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Benjamin Gullett (Percy Bysshe Shelley) was most recently seen in The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged)
.  Previous to that, he co-directed and performed in An Evening with David Ives and
starred in
Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye; was John Proctor in The Crucible; wrote, co-directed with Rainee
Angles, and starred as Doctor Edward Squiggllydickler in
Squiggllydickler; was an ensemble actor in I Love
You, You're Perfect, Now Change
; Rick Steadman, The Nerd; an ensemble actor in All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten
; Pseudolus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; El Gallo, The
Fantasticks
; Dr. Spivey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Max Prince and director of Laughter on the 23rd
Floor
; Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, and many more! Ben is
currently working on a re-staging of
Squiggllydickler and preparing for the 2008 production of Assassins.
Brandy Chandler (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) is a 2004 graduate of Shawnee State University, where she
minored in theatre. She was last seen in her SSCC Theatre debut as Elizabeth Proctor in
The Crucible. At
Shawnee, she acted in over a dozen plays, including
Fool for Love, Extremities, Sweet Charity, Picasso at the
Lapin Agile
and More or Less Shakespeare. She has also participated in productions at the Portsmouth Little
Theater and the Southern Ohio Museum of Art, and was part of the Portsmouth cast for the Ohio Art
Council's
Wallpaper Project.
Bill Lange (George, The Lord Byron) a long-time veteran of the SSCC stage, returns after a four-year hiatus.
A 1993 graduate of SSCC, Bill has appeared in numerous plays including
Drop Dead, The Fantasticks,
Harvey, Our Town, and Twelve Angry Men. Bill is publisher/editor of The People’s Defender in West Union.
Honey Smith (Claire Clairemont) made her SSCC Theatre debut this past spring in An Evening with David
Ives: Sure Thing
and worked on house crew for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). She
has participated in performances at Tree of Life Christian School, Thomas Worthington High School, and
wrote, directed and performed in
Heaven at High Street Christian Academy. In her free time she enjoys
playing piano, composing music and painting.
Justin Stitch (Dr. William Polidori) is making his SSCC Theatre debut. He’s worked previously on
productions as Todd,
Hush Little Celia, Don’t Say a Word; Kenjie, The 1,000 Cranes; Kenickie, Grease;
Antonie Benito,
The Phantom of the County Opera; Improv Crew, LCHS Variety Show; Senator Jack S.
Phoghound,
Li’l Abner; The Wizard, Once Upon a Mattress and as Grandpa and Santa Clause in Cocoa &
Carols
.
Kimberly Michael (Harriet Westbrook) is making her SSCC Theatre debut. She has worked on various stage,
make-up and prop crews and performed in productions of
The Sound of Music, The Foreigner, Once Upon a
Mattress
and My Fair Lady at Miami Trace High School. She is a member of the SSCC Concert Band and the
Southern State Singers.
Howard Brenton (Playwright) co-wrote the London hit Pravda, with David Hare, which won Best Play of
the Year for 1985. His play
Weapons of Happiness opened England’s National Theatre, also winning Best Play
of the Year. He has had plays produced at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre in
London. Other plays include:
Paul, Gum and Good, Scott of the Antarctic, Wesley and In Extremis. Recently,
he’s worked on the BBC One television program
Spooks or MI:5 (U.S. title).
Rainee Angles (Director) has been teaching speech and theatre at Southern State Community College for four
years. She directs and designs three mainstage productions each year. The SSCC 2007-2008 season includes
tonight’s production of
Bloody Poetry and the spring production, The Curious Savage. She has also directed
productions of
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); An Evening with David Ives; Fiddler
on the Roof
; The Crucible; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; One Day at the Zoo; The Nerd; Go Back
to Your Precious Wife and Son
; All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and co-directed the
premiere production of
Squiggllydickler. Previous to SSCC, Rainee taught and directed at Hillsboro High
School for eight years. Memorable productions include
The Miracle Worker, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Little Shop of Horrors and A Christmas Carol. A former member of ACT Theatre in Hillsboro, she also loves
performing. Mrs. Angles has an MA in theatre, with an emphasis in directing, from Roosevelt University,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sarah Williams (Stage Manager) has worked as stage manager on such SSCC Theatre productions as The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
, Theatre ASAP and Fiddler on the Roof. At Hillsboro
High School she worked as stage manager on productions of
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; The King & I
and
Juvie. Other crew work includes: publicity and house for Hard Candy; set for The Sound of Music and
Arsenic and Old Lace; and she was also a member of the chorus for The Music Man. She is a SSCC student
pursuing a double associate’s degree in Law Enforcement and Corrections.
Jon Davidson (Composer & Sound Design): Mathematician, author, musician and composer, Jon Davidson
joined SSCC in 1991 as a mathematics professor. Recently he published three math books used in courses at
SSCC and is working on a fourth. He holds a B.S. in applied mathematics from Florida State University, and
an M.S. in mathematics from University of Southern California. As an active amateur musician, Davidson is a
little more at home playing clarinet and sax in orchestra pits. For SSCC Theatre, he composed the score for
the 2006 production of
The Crucible. His acting experience includes roles in The Crucible, The Art of Dining,
Working and Drop Dead! Several of Davidson's musical compositions have been performed locally, including
Elegy for the Victims of Terrorism, Joy to the World Variations and Sonata for Clarinet and Horn.
Will Klotz (Light & Set Design) has a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College in New York.
He was lighting designer for SSCC Theatre’s productions of
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged)
and Fiddler on the Roof. He has designed light and sound for many other productions, including
The Bald Soprano. He has directed and designed a production of Godspell, and has spent three years in
summer stock. He has also produced several short plays and has had one of his original 10 minute plays
adapted into a film by a Florida film company.
Diane Evans & Judy Kirby (Costume Design) have both designed costumes for various organizations,
parades, festivals and wedding parties.
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