Dallas film festival. He has just completed his studies at The Stella Adler School of Acting.

Cameron Vokey is a performance and mixed-media artist with a B.A. in writing to inform design and multimedia from Hampshire College (Amherst, MA). Eye of God was his first show in the city and he is very happy to be working with Theatre East. One of Cameron’s plays, Terrible Beauty from Mr. Plurality (co-written with Ted Day) is a recent Denis Johnson prize winner.

www.cameronvokey.com.

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