November 14, 2011

Karen Beriss

Karen Beriss, co-producer and emcee of this month's Clown Cabaret has been a professional magician for over 15 years. Performing at trade shows around the world, her magic and dry sense of humor - combined with corporate messaging skills - have captured the eyes of the press including National Public Radio, Market Place and The Wall Street Journal. She is super excited to have just joined the Big Apple Circus Clown Care program performing at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Karen is a regular at The Comedy Zone in Washington DC. She trained in improv and acting with Second City in New York. And she has performed for celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Kirstie Alley, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, the Washington Capitals and Robert Goulet. Most recently she worked with Leon Redbone. Plus, Karen’s mom thinks Karen is funny – so it must be true.
www.swellmagic.com

Michael Rosman

Comedy Juggler Michael Rosman loves to perform. His smart, original and clean humor has provided 20 years of laughs on more than 25 cruise ships, at more than 125 colleges, a few Las Vegas and Atlantic City Casinos and for more than 1000 corporate and festival events around the world.

MichaelRosman.com

Rich Potter

Rich Potter is a co-producer and frequent performer for Clown Cabaret. His appearances on the David Letterman Show, at the Vice Presidential Mansion, in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and other venues domestically and in dozens of other countries have gotten him a laugh or two.
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Heather Bagnell-Scheller

Heather Bagnall Scheeler comes to us having recently returned from a 9 month tour with Disney Cruiseline and a nine weekend tour with the Maryland Renaissance Festival. This is her first appearance at the clown cabaret but she has been performing in the DC metro area for nearly two decades (and looks mighty fine for her age, whatever that may be). An Annapolis native, Heather combines dance, movement, acrobatics and spoken word with a wicked sense of humor and irony, drawing from her own life experiences to capture and encapsulate moments in time that resonate with audiences young and old alike.

Mental Collage

Mental Collage is the father-daughter team of Dayle and Callie Hodge. They've been father and daughter for 18 years, performing together for the last 5.

As a Mentalism Duo, Callie can see your thoughts and feelings (Thoughts are clear and solid, feelings are fuzzy and tickle ... Who knew?), Dayle is the wrangler.

Callie has been acting since she was 11, and acting out since she was 2. Her stage credits include: Ms. Sherman in "Fame", Dorothy Panch in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", and 14 other productions over the past 6 years. Recently, she was part of a featured performance troupe at DisneyWorld. By day, Callie can be found on Baltimore's Goucher College campus playing the role of a freshman studying drama and equestrian. As with all aspiring actors, Callie moonlights as a barista at a coffee shop.

Dayle has been a square dance caller for the past 30 years. And before you ask, yes, people still square dance. He is the owner and co-host of the Square Dance Radio Network www.squaredanceradionetwork.com. Dayle is also co-owner of Benxing Entertainment www.benxing.com, a sweatshop in Columbia producing fun and educational games for children. Dayle doesn't sleep much.

Stephen Lampredi

Steven Lampredi's (Artistic Director of New Old Theater) production of Black-Eyed Susan in 2004 launched New Old Theater as a company for recreating Victorian melodrama. Our American Cousin (director and title lead) followed in 2005. Mr. Lampredi has also served as stage director for The Disappointment, The Fashionable Vices, and The Beggars' Opera with Opera Americana in Alexandria, Virginia, and as authenticity consultant for Our American Cousin at the "Final Chapter" Civil War re-enactment in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Besides these historically re-created productions, Mr. Lampredi has over 30 years experience performing and directing in varied styles of theater, including comedy, drama, musicals, and opera. He performs traditional music with the Ship's Company Chanteymen and has performed with marionettes, masks, and mime. Steven co-created several original comedy productions, including Brain Surgery While-U- Wait and The Crusty Bakers, and assisted in company- created work with Fraudulent Productions of Washington, DC.