CAILIN McDONALD (Lainie, Leigh) has been seen around town in Brit Bits (Mind the Gap), Star Power, Libretto (Algonquin), Flipper's Comeback (Word of Mouth), A Girl's Guide to Chaos (Reel Actors Productions), and Swim Short 3 (Impetuous Theater), among others. Her regional credits include Under Milk Wood, Proof, Blithe Spirit, Uncommon Women..., and Sweeney Todd. She's very proud to be "The Femident Girl" for "The Flight of the Conchords".
HILARY BETTIS (April) Recent credits include: Off-Broadway: Amanda in American Girls at 45th Street Theatrer, Maggie in Death in the Juniper Grove at 59E59 Off-Off-Broadway: Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream at Seaport, Jennifer in First Date at Seaport, Ann in Aven'U Boys at Producer's Club Regional: Rebecca in Our Town with Emily Deschanel at Skirball Center in Los Angeles. Film: Sam in B'Hurst due out this Fall, Brooke in Bittersweet Lies, and Beth in The Violent Kind. National Commercials for Honda and Taco Bell and a TV pilot with Ryan Seacrest. Hilary is also a produced and published playwright and screenwriter. She wrote both B'Hurst and American Girls and is currently writing her second play titled Mexico. She has been published by Smith and Kraus. Hilary is a proud memeber of New River Dramatists, Dramatists Guild, SAG, and Actor's Equity.
JACOB TROY (Ted) Representative roles at such theatres as American Globe Theatre, Player's Theatre, Producer's Club, NY International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Reperatory, the Theatre at Monmouth, and on tour nationally with National Players include Cassio (Othello), Prince Florizel (The Winter's Tale), Prince Hal (Henry IV, Part I, reading), Prince Ferdinand (The Tempest), Ed the Cannibal (The Housewarming), Lucentio (Taming of the Shrew), Orlando (As You Like It), Soldier One (No Entrance, Dir. Sue Lawless). Jacob recently returned from Argentina where he starred in the upcoming feature film The Son of Tango Kid. He received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.
CHRISTOPHER RANDOLPH (Timmy, Edward) Broadway: King Lear at Lincoln Center (with Christopher Plummer). Off-Broadway credits include Dash at MCC; Hollywood Scheherezade at Primary Stages; Clocks & Whistles with Origin; and The Survival of the Species at EST and The Beckett. Regional work includes Betrayal at The Old Globe; St. Joan at the Rep. Theatre of St. Louis; The Misanthrope at GeVa; The Revenge of the Space Pandas at Milwaukee Rep.; The Laramie Project at Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre; A Man's A Man and The Seagull at La Jolla Playhouse, and many others. At The Odyssey in Los Angeles he received a Dramalogue Award for his work in the world premiere of Angels Twice Descending, and was in the West Coast premiere of Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh (8 LA DCC nominations). Film: Convention (directed by Ryan Fleck); Pumpkin Hell; and Renee Alberta's Dream Date. TV: "Will & Grace"; "Mad About You"; "Newsradio"; "Doogie Howser, MD"; and numerous Soaps. He is also the voice of the character Otacon in Konami's best selling Metal Gear Solid game series for Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo. He's studied in London and Japan, and holds an MFA in acting from UCSD.
VLADIMIR SHPITALNIK (Set Design) Set and costume designer, painter, and illustrator, Vladimir Shpitalnik's work has been seen across the United States, Europe, and in Asia. Shpitalnik's Off-Broadway credits include set design for Coming Through and Offerings at American Place Theatre and set and costume design for First Snow/Egorushka at Soho Rep. Other regional dance and theater credits include set and costume design for the Joffrey Ballet, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Stage One Theatre, New Harmony Theatre, Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, Seacoast Rep, Voice and Vision Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Yale School of Drama, New Haven Ballet, and the Chancel Opera Company. International credits include the Moscow Art Theatre Studio, Kazan Theater for Youth, Yermolova Theater, Gorky Cinema Studio. Shpitalnik is a faculty member at Paier School of Art and Southern Connecticut State University. Professional memberships include the Society of Illustrators, United Scenic Artists, and ASSITEJ. Shpitalnik holds MFA degrees from the Yale School of Drama and the Moscow Art Theatre School and a BA (equiv.) from the Abramtsevskoe Art School in Russia. In 1997, he was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group's Designer Fellowship.
HOLLY KO (Lighting Design) is a resident of Brooklyn, a native of Taiwan and a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College with a MFA in Theater. Her priMary Focus is lighting design for New York Dance Community, as well as for theater. She is currently the Production Coordinator of Dance Theater Workshop.
REBECCA WELLES (Costume Design) Rebecca Welles received her BA from Southern Connecticut State University in 2007 and has since been employed by The University of New Haven as Costume Designer for their student productions, including Zombies From The Beyond, Two Rooms, and A Flea In Her Ear. Rebecca also apprenticed at The Santa Fe Opera for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, and while there, designed for the apprentice scenes Hand of Bridge, and Manon.
ZAC JAFEE (Sound Design) is an actor/sound designer/director originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. Sound designs include the world premieres of The Black Eyed and Pleasure and Pain (Magic Theatre), The False Servant (Abydos Theater Company), Dirt and Glory, Return of the Golem (Traveling Jewish Theatre), The Hairy Ape (Columbia University, Directing MFA Program), and Balm in Gilead (NYC, Stasberg Institute). He is also in the apprentice company at The Barrow Group.
