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Actors
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ALLEN
GILMORE (Hamm)
is excited to return to Court Theatre in Endgame with Chris Bayes.
At Court, he has played Argante in Scapin (BTA nomination),
directed by Mr. Bayes, and the title role of Cyrano,
co-directed by Charlie Newell and Jim Lasko, co-produced with
Redmoon Theater. He has performed on Broadway and on regional
stages across the U.S. and Canada. He dedicates these performances
to all his family and friends for their support throughout the
years.
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JOE
FOUST (Clov)
Chicago credits include The Beard of Avon (Goodman Theatre),
Mother Courage and Her Children (Steppenwolf), Kabuki
Medea (Wisdom Bridge), The Seagull, Major Barbara
(Remy Bumppo), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Next),
Santaland Diaries (Theatre Wit), twelve productions with
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where favorites include The Winter’s
Tale, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV
parts 1 and 2, and three seasons with Oak Park Festival Theatre.
Regional credits include Macbeth, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus,
Julius Caesar (Milwaukee Shakespeare), Kabuki Achilles
(People’s Light and Theatre Co), The Winter’s Tale (Missouri
Rep), Romeo and Juliet (River Styx, London) and seven
seasons with Peninsula Players. Joe is a founding member of Defiant
Theatre, where credits include directing and co-writing Action
Movie:the Play and Ubu Raw. |
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MAURY
COOPER (Nagg)
was the recent recipient of the 2003 Jeff Award for Best Supporting
Actor in Judgement at Nuremburg with Shattered Globe Theatre.
Nationwide credits include the Guthrie Theater; Yale Repertory,
Milwaukee, Berkley, Portland (Oregon), Cleveland Playhouse, Denver,
Indiana, ACT (Seattle), Alley Theatre (Texas), Theatre Calgary,
Manitoba, The Shaw Festival (Canada), Broadway and Off-Broadway.
His Chicago resume lists Court Theatre, Steppenwolf, Next Theatre,
Northlight, Remy Bumppo, and Goodman Theatre. He is pleased to be
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ROSLYN
ALEXANDER
(Nell) has starred at Victory Gardens Theater in The Family
Gold, God of Isaac, Jest a Second, Door to Door, Affluenza, and
Beau Jest, which she played in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles,
and San Francisco. She has also appeared in V.G.’s Greetings
and The Action Against Sol Schuman, Steel Magnolias
at the Royal George, and Collected Stories, Moonlight
and The Importance of Being Earnest at Court Theatre. She
was cast by Mike Nichols in the first national company of The
Prisoner of Second Ave. at the Ahmanson Theater in L.A., and
won the Jeff award for best actress for Wings at Wisdom
Bridge. Ms. Alexander was educated at N.U. School of Speech where
she took awards for radio drama, poetry reading and theater. She
has made numerous commercials and is featured in film and TV series.
Roslyn has read classical literature for WFMT and narrated ten novels
for Recorded Books of N.Y. She is honored to be cast at Court in
Endgame. |
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STAGE
MANAGEMENT
LAXMI
KUMARAN
(Production Stage Manager) has worked as a stage manager
in Chicago for the past eight years. Aselection of shows she has
stage managed at Court Theatre include Travesties, The Importance
of Being Earnest, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, James Joyce’s
“The Dead,” The Romance Cycle, Cyrano, Phédre, The Learned Ladies,
The Invention of Love, and Gross Indecency with
such directors as Charles Newell, JoAnne Akalaitis and Gary Griffin.
Other theatres include The Goodman, Lookingglass with 500 Clown,
The Royal George, Apple Tree, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
and Next Theatre. She has taught stage management classes at Northern
Illinois and DePaul Universities.
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WILLIAM
COLLINS (Assistant
Stage Manager) is excited to be back at Court Theatre stage
managing for Endgame. He spent last season with Court as
the floor manager. He is a graduate of The Theater School, DePaul
University and has worked locally with Lookingglass Theatre, About
Face Theatre (Undone and Up Until Now), and Redmoon
Theater, where he currently is their production manager. At Redmoon,
William has stage managed the 2004 Fall spectacle, Sink.Sank.Sunk,
the 13th annual Winter Pageant, The Cabinet and numerous
special events. |
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