The Sisters Rosensweig By: Wendy Wasserstein Meet The Cast       Susan Carriger - Gorgeous Teitelbaum Susan is thrilled to be working with director Art Suskin once again. Susan was last seen in Jekyll and Hyde at The Barn Players and Titanic at Shawnee Mission's Theater in the Park. When Susan is not on stage, she is a special educator that works with children under the age of three with developmental disabilities. Susan thanks God and her family and friends for their love and support.       Michele Craycroft - Sara Goode Michele began acting at age 9 in her hometown of Los Angeles. Recently, she has been seen as a "Witch" in Macbeth, "Mrs. Frank" in The Diary of Anne Frank and "Ma Joad" in The Grapes of Wrath. She is an attorney in Kansas City and has six amazing grandchildren.       Denny Dey - Geoffrey Duncan Denny is excited to work with Blue Springs City Theatre. His past stage appearances include roles in Marat Sade, Rainmaker, Philadelphia, Here I Come, Inherit The Wind, The American Dream, A Shot In The Dark, and Proof.     Nicole Hall - Tess Goode Nicole graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a BFA in Theatre Performance in May of 2008 where she was seen in the following: Shakespeare in Hollywood (Olivia Darnell), Mr. Marmalade (Lucy), Side by Side by Sondheim, Spinning Into Butter (Catherine Kenney), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ms. Flannery). Since then, she has been seen as Jennifer in the Fringe Festival production of Collisions and Viola in Twelfth Night at JCCC. She has been a guest choreographer for UCM's production of Cabaret and Ruskin High School's production of School House Rock: Live!. Nicole's plans for the future include choreographing Hickman Mills' Choir Cabaret and performing as The Girl in another Fringe Festival production, Mountaineers, in mid-April. After that, she has high hopes for a permanent residence in New York City, and we'll see what happens from there.       Stephen Howard - Nicholas Pym Stephen is pleased to be back at BSCT for his second production, the first being The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (2004) portraying "The Centaur". Stephen has appeared in nearly 50 Kansas City area productions; his last was I'll Be Back Before Midnight for City Theatre of Independence portraying "Greg". Favorite roles include "Starbuck" in The Rainmaker, "Hamlet" in Fortinbras, and "Albert" in The Dinner Party. As always, Stephen would like to say, "Thanks to the best family and friends you could ask for, an awesome cast and crew, and of course to Art Suskin for yet another opportunity to grow and learn." Stephen lives in Blue Springs and works in Kansas City, MO.     Rachel Ommerman - Pfeni Rosensweig Rachel Ommerman is thrilled to be working with Blue Springs City Theater for the first time. Other favorite roles include "Meg" in Leading Ladies, "Lady MacDuff" in Macbeth, and "Josefa" in Shot in the Dark. Rachel would like to thank Art for including her in this show with such a great cast and crew. Special thanks to Tucker, and her puppies, Beowulf and Sorsha.       Nathan Stock - Tom Valiunus       Alan Tilson - Mervyn Kant Alan recently performed 50 Shakespeare Monologues for the Kansas City Fringe Festival this past summer. While an undergraduate in Theater/Dance at UMKC, he apprenticed with Missouri Repertory Theatre. He Subsequently was a member of the acting company with the Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, and Heart of America Shakespeare Festivals. Alan has also acted locally with Theatre for Young America, toured Kansas with the Coterie production of The Land of the Blind, and toured the city in Hindu & the Cowboy produced by the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. Also with MET, Alan has performed in Inherit the Wind and Night of January 16th with the KC Public Library Script in Hand Series. He was also seen in Hecuba with the Gorilla Theater. Since moving back to Kansas City, Alan has understudied leading, supporting and character roles in six Kansas City Repertory Theater productions and went on as the "Judge" in To Kill a Mockingbird.     Meet The Director       Art Suskin - Director Art has directed well over 100 productions, acted in 150, and served as Artistic Director for eight theatre companies. In more than 40 years of directing, he has presented theatre in virtually every theatrical genre. He founded The Theatre Gym in 2006 to instruct individuals and groups in acting, directing, playwriting and related theatre activities. Art has taught theatre at the high school and college levels. He has also taught philosophy, English, and communications theory at Pembroke Hill and Rockhurst College in Kansas City. In 2008, he directed Titanic: The Musical for The Theatre in the Park, which was voted by KC Stage readers as one of the top ten productions in Kansas City for 2008 in two categories. Locally, Art staged 10 productions for the Olathe Community Theatre Association (OCTA) since 1998 and, since 1974, 13 for The Barn Players. Art has acted and directed extensively in New York City and Miami. In New York, he also served as Consulting Director to the American Playwrights Workshop. He has co-authored several original scripts for children including The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor for performance in Central Park. He has also collaborated on a theatre memoir, A Spirit’s Odyssey: A Life Journey On and Off the Stage. In 2009, he will stage productions of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral and the Midwest première of The Busy World is Hushed, both under the auspices of The Theatre Gym. These two plays constitute the first in an on-going initiative called “Faith in the 21st Century.”   The mission of Blue Springs City Theatre is to present live theatre productions for the cultural education, entertainment and inspiration of the community; foster and develop through theatrical workshops and other appropriate means, the artistic talents and skills of company members and other interested persons; and subsidize social activities designed to foster the foregoing purposes of the organization.