Phil Abrams (Performer, US, UK): Phil has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, WB and HBO in TV shows including Everybody Loves Raymond, The X-Files, The Practice, Roswell, & Party of Five. His theatrical credits range from off-Broadway to regional theatre and he has blown bubbles in three hemispheres. He has performed with the R.S.C. in their shows "The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)" and "The Complete History of America (abridged)" in England, Japan, Israel and Cleveland. Phil also received a Drama-Logue award for his starring role in a Los Angeles production of "The Actor's Nightmare". Mr. Abrams recently went on an audition for the TV show The Huntress. He did not get the job.

Geoffrey Alm (Fight Director) Some may say that Geof was born with a sword in his hand, which was startling to his mother, and frightening to his father. The truth being that through a childhood of Zorro, cowboys, comics and superheros, he was well set up for the profession he ended up in - credit counseling. Ok, the real truth. Geof is a Certified Fight Director and teacher with The Society of American Fight Directors. As a Fight Director, he has choreographed over 150 shows in the Seattle Area, working at The Seattle Rep, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Intiman Theatre Company and Seattle Opera. Nationally, he has worked at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Arizona Theatre Company, The Huntington Theatre in Boston, Missouri Rep in Kansas City, Montana Shakespeare in the Park, Missoula Children's Theatre, Idaho Rep and Northwest Children's Theatre in Portland Oregon. He teaches Stage Fighting for the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of Washington, as well as Freehold Theatre Lab. He lives in the Seattle area with a bevy of beloved animals.

Karl Anderson (Performer, US, UK): Born and bred in Boston, MA. Karl developed an affinity for all things Irish: Guinness stout, redheads, the Kennedy's and eternally losing football teams. Karl accepted this tour to escape the persistent rumors regarding romantic intrigues with Britney Spears and Bono. Karl is not a Sagittarius.

Andrea Atkins (Button Pusher) a Yankee-born Dixie-transplant who recently relocated to LA LA land, is damn happy to be a card-carrying member of the RSC Techie Hall of Fame. Andrea is usually stealing the spotlight, rather than running it, as she is a well-seasoned (mostly peppery) performer of comedy improv, children's theatre, and the occasional script penned by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. When asked about her experience with the daunting technical requirements for the premiere of The Reducers: All The Great Books (abridged) (lights go up! lights go down!), she replied: "It was so cool! Almost as cool as when I had to run the blood squirty machine thingy for Agnes of God!" Continuing acting in film and television was the big draw to Los Angeles, but working with her lifelong heroes of Reduced fame has proven to almost be an accomplishment worthy of writing home. A huge lover of hyphens, commas, and anything remotely grammatical: Atkins still recalls the first stage line she ever uttered. "I am Carol Carrot! Full of Vitamin A! Fun to eat, anytime of day!"

Tim Beckmann (Performer, UK):  Tim hails from the United States of Canada and is pleased to have been born in the 70s, which means his baby clothes are back in fashion. You may have seen him in such corporate videos as "Tar, What is it good for?" and " Scarf Tying, it's Knot as Hard as You Think." He now lives in London with his gorgeous wife Jane, and their three beautiful split personalities.

Khushi Bhatia (pronounced Kuoouscheey Bodttdyia) (Administrative Czar) came to the RSC via a psychology degree from a good Maine school. (We have all undergone her evaluation and she's decided she needs to stay. . .maybe for a very long time). Some of her many skills include Indian food experimentation (never conducted on live rabbits), cross-reference filing by astrological sign and solving almost all bits of troublesome minutia. She can calculate currency, whip up a web notice, tactfully type trivial trifles and still bring home the bacon. Her pet peeves include spiders, spam, and the letter "m".

Rick Bland (Performer, UK):  Richard the 3rd Bland, was born in the Kingdom of Stratford upon Avon, Ontario, Canada in 1964. The son of Ann Hathaway and Billy Shakespeare Bland, he was noted as the only towns person whose head was bigger than his hump. He disgraced his family at a town meeting, by announcing that he was going to find a cure for his hump by becoming a Chiropractor. He traded his kingdom for a horse and travelled to Toronto, where, to raise money for Chiropractic college, he got a job at the Globe Theatre Bar and Grill. There he met his beautiful but oddly named wife: The. Short for The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. Richard the 3rd and The moved to England where finally, they felt accepted and at home.

