Jewtopia Chicago Production

Scott Antonucci (Adam Lipschitz): was seen in recent years as Boy in Edward Albee’s The Play About the Baby at The Goodman Theatre and Willie, the Pinball Maniac in The Time of Your Life at Steppenwolf. Scott holds a B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University in New York City.

Christine Bunuan (Rachel Kahn): Chicago theater credits include A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre), Peter Pan & Love’s Labor’s Lost (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Cabaret (Metropolis Performing Arts Center), Young Playwrights Festival & Anyone Can Whistle (Pegasus Players), and The Theory of Everything (dueEast Theatre Company). She is a graduate of The Theatre School, DePaul University. Thanks to her family and friends.

Cindy Gold (Arlene Lipschitz/Marcy Cohen): (AEA, SAG) Chicago Theater: Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty's new musical about Gertrude Stein -- A Long Gay Book, Next Theatre's The Misanthrope, Victory Gardens' Glamour House, Remy Bumppo's Man and Superman, Court Theatre's Desire Under the Elms. Regional: Shakespeare Sedona, Alabama Shakespeare, Boston Shakespeare, Freedom Repertory in Philadelphia, Peninsula Players, Mental Floss Improvisation, Miami. Cindy is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University.

Brandy McClendon (Crazy Jewish Girls): a native Texan, this Irish girl knows Jewish girls rock. Theater credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Indiana Rep), Self Defense (Rivendell at Steppenwolf Garage), The Game of Love and Chance (Madison Rep.), Romeo and Juliet (Utah Shakespearean Fest.), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Kitchen Dog), along with five seasons at Hope Summer Rep, and productions with Chicago Dramatists, Dallas Shakes, and Player’s Theatre in Dublin among others. Shalom Ya’ll.

Malcolm Rothman (Rabbi Schlomo/Grandpa Irving): has been a fixture on the Chicago stage since 1978. Most recently, Malcolm has appeared at Marriott Theater as Old Man Hasler in The Pajama Game. Other stage credits include performances with the Guthrie Theater, National Jewish Theater, Candlelight Theater, New American Theater, Court Theater and many others throughout the Midwest and nationally.

William Smillie (Chris O’Connell): A member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Sandy has appeared in their productions of The Weir, Fuddy Meers, Deathtrap, and The Rivals, among others. Other area credits include work with Lifeline, The Journeymen, and The Factory. He is also one of the founders of Bootstraps, a nonprofit arts and literacy company.

Fredric Stone (Dennis Lipschitz): Recently was seen as David Malter in the Steppenwolf production of The Chosen. He played Agamemnon in Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Trojan Women at the Goodman Theatre and has appeared in eight productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier.

Lauren Bishop (Understudy): Lauren is happy to return to Chicago after recently performing with the first National Tour of Scrooge the Musical starring Richard Chamberlain. Favorite credits include Benvolio in The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), ComedySportz, and The Vagina Monologues (Apollo Theatre). Love to family, Flip and Peter.

Chris Petschler (Understudy): You might recognize Chris from many past roles in Chicago. These include …… fifty words? Whaddya mean I get fifty words? How can I possibly … such an elaborate career … fifty words?! Well, I … (Love to his zeeskyte with the shayna punim who brings him such nakhes — LC!)

Herbert Mi’chal Shayman (Understudy Rabbi Schlomo/Irving Lipschitz): Spiritually attuned, Herb thanks his Higher Power, lucky stars and ruling planet, Mercury, for guiding him full-circle to Jewtopia at the Mercury Theater. Other favorite roles include: “Herr Schultz” in Cabaret; “Brian” in Shadow Box; “Ali Hakim” in Oklahoma!; and “Murphy” in The Front Page. When not acting, Chicagoborn Herb creates unique specialty tours for groups who enjoy ChicaGoing My Way!

