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Richard Ballon	RICHARD BALLON’S work has been performed in New York City at the Manhattan Theater Source’s Sola Voces / Estrogenius Festival, Stage Left’s Women at Work and Left Out Festivals, Emerging Artist Theater’s One Man Talking, and Native Alien’s Short Stories 5. Other works, some of which were supported by the Massachusetts Arts Council, have been performed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, The Shea Theater in Turners Falls. Two plays were commissioned by Easthampton High School for their Gay Pride Week. When the Dead Talk Back, is a Halloween program by Ballon which has been performed by an ensemble in Wendell and Royalston Libraries, as well as at Out of The Blue Gallery in Cambridge. Other work has been performed at the Universal Theater in Provincetown and The Devanaughan Theater in Boston. His work has also been seen in The Last Frontier Theater Conference, Valdez, The Dylan Thomas Festival in Chicago, Walking the Wire Festival in Iowa City and the Inspirato Festival, Toronto. Richard Ballon?s work is minimal. He believes the short play is the poem of the theater and the monologue, its lyric. He is a member of the Dramatist?s Guild. Richard’s plays, Desert Storm & The Perfect Match will be performed.
Robin Bennett	ROBIN BENNETT is thrilled to be a part of Flush Ink Productions.  Robin most recently appeared as Norman in 'Table Manners'. Other appearances include, Valmont in 'Dangerous Liasons' (Best Actor 2008), the Old Man in Craig Lucas' 'Prelude to a Kiss' (Best Supporting Actor 2006), Serge in Yasmina Reza's 'Art',  Doctor Miranda in Ariel Dorfmann's 'Death and the Maiden' and Tom Duncan in Norm Foster's 'Maggie's Getting Married'. Directing credits include two Asphalt Jungle V plays for Flush Ink,  'The Affections of May' by Norm Foster (June 2010), 'Queen Milli of Galt' (Best Director, Best Production 2009) by Gary Kirkham, 'The Vagina Monologues', 'Alien Guest', 'The Perfect Manhattan' (Best Production 2005), 'No Exit', 'Keeping Tom Nice', and 'The Woman in Black'. Robin has studied with the British American Drama Academy and the Juilliard School.  He would like to thank all those wonderful people who understand a passion must be observed. Robin will be directing EXIT STRATEGY, BALANCE, MANNEQUIN & NECROSEXOLOGY 101. Robin will be acting in LOST, ENIGMAS & SUCH AS WE.
Samuel Liam Bentley	SAMUEL LIAM BENTLEY is doing his victory lap at KCI and has been part of the Tech Crew since starting there, which he loves. He emerged from the womb looking for the stage. He had his first agent by five, much to the horror of his mum. He has been in several films and television shows. He has taken several drama courses, including a three week Shakespeare intensive with Prof. Leslie O’Dell, when he was eight. His favourite performances were in Due South (Paul Gross is really cool!), The Spreading Ground with Dennis Hopper and Witch Blade. His live performances include playing Puck and Macbeth in ‘A Midsummer’s Afternoon Nap’. But what he really wants to do is direct………………….film! Sam has been our Everything Man for Asphalt Jungle Shorts, She Speaks and UNHINGED and will be that for AJS VI.
Jessalyn Broadfoot	JESSALYN BROADFOOT is a 21 year-old, small-town-raised fan of life! She is a 4th year student at the University of Waterloo, double majoring in Drama and Speech Communication. Her theatre credits go way back to high school with her favourite role being an ensemble member of Godspell, singing "Turn Back, O Man." Most recently, her involvement includes Beth in Single & Sexy '08, the Lil' Coochie Snorcher That Could in The Vagina Monologues, and Jessalyn/Pie Singer in Differ/End: The Caledonia Project, which has toured to Kitchener City Hall and Calabria, Italy. Jessalyn has also co-directed/produced The Vagina Monologues at the University of Waterloo for the past two years. She likes to sing and loves to challenge herself in theatre that does the unexpected. Jessalyn joined us for She Speaks 2010. Jessalyn will be performing in ENIGMAS, LIPSTICK & CIGARETTES and SUCH AS WE.
