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Doric Wilson (general director & founder; playwright; director) was one of the first playwrights at NYC's legendary Caffe Cino (where his photo was taken), his comedy AND HE MADE A HER opening there in 1961. A pioneer of the Off-Off-Broadway movement, he has written, directed, produced and/or designed over a hundred productions and was a founding member of Circle Repertory Theater and the Barr/Wilder/Albee Playwright's Unit. A participant in all three nights of the Stonewall Riots, he became active in the early days GAA (Gay Activist Alliance) and in 2004 was honored to be one of the Grand Marshals in NYC's Gay Pride March celebrating the 35th anniversary of Stonewall. As a "star" bartender/manager of the newly liberated gay bar scene, he opened such landmark institutions of inebriation as the Spike, TY’s and Brothers & Sisters Cabaret. In 1974, Doric Wilson formed TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence), the first professional theatre company to deal openly and honestly with the gay experience. In 2001 with Mark Finley and Barry Childs, he resurrected the company as TOSOS II. His plays STREET THEATER, THE WEST STREET GANG, FOREVER AFTER and A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP quickly became staples of the emerging gay theater circuit of the 1970s, winning numerous honors, including the first Robert Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement in Gay Theatre (1994). A full length version of an earlier Cino one act play NOW SHE DANCES! premiered in 2001 at the Flexible Deadlock Theatre (Glasgow, Scotland), directed by Steven Bottoms. For TOSOS II he directed Michael Lynch in Lanford Wilson’s THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT (LOOK AGAIN! Plays-in-Concert Series). He is working on a new play: AN OBJECT OF AFFECTION. His collected plays can be downloaded for free from his website: www.doricwilson.com (doricw@nyc.rr.com)

Mark Finley (artistic director; playwright; director) TOSOS II directing credits: YOUNG STOWAWAYS IN SPACE; three Chris Weikel plays, SPEAKING PARTS, GARETH AND LYNETTE and PENNY PENNIWORTH; four Doric Wilson plays, A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP (2003 oobr Award), STREET THEATER (Eagle NYC), THE WEST STREET GANG (LOOK AGAIN! Series) and a reading of NOW SHE DANCES!; and Kevin Brofsky’s DANCING STRAIGHT. TOSOS II LOOK AGAIN! plays-in-concert series: Robert Patrick’s T-SHIRTS and Robert Anderson’s TEA AND SYMPATHY. LISTEN UP-The Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwright Project: Felice Picano’s THE BOMBAY TRUNK and Garet Scott’s ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES. EAT (Emerging Artists Theater) directing credits: Jonathan Reuning's CREWNECK (PSNBC at HERE); Ted LoRusso's NOT I (Samuel French Festival); Bill McMahon's PEARLS AND DIGNITY (Samuel French Festival); Mark Lambeck's TUNA AND JACK* and Kevin Brofsky's I CAME TO NEW YORK TO DREAM* (*finalists in the Turnip 10-minute play competition at the American Globe Theater.) Other NYC directing credits include working at Abingdon Theatre, the Neighborhood Playhouse and with the NativeAliens Theater Collective. As a playwright, his TOSOS II include: HOW DO WE GET HER IN THE WATER? (MOVIE LOVER) and THE MERMAID, directed by Barry Childs. He is currently working on a film adaptation of his play CIVILIZED. Mark is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. (finberg1@juno.com)

Barry Childs (administrative director; director; producer) TOSOS II directing credits: the world premiere of Robert Patrick’s HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET (2004 oobr award), the reading of Tom Eyen’s SARAH B. DIVINE (LOOK AGAIN! Series), and Mark Finley's THE MERMAID. Producing credits: Doric Wilson’s STREET THEATER (The Eagle NYC); Weikel’s PENNY PENNIWORTH ( 2003 FringeNYC Festival) and Mark Finley's adaptation of YOUNG STOWAWAYS IN SPACE. Other NYC directing credits: Middleton and Rowley‘s THE CHANGELING and Shakespeare’s A WINTER'S TALE (Bottom's Dream Arts); THE FLUSHING CYCLE (Queens Theatre in the Park), and Joe Orton's THE ERPINGHAM CAMP. West Coast: Charles Ludlam's LE BOURGEOIS AVANT-GARDE, Maeterlinck's THE INTRUDER and Tom Eyen's MY NEXT HUSBAND WILL BE A BEAUTY. Barry holds a PhD in Theatre History from the University of Oregon, and has taught numerous classes in acting and theatre history at the University of North Dakota, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University of Oregon. (bchildsny@aol.com)

Company

Paul Adams (actor)

Wynne Anders (actor)

Chris Andersson (actor)

Anne Ashby (actor)

Jeffrey J. Bateman (actor)

Paul Batchelor (actor)

Ben Beckley (actor)

Helen Bessette (actor)

Ron Bopst (actor)

David Bell (playwright)

Ed Bodey (designer)

Jason Bowcutt (actor, director)

Christopher Borg (actor, director)

Peter Boruchowitz (actor, director)

Sharron Bower (actor)

