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the Del E. Webb Center in AZ and Harry Julian Gordon is excited
also works with the Passaic Police Dept. to try his hand at improv
Youth Service Division. He is a proud with Dreamcatcher after
member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA. playing Chuck in the last
mainstage production,
Laura Ekstrand co- Psychodrama! Recently, he
founded Dreamcatcher with played Macbeth on tour
Janet Sales in 1994. She with STNJ. He has
has appeared at performed Shakespeare in
Dreamcatcher in The Lucky Texas, NJ, and Connecticut. He is also a
Ones, What Stays; Sister pianist who has the pleasure of working
with actors and musicians everywhere
Play; Rapture, Blister Burn; he goes! Thank you to everyone at
Motherhood Out Loud; and Dreamcatcher.
Shakespeare in Vegas,
among many others, and is a member Dave Maulbeck is an
of The Flip Side improv comedy troupe. entertainment artist based
New Jersey Theatre: Bickford Theatre, in New Jersey. He
Passage Theater, 12 Miles West, The specializes in comedic
Theater Project, Luna Stage, and the acting, guerrilla film
Pushcart Players. New York Theatre: production, storytelling,
Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and home-brewed
and New Georges. Film: Fat Ass animation. He has starred
in several commercials,
Zombies; Split Ends, High Art and I including the Super Bowl Ad -
Shot Andy Warhol. Television: Hack, Groundhog Day, for truTV, and as the
Sex And The City, Law & Order, and The Polish Polisher for Burger King. His film
Guiding Light. As a director: Dead and credits include, the evil Dr. Wily in
Buried, Every Brilliant Thing, The How Megaman, and the main character Doug
and the Why, Things Being What They in the short comedy Key Party. He
Are, Next Fall, Distracted, The Pursuit Of wrote, directed, and starred as Wuku in
Happiness, Melancholy Play, Pride’s Channel 101’s The Tribe. In 2007 Dave
Crossing, Full Bloom and many others. co-founded Chicken Scoop Productions
Podcast directing: The Weirdness and where he executive produced several
Young Ben Franklin for Gen Z Media. As spec pilots, music videos, and web
a playwright: What Stays (with Jason series. More recently he has been
Szamreta), Whatever Will Be, The developing animation projects with
Neighborhood (Book and Lyrics; Music BEHIND the BAG! Productions, Austin
by Joe Zawila), Brink of Life (Book; Basis' company. Dave's comedic work
includes sketch and improvisation, he
Lyrics by Steve Harper; Music by Oliver has played on two NYC house teams,
Lake) and Astonishment, How to be Old: Chet Watkins and Featherweight, and he
A Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three has written and performed sketch at The
(Adaptations). Laura is a private Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The
monologue coach and holds a BA from Peoples Improv Theater, Magnet Theater
Yale University and an MFA from Sarah and Gotham City Improv. Dave is a
Lawrence College. Laura is a member of company member and the director of
AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists improv at Dreamcatcher Rep. where his
Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and stage production of Expecting Isabel was
Zachary. rated in the top ten productions of 2006
by The Star-Ledger. Dave lives in
Noreen Farley has done a Madison with his loving wife. When not
number of shows as a acting, writing, or improvising Dave can
member of Dreamcatcher’s usually be found nerding out about
ensemble (most recently, comic books, Sci-fi, or the Simpsons.
she appeared as Bid in
Dead and Buried) as well
as improvisation. She has
also appeared at Two River
Theatre, The Shakespeare
Theatre of NJ, The Bickford, Alliance
Rep, The Theater Project, What Exit?,
and The Women’s Theatre.