TCR Playbills Underground New Play Festival | Page 17

MEET THE PARTICIPANTS friends for allowing him the time to participate. Angelica Fink (I Put a Spell on You) Angelica is a senior at Kennedy High School. She performs with the school’s choir and takes lessons from Jessica Morosky. She also takes dance with Erin Thorson. This is her first time performing in TCR’s Underground Festival and she is very excited to be a part of the Festival with her mom, who is in another show! Taylor James Foster (Playwright, World of Lovelies, Playwright/ Director, Home Is Where the Heart Is, Director, Cutting the Cord) Taylor has achieved what he calls “the trifecta” at the 201516 TCR Underground Festival by writing two productions (Home is Where the Heart Is & World of Lovelies), directing two production (Cutting the Cord & Home is Where the Heart Is), and acting in two productions (The Eleventh Chapter & Toilet Note). Taylor has previously directed for the Festival as well as assistant directed at Mount Mercy University and the Brucemore Classics. For the 2015 season, he has taken the roles of Mortimer Brewster in Giving Tree Theater’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace, Kenneth in TCR’s Clybourne Park, and Sam Craig in the Brucemore Classics’ rendition of Our Town. He would like to thank his family who are overly supportive of his liberal ways, those who love and support the arts, and to those who live life to the fullest. Cory Goldensoph (Home is Where the Heart Is, The Last Rodeo) Cory is excited to be back performing in front of the TCR crowd. Cory’s only other performance here was in 2007 in Cash on Delivery. In real life, Cory performs in front of juries and judges as an attorney. He would like to thank the writers, directors, and actors of both plays for making this such an enjoyable experience. He would further like to thank his wife Megan and his kids Anika and Atticus for making life such an enjoyable experience (and for letting me be in this play). Klein Hammond (Look for America, HX