Hippodrome State Theatre: Like Totally Weird: Cast

KEVIN
BLAKE

MINDY
FEEDHAM

CAMERON FRANCIS

MARK
KINCAID

CAST & CREW

SCENIC DESIGN James Morgan	COSTUME DESIGN Marilyn Wall-Asse	LIGHTING DESIGN Robert P. Robins
PRODUCTION MANAGER Timothy J. Dygert	SOUND DESIGN Lauren Caldwell Douglas Maxwell	PROPERTIES Lorelei Esser

DRAMATURG Tamerin Dygert	STAGE MANAGER Adam Cohen	FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY Babe Root
	DIRECTED BY Lauren Caldwell

KEVIN BLAKE* (Kenny)
Kevin made his debut at the Hippodrome earlier this season as Peachy in The Last Night of Ballyhoo and recently played multiple roles in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. He is excited to be returning to the role of Kenny, which he originated in Like Totally Weird last year during Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 22nd Humana Festival. Other Actors Theatre credits include Laertes in Hamlet directed by Jon Jory, and Young Ebenezer in A Christmas Carol. He was also in the original production of Mastrosimone’s Benedict Arnold at Florida Stage. Other theatre credits include A Bright Room Called Day, As You Like It, Greater Tuna, Kennedy’s Children, The Seagull, Misalliance, Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and Hedda Gabler. A great big thanks to Bill for everything!

MINDY FEEDHAM*
(Jennifer Barton)

Returning to the Hippodrome stage is a thrilling experience for Mindy. Mindy made her Hippodrome debut last year in A Christmas Carol, portraying Belle. She is also pursuing a MFA in Acting from the University of Florida where she was recently seen as Darlene in David Rabe’s HurlyBurly. Previously, Mindy could be seen at the Magik Theatre in San Antonio where she was the ingenue of their repertory company. Some of Mindy’s favorite roles include Rosalie in Landscape of the Body and Gladys in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She is extremely excited to take the stage at the Hipp, but knows that none of this could be possible without the strong support of her family and her most important Joe Tex.

CAMERON FRANCIS* (Jimmy)
Cameron is pleased to be making his second appearance on the Hippodrome stage. He was last seen as Narrator 1, Shaw, Atkins and others in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Other credits include Narrator 3, Parker, Harris and others 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. He is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts and recently received his MFA in acting from Catholic University.

MARK KINCAID* (Russ Rigel)

Mark Kincaid most recently appeared as Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, where he has also been seen as Aegeus in Medea with Phylicia Rashad and as Elvis Presley in Southern Cross. Mr. Kincaid is a company member at the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, having spent 5 seasons there portraying, among others, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth in Macbeth, and Prospero in The Tempest. He has also worked at The Old Globe Theatre, The McCarter, Mill Mountain Stage, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Hope Summer Rep, and has twice toured the U.S. with John Houseman’s renowned The Acting Company.

ADAM COHEN*
(Stage Manager)
Adam thinks he got infected by the theater bug when his mother attended My Fair Lady on Broadway while pregnant with him. After getting a BA in Theater from the University of New Orleans, he spent the majority of his 21st year touring with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus as a graduate of their Clown College. Upon returning to New Orleans, Adam began working professionally at local theaters on both sides of the curtain. His experience included all manner of backstage and technical work, onstage performances ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, and a three-week stint as Lana Turner’s driver. Cinematically, he has worked on independent films and movies for television, seen most of Fred Astaire’s films several times over, and portrayed the title role in the recently released family video Dr. Dolittles’s Magnificent Adventure. After having worked all over the Southeast, Adam is very grateful to Mary, Lauren, and the rest of the Hippodrome staff for giving him a “home” in this transient business called show.

LAUREN CALDWELL (Director)

Lauren is the Hippodrome’s Artistic Director and returns to direct after a four-week sabatical in which she studied with world-renowned director Anne Bogart at Actors’ Theatre of Louisville. She has directed over 30 shows on the Hippodrome mainstage, including this season’s The Rocky Horror Show, How I Learned To Drive and last season’s Dracula, The Glass Menagerie and Beehive. Last summer, she revived her role as Louise in Always...Patsy Cline and appeared in this season’s A Tuna Christmas. She has written a play entitled To Be or Not To Be...That is Two Questions which will go on its second statewide tour this fall. and a “free” adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, which was produced on the Hippodrome mainstage. She is currently working on two other pieces: one based on the life of poet and novelist May Sarton and a play about Joe Carstairs, the fastest female speedboat racer in the world. . 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 there as a coach for the student competing trial teams. She was recently named Arts Person of the Year by The Gainesville Sun.

JAMES MORGAN
(Scenic Designer)
Jim is the Artistic Director of Manhattan’s acclaimed York Theatre Company, where he has spent 25 years creating more than 90 designs, including last season’s No Way to Treat a Lady, for which he received a Drama Desk award nomination, and, currently, The Show Goes On, starring Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Broadway credits include Sweeney Todd (York’s revival, Drama Desk nomination); the musical Anna Karenina (American Theatre Wing Design nomination); The Miser, Taking Steps, and Getting Married, to name a few. He has created designs for National companies including On the 20th Century, The Jukebox, and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (also San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston), among others. Regional theaters designs include Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodspeed Opera House, Chicago Lyric Opera, Asolo, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Coconut GrovePlayhouse, McCarter, and Portland Opera. Directing credits include Oh Coward!, Falsettoland (Carbonell Award, Best Director and Best Musical), and workshops of Jonathon Courie’s play Jack Hart. Recent/current projects: Cy Coleman’s new musical Exactly Like You (Goodspeed), Radio Gals (Geva) and No Way to Treat a Lady (Coconut Grove Playhouse). A Florida native, UF Graduate and recipient of the H.P. Constans Award, he lives in Manhattan. Jim directed and designed the Hippodrome's 1996 production of Sylvia. This is his 29th design for the Hippodrome.