Kevin Brofsky (playwright) made his TOSOS debut with his play DANCING STRAIGHT (part of the MOVIE LOVER triple feature). CLAYMONT, produced by Emerging Artists Theater (EAT) at the Intar Theater, ran in rep with the TOSOS production of YOUNG STOWAWAYS IN SPACE. His one-act play STRAWBERRY FIELDS was published by Samuel French in their 25th Annual Off-Off Broadway Festival series. He has written nearly 50 one-act plays which are widely performed in cities across the country. New York City productions of his full-length plays include STARS (New Village Productions and Spotlight Production; AWAKEN THE WOLVES (Spotlight Productions) both winner of Spotlight's Best Play Awards; LIVING WITH DRAGONS (Pulse Theater); the book for the musical NORTHERN BOULEVARD (AMAS Theater) which starred Rosetta LeNoire and THE MATINEE LADIES (Greenwich House and last summer at SNAP Productions in Omaha).

Jennifer Bryan (actor)

Andrew Caldwell (designer)

Morry Campbell (actor, composer, musician)

Jonathan Cedano (actor)

Melissa Center (actor)

Bob Cruz (playwright, director)

Liz Davito (actor)

Elisa DeCarlo (actor)

Joe DeFeo (actor)

Stephanie Deliani (actor)

Gail Dennison (actor)

Victoria Dicce (actor)

Brett Douglas (actor)

Tom Dusenbury (actor)

Ryan Duncan (actor)

Desmond Dutcher (actor)

Linda Eisenstein (playwright)

Lisa Ferber (playwright)

Dudley Findlay, Jr. (actor)

Shay Gines (actor)

Joe Godfrey (playwright)

Igor Goldin (actor, director; Billy Blackwell Musical Theater Project, director; founding member) For TOSOS he has directed the musical Bill Solly and Donald Ward’s BOY MEETS BOY (scheduled to open Off-Broadway late 2004); the revue LOOK ASKEW; MUSICALLY SPEAKING: THE WORLD OF BILL SOLLY and Lanford Wilson's THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION. Igor is also Associate Artistic Director of Emerging Artists Theatre Company and ongoing visiting director of musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Other Off-Broadway directorial credits include A RITUAL OF FAITH, and TRUE LOVE, TWO MINUTES, STATE VS. JOOP and SPILT MILK (Emerging Artists); COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE SUNSET (Finalist - Samuel French Festival); Mae West's THE DRAG (New Village Productions); Scott Sickles’ BEAUTIFUL NOISES (42nd Street Workshop & NativeAliens); HARD TO GET (Waterfront Ensemble/OOBR Award). His TOSOS acting credits include his "magnetic" performance in Chris Weikel's PENNY PENNIWORTH. Igor is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Ashley Green (actor)

Douglas Gregory (actor) is a founding member of TOSOS II playing Bender in Doric Wilson's THE WEST STREET GANG and various roles including Oscar Wilde in Tom Eyen's SARAH B. DIVINE! for the Look Again! series. He played the definitive Sidney in both the 2002 and 2003 casts of Wilson's STREET THEATER at The Eagle NYC and was featured in the staged reading of Bob Cruz' The Writer's Block. For Theatrical Fare he will be playing the shy and retiring director in the return of David Bell's hit comedy THE GAY NAKED PLAY. Douglas is a graduate of Connecticut College's Theater Department. Other favorite roles include Cher in DRESSING ROOM DIVAS II and Alan in Peter Shaffer's EQUISS.

Michael Hartney (actor)

Steve Hauck (actor)

Jamie Heinlein (actor)

Kevin Held (actor, producer, production staff) TOSOS II: Barry in Mark Finley’s productions of Doric Wilson’s A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP (2003 oobr award); Timothy in Wilson's STREET THEATER at The Eagle NYC; and Penn in the world premier of Robert Patrick’s HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET (2004 oobr award). For the Chesley/Chambers Playwrights Project he appeared as Bill and later as the Prisoner in Wilson's NOW SHE DANCES!; Lee in Mark Finley's THE MERMAID; Kenny Sundress in Bob Cruz's SCHADENFREUDE!; and various roles in Jimmy Maize's IN ONE ROOM. Central to the production staff of TOSOS II, Kevin was co-producer of Chris Weikel's TALES TOLD. He is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Rebecca Hoodwin (actor)

Marlon Hurt (actor)

Laura Iacometta (playwright)

Nathan Johnson (actor)

Rebecca Kendall (actor, director; founding member;) For the LOOK AGAIN! Plays in Concert Series she directed Jane Chamber's LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE, Hugh Wheeler’s LOOK, WE'VE COME THROUGH (with Daisy Egan) and Robert Patrick’s FRED AND HAROLD. For the Chesley/Chambers Project, she directed Mark Finley’s new play, THE MERMAID. As an actress she played Bonnie in Doric Wilson’s THE WEST STREET GANG, Donna in Frank Adamo’s DIS CON, and all the women in Bill Solly & Donald Ward’s BOY MEETS BOY. She has worked extensively with NativeAliens Theatre Collective directing FATHERS' DAY, JANE? IS THAT YOU? and the acclaimed production of David Zellnik’s SUNDAY PAPER.