Virgil Burnett	VIRGIL BURNETT was born in Kansas in 1928, Virgil Burnett is an author and illustrator whose work has been widely published in Europe and North America. He received his undergraduate education at Columbia University in New York, where he studied with Edward Melcarth, a Social realist painter. In 1950 he was drafted, trained as a combat engineer and sent to Europe where he served for two years in a propaganda company as an artist-illustrator. After his military service he attended graduate school at Berkeley, taking a master's degree in art history. When a Fulbright scholarship took Burnett to Paris in 1956, he encountered other expatriate artists including David Hill, who remained a close friend until his death in 1977. Burnett also met Maurice Darantiere, a French publisher, who made him aware of the expressive possibilities of the book arts. By 1960 he was working primarily as an illustrator. A professor in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Waterloo since the early 1970's, Burnett has created an artistic oeuvre of extraordinary scope and breadth. (From Beglo, Jo Nordley. "Text, Image, Memory, and Illusion" in Virgil Burnett: a Retrospective Exhibition 1960-1990. Waterloo, Ont.: University of Waterloo Library, 1991). Virgil has kindly allowed us to use his beautiful ‘muse’ as artwork for She Speaks. We are thrilled to include him as a writer, another of his passions. Virgil Burnett’s play, ENIGMAS, was adapted from his book (with input from Paddy Gillard-Bentley), Towers at the Edge of a World
Jennifer Cornish	JENNIFER CORNISH began studying acting at the age of 8 and has been annoying people with silly voices and obscure play references ever since.  Recent, other, theatrical credits include: Queen Milli of Galt, Les Liasons Dangereuses, As Bees In Honey Drown, Money And Friends, "Alien Guest" (Galt) and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (KWLT).  She assist-directed the 2008 Galt charity performance of Vagina Monologues and was lately seen in the interactive film project, American Shot (GUIST Productions) for 2009 CAFKA.  Her first play, Permit Me Please was performed in less than a minute in AJS IV. Jennifer is part of Urban Scrawlers. Her portrayal of the Groucho"-esque Master of Ceremonies in Asphalt Jungle Shorts V (2009) will remain one of her favourites for a long time. Plus, she got to keep the tux. It turns out she resides on a farm with an expanding assortment of colour-coordinated animal companions and an expert rapier duelist. Jennifer co-wrote SOCK TO ME with Roger Sumner.
Nicholas Cumming	NICHOLAS CUMMING is a local theatre creator with a BA in Drama and English from the University of Waterloo. He has been a company member of the Multicultural Theatre Space since 2004. He has appeared in Exit Strategy, Yes or No!, Seasons of Immigration, Legion of Memory I + II, Me Here/Me Happy, Motio X Industria, and Three Legged Horse with the MT Space; Tennessee Williams’ I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow with Poor Tom Productions; Asphalt Jungle Shorts I, II & III with Flush Ink; and Mimetic Flesh/Mimetic Hotel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Spring Awakening with UW Drama. He directed and wrote The Children’s Crusade for the UPStart Fringe 2007, and HE for UPStart 2004.  He is a poet and playwright currently working on several plays with Pat the Dog, KW’s professional playwrights’ development centre. He is also a member of the earthling collective, whose WARMER project is examining the environment and human dynamics in a local context. Nick wrote COPY PROTECTION – part of UNHINGED ’08 and co-wrote TIMED RELEASE with Katharine Mills which they performed in UNHINGED ’09 at Exhibit Café. Nick is part of Urban Scrawlers. Nick will be directing WHAT’S IN THE BOX, DESRT STORM & LIPSTICK & CIGARETTES. Nick will be performing in EXIT STRATEGY, DOUBLE-EDGED WORD & THINGS THEY DON’T TELL US.
C.J. Ehrlich	C.J. Ehrlich's one-acts plays have been produced in five states, one province, and off-off Broadway. Favorite productions: NOIR IN SECOND CLASS ("She Speaks", Flush Ink Productions), THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL (Brooklyn Playwrights Collective “Dramatizing Dante Fest" NYC), TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE (American Globe Theatre, NYC); THE LILAC TICKET (Little Fish Theatre, Los Angeles), WHOM DEATH DOTH SEEE/k: A Comedy of Sex, Death and Shoes (Denton, TX). Full-length comedies under construction: THE HAPPINESS CURE (with Philip Kaplan), and THIS TIME WE’LL MAKE IT WORK. C.J. is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the ICWP. She is thrilled to be part of the whirlwind of creativity that is the Asphalt Jungle. Thanks to ZBG and ASE, for all things. C.J’s Website: C.J’s play, THE THINGS THEY DON’T TELL US, will be performed.
