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Imminent, Indeed (or Polly Peachum’s

Peculiar Penchant for Plosives)

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Mike Amato Mr. Josiah Peachum	Christiane Amorosia Miss Polly Peachum	Berto Colòn Mr. Desmond Ditchdigger	Kate Geller A Doll
Karen Grenke A Doll			Heather Helton A Doll
Natalie Pero A Doll			Liza Pross A Doll
Heather Rogers Miss Millicent Snitch			Maria Rusolo Miss Lucy Lockit
Kevin Schwab Mr. Henry Macheath	Sarah Stephens Miss Jenny Diver	Christopher T. VanDijk Brother Matthias	Catherine Wronowski Miss Persephone Snatch

Mike Amato (Mr. Josiah Peachum)

Mike is an actor and a comedian whose credits range from Shakespeare to the New York Comedy Festival. He was in a national tour of Romeo & Juliet, starred in Talk Show (Off-Broadway and in LA), and has had roles on Saturday Night Live. As a comedian, Mike was a featured performer in an ABC special about the New York Comedy Festival, and can be seen at Caroline's Comedy Club in September, and Atlantic City in the fall. Along with his classical theater background, Mike trained under Gary Austin, the founder and original director of The Groundlings, and at Second City New York.

Christiane Amorosia (Miss Polly Peachum)

Christiane is honored to be working with the amazing actors of Imminent Indeed. A graduate of England's Guildford School of Acting, Christiane is a student of Kurt Peterson and Michael Forman. NY theatre credits include New Perspective Theater. Co.'s Platinum Travel Club, Curan Theater. Rep.'s Lifeguard, Pulse Ensemble Theater.'s A Midsummer Night's Dream, Reader for Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie.

Berto Colòn (Mr. Desmond Ditchdigger)

Berto was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He attended Fordham University on an athletic scholarship, but after injuries, his passion for acting began to take center stage. He studied with Anthony Abeson and is presently studying at the Robert Patterson Acting Studio. He also studies dance at Martha Graham Studio, movement and Alexander with Tom Vasiliades, and speech with Susan Cameron. Favorite theatre roles include Jack in Aisling Arts’ production of FORCE: Convergence and Armand in Phasis II’s adaptation of Camille by Alexander Dumas.

Kate Geller (A Doll)

Kate is currently finishing her MFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts.   She has most recently appeared in The Dentist at the Duplex, Approaching Lavendar, Much Ado About Nothing, and Two Fools (playwright festival) at MGSA.  She is a founding member of the Improv/Sketch Troupe - Monkeys in the Atrium which performs all over Manhattan, LA and Fort Dix , supporting our troupes by making them laugh.

Karen Grenke (A Doll)

Karen has appeared in Force: Convergence and Twelfth Night with Aisling Arts. Her additional New York theatre credits include the ongoing Blue Puppies Cycle and the current reading series, Polly Frost’s Sex Scenes at Cornelia Street Cafe. Previous NY theatre credits include performances at HERE; Women’s Project, the Ontological Theater, Theater for the New City, GAle GAtes. Regional credits include Hangar Theater. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and trains with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company. Ms. Grenke is a founder of Cagey Productions, a NY production company for emerging artists.

Heather Helton (A Doll)

Heather is originally comes from Northern California where she received her B.A. degree in Theatre Arts at UC Santa Cruz. Her resume includes both musicals and straight plays along with some film work. This is her second production with Aisling Arts, the first playing the dual roles of Moth and Maria in Love's Labour's Lost. Some other favorite roles have been Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Sister Mary Leo in Nunsense, Nelly in The Rimers of Eldritch and Miss Wilkinson in Move Over, Mrs. Markham among others including various children's shows and sketch comedy groups. She has also appeared in various industrial films and has a principal commercial role to her credit.

