CAST BIOGRAPHIES

BONNE KRAMER (Mark Twain’s Mother, Aunt Sally, Clara, Emmeline Grangerford) Bonne just returned to NYC after excellent reviews playing Kaye in The Taffetas at the Springer Opera House. Nat’l Tours: MTI’S Broadway Jr.! (Into the Woods-“Baker's Wife”), The Scarlet Pimpernel; Harry James and The Sounds of the Andrews Sisters- “LaVerne/Swing.” NYC Credits: Macy’s Lights up the Holidays w/Anika Noni Rose, “Cedarella,” American Girl Theater, The American Theatre of Actors (Off-Off Broadway),  Bridge to Terabithia- “Miss Edmunds”, and many workshops.  Favorite Regional: Company- “Sara”, And The World Goes ’Round-“Woman #3”, A Little Night Music- “Petra”, Guys and Dolls- “Sarah Brown”, The Mystery of Edwin Drood- “Princess Puffer”, and Showplace (Surflight Theatre). Bonne has also been playing bassoon for over 13 years, and performs in various orchestral ensembles. She received her B.A. in Musical Theatre from The University of Tampa. www.bonnekramer.com

LANCE OLDS (Huck Finn) Proud member of Actors Equity Association. Credits include the 1st National Tour of Footloose and Carnival! at the Kennedy Center. Off-Broadway credits include NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ productions at City Center and Naked Boys Singing! (as a “swing”, he performed every track in that show). Other clothed credits: “Robert Ford” in Missouri Legend – Metropolitan Playhouse; “Frankie” in Forever Plaid – Flat Rock/Ogunquit Playhouse; “Huck” in Big River – PSMT, Seattle, 1992; “Huck” in Huck Finn – Stage One, Louisville, 2000; “Tom Sawyer” in a musical adaptation/workshop of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Theatreworks/USA, 2003. When not playing Huck or Tom, he periodically teaches ballroom/swing dancing, and appeared as a principal dancer in Enchanted, Stepford Wives, Mona Lisa Smile, and Kate & Leopold. Lance also occasionally moonlights as a singer/songwriter. Original songs and more details at www.lanceolds.com. Lance is most excited about his newest role as father to his daughter Anwyn!

BARRY PHILLIPS (Jim) is very pleased to be making his return to Off-Broadway, after concentrating on film and television most recently. He next appears in the feature Real Men Wear Pink as "Mr. Lowery – the eccentric, drill instructor, gym teacher" - which goes before the cameras this May. Other recent work includes leading roles in the films Roulette Night (Austin and Queens International Film Festivals), Stanley Cuba (Santa Barbara, Milan, and Brooklyn International Film Festivals and now acquiring distribution), and television roles on 30 Rock, Wonder Showzen, and All My Children. Previous stage work includes Telling the Leaves (Finalist - Samuel French 1-Act Competition); A Doctor's Visit as "Moses Maimonides" (Winner - Samuel French 1-Act Competition); and "Gandhi" in Gandhi Goes Fishing for the Vital Theatre Company. Other credits number Off-Broadway work including The Vineyard Theatre, regional work including Goodspeed Opera House, and past study includes Michael Moriarty, Stella Adler, Bill Graham, Eric Loeb, Bob Lambert, Peter Kelley; currently Jeffrey Stocker. More details at www.actorbarryphillips.com, and special Thanks to Walt Stepp for this wonderful "ride on the ribber."

BILL TATUM (Mark Twain) Bill has been seen in The Chosen Wife and The View From K Street Steak at Altered Stages. The last three Summers in Vermont found him in The Subject Was Roses, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and Lee Blessing’s A Body Of Water respectively. Bill is a member of the WorkShop Theater Company where last season he was in the member-written plays, Intellectuals and Never Missed A Day. Elsewhere in the city, Jeffrey Sweet’s Bluff (78th Street Theatre Lab), Who Killed Johnny Hanson (ATA, Jean Dalrymple Award), Angel Wings by Murray Schisgal (Neighborhood Playhouse), The Last Girl Singer by Deborah Grace Winer (Woman’s Project), Stormbound and Fair Weather Friends (Playwrights Horizons). His TV Appearances include As The World Turns, Law & Order, The Office Party and On The Water. Bill’s granddaughter, Alexzandra, was two years old on December 5th. Bill has been a proud member of Actors Equity Association for over twenty years.