Halena Kays* (Director) is a 1996 graduate of Northwestern University. She is artistic director of Barrel of Monkeys and director of their long-running show That's Weird, Grandma. Halena is a member of The Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit and a Hypocrites company member. Halena has worked as a teacher, professional actor and director in Chicago for the past six years. She has performed with The Factory Theater, Roadworks Productions, The Hypocrites, Steppenwolf Theater, Strawdog Theater, the Bailiwick, Shattered Globe, SMC, and 500 Clown. Halena was nominated (best supporting actress) for her role as Kimberly in Stupid Kids and has won both After Dark Awards and Joseph Jefferson Citations for Acting and Directing in Chicago. Halena is also a correspondent for "Artbeat Chicago" on WTTW where she has the pleasure of interviewing many of the country's most talented performers.

Sean Graney (adapter) is the artistic director of The Hypocrites. Plays produced in Chicago include The 4th Graders Presents an Unnamed Love-Suicide (produced by The Side Project), and En Mortem (produced by Flush Puppy). He also was the winner of the Collaboraction Sketchbook '02 with his short piece The Wedding Album of Sandy Benito's Wedding. This spring Terrapin Theatre is producing his play Requiem in a Light-Aqua Room.

Featuring Aaron Cedolia, Matt Miller, Eric Roach, Steve Wilson*, Amanda Putman*, Birgitta Victorson, Stacy Stoltz*, Jen Grace*, Brennan Buhl, Jim Green, Tom Malinowski

*Denotes Company Member

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