The Cast:

Shannon Troy Jones [James Cormican] Shannon is pleased to be working with the Balance Theatre Project. Shannon has been living and acting in the Twin Cities area since 2003. Recent productions include 9x9x9 with the Flower Shop Project, 10.10post9.11: Laughing in the Aftermath with Workhouse/Swandive Theater, and The Irresistible Rise of Big Daddy Ubu with nimbus theatre. You can also check Shannon out in the Mr. McFaily videos on YouTube.com.

Dan Hopman [Thomas Kane] Dan Hopman has appeared locally at Park Square Theatre, Pillsbury House Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Hennepin Stages, Pioneer Place, Theatre L'Homme Dieu and the Jon Hassler Theater. He can also be seen in the upcoming feature film NoNames.

Jerome R. Marzullo [Mr. Keller] Jerry is originally from Chicago, where he appeared in such roles as Stanley in Streetcar Named Desire, Ernesto Roma in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and Leslie in Seascape. After a 25-year hiatus from the stage, his favorite roles in Minnesota include Santiago in Park Square’s Anna in the Tropics, Duke Mantee in Gremlin Theater’s The Petrified Forest, (one of City Page’s 10 best of 2006), Johnny Fontane in Lakeshore Players’ 1940s Radio Hour, Martin in Nimbus Theater’s 2006 area premiere of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia and Jack in TRP’s Broadway Bound. Most recently Jerry has appeared as David Gavin in 20% Theater’s Midwest premier of After Ashley and as Sandor Turai in The Play’s the Thing at the Phipps. He can be seen as Pops Nunzio in Actor’s Theater of Minnesota’s Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. By day, he is a financial advisor and can also be heard playing congas and percussion monthly at Washington Square Bar and Grill in White Bear Lake with the blues/funk band RIDE. Jerry received a BA in Theater from the University of Illinois. He would like to say “mille grazie” for the opportunity to work with this talented group of actors.

Jean Salo [Mrs. Keller] Jean is originally from upstate NY, and attended Ithaca College where she received a BFA in Acting. Since moving to Minneapolis in 2001, she has worked with Theatre in the Round, Cromulent Shakespeare Company, Four Humors, Starting Gate, and Park Square, among others. Most recently she was seen as Prospero in Cromulent's production of The Tempest. This Fall she will be performing at the Jon Hassler Theatre in Leaving Iowa. This is Jean's second Fringe production.

Kevin Singer [Johnnie Keller] Kevin has lived in the Twin Cities area for almost three years now, and has been involved with local theatre and film since his family moved from Evanston, Ill. He is a recent graduate from the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists high school in downtown Saint Paul and will attend college at the University of California in Berkeley. Recently, he appeared in the independent movie The Egg Timer, as well as several theatrical productions including: The Last Five Years at the Lowry Lab Theatre and Angst: The New Teen Musical at Red Eye Theater.

Edwin Strout [Joseph Hennessey] In the 17 years that Edwin has been performing in the Twin Cities, he has worked with over 20 different theater companies in over 100 roles.  In the last year he has performed Lou Cohn in 1940’s Radio Hour at 8-Ball Theatre, twelve different roles in Wellstone! and Jack Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs both at Sabes Jewish Community Center, and 9 different roles in Shipwrecked! at The Jungle Theater. Upcoming roles for Edwin include:Ted Baxter in Torch Theater’s Mary Tyler Moore Show and Roderigo in Othello at Park Square Theater.

Wade A. Vaughn [William Williams] This is Wade's first time working with Balance Theater Project and his sixth show for the Minnesota Fringe. He has worked with many Twin Cities theater companies, including The Jungle (Hapgood, How the Other Half Loves), Park Square (Dancing at Lughnasa, The Diary of Anne Frank, Taking Steps) and Theater in the Round (Long Days Journey into Night, Ghosts, The Importance of Being Ernest, others). Most recently Wade played Eilert Loveborg in Gremlin Theater's production of Hedda Gabler.