Andrew Frey	ANDREW FREY divides his time between acting, working in the high tech sector, and traveling. An active member of the local theatre community for the past ten years, Andrew has been involved in over thirty productions, both on stage and behind the scenes. His favourite stage credits include "The Melville Boys" (Theatre Three-Eleven), "The Weir" (Next Level Theatre), "Hamish" (Elmira Theatre Company), and "White Noise" (Surrender Dorothy Productions). Andrew will appear in BALANCE, DESERT STORM and NECROSEXOLOGY.
Paddy Gillard-Bentley	PADDY GILLARD-BENTLEY has been involved in one aspect of theatre or another since her Mother, Tessa, was four months pregnant with her, performing in Time Out For Ginger. Her full-length play, Shaking the Dew from the Lilies, debuted in Kitchener, Ont. Canada, in November 2002 and received its American premier in 2005, in Denver, Co. Quantum Entanglement has been produced several times (Philadelphia, Calgary, Kitchener). Her one-acts, White Noise, Sanguine Sonata & Comic Strip, and many shorter plays have been produced in Canada, the US, and UK. Frailty Thy Name is Woe has been published by Meriwether in Volume II of Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays (between a play by Arthur Miller and Steve Martin’s Underpants). And Then Full Circle has been published in Mother/Daughter Monologues Volume 4: Urgent Maturity Paddy is the Artistic Director and founder of Flush Ink Performing Arts and a former President of ICWP (International Centre for Women Playwrights). Paddy’s plays online. Paddy’s play, MATT & JEFF DO ROMEO & JULIETT WITH ZOMBIES, and ENIGMAS, she worked from a piece by Virgil Burnett. Paddy will be directing DOUBLE-EDGED WORD, ONE NIGHT, THE PERFECT MATCH & SOCK TO ME.
Alan Haehnel	ALAN HAEHNEL is an English teacher and playwright from Hartford, Vermont.   He has taught for 20 years.  He has published over 80 plays.   He has a wife and three children and longs for the day he can write full time.   Alan’s play, TIN CUP, will be performed
Yohanan Kaldi	YOHANAN KALDI began to write for the theatre some years ago, mainly libretti for operas, like: THE BIG BAKERY ROBBERY – opera buffa (based on two short stories by Haruki Murakami); winner of the 2007 International Libretto Competition of NetzZeit Vienna, The Luzerne Theatre (Switzerland) and OperaGenesis (ROH2), London. Music: Misato Mochizuki (Japan). World premiere: Luzerne Theatre, January 2009. Second premiere: NetzZeit Theatre, Vienna, February 2009. Next production: Sunsory Festival, Tokyo, March 2010, with additional performances in Osaka. OPERATION MIDNIGHT - a comic mystery opera that was produced by the "bonn chance!" Music Theatre of Oper Bonn, Germany. Music: Richard Farber. MACHA'S DIARY - chamber opera on the life and loves of the Czech Romantic poet Karel Hynek Macha. Premiered at the Prague National Theatre's Kolowrat Auditorium. Music: Emil Viklicky (Czech Republic). THE AXE - a horror opera after the play "Graf Öderland" by Max Frisch. Music: Max E Keller (Switzerland); commissioned by the Swiss Pro Helvetia Foundation and the Komische Oper Berlin. Yohanan - born in Hungary, in Israel since 1968, married. Has three children, two dogs, lives with his wife Hagar in a village on the northern rim of the Negev Desert. Yohanan’s play, TOTEM, was performed in AJS IV and TOWER OF PASSION in AJS V. Yohanan’s play, WHAT’S IN THE BOX, will be performed.
