Skyler Burger
Sound Design
Skyler Burger is a Junior at the University of Washington, earning a BA in Drama. Skyler has functioned as Sound Designer on 11 productions so far in his college career, including the first production of The Grind Show. Being able to have a second chance at designing a show and traveling with the production has been a wonderful opportunity that he would never have refused.
Carrie Cates
Performer/TBA Founding Member
Carrie Cates graduated from the University of Washington in 2008 with degrees in Drama and Law, Societies, and Justice. At UW, she appeared in The Crucible, Into the Woods, Rumors, A Weekend Near Madison, and How I Learned to Drive, and served as the Assistant Director in the 2008 production of The Grind Show.
Shannon Erickson
Performer/Poster Design
In her final year at the University of Washington, Shannon Erickson is studying Drama, English, and History and after graduating, intends to earn her Masters in Teaching for Secondary Education. Her previous credits with the University of Washington's School of Drama include "Dunyazad" in Arabian Nights and "Emily," "Mrs. Webb," and "Mrs. Gibbs" in Our Town. With the Undergraduate Theater Society she played "Ophelia" in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and "Christopher" in On the Razzle.
Katrina Hamilton
Performer/TBA Founding Member
Katrina Hamilton is in her final year at the University of Washington, finishing degrees in both Drama and Dance. In the last several years she has performed in everything from The Seattle Opera's Manon Lescaut to More Than Kin's The Rocky Horror Show to several productions on campus with The Undergraduate Theater Society (UTS). Katrina recently directed The Heidi Chronicles and this spring she will be mounting a production of her original play What Boys Taught Me with UTS. In addition to co-writing The Grind Show, Katrina also played the part of the trapeze artist Valory in the Seattle production, a role she will be reprising in the Edinburgh production.
Chelsea Hess
Performer
Chelsea Hess is originally from Truckee, California, but now resides in Seattle where she attends the University of Washington. She is majoring in Chemistry with a possible dance minor. Past productions at the University of Washington include UW Drama's production of Arabian Nights, the TBA Collaborative's first production of The Grind Show, and UW Dance's 2009 Dance Majors Concert. Chelsea was also previously a member of InnerRhythms Dance Theatre Company in Truckee for four years. She looks forward to working with the TBA collaborative again and traveling to Europe for the first time!
Ash Hyman
Performer/Stage Manager
Ash Hyman is a recent graduate of University of Washington, having double-majored in Drama and Philosophy. He last appeared as Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for the BA Council Directorial Slot. Prior, he performed as Mr. Webb (Act I), Wally (Act II) and George (Act III) in the UW School of Drama's production of Our Town. Principally a stage manager, he most recently stage managed The Heidi Chronicles and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead for UW's Undergraduate Theater Society.
Christian Jenkins
Performer
Christian Jenkins is a graduating senior at the University of Washington majoring in Drama. He enjoys playing the guitar, traveling and is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Christian's theatrical debut at the University of Washington was playing George in Autumn quarter's production of Stop Kiss by Diana Son. His following role was playing George Gibbs in Thornton Wilder's Our Town, directed by Andrew Tsao. After college, Christian plans attending graduate school to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts through a Professional Actors Training Program.
Max Kraushaar
Performer/Properties
Max Kraushaar is a sophomore drama major at the University of Washington.
Kelsey Mabbott
Production Manager
Kelsey Mabbott is a graduate of the University of Washington. With an emphasis in classical theater she has performed internationally and locally in her home town of Seattle, Washington. With two years as development director for the Undergraduate Theater Society, she went on to work with ACT Theatre, a member of LORT. After trying practically every aspect of theater she is now focused on her favorite roles in producing, directing and costume designing. The Grind Show is Kelsey's first TBA Collaborative work. She looks forward to many happy returns to the Fringe forum.
Pauls Macs
Performer
Pauls Macs is a junior at the University of Washington pursuing a Double Major in Drama and Comparative Literature through the Honors Program. He also serves as the Production Manager for the UW Undergraduate Theater Society. He was most recently seen as The Father in the Undergraduate Theater Society’s production of The Pillowman and George/Baseball Player/Sam Craig in the UW School of Drama’s Our Town. This will be Pauls’s first journey to Edinburgh, and he is very excited to work with all the talented performers traveling with him.
