Allison received her training at Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia College. She has worked almost exclusively on new work since 1990, in Los Angeles, Connecticut, Scotland and Chicago. She became the Artistic Director of the now defunct, Studio 108, after moving to Chicago (where she produced twelve new works, co-directing two of them) and has acted in a bunch of plays with various theater companies throughout the city over the past 14 years. She has been a member of the Factory since 2000 and is currently the Executive Director. Lastly, she thinks Scott OKen is one of the best people in the entire world!

Tucker Curtis loves you, though he sometimes has funny ways of showing it. He is thrilled to be working with the fine Factory folks for the second time, having previously crack-smoked his way through last years Poppin' and Lockdown 2. Tucker has been fortunate enough to work with many Chicago theaters, but should single out WNEP (where he's an Artistic Associate). He's also a co-founder, performer, and cheerleader for Thinkprov, where patience equals perfection. Tucker loves the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots thus making him infinitely better than you! Tucker would like to dedicate his performance tonight to St. Patrick, Jameson's, Guinness, leprechauns, the Blarney Stone, and all the Irish women in his life from Bolton and Keegan to Bailey and Easton. Kiss me!

Ernie Deak is thrilled to the bejeezus belt to be back amongst the Factory again. His past credits include co-writing Win, Place or Show and Surface Dwellers, as well as originating the roles of Mr. Velasquez and Martin Barre. He has one wife and two cats, and he is still a little annoyed that F/X cancelled "Lucky".

Matt Engle is excited to be back performing with his fellow Factory members. His previous Factory credits include: Being At Choice, Among The Dead, and Chicagostyle. Originally from South Carolina, Matt moved to Chicago in 1998. Since then, he has acted and improvised with a number of theatre companies around this fair city. Matt was last seen as the battered Irish cad, Rookie Lee, in Howie The Rookie at Steep Theatre. And, here's a little known fact about Matt. By day, he teaches the future of America to speak pirate.

SWF. Born and raised: White Plains, NY, of Spacecamp fame. Recent projects include: performed in Chicago Sketchfest 2005; understudied Godshow at the Second City, Etc. Education: NYU-BFA. Loves: the seasonal pumpkin spice latte which is somehow still in season
and Liz Phair’s lyrics. Dislikes: navy blue pumps. Huge mama thanks to Nick, Scott, Ernest, the Factory &
this amazing cast.

Paul is grateful that Manny talked him into this, his first performance with the funny people at the Factory.  Paul is actually not handsome in real life so this role offers him a unique challenge.  Most recent attempts at acting include Strong Poison at Lifeline Theatre and Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging (Jeff Citation, Ensemble) at the Griffin Theatre where he is a company member.  Paul is a BFA acting grad of The Theatre School at DePaul (’98) and is currently working towards a Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis through Columbia College Chicago.  Paul is married to the actress Vanessa Greenway and is ever appreciative of her suffering no fools with the exception of him (reflexive pronoun).

Christine Jennings adores her Factory family. Love to P.J.

Alexis is so excited to be working with the fantastic, hysterically funny, balls-to-the-wall Factory folks again. She rocked out as Donna McTweedle in Menage aTrailer and consumed mass quantities of human flesh in Among the Dead. Alexis is also a proud ensemble member and company manager of Open Eye Productions. A native Texan, she graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a BFA in Theater Arts. Love to Nachos Bell Grande.

Dana is tickled pink to make her Factory debut. A native Chicagoan, she has acted for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Next Theatre,Chicago ScriptWorks, A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Co., and Paper Moon. Regional credits include: The Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre uh...Milwaukee), and Monomoy Theatre (Cape Cod). Dana can also currently be seen in a nationally broadcast Diurex commercial, grateful to no longer suffer the heartbreak of bloating. She holds a BA in Theatre from the now-defunct Barat College in Lake Forest, IL (thanks, DePaul) and an MFA in Acting from Ohio University. In related news: Dana has a bionic eye, loves her family, and likes playing with Nick and the Factory posse so much that she could 'splode! Mwah, HH!

Previous Factory credits include: Menage à Trailer (co-writer and performer), Being at Choice, and Chicagostyle. A native Texan, Laura has lived and performed all across the country, including doing her one woman show Laura McKenzie Feels Like Makin' Love in Chicago, New York and Seattle. Other writer-performer credits include: Alice with the Neo-Futurists, Funk Cloud: Fight the Stank! and Waiting On Godot (co-written with Kate Hawley). Laura is a graduate of Northwestern University, and does not have a job that offers health insurance.

Paul loves the Factory, and is humbled to be included in this brilliant cast. He was last seen at the Factory in Menage a Trailer, proving that tube socks, flip flops and a beer hat are a strangely sexy combo. Many thanks to Nick, Oken, and Deak for the lines and the laughs, and to my beautiful Shannon.

Scott OKen is pleased to be doing something other than screaming at old people driving, so he co-wrote "Toast of the Town" and started growing bell peppers. A Factory Vet, he has appeared in many Factory Productions. Oh, you want me to list it!!!! Fine!!! Being at Choice, Sabatage, White Trash Wedding and a Funeral, Preying Manthis, Urban Legends, Clean, Win-Place-or Show, Surface Dwellers(Also Co-wrote and directed), The Endzone, Escape from the North Pole, Factory Match Game, and Menage a Trailer as a member of the now legendary GuzzlerZ. This enabled him to give up his porn career......Oh you want me to list that!!!! Fine!!!
Fistmun, Catch the Sac, She loves it -Yeah-Yeah-Yeah, mmmmm...lunch, Spread it, and of course the immortal Balls of St. Mary's. After production closes he will embark on a fact-finding mission to Texas to discover the secret chord progressions of the most important band of our time....Bloodrock!!! Stick to your studies...nothing in life is free!!

Manny is a proud member of the Factory ensemble. He hails from Joliet, IL.

Anthony is overjoyed to be finally working with The Factory. You might recognize his ugly mug from such shows as Leonce and Lena, Calgony Springs, and coming this September Empire Builders with The Right Brain Project. Anthony would like to thank family, friends, Dawgs, and Jen the Muse.

Heather L. Tyler is happy to be working with the beautiful people of Toast of the Town. Heather was last seen in Factory's Menage A Trailer as a rock n' roll prison debutante, and before that in a variety of whorish roles in Speed The Play, performed at this years Abbie Hoffman Fest. She has also performed in shows with The Hypocrites and Defiant Theatre, improving the quality of each of these productions. Significantly. Heather loves that actor's bios are written in the third person, as if someone else were simply raving about them. Love to Mateo...(Bio by Beav.)

Chas Vrba wrote this bio rather hurriedly, as he missed it on his "To Do" list as he was preparing for the show and his wedding simultaneously. Toast of the Town is Chas' 1st Factory show as an actor, while Barbara is his 12th or 13th wife, or rather this is Chas' 12 or 13th show and Barbara is his first wife, his ONLY wife. Love to The Toast of the Town gang, The Factory, and of
course, Barbara.

Steve Welsh has never been lucky. This morning his car was booted by the New Yorker Magazine for not paying his subscription, it wasn't even his subscription but they claimed he read it so he has to pay. All his clothes smell like syrup so he's attacked by bees everywhere he goes; they're really angry in the winter. He lost his sense of smell by staring at the sun and it fried his nose hairs. Dammit. He cannot accept any of this and continues to pray that the Republican party has something to do with God. All hail the hyrax.