|
Home>
Locations>
Dallas>
Ensemble
Ensemble
The Dallas Ensemble consists
of the following (inactive) members. Bios current as of May 2005.
Playwriters:
Matthew Byrd
has a Masters of Music in
Vocal Performance from Stephen F. Austin in Opera. Tired of wearing the
brass bra, hat of horns, and spear, Matt is trying out “straight” theatre.
Over half of what Matt’s brain cooks up has not yet been allowed on stage,
and is still taking a time out in the raunchy corner.
Carol Anne Gordon
performs regularly in Dallas, most recently in Murder Mysteries and
Cinderella. She is a third-generation only child, and hence has had only
Siamese cats for her siblings, which explains her FABulous singing voice!
Rich Goulde
studied psychology at UT-Austin, counseling psychology at McGill in
Montreal, and now works as a loan officer at a bank. Go figure. His
stage career began in first grade when he hid behind his giant lollipop
while singing "The Good Ship Lollipop."
James Hargrave
has a BA in art, performance, and creative writing from UTD and is a
lyricist for local singer-songwriter Courtney Fairchild. We have no
evidence of James’ earliest accomplishments, but we hear he has quite a
following in Japan and Belgium.
Holly Hickman
is just here for the food, when not pretending to be a journalist. For
years, she played the role of the busty nerd in such acclaimed farces as
Carpenter Middle School, Clark High School, and Plano East Senior High.
Andra
Laine
hails from the acclaimed SMU theatre department. A former Miss Batesville
and Miss Three Rivers, Andra made her stage debut at the age of 18 months,
reciting the poem "Little Bobby Shafto" for her delighted grandparents.
Kevin Moore
teaches speech and drama at Shepton High School in Plano. When not
watching midgets mud wrestle, Kevin undoubtedly reflects on his many
theatrical accomplishments. One of which is narrating Leslie’s death in
Our Town, 6th grade.
Michael Rittenhouse
is licensed to carry a concealed firearm, so relax. His first acting job
was to recount entire Muppet Shows for Boy Scout meetings. By day, Michael
editorializes for the Dallas Morning News and Southwest Airlines.
Paula Sanders
is a freelance writer of fiction and non-fiction, with degrees in English
and Visual Arts from UTA and the Dallas Art Institute. Her sure-to-be
talented child’s acting debut is anxiously awaited by all of the ensemble,
since future plays are likely to feature baby Sanders-Davis.
Romie Stott:
A long-time practitioner of dramatic outbursts both on and off
stage, Romie is a libertarian socialist and a piratical crusader for the
prevention of scurvy. She is hard at work on a musical about the Kennedy
assassination.
Lisa Streiff
has spent 15 years investigating dance, beginning in TX, stepping
gracefully throughout the US to Canada, Argentina, and now is back in
Dallas. Believe it or not, Lisa was the female heavyweight champ at Lake
Highlands HS in 1997.
Kathleen Vaught
played the Third Rock Stage Left in a kindergarten performance of “Billy
Goat Gruff”. Subsequently, her parents were forced to pay for a BA in
Drama which led to performances in Travesties, The Mummy’s Claw, King
Lear, and Uncle Vanya before her biological clock ticked off a two-baby
stage hiatus.
Musician Collaborators:
Chris Dempsey
If you Google this name,
you find a British professor in Ion channel polypeptides membrane
insertion. Our Chris Dempsey is way cooler, because he is a singer
song-writer guitarist and is related to some really great people in the
cast. And you wondered how to get past auditions?
Courtney Fairchild
is a professional singer/songwriter with three records on Venice, CA label
Stanley Recordings. Her love of theater began at the age of eight when she
landed the coveted role of Linus in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" with
the Richardson Children's Theater. To this date "My Blanket and Me" is one
of her favorite songs.
Daniel Lyons,
originally from South Florida, is pursuing a Master's degree in percussion
performance at SMU. In high school, Daniel’s instrument broke in two
during his big solo. (He was performing on a push-broom.) Leslie swears
that he secretly moonlights as a Blue Man.
Emilio Muniz
was born in Ft. Worth, TX in an animal research lab. He attended UNT and
received a BFA in Photography. Plays anything from the buckets to the
congas and eats, sleeps, and smokes rock n' roll.
