Michael I. Green (Harding) is
making his debut at the AE with this extraordinarily talented cast. During
his 20's, Mike was involved in 22 productions, acting, stage managing, and
directing Off-Broadway and regional theaters. After a 39 year lapse as a
physicist, he has appeared in 14 shows in 4 years at Pleasanton Playhouse,
Odyssey Players, Onstage, Stage 1 Repertory, MIRA, and Solano College
Theatres. Recent roles include: I'm
Not Rappaport (Nat), Miracle on 34th Street (Kris Kringle), Prelude
to a Kiss (Old Man), and Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar Wolf). Special thanks to his wife and family who are his best
supporters.
Bob Gudmundsson (Starling) is making his acting debut with AE in this production.
He has been active with AE for a number of years doing set
construction work and Stage Managing. He
blames it all on his mother.
Margaret Gudmundsson (Director)
has directed several plays for AE including a sell-out Murder at the Vicarage
in 1999. She also directed The Fire Bugs, and Coastal
Disturbances. Her most recent
acting role with AE was Bea in Other People’s Money.
Ralph Miller (Edison)
last performed at
Live Oak as Henry Drummond in AE’s production of Inherit The Wind in 2000.
Ralph has worked with the Company for over 30 years and is on the Board.
Other AE plays he has done in recent
years are This Day And Age, You Can’t Take It with You, Painting
Churches, and Breaking The Code. He’s also appeared with Marin
Theatre Company, The Willows (Concord), Center Rep in Walnut Creek (Scrooge in A
Christmas Carol), and many other East Bay community theatres. Ralph has also
been active in films (The Californians) and TV (Nash Bridges). He
and his wife, Virginia, live in Berkeley.
Tom Reilly
(Ford) returns
to acting in this production after a 22-year hiatus devoted to the practice of
law. His last role was as dueling matinee idol Tony Cavendish in Actors
Ensemble's The Royal Family in 1981. Mr. Reilly is pleased to be
playing another historical character, having previously portrayed Abraham
Lincoln, Henry David Thoreau, Jean-Paul Marat, Isaac Newton, William
Shakespeare, Charlemagne, and the Angel Gabriel. He dedicates this performance
to the 1958 Ford Edsel, the ugliest car of his childhood.
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