DOOMSDAY CABARET
A Rock Musical of Apocalyptic Proportions!
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Christopher J. Raymond
Director
Michael Shaw Fisher
Book/Lyrics/Music
the role of Ed Suddick
DOOMSDAY CAST
Chairman Barnes An Air Force veteran and former military reporter/disc jockey and educator, Chairman majored in theater at L.A. Valley College and Cal. State Northridge. He has also studied in the Summer Training Congress at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Notable roles in L.A. theater include: Kreon in Oedipus, The King: A Musical Comedy (Sons of Beckett), Sammy in The Wedding Singer (Repertory East Playhouse) as well as Quinn in Hazzard County and Andrei in Afterplay (both at Ark Theater). As a member of Sacred Fools: Crisparkle in Drood, Terry Southern in Resignation Day and he proudly shares an LA Weekly Musical Ensemble award for Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara(Sacred Fools/Matrix) as u/s Louis Prima.
Chairman is a member of Actors’ Equity, the union of professional theater actors and stage managers in the United States.
Liza Baron is thrilled to be back in L.A. after attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (CAP 21) and performing various Off-B'way, Off-Off-B'way, (and yes, even) Off-Off-Off B'way productions. Recent L.A. credits include, "Crazy Girls" in Jewtopia, "Tina VanWinkle" in CarnEvil: a Gothic Horror Rock Musical (Sacred Fools Theatre Co.), and Emily in Allegro (Academy for New Musical Theatre). Current cast member in Disney's Alladin: A Musical Spectacular!
Michael Teoli
Musical Director, Arrangements, Additional Composer
After a childhood spent acting, singing or both, Mark Bemesderfer stopped performing as he After a childhood spent acting, singing or both, Mark Bemesderfer stopped performing as he moved into a career as an educator. He's happy to be back on stage, both in "Doomsday Cabaret" and in his band, The Neighbors, which can be found entertaining tens of fans at some of L.A.'s finest dives. into a career as an educator. He's happy to be back on stage, both in "Doomsday Cabaret" and in his band, The Neighbors, which can be found entertaining tens of fans at some of L.A.'s finest dives.
Mark Bemesderfer
as "the Messenger"
Chairman Barnes
as Jerry Cox (understudy)
Jeff Scot Carey
Kurt Billie/Nathan Dugan (understudy)
Lady Vavoom/Bee Girl (understudy)
Michael is an award winning Film and Theatre Composer. Before graduating from Boston's Berklee College of Music he worked on Howard Shore's Music Team for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Since then he has worked on music for nearly 50 films. His score to the feature 41 won BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK at the Director's Film Festival in Staten Island, and his score for The Union received a BEST SCORE nomination at the Terror Film Festival in Philidephia. His first full-length rock musical Tonya & Nancy: the Rock Opera opened in Portland, OR in 2008 and most recently A.R.T's Club Oberon in Cambridge, MA in 20122. His second full-length rock musical, CarnEvil: A Gothic Horror Rock Musical received the Center for Culture Innovation ARC Grant and enjoyed a successful World Premiere in 2011 at Sacred Fools in Hollywood, CA.
Anna Bowen
Lady Vavoom/Bee Girl (understudy)
Sarah Chaney
as Lorraine Dugan
Leigh Wulff has been transplanted from Florida and resides with her dog, Buddy, and boyfriend, Joe. Playing "Bee Girl" comes with much joy as she is delighted to work with such a great cast of actors. Leigh is making her Los Angeles theatrical debut so fasten your seat belts! When she's not belting out songs about the end of the world she's busy writing, performing and editing videos about nothing in particular, often times starring her dog, Buddy, and boyfriend, Joe. She sings, she acts, she does it all folks! She even has her vey own production company (ooo, ahhh), www.AreWeThereYetProds.com. Leigh's also currently seeking representation across the board (nudge nudge). www.LeighWulff.com
David Haverty
as Kurt Billie
Joe Fria
as Nathan Dugan
Nic Nassuet
as Gerald "Jerry" Cox
Jake Regal
as Gale Reed
Leigh Wulff
as Deedra Witwit
Molly Kruse
Lorraine Dugan (understudy)
Liza Baron
as Lady Vavoom
Anna just got off a cruise ship and is thrilled to be working on Doomsday! She performed in CarnEvil at the Sacred Fools theatre with a bunch of these folks last year. Other credits include: Broadway/ 1st National: 101 Dalmatians. Off broadway: Motown, Rom and Julz, Doubletime, Wanda's World. Selected Regional: RENT, Aida, Evita, Once on This Island, Cinderella, Godspell, Aladdin, Out of My Head, and many more. Tv credits: Castle, Law and Order SVU, As The World Turns.