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Bryan Fogel (Playwright): The following is the transcript of the phone conversation between Bryan and Sam that occurred on
March 13, 2003, at 11:53 p.m. before Jewtopia premiered on May 8, 2003 in Los Angeles. Sam: Hello? Bryan: Dude, I’m screwed! I’ve been working on this bio all night and I can’t come up with anything! S: I’ve seen your resume. You’ve done a ton of stuff. B: Lies! All lies! S: What about Eyes Wide Shut? B: That wasn’t the movie! That was a dramatic recreation of a first year USC student film! I still haven’t gotten the tape! S: Weren’t you a theatre major at the University of Colorado? B: I think so. I was too stoned to remember any of it. S: What about the play I saw you in? You were great! B: Esperanto? I was an Argentinean surgeon dissecting a corpse! And you were the only one who came! Jesus, Sam! Do you realize the kind of credits everybody else has that’s involved with our show? What the hell are they doing with us? S: Bryan, calm down… B: How am I supposed to book anything? My agent is operating out of a Motel 6 in
Tarzana! S: Look, we’ve fooled everybody so far. What’s there to worry about?

Sam Wolfson (Playwright): The following is the transcript of the phone conversation between Sam and Bryan three hours later as Sam sat down to write his bio. Bryan: (waking up) Hello? Sam: You’re right! We’re dead. We’re so dead. B: What time is it? S: It’s three in the morning and I got nothing! B: Can we just talk about this tomorrow? I’ve got a Cool Ranch Doritos callback at like,9:00 a.m. S: Tell me! What have I done? B: I don’t know, man. What have you done? S: I studied theatre at Northwestern. That’s gotta count for something. B: Yeah, 80 grand in the toilet. Do you think when you audition for a sitcom they want to see your monologue from Agamemnon? S: Oh, that’s good, I can put that. What about high school plays? In ninth grade, I was a wicked Ichabod Crane. B: Dude, I gotta get some sleep. I’m packing down handfuls of Cool Ranch Doritos in six hours. Besides, none of it matters anyway. Look at Colin Farrell. He went to bed one night, woke up the next day and he was famous. Just take a couple Xanax and we’ll talk tomorrow. S: How about that extra work I did on “Jag.” Does that count?

John Tillinger (Director): Broadway: Say Goodnight Gracie, Judgment At Nuremburg with Maximilian Shell and Martha Keller, Night Must Fall with Matthew Broderick, The Sunshine Boys with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, Inherit The Wind with George C. Scott (Tony nomination, OCC Award), Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass, The Price with Eli Wallach (Tony nomination), Sweet Sue with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave, Loot! (OCC Award, Tony nomination), Corpse! with Milo O’Shea, The Golden Age with Stockard Channing, Irene Worth and Jeff Daniels, Solomon’s Child. Off-Broadway: Tea At Five with Kate Mulgrew, House and Garden, Comic Potential with Janie Dee, The Exact Center, Memory Of Water, Dealer’s Choice, Sylvia with Sarah Jessica Parker, A Perfect Ganesh with Zoe Caldwell and Francis Sternhagen, The Last Yankee, Lips Together Teeth Apart with Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski and Swoosie Kurtz, After The Fall with Frank Langella and Dianne Wiest, Breaking Legs with Vincent Gardenia and Philip Bosco, The Lisbon Traviata with Nathan Lane (Lortel Award), Prin with Dame Eileen Atkins, What The Butler Saw, Love Letters with many stars including Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst (Lortel), Urban Blight, The Film Society, Another Antigone, Little Murders with Christine Lahti, The Perfect Party (OCC Award), It’s Only A Play, Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Drama Desk Award). Regional: Eleanor with Jean Stapleton (Arena Stage), and Many Seasons at Long Wharf: The Waverly Gallery, Arsenic And Old Lace with Joanne Woodward, As You Like It, Paddywack, Enemy Of The People, Betrayal, The Lover, The Ruffian On The Stair, A Flea In Her Ear, Another Country with Peter Gallagher and Peter McNichol, This Story Of Yours, A Christmas Garland, The Road To Mecca with Julie Harris.

Andy Fickman (Original Directon L.A.): directed the world premiere of Jewtopia in L.A. Theater credits include Reefer Madness, Sneaux, The Gift, We the People, The Marrieds, Weekend Near Madison, J.B., Fortinbras Gets Drunk, The Day Room. Film: Reefer Madness, Who’s your Daddy?, Anaconda (Assc. Producer). TV: Currently developing a onehour musical dramedy for CBS.

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Patrick Fahey(Scenic Designer): is a set designer because it's the kind of job he enjoys getting up in the morning to do. He is president of 8 Hands High Inc.; a firm that specializes in the design of scenery for theater and exhibitions. He loves and cherishes his EXTREMELY patient wife Katherine.

