Cast
 | DAMON ARRAO (production assistant) | |||
| Damon is currently attending Shoreline Community College and hopes to transfer to UW or Lewis and Clark College to pursue a degree in East Asian Languages and Theater. Damon hopes to be more involved with improv and Wing-it, as anywhere else, his humor would earn him a straight jacket. | ||||
 | JEANNINE CLARKE | |||
| Jeannine is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she studied Acting and Costume Design. Lovetanic is her 9th show with Wing-It Productions. Previous shows with Wing-It include Clues, The Declaration, Shades of Gray, and playing Grandma Maggie in The Irish Wake. She has worked with Seattle Opera, Taproot Theater and Seattle Public Theater, among others, and has acted in various indie films and commercials. Jeannine would like to thank her Mom and Dad for the swimming lessons! | ||||
 | CHRIS DEWAR | |||
| Chris is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound, where he studied Theatre and Comparative Sociology. He is a Jet City Improv cast member and has appeared in Wing-It Productions shows such as Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale, Reunion Tour, Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera, and currently also as Funbucket. He can also be seen performing frequently with his sketch comedy troupe Ubiquitous They (www.ubiquitousthey.com) in and around Seattle. Outside of performing, Dewar is a local teaching artist for the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Youth Theatre Northwest and Wing-It Productions. | ||||
 | NICK EDWARDS | |||
| Nick Edwards is thrilled to return to the Wing-It stage for Lovetanic. Nick graduated from Western Washington University in 2006 where he received a BA in Theatre Arts (as well as minors in Film Studies and Latin). You may have previously seen him improvising in Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera, Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, The Declaration, Hogwash and some Duo Shows down at the Market Theater or in scripted productions with ArtsWest, GreenStage, Ghostlight Theatricals, Northwest Playwrights Alliance, Rough Play Productions, and Theater Schmeater. Nick is a member Jet City Improv and The Beta Society. Much love to Brenda; "close, distance, wherever you are I'll miss you." | ||||
 | BELINDA FU (environmental artist) | |||
| Belinda is thrilled to be part of the cast of Lovetanic, after joining the Wing-It family in recent productions of This Improvised Life and Live! at the HUT. She has studied improv and acting at Jet City Improv, Unexpected Productions, and Freehold Theatre, and can occasionally be seen and heard in local commercials in the Seattle area. She also studies Jazz Voice, and in a previous life was an avid Lindy Hopper and hiphop dancer. When not on stage, she is either doing something outdoorsy, or working as a family physician, and she always brings along her dog. | ||||
 | ADINA GILLETT (co-director) | |||
| Adina is thrilled to be co-Directing this amazing cast of Lovetanic with Justin - their fourth Gillett/Sund joint project. We are also the proud and culpable team behind Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera, D. R., and CUT!. When Adina is not directing one of Wing-It's groundbreaking improvised plays, she is having fun performing on stage in shows the likes of Jet City Improv, Shades of Gray, Clues, and as half of the festival duo Gillett and Sutton. Adina has been a proud company member of Wing-It Productions since 1999, and would like to thank Donnie for being a tireless supporter of her ideas and shenanigans for all of these years. | ||||
 | JANA HEALY | |||
| Jana is a proud ensemble member of Unexpected Productions at the Market Theater. She's also been seen here at the HUT in the hit shows Shades of Grey, Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera and This improvised Life. She's a current member of the Beta Society and a former member of Seattle GOGA (girl on girl action comedy improv). When not on stage, she's an audiologist that falls down a lot. | ||||
 | JEN HURLBERT (costume designer) | |||
| Jen is excited to be making her improv-costuming debut with Wing It. Originally from New York, she received a BFA in Costume Design at SUNY Fredonia. She has worked for theatres and costume shops across the country, including a bizarre stint at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, where ahe received dozens of cases of free beer as part of her benefits package. This summer will find her managing the costume shop at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ. Recent designs include Albert Herring (Aspen Opera Theatre Center), Franklin and Figaro, and Kid Simple (Macha Monkey Productions). | ||||
 | KATE JAEGER | |||
