Cast & Crew
![]() | JENNIFER BLANKSTEEN (production assistant) | |||
| Jennifer is from Boston, Massachusetts, and much prefers working behind the scenes than appearing on any stage. A graduate of Wesleyan University and a doctoral candidate in English Renaissance literature, Jennifer is an editor of English and history college textbooks for Bedford/St. Martin's. But that sounds deceptively dry, so… she apprenticed as a pastry chef for three years in Manhattan; she spoke to Kevin Bacon on the phone; she catered her own wedding for 110 guests; she hides a box of stories written in longhand; she has wisdom spots in her eyes and no sense of smell; she solo-backpacked the Wicklow Way in Ireland; she has never hit an animal with her car; she dreams of the next something different; and she is the proud mother of two feisty daughters, Jessica and Caitlin, one adorable beagle, Raleigh, and one dwarf bunny, Mocha. | ||||
![]() | KELI CARENDER | |||
| Keli is thrilled about the possibilities that await her in Inferno. This is her eighth show with Wing-It, the most recent being Dirty Laundry. Keli is a cast member of Jet City Improv, and in addition to Seattle, she has performed improv in Chicago, USA; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Oxford, England. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Mathematics from Western Washington University and earned her teaching degree in secondary mathematics from the University of Oxford in England. Keli would like to thank Adina, her director and appreciator of all things awkward, for giving her this opportunity as well as her new HUSBAND Conor, her sisters, and her parents. She loves you all, so, so, so much. Hoo-ah! | ||||
![]() | KAI CURTIS | |||
| Kai is a lost soul masquerading as an actor, recently appearing in such improvised features as Douglas Willott's Five Thieves and the Wing-It Productions/Youth Theatre Northwest joint production Adventure Playhouse. Kai is also a member of local improv supergroup Interrobang?! Improv, with whom he can't wait to debut their first show later this summer. When he isn't improvising, Kai is lying awake in bed next to his lovely, slumbering wife Denise and their two cats, contemplating in those cruel pre-dawn hours the unfathomable myriad consequences of his every poorly made decision. He also fancies dark chocolate, bourbon, and pastels. | ||||
![]() | ADINA GILLETT (director) | |||
| Adina was thrilled to be welcomed into the Wing-It Productions family in 1999. She has performed in Jet City Improv, Twisted Flicks, Daytime TV, PROJECT: B-Movie, The Beauty Pageant, D.R., and Shades of Gray. She has co-created and directed several Wing-It shows, including CUT!, D.R., Lease, Adventure Playhouse, and Lovetanic. Adina is also a proud member of the Wing-It Education team, teaching Dojos, 101, 301, and the Performance Series. Adina has been honored to work with the amazingly talented cast and crew of Inferno, and thanks them for plucking the vision for the show out of her brain and splattering it just how she wanted it all over the stage. Special thanks to Donnie ("my husband") for his unflagging support in the form of set-building, video production, kid watching, and all around good husbandry. | ||||
![]() | ANITA GOODMANN (the emcee) | |||
| Miss Anita Goodmann is a professional female impersonator based in Seattle. She is the hostess and producer of The Anita Goodmann Experience, a monthly experimental theater show staged in the Jewel Box Theater at the Rendezvous in Seattle's Belltown Neighborhood. She has hosted or been a featured guest in many comedy, drag, and burlesque shows in the Seattle area including Match Game Belltown, Get Loweded, Bacon Strip and an extended run hosting The Bedroom Club burlesque show. Find her online at www.anitagoodmann.com. | ||||
![]() | JANA HUTCHISON (costume design) | |||
| Jana is a proud ensemble member of Unexpected Productions, home to Seattle's TheaterSports. She has also worked as an improvisor with Wing-It in wonderful shows such as Shades of Grey, Lease, This Improvised Life and Lovetanic. She is both an actor and makeup artist for the Seattle based photographic novel of the zombie apacolypse, Night Zero (nightzero.com). Having personally zombified and gored out literally hundreds of people, she's excited to lend her dark art to one hell of a show. | ||||
![]() | MATHEW JOHNSON (demon/stunt director) | |||
| Mathew hails originally from Chicago. At ten, he discovered gymnastics and quickly excelled to elite levels. Invited to train with the US Men’s Gymnastics Team, Matt moved away from his family at thirteen to hone his athletic skills at the Olympic gymnastics training facility in Houston, Texas. A broken back at sixteen shattered his Olympic dreams, but not before he garnered recognition by taking the gold as the 1999 Junior Olympic All-Around Champion. Since ending his competitive career, Matt has shared his passion for gymnastics as a boys' and girls' team coach. He has put his athletic prowess to good use as a stuntman and parkour artist in several film productions. He is currently coaching parkour classes at Emerald City Gymnastics in Redmond and is pursuing an engineering degree. | ||||
![]() | CONOR McNASSAR | |||