Brian Z. Kelly	BRIAN Z. KELLY became involved with Flush Ink as a corporate sponsor, and in the wee cracks chiseled out of his entrepreneurial existence began to try his hand at writing and acting and directing. Having recently jumped off the executive roller coaster he is now finding the time to properly explore his passions for the performing and visual arts. He has resumed and deepened his delving in photography and film and is composing songs that sound not at all like gibberish. Mr. Z. Kelly plays guitar, plays and coaches soccer, plays pond hockey, but more than all these things, he loves to hang out with his son, Liam. Brian was our M.C. for She Speaks 2007 & 2008, and has done most of the promo photography for Asphalt Jungle Shorts. He is the Marketing Director for Flush Ink Productions and is currently on contract with The Magnetic North Theatre Festival as Logistics Coordinator. Brian will performing his own piece, TRY TO TELL YOU.
Tracey Kenyon	TRACEY KENYON is proud to be working with Flush Ink Productions Inc. She has been an active member in theatre for the past 16 years. Her favourite stage credits include Flush Inks Productions of “Asphalt Jungle Shorts I – V, Elmira Theatre’s “Ten times Two” (Constance et al), and Theatre in the Trees’ “Funny Valentine” (Zan). Tracey is the Artistic Director of Mysterious Players and can be seen performing murder mysteries and comedy improv shows in many interesting locations. Tracey has been involved with Flush Ink Productions from the beginning, and served on the Board of Directors. Tracey will be performing in EXIT STRATEGY, LOST & WHAT’S IN THE BOX.
Shirley King	SHIRLEY KING’S first play won a California Arts Council contest for Best New Play and was produced in 2002. Since then, her plays have had more than sixty productions, workshops and staged readings in the USA, Canada, the UK and Korea. Her two-act play, GEOGRAPHY, about Hurricane Katrina, was a Winner in Solano Repertory Company's New Play Competition and was nominated for Arty and an Elly Awards. Her ten-minute play, NAME GAME, was a finalist in the 2009 Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival. Shirley’s short play AIR RAGE will be produced this spring for Chicago's Ritalin Festival and my children's play SWEEPLESS will be produced as a musical this summer by the Teen Performance Ensemble of Prince George’s County. SARAH OPTS OUT will be produced this summer by New York Artists Unlimited and BLINKING IN TREETOPS was produced April 22-24 by Thespian Productions, Frt. Myers, Florida. Shirley is a member of the Dramatist Guild, Playwrights Center and The International Center for Women Playwrights. She lives in Benicia, California. lives in Benicia, California.  Shirley’s Home Page Shirley’s plays, The Orange Whistle, Name Game & No Dice have all been part of Flush Ink Productions. This AJS, Shirley’s play, LOST, will be performed.
Gary Kirkham	GARY KIRKHAM is a playwright, actor, filmmaker, et al. His play, Queen Milli of Galt, won the Samuel French Canadian Playwriting Competition and will be part of the 2007 Blyth Festival Season. His one act play, Look, was adapted into a short film staring Mike Peng and Alan Sapp. Falling: A Wake, premiered at the Registry Theatre March 15-24, and since then has been performed at the Blyth Festival, in New York, and back in Kitchener again. It has been optioned for broadway. Gary is a member of Lost & Found Theatre. He has also acted with Theatre & Company and most recently, MT Space, touring in their version of The Season of Immigration. Gary spent years as an improviser with several comedy troupes including Mental Floss and was in The Second City’s Master class. And, if you didn’t blink, you might have seen him in several sketches on The Kids in the Hall. As a filmmaker, Gary filming Bard on the Street, a series of Shakespearean monologues performed on locations throughout the region. Gary’s play, BETH at 50 was performed in AJS I. LIVE NUDE MANNEQUIN, Gary’s wonderful short piece, will be performed.
Mark Harvey Levine	MARK HARVEY LEVINE'S had over 500 productions of his short plays all over the world from New York to Seoul to Sydney to Prague.  Evenings of his work have played in Sao Paulo (in Portuguese!), Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Boston and Indianapolis, with an upcoming production at Madlab Theatre in Columbus, OH.  His work has been translated into French (in Canada!), Hebrew, Japanese and Portuguese.  More info at www.markharveylevine.com.   He lives in Pasadena with his lovely wife and toddler. Thanks so much to Paddy Gillard-Bentley and everyone at Flush Ink.  His play “Take My Picture” was in last year’s Asphalt Jungle Shorts.  If you saw it, he has a photo of you. Mark’s play, BALANCE, will be performed.
