Talent

- ACTOR/PRODUCERS -

	LEN KUPFER (An Evening of Grateful Hearts) Len is enjoying his second round of producing with Ready or Not Productions. He recently completed work on One Last Round, a feature film due out later this year. TV credits: Daytime Guest Star/Recurring-- Guiding Light, All My Children, Loving, General Hospital. Movies include: Goodfellas, Bum Rap, Sessions, Sabbath Night Fever, and Longshot. His next project is a film slated for next year's Sundance Film Festival. Thanks to Anne and my favorite monkey, Jordan.
	ROSALINDE MILAN (The Market) Rosalinde studied acting with Bill Hickey at HB Studio and also earned a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in NY. She has been fortunate to have shared the stage with many talented performers in NY as well as LA. She will be reappearing in The Laramie Project at the Celebration Theatre April 18^th thru May 23^rd, which recently won the 2004 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement Award Winner for Ensemble Acting. More info @ www.CelebrationTheatre.com. She’s thankful to work with a dedicated group of actors.

- ACTORS -

	MARC CAMERON (Reunion) Marc Cameron performed and directed with the Open Fist for several seasons. He was last seen at Highways Performance Space as "a creepy butler channeling Vincent Price" (LA Times) in Eli Glaser's "Gay Times Requiem." He has been on a recent run of artsy, short independents and is happy to be part of this production.
	WAYNE CAMP (The Market) Wayne Camp comes to us via Alabama, New Orleans, Germany, and Chicago where he graduated from the famed Second City. He’s had leading roles in Joe D’amato’s (the Roger Corman of Italy) Any Time, Any Play, Deep Blood, and Devil in the Flesh. He recently appeared as Sheriff Heck Tate in West Coast Ensemble’s To Kill A Mockingbird, an L.A. Times Critics’ Pick. Also with West Coast Ensemble was the award winning The Grapes of Wrath. Other theatrical roles include Lucifer in Sympathy for the Devil, John in Summer and Smoke, Selridge in Biloxi Blues, and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Camp is a founding member of Chicago’s Sense of Urgency Productions. He specializes in playing bad guys you can’t help but like.
	PAULA FINS (Rum-Rum Chocolates) Paula received the BEST LEAD ACTRESS AWARD from Theatre Palisades, where she played the lead in Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced.” Some Hollywood roles include the lead in “Stage Moms,” Anfisa in “The Three Sisters,” “Holding Patterns,” “Girl Meets Girl,” and many other LA roles. TV – Lifetime’s “Unsolved Mysteries” and HBO’s “Not Necessarily the Elections.” Films include “Bingo Tonight”, “The End of Silence,” “Hunger,” "Graven Image,” and more. She has also done many live staged readings with well known performers. Paula is delighted to be performing at Open Stage West and dedicates this performance to her dad and her late mom.
	KELWIN HAGEN (Rum-Rum Chocolates) Love to work, love to play, My wife and I had baby boy (Rider Moxie Hagen) on Sept. 27th. Life just keeps getting better and better, and it's still far too important to be taken seriously.
	ERIC MILLS (Between the Sheets) The producers congratulate Eric on his first time at bat with Ready or Not Productions, and thank him for his devotion and hard work.
	DAVID NADEAU (An Evening of Grateful Hearts) David Nadeau hails from Livonia, Michigan (just outside of Detroit). Having been here a little over 2 years, this twenty-year-old is thrilled to be a part of this showcase. He would like to thank Tammara, Rosalinde and Len for taking a chance on him and would like to send his love to his family back in Michigan. David has recently booked several national commercial spots and is currently seeking theatrical representation.
	MARISA PETRORO (Cognito) This New Jersey native received her first break in Hollywood from director David Lynch in a national spot for Clear Blue Easy. She has had recurring roles on THE PRETENDER and THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, and has played the pregnant hippie chic in TOMCATS and Christina Ricci's sorority sister in PUMPKIN. Current roles circulating in film festivals include an alcoholic soap actress in SEX, POLITICS & COCKTAILS, a 60s Italian widower in WHITE BLOSSOM and a passion-driven welder in RAGTOP DAYDREAM. Future projects include I AM STAMOS with John Stamos, No Witness with Jeff Fahey and Corey Feldman, FLATLAND with Dennis Hopper and WAIT MEANS NEVER. Marisa, a cancer survivor of more than 10 years, is currently in the beginning stages of a documentary based on her diagnosis, Rhabdomyosarcoma. For more info visit www.marisapetroro.com.
	JOHN ROCHA (An Evening of Grateful Hearts) John is enjoying his third year in La La Land. Among his favorite roles since arriving in LA are "Shel" in Epic Proportions, "Donner" in The Eight, and "Larry" in Closer. He was recently seen as "Don" in the critically acclaimed production of All in the Timing at the Actors Workout Studio. He would like to thank everyone involved in this production.
	JOE SMITH (Rum-Rum Chocolates) Joe Smith has been doing theatre, film, commercials, and voice-overs for ten years in Boston, New York, and now LA. He recently worked on two Disney films; Princess Diaries 2, and the animated Chicken Little. He also wrote/produced the pilot for a parody radio program called IPR : Irrational Public Radio. You can find out more about him, IPR, and other various projects, at www.joesmith.com.
	LISA THARPS (An Evening of Grateful Hearts) Television: "All My Children," "NYPD Blue," "Law and Order: SVU," "Third Watch," "Presidio Med," "Sex and the City." Film: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, MARCI X. Theatre: National Tours:The Vagina Monologues; Wit w/ Judith Light, Kathleen Chalfant, Karen Grassle; The Acting Company Mark Lamos' direction: Barbican Centre in London, and The Public Theatre. Broadway: August Wilson's King Hedley II w/ Brian Stokes Mitchell. Lisa Tharps is featured on the March cover of American Theatre magazine.
	VICKY JO VARNER (Reunion) Vicky Jo Varner holds a BFA in Theatre from Stephens College, and lately has made a career of performing in play readings with such luminaries as Ed Asner, Joe Mantegna, Doris Roberts, Alfred Molina, and William H. Macy (among others). This is her second turn at Ready Or Not, and she's thrilled to be onstage again. Theatre and real life are forever fused in her mind, since her husband proposed on the Eiffel Tower and they were recently married at Stonehenge. Learn more at http://www.VickyJo.com.
	TAMMARA J. WRIGHT (Reunion, Cognito) Tammara J. Wright is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a degree in Theatre/Communications. Her background includes theatre, film, TV, and radio. She's not only an Actor, but also a Director, Producer and Voiceover Artist. Tammara has been in L.A. for two years and is a member of West Coast Ensemble. She is currently looking for representation.