Kirk Sonnenberg is a percussionist,
pianist, and native of Texas. He likes to spend his free time fishing from
a bucket off the corner of Harry Hines and Royal.
Improv Collaborators:
Brandon Enriquez
hails from The Second City, Toronto, and has appeared at The Hideout
(Austin) and The West End Comedy Theatre (Dallas), among other fine
establishments. We might (not) forgive him for appearing in Bye Bye
Birdie.
Angie Epley
has a BA in philosophy from Colorado College, where she also began her
lifelong love affair with improvisational theatre. When not involved with
improvisational or sketch comedy, Angie is dutifully attending to her 9-5
desk job, pet cat, or comic book collection.
Victoria Hines
attended AMDA in the
Northeast and was a founding member of the performance collective The
Enraged Cow. Perhaps this all stems from the fact that as a pre-teen she
proudly knew every word to every Amy Grant song ever.
Clark McKnight
has a BA from UNT in Radio/TV/Film and has trained in New York with
Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB). His resume says he once played a
character named Ugly, which is laughable because the entire ensemble
things he’s a hottie. Obviously… he was in “One Life to Live.” Playing
who? We don’t know. We think his one life was pretty short.
Spencer Prokop:
was a founding
member of the Lone Star Comedy Group, trained at the Royal National
Theatre of Great Britain, and is well known in Dallas theater. He probably
does not want you to know how many episodes of Texas Walker Ranger he has
been in.
Maxine Shapiro
has embraced improv since her high school days in south side Chicago,
including her work at the 2nd City Improv Lab. She now "teaches"
spontaneity to corporations and groups through workshops and keynotes.
Her first grade-school performance was singing "I Enjoy Being a Girl."
Obviously, pre-feminist days.
Robin Taylor
has a BA in theatre
and Masters in Ed. from North Texas State. Robin Taylor witnessed
one of the best spit takes of all time when she told her rocket scientist
father that she wanted to major in drama. She began her illustrious
acting career at the age of 9 taking classes at the Clear Creek Country
Theatre where she learned not to peek through the curtains at the
audience.
The following Artist
Collaborators have made guest appearances with Abbreviated Enlightenment:
Henry Demond
has a BA in English and Studio Art from UT
Austin, and has delved into almost every form of performing arts since
then – including being a Pun-ster. Working in the medium of Oils.
Elias Ghosn:
Working in the
medium of acrylics. Elias was born in Lebanon and grew up in Bolivia,
South America. He is completing a BFA at SMU specializing in Sculpture and
Photography. Elias went to HS in France (he asks our forgiveness), and
actually does know a mime (for which we might not forgive him.) He
participated in a pantomime play directed by guest mime Philippe Bizot.
James Hargrave:
Working in the
medium of collage. See bio above.
Ian O’Brien:
Working in the
medium of watercolor. Ian graduated Cum Laude from UNT with a double major
in Drawing/Painting and Visual Art Studies, and his work has focused
primarily on cultural identity and personal memory through one’s
identification with landscapes. You may know him from his gallery showing
of tiny paintings on matchbooks. Yes, matchbooks.
David Piper:
Working in the
medium of acrylic, in the style of Neo-Surrealism. David is a
muralist/painter in the Dallas area, and can be seen frequently at Feat of
Clay in Plano.
Laurie Sartwell
grew up in a small East Texas
town and never knew that she would draw, paint, or write poetry.. Now, to
her surprise, people call her an artist. Creating art is just an
after-thought of living a life on purpose, with a curious mind.
Masters of Lights and Sound:
Patrick Dempsey
is a classically trained actor that was torn from the stage at an early
age and forced to perform technical marvels behind the scenes, perhaps you
will recognize him as the dancing tent from Richardson High School's
production of "Once Upon a Mattress." Then again... maybe you won't.
Robert Silva
has acted and run tech for several shows in the DFW area, such as Theatre
Three and Childrens’ TOWS. Little known fact: Robert is a master of
pyrotechnics. Boom.
Romie Stott:
See bio above
AE Dallas Ensemble Yahoo!
group (company only)
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ocsensemble/
|
