Kate Black-Regan as Juliette Antioch and Ascher Burland
Kristen Bailey as George/The Mafia
Kristen Bailey is a proud member of the Bearded Ladies and Applied Mechanics. She has pursued her own education in experimental theatre by apprenticing inspiring theatre artists like Lucidity Suitcase International, Pig Iron, Elastic Theatre Company, and Makoto Hirano, where she discovered an affinity for set and prop design. She also directed "Checkers" a piece that appeared in the 2011 Fringe Festival. She holds a BFA in Theatre from the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Past training includes Circus Street Training in Paris, where she learned to walk on stilts, and trained in Butoh and Lecoq. She is delighted to be a part of the ensemble devised work theatre scene in Philadelphia, and continues to explore ways to rejuvenate and expand the role of theatre in our culture.
Rob Cutler as Darryl Antioch
Angela Smith as Ramona Burland/The Mafia
Adam Rzepka as Wilbur Burland
Juliette Antioch
Kate Black-Regan
"Rails" is Kate's first performance in the Philly Fringe Festival, along with Dysfunctional Theatre's "Fefu and her Friends". Previously she has worked with the Livingston Theatre Company in New Brunswick where she was involved in a gaggle of musicals including "Once Upon a Mattress", "Working", "Hello Dolly", "Oliver" and so on. Independent films include Qua Qua Mary, Long Lost Life, Happy Birthday, Harris Malden, The Tolltaker, and...others. She was most recently in the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's "The Lesson" as the Young Pupil and played Simone in the Cardboard Box Collaborative/PDC's "The Journey" for the 2009 Spark Festival. All the artists and musicians in "Rails" are amazing to work and play and booze with and she thanks Kennedy in all her busty crustacioned magnificence.
Wilbur Burland
Nick Reeves
Oh what to say about Mr. Nick Reeves. Well first off, being in a Fringe Show that is based around railroads has been a childhood dream off his. I remember when he would sit in his train pajamas and watch Thomas the Tank Engine and for hours on end. Hoping that one day he would be able portray this wonderful public transportation world in a stage production, and tonight that dream became true. But on a more serious note, Nick went to college in Pittsburgh at a little place called Point Park for acting. He then came back to Philly to pursue screen acting as a career. Nick is also currently doing an internet comedy series which will air in the next month, and co-creating a feature length film which will begin production in November. Lastly, he would like to thank the cast, Kennedy for writing an amazing script, and his family for being just some of the coolest cats alive. Not to mention the slight financial help they gave so he would not get behind on bills since rehearsal took up most of his time. Okay so the only thing left to say is ALLL ABOOAARRD, and enjoy the show.
Darryl Antioch
Robert Cutler
Rob Cutler is a Philadelphia actor. He enjoys backgammon, polo, and all other elitist activities. You may have seen him as a big swan at the Wilma in "Hysteria". He may have gotten you drunk at some point at Chris' Jazz Cafe. He may have been drunk in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at last year's fringe. He makes up a lot of stuff with the Philly Improv Theater. He is extremely thankful for this opportunity to perform the same craft as his idol, Jim Henson. Thank yous to all involved!
Ramona Burland/The Mafia Men
Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson is excited to be working with the talented members of the cast, crew, and band of Rails! Before the Fringe, Sarah was traveling throughout New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania with DuetPros' adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. Other Philadelphia Credits: 4x4 (PDC, Fringe 08) Rag and Bone (Vagabond,) No Exit (Vanity House,) Much Ado (Ritz Theatre Company,) Under the Gaslight (PDC, Anonymous Theater 06.) Boston credits: Merchant of Venice (Industrial Theater,) The Bear (Iron Rail Stage Company,) Possibilities (Whistler in the Dark.) Much love to her family and JQM. NTI/OPC 2004.
Ascher Burland/The Mafia Men
Mary Tuomanen
Mary Tuomanen is a newly Philly-based performance artist. This is her first fringe. Previous credits include New Dramatists, Actor's Theater of Louisville, HERE Arts Center and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. She graduated in 2008 from Ecole Jacques Lecoq for movement theatre. She loves puppets. Next up is her one-woman show this November at West Philly's CEC.
George
John Wilder
Born on the 16th of June in the year of the monkey, John Wesley Wilder, Jr has always been a performer. This did not make itself evident, to himself or those in his company, until his sophomore year of high school. His portraital of Teen Angel, in the classic musical "Grease", was considered a triumph and, by many, a religious experience. In 1998, director Daniel Burke cast the young actor, singer, dancer as Psuedolus in the comedic and racy production, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". Following the success of the afore mentioned works, John turned his attention towards musical performance. In the subsequent nine years, John honed his skills as a bassist with such acts as ABC Connection, HITLIST, and The New Temptations. Enter 2007. Seeking change and forward movement, John moved to Philadelphia and became a founding member of the experimental post-genre rock band, Touch & Taste. While entangled with the wonders of music, something was missing. So, when writer/director C. Kennedy offered him the role of George the train conductor, in her dark noir "Rails", he eagerly accepted. What does the future hold? Only time will reveal that answer.