Produced in association with Nate Gardner and Karen Davidov Creative Team Andy Hobgood, Lyricist, Playwright, Director Andrew Hobgood is a founder and Artistic Director of The New Colony. He co-created the 2006 FringeNYC Best Musical, 58!, and co-wrote and directed Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy which won the 2008 FringeNYC award for Outstand- ing Music and Lyrics and three After Dark awards. His recent directing projects are the three-time Jeff Nominated production of Torch Song Trilogy and The New Colony’s productions of Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess and the critical and box office hit FRAT. He and The New Colony were featured at Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 9 with their play A Domestic Disturbance at Little Fat Charlie’s Seventh Birthday Party and col- laborated with on their late night show Literally Sexy. Julie B. Nichols, Composer Julie studied jazz improvisation and composition at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Since then, she has toured all over the world, performing with such esteemed compa- nies as National Touring Company as its music director. The job en- tailed live improvisation as well as composing music, much of which is still used on tour today. She has also performed at and composed for renowned theaters Improv Olympic, GayCo, the Apollo Theater and the Annoyance Theater. In addition, she regu- larly writes music for independent video projects, commercials and corporate videos. Julie composed the scores and served as musical director for two acclaimed original musicals that were pro- duced by the Annoyance Theater: Stop That Show and Love is Dead: A Necromantic Musical Comedy. After breaking box office records at the Annoyance, Love is Dead went on to win several awards, including Best Music and Lyrics at the New York International Film Festival. It also won 3 After Dark awards for Best Pit Band, Best Comedic Performance and Best Song Score. Julie is currently the Associate Music Director for the sketch and improvisation theater Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. In addition to performing five nights a week, she has composed and produced music for their 3 most recent 3 shows. Julie’s pet project is the hit NPR- par- ody podcast “The Fraudkast” (www.fraudkast.org), for which she serves as producer, composer and editor. James Asmus, Playwright James Asmus, Director of New Works for The New Colony, has spent 15 years working in theater, film, and comedy. In recent years, he has performed in numerous shows at The Annoyance including Coed Prison Sluts, The Invention Show, and as host of the burlesque show Late Nite Tit Bits. As a comedian, he has improvised for several years at iO and The Annoyance, traveled the country with NYC & LA buddies as Darby Lane, and run through the comedy festival circut with sketch trio Hey You Millionaires. He is company member with The New Colony, and wrote its award-winning debut production, Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess. James also co- created and starred in Love Is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy with director Andrew Hobgood for The Annoyance. The show won “Outstanding Music & Lyrics” awards from both Chicago’s After Dark Awards and the 2008 New York Fringe Festival. In recent months, James has been writing for Marvel Comics, and teach- ing writing programs for various theaters. Will Cavedo, Playwright Director of Marketing for The New Colony, Will Cavedo holds a BA in Theatre from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. In addition to many acting credits while in school, Will has performed at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC, the Shakespeare Project and the Piccolo Spoleto Theatre Festival in Charleston, and was recently seen in The New Colony’s production of Evan Linder’s FRAT in Chicago. Will is also an ac- complished playwright whose work has been performed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and at the Southeast Regional Competition for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Jared Saunders, Music Director Jared was born in nothern Utah and spent his first 20 years studying piano and playing in the mud. After ruining several very nice pianos, he took up graphic design and web development. Turns out, computers aren’t any better with dirt, so he’s playing piano again. He’s happy to be in Tupperware and promises to keep it clean. Caitlin Chuckta, Assistant Director Caitlin is a company member with The New Colony and happy to assist Andy on such an exciting project. As an actress, Caitlin was most recently seen as Katie in ‘Frat’ with TNC. Other companies include: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Connecticut Free Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Valley, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and the Downtown Cabaret Theatre. She has toured nationally with Shakespeare Live and National Theatre for Arts and Education. Caitlin received her BFA from Univer- sity of Connecticut. She would like to thank the cast and creative team for their willingness and dedication to making Tupperware a success. Christina Kay Pretsch, Stage Manager Christina is thrilled to be working with the sweet and talented people at The New Colony. Recent