PERSONAL APPEARANCE

Sam Albertsen is very pleased to be working with Zephyer Rep again in Personal Appearance.  Sam is an actor from La Crosse, WI where he earned a bachelor's degree in Theatre Performance from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.  Off-Off Broadway credits include I Dream of Red Wine (Producers' Club) Dulcy (Wings Theatre, Zephyer Rep) Stop Kiss (Gene Frankel Theatre) Pizza Man (Dorothy Streslin Theatre, MITF nominee for best actor in a play).  Sam does Stand-Up Comedy all over NYC and is a founding member of Do You Like This In Your Face? improv and sketch group who recently competed in the Sketchprov '09 competition at the PIT. 

Charlie Gorrilla is excited to working at the Wings Theater for the second time.  He just finished, last month, a successful run of Much Ado About Everything.  Over the past months Charlie has been in The Psychiatrist, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Perchance to Dream) Romeo and Juliet (The Secret Theatre), Piece of Cake (Gallery Players), Das Radio, Ferry Ride, Anniversary Special, and Details.  After this he takes a turn as Matt in Dog Sees God. He had a recurring role on Guiding Light and has been on As the World Turns.  He recently wrapped the feature film It’s Not You. He has also been in several short films.  Charlie studied acting at The University of Minnesota, Duluth.  He would like to thank his family and friends for the constant support.

Linda Hill is a nationally renowned performing artist who has appeared on Cinemax, Nashville Network, PBS and Comedy Central. She has starred with such talent as Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Don Novello a.k.a. Father Guido Sarducci and with Miss Minnie Pearl. She has been an artist in residence with Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art and HERE Space and hosted the No Shame series for 3 years at the Public Theatre. Her solo performances have been featured at P.S.122, the Kitchen, Surf Reality, Dixon Place and the Vineyard Theatre. She's hosted PBS Comedy Tonight, New York City Opry, the Brooklyn Country Music Festival, Brooklyn County Fair and her own monthly show, Lindy Loo's Country Cuzins. Currently she is at work on a novella, Girl Child, and touring a new solo project, Big City Hick. Find her on facebook to join her fan club. She's thrilled to be working with Zephyer Rep again - this is her seventh production with the company.

Kelsey Moore graduated this past spring from Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School, and she is so thrilled to be a part of her second production at Wings Theatre! Recently seen at Wings in Much Ado About Everything (Maggie), with the ReGroup Theatre company, in 1931 (The Girl) at the Irish Repertory Theatre, and Big Night (Vera) at Saint Luke's Theatre. Also in Ravel (Bree/Lachesis) produced by Theatre Nyx. You can see her in Dog Sees God (CB's Sister) with Moses Mogliee Theatre: February 24th - March 6th, The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios. Thanks to Linda, Blake, and Kymm!

Madeline Reed was most recently seen as Betty in Much Ado About Everything and Rachel in The Unfortunate Honeymoon of Tony and Steve at the Wings Theater and prior to that she appeared as Snout the Tinker in the Zephyer Rep production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also appeared as an unhinged grade school teacher in the film The Video Guys, and can be seen as Detective Powell in the film Fog Warning, which has been included in the Fright Night Festival as well as Shockerfest International Film Festival. Her training includes The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and T. Schreiber Studio in New York. While at RADA she appeared as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as Nerissa in Merchant of Venice. Other favorite past roles include Li'l Bit in How I Learned to Drive, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Mistress Page in Merry Wives of Windsor, Sandra in The Exonerated and Sebastial Lore/Oatsie Carew in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom/Sleeping Beauty or Coma. Much love to Blake and Zephyer for great opportunities and great fun! www.madelinereed.com

is an Emmy Award winning writer/director whose theatrical work has appeared all over the US and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Greece, Scotland/England, Denmark, Italy and South Africa.  His original plays I, Undertow, Dance at Bataan, The Last Cloud, Gay Slave Handbook and Word Within the Word are actively seen in the regional circuits and NYC.  His new play, The Unfortunate Honeymoon of Tony and Steve just completed a long run here at Wings Theatre.  He has adapted Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1920's Charleston, SC), which has now played NYC twice, Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba (with music composed by Lorca) and Much Ado About Everything (with Michael Weems).  He will be directing The Last Laugh with two-time Emmy winner Joan Darling and Judy Kerr this winter in LA, and then in April he will direct Bill Svanoe's Callback in Santa Fe, NM.

Blake is currently on the staff of "Live from Lincoln Center" (PBS), where they won a 2008 Emmy for Madama Butterfly. He just completed the highly acclaimed live airing of South Pacific for LFLC.  Other TV credits include "The Big Gay Sketch Show" (LOGO/MTV), "Showtime at the Apollo" (NBC), "Drama Desk Awards" (PBS) and "Arthur Ashe Kids Day" (CBS).  He serves as Artistic Director of Zephyer Rep.

Emily Rolston is a recent graduate of Le Moyne College with a BA in Theatre Arts.  She has stage managed twelve shows with Zephyer Rep.  Previously, Emily has worked as a stage manager/assistant stage manager for the Gifford Family Theatre, Boomerang Theatre Company, and Wingspan Arts.