Aaron Brown (Performer). Aaron's strengths lie in his physicality and his ability to mimic animals. Combined, he broke into the big time as Tiger #2 in the film Gladiator. Since then the roles have been pouring in. Not wanting to be typecast he turned down a leading role, Dinosaur #1 in the forthcoming King Kong. To see how his skills could translate on to the live stage; enter the RSC.

Ruben Crow (Performer) grew up in a large commune with 21 brothers and 17 sisters. His parents (called Tim and Joanna we think) always encouraged the children to make their own way in life, and so Ruben (or Number 26 as he is more commonly known) decided acting was the life for him. Having graduated without honour from ASDA last summer he is delighted to be on the tour. And Tim and Joanna – if you are out there and you see your missing Number 26, please get in touch.

Kyle Dadd (Performer, UK):  Kyle, who is more of a concept than a human, was conceived and reared in a boobopolis in Canada. A spendthrift of his own genius, he now lives chronically in debt in North London. Kyle has a keen sense of smell and is particularly fond of moose.

Megan Dennis (Performer, US):Born in captivity in Hartford Connecticut, reared in Farnham, Surrey and released into the Canadian wilderness at the age of twelve, Megan was re-captured mid burger-flip at "The Weenie Wagon" in Whitehorse, Yukon during an RSC scouting trip. Whilst she misses ice-fishing and bear trapping with the gals, she makes do log-rolling in the company bathtub. She is married to a lumber-jack called Craig who is implausibly tall and freakishly handsome.

Scott Ewing (former General Manager) On the advice of a friend, Scott attended the very first “Complete Works” show and was so taken by the audience response that he immediately became a partner and business manager for the RSC. At the helm from that first 1987 trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through to the early part of 1993, Scott shepherded the troupe to performances in nine countries and forty states. “I told the boys that if they would put in an intermission and flesh out the show a bit we could make a go of it commercially. They gave me a year to “get work” and we were off and running. I think I made about eleven cents an hour that first year.” Instrumental to the company’s early success, Scott promoted the first appearance in Edinburgh, put together the showcase that helped him book our first tours, got us a touring agent and negotiated hundreds of contracts around the country and around the globe. Eventually Scott ran off with his former RSC assistant Lois and procreated. They are now in Simi Valley where Scott produces retreats, seminars, festivals and events and Lois rubs people the right way for money – but not like that.

Gary Fannin (Performer, UK):  Despite Gary's thick Swahili accent he actually hails from America, Texas in fact.  After years of roaming the range he decided that it was time to leave the sheep alone and seek further education in the real world, thus landing himself at the University of Texas where he bought his BFA and found his MRS who happens to be English.  After working extensively in America and amassing great wealth and extreme fame from his remarkable acting abilities (sigh) he was accidentally sold into white slavery by a bunch of English pirates and only recently escaped.  In fact he is more of a stow-away on this tour until he can somehow find his way back home.  So if anyone asks, you didn't see him!

Karl Hamilton most recently appeared in The Most Happy Fella with George Hearn at the Ravinia Festival. At Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, his appearances include the World Premiere of The Three Musketeers, The Merry Wives of Windsor and As You Like It. Other Chicago credits include By the Music of the Spheres (Goodman), four seasons as Captain of The Christmas Schooner (Bailiwick) Luther Billis in South Pacific (Light Opera Works), and the critically acclaimed revival of Shenandoah (Marriott Lincolnshire). Regionally, he appeared in lead roles for The Sound of Music, Ragtime, and Children of a Lesser God (Timber Lake Playhouse).