Sarah was born and raised in Waterville, Ohio. Shortly after graduating from Miami University with a BA in Political Science and Theatre, she moved to NYC. There, she studied at the Maggie Flanigan studio along with numerous voice teachers including, Dr. Bryan Wade, Tom Kitt, and Liz Caplan Studios. She has since made a very recent move to
Los Angeles. Her artistic experience has included a vast array of theatre, musical theatre, cruise ships, singing/songwriting, recording contracts, rock bands, voice overs, tv, film, and commercials. Some of her favorite theatrical roles have included Cpt. Lewicki in Costa Rehab, Ofah in MTWorks' The Oath, Beatrice in MTWorks' The Family Shakespeare, Fantine in Les Miserables (nat'l tour), Trina in Falsettos, and Ellen in The Games We Play I and II. Sarah was also in the Hollywood Fringe cast of Doomsday Cabaret and is thrilled to reprise the role of Lorraine Dugan!
Jeff Scot Carey (understudy: KURT BILLIE/NATHAN DUGAN) Jeff is thrilled to be among these brilliant beauties for the end of time!!! Broadway: 101 Dalmations. National Tours: 101 Dalmations, South Pacific, Cinderella, Grease, and Rent. World Tour: Rent. Off-Broadway: Tails, Dorian Gray, and Back Home. Favorite
Regional/New York: The Last Five Years, John & Jen, Hair and Footloose, and most recently, Hades in Disney’s Villain’s Tonight. TV/Film: One Life to Live, All My Children, The Reformation, The One You Marry, Magnanimous, The Bathroom Attendant, and The Happy Hour Guys. Thanks to Michael and Christopher, and Love to Anna. www.jeffscotcarey.com
Joe Fria most recently played Ivan in Boston Court's The Inspector General
but he spends most of his time with the Sacred Fools Theater Company.
He recently portrayed Young Buster Keaton in the hit Stoneface. Other productions with the company include Gorey Stories, Drood!, Act a Lady, Beaverquest, and the late night series Serial Killers. He also co-wrote last season's rock/horror extravaganza CarnEvil with Doomsday's Michael
Teoli Joe was recently nominated for an LA Stage Ovation Award for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in SF's Watson and will reprise the role
in a sequel slated for summer of 2013. Other LA theater awards include the LA Weekly award for Best Comedic Performance in the musical Laura Comstock’s Bag Punching Dog. He has worked at larger houses in town such as ICT, The Geffen, and Center Theatre Group. Joe also does TV, Film,
and commercial work. You may recognize him as "The Bud Guy" or perhaps "Sookie's Ex" or even "Cornelius Hawthorne." If not, enjoy the show and Google him later.
David Haverty (AEA, SAG elig) - David has been in LA for almost 6 years and is originally from Florida where h attended Pinellas County Center for the Arts majoring in Musical Theatre and the Broadway Theatre Project founded by Ann Reinking where he trained directly with Gwen Verdon, Ben Vereen, Jedd Calhoun and James Naughton, to name a few. David made a 4 year stint in NYC as Ent Dir/AEA SM at both the Jeckyll & Hyde Club and Pub while attending Marymount Manhattan College majoring acting and teaching at the Children's Acting Academy (01-04) Right before moving in LA in '06 he worked at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre as principal roles in URINETOWN, BEAUTY & THE BEAST and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. Since being in LA he was a lead role of Albert in a gothic rock world premiere musical, CARNEVIL at the Sacred Fools Theatre Company with music and lyrics by Michael Teoli. He has produced and acted in a few short films, worked on set for 2.5 years as Art Dept, DP, AD, PA, Grip and Electric and in the past year has started his own demo reel company ENCORE DEMOS and PRODUCE YOUR OWN REEL (produceyourownreel.com). Thanks to Michael Teoli for thinking of him for this role and to Mike Fisher for re-mounting this awesome show after our great run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. FREAKS UNITE! (www.DavidHaverty.com)
Jake Regal (GALE REED) is an actor and comedian who can be seen performing regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. His on-‐screen credits include multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
and the feature film Devolved. His stage credits include The Milford Project and The Mysterious Affair at
Mr. Bendernagle's Luau. His internet credits include the
webseries 88 Weirdos and several embarrassing websites he made in the late 90s.
