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![]() Directed by Paul Meacham Stage Manager Michael David Winter |
ANNE
BARCLAY* (Grandma(Clara Hukill))--
will play Grandma(Clara Hukill) in the world premiere of Sean O'Leary's
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS in Season 2004. She performed as Grace in TAT's November
'03' concert reading of Tom Ziegler's GRACE AND GLORIE and will play
Grace again in season 2005 when Tat mounts a full production of the
play. Ms. Barclay was Mag Folan in TAT's
THE
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE in Season 2001. She appeared in the concert
readings of Sean O'Leary's CLAUDIE HUKILL(now RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS) for TAT in 2002 and O'Leary's
POUND in Season 2003, and has also directed in the New Plays Reading
Series. A member of Actors’ Equity Assoc., she started her career in Boston and Cambridge over thirty years ago working
in political and experimental theater. She moved to New York in 1977 and
has worked Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and in regional theaters, at
the Public Theater in New York and The Actors’ Theater in Louisville, among
others. Ms. Barclay lives in Greenville, NY with 30 sheep, 2 donkeys and
several dogs. This is Ms. Barclay’s fourth season with TAT.
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JANE CUNNINGHAM
(Kit Hukill)--
Ms. Cunningham returns to TAT in Season 2004 in the central role of Kit Hukill
in the professional world premiere of Sean O'Leary's
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS.
She portrayed
Scout Finch in
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
in 2003.
She is a junior at Wallkill Valley Reg. HS, Hardyston, NJ. Ms. Cunningham
was a member of TAT’s 2002 Intern Company, performing in
TARRADIDDLE
TRAVELS. She has performed in WVRHS productions, playing Dorothy
in THE WIZARD OF OZ and Louisa Von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and
GREASE.
Other stage credits include “Wagon Wheels West,” TOM SAWYER, and the title
role in SNOW WHITE. Ms.Cunningham has been involved in chorus and band
since fourth grade. She attended dance classes for four years. In her free
time, she enjoys playing soccer, hanging out with her friends, swimming,
the trampoline, and riding the trails on her quad. . |
KENDAL
RIDGEWAY(Pearl Hukill)-- Ms.
Ridgeway returns to TAT as Pearl Hukill in 2004's world
premiere of Sean O'Leary's
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS. She made her Tri-State debut as Jackie in
ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, a new play by Judylee Oliva presented in 2002.
She also acted in TAT's New Plays Reading Series, including Jay Boyer's FOR
SOME REASON COMMA SHE LAUGHED. She is a long time member
of New Jersey Repertory Company where she originated the roles of Nell
in A WORLD I NEVER MADE, and Sally Cubbage in OCTET;
and recently performed in the acclaimed NJ premier of THE LARAMIE
PROJECT. Past theatre credits include
Cora in RAFT OF THE
MEDUSA,
Rita in PRELUDE TO A KISS, Joann in A
FEW GOOD MEN, Chris in DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Constanze
in
AMADEUS,
Brooke in NOISES OFF, and Emily
in
OUR TOWN. She was privileged to have performed the role of Hamlet
in a gender-bending workshop of HAMLET last summer in New York.
Ms. Ridgeway may also be seen in several commercials and in film. But her favorite role is that of the Little Red Haired girl to her own
beloved Charlie Brown. |
J.C. HOYT*(Sam Burton)-- makes his debut with TAT as Sam Burton in the 2004
professional world premiere of Sean O'Leary's
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS.
A long-time member of Actors Equity Association,
Mr. Hoyt (Sam Burton) just played 3
roles in YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING at the
Bickford Theatre in Morristown. Before that, he played Dickens in
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, after having
played Scrooge for 9 seasons on tour with the American Drama Group in
Europe. He played the Old Actor for the final nine months of THE
FANTASTICKS at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, and won critical acclaim
in NYC in Fernando Arrabal's ON THE TIGHTROPE. He played
roles in 34 of Shakespeare's 38 plays, many for the N.J. Shakespeare
Festival with Paul Meacham and Paul Barry. Other regional roles he's
enjoyed are: Doolittle in PYGMALION, Willy Loman
in DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Andrew Wyke in SLEUTH, Vanya
in UNCLE VANYA, Roscoe Dexter in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN,
and Claude Monet in DEFYING GRAVITY. After RAIN IN THE
HOLLOWS, he will be playing Father Tim in MASS APPEAL at
the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont. Originally from Minnesota, he
studied with Harold Clurman and Sir Tyrone Guthrie. |
CORI LYNN CAMPBELL* (Tierney Chase)-- is appearing for the first time with TAT in the world premiere of Sean
O'Leary's RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS.
A member of Actors Equity Association, Ms.
Campbell has appeared recently in several new plays in New York City, including
THE WRECK BEHIND US and RAPT, both by Roland Tec, and KARAOKE
NIGHT AT THE SUICIDE SHACK by Rob Urbinati. She toured nationally with the
National Shakespeare Company in OTHELLO and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
and traveled throughout Europe in HAIR. Regional credits include
ROMEO AND JULIET (Hangar Theatre); The SPEED OF DARKNESS (Shadowland
Theatre); ANNIE, GODSPELL, PLAIN AND FANCY and JOSEPH
AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Round Barn Theatre). She has done
several independent films and had a recurring part on ALL MY CHILDREN
last year. Cori Lynn is a member of New Jersey Repertory Company, a graduate
of Harvard University and lives in Manhattan. |
KURT ELFTMANN*(Actor)--
a member of Actors Equity
Association, Mr. Elftmann is pleased
to make his debut with
Tri-State as Rob Hukill in the professional world premiere of Sean
O'Leary's
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS.
As
a veteran of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway, he has worked with such talents
as Joanne Woodward, Cy Coleman, and the late Joe Layton. Kurt has also performed
in a wide variety of venues and roles, from a version of Kafka’s
METAMORPHOSIS with it’s demands both physical and emotional to productions
of Shakespeare as grounded in classical tradition as one can get and as avant
garde as one
can imagine. In
addition Kurt has dedicated himself to the new play development process, working
with several theater companies devoted exclusively to new works by established
as well as emerging playwrights; those companies include Synapse Productions,
Blue Light Theatre Co., Hypothetical Theatre Co. and New Jersey Repertory
Company. Film appearances include the romantic interest in the upcoming film
SLICE. |