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Wendy Bagger
You can find Wendy on twitter and if you are a geek in the awesomest sense of the word, you will enjoy her one IMDB credit. Bryn Boice*
Follow Bryn on Twitter. Scott Casper* (Artistic Director)
If you're interested in supporting our work, or taking part in it, please feel free to reach out directly via email. Christopher Catalano*
Reach Chris through his personal website, Facebook, Twitter, IMDB, or at Hooray for Everything. Lesslie Dodge Crane*
Rich Fromm
Ashley Hesse*
Alix McEachern Jones*
John Keitel*
Aaron Kliner
Robert Larkin
Robert W. McMaster (Associate Artistic Director)
On the web, find Mac on Facebook, follow him on Twitter, or add him to your circle on google+. Mike Mihm
Additional film credits on IMDB. Michael Poignand*
He's all over the web, on his website, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. You can also see him on YouTube in the industry spoof titled Starwars: Turn Off the Dark Side. |
Wendy Bagger was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada where she earned her BFA in Theatre Arts at University of Nevada Las Vegas. (Go Rebels!) Wendy then earned her Masters in Acting at The Ohio State University. (Go Bucks!) Wendy has acted regionally in Columbus, St. Louis (Go Cardinals!), Sarasota, and St. Petersburg, Florida. Here in New York (Go Jets!), Wendy is a voice over artist, a communication skills trainer, and regular contributor to The Dare Project as a writer and actor. She regularly cheers her various hometown teams to victory the first year she lives there, and cheers them to mediocrity and/or shame the following year. Yes, she is the one to blame.
Bryn Boice is one of the original three co-creators of The Dare Project, and since its inception, has written, directed and/or acted in over 25 Dare plays. Favorites include: A Helicopter Snorkeling, The General in Repose, and The Merry Way. Her New York acting credits include Dorine in Tartuffe (BTW Productions, Theatre Row), Grete in Sight Unseen (InProximity Theatre Company, directed by Dorothy Lyman) and Barbara/Janie/Waitresses/Pilot in Wonder of the World (Pull Together Productions). Recent directing credits include The Complaint (CEO Theatre), Navy Pier and Orange Flower Water (both for InProximity Theatre). She holds an MFA in Acting from FSU's Asolo Conservatory.
Having been with the company from its inception, Scott has been involved in nearly every event taxdeductible theatre has produced, dating back to our first public reading of The Big Slam, where he played the role of Orrin.
Christopher Catalano was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. He worked on a shrimp boat, he did shows at the World's Fair, and in the French Quarter. At the age of 15 he moved to Florida, and did theatre in Daytona Beach and surrounding areas before attending Florida State University. He graduated Cum Laude with a BA degree in theatre, and just a single credit shy of minors in English, Psychology, Philosophy and Russian.
Lesslie Dodge Crane is a native of Virginia, which is really no one's fault, and a graduate of the B.F.A. program at Virginia Commonwealth University and the M.F.A. program at Florida State University's Asolo Conservatory, for which she assumes there will eventually be a reckoning. Lesslie is a long-time contributor to The Dare Project as a writer, actor and director and can frequently be found buying a drunk a drink.
Thanks to everyone who have contributed to the success of taxdeductible theatre and The Dare Project. One of the thrills of being a part of a company like this is the ability to do something new and challenging every single time these people get together.
Ashley has her Masters in Vocal Performance: NYU Steinhardt School and BFA in Musical Theatre: SUNY Fredonia. Recently she has been seen at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in Sondheim Unplugged and Simply Streisand. She has done two National Tours with ArtsPower. Theatre credits include No Telling (Rachel) in the Harvest Festival, The Boyfriend (Nancy), Guys & Dolls (Sarah Brown), You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Sally: Winner Outstanding Performance TANYS Festival), Carousel (Julie Jordan), West Side Story (Maria), The Learned Ladies (Henriette), Cash on Delivery (Brenda Dixon), GODSPELL (Peggy), OKLAHOMA!, The Laramie Project, EVITA, On the Town.