Natalie Pero (A Doll)

Natalie is honored to be performing in her second Fringe Festival Show, Imminent Indeed.  It's provocative surrealism is a true contrast to her most recent works including the lead in Cracked Ray at The Barrow Group Theatre, Desdemona in Othello at NYU and the Jockey Referee in the film Crossover (coming out in theatres this August).  Natalie is currently working with Lenard Petit at The Michael Chekhov Acting Studio, and is a graduate of New York University with majors in International Relations, Spanish and Theatre. 

Liza Pross (A Doll)

This is Liza's first time performing at the Fringe and her second with Aisling Arts. She was last seen as Sara in Aisling Art's production of FORCE: Convergence at the New York Irish Center. Other past favorite roles include, Natalia from John Van Druten's I am a Camera and Gail in a production of George F. Walker's Escape from Happiness. Liza recieved her B.F.A. from Boston University and studies with Tony Greco here in New York City.

Heather Rogers (Miss Millicent Snitch)

Heather is thrilled to be performing with this amazing and insane company. She has somehow been working in plays non-stop since last September and hopes this luck never ends. Her current streak includes The Heist Project with Art House Productions, As You Like It with the Gallery Players, Othello (Emilia) in a tour of schools in New Jersey, and Andromache with Illyria Theatre. Her next project is a supporting role in the film Social Work written by Cara Burdick. Training: NYU/Tisch.

Maria Rusolo (Miss Lucy Lockit)

A native New Yorker, Maria is an active member of SAG, AFTRA, and Equity. Some of her favorite roles in NYC include Alex in On the Verge, Hanna in A Shayna Maidel, and Anita in Sarah B Divine. Most recently she has appeared as Sandy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Amateur Comedy Club. Maria continues to study acting with David Epstein, Artistic Director of Invisible City Theatre Co., while also pursuing her black belt in TaeKwonDo, and studying Italian.  For more information on Maria go to: www.mariarusolo.com.

Kevin Schwab (Mr. Henry Macheath)

Keving is thrilled to be working with Aisling Arts again after playing roles in their previous productions of Love's Labour's Lost and Life's A Dream. Kevin has been directing theatre throughout Manhattan and Queens for high schools and community theatre groups for the past two years. He was last seen on stage as DJ Hernando Pacheski in The Donkey Show Off-Broadway at Club El Flamingo. Favorite projects include Godspell at Queens College, The Sunshine Boys, The Chairs and Dial M For Murder. Kevin will return to his recurring role as a Special Education English teacher this September in Long Island City.

Sarah Stephens (Miss Jenny Diver)

Sarah’s theater credits include FORCE:Convergence with Aisling Arts, Compression of a Casualty with Gallery Players, Hardboiled and Madhouse with RadiotheatreNYC; Independent Film: Absence for Hasberry Films, Kingdom of Ultimate Power for Pilotlight Pictures/2005 L.A. Short Film Festival. Sarah is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School. Before acting, Sarah reported for radio and taught English in Japan.

Christopher T. VanDijk (Brother Matthias)

Christopher has been seen with Aisling Arts previously as Jack in FORCE: Wanderlust and FORCE: Threshold and as Don Armado/Dumain in Love's Labour's Lost.  Chris has also been seen with Project Theatre at the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Flying Fig Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, and at LABrynth Theatre Company's summer intensive.  His first full length play, SIX, will be read this fall with Project Theatre at the 78th Street Theatre Lab.  Chris is a graduate of the William Esper Studio.

Catherine Wronowski (Miss Persephone Snatch)

Catherine’s favorite roles include Feste in Twelfth Night, Chris in Dancing at Lughnasa, Ariel in The Tempest and Daysi in The Winged Man. She has originated the following roles: Mattie in Fever 1793 at Gifford Theater, Angelina in A Tale of Cinderella at New York State Theatre Institute/Warner Brothers Home Video, Martha in the retelling of A Christmas Carol at Capital Repertory Theatre. Most recently Catherine has trained at Shakespeare & Co. and L' Accademia della’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. She holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Theatre from Le Moyne College.