Melissa Major	MELISSA MAJOR is double-jointed in her fingers. Selected theatre credits: Writer / Performer of Wanda T. Grimsby: Detective Extraordinaire (Lower Ossington Theatre), Director of Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco (Hiroic Productions), Director of Kid Cosmic (Cheshire Unicorn), co-writer/actor in Floozy: The Musical (Mellow Brown), writer of Even Burning (Razz Interactions, New Ideas Festival & Stagecrafters / Baldwin Theatre- Michigan), writer/actor of Unicorn Horns (Cheshire Unicorn at Nuit Blanche; IDEA 2007 World Congress of Theatre- Hong Kong; & Theatre Passe Muraille), writer/director of Kicking and Smiling (Cheshire Unicorn at Nuit Blanche and Squiggfest) and writer of Art is a Cupboard (The Sweat Company). She is the Artistic Director of The Cheshire Unicorn theatre company and is completing an MFA in playwriting. www.cheshireunicorn.com Melissa’s play is DOUBLE-EDGED WORD.
Mary Alice Mark	MARY ALICE MARK’S plays for young actors on social issues have been produced by New York Children’s Theatre, Miami Beach Community Theatre, Quest Theatre and Institute of West Palm Beach, Florida, Prairie Players Youth Theatre, (Iowa), Phoenix Theatre of Harlingen, Texas, and Enrichment Works, (L.A.). Her poem, Walls can be read on the social justice pages of Artists for Peace, Justice and Civil Liberties at www.taparts.org. Mary Alice lives with her family in Woodstock, New York. Mary’s play, SUCH AS WE, will be performed.
Lynda Martens	LYNDA MARTEN. This is Lynda's first time in AJS. An actor/director/playwright from London (Ont), she is trying to spend more time on longer projects, but finds short plays to be tremendous fun. She also enjoys golf and watching her cats groom each other. Check out her bio and blog at http://www.lyndamartens.com Lynda’s play, NECROSEXOLOGY 101 will be performed
Ian McKellar	IAN McKELLAR is looking forward to being a part of AJS once again. He made his debut with Flush Ink in AJS V, and has appeared several Flush Ink projects since, including She Speaks 2010. Ian has been involved in community theatre for about six years now, performing in KW, Guelph and Elmira. Ian is currently attending the University of Waterloo for Psychology. Ian will be performing in MATT & JEFF DO ROMEO & JULIET WITH ZOMBIES.
Katharine Mills	KATHARINE MILLS most recently appeared as Milli in Galt Little Theatre's production of Queen Milli of Galt. Other recent performances include stalking the Asphalt Jungle in various guises, appearances in Poor Tom Productions' I Can't Imagine Tomorrow and Still Life In Leather, and What!sInThere? Productions' Children's Crusade and Copy Protection (the latter of which was included in Unhinged 2008), and Timed Release, part of UNHINGED ’09. She is a poet, designer, and painter, studies singing, movement, and clown, and is perpetually fascinated by the interconnectedness of everything. Katharine has performed in AJS II, III, IV & V and read for She Speaks ’08 & ‘09. Katharine also acted in COPY PROTECTION and UNDERTOW, both part of UNHINGED ’08 and TIMED RELEASE – UNHINGED ’09. Katharine will be performing in MANNEQUIN, LIPSTICK & CIGARETTES and SUCH AS WE.
Jenni Munday	JENNI MUNDAY is an Australian performing artist who usually lives in the regional city of Albury-Wodonga (midway between Sydney and Melbourne). She creates work for her performing group, Elbow Room, for specific projects. The works are usually multimedia performances for non-traditional venues - the last piece was created mostly to tour to Art Galleries because it was about a famous Australian artist and included a lot of images of paintings. She has written mostly short plays, with one major work for her doctoral study; the adaptation of the novel Vita Brevis by Jostein Gaarder. Jenni is on the academic staff at Charles Sturt University, lecturing in Arts and Technology, the Board of her Regional Arts Board - Murray Arts, and belongs to the Melbourne Writers Theatre, Playworks, and the Australian Women Directors Association. Jenni is also on the board of directors for the International Centre for Women Playwrights. We are thrilled to have her back in Canada (during her last work here, she co-produced the first She Speaks and directed two pieces in Asphalt Jungle Shorts II), and look forward to working with her for AJS VI. Jenni will be directing LOST, ENIGMAS, MATT & JEFF DO ROMEO & JULIET WITH ZOMBIES and SUCH AS WE.