Joe Mangialardi
Performer/Creative Arbiter
Joe Mangialardi is making his return to the Fringe. Last time he was here was for Internal Monologue, which he wrote and directed. He is from Seattle, USA, where he usually works as a director. Past projects include War of the Worlds, The Rocky Horror Show, You Can’t Take it With You, and Copenhagen. Past acting roles include George in Our Town and Antonio in Twelfth Night. He is the artistic Director of Theat(er/re), and a founding member of Emerald City Scene and Robot Arms Theatre.
Markie Miller
Costume Design
Markie Miller is a senior drama major at the University of Washington.
Evan Merryman Ritter
Set/Lighting Design
Evan Merryman Ritter is a third year design student getting his MFA in lighting at the University of Washington.
Laurie Roberts
Performer/TBA Founding Member
Laurie Roberts was recently named a Mary Gates Scholar for her work with the TBA Collaborative and The Grind Show. She is a senior drama major and dance minor at the UW. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Laurie has been credited in UW School of Drama’s Arabian Nights and recently performed as The Stage Manager in Our Town. Other credits include the Undergraduate Theater Society’s production of The Heidi Chronicles, UW School of Dance’s 2008 Dance Majors’ Concert, and played the Child in the TBA Collaborative’s first production of The Grind Show. Laurie has spent the past two Augusts studying fringe theater at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is very excited to be able to present The Grind Show for an international audience in 2009.
Mickey Rowe
Performer
Mickey Rowe is thrilled to be returning to The Grind Show after playing Otto in the 2008 production. Mickey has been seen in: The Wizard of Oz, Night of the Living Dead, and High School Musical at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Closer and The Long Goodbye at the University of Washington School of Drama, La Bohème, I Puritani, Der Rosenkavalier, Turn of the Screw, Falstaff, Tosca, Billy Budd, and Barber of Seville at Seattle Opera, and Breakfast for Five with Emerald City Scene. Mickey is also a skilled juggler, unicyclist, stilt walker, and magician as well as being a puppeteer at SCT.
Allison Standley
Performer/TBA Founding Member
Allison Standley is a senior majoring in drama at the UW where her interests lie equally in the theater and musical theater world. Allison has worked regionally and locally at professional theaters including Seattle Shakespeare Company (Henry IV) and Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (Beauty and the Beast, Once Upon a Mattress, others). Allison’s UW School of Drama credits include Arabian Nights (Shaharazad), Mad Forest (Lucia), The Who’s Tommy, and Our Town as Stage Manager. Other credits include the Undergraduate Theatrical Society’s production of The Crucible (Abigail) as well as originating the role of Book Lady in TBA Collaborative’s The Grind Show. Having experienced the Fringe Festival in August 2007, Allison is thrilled to share The Grind Show in such a profound theater festival.
Kate Sumpter
Performer
Kate Sumpter is entering her senior year at the University of Washington where she is double majoring in Drama and International Studies, and is thrilled to meld her two passions by performing in Edinburgh! She was recently seen as the act three Stage Manager in Our Town, Callie in Stop Kiss, and Gertrude in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. She would like to thank her parents, Andrew Tsao, and the TBA Collaborative for their support!
Andrew Tsao
Faculty Advisor/Lead Creative Arbiter
University of Washington Associate Professor Andrew Tsao has directed dozens of prime time episodes for network television, including such award winning shows as Home Improvement starring Tim Allen, The Tick, Friends, Caroline in the City and many more. He served as resident director at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, and was the artistic director of The New Harmony Project, where notable writers including Horton Foote, Robert Schenkkan and Angelo Pizzo developed new work under his leadership. He has directed regionally at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, Shakespeare Festival L.A., East West Players, Pan Asian Rep and others. He has been awarded the Center for Leadership Arts Award in Indianapolis, served as a panelist for the NEA Theatre Grants Program, and been a guest artist for the directing program at California Institute of the Arts and the Film Department at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He received his MFA in directing from California Institute of the Arts and is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
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