Cynthia Nordstrom (Costume Design): has designed over fourteen shows for Walt Disney World including "Tarzan Rocks." Recently she designed Off-Broadway's Silent Laughter and a new show at Las Vegas' Paris Hotel. She has assisted on Dance of the Vampires, The Boy from Oz, ABT's Artemis, and the RBB&B Circus.

Mike Baldassari (Lighting Designer): ) co-designed the Broadway hit revival of Cabaret, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk Award Nominations and received the Entertainment Design Award. Also on Broadway, As Long As We Both Shall Laugh. City Center’s Encore Series; Tenderloin directed by Walter Bobbie. Off-Broadway credits: Bare, Savion Glover Downtown. National tours: Fame, Spider-Man Live!, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Yeston’s Phantom, Savion Glover –Footnotes (Scenery and Lighting), The King & I, Dial "M" For Murder, Tommy Tune Moonlighting. Emmy Award nomination for the Lighting Direction of "Garth Brooks Live From Central Park". Lighting Director for Neil Young's Harvest Moon Tour, shows or tours designed for: Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Mos Def, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Butler, Kurt Bestor. Television designs: MTV’s "Spankin’ New Music", VH-1's “Eight-Track Flashback,” concerts for the mini-series "Shake, Rattle & Roll." In 2000 he was the Lighting Consultant to Vice President Al Gore for the Presidential Debates.

Kevin Lacy (Sound Designer): 2003 Tony Award nominated Best Play Say Goodnight, Gracie. Owns Freudian Slip Recording where sound f/x for his designs are created. Other Broadway credits include Side Man, Beauty Queen of Leenan, Annie - The 20th Anniversary. Love to Marla Always.

William I. Franzblau (Producer, Executive Producer): currently producing the Tony Nominated Best Play of 2003, Say Goodnight Gracie. Co-produced the touring version of the Broadway hit, Beatlemania. He served as Executive Producer of three tours of the Moscow Circus on Broadway and North America. Mr. Franzblau produced CBS Live, an off-Broadway presentation of “The Honeymooners” and “I Love Lucy.” In 1991 he co-produced two successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles productions in addition to marketing their records and live videos. In 1992, Mr. Franzblau co-founded Interfilm Inc., a publicly traded company pioneering interactivity in film. He produced three interactive films for the company. In 1999 he produced Disney’s virtual reality theme park attraction Ride The Comix. He has also managed several multi-platinum international rock acts. Mr. Franzblau is also currently producing the international hit comedy Robert Dubac’s The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?. Mr. Franzblau is a founding principal in JenKay LLC.

Jay Harris (Producer): has produced, co-produced and/or sponsored numerous productions across the country and Canada, including various cites both in Florida and California and other venues from New York to Seattle to Toronto. Harris’ productions in South Florida has earned many Carbonell nominations and awards, as well as various Curtain Up awards, a Helen Hayes nomination in Washington D.C, and a Gold Aurora Award for special effects/animation for his basketball team commercial. New York City awards or nominations include Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, MAC, Tony, Outer Critics Circle, as well as the NBTA award (Excellence in Touring Broadway). A partial listing of his productions are: Lost Tango, The Root, Jim Bailey is Barbra Streisand in Concert, Christmas Cavalcade, Some Like it Cole, Whirlwind, Still Life, Natural Causes, Making Porn, Harry and Thelma in the Woods, Game Show, NYC Productions include Bump, Sophie, Totie & Belle, American Rhapsody and Say Goodnight Gracie, including the National Tour. Mr. Harris has received numerous accolades recognizing his participation in theater in South Florida. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Broward Center Performing Arts Foundation, as well as their Executive and Finance committees located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Board Member, Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory, New York. Mr. Harris’ latest sponsored productions include Angels in America, Killer Joe, Closer, The Guys, Frankie & Johnny, Dirty Blonde, Ocean Dance 2000 starring Mikhail Baryshnikow, Beauty of the Father and the World Premier of the award winning Nilo Cruz’ Anna and the Tropics to name a few. Additionally Mr. Harris owns several minor league professional basketball franchises in The United States Basketball League, (USBL). Mr. Harris is a founding principal in JenKay LLC.