Alex Kinney (actor)

Douglas Kreeger (actor)

Robert Locke (actor)

Michael Lynch (actor)

Terrence M. McCrossan (actor)

Steven McElroy (director, co-director of the Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwright Project)

Ellen M. McLaughlin (actor)

Ross MacLean (playwright)

Jimmy Maize (actor, playwright)

Bryn Manion (director)

Jolie Meshbesher (actor)

Jeffrey Michaels (actor)

Mary Louise Mooney (actor; production staff; Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project, co-director; Board of Directors)

Heather Olt (actor)

Robert Patrick (playwright)

Robert Patrick (playwright) has been a major influence in the development of alternative theater since THE HAUNTED HOST opened at the Caffe Cino (1964). He moved uptown to Broadway with KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, still the most telling dissection of the 1960s. His more than 50 published plays include T-SHIRTS, UNTOLD DECADES, MY CUP RANNETH OVER, and far too many more then we have room to list here. TOSOS II presented the world premiere of his new play, HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET (2004 oobr award). In 1994 Patrick published his novel, TEMPLE SLAVE, a romantic fictionalization of the Caffe Cino and the origins of modern gay theatre. 1980 he won the International Thespian Society's Founders Award" for services to theatre and to youth," and in 1995 received the second Robert Chesley Lifetime Award for Gay Playwriting (presented by its first recipient, Doric Wilson). Patrick lives in Los Angeles (rbrtptrck@aol.com.)

Joshua Polenberg (actor)

Matthew Rashid (actor)

Adam Raynen (actor)

Ellen Reilly (actor)

Jeff Riebe (actor)

Kami Rodgers (actor)

Mark Ruggiero (actor)

Holly Sheppard (actor)

Michael Silva (actor)

Karen Stanion (actor)

Derek Staranowski (actor)

Stephanie Summerville (actor)

Tony Tallon (actor)

Justin Tyler (actor)

Vanda (playwright)

Jeffrey Vause (actor)

Kathleen Warnock (playwright, co-director of the Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwright Project)

Casey Weaver (actor)

Chris Weikel ( actor; costume consultant, playwright, founding member) TOSOS II produced his SPEAKING PARTS, GARETH AND LYNETTE, and PENNY PENNIWORTH ("must see" show - 2003 FringeNYC Festival). EAT workshopped his THE WAY-WEARY (Kennedy Center Finalist, Playwright’s First Semifinalist) and the premieres of his LOST BOYS, DANSPORT, GARETH AND LYNETTE and FAITHFULLY PRESENTED. D-Stages premiered his SPEAKING PARTS and APPOINTED LIMITS in the Off-Center festival. His TOSOS II acting credits include Doric Wilson’s STREET THEATER, THE WEST STREET GANG and NOW SHE DANCES!; Frank Adamo’s DIS CON Igor Goldin’’s production of Bill Solly and Donald Ward’s BOY MEETS BOY and the Igor Goldin/Tim Herman LOOK ASKEW! He was recently featured in NEW YORK MINUTES / THE WORLD OF JOHN WALLOWITCH. As a costumer he designed the TOSOS production of STREET THEATER, and A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP (oobt award), as well as Mark Finley's THE MERMAID.

Elizabeth Whitney (performer, playwright)

David Zellnik (playwright)

Staff

Mark Barranco (company stage manager) made his TOSOS II debut as the stage manager for Mark Finley’s production of Doric Wilson’s STREET THEATER (Eagle NYC). His other TOSOS credits include Robert Patrick's HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET (2004 oobr award); Chris Weikel's PENNY PENNIWORTH (2003 FringeNYC Festival) and the Chesley / Chambers readings of Garet Scott's ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES and Bob Cruz’s SCHADENFREUDE!: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BEN AND DAY-GLO.

Bob Cruz (On Sabbatical - playwright; producer; Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project, co-director; Board of Directors) His new play, SCHADENFREUDE!: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BEN AND DAY-GLO, was just presented as part of the Chesley/Chambers Project, as was his work in progress THE WRITERS BLOCK, directed by Bruce Ward. For TOSOS he produced Chris Weikel’s TALES TOLD; the revival of Doric Wilson’s STREET THEATER at the Eagle; and the upcoming MOVIE LOVER. He has appeared as an actor off-Broadway in LADY L (Actor's Playhouse). He is finishing up THE IMMORALITY OF INDIFFERENCE, a gay perspective on the Titanic disaster. He attended Yale.

Michael Muccio (technical director; set designer) designed the set for Mark Finley’s production of Doric Wilson’s A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP (oobr award); Robert Patrick's HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET (oobr award); the Kevin Brofsky/Mark Finley/Chris Weikel triple feature MOVIE LOVER, Musically Speaking: The World of Bill Solly; and Eisenstein's Monster. Michael received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin in 1987 and spent the next six years working with many Midwest theatre companies as actor, director, and designer before he made the move to NYC to pursue a career in the theatre.

David Stern (designer, producer; webmaster)

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