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THE MESSAGE BOARD
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The Message
Board is an 8-part web series about Broadway
Universe, a theatre web site where different people can come together
to chat about Broadway, divas, cabarets, chorus boys, politics, internet
addiction, gay marriage, religion, sex, suicide and anything that crosses
their minds. Perhaps that ranting theatre queen or Wicked-obsessed
teen will become your new BFF or your next worst enemy? Maybe that anonymous,
alleged "hot chorus boy" will become the love of your life?
You'll never know until you log in. Chat! Debate! Have a meltdown! LOL!
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Mark
Eugene Garcia (Cubby) Originally from Covina, CA, Mark has been
living in NYC for several years as a writer. He is a member of Dramatist
Guild and ASCAP, and is developing a musical theatre project, Facing
East, in Chicago this year. Stage roles include Mr. Paravacini in The
Mousetrap, Sheriff in The Rainmaker, The Baker in Into the
Woods, Pippin in Pippin, Fred Barnes in Brights and many
performances at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. Upcoming
projects: Leaves of Grass. He wants to thank John for this opportunity,
and Rodrigo for not going to sleep so he could stay up all night filming.
He can be reached at MarkgarciaMG@gmail.com www.markeugenegarcia.com |
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Jason
Barker (Phantom69) Earned a B.F.A. in Theatre with an emphasis
in acting from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. After
graduation, lived, worked, and acted in Houston and Austin taking private
classes, doing student and independent films, and doing extra work on several
feature films including The Return and Infamous. Relocated
to New York in September 2005 and joined The Actor's Project NYC, shortly
thereafter participating in industry showcases and one-act plays presented
at the Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre. Also began working with Winceyco Productions
taking educational programs dealing with such material as African American
history and women's rights to local schools in New York and New Jersey.
Has done background a couple of times on Life on Mars, Guiding
Light and One Life to Live, acted in the ensemble of The Best
Party Ever at the Richmond Shepard Theatre, and appeared in Naked
Holidays NYC with Endtimes Productions. Recently became a proud member
of AFTRA. Currently waiting tables, ushering Broadway shows, taking classes,
and looking for representation. www.jasonbarkeronline.com |
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Caroline
Clay (Aquarius Dawn) Caroline Clay is an actress with experience
in both film and television, a teaching artist, and a voice and audio narrarator
with over 60 interpreted titles of bestselling books to her credit. She
has worked nationally and internationally in some of the most renowned Broadway,
Off-Broadway and regional venues in the world. Having performed on Broadway
as a replacement for Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard (Drowning Crow),
for Tony winning Adrienne Lenox (Doubt), and Emmy winning S. Epatha
Merkerson (Come Back Little Sheba). She also assumed the role of
Mrs. Muller as a principal in the First National Tour of Doubt with
Cherry Jones for which she won the Helen Hayes award for Best Supporting
Actress. Upcoming projects include featured roles in Everybody's Fine
starring Robert DeNiro and Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg. www.carolineclay.com |
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Margaret
Curry (Cat Golightly) Theatre: National: Equity Mini-Tour '09,
Equity Tour 2008 playing Karin in the musical comedy Church Basement
Ladies. Off-Broadway: Fascist Living (The Flea); The EC
(Cherry Lane); Fools in Love, The Musical (MET & BAM’s Harvey
Theatre). Other New York roles include: Maggie in The Man Who Came to
Dinner; Vivian and Doll in Metropolitan Operas, Frankie in Frankie
& Johnny in the Claire du Lune. Regional: Church Basement Ladies
(Circa ’21 & TPAC in Nashville); Witt and Eleemosynary
(The Wilton Playshop). Film/TV credits include: The Roofer, The
Nanny Diaries, MTV’s Men of Science, The Mike Roman Documentary.
