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Timothy C. Amos (Ginger Pete) is right here at home with the factory where he is a proud ensemble member. This marks Timothy's seventh show in a row and he has enjoyed the streak. Enough of the third person. I love working on these shows and creating original with my factory family. Thank you the audience member for coming down and supporting the Factory. Thank to my supportive family and friends for dealing with my very healthy theatre addiction. We are the Factory and we never close down! Support the arts! Love and hugs.
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Ray Brazaski (Meatball #2/Stanley Kelp/Billy Batz) is a Factory ensemble member who (whom?) you may have seen in Ren Faire, Bustin' out of the Hell, Mop Top Festival, League of Awesome, or possibly even Easy Six. Ray plays with loaded dice.
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Allison Cain (Morgan Easterbrook) received her training at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbia College in Chicago and has worked almost exclusively on new work since 1990, in Los Angeles, Connecticut, Scotland and Chicago. She has acted in a multitude of plays with various theater companies throughout the city over the past 19 years and was last seen in the role of Joanne in Company with Griffin Theatre. She has been an ensemble member with the Factory Theater since 2000 and is currently the Managing Director at Lifeline Theatre. She remains committed to the production of new works in Chicago and thanks you for your support. |
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Robyn Coffin (Kerry) is totally thrilled to be working with Factory! She is also glad to be back in Chi-town after being in Seattle for four years and has worked with Silent Theatre, Infamous Commonwealth, Serendipity Theatre Collective, A Reasonable Facsimile, as well as Redmoon. Look for her on Chicago Code as Lana the juror! Thanks to Scott and the gang for their welcoming support, thank you Evan for your love.
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Esteban Andres Cruz (Gary Thain/ Choreographer) is thrilled to be back at the Factory, where he was last seen as Hot Dougie in Hey! Dancin! Born in Berwyn and raised in Cicero, Esteban has been performing all his life, practically. Most recently, he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Pablo in Streetcar Named Desire at Writers' Theatre. Mr. Cruz has also performed at Strawdog, Oak Park Shakespeare, Teatro Vista, Victory Gardens, Piven, with the Hypocrites, the House and at the Raven--where he won the 2009 Jeff for Best Actor as Angel Cruz in Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train. Esteban is also a choreographer, dancer and singer. He can be seen currently as a Genie in Adventure Stage's Sinbad...the Untold Tale and in the upcoming film, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas--scheduled to be released this holiday season! You can also see him on May 9th, in a reading at Victory Gardens Theatre as the title character in Nijinsky's Dog (not the dog), with Deanna Dunagen. Esteban would like to thank Sammy Davis, Jr. for paving the road for all performers of color and for being the greatest!
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Blake Dalzin (Phillip the Tattler) is very excited to be working with the Factory folks once again. Blake appeared as Elmer in Hunky Dory last year with the Factory Theatre after a 9 year hiatis from theatre to pursue musical ventures. He would like to thank the entire Factory Company for being so generous and making him feel back at home.
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Catherine Dughi (Pepper) is going to pull a Manny and keep this one short: Thank you, Shirley. Thank you OKen. Love to my families. Mitakuye Oyas'in.