John Ballard (Associate Producer): President, Clear Channel Theatrical Salt Lake City office. Manages Broadway subscription series in twelve US cities. Presented shows and produced tours throughout the US & Canada for thirty years. Tours invested in or produced include the Kirov Ballet, USSR Red Army Chorus, the Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band, the Vagina Monologues and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Steve Boulay (Associate Producer):A Salt Lake City based promoter who has presented touring theater and concerts in the US and Canada since 1987. Originally a partner in the Utah-based Space Agency Mr. Boulay is now Chief Operating Officer/Exec V.P. of Clear Channel Entertainment's Salt Lake City office managing Broadway series and special presentations in a dozen markets across the US. Prior credits include tours of The Vagina Monologues, The Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band, The Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and The Utah Jazz and Blues Festival. Married to his charming wife Elisabeth for 13 years Mr. Boulay has three children: Chloe - 12, Ethan - 9 and Thomas - 6 and looks forward to bringing Jewtopia to Salt Lake City someday.

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David Elzer (Associate Producer): DEMAND PR specializes in the marketing and publicity of Los Angeles theatre. He has been working in entertainment marketing and publicity for the last 20 years. DEMAND PR is currently very proud to represent the Alliance Repertory Company; Celebration Theatre; Circle X Theatre Company; Colony Theatre Company; Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles; REPRISE! Broadway’s Best and West Coast Ensemble. David also oversaw the publicity for the Los Angeles production of Disney's The Lion King. As a producer, Mr. Elzer has produced The Larime Project at the Laguna Playhouse and Shyness is Nice for the Alliance Repertory Company.

Prior to The Lion King, he was Vice President of Publicity for Paramont Classics and Vice President of Marketing and Publicity for Trimark Pictures. He also served as Director of National Publicity at 20th Century Fox. Some of the motion picture publicity campaigns he has worked on include: "Mrs. Doubtfire", "True Lies"," Eve's Bayou", "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss"," Alien3", "The Virgin Suicides"," Toys", "Robin Hood: Men In Tights", "Slam"," Another Day In Paradise" among many others.

DEMAND PR’s current and recent theatre projects include:

Two Ovation Award-winning best plays in a row, Toys In The Attic and The Laramie Project as well as the world premieres of Clutter And Bea[U]Tiful In The Extreme and the Los Angeles premieres of French Stewart starring in The Nerd; Around The World In 80 Days; Gunmetal Blues; Donna Mckechnie: Inside The Music; Fuddy Meers; Side Show and the new revised Broadway version of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, at the Colony Theatre; Hedwig And The Angry Inch; Pinafore!; Autumn Canticle; Naked Will; She-Haw; The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea And The Madness Of Esme And Shaz at the Celebration Theatre; Company; Kismet And Babes In Arms for Reprise! Broadway’s Best at the Freud Playhouse; the Los Angeles premiere of Wonder Of The World; Sunday In The Park With George; The Bungler; To Kill A Mockingbird; Frank Galati’s Tony Award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes Of Wrath and the Los Angeles premiere of Epic Proportions at West Coast Ensemble; Matt & Ben at the Acme Comedy Theatre; Menopause The Musical and the world premiere of Sam. at the Coronet Theatre; the world premieres of Race: How Blacks And Whites Think And Feel About The American Obsession (adapted and directed by David Schwimmer for Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago); Turnaround at the Coast Playhouse; Jewtopia directed by Andy Fickman at the Coast Playhouse; Julia Sweeney: Letting Go Of God at the Hudson Backstage; also the Los Angeles premiere Of Julia Sweeney: In The Family Way at the Groundlings Theatre; It’s Edie In Here also at the Groundlings; The Hostage at the Alliance Theatre; Talking Tennessee at the Laurelgrove Theatre; Weight On The Roof; Live Sex Comedy and Shadowboxing at the Court Theatre; Jeannie Fitzpatrick Is Angry at the Third Street Theatre; The Guards at the Hudson Mainstage; Aga-Boom at the Ivar Theatre; One Night Only at the Stella Adler Theatre; Three Grooms And A Bride at the Coast Playhouse; Just For Nothing at the Tamarind Theatre; Insurrection: Holding History at the McCadden Place Theatre; Suburban Blight at the McCadden Place; Sight Unseen at the McCadden Place Theatre; Two Rooms at the McCadden Place Theatre; Maids Of Honor at 2100 Square Feet; Blitzkrieg at the Actors Circle Theatre; Fool For Love at the McCadden Place Theatre; Acts Of Love And Other Indiscretions at the Actors Lab; Our Country’s Good at the NoHo Arts Studio; Macbeth at the Whitefire; Resident Alien at the Whitmore Lindley among many others.

