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Bios
Richard Broaddus
(Mr. Oxenby) - This is Richard’s debut with the Balagula
Theatre. He has appeared in local community theater productions of
The Sound of Music, I Do I Do!, Seussical the
Musical and Annie. In a parallel universe Richard is a
Respiratory Therapist at the UK Children’s Hospital as well as a
portrait photographer on the side (otherwise known as a hobby on
steroids). Richard is particularly excited about this production
since it is his first non-singing role.
 Ryan
Case
(Norman) - A native of Winchester, Ryan is pleased to be part
of the Balagula Theatre's production of The Dresser. He has
also appeared as the title character of BatBoy in BatBoy: The
Musical, Vincent VanGogh in Vincent in Brixton,
Balagula's Phyro-Giants, Everything You Need to Know
Before the World Ends/A Final Evening With the Illuminati, as
the physicist Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen, and has been
in several episodic ventures of Balagula's very own “Surprise
Theatre.”
 Edmund
Desiato (Sir) – Ed has enjoyed an illustrious theatre
career since graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
in New York. He has appeared in innumerable stage and screen roles,
including work for Jackie Gleason and the television series “The
Edge of Night”. Ed has worked with professional, community and
touring theatres for many years, and is currently the house manager
for Studio Players’ Carriage House Theatre. He began working with
the Balagula Theatre in 2005, directing Neil LaBute’s Bash.
Ed has since appeared in several installments of the “Surprise
Theatre” series.
 Greg Jones (Geoffrey Thornton) -
Greg Jones has performed in Oklahoma, Anne of the Thousand Days,
The Miracle Worker, Winnie the Pooh, Fiddler On The Roof, The Time
of Your Life, Murder At Waveland, Scrooge, It’s A Wonderful Life,
Big River, Mr. Scrooge, Annie, Oliver, Seabiscuit, Mr. Scrooge’s
Christmas, Blood Relations, Joseph And The Amazing
Technicolor DreamCoat, Pirates, Southern Baptist Sissies, Letters
From Mother, Time Flies, Still On The Run, Bitter Bourbon
Blues, A Scrooged-Up Christmas Carol, and as Alfred P. Doolittle
in the Ragged Edge Theatre and Maskrafters productions of My Fair
Lady. Behind the scenes, Greg has been propmaster, set
builder/dresser, costumer, backstage crew, and provider-of-Altoids-to-the-cast
for 40-plus productions around the Bluegrass.
 Adam
Luckey (Director) -
Adam has worked with Balagula Theatre in one capacity or other since
its inception in 2003. He has performed in "Surprise Theatre," and
acted in 'Acts of Love,' Phyro Giants!, Some Things You
Need To Know Before The World Ends (A Final Evening With The
Illuminati), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and
Copenhagen. Adam has also worked with Actors Guild of Lexington,
Lexington Children's Theatre, Paragon Music Theatre, the Lexington
Ballet, and the Lexington Shakespeare Festival. Adam is an artistic
associate with AGL and the resident actor with the Kentucky
Historical Society in Frankfort. He would like to thank the cast and
crew for their patience, talent, and hard work in bringing this
story to the stage.
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Lesley Maner
( Irene & Stage Manager) – Lesley has worked on and off stage in
Central KY for the past five years. Her credits include playing the
“Maid” in Dracula, “Emma” in Blood Relations, and
“Lee” in Marvin’s Room. She has also assisted backstage or in
the light booth for many Studio Players’ productions. Lesley is
pleased to be working with such a talented cast and director for
The Dresser. |
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Robin
Roth (Madge) – Robin
has appeared in Balagula's “Surprise
Theatre”
and in Studio Players' productions of Prelude
to a Kiss,
Other People's Money, Plaza Suite, and The
Sisters Rosensweig.
She has also performed locally in
ActOut's Sordid Lives and Twilight of the Golds.
Offstage, she has served as producer, costumer and
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 Debbie
Sharp
(Her
Ladyship) - Debbie is making her first appearance with Balagula
Theatre. She has previously appeared in Studio Players' productions
of Blood Relations (The Actress), Nice People Dancing to
Good Country Music (Eva June Wilfong), Crimes of the Heart
(Chick), Nightwatch (Elaine), and The Price (Esther).
In between acting stints she has worked backstage with a myriad of
duties from running crew to producer and is the current Past
President of Studio Players' Board of Directors.
Natasha Williams (Producer)
received her theatre education & experience through acting and
directing in Kiev, Ukraine. She is a co-founder and co-producer of
the Balagula Theatre and formed “Surprise Theatre” at Natasha’s
Café. Natasha most recently directed and appeared in Copenhagen
for The Balagula Theatre. She would like to thank the cast and the
crew for being, in the words of the play "a band of brothers." |
