Rick Staropoli
Personal
Onstage Experience
Theater (Production, Role, Company)
- Safe Sex, Manny and Mead, Bread & Water Theater (Rainbow Theater Festival)
- King Lear, Edgar, Shakespeare Players
- Gasping, Phillip, Penfield Players
- Dial M for Murder, Thompson, Geva Theatre
- John Bull’s Other Island, Ensemble, Geva Theatre
- You Talkin’ to Me?, Lionel, Really Useless Theater (Toronto Fringe Festival)
- Indaba, Jason, Everybody’s Theater Company
- Poe Stories, Edgar Allen Poe, Rochester Community Players
Other Media
- Starred as Lonny Hutchins in the on-line serial The Underworld, through two seasons and eleven episodes (available at www.tatumpictures.com)
- Appeared in several films written and produced by students at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Film School
- Recorded more than one hundred 30-second and 60-second commercial spots (samples available upon request, or at www.rickstaropoli.com)
- Created voiceover for the documentary, Scripture in Silicon, in association with Rochester Institute of Technology
- Appeared as an extra in several feature-length films
- Worked with Vision Enterprises as an actor, conducting “theater-based training”
- Acted in several staged readings, including at the Jewish Community Center, Writers & Books, St. John Fisher College’s “Shoe-String Film and Arts Festival,” and Rochester’s Black Sheep Theatre Coalition
Other Experience
- Five years as a trial attorney, conducting several jury trials and more than one hundred hearings and bench trials
- Significant stage combat training/experience (video available upon request)
- Basic-level skills: guitar-playing, ballroom dance, stage dance, stilt-walking, general athletics
- Significant vocal experience in various settings, including: University Chorale of Boston College; Rochester Peace Child Chorus; Flower City Players; many years of karaoke
Special Skills
- Five years as a trial attorney, conducting several jury trials and more than one hundred hearings and bench trials
- Significant stage combat training/experience (video available upon request)
- Basic-level skills: guitar-playing, ballroom dance, stage dance, stilt-walking, general athletics
- Significant vocal experience in various settings, including: University Chorale of Boston College; Rochester Peace Child Chorus; Flower City Players; many years of karaoke
Ashley Story
Personal
- Birthdate: 1991
- Email: ashleypysanka@gmail.com
- Eyes: Brown
- Hair: Brown
- Height: 5’, 3”,
- Weight: 100 lbs,
- Vocal Range: I sing in a falsetto voice but have a broad vocal range.
- Interest: I’ve been involved in several musicals and also interested in character acting as well.
Onstage Experience
(Production, Role, Company, Year)
- The Snowman in My Window, Pysanka Binghamton Theater Organ Society at the Forum, 2008
- Tommy, The Specialist, EPAC, 2008
- Grease, Pink Lady, EPAC, 2007
- Beauty & the Beast, Dancer and Chorus, EPAC, 2006
Special Skills
- I’m a quick study and an eager participant in any roles available!
James Sullivan
Personal
- Location: Long Eddy, New York
- Phone/Fax : 845-887-4782, (NYC) 718-786-5722
- Hair: blonde
- Eye: blue
- Height: 6’-2”
- Vocal Range: baritone
- Age Range: 29-50
- Web site: Rockvalleydesign@aol.com
Experience
Theater (Production, Role, Company)
- The Death of Bessie Smith, Intern, Liberty Free Theater
- Goods and Guns, Ensemble, Liberty Free Theater
- Over the River and Through the Woods, Nick, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
- The Man Who Turned into a Dog, Title Role, Liberty Free Theater
- The Winged Man, Title Role, Liberty Free Theater
- Cyrano de Bergerac, Christian de Neuvillette, Little Victory Players
- The Passion of Dracula, Jonathan Harker, Way Off Broadway Too
- The House of Blue Leaves, Billy Einhorn, Way Off Broadway Too
- Hold me, Hold Me!, Man 1, Way Off Broadway Too
Musicals (Production, Company)
- No No Nannette, Callboard Theater Company
- Hello Dolly, Callboard Theater Company
- The Fantastiks, Callboard Theater Company
- Once Upon a Mattress, Callboard Theater Company
- The Pajama Game, Saint Martha’s Players
- Jesus Christ Superstar, Saint Martha’s Players
- My Fair Lady, Pine Meadow Players
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Loomis Chaffee Theater
Film (Production, Role, Year)
- The Hex Murder at the Stone Arch Bridge, Joseph Heidt, 2006
- Small Town Gossip, Husband, 2006
Awards
- Theatre Association of New York State, 2006 Merit Award in Acting as Nick Cristano, in Over the River and Through the Woods
Russell Swanger
Personal
Training
- Performance Improv Retreat
- Artistic New Directions
- Gary Austin, Ali Farahnakian, Michael Gellman,
- David Razowsky, Hilary Chaplain
- Long Form Improv
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater / NYC
- Long Form Improv
- Julie Brister, Betsy Stover
- Workshop in Clowning and Physical Comedy
- Artistic New Directions, NYC
- Kenny Raskin
- Short Form Improv
- Private Study
- William Whiting
Onstage Experience
Theater and Stage
- The Puzzled Players Comedy Improv Theater
- Multiple Improv Shows since Jan. 2003
- Founding member, ensemble actor with house and touring companies,
- Co-director, Business mngr.
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater / NYC
- Student Show
- Ensemble actor
- Puzzled Players Theater
- The Rant!!! Comedy and Comment on Pop-Culture, Local and National Political Nonsense
- Co-writer and co-performer
- Puzzled Players Theater
- Open Mic Showcase
- Co-producer, Stand-up and Improv performer
- Lyric Players / Endicott Performing Arts Center
- Lookin’ for Love
- Sparky, G. Marx, Dancing cowpoke, Drunk at wedding, Man in park
- Brothers 2 Restaurant and Banquets
- Comedy Buffet
- M.C.
- Giggles Comedy Club
- Comedy Nights
- M.C.
Live Events
- The Amazing Improv Dads / Multiple Venues
- The Grab Bag Game Show
- M.C. / Show host
- Southern Tier Gymnastics Academy
- The I Love NY Cup
- Awards presenter and entertainer
- 1941 Historical Aircraft Museum
- History of Flight Air Shows
- Air show announcer
Television Commercials
- Track 6 Productions
- Red Barn Computers
- Challenging customer
- Track 6 Productions
- Red Barn Computers
- Hitchhiker
Voice Overs
- Peak Performance Technologies
- It’s The Doing That Makes The Difference, Professional Development CD
- Narrator
- International Health and Nutrition
- Sales Presentation CD
- Narrator
Summary
Russ performs locally on Saturday evenings as a founding member of The Puzzled Players Comedy Improv Theater, Co-writer and co-performer of The Rant!!!, and in the Open Mic Showcase, all held in the Puzzled Players Theater at Bros. 2 Restaurant plus Thursday evenings as the emcee for Giggles Comedy Club at Magic City Music Hall. Russ also appears regularly on Time Warner cable as the Red Barn Computer guy. In addition to performing Russ teaches Improv 101 classes through The Puzzled Players Theater.
Special Skills
- Cartooning; Drawing; Driving cars, trucks, motorcycles; Roller skating; Long guns
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