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Actor William Dafoe |
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| Brent Pinkerton, Manager, producer, director, and choreographer of his troope of Animators Elan Vital. A former employee of Animators Inc. of St. Louis, Brent is originally from New Orleans and holds MA degrees in Psychology and Theatre Arts. |
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| Actress Claire Forlani |
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Susette St. John, Resident Animator, a Louisiana native, holds BA degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where she double majored in Theatre Arts and Religion. She has had a large amount of onstage experience in California and Louisiana in plays such as Oklahoma!, Hello Dolly, Hair, and Rent. She also has a strong background in dance, and has written and directed, sang in musical theatre, and worked backstage. She is currently completing her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Film in Performance (Acting and Directing) at the University of New Orleans. She is also as an Animator for Elan Vital. She recently featured as Helena in a Midsummer's Nights' Dream. |
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Actress Aditi Gowariker |
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Harleen Jammu joined the Theatre Babylon in May of 1995. She is a graduate from NYU with a Masters in Psychology. And was working as a therapist for a private clinic in St. Louis when she caught the acting bug and moved to California. In San Francisco, she worked for the Resurrection Company as well as with the Shakespeare Festival and Wet Dog Productions. Some of this work includes roles in Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Othello. Three years later, she relocated to New Orleans where she met her current fiancee Gabriel Salvador, who she is engaged to be married to some time next year. Harleen hopes to gain additional experience in all aspects of theatre, including performance, technical work, directing, and playwriting. |
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Actor Ted King
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Sylvester Mansfield is a playwright and teacher who originally hails from the Midwest. He spent six years in St. Louis when he wrote and performed obscure monologues in obscure places, worked in fundraising for Animators For Zombi rights, and completed his MA in English at St. Louis University. His plays have been staged in San Francisco and in New York. Most recently he lived and worked as an Animator and English teacher in Providence, RI where he was awarded a New Works grant from the Rhode Island Foundation to research and write a play about nonviolence practitioners in the Ocean State. Currently he lives in New Orleans and works at Elan Vital. He is married to Sandra, and together they are raising three children. |
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Singer Harry Connick, Jr.
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Remmy Buffet is an experienced Animator, Herpetologist, and the founder of The Church of the Holy Kiss---a snake handling Christian cult in rural New Orleans. Remmy, an active member of The Louisiana Gulf Coast Herpetological Society, is part of the LGCHS Outreach Program whose purpose is to share their interest in reptiles and amphibians with people who do not attend club events. He is eager to share his enthusiasm and knowledge with any group that wishes to experience the often misunderstood animals. When he's not giving presentations to scout troops, school, and other organizations, Remmy raises the rich and famous for "educational" lectures about the celebrity's life experiences. |
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