TWIST YOUR DICKENS CAST
CRAIG CACKOWSKI
Scrooge
Craig Cackowski is
excited to be returning to
Portland Center Stage
and reprising his role as
Scrooge in Twist Your
Dickens. He has been seen on TV as
“Officer Cackowski” on Community and
as a member of the ensemble of Comedy
Central’s Drunk History. He has
performed with The Second City as a
member of its National Touring
Company and on its Equity stages in
Chicago. Craig has also toured the country with his long-running improv
group Dasariski, and as the cast of the
acclaimed podcast The Thrilling
Adventure Hour. Other film and TV
appearances include Veep, Welcome to
the Family, How I Met Your Mother,
Comedy Bang Bang, Newsreaders, Maker
Shack Agency, Arrested Development,
Curb Your Enthusiam, The Kings of
Summer, 21 and Over, and Year of
the Dog.
CHANTAL DEGROAT
Belle and others
Chantal is over the moon
to return to PCS for
round two of Twist Your
Dickens! Local performances also include The
Liar (upcoming at Artists Repertory
Theatre), The Piano Lesson (Portland
Playhouse), INVASION! (Badass
Theatre Company), Complex (JAW
Festival, PCS), Valley Song (Profile
Theatre), God of Carnage (Chahalem
Players), For Better (Clackamas Rep).
East Coast favorites are: A Midsummer…
(Hermia), Much Ado...(Hero), FAME the
Musical-Boston Premiere (Carmen
Diaz), Hair (Dionne). Chantal trained at
Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA,
studied under Kristin Linklater and
received her B.F.A. from Emerson
College. Chantal recorded vocals for
Grammy Nominee Sam Sparro and
teaches voice workshops locally and
abroad. She is Portland’s lead coach for
the August Wilson Monologue Competition (August Wilson Red Door
Project), coaches for PlayWrite, Inc.,
and performs in PCS’s All’s Fair in Love
and Shakespeare school and community
tour. Bottomless love and gratitude to
her family and friends!
www.chantaldegroat.com
P 8 | PORTLAND CENTER STAGE TWIST YOUR DICKENS
SAM DINKOWITZ
Ghost of Christmas
Past and others
Sam Dinkowitz is beyond
twisted with Christmas
joy, to be back at PCS
with this production. Recent local credits include: Wait Until
Dark with Northwest Classical Theatre,
The Tempest with Portland Shakespeare
Project, Lost Boy with Artists Repertory
Theatre and Dracula: A Musical
Nightmare with Stumptown Stages. Other credits include: The Oregon
Cabaret Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival,
Post5 Theatre and Jewish Theatre
Collaborative. Sam is also the writer and
director of Portland’s own SPECTRAVAGASM, a late-night sketch show
currently housed at Post5 Theatre.
Upcoming performances include Static
at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. TV
credits include a guest star role on
Leverage. Sam’s performance is brought
to you by the undying love and support
of his parents Steve and Barbara.
NICHOLAS KES