He also serves on the Board of Directors and is chair of the marketing committee for OUTFEST and serves on the board of the Alliance Repertory Company.

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EPSTEIN/ROBERTS (Associate Producer):is a Presenter of National Touring Broadway and Off Broadway entertainment. Their specialty remains the presentation of Broadway Series across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and just recently Mexico. They are thrilled to be a part of Jewtopia and hope to be bringing it to Jews and non-Jews worldwide over the next few years!

Elsa Daspin Suisman (Associate Producer): produced several plays including the critically acclaimed Old Wicked Songs in New York, and in London with Bob Hoskins; The Exact Center of the Universe with Frances Sternhagen; Getting and Spending at the Helen Hayes, The Gathering with Hal Linden, The Florida Follies and Say Goodnight Gracie. Elsa practiced law in New York until her recent retirement and is currently serving on the board of the Hartford Stage Company.

KANAR / DICKLER (Associate Producer):Larry Kanar was educated as a structural engineer and Marshall Dickler has dual degrees in electrical engineering and law. They have developed, built and owned real estate for over 30 years. Currently they are the owners of DIKA Management L.L.C. which owns shopping centers in and around Chicago.

Brian Meltzer (Associate Producer): can now check "get name into a Playbill" off his list of things to accomplish in his lifetime. A producer-in-training, he'd like to thank Bill Franzblau and Martha R. Gasparian for this wonderful opportunity and Stacy, Ransom and Isabel for allowing him to make his own occasional decision.
609.731.7839
groupsales@jewtopiaplay.com

Lawrence S. Toppall (Associate Producer): owns Mazel Musicals, Inc., the New York and Florida Production company. The company has produced, co-produced, or presented On Second Avenue, The Golden Land, Yiddle With A Fiddle, Those Were The Days, The Sheik of Avenue B, Catskills On Broadway, Tovah Feldshuh in Tovah! Cross Over, Bubbe Meises, The Rothschilds¹, Bagles & Yox with Joel Grey, Shlemel the First, That¹s Life, Entirely Sophie, Buttons in Boca starring Red Buttons, The Israel Pops Orchestra with Theodore Bikel and Mamaloshen with Mandy Patinkin. Recently, Mr. Toppell co-produced The Sunshine Boys and Freddie Roman¹s highly sucessful, Mishegass. He is currently co-producing the South Florida long running hit, Menopause, The Musical and the new Mishegass 2. Broadway production credits include The Gathering, starring Hal Linden and the Tony nominated Say Goodnight, Gracie, starring Frank Gorshin. Along with Martin Markinson, Lawrence S. Toppell manages and operates the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale. They recently co-produced Pageant, at the Cuillo Center for the Arts and the Florida Follies and the Parker Playhouse.

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Helaine Weissman (Associate Producer): Helaine is Sam Wolfson's Aunt from Miami. She knew Sam would be a success from the moment she saw him perform in Grease at his high school in Jacksonville, Florida. She and her husband (Sam's crazy Uncle Richie) flew out to Los Angeles to see Jewtopia and fell in love with it. Helaine is thrilled that Sam has allowed her the opportunity to be a part of Jewtopia. And she would also like everyone to know that if you are in the market for a diamond and want to get the absolute lowest price on the planet Earth, even if your Uncle Bernie is a jeweler, contact her daughter Dori (Sam's cousin) at: swdiamonds@nyc.rr.com

RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC.(RCI) (General Manager): David R. Richards and Tamar Climan currently manage Say Goodnight Gracie, Broadway On Broadway, Broadway Under The Stars and the Broadway production of Little Women. Some past RCI credits include The Exonerated, The Thing About Men, The Look Of Love, Master Harold..., Dinner With Friends, Jane Eyre and Annie.

