Lucas Campbell, actor: Dan in The Guest Room, Mr Clarkston in What Happened to You, Mr. Clarkston?, and Gus in Campfire Stories
HELLO, ABSTRACTION THEATRE!!!! I would like to thank Sid and Melissa from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of this new, earth shaking theatre company with this show. I've been involved with almost every theatre company in Kalamazoo, including (most recently) Titus Andronicus at the Knockabout, Lysistrata at the Whole Art, and West Side Story at the Civic, among countless other shows for countless other people. Also, thanks to Mom, Dad, Cody, Erin, Steve, Charity, Holden, Grandma, and Lisa. I love you all! Enjoy the show!!!
Lisa Marie Dorgan, actor: May in The Guest Room
Lisa Marie Dorgan has been a mainstay of the Kalamazoo theatre community for many years. Most recently, she played the title roles in Medea at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre and Elizabeth Rex at the Whole Art Theatre, and directed Titus Andronicus through her own theatre company, Knockabout Theatre. She also has some cats she's looking to give to a good home, if anyone's interested...
Andy Argo - Actor: Willy in Campfire Stories, Jeremy in What Happened To You, Mr. Clarkston?, and Creon in Oedipus (Wrecked) and Author: Campfire Stories
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Cat, 42, Door. These are only some of the many words that can be used to describe Andy Argo. One of Kalamazoo's favorite "I just wrote this 15 minutes ago on a napkin" writers, Andy has been spotted in many artsy fartsy ventures in the Kzoo area. He is a frequent patron/slammer at the Kalamazoo Poetry Slam, and has acted in many shows including Call Me Crazy, The Taming of the Shrew, Class Reunion, and pretty much every show Loy Norrix High School did between 2003 to 2006. Andy is currently a freshman at WMU pursuing Creative Writing, and is very excited to see one of his works performed. Upon hearing about it, Andy said, "Why, I'm bigger than sliced bread"! Afterwards, followers of sliced bread started burning Andy's creative works en mass.
Amanda McCartney - Actor: Joe in Campfire Stories and Antigone in Oedipus (Wrecked)
Amanda McCartney, 17, is a slam poet who immensly enjoys rainbows and making faces at people in passing vehicles.
Amanda championed the !Youth Poetry Slam for two consecutive years (2005 & 2006). She was a featured performance poet for the Grand Rapids Writers Conference in September 2006. Her work has been published in the Got Poetry Offline Anthology (2005) and !: A Document of a Slam Poetry Event (2005 and 2006). She self-published Faith is Driving South in March 2006.
Amanda had a leading role in The Real Inspector Hound at Colon High School in November 2004. She was student director for The Murder Room at Colon High School in March 2005. Things Didn't Turn Out The Way I Planned is her first professional acting opportunity.
Melissa Zinn - Actor: Little Girl in The Guest Room and Ismene in Oedipus (Wrecked), and Author: Oedipus (Wrecked)
Melissa Zinn is an actress, a writer, a substitute teacher, a passionate vegetarian and an avid recycler. Her favourite roles from the past include Ophelia in Hamlet and Tamora, Queen of the Goths, in Titus Andronicus. She hopes, through Abstraction Theatre, to provide opportunities for local actors and authors and perhaps perform some more Shakespeare. She is extremely grateful to her husband Sid for his unwavering encouragement and support, without which Abstraction Theatre would not exist.
Patrick Bates, author: What Happened To You, Mr. Clarkston?
Patrick J. Bates spent the past fifteen years as a director of high school, college, and community theatre. During that time he also worked on a series of nature films produced locally by Detroit native outdoorsman Howard Shelley in conjunction with Oakland University and the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., was Assistant Head Writer for LAUGH OFF- a short lived Public Access comedy show in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and was Head Writer for a community theatre comedy revue; additionally, his plays have been performed at various colleges and universities by student theatre groups. Recently, he has turned his attention to film festivals where his scripts SANTA CLAUS GOES TO PIRATE ISLAND and ICHABOD have been festival finalists for events such as The Beverly Hills Film Festival, Great Lakes International Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, as well as a top ten finalist in a 2005 Script Magazine Thrills and Chills screenplay competition. A third Screenplay, ED'S DEAD (AND HE'S HITCHHIKING HOME) was just named as a finalist in the 2006 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival as well as finishing in the Top Ten Screenplays at the Big Apple Film Fest in Manhattan. Recently, he was selected as one of Script P.I.M.P.'s 20 Best Scripts of 2006 and had a screenplay nominated at the Action on Film Festival for best comedy scene. Thanks to the magnificent Z for producing me!
Jacquelyn Priskorn, author: The Guest Room
Jacquelyn Priskorn has been writing plays since she took her first class with playwright Kitty Dubin in 1997. She has had several plays produced since that first class, as well as a screenplay, Love & Plutonium, which is currently available on DVD. Her play Love Shackles was recently published in Quick & Painless: Saturday Night Lites 2004-2005 Season distributed by Original Works. Glass Slipper, Size 8 ½ is currently available through Brooklyn Publishing. As an actress, Ms. Priskorn began writing, mostly to create more roles and audition material for herself and women like her.
Sid Redlin, actor: Lavender in Campfire Stories, Oedipus in Oedipus (Wrecked) and artist: designer of our flyer!
Despite being born with seven arms and no head, Sid Redlin has made a name for himself as a musician, artist, and manufacturer of eyeglasses. Going out on a limb, he has decided to try acting, as his therapist told him it beats jumping from airplanes without a parachute.
Get used to him, for when he takes over the world, he will be your master.
