Mad Cow Theatre

	(L-R) Joe Llorens*, Tommy Keesling, Wesley Slade*
	(L-R) Sarah Lockhard, Robert Johnston*, Wesley Slade*
	(L-R) Wesley Slade*, Benjamin Smith, Sarah French, Tommy Keesling, Robert Johnston*
	Tommy Keesling
	(L-R) Robert Johnston*, Sarah French
	Glen Gover*, Wesley Slade*
	Robert Johnston*, Wesley Slade*, Sarah Lockhard
Photos by Tom Hurst

*Members of Actors' Equity Association 

CAST (in alphabetical order)

KATIE FORD (Female Admirer) is appearing in her second show at Mad Cow, where she also performed in the ensemble in The Light in the Piazza. Other credits include White Christmas (Tessie/Betty understudy) with Barksdale Theatre, The Music Man (Ensemble/Dance Captain) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ensemble) with Virginia Repertory Theatre, Hamlet (Guildenstern) and Amadeus (Katherina) with Richmond Shakespeare, and Rent and The Rocky Horror Show with Firehouse Theater Company. Katie can be seen in various roles at Universal Studios Florida. Her next project is co-writing and performing in the world premiere of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Unofficial Musical at the Orlando Fringe Festival 2017. 

SARAH FRENCH (Germaine). Mad Cow Theatre: The Big Meal (Woman 3), You Can't Take It With You (Alice Sycamore), Clybourne Park (Betsy/Lindsay), Kid Simple (Moll), Our Town (Emily Webb), Urinetown (Little Sally). Other regional theatre: The Lost Highway (Audrey Williams), As You Like It (Audrey), Love's Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta), The Tempest (Ariel), The Foreigner (Catherine), Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Nell Gwynn). Film/TV: Bloodline (Sony/Netflix), Semper Fight (Breaking Glass Pictures), Miss Guidance (Sandy Yu, executive producer), Comedy Gumbo (Sony). Sarah studies with Lauren O'Quinn at ClassAct Studios and is represented by the Hurt Agency.

LILY E. GARNETT (The Countess) is delighted to be returning to the pasture after playing Thomasina in Arcadia for Mad Cow Theatre’s Science Play Festival last spring. A senior at Rollins College, Lily is completing her BA in theatre with double emphases in performance and musical theatre. Most recently, she was seen playing Catherine in The Foreigner at Annie Russell Theatre. Favorite credits include Desdemona in Othello, Mariane in Tartuffe, Polly Baker in Crazy for You, and Joanne in Godspell. Her next theatrical adventure takes her to Urinetown at Annie Russell. Many thanks to my family, my Picasso peeps, Eric, and Mitzi; and love to Neil, always. Labhair teanga, impím leat.   

GLENN GOVER* (Sagot). This is Glenn's fifth show with Mad Cow, where he was last seen as Ben in The Secret Garden. Other roles: Professor Sloane in The Explorers Club, Jimmy in The Pitmen Painters, and Ira in Laughter on the 23rd Floor, a role he reprised at American Stage in St. Petersburg. Other St. Pete credits include the Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, Judge Gaffney in Harvey, KoKo in The Mikado and Sancho in Man of La Mancha with freeFall Theatre. Other credits: The Fantasticks (Hucklebee) at Winter Park Payhouse and How to Suceed in Business Without Really Trying (Twimble/Wally Womper) with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Glenn studied at the Actors’ Conservatory in Baltimore.

ROBERT JOHNSTON* (Picasso) is thrilled to be returning to Mad Cow. A few of his credits include Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra), Dakin in The History Boys and Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza (both Mad Cow Theatre), as well as Andrew Jackson in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Radames in Aida, Travis in Clark Gable Slept Here, Chip in The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Matthew in Altar Boyz, and Barnaby in Hello Dolly! (starring Sally Struthers). Robert is a proud member of Actors Equity and will be co-writing and performing the title character in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: The Unofficial Musical for the Orlando Fringe Festival 2017.