Arnold Mungioli (Casting): Disney: Lion King; Aladdin, When You Wish. B¹way/Regional: Bleacher Bums; Duet; Maltby's Sixties Project; Schwartz's Captain Louie; Strouse's You Never Know; Ragtime, Fosse, Showboat, Candide, Sunset Boulevard, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, JosephŠ; Trinity Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, McCarter Theatre, & Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Two Artios Awards; 2003-4 Media Access Award. www.mungiolitheatricals.com

Timothy D. Juhl (Production Stage Manager): National tours: Blast! (US and Japan tours), two tours of Forever Swing (with Michael Buble), Anything Goes. Other credits include: Children’s Theatre Company, two seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, numerous shows and new play festivals in Los Angeles, and even three seasons at Paramount’s Kings Island as a Star Trek street actor, and later manager. Sweeeeeeet.

CAROL FOX & ASSOCIATES (Press Representative, Marketing and Group Sales) is Chicago’s largest marketing and public relations firm dedicated solely to cultural events, arts and entertainment. Current theatrical projects include: Blue Man Group; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding; The Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes; Respect and Lookingglass Theatre. The agency added group sales to its client services with the opening of a new division, GroupTix.

Meredith B. Robinson (original casting / L.A.): In addition to Jewtopia , Ms. Robinson also cast and produced last year¹s critically acclaimed musical, Sneaux!, at the Matrix Theatre. She is currently at work on Blue Dove, a new musical by Peter Wells to be directed by Mark Papp, making its world premiere in Los Angeles at the Ivar Theatre in October. Various levels of casting credit include Who¹s Your Daddy?, Town And Country ,and Instinct. She produced and cast "A Perfect Little Man", starring Neal McDonough, a Discovery Award nominee at the 1999 Hollywood Film Festival, is developing a television series and recently provided additional casting on the short film, "Last Night", starring Frances McDormand.

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John Zalewski (Original Sound Designer L.A.): John is a TCG/NEA Designer Fellowship Recipient, resident sound designer at Evidence Room and Playwright's Arena artistic associate. He's also worked extensively with Actor's Gang, Bottom's Dream, the Taper, and others in LA, on Mayhem, Mapa Mia!, Cringe, Hot Property, Pentecost, Delirium Palace, Saved, The Berlin Circle, Chokecherry,One Flea Spare, Salome, Atomic Quintet, Sleepwalk, and on. NYC work includes Speed Hedda with Fabulous Monsters at LaMama, Restroom at Here, Pandora's Last Xmas at Chashama and Juliana Francis' Saint Latrice at PS122. He's received various trophies from LA Weekly, Backstage West, and Theater LA.

Ann Closs-Farley (Orignial Costume Design L.A.):has been designing for LA theater for the past ten years. Her recent credits include...Mayhem,Orlando, Hollywood Burning, Cringe, The 99 Cent Only Show, Mephisto, The Seagull,Exonerated. She has also earned high praise and many awards for her work in Don Carlos, Saved, Flow My Tears, Euphoria, Plastica Fantastica,Illusion, Broadway, Batboy "The Musical", Xxx Love Act, Cinderella Medea Macbeth, Broadway And "Ugly's 1st World. She would like to thank her family and the La Theater community for their endless love and support.

Jill Fogel JUMP Visual Design Studio (Web Site Design): is happy to be inspiration for some of the crazyness that has become Jewtopia. Jill has been practicing graphic arts for 7years and now opperates her own full service design agency offering corporate identitly, web, multi-media and computer based training.
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Mercury Theater :The Mercury Theater is one of Chicago’s best modern commercial theater venues. The intimate 300-seat theater houses a variety of theatrical entertainment including Broadway touring companies, local theater productions, music and dance showcases, as well as late night series and children’s theater. Since opening in February 1996, The Mercury Theater has received high accolades from all the major news media including the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times, ABC, NBC, and FOX 32, just to name a few. The building in which the Mercury is housed was known as the Blaine Nickelodeon in 1913. Since then it has housed a variety ofdifferent businesses from a carpet cleaning factory to a clothing department store. When the current owners purchased the building, they decided to revert the space to a place of entertainment not only for the neighborhood, but for the Chicago area. The producers are committed to presenting the highest quality of theater in every sense and form. The theater, designed by Lisec and Beiderman, combines contemporary elegance with a classical flavor. The designers chose to use a continental style seating (no center aisle) and chose to restore seats that were found in a 1933 vaudevillian house in Boston.