Alix McEachern Jones, a Florida native, received her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory and her BA in Theatre from Florida State University. Favorite regional credits include: Richard III (Anne), Sylvia (Sylvia), I Hate Hamlet (Deidre), Star Spangled Girl (Sophie), Jane Eyre (Jane), What the Butler Saw (Geraldine), Pericles (Dionyza/Bawd), A Few Good Men (Joanne), and Pride and Prejudice (Jane). She has been happily collaborating with taxdeductible theatre and The Dare Project for the past several years. As a voice over artist she has been heard in everything from children's books to plugging Comcast Cable.
John hails from California and received a BFA from Stephens College for Woman (Male Theatrical Scholarship). He has performed extensively in California, throughout the Midwest and in NYC. He is a regular contributor to The Dare Project as a performer and had the pleasure of writing Walls, Johnny! and Vocab You, Larry.
Aaron Kliner received his MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory. He has worked at The Asolo Theater in Sarasota, Florida and at The Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Since moving to New York, Aaron has collaborated with taxdeductible theatre as a writer and actor. Additionally, he volunteers with The Possibility Project, a nationally recognized nonprofit that empowers teenagers to create safe, peaceful, and productive lives and communities through the performing arts. Aaron is originally from West Virginia where he received his BA at Shepherd University.
Robert is proud to be part of taxdeductible theatre. He is a native of Boston, MA and was one of the original members of Industrial Theatre. Robert is an Irene Ryan Award winner and has received a Special Artistic Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance from the Kennedy Center for his role in William Donnelly's award winning play Oswald's Case. He hopes to create something good, true and lasting in his time with this group. Thanks to all my students for making me just crazy enough to keep motivated so I don't become a 21st Century Mr. Holland's Opus.
As a true believer in taxdeductible theatre's mission and methods, Mac has been involved with all but two iterations of The Dare Project in some capacity. Primarily a director, he is honored to have directed The Kindergartner's Tragedy (DP17), Unattached (DP16, co-written with Lesslie Dodge Crane), Troopas (DP14), My Undivided Attention (DP12, co-directed with Scott Casper), The Hopeful Ones (DP9), Interrupting Murtle (DP8), and Bare Naked Lady (DP4). He also wrote Drawing Jack for DP15.
Mike has been a contributor to taxdeductible theatre for the past five years as an actor and writer. New York credits include Ajax In Iraq with Flux Theatre Ensemble, In God's Hat (Off-Broadway) with Apothecary Theatre Company, Lady Drug Dealer and The Brokenhearteds with I Mean! Productions, Saturday Night Saloon with Vampire Cowboys, Workshop Theater, Stages on the Sound, Retro Productions, and Red Fern. Regional credits include Camino Real at Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival and Mister Roberts and A Christmas Carol at Cincinnati Playhouse. Film: Let It Be War, A Box For Rob, The Taking of Pelham 123, Cold Storage, The Dying Western, Killing The Joneses.
Michael Poignand is honored to work with the talented folks at taxdeductible theatre. Off Broadway: Rush’s Dream (HERE), The Wind in the Willows (New Victory Theater). Recent NY credits include: The Complaint (45th Street Theater), Dia De Los Muertos (Teatro LaTea), Navy Pier (Theatre Row), Wonder of the World (Shell Theater), Pretençión (PS 122), Orange Flower Water (Theatre 54), Macbeth (Flamboyàn), Tartuffe (Theatre Row), Almost, Maine (Access Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (EST) and Air Guitar: The Musical (Harry De Jur Theater); not to mention many memorable Dare Projects at Wings Theater. Poignand’s work with Lucky Productions can be seen in the web series A Toby Prepares as well as the upcoming short film Meditations on North America by Anthony P. Pennino. He has worked regionally as well, but who has time to read that! Thanks to Bryn.