CAST
* denotes member of Actors' Equity Association |
(alphabetical here) ALEX BEST (Allesandro "Alex" Farnase)🔹 REGI DAVIS * (Paul Revere Williams) 🔹 ANN HU * (Fen "Fenny" Gao)🔹 DAVID JAHN * (Mr. Herbert Taylor)🔹 STEVE MARVEL * (Ludwig Gottschalk)🔹 PETER McGLYNN * (Wolfgang Schreiber)🔹 MEREDITH THOMAS * (Mrs. Clara Taylor)
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alternate cast below!
MEREDITH THOMAS * (Mrs. Clara Taylor) Meredith Thomas spent the first part of her life in the most Northern Settled village in North America, Point Barrow, Alaska. Her parents taught Native American Eskimos above the Arctic Circle through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Much of the rest of her childhood was spent on an island off the coast of New Hampshire. Meredith started her professional acting career when she was still in elementary school as "Tessie" in Annie and continued to do summer stock theatre throughout her childhood and attended and received high honors in several New Hampshire and New England Drama Festivals. After attending the University of New Hampshire briefly on a theater scholarship, she left the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans behind and headed towards the Pacific. As a teenager, Meredith appeared in her first big budget feature film, Pleasantville and hasn't stopped working in film, theatre, and television since. Watch for her this winter holiday season in an Ion Television film starring Chevy Chase. Please visit her website to learn more: http://www.themeredithmethod.com
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DAVID JAHN * (Mr. Herbert Taylor) David is an alumnus of the Groundlings Main Company, where he performs in the wildly popular Beverly Winwood Showcase and debuted Do You Fear What I Fear? - his solo show which was heralded by Los Angeles critics and featured in the Groundlings 30th Anniversary. David was a series regular on “My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss” for FOX. Film credits include “Men Women & Children”, “Thank You For Smoking”, “Neverland”, “Straight Jacket” and “The Debt Collector.” Television includes recurring roles on “The Cape”, “Mobbed”, “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Running With Scissors”. Other credits include “The Comeback”, “Bad Judge”, “Kirstie”, “Modern Family”, “Cougar Town” and “Heroes”. Theatre credits include Roger in Is There Sex After Marriage?, Junkman in Dandelion Wine, Peter in Jesus Christ, Superstar and Freddie in An Oasis in Manhattan. David has been featured in numerous commercials hocking anything from luxury automobiles to ingrown toenail medicine. This one’s for Ron.
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REGI DAVIS * (Paul Revere Williams) Regi Davis is an actor and director, known for a number of roles on film [Hulk (2003), Cry-Baby (1990) and McFarland, USA (2015)], and has appeared in many television shows, including All the Way, Game Shakers, Wild Life, Grey's Anatomy, Castle, Anger Management, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Franklin & Bash, Las Vegas, Arrested Development, Medium, and many more. Some of his theatre roles include Marty in Dreamgirls, Belize in Angels in America, Scott Joplin in Tin Pan Alley Rag (Fullerton Civic Light Opera), multiple roles in The Legend of Alex (Mark Taper Forum), and Donkeyman (us) in The Captain's Tiger (La Jolla Playhouse). He is an accomplished musician, stand-up comic, and bicyclist (racing). He considers an honor and a blessing to be a part of this amazing production, and would like to thank God, his family and his friends for their love and support. http://www.regidavis.com/
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PETER McGLYNN * (Wolfgang Schreiber) Peter is a first-generation American born in the “Garden State” to immigrant musicians. His family’s influence helped pave his way onto the musical theatre stage. Peter’s sensitively to language, cultural differences, and insatiable curiosity, helped lead him to play historical characters in theatre, film, and TV: Alexander Haig in Yellow Rain; Captain Gerhard Goebel in The Last Transatlantic Hijacking (Lufthansa Flight 592); Lewis Powell (John Wilkes Booth’s co-conspirator) in Confederate Conspiracy; and more. He may be seen in the feature films: Delivery, the Beast Within; FAKE; and Key; and soon-to-be-released films VILE and Dark Company; as well as numerous Independent films. One critic recently said Peter is developing a franchise playing ‘the wolf in sheep’s clothing’. Please watch for him in the upcoming 4th season of the evocative series Above Ground. Recent roles on L.A. stages include Mr. Bennet in A Shred of Evidence (Theatre 40) and Duke in The Girl Who Would Be King (MASQ Entertainment production). Peter is thrilled to bring Wolfgang Schreiber to life.
