| The Cast of Reefer Madness: The Musical! |
Michael Letch (The Lecturer): |
Matthew Bartlett (Jimmy
Harper): Originally from southern New Hampshire, Matthew began acting at age 14 in a production of
Romeo and Juliet
and has since acted through high school and college. Recently, he could be seen as Jonathan in David: The Musical
and starring in a short film at Emerson College. He is thrilled to be playing Jimmy Harper and working alongside
the rest of the cast and crew.
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Penny Hansen (Mary Lane): Penny Hansen is thrilled to portray the sweet-as-pie yet secretly sassy Mary Lane. A native of the Chicagoland area,
Penny came to Beantown to earn her MM in Opera Performance at the Boston Conservatory, where she graduated last May.
Favorite roles span across the genres of musical theatre, operetta, and opera and include Woman #1 in
Songs For A New World,
Marian the Librarian
in The Music Man, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Tytania in Britten's
A Midsummer Night's Dream .
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Kevin Cirone (Jack): Kevin Cirone is a professional actor from Boston with over 25 film and
television credits and multiple stage appearances, including "The Tempest", "Our Town", and the lead
in the Boston world premiere of "Softly Unsaid". He has also enjoyed much success writing and performing
with the Boston improv and sketch comedy troupe "Bragging to Children". Kevin turns over a new 'leaf' as
the charismatic cad Jack in "Reefer Madness", his first (of many) Loki Art-stravaganzas!
www.kevincirone.com
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Katie Ford (Mae): Katie is very excited to be playing Mae in Loki Arts first production, Reefer Madness! She is also
enjoying being on the Loki Arts Board of Directors. She is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic
Academy in NYC, where she studied musical theater. She currently sings with a 16 piece swing orchestra called
the South Shore Swing Shift. Some of her favorite musical theater roles include Rizzo ( Grease, Turtle Lane Playhouse),
Georgie Bukatinsky (Full Monty, Turtle Lane Playhouse), Maddie (River of Babylon , en Vivo Productions), and Soupy Sue
( Urinetown: The Musical, Vokes Theatre). Katie is thrilled to be working with the cast and crew of Reefer Madness..
Especially her favorite stage manager, Robin.
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Ray O'Hare (Ralph):A Quincy resident, Ray is happy to help make
Loki Arts a reality. He has experience as an award-winning actor, director and
set designer. Past acting credits on Boston area stages include Once Upon a
Mattress, MacBeth, Nunsense A-Men!,
Disney's Beauty And The Beast, Chicago, A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to The Forum and Jesus Christ Superstar. He also performs
with the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra, and has appeared on their CD releases. A
self-proclaimed comic book nerd, he also is a co-artist and writer at
TurboComics.com |
Shonna McEachern (Sally): Shonna
is excited to be a part of Loki's first show! Most recently, she was
seen as Johanna in Sweeney Todd with WCLOC and Marta in Company
with Southborough Players. Some of her favorite roles include
Lizzie in Baby (TCAN and MCC), Percy in The Spitfire Grill
(Concord Players), The Leading Player in Pippin, Jan in
Grease (both at Turtle Lane), the Jester in Once Upon a Mattress
(Animus Ensemble), and Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof (Reagle Players).
In addition to her onstage work, Shonna has performed in numerous recordings
with The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air including as the Ice Woman in
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Polychrome in their award winning Oz
series, Alice in The Clock, Belle in A Christmas Carol, and Berthe in The Cricket on the Hearth. A
graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, Shonna
made her television debut on ABC Family's The Scariest Places on Earth.
She lives in Framingham with her wonderful boyfriend, Eric. |
Allison Nichols (The Placard Girl)
Allison is very excited to be working with Loki Arts! She has most recently appeared as the Heavenly Friend in
Carousel
(Arlington Friends of the Drama), and as Helena in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(Hamilton College). Allison graduated from
Hamilton College in 2006 with a degree in Biology, and currently works as a Clinical Care Coordinator in the Cardiology
Division at the MGH. |
| Brian Toney (Featured) |
Kami Crary (Featured) Kami tasted the spotlight first at age 5 as Rose Red in the children's production of
Snow White
and Rose Red and has been bitten by the theater bug ever since. Behind the scenes her direction can been seen in Needham's
Production of Beauty and the Beast in November and with Braintree's
Godspell due out in the Spring of 2008. Her favorite roles
include Sissy (Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean), Marie (Scarlet Pimpernel) and Nancy in (Oliver). She thanks the cast and
production team for their hard work and gives her love to her family and friends for their continuous support. |
Jess Andra (Ensemble) Jess is honored to be part of Loki's first production! Most recently, she
was seen as Amy in Company with The Southborough Players. For the last three years, Jess sang with the recently disbanded
(ha!) Accidentals, a metrowest based band comprised of some of the most talented musicians around. Although she'll miss it,
she's glad to get back into theater. Yay! Jess is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. She
dedicates her performance to all those who believe in her!! |
Emma Boroson (Ensemble) Emma is thrilled to be part of the first Loki show! Some of her
recent roles include Anybodys (West Side Story, Arlington Friends of
the Drama), Ruthie (Bat Boy, Vokes), and in the cast of She Loves Me
(Concord Players). Emma has also music directed several productions
including Assassins (Brown University), Emma (Brown University), and
Joseph... (Temple Beth Shalom), and has played piano for many others.
She'd like to send a shout out to Jesus, and congratulations to the
entire Reefer cast!
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Mikey DiLoreto
(Ensemble):
is so utterly
stoked to be making his debut with Loki Arts and truly hopes to work with
this talented ensemble again and again.
(You have all provided me with side-splitting laughs and a swollen liver;
for that I am forever grateful.) Mikey is a Boston native whose recent area
productions have included the world
premiere of
Smoke and Mirrors: The
Short Stories of Neil Gaiman,
Pterodactyls,
The Winter’s Tale, Sin, Destruction, The Dining
Room and
Moonchildren.
His next endeavor will be
this April in
Barefoot in the Park
with Bad Habit Productions.
Mikey wishes to thank Eric for taking a chance on an unknown kid (and being
awesome); James, Becca and Robin for their patience and dedication; Mom, Dad
and Janny-Jay for all their love and support; Barbara and Stacy for being
the best friends a guy could have; and of course Team Happy Medium, because
without them he is nothing at all. Enjoy the show! |