TCR Playbills Underground New Play Festival

MEET THE PARTICIPANTS Denise Allamand (Feeding) Denise is beyond thrilled to make her acting debut in this festival. She is eternally grateful to Ken (director) and Joe (writer) for casting her in Feeding. Also, thank you to her son, Eric, brothers, sisters, and in-laws for the complete support and positive encouragement. She needs to mention her long friend, Patricia, who has always believed in her long before she believed in herself. She could not be here without all of them and sends back her love. Masters of Divinity with Earlham School of Religion. This is her second Underground Festival performance as well as her second time breathing life into one of Jennifer Rouse’s engaging choreo-poems. Joseph C. Anderson (Playwright, Feeding) J.C. is an Iowa born fiction writer. Primarily a novelist, he currently has a series of Young Adult Fantasy novels being slowly released. He currently lives in Iowa City with his spice, and is attending the University of Iowa, and looking for a workshop that he can call home. Barbara Berns (For the Care and Control of the Insane) Barbara Berns is thrilled to be able to cross an item off her bucket list by being in her first TCR production. Thank you, Aaron, for giving me this chance. Being a social worker by training, she would also like to note the irony that the character she plays is one of social works early leaders, Dorothea Dix. When not practicing her lines for this play, you will find Barbara working as a volunteer coordinator at St. Luke’s Hospital where she plays mother to 400 or so high school and college volunteers as well as April Barnhart (For the Care and Control of the Insane) Hummingbird Girl, aka April is a Quad City Native, now living in the Corridor with her adorable husband and dog. In May 2014, she completed her Jeremiah Barnhart (Feeding) Jeremiah currently resides in Iowa City with his beautiful and talented wife (April Barnhart) and their corgi. In his first performance ever, Jeremiah will be playing the role of Jake in Feeding.

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