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STEVE MARVEL * (Ludwig Gottschalk) Steve Marvel has appeared on stage at the Geffen Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, A Noise Within, The Theatre at Boston Court, The Reduced Shakespeare Company, the International City Theatre, the Theatricum Botanicum, the Odyssey Theatre, the fabled Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and played opposite such notables as Robert Patrick (Gangster Squad, True Blood), Keith David (Cloud Atlas, Mr.and Mrs. Smith), and Harry Lennix (The Black List, Man of Steel). A two-time Voice Arts Award nominee, Steve also regularly narrates audiobooks in a variety of genres, most recently voicing the words of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek. His vocal work has also been featured in video games for Sony, Mattel, and ActiVision, including the Preacher in the live-action version of PlayStation’s seminal Twisted Metal vehicle combat series and the Bum in the long-awaited revival of the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. Steve received a diploma in Theatre and Voice from the Interlochen Arts Academy and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s renowned Acting program. www.stevemarvel.com/
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ANN HU * (Fen "Fenny" Gao) Ann Hu (NYU Tisch Alumni) is a New York actress/singer turned seasoned Los Angeleno. Last December, she produced/performed in “All That You Deserve” a one-night stand up show on anti-bullying. Off-Broadway and Regional Theatre credits include roles in: The Bilbao Effect; Private Jokes Public Places; Beach Radio, the musical; 99 Histories; Young Playwrights Festivals 2001 & 2000; The Joy Luck Club; An Infinite Ache; Redwood Curtain; ‘belly’; Into the Woods; Henry V; The Baby Project, a musical, Cooperstown and more. Ann has numerous film and TV roles: 5th Passenger; How to Seduce Difficult Women; Brooklyn Heist; The Last New Yorker; Petty Crimes; Extant; Castle; Switched at Birth; Last Man Standing; Law & Order; Law & Order: Trial By Jury; Cyberchase; Lennie Rose; and more. Hu wrote for Backstage;unscripted with over 100,000 readers internationally. www.annhuactor.com |
ALEX BEST (Allesandro "Alex" Farnase) Alex is a graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where he was a recipient of the Promising Artist Scholarship. Now living in Los Angeles, he’s worked as an actor in film, television, and over a dozen national commercials.
Alex is so proud to be a part of this production and is forever grateful to his friends & family for all of their love and inspiration. Credits TV: BONES Film: “American Dreamz”, “Seeing Red”, “Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams” Theatre: ENRON (LA premiere), Torch Song Trilogy (20th anniversary production) |
Alternate Cast
performances: 8/19 & 8/21 * denotes member of Actors' Equity Association |
WIL BOWERS * (Paul Revere Williams)🔹 SEAN GALUSZKA (Ludwig Gottschalk)🔹 MAURA M. KNOWLES * (Mrs. Clara Taylor) 🔹 JONATHAN LAMER * (Wolfgang Schreiber) 🔹 CANDACE LEUNG (Fen "Fenny" Gao) 🔹 PAUL NYGRO * (Mr. Herbert Taylor)🔹 RYAN REILLY * (Allesandro "Alex" Farnase)
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MAURA M. KNOWLES * (Mrs. Clara Taylor) Maura's theatre credits include: The Christians at theTaper, Francis Ford Coppola's Gidget, the award-winning rock musical Bare and numerous productions in NYC and L.A. She is a member of the Irish American Writers & Artists in New York, the L.A. Writer's Center and one of twelve songwriters accepted into the Mercer Great American Songwriting Program at Northwestern University in Chicago. A published and featured writer in playwright's festivals and published in various magazines, websites (e.g., The Morselist). Maura's film & T.V. credits include: her original musical-comedy series, “Insult to Injury” (currently in post-production), along with “Stitchers,” “Special Victims Unit,” “Medium,” “Common Ground,” “Numbers,” National Lampoon’s “Sex Tax,” “The Yard Sale” w/ Anne Meara, “The Bold & the Beautiful,” and upcoming sci-fi, “Lotone,” and “The Nearest Human Being.” In her "other" life a.k.a. Mo, the Morselist, Maura is an Integrative Health Coach and C.E.O. of MAC-N-MOS, INC., a healthy baked goods company, created in honor of her dad, Mac and she is the author of two cookbooks. A passionate international traveler and actively involved with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization of Los Angeles. www.mauramknowles.com www.macnmos.com
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PAUL NYGRO * (Mr. Herbert Taylor) Paul is extremely excited to be performing again at The Hudson Mainstage since his debut here in the original cast of Reefer Madness in ’99. Film credits: “Shadow Boxing”, “Paul Blart:Mall Cop 2”, “You Again”, “Race To Witch Mountain”, “What We Do Is Secret”, Television: “Grease Live!”, “Young & The Restless”, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, “Eli Stone”, “Jack & Jill”, Indie Series: “Internet Icon” (seasons 1&2), “ActingDead.com”, “McCrackenLive.com”, “Lovin’ Lakin”, Broadway: Sister Act (1st National Tour), First Wives Club (Original Cast, Chicago Premiere), Reefer Madness (Original Cast, L.A.& NYC), A Chorus Line, CA Regional Theatre: Sneaux!, Ruthless!, The Gift, Guys & Dolls, Evita, Fiddler On The Roof, A Chorus Line, The All Night Strut. Paul is also an accomplished choreographer, director, producer and film/video editor. 4Chris227.