Jocelyn Perez	JOCELYN PEREZ is known as Panda. She's 17 years old. She's lives in Brooklyn New York. She's is a junior in high school. She's on her way to becoming an actress, although she hasn't performed in any show's or play's but she know that’s what she wants to be. She's in a group called “ STILL WATERS IN A STORM” that is where she found her love for writing. Now she writes short story's based on her life like “ONE NIGHT”. Jocelyn’s beautiful monologue ONE NIGHT will be performed.
Abigail Slinger	ABIGAIL SLINGER. Although a relative newcomer to the stage, Ms. Slinger will be entering her Second Year of an English and Theatre Studies Hon. BA program at the University of Guelph this September.  In 2008, she appeared in Guelph Little Theatre's ensemble production of The Curious Savage and landed the role of Constanze in Galt Little Theatre's 2009 production of Amadeus (Western Ontario Drama League selection).  She is very excited to be a part of this year's collection of Asphalt Jungle Shorts and wants to thank Ms. Gillard-Bentley for giving her the opportunity to help make some freakin' amazing art! Abigail will be performing in ONE NIGHT, DOUBLE-EDGED WORD & NECROSEXOLOGY.
Dwight Storring	DWIGHT STORRING is lives in Kitchener, Ont., where he regrets spending more time thinking about writing than doing it. So he is thankful for the support and encouragement of Flush Ink Productions, and particularly Paddy Gillard-Bentley for mounting “Lipstick and Cigarettes”. Dwight was a resident artist at Theatre and Company in the 2006-07 season and got his start in playwriting through its wonderful Writers Bloc program. His play “Red Dress” had a workshop reading at Theatre and Company in 2004. While thinking about writing, Dwight also conducts digital storytelling workshops, creates paintings and photographs, and works as a freelance digital media producer. Dwight’s play, LIPSTICK & CIGARETTES will be performed.
Krista Sweeney	KRISTA SWEENEY Krista is delighted to be making her Asphalt Jungle Shorts debut. Krista’s last performance was with a five-woman show with Inter Arts Matrix in 2009. Prior to that, she starred as Cynthia in Flush Ink’s production of Shaking the Dew From the Lilies at the Registry Theatre (2002). Krista has also performed with KW Musical Productions, (A Christmas Carol in 2007) and made her professional debut at the King’s Wharf Theatre in Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii. Although a lifetime ago, she fondly remembers her many leading roles at the University of Waterloo, including Chicago, Romeo & Juliet and Agnes of God. Her most challenging, yet rewarding, role to date is that of Mom to Paige, James, and Claire. P.S. I thank you. Krista will be performing in THE THINGS THEY DON”T TELL US & THE PERFECT MATCH.
Lindsay Stewart	LINDSAY STEWART has been a fixture in the region's arts and entertainment scene for more than two decades. As a singer and well regarded songwriter, he made the college radio charts and continues to record original material. He co-wrote a song that reached the finals of the 1994 CFNY New Music Search and has received airplay around the world. As a writer, he has published articles, features and interviews regionally and internationally covering theatre, music, politics and culture. His performance resume includes appearances in numerous television and film productions, most notably portraying Jimi Hendrix's producer Eddie Kramer in an MGM/Showtime feature. He portrayed a gun toting villain along side Milla Jovovich in .45, a jungle warrior in 16 episodes of Peter Benchley's Amazon and a variety of criminals, medieval warriors and small character parts. As a founding member of the board of directors of Flush Ink Performing Arts, Lindsay brings his unique talents and experience to the table. He operates a small video production company under the name GNP Moving Pictures, archives and produces the Flush Ink events and has been sought out by some of the regions finest musical talents as a videographer. He is a three time nominee for the region's performing arts awards. Lindsay is part of Urban Scrawlers. Lindsay is our filmographer.