Rachel Hamilton (Performer, US): Rachel Hamilton was born and raised in Washington, D.C. where she started wowing audiences in first grade as the Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood; The John Eaton Elementary School newsletter called her performance "incendiary." From that point on Rachel seized every possible opportunity to perform, much to the chagrin of her teachers. She was in school productions, she did community theatre and she spent her summers studying Drama and Puberty at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Rachel received her B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern University, which is where she discovered Improvisation. After graduation Rachel spent several years in Chicago working with various Improv groups, performing in dank basements and tiny black box theatres, often with more people on stage than there were in the audience. Rachel was then cast in the Second City Touring Company with whom she traveled the country for two years, bringing the funny to the people, followed by a year each on the Second City ETC and Mainstage. Rachel then went on the road once again, this time with the Reduced Shakespeare Company's production of, The Complete Millennium Musical, (abridged), a joyous time during which she whipped strangers, talked to puppets, and blamed it on the Lord whenever possible. Rachel now lives in L.A. where she is performing with Second City once again as well as teaching Improv, doing stand-up, and getting cast in tiny independent films of which you have never heard. Rachel is now done with her bio. Rachel would like to start another sentence with the word Rachel. Rachel thanks you for reading.

Brad Harbaugh (Performer) like you, was surprised to learn RSC, in this case, does not stand for Royal Shakespeare Company (lawsuit pending). After working with Victory Gardens, About Face, and Provision theatres, and earning a Jeff nomination as Austin in True West for the Hypocrites, plus movie/TV credits like Just Visiting and Early Edition, he believed he was joining the ranks of Olivier, McKellen, and Dame Dench. (Can you taste the knighthood?) Sir Brad is coping with the disappointment by hosting the podcast TheSecretToTeaching.com and hanging with his never disappointing wife, Julie, and daughter, Dot.

Matthew Hendrickson (Performer, UK): Matthew was born and raised in the Wild West, where he spent his formative years splitting logs, riding the range and singing Monteverdi and Brahms. Strong of arm and layrnx, he came to the Old World some nine years ago in a great big airplane - and hasn't regretted it yet.

Eduardo Henrikez (Performer, US):  Eduardo was born south of the Rio Grande in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan to two French tourists. Wanting to be the first in his family to swim over to the New World he endured the toughest Aztec warrior training and tequila tasting that was available.......only to see his dreams cut short when he was captured by Spanish pirates and sold to the Reduced Shakespeare Company as cheap labour.

Kiff Vanden Heuvel is an accomplished sketch comic, director, voice talent, and teacher. He also enjoys running around and yelling at people. He is a Second City main stage alumnus who has written and performed 5 main stage reviews at the Second City theaters in Detroit and Cleveland. Since then, Kiff originated the role of Shoe in the world premiere of Adam Rapps play Gompers at the Pittsburgh City Theatre, he frequently appears in national TV and radio commercials, has a new baby, a beautiful wife, and one kidney (gave Dad the other one in 98). Have a blast!

Daniel Kays (Production Manager) before joining the RSC in '99, the biggest thing that Daniel had ever managed and produced was his hair length of 1" every 6 months. Since joining the company, he has lost hair and produced 2 hungry little mouths with his lovely wife, Laura. In order to feed those mouths he has taken residence in North San Diego County, being the Technical Director of an outdoor Amphitheatre, which produces 8 shows a year.

Aaron Krohn (Performer, UK) was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He now lives in New York where he wishes he were an actor. He plays a mean guitar (though the two of them are on speaking terms) and he wonders... why he's talking in third person?

David Letwin (Performer, UK): David is regarded by many to be quite simply the greatest living balding actor of his generation. On some occasions he has said his lines exactly as they were written, and has only ‘sawed the air thus' twice to the best of his recollection. David opened at the Criterion but was asked to leave the country after it was discovered he had been living for the entire eighteen months in the Post-Impressionist wing of the National Gallery.