theatrical endeavors include a Stage Management internship at the Goodman, Stage Manager for The Arab-Israeli Cookbook with Theatre Mir, and narrowly escaping The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in Stage Management. Christina is currently look- ing for work as a part-time personal assistant. If you or someone you know are in need of her services, ask for her after the show. Christina wishes to thank her parents, Cory, Emily, and Toulouse. Additional thanks to Margot M. Momoi-Piehl, Electrician Evan Linder, Production Manager Producing Director of The New Colony, Evan is an actor and writer living in Chicago. A proud graduate of the College of Charleston, Evan began his professional career as an Associate Company member at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN. Upon moving to Chicago, Evan has worked with About Face Theater, the side project, Promethean Theater Ensemble, Bohemian Theater Ensemble and Hubris Productions. He is enormous- ly proud to be a founding member of The New Colony. In March 2009, TNC premiered his play FRAT which earned critical raves, sold out crowds and an extended run at the Dank Haus in Lincoln Square. His next play 11:11, co-written with Tara Sissom, will premiere with TNC in the Spring of 2010. In his spare time, Evan enjoys sleeping. Gary Tiedemann, Sound Design Gary is Executive Director and an ensemble member of The New Colony. He relocated to Chicago in 2004 from Southwest Florida, where he started, operated and sold his own landscaping company. Since moving to Chicago, Gary has trained in acting and improvisation at The Second City, iO Chicago (Improvolympic), The Annoyance, Act One, and Acting Studio Chicago. Gary appeared in The Annoyance’s Splatter Theater, Stop That Show, and wrote, appeared in, and created sound design for KXVI: The Rock Revolution; hailed by Time Out Chicago as “conceptual brilliance.” He has recently appeared in The New Colony’s critically acclaimed pro- duction of FRAT, and The New Colony’s collaboration with Victory Garden’s: Literally Sexy 2. A proud mem- ber of SAG and AFTRA, Gary has appeared in and voiced numerous television and radio commercials. Most recently, he has appeared in TV commercials for Budweiser and the Lottery and voiced spots for Sears/ Craftsman, Molson Canadian, Harris Bank, and Kellogg’s Pop Tarts. Phil Canzano, Lighting Designer Phil is a graduate of the College of Charleston. He previously worked with The New Colony on Frat and Ame- lia Earhart Jungle Princess. You may have also seen his wirk with Mid Tangent’s production of Queer Tale. He recently served as the special effects artist for National Pastime’s produc- tion of Alice of the House of Carroll and will be the Technical Director for the Next Theatre’s production of The Overwhelming. Special Thanks to Jennifer and Geno the Wonderpup.

Kevin McClintock, Scene Design Kevin keeps it simple and makes it pretty. He wants to thank monocul- ture and Westwood, Massachusetts for all it’s help. Kevin has worked with the Neo-Futurists, Ian Belnap’s Dog and Pony Show, University of Dept., the new leaf, iO, the Redmoon, CTC, the Play- ground, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and for the first time now with the New Colony. Thank you for supporting art not made tongue-tied by authority. Tara Sissom, Marketing Art Art Director for The New Colony, graduated from Elon University with a BFA in Music Theatre and Digital Art. She is a freelance Graphic De- signer working for theatres, artists, musicians and businesses all over the country. Check out her portfolio at www.tarasissom.squarespace.com Rachel Jamieson, Properties Design This is Rachel’s first production with The New Colony. She is pleased to be working with such a fun and creative group of people. Rachel began her theatrical life in Chicago as an intern for Lookingglass Theatre Company, working on 1984. Since then she has acted as Props Designer on their productions of The Old Curiosity Shop, Ar- gonautika, The Wooden Breeks and Black Diamond. She has also worked with the Hope Summer Repertory The- ater, Pennsyvania Shakespeare Festival, and regionally, Backstage Theatre Company, amongst others. She would like to give her love and thanks to Mom and Dad for all their support (and for lending out their Tupperware). Nathan R. Rohrer, Costume Design Nathan is very excited to be working on his premier show with The New Colony. He was the resident designer at Playhouse on the Square’s Circuit Playhouse in Memphis, TN, and worked at the Texas Shakespeare Festival before moving to Chicago in early 2007, where he has quickly developed a successful career. With an extensive palate in dance design, Nathan has designed numerous works for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s second company, and River North Chicago Dance. Additionally, recent theatrical costume designs have been set on Emerald City Theatre, City Lit Theatre, Mythic Proportions Theatre, and Lincoln Square Theatre. His knowledge of design and sewing has also afforded him the opportunity to work with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Jazz Dance, the Manhattan School of Music, Thodos Dance Chicago, and Jump-Rhythm Jazz Project. Nathan received his B.A. in Drama from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point in 2006.

