Cast & Crew


ELI BOER (Ensemble)
 
Eli has been doing theater for his whole life. Up until now he has focused on scripted plays and one-acts, but is ecstatic to make the leap into improv. Eli's love of Shakespeare has helped him into shows such as King Lear, Othello, Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. He has also been a part of more contemporary shows like You Can't Take It With You, Sure Thing and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. This is his first show on stage at Wing-It, but he has been an avid audience member for years and is thrilled to be performing alongside such talented individuals.
 

JEANNINE CLARKE (Ensemble/Costume Designer)
 
Jeannine is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she studied acting and costume design. Her previous Wing-It shows include Clues, The Irish Wake and The Declaration. She has also worked with Taproot Theater, Seattle Opera, and on various indie films and commercials in Seattle. She would like to thank Young-mi, Marissa and Elizabeth for their support, and willingness to be bruise make-up models. Jeannine owns 1700 comic books. All were essential to the costume design for this show.
 

GABE DENNING (Ensemble)
 
Gabe has been acting and improvising for about 14 years. Most of his 1500+ appearances were at Orlando and Seattle Theatersports and Walt Disney World. His murder mystery dinner show can be booked at www.live-wires.com and he hopes to be adding another soon. During the day he sells motorcycles. Nights and weekends he's playing World of Warcraft with his lovely wife Amanda.
 

JOHN FAGA (Ensemble)
 
Originally from the Philadelphia area, John is a comedy writer and performer living in Seattle, Washington. John is an ensemble member and artistic director of the improvisational troupe Sisters of Sal and was co-writer and producer of the popular comedy podcast National Comment Radio. Since 2004 John has been an ensemble member of Unexpected Productions, with whom he has had the great pleasure of touring Europe, Canada and the US and with whom he can be seen regularly performing Seattle TheatreSports™ at the Market Theatre in the Pike Place Market.
 

ADINA GILLETT (Ensemble)
 
Adina joined Wing-It Productions in 1999. Adina has performed in Jet City Improv, Twisted Flicks, The Beauty Pageant, PROJECT: B-Movie, Reality World: Season 2, and Clues. She was the creator of D.R and CUT!. She also performs with Book-It Repertory. When Adina's not doing performing or teaching improv, she's traveling to countries that require shots, parenting, wife-ing, and playing the Irish pennywhistle.
 

JANA HEALY (Ensemble)
 
Jana has performed in the Seattle area for four years with such groups as The Spolin Players, Seattle Neutrino Project and Seattle GOGA. The GOGA girls performed to rave reviews and a standing room only crowd at Bumbershoot in 2005, which fooled Jana into believing she was a rock star. She promptly took up the banjo ukulele and has been spotted singing and playing at various venues around town. By day, Jana is an Audiologist and is not grossed out by your ear wax. She is thrilled to be a part of Shades of Grey.
 

CHRIS LUNDGREN (Music Director)
 
Chris has been playing music for live, and reasonably alive, audiences for a long time. Born in 1961 and raised in Southern California, Chris came to Seattle in 1995 for a fabulous career in radio. He now works in sales and marketing for a residential lighting company. You do the math on that one. Chris spends his time away from Jet City working, reading, writing, working out and avoiding the sun and outdoor activities with a vengeance that borders on the psychotic. Chris has a potty mouth and is rarely allowed to speak during Jet City productions. Chris has scored more than 70 motion pictures for Jet City's Twisted Flicks series and can probably reenact any giant bug movie from the 50's on demand. Chris would prefer you don't demand this.
 

SEAN PATELLA-BUCKLEY (Art Director)
 
Sean has been improvising for the past ten years, first as part of Gonzaga University Theatre Sports, and more recently as a castmember for Wing-It Productions. Over the past four years, Sean has performed in several Wing-It shows, including Jet City Improv, Twisted Flicks, Election Show, and Breaking News.
Sean has also been pursuing a career in comic books over the past several months, thanks in no small part to the immense support of his wife, Mikayla. Sean is a talented artist-for-hire with a burning desire to validate his art degree; if you are in search of an artist for any sort of creative project, gift, or production, please e-mail Sean at trickbat@earthlink.net.
 

IAN SCHEMPP (Director)
 
Ian has been a member of Wing-It Productions since 2004. Since then he has been seen in many different shows including Jet City Improv, Twisted Flicks, Election Show 2004, Suave, and most recently, Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas. He has also been seen in other shows around town such as The Dart-Mondo and Theater Schmeater's acclaimed production of Adventures in Mating. He is also a local voice talent whose voice has been featured in several commercials as well as educational materials, video games and toys, based out of ianschempp.com. Ian would like to personally thank everyone in this cast, the staff at Wing-It Productions, his lovely wife Katie, and you for coming to see this show that he is very proud of.
 

STEPHANI THOMPSON (Ensemble)
 
Stephani Thompson has been a performer with Jet City Improv and Wing-It Productions since August and relishes all the new opportunities that have presented themselves since then. Stephani has performed with Improv Faction and is a member of the Seattle Neutrino Society as well as performing in Hogwash, Jet City's Last Call and Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas most recently. Stephani couldn’t be more excited to be apart of this show and is flattered to be able to perform along side some of Seattle’s most talented improvisers. She also enjoys burlesque, physical theatre and clown and will some day combine all those talents into one big talent ball called Stephani’s McAwesome Talent Ball of Goodness and she will sell tickets to go and see it. Contact Stephani for more info.
 

ANTHONY van WINKLE (Tech Director / 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 running 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 The Martini Bros. (Posthumous) Holiday Showcase. He is also an occasional technician and director for the UW Undergraduate Theater Society and various community theaters in Seattle.
 

ELICIA WICKSTEAD (Ensemble)
 
Elicia started improvising in 1993 and has been an ensemble member with Unexpected Productions since 1994. She has performed with UP throughout the world and the greater-Seattle area. She is also one of members and co-founder of Blood Squad (performing improvised horror films). This is her first show at The HUT. She sends much love to her boyfriend for taking her to see Sin City in the first place. Guns and boobies!
 

DOUGLAS WILLOTT (Ensemble)
 
Douglas Willott is a performer, director, and instructor with Wing-It Productions. He is a long-time member of their flagship show, Jet City Improv, and has performed in and created numerous other shows with the company. In addition, he is a member of both Improsia and The Seattle Neutrino Society. He also enjoys working with scripts, having performed with various local theater companies, including Live Girls, Macha Monkey, and in the sketch duo "The Cory and Doug Show". Special Thanks to the Cast and Crew of "Shades of Grey" for being such awesome folk to work with.
 
Artwork by Sean Buckley