Christmas - The American Century Theater

THE COMPANY
ANN DEMICHELE TACT debut. Ann’s credits include The Greek Myth Project at the George
Street Playhouse, Brigadoon at the Riverside Theater, Gladys (Pajama Game) at the Lazy
Susan Dinner Theater, and Crazy for You at the former West End Dinner Theater. She has toured
with American Family Theater’s production of Babes in Toyland and was Annie in Chicago,
as well as numerous other shows. Ann is a professional horsewoman and travels the country
competing. She helped come up with the “Ride for the Cure,” which raises money for the Susan
G. Komen Foundation “Race for the Cure.”
MCCALL NOELLE DOYLE is a voice and dialect coach with an opera degree from Loyola
New Orleans. Recent local credits include The Ingenue (A Thurber Carnival), Kate (Art of
Murder), Annelle and Shelby (Steel Magnolias), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Wanda (The
Baby Dance), Nora (A Doll’s House), Gillian (Bell, Book, and Candle), and Alice Sycamore
(You Can’t Take It with You). McCall just finished a series of one-act festivals in Virginia
(NVTA) and Maryland (SSS), taking home NVTA’s Best Actress award for The Typists. She
had a featured role in the indie film Violent Karma in late 2007 and has worked as a voiceover
artist for the Discovery Channel. The best roles are the ones that her brilliant and wonderful
playwright/hubby Brian writes for her! When not performing, McCall is a theatre critic for
Showbiz Radio.
KATHRYN FULLER TACT: Hellzapoppin’, Tea and Sympathy, If Only in My Dreams, The
Robber Bridegroom, Laughter at 10 O’Clock: Memories of the Carol Burnett Show, Picnic,
Hollywood Pinafore, The Cradle Will Rock, Lady in the Dark. Signature Theatre: Anyone Can
Whistle in Concert, My Fair Lady, Crossings (reading), Assassins, Nevermore (u/s), Hedwig
and the Angry Inch (u/s), Christmas Carol Rag (u/s). Keegan Theatre: Suddenly Last Summer.
BILL GORDON TACT: Major Von Konigswald (Happy Birthday, Wanda June) and Cabbie
and Lt. Buchevski (Cops). Spooky Action Theatre: Boo (The Marriage of Bette and Boo). A
former radio producer, Bill designed sound for many professional productions in Richmond,
VA, during the 1990s, including shows at the Firehouse Theatre Project, of which he was a
founding member and former president. He has also designed sound for TACT.
ADAM JURAN TACT: Ensemble (Stunt Girl). Opera credits include: Figaro (Il Barbiere di
Siviglia), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Escamillo (Carmen), Marcello (La Bohème),
Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), and the title role in Eugene Onegin. Musical theater credits include
Pirate King (The Pirates of Penzance), Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods), Jigger (Carousel),
and Caliph (Kismet). Adam is singing musical theater again after a 15-year hiatus: upcoming
performances include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. When not singing, he is a senior web developer
for Interactive Strategies, a web consulting firm in Washington, DC.
SCOTT KENISON TACT: Steve Lawrence (Laughter at 10’Clock, Memories of the Carol
Burnett Show). Also Major General (The Pirates of Penzance) with the Washington Savoyards;
Joseph Hewes (1776) at Olney Theatre Center; Bunthorne (Patience), King Hildebrand
(Princess Ida), The Judge (Trial by Jury), Ko-Ko (Mikado), Sir Joseph (Pinafore), Duke (The
Gondoliers), and General (Kiss Me, Kate) with TAP; and Jacob (Shenandoah) at The Little
Theatre of Alexandria. While in New York, he performed for 8 years with the New York Gilbert
and Sullivan players during their NY season and on the road. For the past three years, his The
Condensed Mikado has been part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival for the Savoyards.
Scott will be directing Iolanthe for the Washington Savoyards in March 2009.
STEVE LEBENS TACT: Hellzapoppin’, Drama under the Influence, Call Me Mister.
International: K2, A Walk in the Woods, Tres Hermanas, True West. Regional: The Entertainer
(Guthrie Theatre). Local: Cabaret, Passion (Signature Theatre); Hot Fudge, Virgin Molly,
Muzeeka, A Clockwork Orange (Studio SecondStage); The Merchant of Venice, Playing Juliet/
Casting Othello, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Patience (The Folger Theatre).
Television: Law and Order: Criminal Intent, El Amor es Mas Fuerte, Te Amo Pecas.
MICK TINDER TACT: Winemiller (The Eccentricities of a Nightingale) and Robert (Stunt
Girl). Mick has played Teddy (Keegan Theatre’s Faith Healer) and has played Finbar Mack,
Jack Mullen, Nathan Detroit, John Proctor, Deputy Governor Danforth, Lycus, Asher, Potiphar,
and Paul Bratter. He has served as director, executive producer, and/or stage manager for various
productions around the DC area. Mick recently returned to harass the Congress once again in
his perennial role, John Adams, for the Little Theatre of Arlington’s Diamond Jubilee Season
opener, 1776.
PATRICIA TINDER TACT: Ensemble (Stunt Girl). Prior roles include Abigail Adams (1776),
Miss Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), and Catherine (Pippin). Costuming credits include The Iceman
Cometh (ESP) and Taking Leave and Father of the Bride (VTC). Patricia has a Bachelor of
Music from George Mason University.
GLENN WHITE TACT: Ensemble (Stunt Girl) as well as Call Me Mister, Moby Dick
Rehearsed, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Andersonville Trial, The Crucible, and Twelve Angry Men.
Glenn also voiced TACT’s telephone-radio show production of A Christmas Carol and appeared
in ten skits and seven songs as a character in Hellzapoppin’. He is Vice Chairman of the Warren
County (VA) Board of Supervisors and sings with The Academy Arts Chorale, a community
chorus at Shenandoah University, Winchester VA.
PRODUCTION STAFF
JACK MARSHALL (Director) is the Artistic Director of The American Century Theater
and, with Tim Lynch, its co-founder. He has directed more than 70 plays, revues and musicals
professionally, including the TACT productions of Twelve Angry Men, all three productions
of Moby Dick Rehearsed, Lady in the Dark, archy and mehitabel, Thirst, The Cradle Will
Rock, Hollywood Pinafore, The Andersonville Trial, Laughter at Ten O’Clock, Memories of the
Carol Burnett Show, Call Me Mister, Mister Roberts, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Hellzapoppin’, and
three productions of Danny and Sylvia. He also has written or adapted several TACT shows,
including The Clarence Darrow Story (with Paul Morella), Laughter at 10 O’Clock, Memories
of the Carol Burnett Show, the W.W.II Christmas revue If Only in My Dreams (with Jacqueline
Manger and Tom Fuller), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (with Tom Fuller), and Hellzapoppin’.
TOM FULLER (Musical Director) TACT: adapted Uncle Tom’s Cabin for TACT, his first foray
into serious drama, and also collaborated with Jack Marshall on TACT’s W.W. II Christmas
revue If Only In My Dreams. Tom has been an actor, singer, pianist, director, musical director,
and playwright since 1967. His musical comedy Softly Stealing, with music by Gerald Moshell,
was produced to rave reviews in Boston, and has since been produced in Hartford and Stamford
as well. Tom has also authored countless comedy and satirical sketches for local groups in
Washington, including The Music Lobby.
RHONDA HILL (Stage Manager) TACT: Stage Manager credentials include 35 productions,
among them Hellzapoppin’, Moby Dick Rehearsed, archy and mehitabel, Lady in the Dark, and
TheTitans.