 | *JUDY BLUE (Laurel) was recently seen in Talking Pictures and Blind Date in the Horton Foote Festival at the Goodman, Gary at Steppenwolf, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow with Collaboraction, Syzygy Theatre Group's critically acclaimed American premiere of Tender by Abi Morgan in Los Angeles, and American Musical Theatre Project's workshop of Dangerous Beauty. She has performed at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and in many productions at the Goodman including the premiere of Richard Nelson's Frank's Home, A Little Night Music, House and Garden, and Night of the Hunter. Recently she had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth Berg on the adaptation of her novel The Pull of the Moon at 16th St. Theatre. Judy has also appeared in Fool for Love at B Street Theatre and in premieres of Horton Foote, Jack Heifner, Roger Rueff, Todd Logan and many others. She has appeared in film (most recently Malik Yusef's Hollywood Jerome), radio, television and theatres across the country, including Drury Lane Oakbrook, The Organic, New York's Henry St. Theatre, Apple Tree, Dallas Theater Center, Movement Theatre International, B Street, Theatre Three, Stagewest, Casa Mañana and Arkansas Rep. Judy is an Associate Artist at Chicago Dramatists, a company member of The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, ensemble member of L.A.'s Syzygy Theatre and an Affiliate Artist at American Theater Company. | | | *MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL (Stanek) appeared most recently in Chicago in the one-person piece Underneath the Lintel by Glenn Berger, directed by Kristine Thatcher in a co-production by City Lit Theatre and BoarsHead Theater, Michigan. The performance is currently nominated for a Jeff Award for best solo performance. He has just finished playing Paul Barrow in Permanent Collection at BoarsHead, also directed by Ms. Thatcher. Previous BoarsHead appearances include Fr. Brendan Flynn in Doubt, Truman in Capote's Holiday Memories, and an earlier run of Underneath the Lintel. Other Chicago appearances include Georges Cuvier in Lydia Diamond's Jeff Award-winning play Voyeurs de Venus at Chicago Dramatists, directed by Russ Tutterow, and four roles in the new musical In the Bubble, based on the film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (no joke), directed by Michael Greif. At Drury Lane Oakbrook he was Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, as well as roles in On Golden Pond, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, and Aresenic and Old Lace. At the Noble Fool he was in Don't Drink the Water, and at Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare in Much Ado About Nothing as Don John. Before that, in New York City, he was a member of the Actors' Alliance, where he played Byelinkov in Wendy Wasserstein's Man in a Case, and Blackfriars Shakespeare Company, where he played Benedick in Much Ado, and Sebastian in As You Like It, among others. With Shades of Grey Co. he was Clancy in Waiting for Lefty, directed by Ted Kazanoff, and at Theatre Three as Bobby in American Buffalo and Austin in True West. |  | |  | *DOUG MACKECHNIE (Kip) is a well-known actor whose recent credits include A Christmas Story for Theater Wit, The Romeo and Juliet Story for Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame, and the World premiere of Unnecessary Farce at BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, MI. Other Chicago credits include Polish Joke, Don't Drink the Water (Noble Fool); That Championship Season, Pitz & Joe (Red Hen Productions); Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Taking Steps, She Stoops to Conquer (City Lit Theater); Artist Descending a Staircase, How the Other Half Loves, Noises Off (Broutil & Frothingham Productions); Translations (Seanachaí); An American Daughter (Organic Theatre); Principia Scriptoriae (Circle Theatre) and many Saturday Series staged readings at Chicago Dramatists, where he is an Associate Artist. Doug hold an M.F.A. from The Theatre School, DePaul University. | | | MAURICE MCNICHOLAS (Valere) has been acting for over 30 years in theatre, television radio and film. He holds degrees from both the University of Illinois and St. Xavier College (now University). His stage roles have included Aristide Bruant in VanGogh, Goldman/Dorf in The Man In the Glass Booth for the Performer's Arena; The Shakespearean King in The Adventures of Baby Clown Foo at the Children's Theater of Second City: Bach in the Bach and Handel Fest and The Voice of the Sphinx both for the Young People's Concerts at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His film credits include Risky Business with Tom Cruise; The Untouchables with Sean Connery and Kevin Costner; and Child's Play with Chucky the Killer Doll. In television he has appeared in The Untouchables and on both the History Channel and National Geographic Channel. His most recent film appearance was as the Prime Minister of Irregular Debris in Lost and Found which was shown at this year's Cannes Festival and the upcoming film Pickman's Muse. |  | |  | ANNIE DIMARIA (Cherie) received her B.F.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and trained at the British American Drama Academy under Fiona Shaw and Alan Rickman. She was last seen as a foul-mouthed bride in 13 Carat Productions' 4Play. Previous credits include roles in Julius Caesar, As you Like It, Measure for Measure, Three Sisters and The Beard of Avon. This spring, Annie can be seen in the The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with Signal Ensemble Theatre. | | | LUCAS NEFF (Philippe) recently graduated with a B.F.A. in Performance Art from UIC. He is also a graduate of The School of Steppenwolf class of 2008 and studied with Yasen Peyankov and the Bulgaria Exchange Workshop. This fall Lucas stars as Jon in Collaboraction's production of Jon. Previous roles include Hamlet in UIC's production of Shakespeare's classic, as well as roles in productions of Angels in America, Kentucky Cycle, Three Sisters, Balm in Gilead and King Lear. |  | | * Member of Actor's Equity Association
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