Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Cast Bios
PAUL DILLON
Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Paul was busy on Chicago stages before moving to Los Angeles in 1994. He originated the roles of the Cabbie in Will Kern's, Hellcab, at The Famous Door Theatre,and the titular Killer Joe in Tracy Letts' play, at the Next Lab in Evanston. He co-founded the long lived, Bang Bang Spontaneous Theater, antiform improv, at The No Exit Cafe.. In 1999, he first reprised Killer Joe, Off Broadway, at The Soho Playhouse, appearing for six months. In 2005 he reappeared as the Dallas police detective in the Ovation award-winning, west coast premiere production at The Gardener Stages. As Bang Bang, he produced and played the Cabbie in 1995's LA Weekly award-winning production of Hellcab at the Tamaring Theater. Those efforts, with great help and good fortune led to the independent feature film called Chicago Cab in its theatrical release and, Hellcab thereafter. Favorite roles also include the Dealer, from In the Solitude of Cottonfields, at A Red Orchid Theatre, the Professor from, Heart of a Dog here at the Lillian, and Macheath from The Odyssey's latest Threepenny Opera. Paul lately appeared as Alan in Rogue Machine's LA premiere of Brett Neveu's, American Dead. Paul earns his living from film and tv, and notable work has been as, Angelo, recurring on The Pretender, Paddy O'Brien(sp), in Austin Powers:IMOM, and Irvine, in Fight Club. Rantoul and Die, is for Paul reconvening and continuing in his fondest senses, great times and great work. His thanks.
CYNTHIA ETTINGER
Cynthia Ettinger most recently wrote and directed I am not a racist, but . . . at the Actors Gang. As founding member of the Actors’ Gang, Cynthia has performed in many of the company’s biggest productions through its twenty-five year history, including Carnage, Freaks, Medea Macbeth Cinderella, Four Roses, The Seagull; and perhaps most memorably in her critically acclaimed performance in Self Defense (LA Weekly Award for Leading Female Performance). Selected film credits include “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Frailty”, "Thirteen", and "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny". Cynthia was a series regular on HBO’s “Carnivale” and “Deadwood” and has guest starred on innumerable television series including “Seinfeld”, “Law and Order SVU”, "ER", "Without A Trace", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "House M.D.". Cynthia volunteers with the Actors Gang Prision Project teaching inmates the power of creative self-expression through theater.
RICH HUTCHMAN
Rich Hutchman was born in Belfast, N. Ireland, and when the "Troubles" got really bad the family moved to Detroit... to be safer. Rich attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan, took all four acting classes (well, one was a "seminar" but who's counting), and moved to Chicago to get some acting work. There he worked with Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, and Red Orchid among others and was proud to have been a cast member in A Bird Out of Water, a play which received the New City award as "One of the Worst Plays of the Decade." Since moving to Los Angeles he has done a bunch of commercials and some film and TV. TV credits include: Mad Men, Bones, Studio 60, Monk, and an ill-fated pilot for The Onion magazine. Film credits include: 10 movies that I can thankfully guarantee you will never see, as well as Seven Pounds, Deja Vu, The Island, and Disney's Phantom of the Megaplex, which they have been running for 8 years without a cent in residuals :) Rich is the current Artisitc Director for Buzzworks Theater Company, and has most recently performed in their productions of Invasion of the Minnesota Normals and Pete's Garage. He is glad his real wife, Andrea, is still in love with him.
LISA ROTHSCHILLER
Lisa Rothschiller recently re-located to Los Angeles from Chicago where she was a long-time member and one-time artistic director of the award-winning Defiant Theatre Company. Lisa appeared in numerous shows with Defiant, some favorites of which include: Action Movie: The Play (Jeff Award for Outstanding Ensemble), The Skriker, Bluebeard , Dracula and Macbeth. She also directed the American premieres of two Sarah Kane plays for Defiant: Phaedra’s Love and Cleansed (After Dark award for Direction). In addition she acted with many other great Chicago theatre companies including: The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Famous Door (Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for The Cider House Rules), Strawdog, The Factory, Mary Arrchie, Profiles (After Dark Award for Performance in Wonder of the World), and Rivendell (After Dark Award for Ensemble for Self-Defense or Death of Some Salesmen). Lisa is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. She received her BA in Drama from the University of Washington and her MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She has taught Acting at the University of Arizona and taught and directed teenage actors as part of the Arizona Theatre Company’s Summer on Stage Program.
Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Paul was busy on Chicago stages before moving to Los Angeles in 1994. He originated the roles of the Cabbie in Will Kern's, Hellcab, at The Famous Door Theatre,and the titular Killer Joe in Tracy Letts' play, at the Next Lab in Evanston. He co-founded the long lived, Bang Bang Spontaneous Theater, antiform improv, at The No Exit Cafe.. In 1999, he first reprised Killer Joe, Off Broadway, at The Soho Playhouse, appearing for six months. In 2005 he reappeared as the Dallas police detective in the Ovation award-winning, west coast premiere production at The Gardener Stages. As Bang Bang, he produced and played the Cabbie in 1995's LA Weekly award-winning production of Hellcab at the Tamaring Theater. Those efforts, with great help and good fortune led to the independent feature film called Chicago Cab in its theatrical release and, Hellcab thereafter. Favorite roles also include the Dealer, from In the Solitude of Cottonfields, at A Red Orchid Theatre, the Professor from, Heart of a Dog here at the Lillian, and Macheath from The Odyssey's latest Threepenny Opera. Paul lately appeared as Alan in Rogue Machine's LA premiere of Brett Neveu's, American Dead. Paul earns his living from film and tv, and notable work has been as, Angelo, recurring on The Pretender, Paddy O'Brien(sp), in Austin Powers:IMOM, and Irvine, in Fight Club. Rantoul and Die, is for Paul reconvening and continuing in his fondest senses, great times and great work. His thanks.
CYNTHIA ETTINGER
Cynthia Ettinger most recently wrote and directed I am not a racist, but . . . at the Actors Gang. As founding member of the Actors’ Gang, Cynthia has performed in many of the company’s biggest productions through its twenty-five year history, including Carnage, Freaks, Medea Macbeth Cinderella, Four Roses, The Seagull; and perhaps most memorably in her critically acclaimed performance in Self Defense (LA Weekly Award for Leading Female Performance). Selected film credits include “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Frailty”, "Thirteen", and "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny". Cynthia was a series regular on HBO’s “Carnivale” and “Deadwood” and has guest starred on innumerable television series including “Seinfeld”, “Law and Order SVU”, "ER", "Without A Trace", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "House M.D.". Cynthia volunteers with the Actors Gang Prision Project teaching inmates the power of creative self-expression through theater.
RICH HUTCHMAN
Rich Hutchman was born in Belfast, N. Ireland, and when the "Troubles" got really bad the family moved to Detroit... to be safer. Rich attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan, took all four acting classes (well, one was a "seminar" but who's counting), and moved to Chicago to get some acting work. There he worked with Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, and Red Orchid among others and was proud to have been a cast member in A Bird Out of Water, a play which received the New City award as "One of the Worst Plays of the Decade." Since moving to Los Angeles he has done a bunch of commercials and some film and TV. TV credits include: Mad Men, Bones, Studio 60, Monk, and an ill-fated pilot for The Onion magazine. Film credits include: 10 movies that I can thankfully guarantee you will never see, as well as Seven Pounds, Deja Vu, The Island, and Disney's Phantom of the Megaplex, which they have been running for 8 years without a cent in residuals :) Rich is the current Artisitc Director for Buzzworks Theater Company, and has most recently performed in their productions of Invasion of the Minnesota Normals and Pete's Garage. He is glad his real wife, Andrea, is still in love with him.
LISA ROTHSCHILLER
Lisa Rothschiller recently re-located to Los Angeles from Chicago where she was a long-time member and one-time artistic director of the award-winning Defiant Theatre Company. Lisa appeared in numerous shows with Defiant, some favorites of which include: Action Movie: The Play (Jeff Award for Outstanding Ensemble), The Skriker, Bluebeard , Dracula and Macbeth. She also directed the American premieres of two Sarah Kane plays for Defiant: Phaedra’s Love and Cleansed (After Dark award for Direction). In addition she acted with many other great Chicago theatre companies including: The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Famous Door (Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for The Cider House Rules), Strawdog, The Factory, Mary Arrchie, Profiles (After Dark Award for Performance in Wonder of the World), and Rivendell (After Dark Award for Ensemble for Self-Defense or Death of Some Salesmen). Lisa is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. She received her BA in Drama from the University of Washington and her MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She has taught Acting at the University of Arizona and taught and directed teenage actors as part of the Arizona Theatre Company’s Summer on Stage Program.
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