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The Cast!

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ADAM BECKWORTH (Gerald) originated the role of 'Gerald' in the original production of The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest at the New York International Fringe Festival, and in the off-broadway production that followed as well. Other credits include creating roles and /or directing the off-broadway and several Nat'l/Internat'l productions of 10 Naked Men and Making Porn.


LEE BLAIR (Prism) was a cast member in the original production of The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest at the 1998 New York International Fringe Festival. Lee appeared off-Broadway in Rattlestick Theatre's St. Crispin's Day. Other New York credits include Dahling: The Life and Times of Tallulah Bankhead and Waiter, Waiter. He has also appeared on As The World Turns. As well as an actor, Lee directed the revue, Men Are Pigs But I Like Pork at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre. A native of Tennessee, Lee has an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida.


GARY HILBORN (Merriman) Theatre credits include: A Bright Room Called Day (Baz), All My Sons (Chris), Amadeus (Mozart), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Dancing at Lughnasa (Michael), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Betrayal (Jerry), The Tempest (Ferdinand), Barefoot in the Park (Paul). Television credits include guest appearances on Guiding Light and Orleans.



JOHN KUDAN (Bracknell) TV credits include a principle role on two seasons of Law & Order, a three month run on Guiding Light, and guest starring roles on Kate & Allie and Autopsy IX. He has done over 100 commercials and his specialty, these days, seems to be gas products. John recently played the role of “Herbie” in Gypsy at Arkansas Rep. He is especially proud of his year long run as the gangster “Uncle Louie” in Lost in Yonkers at Chicago's Royal George & creating the title role in Donna Daley's The Misconception of Iggy.


JOE LARUE (Algernon) recently appeared in the premiere of Glen Berger’s A Suit to Please The Lord (Miriam Weiner, Dir.), last year’s Fringe Festival hit Say You Love Satan, (Claire Lundberg, Dir.) and Throwing Your Voice off B'way. He has appeared regionally in M. Butterfly at Syracuse Stage and Charlotte Rep, (Bob Moss, Dir.), and has written the play, Disorder. Directing credits include Tobacco Bar’s production of second., by Neal Utterback, The Pitchfork Disney and All Men are Whores: An Inquiry. Joe is Artistic Director of Tobacco Bar Theatre Company


JERRY MARSINI (Jack) Prior credits include: Theatre Askew's award-winning Bald Diva! / Birdy's Bachelorette Party, Club Pink Prods / Antony and Cleopatra, DM Theatrics / MONO, Another Urban Riff / Drinks Before Dinner, (which he also produced) Inside Art Theatre Co. / Eugene Ionesco's The Viscount, Gemini Collision Works / 3-D World, No-Pants Theatre Co. for NY Fringe / Mephisto, Theater of Necessity and Reverie Prods. / and the Nada Show World Ridicu-fest revival of Charles Ludlam's Der Ring Gott Farblonjet.


RICKY OLIVER (Kurt) Credits include: A National tour of Titanic, Evita at Helen Hayes Theatre Co., and Summer of '42 at the Monomoy Theatre. Other shows include: The Mousetrap, Twelfth Night, Ragtime, West Side Story, Amadeus, Annie Get Your Gun, and Kiss Me, Kate.


KILA PACKETT (Lane) New York Theatre: Anchor Pectoris (United States of the Mind) (LaMaMa Etc.), The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (A.R.T. NY/South Oxford Space), Macbeth (Common Basis Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Gorilla Repertory), Empire Gas (Bank Street Theatre), The Cock Machine (Theatre for the New City); Regional: Side Show (Roxy Regional Theatre); Scapino and Vanya of the Plains (Brownville Repertory); Training: Royal Shakespeare Institute, Michael Howard Studios with Michael Howard, Michael Chekhov Acting Studio with Lenard Petit, and Actors Movement Studio.


WILLIAM REINKING (Chasuble) New York credits include Oh, Happy Day (Native Aliens Theatre), An Absolute Mystery (La MaMA Etc.), and many shows at Emerging Artists Theatre (member since 2002) including Job Strikes Back (Samuel French Festival finalist). Appeared in national tour of How to Succeed in Business... and regional productions of Damn Yankees, Crazy for Youand Tommy. Film credits include Oz, Pennsylvania, Joshua Herrig and Two for Tea (writer/director). A guitarist, pianist and singer, William is currently recording and performing his own music.