MARILYN WALL-ASSE (Costume Designer)

Marilyn is a Hippodrome co-founder, Artistic Associate and the Costume Designer-in-Residence. She has designed and built costumes for more than 150 Hippodrome productions. She is a four time recipient of the Outstanding Young Women in America Award and received the Margaret Sanger Certificate of Appreciation in 1987. She has twice received a Governor’s Award as one of Florida’s Outstanding Artists and was the only theatrical artist to be granted that award this year. Her Hippodrome acting credits include The Madwoman of Chaillot, Cabrona, Bedroom Farce, Robber Bridegroom, Crimes of the Heart and Season’s Greetings. Directing credits include Macbeth, Same Time Next Year and Tangled Tales which she also co-authored. In the film world, Marilyn has designed costumes and makeup for A Flash of Green, Shimmer, Ruby in Paradise, Gathering Evidence, Miami Hustle and the recently released Ulee's Gold with Peter Fonda and Patricia Richardson. She has served as makeup artist to the famous faces of Phil Donahue, Al Gore and Bill ClintonAt their local appearances. Marilyn recently received an Emmy nomination for her costume designs for the children’s television show, Salsa.

ROBERT P. ROBINS
(Lighting Designer)
Bob has been Lighting Designer-in-Residence at the Hippodrome for the past 14 years. During this time, he has designed the lighting for more than 150 productions. He has also stage managed numerous productions including Hippodrome Mainstage, state and Theatre for Young Audiences tours. In addition to designing and stage managing, Bob also engineers the soundtracks and sound reinforcement for all Hippodrome productions. He is an Actors’ Equity Association stage manager and a member of IATSE Local 115. Bob has designed more than 250 productions regionally in the United States, including theater, dance, and industrials. For the past six years, he has taught at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts. He spends what time he has away from the theater with his very supportive wife, Jodi, and their two children, Kayla and Evan.

TIMOTHY J. DYGERT
(Production Manager)

This is Tim’s sixth season at the Hippodrome as a member of the production team. Tim started as a carpenter while in college and has held the titles of Master Carpenter, Technical Director, and now, Production Manager. He designed the set for Private Eyes and has been involved in the creation of over fifty mainstage and touring productions. Tim has also designed several industrials in and around Gainesville including scenery for Gator Growl, Puttin on the Ritz, and the American Heart Association’s “Five points of Life” ride, as well as the Hippodrome TYA production of To Be or Not To Be... That is Two Questions.

LORELEI ESSER
(Property Design)
Lorelei has been designing properties for the Hippodrome since the 1994 production of Earthly Possessions. She has long been recognized in our community for her accomplishments and contributions as an independent artist. Her medium, the collection and assemblage of “the stuff of life” can now be experienced in the sets of the Hippodrome’s productions. Lorelei’s understanding of time periods, cultures, the writer’s intentions, the director’s vision along with her tenacity for detail bring artistry to the craft of properties design.

DOUGLAS MAXWELL (Sound Design)
Douglas served as Musical Director for the recent production of The Rocky Horror Show, Musical Director and “Joe” Bob in last season’s Always ... Patsy Cline and this season's remount and for the recent production of Beehive. Over the past three years, Douglas has acted as Sound Designer at the Hippodrome for The Lion in Winter, Sylvia, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dracula, The Glass Menagerie, Just So Stories, and To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he also composed and performed an original score. He has acted as Musical Director for Sunday in the Park with George, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Secret Garden at the Gainesville Community Playhouse. He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelors in Music Composition and is currently pursuing his Masters in Electro-Acoustic Music. Most recently, he wrote original music for The Last Night of Ballyhoo at the Hippodrome and Our Town at the Gainesville Community Playhouse.

BABE ROOT
(Fight Choreographer)
Babe is excited to make her debut as a Fight Choreographer here at the Hippodrome. She extends her thanks to Lauren for this opportunity. While currently working as the Hippodrome’s Company Manager, she is also in her final semester at the University of Florida where she is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. As a performer, Babe’s previous shows include The Rocky Horror Show, The Innocents, Zara Spook and Other Lures, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, The Goodbye Girl, and Singin’ In The Rain.

TAMERIN DYGERT(Dramaturg)

Tammy came to the Hippodrome in 1995 from Maryland. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and English Education from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. While in Maryland, Dygert worked at Baltimore's Center Stage, toured the middle-eastern states with Shakespeare on Wheels, and served as a freelance dramaturg with Baltimore's Performance Workshop, Inc. She taught English and Drama at Bais Yaakov School for Girls and worked in arts administration at the Cloisters Children's Museum. As Hippodrome Dramaturg, Tammy enjoys turning facts into art through her research with the artistic team. She contributes to production concepts, serves as features writer/editor of the curriculum guide, Perspectives, and writes articles for Ovation newsletters. She also assists in season selection and casting and founded the New Play Reading Series in 1998. Dygert has taught Hippodrome acting classes, directed two Teen Playwright Festival productions and appeared on the Hippodrome mainstage in The Sisters Rosensweig, A Christmas Carol and Just So Stories. Tammy is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), a professional association serving literary managers, dramaturgs and theatre professionals throughout North and South America.

*Member of Actors' Equity Association,
the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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