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CAST AND PRODUCTIONS


[PRODUCTIONS]  [COMPLETE CAST]  [DIRECTOR LIST]  [BEHIND THE SCENE CAST]  [GUEST ARTISTS]  [VENUES]


 
Complete listing of Illegitimate productions:

Near Northside Story  (Musical/Comedy Revue)
Venue: The Roxy  Producer: Illegitimate Players

Out on a Whim  (Musical/Comedy Revue)
Venue: The Roxy  Producer: Illegitimate Players

The Illegitimate Players Live  (Comedy Revue)
Venue: The Roxy  Producer: Illegitimate Players

The Illegitimate Players Live on TV  (Cable Television Series)
Venue: 800,000 TV's  Producer: Group W Cable / Banshee Productionss

The Glass Mendacity  (Full length Literary Parody)
Venue: The Victory Gardens  Producer: Banshee Productions
Taped by TCI Cable at The Victory Gardens

All My Spite  (One Act Literary Parody)
Venue: Taped by TCI for broadcast  Producer: TCI Cable / Banshee Productions

Of Grapes and Nuts  (Full Length Literary Parody)
Venues: The Victory Gardens / The Halsted Theater   Producer: Banshee Productions
Taped by TCI Cable at The Victory Gardens

A Christmas Twist  (Full Length Literary Parody)
Venue: The Victory Gardens   Producer: Banshee Productions
Taped by TCI Cable at The Body Politic

Pandora Skulnk Won't Come Out of the House  (Original Two Act Black Comedy)
Venue: The Victory Gardens    Producer: Banshee Productions

Mystery Date  (Original Comedy)
Venue: Live Bait Theater   Producer: Banshee Productions

Cheese Louise  (Original Comedy)
Venue: The Bailiwick Theater   Producer: Banshee Productions
Taped by TCI Cable at The Bailiwick Theater

The Day The Arts Stood Still  (Revue of original and retrospective original scenes)
Venues: Park Luna, Los Angeles / The Bailiwick Theater   Producer: Banshee Productions

A Christmas Twist  (Reprise of 1991's award winning original literary parody)
Venue: The Bailiwick Theater   Producer: Banshee Productions
 


Complete Cast Members of The Illegitimate Players:

Maureen FitzPatrick (1985-1995)
Doug Armstrong  (1985-1995)
Paul Janicki  (1985-1986)
Catherine Keller  (1985-1987)
Kevin Kysor  (1985-1986)
Dov Weinstock  (1985-1987)
Keith Cooper   (1986-1995)
George Seegebrecht (1986-1988)
Maureen Morley  (1987-1995)
Kathleen Jenson  (1987-1989)
Tom Willmorth  (1987-1992)
Paul Stroili  (1991-1995)


Directors 

Don DePollo  Near Northside Story / Out on a Whim
Marlene Zucarro  Illegitimate Players Live / The Glass Mendacity / All My Spite
Paul Frelleck  Of Grapes and Nuts
Judy O'Malley  A Christmas Twist / Cheese Louise / A Christmas Twist (reprise)
Michael Gellman  Mystery Date
Curt Columbus  Pandora Skulnk Won't Come Out of the House


Producers / Technicians

Kathy Giblin  Producer / House Manager
Sarah Steffen  Associate Producer
Jeff Tamraz  Sound Production / Lighting
David Tobocman  Piano / Composer
Bill Haas  Piano / Composer (Of Grapes and Nuts)
David Whitehouse  Piano / Composer
Ken Johnson  Piano / Voice Coach
Galen G. Ramsey   Sound Design / Arranger
Cheri Cory   Costume Design
Jennifer E. Tanzer Lighting Design
Le'ah Razor Griffith  Lighting / Stage Manager
Jeffrey Childs Lighting Designer
lights for cheese  (198
sound for twist 2nd time  (198
lights for twist 2nd time  (198
sound for cheese  (198


Hired Guns (The wonderful talent that rounded out our production casts)

Will Clinger  ("A Christmas Twist" 1991 / Mr. Bumble & Grave Digger)
Susan Cargill ("Pandora Skulnk Won't Come Out of the Hiouse")
Terry Hard   ("A Christmas Twist" 1991 / Fagan - Replacing Tom Willmorth)
Kevin Theis  ("A Christmas Twist" 1995 / Mr. Bumble & Grave Digger)
Jason Wells ("Cheese Louise" Judge / Tourist / Officer)
Tom Ciappa   ("Cheese Louise" Judge / Tourist / Officer - Replacing Jason Wells)
Gavin Witt ("A Christmas Twist" 1995  / Fagan)
??????   ("A Christmas Twist" 1995  / Fagan - Replacing Gavin Witt)
Erin Dailey  ("A Christmas Twist" 1995 / Ghost of Christmas Past / Caroler / Libby)
 
 


Venues (The Illegitimate Players have called 'home' these following stages)

The Roxy
Catch a Rising Star
Group W Studios
Victory Gardens
Bailiwick Theater
Live Bait Theater
The Halsted Theater
The Body Politic
Park Luna, Los Angeles
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