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JEANNE AUSTIN* FRANK ARVIZZIGNO GREG GIBLIN   
NORA HUMMEL LARRY KAISER* ANDY MICHELSON |
| *Members
of Actors Equity Association,
the union of professional stage actors |
| JEANNE
L. AUSTIN (Jeanne)--
Ms. Austin, a member of Actors’ Equity Assoc., returns to TAT for a fifth
season. Ms. Austin was “Ruth” in Season 2000's opener COLLECTED
STORIES. Other TAT productions include Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize
winning play,
THREE TALL WOMEN (A), THE
GLASS MENAGERIE ( Amanda), (Aunt Ruth) MARVIN'S
ROOM and (Maggie)DANCING AT LUGHNASA, also
directed by Paul Meacham. She has appeared in regional, stock and dinner
theaters in roles ranging from Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT to Big
Mama in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. A member of SAG and AFTRA, Ms. Austin
has made radio and television commercials, was in the TV mini-series WOMEN
IN WHITE, and had featured roles in the motion pictures THE FUNHOUSE,
STUCKEY'S LAST STAND, and MOTHER AND CHILD. During the school
year, she is the troupe trainer and performs as a puppeteer with an educational
puppet troupe, KIDS ON THE BLOCK. Ms. Austin also directs the One Accord
Choir, a vocal ensemble of developmentally disabled adults sponsored by
SCARC. Since 1984, Ms. Austin has been producing one-woman plays under
the name HerStory Productions, based on the lives of historic women, and
most recently, WE LIVE BY THE WHISTLE, commissioned by the Sterling
Hill Mining Museum. Ms. Austin and her husband live in Augusta, NJ, where
they are restoring a 19th century farmhouse and tending a herd of cashmere
goats. |
| FRANK
ARVIZZIGNO(Frank)--has
just finished his sophomore year as a theater major at Allentown College.
He has appeared in many performances there, including the Act I productions
of EVITA and ON THE THIRD DAY. He also played “Oscar” in
Act II’s studio production of LOUDER I CAN'T HEAR YOU and “Joey”
in LEON AND JOEY. Last summer, Mr. Arvizzigno returned to TAT as
a member of Tri-State's Professional Company in THE
COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SKSPR (abridged). As an TAT intern he played
featured roles in musical adaptations of CHARLOTTE'S
WEB (Templeton the Rat) and WINNIE THE POOH
(Eeyore). He has played “Andrew Aquecheek” in TWELFTH NIGHT, “Billy”
in ANYTHING GOES, and was the soulful voice of Audrey II in LITTLE
SHOP OF HORRORS. A graduate of Wallkill Valley RHS, he performed in
mainstage productions with WV's Ranger Repertory Theater, and acted many
roles for multiple seasons in the annual Wallkill Valley Young Playwrights
Festival. He is a lifetime member of the International Thespian Society.
Mr Arvizzigno has studied acting under Paul Meacham, Dennis Razzi, and
Dennis Klieg, and
voice with David Scott. |
| GREGORY GIBLIN (Greg)--
has performed as part of many singing groups and has worked on numerous
musicals and plays throughout the Northeast and the Midwest since the mid
1960’s. His most memorable performances were the jazz masses performed
with Duke Ellington in 1968 and 1969 and touring with Jimmy Sturr’s Christmas
show in 1998 and 1999. His favorite musical theater roles include “Juan
Peron” in EVITA, “Colonel Gilweather’’ in SOMETHING'S AFOOT,
and “Marcus Lycus” in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE
FORUM done in Monroe, NY. He was selected the best supporting actor
in a musical in 1992 by “The Times Herald-Record” for his creation of the
character “Rhino Wino” in the original musical EARTHBOUND. Mr. Giblin’s
stage career has also covered a wide range of roles in both comedies and
dramas. He has played “John Hale” in THE CRUCIBLE, “Big Daddy” in
CAT
ON A HOT TIN ROOF, as well as leads in THUNDER ROCK,
PROMETHEUS
BOUND, and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. He recently completed a run
as “Sheridan Whiteside” in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNNER. Greg runs
his own small production company. He lives with wife, Beverly. They have
three sons in college. . . . KINDERGARTEN marks his debut with
Tri-State Actors Theater. |
| NORA HUMMEL (Nora)--
is pleased to make her TAT debut in ...KINDERGARTEN. Having recently completed
the role of “Charlotte” in a New York run of BEYOND THERAPY with AYI Productions,
she is happy to be portraying the calmer, saner Jill. Recent roles
include “Mrs. Gibbs” in OUR TOWN at The Bickford Theater in Morris Township,
“Mrs. Greenway” (the witch) in RAPUNZEL with Grove Street Playhouse, NYC,
“Kathy Khorus” in FREEZE, “Elmire” in TARTUFFE with Rabbit in the Moon,
and “Wanda” in THE POWER AND THE GLORY with Bravo Theater Productions.
