CAMERON FRANCIS* (Henry Clerval) Cameron is pleased to return to the the Hippodrome stage.  Previous roles at the Hippodrome include Photographer, Swen and Kadan in As Bees in Honey Drown, Sheriff in Resident Alien, Jimmy in Like Totally Weird and  Narrator 1, Shaw, Atkins in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.  Other credits: Narrator 3, Parker, Harris in Gross Indecency at The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, Macbeth in Macbeth for Longacre Lea Productions at Arena Stage’s Old Vat Theatre, Philip in Really Big Expectations at Axis Theatre in Baltimore, the Master in Jaques and His Master for the Georgetown Theatre Company, Louis in Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches at Arena’s Old Vat Theatre, Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Lucentio in Taming of the Shrew for Upstart Crow Productions.  Cameron would like to dedicate his performance in Frankenstein to the memory of William Foeller, a great director and even greater man.

BONNIE HARRISON* (Mueller) Bonnie holds a BA (honours) in Theatre from the University of Winnipeg and an MFA in Performance from the University of Florida.  She last appeared on the Hippodrome mainstage as Teenage Greek Chorus in How I Learned To Drive.  Other productions include Just So Stories, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Sugar Bean Sisters.  Bonnie adapted and directed the 1995 A Christmas Carol and directed Theatre for Young Audiences productions of EcoHeroes, Alice in Wonderland, 4R Planet, and the local and state tours of To Be or Not To Be...That is Two Questions.  As the Hippodrome’s Director of Education, she conceptualized, developed and incorporated a strong peer education component to the existing format of H.I.T.T , and is working on Florida’s first interactive prevention Web Site for Teens.  For the past three years the Florida International Volunteer Corp. has invited Bonnie to bring the award winning H.I.T.T. program to teens in Antigua and Barbuda West Indies.

DAMIAN JUNGERMANN (Peter Schmidt) Damian is thrilled to be making his debut on the Hippodrome stage.  He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Art at the University of Florida.  Some of his favorite roles have been Eddie in Hurlyburly, Johnny in A Hatful of Rain, and Cosmo in The Pitchfork Disney.

MERIDETH MADDOX (Justine Moritz)  Merideth is thrilled to be a part of the Hippodrome for the first time.  She is currently pursuing a BFA in Acting at the University of Florida.  Merideth has been in the UF productions of Blues for Mister Charlie, The Good Person of Sichuan, and A Tribute to Zoe Caldwell.  Merideth would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support. 

SARA MORSEY*(F. Mueller / De Lacey) Sara returns to the mainstage after playing multiple roles in As Bees in Honey Drown and a trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Mary Hausch’s An Enchanted Land.  Previous Hippodrome credits include Bella in Lost in Yonkers, Sylvia in Broken Glass, Alcandre in The Illusion, Sara in The Sisters Rosensweig, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, Frank in Private Eyes, and Boo in The Last Night of Ballyhoo.  Other notable regional theatre credits include Melitta in the United States premiere of Nicholas Wright’s Mrs. Klein, Eva in the stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata (also an American premiere), and B in Three Tall Women for which she won the Memphis Theatre Award for Excellence as a Leading Actress in a Drama.  Featured film roles include Cilla in Germantown Film’s Borderlines, which was produced on PBS and Sybil in The First of May with Julie Harris. 

RIC ROSE* (Victor) Ric is grateful to the Hipp for another opportunity to unite his passion for theatre and dance in this unique performance.  Ric’s involvement with the Hipp had been as choreographer for such shows as Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds, Dracula, Blue Plate Special, Just So Stories, A Christmas Carol (several times!), Mineola Twins, and numerous other plays, as performer in West Side Story and Just So Stories, and as writer and director of The Canta Danca Dancer, a show about dance written especially for young audiences and presented through the Hipp’s ‘Building Audiences of Tomorrow’ Program.  Ric is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Florida.  He has choreographed and performed in over 70 musicals and plays in venues ranging from New York City, to Atlantic City, the The Netherlands, to Costa Rica, including several productions of his original dance work.  A principal dancer and guest choreographer with Dance Alive!, a professional ballet company located in Gainesville since 1984, his roles cover their classical and contemporary repertoire including Hilarion in Giselle, the Peruvian in Gaite Parisian, Sancho Panza in Don Quixote, Bottom in Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, and Octavian in the recent rock-ballet Cleopatra.  He has also written scripts for their productions of Dracula and The Cracked Nut.  His acting credits include Clov in Endgame, Psuedelus in Forum, Charley in Where’s Charley?, The Leading Player in Pippin, Richard in Ah, Wilderness! And Orlando in As You Like It.  He received his MFA in Dance from Connecticut College.  Ric would like to dedicate this production to his ultimate passion, Isa. 

