Plus 1 Solo Show Festival - Spring 2010
cast
How I Became an Astronaut
Fara Greenbaum is a comedian and dancer in New York City, performing stand-up, sketch, improv comedy and modern dance. She is currently shooting the independent film The Comic in which she has been cast as herself, only angrier. Fara has a B.A. in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.A. in Film and Television Studies from The University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She’d like to thank the sandwich guy at Gourmet Unlimited.
Dirty Paki Lingerie
Aizzah is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Recent performances include Dear Brutus, Last Summer At Bluefish Cove, The Vagina Monologues, and the original ensemble piece Ripe For The Picking. Her film credits include Albert & Alice, It's All Been Arranged, and Dejeration. Aizzah has appeared on TV in Food Network’s Food Detectives. Dirty Paki Lingerie is the first solo show she has written. www.aizzahfatima.com
The Make-Out Queen
Bronwen is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Acting School and a founding member of the Common Tongue Theatre Co. New York: Family Album, The Picasso Project, Cruise Control. Chicago: Kill the Old Torture Their Young (premiere). Boston: The Maids, 4.48 Psychosis, The Balcony. Bronwen can be seen as the featured guest star in a webisode of Spark-Series, appearing this summer on sundancechannel.com. She also received a Best Actress award for her lead role in the short film Breaker, and is currently adapting The Make-Out Queen into a feature film, with shooting scheduled to begin this fall.
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Dipti Mehta
Director – Dirty Paki Lingerie
Dipti is an actress, writer, director based in NYC. She is from Bombay and has been a part of Indian radio, theater, television and film industry for a long time. She has served as an assistant director on several films in India and the U.S. She is currently working on the post-production of her documentary Chawls: A Lifetime. She has won numerous accolades including the best script writer’s award for her play Grahan. www.diptimehta.com
Kathryn Walsh
Director – The Make-Out Queen
Kathryn is currently writing her thesis for an MFA in Directing at Northwestern University. Recent credits: Island of Slaves, Marivaux/Bartlett (Orfeo Group, Boston), A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, Kyle Jarrow (Next Theatre, Chicago), Kill the Old Torture Their Young, David Harrower (Steep Theatre, Chicago). Other Chicago credits include assisting Anna D. Shapiro on the world premiere of August: Osage County. BA (Harvard University).
Allison Lemel – Stage Manager
Alison has stage managed several productions, including Dances in Funny (FringeNYC 2009), Love, Oil & Pizza (Red Room Theatre), and most recently, Against Her Better Judgment at the Drilling Company Theatre. She has also worked as a spotlight operator for My Illustrious Wasteland and F#@king Up Everything (NYMF) and as spotlight operator and assistant electrician on the Off-Broadway production of How to be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of Myself).
Philip Rothman – Technical Advisor
Philip holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Rice University and is an active composer, orchestrator, and consultant. Orchestration credits: Taking Chance, Teddy in His Own Words, You Don’t Know Jack (HBO Films), Sin Nombre, Hollywoodland (Focus Features), The Nanny Diaries (Weinstein Co./MGM Films), Faces of America (PBS), Schooled (CW Network). www.philiprothman.com
acknowledgements
These shows were developed in Matt Hoverman’s solo show workshop:
www.CreateYourOwnSoloShow.com