Nora has been on SATURDAY NIGH LIVE and in the pilot television show GALACTICA
CENTER as “Mother Nature.” She would, as always, like to thank her
family for their continued support and her Kindergarten teacher at Stockton
School in East Orange for her hard work. |
| LAURENCE H. KAISER (Larry)--,
a member of Actors’ Equity Association., is happy to be making his debut
with TAT and wishes to thank Mary Clifford for helping make this possible.
Mr. Kaiser began as a non-singing actor, receiving an MFA in theater from
U.C. San Diego under Alan Schneider, and performing in over a dozen Shakespeare
productions at such places as The Old Globe and Shakespeare festivals in
Kentucky, Colorado and Texas, as well as a New York production of A MIDSUMMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM in which he played Oberon and Theseus. Some favorite non-Shakesperian
roles include “Lee” in TRUE WEST, “Barrymore” in I HATE HAMLET, “Salieri”
in AMADEUS and “Dysart” in EQUUS. In recent years he has performed in musical
theater, as well as sung in classical and opera choruses, most recently
with the Verismo Opera Company. His roles have included “El Gallo” in THE
FANTASTICKS, “Bruce” in ON THE 20TH CENTURY, “Neville” in EDWIN DROOD and
he originated the role of “Wm. Thornton” in a musical adaption of THE GIFT
OF THE MAGI. |
| Andrew Michelson (Musical
Director/Narrator)--
returns to work with TAT from Florida Repertory Theater, Ft. Meyers, where
he spent the past season. Andrew is an accomplished operatic and musical
comedy performer. He has studied Opera Training with Dr. Scott McCoy and
attended Westminister Choir College, Princeton, where he was a Voice Performance
and Music Education major. He has appeared in both opera and musical comedy
with the Westminister Players, including “Peter” in COMPANY, and
“Dicken” in THE SECRET GARDEN. Acting with the Princeton University
Players, he was featured in the musical, HELLO AGAIN. As a TAT Actor,
he was “The Ghost of Christmas Present” in TAT's 1998 holiday production
of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. In addition, he played
the title role in WINNIE THE POOH, “Brer Bear”
in THE ADVENTURES OF BRER RABBIT, and “John
Arable” in CHARLOTTE'S WEB. An alumnus of Wallkill
Valley RHS, where he studied acting and directing with Paul Meacham for
two years, Mr. Michelson was a featured actor with Ranger Repertory Theater.
His roles included “Moonface Martin” in ANYTHING GOES, ensemble
parts in THE GRAPES OF WRATH, “Geoffrey” in SOMETHING'S AFOOT,
and “Feste” in TWELFTH NIGHT. He began directing with the Wallkill
Valley Young Playwrights Festival, where he was a performer and director
for four years. Last summer, Mr. Michelson supervised the training program
for Tri-State's Intern Program and directed the intern production of TOM
SAWYER, and he performed in THE COMPLEAT
WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (abridged). He directed TAT’s family theater musical
production of the children’s classic, THE
VELVETEEN RABBIT in Season 2000.. |
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