Molly Kruse is ecstatic to make her Los Angeles stage debut with such a fantastic production and company. Hailing from San Francisco, Molly has worked extensively in film, television, and theatre across the U.S. A graduate of Indiana University's theatre department, she has also studied with Carnegie Mellon University, NYU CAP 21, The Broadway Theatre Project, Second City Improv, and A.C.T. Young Conservatory. Favorite roles include Maria Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor (Livermore Shakespeare Festival), Mary Subprime Deity in The Lily's Revenge (Magic Theatre), and Cinderella in Into The Woods (Diablo Theatre Company).
Nic Nassuet is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. Nic currently serves the acting community as a part of the SAG-AFTRA board of directors in Colorado and as a member of the national SAG-AFTRA Performers with Disabilities and Communications committees. He also volunteers on the Emmyhttp://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio=award awards committee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. When not performing he can be found digging trenches in death valley and assembling EMP cannons in preparation of the aborted fetus resurrection doomsday event of May 21, 2013 which was predicted to him by Ametarasu O-Kami at the shrine of Ise on new year's eve 1992/1993.
DOOMSDAY TEAM
Michael Shaw Fisher (Books, Lyrics, Music, Producer the role of ED SUDDICK) is a writer, actor and director who
graduated with Thesis Distinction in 2008 from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. His film adaptation of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens won the El Capitan Award from the Yosemite International Film Festival in 2009. Recently Michael has appeared in Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum's productions of Richard III and Rose Cottages. His original play, the Barking Pig won Best of Fringe in 2011, and in his 2012 Doomsday Cabaret: a Rock Musical of Apocalyptic Proportions! won the Fringe Hollywood Fringe award for Best Operas & Musicals. He is a proud co-‐creator of the Los Angeles Playwrights Lab, which is currently following its first production, Beginnings, with
its more macabre death-‐themed autumn production of 7 Corpses at the Complex's Ruby Theatre. Michael was also recently put on the Board of Directors for the upcoming Sonoma Theatre Company.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Chris has worked extensively with Noah Wylie's The Blank Theater Company, where he serves on the artistic committee for their new play development program “The Living Room Series” and on the selection committee for The Blank's acclaimed Young Playwrights Festival. He has directed numerous workshops including Andrew Barrett's FLESH AND BLOOD w/Jean
Louisa Kelly, Mousa Kraish's ANYPLACE, BROOKLYN, Sean Christopher Lewis' THE BROTHERS DELLAPINA w/Wynn Everett, Dean Mitchell's THE KING OF GREEK w/Pamela Salem and Kit Steinkellner's GOOD LAND. Chris' play GIRL AT THE DANCE was presented at the LRS directed by Michael Urie w/Eden Espinoza as in the title role. Chris recently directed PLATFORM 9 -‐ w/Ariel Winter for The Blank's Young Playwrights Festival and "Baby Toes" for the Los Angeles Playwright's Lab inaugural production, "Beginnings." In addition, Chris was the Assistant Director for the world premiere of Daniel Henning's DICKIE & BABE: THE TRUTH ABOUT LEOPOLD AND LOEB w/Michael Urie, the West Coast Premiere of Stephen Karam's SPEECH & DEBATE w/Dale Dickey and Christopher Druang's WHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM w/ Christine Estabrook, Nicholas Brendon & Catherine Hicks. In addition to working in the theater, Chris is working on his feature debut, THROUGH HER EYES, which is currently in development with James Cromwell and Ruth Wilson attached. He attended CalArts and is a graduate fellow of the American Film Institute and the National Shakespeare Conservatory. Chris wishes to thank his lovely wife Jessica and their darling daughter Lily.