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WIL BOWERS (Paul Revere Williams) is an NAACP Theatre Award Best Actor winner for Celebration Theatre’s Insurrection: Holding History. His list of stage credits, includes Audience Favorite winner, Social Science in Towne Street Theatre’s Ten Minute Play Fest, and both productions of their acclaimed original work, In Response. At Write Act Rep, a few favorites include Kafka’s The Trial, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, and How Katrina Plays by the late Judi Ann Mason. Wil’s film/TV credits include “Will & Grace”, “Scandal”, “Castle”, “The Ex List”, “Broad City”, “Saints & Sinners” “Surface To Air” and all of the current soap operas, as well as several national commercials. Thank you to Theatre Planners and The Athena Cats for making me a part of this intriguing story.
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JONATHAN LAMER * (Wolfgang Schreiber) Jonathon is originally from East Alton, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo. Life and love and work have taken him all over the U.S. and abroad; from Chicago to Massachusetts to Bremen, Germany to Memphis and finally here in Los Angeles. In his decade in Southern California he has worked for The Chance Theater, A Noise Within, Antaeus, and numerous companies in Los Angeles. Currently, he is a company member with Theatre of Note. Film credits include “Soul of the Game’” and “Truman” for HBO. Jonathon has had the honor of being an adjudicator for the US Army Tournament of Plays in Europe. Sadly, the Army has cut funding to the arts programs for service members stationed in Europe. Please visit www.change.org and search Army Europe Entertainment to sign the petition.
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SEAN GALUSZKA (Ludwig Gottschalk) Sean is a Syracuse University Grad. TV: "Miss Julie" (PBS American Playhouse) , "Miracles" (ABC), "Ghost Whisperer", "Taming the Wild West" (TNT), "Girl's Guide" (HBO), "Ellis" in "Left 4 Dead II". Feature Films: current lead in "Crossroad" and "Primrose Lane". Others: "Water for Elephants", "The TV Set", "Richard III". Theatre: Ring of Fire (Oregon Cabaret), Lost Highway (WVA Public Theater), 6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks (Sierra Rep, Cochella Valley Rep), K2, Poison Apple (off Broadway), Complete Works Of Wm Shakespeare (Abridged), "Feste" in An Appalachian Twelfth Night (Globe), Fucking Men by Joe Dipietro (US Premiere), The Boys in the Band (Coast Playhouse).
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CANDACE LEUNG (Fen "Fenny" Gao) is a an actress, dancer, and singer known for numerous roles in film and television, including "Criminal Minds"," Accidentally Engaged," and "Bloody Homecoming," and dance and theater productions. She is the co-producer of "To Remember," an award-winning documentary widely distributed on the BBC World News. This "Fenny" did actually study law at the University of California, Davis. She is a practicing attorney specializing in film finance, entertainment, and media transactions. She is ecstatic to be a part of this sui generis BLUEPRINT cast and crew family!
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RYAN REILLY* (Allessando "Alex" Farnase) Blueprint is Ryan's Los Angeles theatre debut! His theatre credits include -- National tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas NYC: Within the Law (Metropolitan Playhouse), The Short Fall and Woyzeck (Toy Box Theatre Co.). Regional Highlights: Tom in The Glass Menagerie (Theatreworks, Colorado Springs), Cabaret (Music Theatre of CT), The Boys From Syracuse and Mame (Drury Lane Chicago), A Christmas Carol, The Light in the Piazza, and Hairspray (Marriott Theatre Chicago). It’s A Wonderful Life The Radio Play (Alhambra Theatre, FL). Also a playwright, Ryan’s debut play Worth House premiered last year at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NYC. Additionally, Ryan has appeared in the web series’ “The Pick Up Chicks” and “Domestically Challenged”. BFA-UW-Stevens Point. Thanks to Michael, Laura, and The Mine Talent Agency for the opportunity.
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