RUSTY SALLING* (Alphonse Frankenstein) Rusty has appeared in 78 productions at the Hippodrome.  He acquired the nickname “Legs” from his appearance as Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Show last year.  He has survived 21 productions of A Christmas Carol, the last nine in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.  Previous appearances include A Streetcar Named Desire, To Kill A Mockingbird, All in the Timing, Lonely Planet, The Sisters Rosensweig, Broken Glass, Lost in Yonkers,  Prelude to a Kiss, West Side Story, Lettice and Lovage, Accomplice, Rumors, Driving Miss Daisy, The Boys Next Door, Absent Friends, Noises Off, Season’s Greetings, Amadeus and The Elephant Man, as well as the title roles in Macbeth, The Norman Conquests, The Dresser, and Cyrano de Bergerac.  He toured the Southeast, including 11 Florida prisons, in Waiting for Godot and has appeared in two films: A Flash of Green and The Savage Hunt. Additionally, he is the Hippodrome’s Computer Geek-in-Residence and Webmaster of the Hippodrome internet site, http://hipp.gator.net. 

JOY SCHIEBEL* (Elizabeth Lavenza) Joy couldn’t be more pleased to be working with this fantastic cast.  She returns to the Hippodrome having just played the much maligned Hero in Much Ado About Nothing with Porthouse Theatre.  Since her last appearance on the Hippodrome stage, she has performed two of her dream roles,  Emily in Our Town,  at Florida Repertory Theatre, directed by Rob Barron, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet with the New Ensemble in New York City.  Other recent credits include Poppy in Noises Off, and Mina in Dracula with Arkansas Repertory Theatre, a role that Joy originated in her Hippodrome debut.  Astute Hippodrome patrons might recognize Joy as Laura in The Glass Menagerie and C in Three Tall Women.  Other regional credits include two seasons at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, (playing Lady Teazle in School for Scandal, Diana in All’s Well That Ends Well and Perdita in the Winter’s Tale), as well as Isobel in the regional tour of My Children! My Africa!   Other favorite roles include Viola in Twelfth Night, Cherie in Bus Stop and Actress/Lizzie in Blood Relations.  Joy lives in New York City.

JADE SERVIN (William Frankenstein) Jade is wowed to be making her debut at the Hippodrome in Frankenstein.  Jade had been seen in many college productions, her most notable role being Anne Frank, in The Diary of Anne Frank.  Jade is currently pursuing her B.A. in Theatre at the University of Florida.  She wishes to thank her parents (all of them), her professors, the gang at G4, the crew in Texas and the one thing that is Constant. 

MARK SEXTON*(The Creature) Mark first appeared on the Hipp mainstage in 1977 as Alan Strang in Equus. His favorite roles include Carson in Gross Indecency, the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show, Renfield in Dracula, Greg in Sylvia, Danforth in I’m Not Rappaport, Scoop in The Hiedi Chronicles, Jake in Rum and Coke, Rex Stockman in Accomplice, Mark in M. Butterfly, Orlando in As You Like It, Lord Alfred in Lord Alfred’s Lover, and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol.  His non-stage roles include General Manager of the Hippodrome.  He would like to thank everyone at Pearl Vision for fulfilling the Creature's Vision.

Neal Utterback (Hans Metz) Neal is thrilled to return to the Hippodrome mainstage after his recent debut as Ronald, Skunk and Mike in As Bees in Honey Drown.  Currently, he is pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting at the University of Florida.  Most recent credits include The Pitchfork Disney, directed by Joe LaRue, and Digging for Fire, a Hippodrome second stage production.  He would like to specially thank his family and Shane Smith for their constant love and support.

Adam Cohen* (Stage Manager) Adam is in his third season at the Hippodrome.  In a career that has taken him across the high seas, into huge arenas, in front of the camera, up in the control booth, and onto the stage, the experiences he has accumulated only serve to make him more aware of the value of the “jewel” the citizens of Gainesville have in their midst.  The caliber of artists that the Hippodrome attracts is surpassed nowhere, and he thanks the management for the chance to be counted in that group.  His greatest thanks must go, however, to his family, who supported his choices from the beginning and continue to be a source of inspiration and joy.

LAUREN CALDWELL (Director) Lauren is the Hippodrome’s Artistic Director. She has directed over 30 shows on the Hippodrome mainstage, including last season’s The Rocky Horror Show, How I Learned to Drive, Like Totally Weird, and the summer re-mount of Beehive. She appeared in last season’s A Tuna Christmas and will reprise the role this season. Lauren has written a play entitled To Be or Not To Be...That is Two Questions, which is presently on its second statewide tour. She is also working on an original piece based on the life of poet May Sarton which will appear at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2000. She conceptualized a comprehensive curriculum guide for Hippodrome productions, Perspectives, which is distributed to Alachua County High Schools, Santa Fe Community College and the University of Florida. A native of Texas, Lauren holds a BFA in directing from Baylor University and a MFA in acting from the University of Florida. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Drama League, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. She owns and operates Legal Acts, a consulting company for attorneys, and is actively involved in the Prosecution/Public Defenders’ Program at UF. This year, Lauren joined the Law School as a coach for the student competing trial teams.