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Laura Korn ( Sugar/Aoife) is havin a swingin’ time working with The Factory Theater again after last year’s Hey! Dancin!, which was voted one of the best plays of 2010 by the Chicago Reader. Laura is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and has had the pleasure of working with Hell in a Handbag productions and most recently Volpone with City Lit Theater. If you like Laura you can also see her perform at Stage 773 June 3rd and 4th with her own theater company, Ensolo. Thanks for coming! |
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Paul Metreyeon (Lee Kerslake) Easy Six marks Metreyeon's 15th Production with the Factory as an Actor, Asst. Director, Producer, or Props Master. As a Photographer, he has Archived, Shot Press, and done Poster Photography for the last 22 Productions. Oh and he did a stint as Ensemble Director too. I am Proud and Humbled to be a part of such an Amazing and Fucking Talented group of people. Love to Shad, Ra and Jude. Thank you for coming to the show and supporting Original Work! |
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Scott Minches (Bart Zini) has been living in Chicago for 10 years after moving from Moamo and is making his first appearance with the Factory Theatre. Scott was last seen as Willy Clark in “The Sunshine Boys” at the James Downing Theater. Other stage credits include File in “The Rainmaker” and Father Drobney in “Don’t Drink the Water.” Scott’s performance is as always dedicated to his wife, Shannon. |
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John Moran (Meatball #1/Foster Brooks) This marks John's 3rd appearance on the Factory stage, having recently played Popeye the Sailorman in The New Adventures of Popeye last fall. Before that, he was Ole Jerky in Matt Engle's Ren Faire!:A Fistfull Of Ducats. He has worked with great companies like A Red Orchid, The Hypocrites, Black Ensemble, Strawdog, Mary Aarchie, and Famous Door.
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Scott Pasko (David Byron) is incredibly happy to be playing at The Factory for the fourth time, having appeared previously in Siskel and Ebert Save Chicago, Mop Top Festival and Dead Wrong. He's newly married to the prettiest and funniest ensemble member at The Factory...Chas Vrba. Or Corri "She Wanted a Simpler Name" Pasko, depending on who you talk to. This makes him the happiest and luckiest man in the world. He's a proud member of Will Act For Food where he continues to serve as Executive Director and produce, act and direct with that fine group of folks as often as possible. Special thanks to OKen and Deak and this awesome cast and crew for a crazy, swingin' experience.
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Elizabeth Styles (Kelly Kirkpatrick) Due to a weak first quarter and rising gasoline prices, Elizabeth Styles' bio has been outsourced. So she cannot tell you how thrilled sloppy she is to be working with the Factory again, or how amazing and talented she thinks the people she has been playin with are. She can't even tell you that this is her fourth time on the Factory stage havin' nothin but a good time. To find out the specifics of her misadventures on stage and screen, please dial 1-888-ACTRESS. Dial *2313# when you hear the tone, then hang up. We appreciate your patience, and thank you for supporting The Factory Theatre.
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Manny Tamayo (Mickey Bocks) is a 9 year Veteran of the Factory Psychic Wars. He hails from Joliet.
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Anthony Tournis (Kenny Hensley) Anthony is a proud member of the Factory. He has been recently seen in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" with Signal Ensemble, Factory Theater's "1985" at the DCA, "The Odd Couple" with Raven Theater, and "Hey! Dancin'!" with his beloved Factory. He also invented Dockers. Anthony is married to the most wonderful woman in the world, Stacie, without whom he would probably be dancing for quarters in Wicker Park...seriously, she makes him a better person.
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Ernie Deak (Assistant Director/Writer) is a proud member of the Factory ensemble since 2005, Ernie Deak is pleased once again to be writing and working with Scott OKen. (I think we got it right this time.) Thanks to our fabulous cast and tremendous crew for joining us on this crazy journey and making it that much more special. How lucky can one guy be? Love to Tracy!
Scott Oken (Director/Writer) co-wrote the show. He is tired of writing. He also directed the show. He is not tired of directing and will now direct you to read the other bios...
Rachel M. Sypniewski (Costume Designer) is thankful to be part of this talented production team and to be given the opportunity to work with such an amazing cast. Ms. Sypniewski has designed well over 70 shows in the Chicago storefront theatre community, some of her favorites include, Frankenstein in Love with Will Act For Food, Hey! Dancin'! with the Factory, The Starving Class with New Leaf, Resort 76 with Infamous Commonwealth, and A Passage to India with Vitalist. She is a company member of Infamous Commonwealth, an artistic associate with New Leaf Theatre, and a stage manager for Quade Productions. Her recent and upcoming designs include Soul Samurai with Infusion, Life is a Dream with Vitalist, and Lighthouse Keeping with New Leaf. She hopes you enjoy this amazing production and thanks you for your continued support of the arts in Chicago. Much love to Robb and the cats.