TOMMY KEESLING (Gaston) has appeared in more than 20 Mad Cow productions, including Arcadia, Our Town, The Seagull, I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda, She Stoops to Conquer, The Pitmen Painters, August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Enchanted April, Table Manners, The History Boys, and most recently Art (as Yvan). Last summer he played Steve in IceHouse Theatre’s acclaimed production of Becky’s New Car. He has worked with many other companies in Central Florida and at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. He also has appeared in staged readings with Mad Cow, PlayFest, and Women Playwrights' Initiative. 

JOE LLORENS* (Freddy) is thrilled to be making his Orlando theatre debut with Mad Cow Theatre. He earned a BFA in acting from Florida International University and has studied improvisational comedy at Sak Comedy Lab. He has performed in such classic plays as The Crucible, Glengarry Glen Ross, Hamlet, and True West. He is excited to help bring his idol Steve Martin’s brilliant play to life. Joe would like to thank his wife and three children for being an unending supply of love, support, and inspiration in his life. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin.

SARAH LOCKARD (Suzanne) is thrilled to be back in the pasture with this wonderful cast and crew. She recently played Judge Wilson in Mad Cow's all-female production of 1776 and was spoiled by a constant supply of delicious desserts baked by the one-and-only Laura Hodos. Other Mad Cow credits include Major Barbara, Pericles, Amadeus, The Lion in Winter, and Mrs. Warren's Profession. Sarah recently performed in the Winter Fringe with Voci Dance and works regularly at Sleuths Mystery Dinner Shows. Big thanks to her friends and family for their love and support.

ANDREW ROMANO (A Visitor) is ecstatic to return to Mad Cow Theatre, where he made his debut last season in You Can’t Take It With You. A Central Florida native, Andrew graduated from the University of Central Florida College of Business Administration with a degree in marketing and performed at UCF in multiple theatre productions. Some of his favorite show credits include Fat Pig, The Foreigner, and Arcadia. He would like to thank Mitzi Maxwell for the opportunity, as well as Lauren O’Quinn and the rest of his ClassAct Studios family.    

DAVID RUSSELL (Director) is president of Sak Theatre Company and served as artistic director and managing director of Sak Comedy Lab from 2002-2011. He is also an entertainment show director for Walt Disney World, where he has directed the World Showcase Players, Turtle Talk, Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, Comedy Warehouse, and the Adventurers Club. Picasso at the Lapin Agile is his fifth production at Mad Cow, where he also directed You Can’t Take It With You, The Explorers Club, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, and Bad Dates. Last year he directed Laughter on the 23rd Floor at American Stage Theatre Company in St. Pete. Dave has traveled all over the world performing, directing, speaking and teaching.

WESLEY SLADE* (Albert Einstein) has been seen at Mad Cow in The Who's Tommy (Tommy) and Sunday in the Park With George. Other credits: Hand to God (Jason/Tyrone) and It's Only a Play (Sir Frank Finger) at GableStage; Peter Pan (Mr. Smee), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Man of La Mancha, and La Cage aux Folles at the Wick Theatre; Monty Python's Spamalot (Sir Bedevere/Others) at American Stage in the Park; Into the Woods (Jack) at TheatreZone; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy) and Alice Lost in Wonderland at the Garden Theatre; and Spring Awakening at Southern Rep Theatre. Wesley performs in Orlando at Universal Studios, Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre, and more. Proud Equity member! Love to Mom, Nick, and Minnie.

BENJAMIN SMITH(Charles Dabernow Schmendiman)is excited to making his Mad Cow debut. Some of his favorite regional credits include Seussical (Cat in the Hat), Big River (Tom Sawyer), Reefer Madness (Jimmy Harper), and Avenue Q (Princeton). Benjamin can be seen performing at Universal’s Diagon Alley in Tales of Beedle the Bard and also at Disney's Animal Kingdom as Marlin in Finding Nemo the Musical.

DESIGNERS 

PRODUCTION TEAM

*Members of Actors' Equity Association