Margaret has appeared in numerous commercials and industrials, and on QVC
as a Guest Product Specialist. As a singer, Margaret has appeared as a soloist
or featured performer at the Kaplan Auditorium at Lincoln Center, the Allen
Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Hudson Guild Theatre, as a cabaret performer
at some of NYC’s hottest nightclubs, and has recorded a demo CD from
her debut solo cabaret show, "in the meanwhile...". Training:
Trinity University BA in Communications, The Actor’s Space, Circle
in the Square. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association. www.margaretcurry.com |
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TJ D'Angelo (Applause64) is the executive artistic director of the NYC Children's Theatre, launching their first season at the end of this year. Performing for over 25 years, some of his roles include The Wizard in a National tour of The Wizard of Oz, and tours of Singers in the Band, and Some Enchanted Evening . Regional performances include Marcellus in The Music Man, Doctor in Baby, Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, Jacob in La Cage aux Folles (Herold award nomination), Vinnie Black in Tony N Tina's Wedding, Provolone in Psycho Beach Party. Over 2800 performances as Hugo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. TJ also received rave reviews for his NYC cabarets Too Short for Sondheim and It's a Woman's World. TJ has also directed and choreographed many productions of Godspell as well as many others shows all over the United States. Proud member AEA since 1997. |
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Julia Frey (Legally Elphie) received her BA from Bard College, where she was a theater major advised by JoAnne Akalaitis. She has studied and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, the Magnet Theater and ComedySportz, and has performed with the sketch group Olde English (www.oldeenglish.org). Julia was the female lead in the indie feature Between Something and Nothing, a film by Todd Verow that has appeared in festivals in New York, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Mexico City, and Jakarta. She's appeared in all sorts of film, theater, and multimedia projects around town, including the Under the Radar Festival and the Museum of Art and Design. Julia pays her rent by making lattes and martinis for the rich and famous. |
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Tim Howard (Daddy Danger) recently made the big move to NYC from Chicago, and is making his first foray “on-camera” unless you count personal direction from Ang Lee while doing extra work for his upcoming film Taking Woodstock. Chicago credits include Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (Signal Ensemble Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award – Best Musical); Harry Heavyset in Pinafore! (Bailiwick Repertory); Professor in South Pacific (Light Opera Works); Knute Rockne, All-American (Theatre at the Center, World Premiere); It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman (Drury Lane – Oakbrook); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Theatre at the Center); 110 in the Shade (Light Opera Works); and Grand Hotel (Drury Lane – Water Tower). Tim was also an ensemble member with Hell in a Handbag Productions, where he appeared as Billy Nolan (a.k.a. John Travolta) in Scarrie – The Musical; Jack in How “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” Happened (World Premiere); Jack/Jesus in Reefer Madness – The Musical; and Nonnie’s ill-fated brother, Teddy in POSEIDON! An Upside-Down Musical (World Premiere, Chicago and NY Fringe Festival). He also directed their hit productions of Judy’s Scary Little Christmas and Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer ’06, in addition to work with The Goodman Theatre, Redmoon, Greta Mae, and Theatre Building Chicago. Much thanks to John, and much love to Tim. |
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Molly
Moore Lehmann (Aunt Daffy) hails from sunny Miami, Florida and
is a proud member of the theater company Lovecreek Productions. With them
she has done multiple shows. NYC Credits: The Play‘s The Thing
(Dwornitschek), Edvard Munch’s Happy Painting (Randi), News
(Lilah) Other Credits: Laundry and Bourbon (Hattie), Tartuffe
(Mdme Loyal/Flipote), The Lives of the Saints (Businesswoman/Mona).