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Mary Hollis Inboden (Delores Bird Clarke) is the Director of Audience Development for The New Colony. She last appeared in TNC’s A Domestic Disturbance at Little Fat Charlie’s 7th Birthday Party as part of the devised work series in Sketchbook 9 produced by Collaboraction. Chicago credits: Liter- ally Sexy 2: Because it Feels So Good (VG Biograph), A Christmas Story (Noble Fool), Torch Song Trilogy (Hubris Productions, Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play), Top Girls (20% Theatre), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Hubris Produc- tions), How I Became a Pirate (Emerald City Theatre), Sketchbook 7: Three A.M. (Col- laboraction) and The Ville (The Attic, original cast). Memphis credits: Saucy Jack and The Space Vixens (Circuit Playhouse, Ostrander Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical), The Last 5 Years (Theatre Memphis), Noses to the Ground (Voices of the South), Chess, in concert (The Canon Center), NINE (Playhouse on the Square), Talking With... (TheatreWorks), Anton in Show Business (Circuit Playhouse), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (TheatreWorks), and Cloud 9 (Theatre Memphis, Ostrander Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play). Many thanks to the all the New Colonials, cast, crew, band, and writers of Tupperware. This ones for the “career girls,” and trailblazers. And for my Puddy, love.

Meg Johns (Brownie Wise) is a proud New Colony company member and native Virginian who moved to Chicago in 2003 to pursue an artistic life of performance, writing, and comedy. She has trained in improvisation at iO Chicago and the Annoyance Theater, performing in a variety of sketch, improv, and scripted original shows. Some of her fa- vorites have been playing with her all-female comedy group Chewties!, and creating the show Love is Dead: A Necromantic Musical Comedy, which ran in Chi- cago and went on to showcase at The Fringe Festival in NYC in 2008. Meg began teaching improv at The Annoyance in early 2008 and there directed her first full-length original show, Chasing Dumb, which she and the cast collaboratively wrote. Meg was a part of The New Colony’s party ensemble show FRAT, and will be directing a show for TNC’s second season! Meg can be seen with her musical/improv/ sketch collaboration Friendship Soulmate Porno, in the Late Night Tit Bits Burlesque show at The Annoyance, working on something New Colony related at Headquarters (pizza moat), or teaching and directing improv troupes around Chi- cago. Meg is endless thankful for the brilliance and life-giving collaboration of The New Colony, and blown away by the talent and genius of the entire Tupperware cast and crew. Love to my family, my bright lights, and a gal named Hank. Nikki Klix (Gladys Carroll) is proud to be performing with The New Colony for the first time in their incredibly successful inaugural season! Other Chicago credits include Lifeline, Collaboraction, Oracle, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and the After Dark Award winning outstanding new musical, Old Town at Strawdog. Nikki recently guest starred in The Scooty and JoJo Show: Diva Brunch. She is a recipient of the John Belushi/Second City Me- morial Acting Scholarship and a member of the ensemble at Players, Please Theatre where she looks forward to directing for their up- coming sketch night. Look for Nikki (and her violin) this fall in Trap Door’s 12 Ophelias and as a Show Show Showgirl in the late night, smash hit The Game Show Show... and Stuff! Thea Lux (Gertie Minor) has been involved in Chicago’s theater and improv community since 2001. As a happy New Colony member, she showcased her cleavage and comedic sensibilities as Natalie in FRAT. She performed as Julie in the production Love is Dead at the 2008 NYC Fringe Festival. Also previously at Fringe, she was in the Annoyance Theater production, 58 - A Comedy About Bike Messengessengering, which won “Outstand- ing Musical,” even though it wasn’t really a musical. She has written several original sketch reviews including her one-woman show, Thea Lux Will Sell Out for Money. Musically, she has worked with and composed for , Blewt Productions, and plays with the band Let’s Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. She wants to thank Sean and her family with big thank you hugs for their continual sup- port in all of her artistic endeavors. Tara Sissom (Kitty Toots) is pleased as pie to be back on The New Colony stage after appearing in FRAT as Amy and joining the TNC family as Art Director. Tara studies at iO and the in addition to working as a free lance graphic designer. She recieved her BFA in Music Theatre and Digital Art at Elon University, NC. www.tarasissom.squarespace.com. She will be collaborating with Evan Linder on 11:11, which will premiere with TNC in the Spring of 2010. Thanks and love to family, friends, Ryan & Kitty (the real one).

