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Sofia
Ahmad |
Sofia
Ahmad is thrilled to be a part of this (dare make the overly obvious
pun? sure why not!) Ruff and Tumbell gang. She is an actor, dancer and
teacher (of theater, dance and Brusselstanian accents) and can also occasionally
be found leading unwitting strangers on tours of North Beach with FOOT
Tours. Recent acting credits include work with Shakespeare Santa Cruz (As
You Like It, King Lear); Magic Theatre
(Nero, The Black Eyed); SF Shakes (Much Ado About Nothing,
tours of A Midsummer Night's Dream & Romeo and Juliet);
Shotgun Players (Caucasian Chalk Circle, directed by Mr. Mayotte
himself); SJ Stage (Treasure of the Sierra Madre). She is a
graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the
Stella Adler Conservatory and sucked up lots of that good ol' NY biodynamic
air. |
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Andy
Alabran |
Andy
Alabran is a Bay Area actor who has performed with the Shotgun Players and
Killing My Lobster. Past acting credits include: Cyrano, Caucasian Chalk
Circle, Mother Courage, The Miser, and The Death of Meyerhold.
He has also had the fortune to perform at the Vancouver sketch festival
and at A.C.T.'s Comedy Night with Killing My Lobster. He is currently working
on a short film entitled Evolution: the Musical. |
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Louise
Chegwidden |
Louise
Chegwidden has been working as an actor in the Bay Area for 15 years. She
has performed with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks, Shakespeare
at Stinson, Venture Theatre and Shotgun Players among others. Rough and
Tumble has been her creative mecca for 6 years, mostly staged readings and
fund-raisers. Louise is thrilled to be involved with 43 Prez, and
thanks Julian in advance for supporting his parents in their work! |
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| Beth
Daly |
Beth
Daly is a founding member of Rough and Tumble.
She holds a degree in theatre from California Institute of the Arts, and
a Master's degree inEducation from University of California, Berkeley. Shecurrently
teaches drama and english at San Lorenzo
High School.
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Carolyn
Doyle |
Carolyn
Doyle is a proud member of Rough and Tumble, where she last appeared
in workshop productions of Suzan Lori-Parks' 365 Plays/365 Days Project
and 43 Plays for 43 Presidents (at the SF Theater Festival).
Locally, she has worked with Marin Theatre Co., Encore Theatre Co.,
SJ Rep's Red Ladder, Willows Theatre Co., Signal Theatre Co., Kaliyuga
Arts, Eastenders Rep, Western Stage, Shotgun, Woman¡¦s
Will, Theatre Rhino, the CA & SF Shakespeare Festivals and PlayGround
(company member). As an emerging writer/solo performer she has been
seen at the Lunchtime reading series of the Artists Development Lab
at Z Space, "Tell It on Tuesday!" at Julia Morgan Ctr, the
Thursday Night Combo series at EXIT Theatre and the SF Solo & SF
Theater Festivals. Upcoming solo performances: counterPULSE's "Words
First" series and the Marsh Rising series at The Marsh.
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| Janet
Keller |
Janet
Keller is a company member of Rough and Tumble, and has been seen in their
productions of The Misanthrope, My Uncle Sam and Tom Jones
(Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award for Best Ensemble). Local
credits include A Christmas Carol at American Conservatory Theatre;
Picnic at Marin Theatre Company; The Rivals with Berkeley
Repertory Theatre; Our Town, The American Dream and The Rimers
of Eldritch with Harvest Theatre Company; Poor Superman (Bay
Area Theatre Critics’ Circle nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting
Role) and The Client with Kaliyuga Arts; Nobody at Intersection
for the Arts; and Lizzie, Or Better An Outlaw and Sandy Dennis
at the Maisonettes at the SOMAR Theatre. Film credits include Breath
(Best Actress Award, Thessalonika [Greece] Film Festival) and Vanilla.
A professional speaker and executive coach, Janet runs Callback Communications,
communications and leadership skills training firm. She is also the proud
mother of 7-year-old Olivia, a budding thespian. |
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Eowyn
Mader |
Éowyn
Mader is very happy to be part of Rough and Tumble where she appeared recently
in workshop productions of Candide and The Devil is an Ass.
She has performed in the Bay Area with theaters such as the California Shakespeare
Theater, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Center REP, the Willows Theatre
Company, Berkeley Repertory Theater and San Jose Stage Company. She is a
co-founder of Signal Theatre Company, and also teaches music to young children
in the Music Together program. www.eastbaymusictogether.com |
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Cliff
Mayotte |
As the founding Artistic Director of the award-winning company Rough
and Tumble, Cliff has staged productions of Macbett, Johnny
Lonely's Unhappy Hour, Tom Jones, the Bay Area premiere of My
Uncle Sam, The Misanthrope, the West Coast premiere of 43
Plays for 43 Presidents, a radio version of Much Ado About Nothing and
workshop productions of The Devil is an Ass and Candide. Other recent directing projects include The Caucasian Chalk Circle for
Shotgun Players, and a critically acclaimed revival of Eugene Ionesco’s The
Chairs for Aurora Theatre Co. Cliff has also staged plays for Marin
Shakespeare Company, The Marsh, Signal Theatre Co, Playground, DEO Ireland,
and touring productions for Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
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| Joshua
Pollock |
Joshua
Pollock has worked extensively throughout the Bay Area for over 15 years
as an award-winning composer, actor, and playwright (Security, Get Me
Rodd Keith!!) and throughout the world as a non-award-winning musician--with
his own band, Six Eye Columbia, and in collaboration with the likes of John
Cale, Flea, Damo Suzuki, Gong, Acid Mothers Temple, Pansy Division, and
Texas punk/blues legend Gary Floyd, amongst others. He has recently released
his first CD as a turntablist (Patience Cleveland, under the nom
de plume DJ Female Convict Scorpion), and narrated the A&E documentary
Hairdos & Heartache: Women Of Country Music. Josh has been
with Rough & Tumble since it's inception. |
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John
Thomas |
John
Thomas: Musician (singer in the Human Being Band). Actor. Educator. Love
Child of Fats Domino & Nina Simone. Transnavigator. Missionary for The
NeoHooDoo Amerikan Church ("we make fits fo' yo' head"). Refugee
from Planet 10. Afrofuturist. Eulipian. (Can you hear me, now?) |
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