DROP DEAD Cast

John is very happy to be making his TPNC debut with this crazy show. Some of his other area credits include HENRY in "The Lion In Winter "- Wilton Playshop, Mr. DUNLAP in "Suite Surrender" -Brookfield Theater, THESEUS in "Midsummer Nights Dream and MACBETH in "Macbeth" -Putney Players in Stratford, GOV. DANFORTH in "The Crucible ", COL.JESSUP in "A Few Good Men" ELYOT in "Private Lives", SHERLOCK HOLMES in "Sherlock's Last Case" VICTOR FLEMING in "Moonlight and Magnolias"- Westport Community Theater, CHARLES in "November" and Mr. LOCKHART in "The Seafarer"-Eastbound Theater in Milford. KERRY in "The Exonerated" - The Bijou in Bridgeport. RICHARD BURBAGE in "The Lives Of Shakespeare" - The Players Club, NYC. Love to Philip, Ellie and Marilyn!

This is by no means Bob’s first rodeo here with the Town Players although it is his first ride as a “director”- well sort of! 😜 He appeared last season as David O Selznik in “Moonlight and Magnolias”. Other favorite roles he has played in area theaters include: Billy Flynn in “Chicago”, Georges in “La Cage”, George in “Moon Over Buffalo”, Aldolpho in “The Drowsy Chaperone”, Applegate in “Damn Yankees”, The Lead Player in “Pippin”, and Harold Hill in “The Music Man”. Always fun to share the stage with some old cronies and new ones alike. Places, Damn It!

Elayne made her Connecticut debut in TPNC’s How Green Was My Brownie in 2004 and has since appeared with just about every theater company in southwest Fairfield County.  TPNC – Prisoner of Second Avenue, Moonlight and Magnolias.  Curtain Call – A Murder Is Announced, The Cemetery Club, Social Security, Crossing Delancey, Mulberry Street, Days of Wine and Roses, Waiting in the Wings, Little Women, Miracle on 34th Street.  Westport Community Theater – The Crucible, And Then There Were None, The Miracle Worker.  Eastbound Theater – You Can’t Take It With You plus the one-acts In Her Golden Years (2016 One-Act Festival First Place winner), Hocking Murray and Neighborhood Watch.  Brookfield Theater – Suite Surrender.  Ridgefield Theater Barn – one-acts Secret Dreamers and The Spoiler.  Other credits include benefit performances of Love, Loss and What I Wore and The Vagina Monologues.  This is dedicated to MDL who would have rolled in the aisles with laughter.  “The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.” – Mark Twain

Austin is performing in his first performance at the Powerhouse Theater and is more than excited to be playing the roles of Drools/Chaz. Austin is a local actor and a graduate of drama from The Catholic University. Austin was a feature on multiple main stage performances in college, as well as a myriad of performances around the Washington DC area. Austin wants to thank everyone for coming out to see this rib tickling performance!

Angela appreciates the irony that her first role in over 30 years is as a washed-up actress desperately trying to make a comeback. She is proud to have passed down her love of theater to her four amazing kids. This has allowed her to spend the last 15 years directing and working with middle school and high school theater. She spends her days as the enrollment/tuition coordinator for 4 inner-city Catholic schools and many nights sitting in high school theaters across Connecticut as a judge for the Seven Angels HALO Awards. Angela is deeply grateful to TPNC for giving her this coveted opportunity to return to the stage; to her parents, Tony and Toni, for always being her biggest supporters; to Marisa, Francisco, Olivia and Antonio for their unconditional love and encouragement; to Frank for this wonderful life; and to God for absolutely everything.  

Chris is excited to make his debut with Town Players of New Canaan!  A resident of Bronxville, NY, he is active in the Fairfield/Westchester theatre scene, performing with groups including Curtain Call, Harrison Players, and Armonk Players.  Recent credits include She Loves Me (Ensemble), 1776 (Joseph Hewes), and Something Rotten (Peter Quince/Ensemble).  Chris wants to thank the entire cast, crew, and production team for making him feel welcome and hopes this is the first of many shows here!

This is Amy’s first time on-stage in 20 years, and she did not realize just how much she had missed it until the opportunity to work on this production came along.  In the late nineties and early 2000s Amy was a founding member of the Acts Factory Players in Collinsville CT.  Roles there included Jakes Women (Edith), Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn) and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Hippolyta).  Directing Credits included The Heidi Chronicles, Pygmalion and The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.  Huge thanks to Rob and everyone at TPNC for this opportunity—for sure it will not be 20 years this time before the next audition

Sally Rose last appeared on the Powerhouse stage as Sorrel Bliss in Hay Fever. Other credits: LawnChair Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Queen (Helena), Curtain Call’s Murder on the Orient Express (Mary Debenham), and Chicago Theatre East’s MY H8 LETTER… (Brene). For her past work in TPNC’s production of Rocket Girl (Mary Sherman Morgan), Sally Rose earned a nomination for BroadwayWorld’s Regional Performer of the Decade Award. You can see SRZ in two upcoming short films (The Spider, Redemption) and hear her (regular) voice featured in Waveny Park’s Otocast audio guide. Gratitude to the company and team behind this very dramatic, very serious play.

Sarah was previously seen on the TPNC stage in the before times as Buttons in Cinderella, The Panto, and you may have seen her virtually in the delivery room in Talking With. Other TPNC appearances: The Heiress (Marian), Fox on the Fairway (Louise), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Logainne), and Proof (Catherine).  Some of her favorite local adventures include, The Lobby (Una), Boeing Boeing (Gretchen), Barefoot in the Park (Corie), Noises Off (Brooke), Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Dale), Crimes of the Heart (Babe), Our Town (Emily), and Psycho Beach Party (Chicklet).  She thanks Rob for the opportunity to play and the cast and crew for a fun experience! Sarah sends love and thanks to her husband and tre bambini who keep her on her toes and gave her the greatest role this gal could ask for. Il mio cuore appartiene a superuomo. Mon Dieu.

This is the first time I’ve been on stage since I was a student, long ago. In high school, I was Stage Manager in Our Town, a role to which I brought all the gravitas of my fifteen years. In college, I was in Areopagitica, a farce based on the writings of Milton, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, et cetera (in the early 1960s, my college’s idea of humor). Since then, the closest I’ve come to performances is, as a copywriter and ad agency owner, helping cast people to pitch after-sun lotion, yogurt, galoshes, et cetera. Whenever I doubt how P.G. “Piggy” Banks should sound, I channel my Russian émigré father yelling at Khrushchev on TV.