Production and Press Photos taken by the very talented Anne Petersen Check out her work at http://www.flickr.com/people/opacity/ Kevin Stangler (Henry Clarke/Lawyer/Executive) is a proud and thankful company member first appearing (strike 1, Hobgood) in TNC’s premier production, Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess. Since then Kevin has performed in FRAT, Literally Sexy with Victory Gardens, and Sketchbook 9 with Collaboraction, all TNC affiliated productions. Other Chicago credits include Jeff Awarded Much Ado About Nothing with First Folio, Hamlet with Polarity Ensemble, and Romeo and Juliet with ArtsLanes. Regionally, Longaville in Love’s Laubours’ Lost with Connecticut Free Shake- speare and had the fortune to workshop Discovery of America with Tony win- ner, Arthur Kopit. B.F.A. Musical Theatre graduate from UW - Stevens Point. Up next, he will be playing Jim in Pump Boys and Dinettes at Metropolis. His next TNC project is to workshop the adaptation, Facing East: A New Musical. Not sure why Andy punishes himself and company by casting me, but perm chemicals may have lasting effects. Family, friends, Caitlin … (wink). Danny Taylor (Lilah Johnsonton/Choreographer) Danny is delighted to be working with The New Colony on Tupperware! In addition to assistant directing FRAT, you may have seen some of Danny’s more masculine charms with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Signal Ensemble, Chicago ScriptWorks, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, Strawdog Theatre, Halcyon Theatre or Theatre Bam. Regional: St. Croix Festival Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Prather Family of Theatres, Hope Sum- mer Repertory and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Tell all your friends to visit us on the cul de sac, we just love visitors!

This show features the vintage Tupperware collection of Sam Corcione and Jerry Strange Kevin Brown (Percussion) Kevin Brown is a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Communication and has played T percussion for theatrical productions throughout Chicago with companies such as Theo Ubique, Signal, Boho, and Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. He is also a company member of Be the Groove, a rhythm-based dance ensemble that has performed on stages such as Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavillion and the . When not performing, he works at the Museum of h Contemporary Art’s theater and as a Teaching Artist with Urban Gateways. He is grateful for the continual support of his friends and family. Chris Gingrich (Guitar) e Chris Gingrich loves to rock. Loves to roll. Moved to Chicago to do both. Henry Riggs (Etc.) Henry Riggs put the bop in the bop sh’bop. Just passing the year mark in Chicago, Henry now has two companies under his belt, TNC and Strawdog Theatre. Favorite past shows include Frat, R.U.R., The Arabian Nights, Amadeus, Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Meta- morphoses, Hotel Paradiso, and Twelfth Night. Henry is an ensemble member with Theatre 99 in Charleston, SC where he has written/produced/performed in such shows as HOBO the Musi- B cal, Maximum Brain Squad Sketch Comedy, Ebony and Ivory, and The Sofa Kings amongst a few others. Only one question remains, what would YOU do for a Klondike bar? Geoff Shell (Bass) a Geoff Shell is a bassist, instrumentalist, composer/sound designer and producer from Deer- field, IL. Since graduating as a film scoring major from Berklee College of Music, he has com- posed and produced scores for Red Thread (2005), Love Blood Kryptonite (2007), and Coast- ing (2009). He was lead sound designer for Innovation Award nominated series, Groovy Music n (2004-2008), published by Sibelius Software Ltd., and he has composed concert music commissioned by The University of Chicago. He co-founded and played bass with The Hue for two years and cur- d rently plays with the Liquid Beat Allstars. Cur- rently, Geoff is composer for Theatre Seven’s Lies & Liars.

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