| Conor was born in raised in Northeast Portland. As a physics student in Southern California, he fell in love with improve theater in 2001 and never looked back. Since moving to Seattle four years ago, he has had the honor of performing in such memorable WIP shows as The Declaration, This Improvised Life, Dirty Laundry, and most recently Bunker 13, which travels to South Carolina's Spoleto Festival in early June. Conor has also performed at the Seattle Festival of Improvisational Theater, the Chicago Improv Festival, and Bumbershoot. Conor works in Seattle as a pension analyst. His life goals include contributing to the discovery of a grand unified theory of physics and doing right by his foxy wife Keli Carender. Go Blazers. | ||||
![]() | RANDY MILLER | |||
| Randy has been a part of Seattle's improv circuit for one year. Inferno is his second show with Wing-It Productions. This year he has also performed in 5 Thieves by Doug Willot and Clues by Brandon Jepson (Wing-It Productions). He also participated with Dubuque Senior High’s improv troupe, Mime and Comedy Works, for four years. After graduating with a degree in Architecture, he moved to Seattle in July of 2008. He since has revisited his passion for theater through Jet City's improv classes, Wing-It Productions and the future improv sensation, Interrobang?!. He also decided to start school for Marine Carpentry with Seattle Central in January. His goal in life is to be crafty, like Hundertwasser. | ||||
![]() | SAMANTHA PERRIN (production manager) | |||
| Samantha is originally from beautiful Federal Way. She moved to the big city of Seattle almost 2 years ago, and has been a part of Wing-It for 5 years. She has worked with Wing-It in a multitude of areas, from Concessions, Box, Photos, Cupcake Baker, to current House Manager. She is TOTES excited to be working on Inferno for her first Wing-It show as Production Manager. She would like to thank her parents and sister for always believing in her crazy dreams. She would also like to thank the AMAZING cast of Inferno for always making her laugh at her "regrets". Last and of course not least she would like to thank her director Adina for giving her this amazing experience, and all that she has taught her. | ||||
![]() | MANDY PRICE | |||
| Mandy is happy to be heading into Hell; her mom always said she would end up there eventually. Mandy previously appeared in Lovetanic, Dirty Laundry and Puppet TV with Wing-It Productions and is a Jet City Improv cast member. She is a transplant from Chicago where she improvised and acted at The Second City, iO, The Annoyance, GayCo and Laugh Out Loud Theatre. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Mandy has a BA in Theatre from Belmont University and fights against her accent every day. Love and gratitude to Adina, Kate, and Erin, the ladies who make the sun shine when the Seattle sky is full of rain. | ||||
![]() | KYLE RADER (demon) | |||
![]() | ANTHONY van WINKLE (stage manager/lighting design) | |||
| Anthony began improv in 2002 with the Collective at the University of Washington, where he spent six years as technical director. This is his fifth year at Wing-It, where he has designed and run tech for dozens of longform shows and the occasional Jet City performance. Some of his all-time favorites include Clues, Shades of Gray, Lovetanic, and Reality World Season 2, and he's already excited for Unspeakable Horrors (coming this October). In his free time, Anthony directs and produces Night Zero, a photographic novel of the zombie apocalypse. Featuring dozens of artists and shot on-location all around Seattle, Night Zero is currently in its third year and can be discovered online at nightzero.com. | ||||
![]() | RAYMOND L. WILLIAMS | |||
| Raymond has been a Seattle native since 1998 and is excited to be part of such a great cast and show! He has been seen doing make-em-ups with Wing-It in Over and Through, Breaking News, and a reoccurring role in Suave. Other not-so make-em-ups include Macha Monkey’s Kid Simple, Jungle Woman of the Jungle at Unexpected Productions and a variety of filmed projects with The Beta Society, including the short slasher film "Junkbucket." He has also directed from time to time, most recently being EXITheatre’s Non Disclosure. Raymond would like to thank Adina, Sam, and the Inferno cast for being amazingly rad, and to thank himself for being so flexible and understanding with his schedule. | ||||
![]() | SHIRA WILSON | |||
| Shira has previously been seen in Wing-It's production of Clues as well as Twisted Flicks. She is also a member of Interrobang?! Improv as well as the duo Morty and Pearl Save Your Marriage. She did most of her growings up in Spokane where she attended Eastern Washington University and was involved in productions of The Visit, Cabaret, and was a little maid from school in The Mikado. She was also an ensemble member of the Spokane chapter of Comedy Sportz. Special thanks to this amazing cast for regularly blowing her mind, especially to Adina for allowing her to be a part of it! And extra special thanks to Chris for the never ending support! | ||||
| Set design by DON GILLETT and MATHEW JOHNSON Music Design by CHRIS LUNDGREN Dramaturgy by NATASHA RANSOM | ||||