Roger Sumner	ROGER SUMNER has appeared in every AJS show to date. In addition, you may have seen him playing downtown in both Unhinged festivals, She Speaks and the WARMER Project. He also just sort of turns up a lot. A dedicated dilettante and confirmed niobium addict, Roger likes to play with words, obsolete weapons, improvised musical instruments and gravity. Roger has performed in every Asphalt Jungle Shorts and performed in UNDERTOW part of UNHINGED ’09. He his part of Urban Scrawlers. Roger co-wrote SOCK TO ME with Jennifer Cornish. Roger will be performing in MATT & JEFF DO ROMEO & JULIET WITH ZOMBIES.
Arlene Thomas	ARLENE R. THOMAS is a local actor and producer and co-founder of Shadow Puppet Theatre. She is a graduate of the University of Windsor’s B.F.A-acting program and since then has appeared in numerous productions both in and outside Waterloo Region. Past productions include Asphalt Jungle Shorts I, II and III, Zazztrozzi, and Shadow Puppet Theatre’s Macbeth for which she was both performer and producer. She is now hard at work on Shadow Puppet Theatre’s next project, Faust, which is being produced in conjunction with The Centre for German Studies and for which she has received a grant from the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund. Arlene has been in Asphalt Jungle Shorts I – V, She Speaks, and she played the role of Jenna in White Noise in Unhinged 2009 Arlene will be performing BALANCE & SOCK TO ME.
	Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Hector Vasquez, cellist, began his musical training at the National Conservatory of his native city with the Belgian maestro Leon Roy. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Violoncelle performance) at the National Conservatory in Puerto Rico with Adolfo Odnopossof and the internationally renowned Catalonian cellist Pablo Casals. He then studied with Claus Kanngiesser at Germany’s Musikhochschule of the Saarland in Saarbrucken, and later also with maestro Sir William Pleeth in London, England, and with the Brazilian maestro Aldo Parisot at Yale University. While in England, Hector played period instruments with “The Early Cello Consort,” touring the United Kingdom and Europe. Hector has been principal cellist of the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, Soloist of Venezuela, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. In Florida, where he lived in 2000-2003, he was principal cellist at the Florida Grand Opera, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Florida Chamber Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Pops, and Boca Pops. In Canada since 2004, Hector has played with the Waterloo Chamber Players, the Waterloo Community Orchestra, and he has been principal cellist of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Soloist of Venezuela, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata de Solistas, Florida Chamber Orchestra, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and the Antioquia Symphony Orchestra, Medellin, Colombia. Hector is also active as a recitalist. His many recitals have included the Conrad Grebel Noon Recitals; K-W Chamber Music Society; various series in Colombia, including those in Bogotá, Cali, and Medellin; the Teatro Teresa in Carreno, Venezuela; and the Carnegie Recital Hall, New York. Hector Vasquez will perform the Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major with the Waterloo Chamber Players in April 2008. And he will perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra in March 2008. Hector will be performing in ONE NIGHT – not every night.
Michael G. Wilmot	MICHAEL WILMOT is a writer/actor based in London Ontario Canada. His work will be part of the Inspirato Festival in Toronto this June and has also been performed at the Grand Theatre's Playwrights Cabaret in 2008 and 2009. His One Act play 7-10 Split, be presented during the NAAA Play Reading Festival in England, also this June. His One Act play Loveshack"was short-listed at the 2008 Aurora Playwrights of Spring Festival, won numerous awards at the 2008 London One Act Play Festival including "Best Original Script" and was also nominated for a Brickenden Award in the same category. It will also be performed in the 2009 London Fringe Festival and is currently being expanded into a full length version. Michael had his play, A Simple Question, was performed last year in AJS V. Michael is very pleased and excited to be part of Asphalt Jungle Shorts and is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Michael’s play, EXIT STRATEGY, will be performed.
Bruce Wolff	BRUCE WOLFF is an Asphalt Jungle veteran. This will be his sixth tour thru the jungle, and each one has been unique and amazing. Bruce has also been a regular cast member for She Speaks, held again this past March, 2010 at Kitchener City Hall. He lends his time to Flush Ink Productions on their Board of Directors, and has been proud to do so since its inception. Of course all this happens when he’s not working at the Biology Department at the University of Waterloo as an Instructor, and being a dad to two teenagers… ‘nough said. Bruce will be performing in LOST, BALANCE & WHAT’S IN THE BOX .
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