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SEBASTIAN AGUIRRE -- Photographer/Graphic Designer birthplace: El Paso, TX primary specialty: Photography/Design secondary specialty: Drinking Personal Quote: "If you ever drop your keys into a vat of molten lava, let 'em go. Because man...they're gone" -- Jack Handy Groundbreaking Performances: "Buried Child" by Shephard did it for me.

ERIN BARLOW -- Company Manager birthplace: Tulsa, OK primary specialty: Acting secondary specialty: Selling clothing Personal Quote: "I'm a, uh... theatre person." -- Laura Linney in "The Savages" Groundbreaking Performances: Marlowe's "Edward II" at Chicago Shakes

SUZANNE BRACKEN birthplace: Cleveland, OH primary specialty: Characters secondary specialty: Helping Personal Quote: Live today, hope for tomorrow, learn from the past. Strandard Island Play: "Twelfth Night"

ERIC BRANSON birthplace: Fort Ord, CA primary specialty: Lighting secondary specialty: Sound Personal Quote:"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think." -- Dorothy Parker Stranded Island Play: "Happy Days"

BRIAN CICIRELLO more info to come

CORY CONRAD -- Production Manager birthplace: Carlye, IL primary specialty: 5' 6" secondary specialty: Not a midget. Personal Quote: "Who are these people?" Stranded Island Play: "Richard III" Other Active Companies: Steppenwolf

JOEL EWING -- Managing Director birthplace: The Women's Sanitarium in Independence, MO primary specialty: Baking Pies secondary specialty: Eating Pies personal quote: "Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes, well, he eats you." -- The Stranger Groundbreaking Performance: My fourth grade Just Say No/D.A.R.E production in which I played not the young hero who found the strength to not succumb to the pressures of drugs, but rather the peddler and pusher Jake "The Snake In The Grass". I would like to think that the depth and complexity that I brought to this role is directly tied to the large Meth Lab base found in rural Missouri today. Other Active Companies: Open Cage Ensemble

ERIN FAST birthplace: Kansas primary specialty: Costume Design secondary specialty: Container gardening personal quote: "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -- Oscar Wilde Groundbreaking Performance: the dream ballet in "Oklahoma!" Other Active Companies: Red Twist Theatre, Resident Costume Designer

AMBER HILGENKAMP birthplace: Dodge County Memorial Hospital -- Freemont, NE 68025 primary specialty: Production Management secondary specialty: Vacationing as often as possible personal quote: "Don't worry about tomorrow - it's already tomorrow in Australia" -- Charles Schultz Groundbreaking Performance: Seeing "Where the Wild Are" at The Emmy Gifford Children's Theatre in the third grade. Other Active Companies: Goodman Theatre and I root for Writers' Theatre & New Leaf

ANDERS JACOBSON -- Technical Director birthplace: Evanston, IL primary specialty: Scenic Design secondary specialty: Painting Personal Quote: Personal quotes stress me out. Groundbreaking Performance: "Streetcar Named Desire" Other Active Companies: Family

BECCA LASSER birthplace: Lincoln, NE primary specialty: Acting secondary specialty: rhythm tap dancing Personal Quote: "Ninety percent of the game is half mental." -- Yogi Berra Groundbreaking Performances: "Crave" by Sarah Kane Other Active Companies: Child's Play Touring Company

MADELINE LONG -- Communications Manager birthplace: Washington, D.C. primary specialty: Acting secondary specialty: Panicing (and PR) Personal Quote:"Eighty percent of success is showing up." -- Woody Allen Groundbreaking Performance: "Dirty Dancing" (not the musical)

ALLISON MCNEELA birthplace: Joliet, IL primary specialty: Acting secondary specialty: Shopping Personal Quote: There is no such thing as probablity. Groundbreaking Performance: "Annie" - The 1983 movie with Aileen Quinn

DEBORAH PROUD birthplace: Minnesota primary specialty: Acting secondary specialty: Procrastinating Personal Quote: "Sweet pants!" or "If you use it often enough it will become intuitive" Groundbreaking Performance: Miss Adelaide, "Guys & Dolls" Other Active Companies: Piccolo Theatre

JUDY RADOVSKY more info to come

GLENN PROUD -- Artistic Director birthplace: Chicago Heights, IL primary specialty: Acting/directing secondary specialty: SPY personal quote: Fuck!!! Strandard Island Play: "The Crucible" Other Active Companies: Piccolo Theatre

JOSHUA AARON WEINSTEIN -- Executive Director birthplace: Washington, D.C. primary specialty: Playwright secondary specialty: Film Personal Quote: “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.” -- Charlie Chaplin Stranded Island Play: "Arcadia" Other Active Companies: WCProductions

CHRIS ZDENEK birthplace: Kennesaw, GA primary specialty: Actor secondary specialty: Physical Theater Personal Quote: "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly." -- Pooh Groundbreaking Performances: Mud: first by reading it, then by seeing the Hypocrites production of it. I was reminded, at a crucial time in my life, that theater is awesome.