| Kate has been with Jet City Improv since February of 2004. She has been seen in the Wing-It shows Saturday Morning Cartoon Show, Musical on 55th Street, Daytime TV, Reality World, CUT!, The Beauty Pageant, The Irish Wake, and Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera. You can currently see Kate in Funbucket on Saturdays at Midnight:30. Kate is active in the Seattle theater community as an actor, drama teacher and director. | ||||
 | MANDY PRICE | |||
| Mandy is delighted to be making her Wing-It debut. A recent transplant from Chicago, she is fresh off the NCL Pearl, where she spent four months performing sketch and improv with Second City. In Chicago, she is an ensemble member with GayCo Productions and Laugh Out Loud Theatre and performed with several improv teams including Nougat, Red-Headed Step-Child and White Noise. Mandy also fancies herself a serious actress; representative shows include In the Garden of Live Flowers, A Rustle of Wings, and Three Tall Women. Thanks to everyone at Wing-It for welcoming her into the comedy fold! | ||||
 | JEN RIZOR (environmental artist) | |||
| Jen has been improvising for 6 years in Seattle. She has had the honor of working with Wing It Productions in Election Show 2008 and Your Job Sucks! She has performed at improv festivals, including SFIT and the Toronto International Improv Festival. Jen attended Skagit Valley College, where she studied theater and wrote and directed original works. She has also performed on various stages in scripted work, some of her favorites being Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and Catherine in The Foreigner. She would like to thank Wing It Productions for this opportunity and her family and friends for their support. She is all packed and ready to set sail with LOVETANIC! See you on the Entertainment Deck... | ||||
 | ROBERT SCHERZER (Music Director) | |||
| Robert is stoked and grateful to be making his Wing-It Maiden Voyage with the immensely talented cast & crew of the LoveTanic. Favorite Performance Stuff: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Lecturer (RK's Seattle Reefer I, II, & BBsh't), Seattle Rep Political Cabaret, Tevye, Jesus, Judas, Pseudolous, Audrey II, Pirate King. Company Management: Rent World Tour, Hairspray (B'way), Broadway Bares (B'way). Thanks: To the K in RK, Mom & Family; Dave, Laurie & WC Family; & of course my rescue boat Sarah (and a special thanks to her flotation devices). | ||||
 | JUSTIN SUND (co-director, set designer) | |||
| Justin co-directed this show. | ||||
 | ELICIA WICKSTEAD | |||
| Elicia is pleased to be a part of her third Wing-It show, following Shades of Gray and Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera. She started improvising in 1992 and joined Unexpected Productions as an ensemble member in 1994. Elicia has performed in a variety of different improv formats, styles, lengths and languages all over the USA, Canada, Germany and Austria and she also loves teaching improv to others. She is a proud co-founder of the highly-acclaimed group Blood Squad - presenting live improvised horror films. She practices kindness to animals but sometimes eats them. | ||||
 | ANTHONY van WINKLE (stage manager) | |||
| Anthony has been running tech for improv theater since he joined UW's improv troupe The Collective in 2001 and served as Technical Director until 2007. He started working the booth for Wing-It Productions with Reality World: Season 2, and some of his favorite shows to manage have been The Irish Wake, The Declaration, and Shades of Gray. He is also an occasional technician and director for the UW Undergraduate Theater Society and various improv and community theaters in Seattle. | ||||
 | AMANDA LEE WILLIAMS | |||
| Amanda is an improviser, stand-up comedian and teacher here in Seattle, WA. You may have seen her at Bumbershoot, Laff Hole, Laughs in Kirkland, Live Girls Theatre Company, Exit Theatre, Book-It All Over, Annex Theatre, and Wing-It Productions. She is also the Education Director at Youth Theatre Northwest. Amanda Lee LOVES singing, improv and love (but not death), so this is the perfect show! Thank you to her parents who are cute as they can be and seriously supportive. | ||||
 | DOUGLAS S. WILLOTT | |||
| Douglas has been performing, touring, and teaching with Jet city since 1996. He has created and directed Wing-It shows including Election Show (with John Boyle), Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, Wallflowers, Suave, and The Swing-It Midnight Night Revue. Additionally, he has performed in numerous Wing-It Presents shows including Lease, Shades of Grey, Your Job Sucks!, and various Twisted Flicks. Currently, he can be seen in the Saturday late night show Funbucket. He is also a member of local long-form trio Improsia. He's been seen in many local scripted productions including Kid Simple (Macha Monkey), Jesus Christ Superstar (Theater Babylon), Quickies (Live Girls), and Crescendo Falls (Theater Schmeater). He writes and performs sketch with The Cory and Doug Show, and is a member of the local film production company The Beta Society. | ||||