She has a B.A. in Theatre from Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers,
Florida and has also studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC. Molly on Facebook |
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Jared
R. Pike (Coo Velvet) is a professional actor and writer living
in New York City. A Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from Sam Houston State
University, Jared has appeared in a variety of productions from Woyzeck
(Woyzeck) to You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown) to
Pygmalion (Freddy). He recently made his Off-Broadway debut in
Spoon River Anthology. |
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Paul
P. Robilotto (SS_Singer) made his internet debut in late 2006.
Over time he became known as "Paulie P," shortly after launching
his own website PaulieP.com. Since then he as been producing and starring
in routine vlogs as well as comedic shorts; 'Boris Kontrolaviv' and 'Crack
head Lisa Nova' being the most popular. Paul is also a stage actor. His
past favorite shows include Julius Caesar, Polaroid Stories,The
Private Life of the Master Race, Naomi in the Living Room, Snow
in Midsummer, and Cinderella. He will be appearing in the Off-Off
Broadway scene this May in Beneath the Waves at LaMaMa Experimental
Theatre Club. (http://LaMaMa.org)
He would like to thank John Raymond Barker for casting him in The Message
Board and for including him in his vision. www.pauliep.com |
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Scot
Wisniewski (WWRD) was born and raised in Auburn, NY. Although
he believes his musical training began when his mother sang to him in
the womb, his actual training began with piano lessons at age 5, and shortly
thereafter, clarinet lessons at age 8. Throughout his entire life, Scot
has been involved in the performing arts. He has appeared in many
regional theater productions, including Fiddler on The Roof, Annie,
The Hobbit, Brigadoon, The Sound of Music, and Oklahoma!
just to name a few. Scot always knew that he wanted to live in NYC and
perform in cabaret clubs and on Broadway. Just two weeks after graduating
from Keuka College in 2000, Scot immediately packed his bags and moved
to NYC. To get himself noticed Scot started singing at various cabaret
clubs during open mic nights. In 2002, Scot had his first cabaret show,
The Beginning, at Don't Tell Mama. The show ran for three months
to sell out crowds and stellar reviews. A triumph for a debut show! In
the winter of 2002, Scot released his first CD, A Classic Christmas,
on Independent Records. The CD features ten beloved Christmas songs. For
his second recording, Broadway, Scot's Way, which was released
in 2006, he sings twelve of his favorite show-tunes. Both albums are available
via many online retailers including Amazon.com, CDBaby.com, Apple iTunes
and at stores nationwide. In addition to singing, Scot has kept busy in
many other areas of the entertainment industry. He has landed roles in
independent and feature films, done commercial print modeling and also
has been very active in the voice-over industry. (A voice-over demo is
available upon request) In the winter of 2008, Scot returned to the legendary
NYC cabaret club Don’t Tell Mama for his second one-man cabaret show
titled It’s Time. The show ran for two months to sell out
crowds. An all new show is planned for fall 2009. In February 2009, Scot
made his Broadway debut in Marc Shaiman’s musical “Prop 8”
at the Defying Inequality benefit concert at the Gershwin theater. Scot
is a proud member of Actors Equity Association (AEA) and The American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). For more information
on Scot and his exciting career, simply visit his website: www.scotw.com. |
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John
Raymond Barker is a professional actor, singer, writer, and
director living in NYC. A Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University
of Houston School of Theatre, John's TV/Radio credits include Matched
in Manhattan and an appearance on The Joey Reynolds Show. New
York theatre credits include Lee Feldman's Greene (workshop), two
original one-man shows Jerby: Fully Loaded and Jerby With A
"Y", and appearances throughout the piano bar and rock club
scene. Regional theatre credits include Theatre Under The Stars: What
Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (World Premiere), Funny Girl, Grand
Hotel, Zorro the Musical (World Premiere); 5th Avenue Musical
Theatre Company: Grand Hotel; Alley Theatre: Christy in The
Devil’s Disciple, A Flea in Her Ear; Stages Repertory
Theatre: Shakespeare's R&J (Houston Premiere), The Firebird
(World Premiere); Stuart Ostrow's Musical Theatre Lab/UH: Jerry Bock and
Jerry Sterner's 1040 (World Premiere); Children's Theatre Festival:
Jerry Bock and Sidney Berger's The Magic Journey (World Premiere).
John is also the writer, director and star of The Jerby Show on
YouTube. |
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