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Tri-State Actors Theater
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CAST 
RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS
by Sean O'Leary
Directed by Paul Meacham
Stage Manager Michael David Winter

RAIN IN THE HOLLOWS






Anne Barclay       Jane Cunningham      Kendal Ridgeway            J.C. Hoyt          Cori Lynn Campbell    Kurt Elftmann

THE CAST and CHARACTERS

     Grandma(Clara Hukill                      ANNE BARCLAY*
       Kit Hukill                                           JANE CUNNINGHAM
       Pearl Hukill                                       KENDAL RIDGEWAY
       Sam Burton                                      J.C. HOYT*
       Tierney Chase                                 CORI LYNN CAMPBELL*
       Rob Hukill                                        KURT ELFTMANN*

*Denotes members of Actors Equity Association

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.
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 SALESMANAndrew 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.

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