Relatively Speaking Cast

Alexis Vaselopulos(Ginny) is thrilled to be back with EFCT in this incredibly funny show!!She was last seen in the second Annual Crashbox Festival and as an understudy for Blithe Spirit. She has had the wonderful opportunity to also work with Ghostlight Ensemble, Braving the Bard, Paradox Theater Works,Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and Centerstage in Lake Forest among many others. Alexis would like to thank everyone involved with the show for all they do, the cast for being so wonderful to work with, and her friends and family for all their love and support. Enjoy!

Tim is thrilled to be making his return with EFCT. Originally from Colorado, in his opinion, the best state, he can be seen performing improv with the Vagabond Variety Hour and is currently in the final weeks of his original sketch show, wrapping up his Conservatory Program at the Second City. Although he rocks them well, his curls sadly aren't real and he apologizes for breaking your trust. He can be found on instagram @tmerks23. He sends his love and eternal thanks to his family and friends for their everlasting support. Te Amo Siempre!

Kat Evans is quite pleased to get to be a Brit with EFC. She most recently played a magical talking lamp in GLASSHEART at City Lit anda flying, dagger-wielding familiar in A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING with Black Button Eyes. She fiercely loves the Chicago theatre scene that has been her home since 2006. You can hear her voice in arcade games FAST & FURIOUS and GODZILLA VR, podcasts Starlight Radio Dreams and Our Fair City, and animated shorts by Laura Lewis Barr; you can also see her in shorts by Sam Locke. She continues to develop PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, a play about a 1874 Chicago heresy trial. You can keep up with all her projects at www.katevansllc.com

Christopher John Grella (Philip)- Previously with EFCT: Blithe Spirit, As You Like It, Spit Cat! First Folio credits: Jeeves Intervenes, The Winter’s Tale. Other Chicagoland credits include: The Miracle Worker, Emma Unmatched, Pride and Prejudice and Change the Night Owl. He thanks his friends, family, coworkers and everyone involved in this show. He supports short bios in programs.

Chloe Adamo (she/they) is a theatre artist based in Chicago. Previous productions with Eclectic include Playground Theatre Festival, Mother Goose Lost! and The Wonder. She has also worked with Child’s Play Touring Theatre. Chloe would like to thank their lover, Matty, their family, and their ferocious little cat, Bindi.

Garrett Rowe is an actor originally from Lebanon, Indiana. Garrett studied Theater and Media Advertising at Indian University and has continued his theater career throughout the Indianapolis area. Past Credits include Diary of Anne Frank (Peter van Daan) with Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, The Lion in Winter (John) with South Bank Theatre company, The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon) with 4th Wall Players, and Natural Affection (Gil/Others) with American Lives Theatre.

Gayle Starr received her BS in performance studies at northwestern university , her MFA in theater for your from UT Austin , and her MSW from uIC’s Jane Adam’s school of social work. By day she is a school social worker for. CPS, by night she teaches classes and directs youth and family productions at Devonshire playhouse in Skokie . Favorite acting credits include, Richmond Richard III EFTC, Sarah in Company Devonshire play house, Big Edie ( U/S) Big noise theater . Favorite directing credits include Little women ( Skokie heritage museum and 2 episodes of the half hour radio hour pod cast for EFTC. Gayle would like to thank her awesome husband Evans for running countless lines. And her daughters Dora and Joanna for their love and support.

Andrew Pond (He/him) moved to Chi- cago in 2002 from South Florida...for the weather. He is a founding member of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, and has appeared in many of their produc- tions, as well as being the main sound designer for their audio drama anthology podcast, The Half Hour Audio Hour. Along with his onstage work at several Chicagoland theatres, he is an Elvis impersonator, juggler, magician, balloon artist, plays with puppets, does Muppet voices, performs stand-up comedy, and has a degree in philosophy so he can use words like “epistemology” at parties. Thanks to Jess, his partner in all things.