Chas Vrba (Sound Designer) has designed sound for a number of Factory shows, Hey! Dancin'! was among the most recent. Other recent credits include designs for Infamous Commonwealth (A Doll's House) , and Will Act for Food (Ten Unknowns). He works around town as an actor, sound designer, playwright and DJ. You can catch him on stage in House Theater's Game Show Show and...Stuff! as the resident DJ, and can often be found spinnin' tunes on crusie ships at Navy Pier. He thinks it's aces to be a part of the Easy Six team and hopes you have a swell time at the show.
Tom Aufmann (Technical Director) is especially excited about being involved with The Factory Theater cast and crew on the set of “Easy Six” since it involves some very complex craftsmanship. Tom’s other productions include “1985 Remount” with The Factory Theatre, “The Doll’s House”, “Escape from Happiness” and “The Crucible”, all with Infamous Commonwealth Theater (ICT). Tom looks forward to working with Vitalist Theater of Chicago on “Life is a Dream” (at the Theater Building in Chicago) and the ICT’s production remount of “The Doll’s House” (at Theater on the Lake). Tom wants to remind everyone that to continue seeing fabulous shows like “Easy Six”, all the theatre groups need your financial and moral support! We couldn’t do it without all of you! Tom would like to thank his family -Kris, Steph, Tootsie (our dog) and Nickademus (our cat)- for their support. Last, but certainly not least, thank you Joe (Riley) for your awesome design and ‘hands on’ hard work!
Jason Weinberg (Understudy Extraordinaire) is thrilled to be working with The Factory Theater after many years of fandom. A recent graduate of Columbia College, Jason has been working hard to impress the lot of you. His mark can be most recently seen at his internship at Lifeline Theatre and his stage managing of Popeye. You can see Jason this summer in "Adventure Time" with his company, Dramageddon. If you'd like to see more of him, hire him! Thanks to Kitten, Cain, and OKen.
Joseph Riley (set design) is a free-lance designer, currently frequenting the Chicago storefront circuit. He has designed shows for Trap Door Theatre, Sideshow Theatre, Curious Theatre Branch, and Prop Thtr. He had worked previously with the Factory folks as the set designer for The League of Awesome. He is the resident Director of Design for Brain Surgeon Theater. Joseph will be moving shop to NYC this summer with the wonderful Liz Ladach-Bark.
Colin Milroy (Production Manager) has been a happy member of the Factory Theater since 2007, where he has been fortunate to act, produce, and write. Colin’s play, The Gray Girl, will premiere at the Factory this November. See our website www.thefactorytheater.com for more details. Many thanks to a wonderful and dedicated production crew for creating all the splendid surroundings onstage. Thanks also to a swanky, swinging cast for all the grooves, baby. Enjoy the show and thank you for supporting the Factory Theater!
Barbara Kanady (Props Master) has designed props for Factory's 1985 and Mop Top Fest and is proud to be providing items for actors to play with once again.
Chris Chapin (Lighting Designer) is extremely thrilled to be working with the prestigious Factory Theatre. Chris graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in Technical Theatre. His previous work includes ASMing at the Piccolo Theatre’s Serpent of the Two Masters and Stage Managing Brain Surgeon Theatre’s And he Flew Over the Forrest and 1512 W Studebaker. Enjoy the show!
Jermaine Edward Thomas (Assistant Stage Manager) It’s great to work on another awesome Factory show. He’s been ASMing for the last few years around the Prop Thtr. In his spare time he prepares for the zombie apocalypse…because you can never be so sure.
Phil Claudnic (Stage Manager) is honored to be here again after Hey Dancin! and League of Awesome. It’s always a pleasure. It’s always a gas. And as always, thank you Mom.
Jason Moody (Graphic Designer)
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