Walter Lewis (Performer, UK): Growing up in St. Louis was a boundless cultural experience for Walter with its big arch, Budweiser brewery, and Brady Bunch re-runs. However his best friend, Huckleberry, convinced him to move on and check out the budding punk scene in England. Unfortunately, Huck lives on a raft and Walter found he’d missed it by about 15 years. Undeterred, he stayed in London, took some Cockney lessons and dressed like Morrissey, but found it difficult to get a job. Luckily for Walter, the R.S.C. desperately needed an usher to sell their converse-high-top-shaped programs. And the rest is history…

Adam Long (Performer, US, UK/Writer/Founding Member) Although born in Manhattan and raised in California with Texans, Adam now resides in London with his lovely wife Alex, his son Joe, daughter Tilly, 6 guinea pigs, two hens, a cat, two tortoises, a very old fish, and a gnat named Charlie. He cites his influences as Harpo Marx, Dogen Zenji and The Grateful Dead.

Megan Loughney served as RSC General Manager from 2000-2007. She sent all six RSC productions on the road in multiple U.S. tours, tours of Ireland, Israel, Vancouver, London, Holland, Bermuda, and Edinburgh along with multiple sit-downs in at least eight U.S. regional theatres. Multi-tasking in multi-media, she helped get the Bible (abridged) to CD (U.S. and Canada), Reduced Shakespeare to PBS and DVD, AMERICA (abridged) to DVD, and the Hyperion book "Reduced Shakespeare" to your bathroom.

Richard Lynson (Performer, UK): Richard does not exist. He is a figment of the imagination created because another actor already had his real name. Richard was delivered by a stork to the exact middle of the North American continent, but his parents saw fit to substitute extreme cold for cold and extreme wet, and he was raised in Lancashire. He thinks the ideal job would be quality control inspector for Wychwood Brewery. As a party trick, he can recite Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return Of The Jedi from memory. He doesn't get invited to parties much.

Michele Machalani (Production Stage Manager): Michele lives in Maine (justifying her nickname, Maine-iac), where, in her spare time, she is a marketing consultant. She studied Performing Arts and Philosophy at Colby College, and has worked doing lots of different things at lots of different theatres. She is excited to be on her first tour (of duty) with RSC.

Tim Machin (Performer, UK): Born in London, Tim misspent his youth trying to join rodeos in Canada - the land of the Silver Birch (home of the beaver). Whilst chopping down trees and eating his lunch, he dreamt of starting a collection of fridge magnets from cities and towns of Great Britain. He is internally grateful to the RSC for making that dream a reality.

Ross MacKenzie (Performer, UK): Hails from a western town where it is not unusual for winter outings to take place in 50 below temps. Started by stretching hamstrings with a ballet company then spent alot of time in institutions, educational ones. Co-founded a theatre troupe with some chums. Quirky oddball pieces with shameless lyrics and mad-cap scenarios made no money - but enjoyed eating only macaroni for two years. Now enjoys good food and drink and lavish dinner parties for ten.

Christian Malcolm (Performer/UK Webmaster, UK): Christian was born on a pirate ship. Having spent his formative years growing up in Oman, Hong Kong and Dulwich, his parents finally decided to settle down in Canada. Christian greatly enjoyed drinking soft drinks with the polar bears there and yes, he lived in an igloo. Christian then came to England to research his thesis, proving once and for all that Shakespeare was a woman.

Alan Marriott (Performer, UK): Alan, a founder of Theatresports London, has worked with almost every improvisational theatre group in London including: The Comedy Store Players, Dogs on Holiday, and South of the River (with Steve Frost and Jeremy Hardy). He was a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company for a year and a half, performing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and The Complete History of America (abridged) at the Criterion Theatre in the West End. Alan is also the mad genius behind The Impro Musical (a.k.a. "The Bootleg Broadway Show" for Tyne Tees TV) and continues to work extensively with Impropera (a fully improvised opera).

Jane Martin (former RSC General Manager): Prior to joining the RSC and sleeping with Reed, Jane was manager/artistic director of the Hawk's Well Theatre in Sligo, Ireland and then producer of the physical comedy troupe The Right Size, in London, England. Jane's hopes of ever getting a role in an RSC production were dashed when she produced a smaller but identical version of Reed (dimples and all). Jane currently operates the Martin School of Speech & Drama for children ages 5-16 in Sonoma, CA. For more information go to www.martinschoolsonoma.com.

Chris Andrew Mellon (Performer, UK): Having spent his life split between England, New York and Germany, Chris is rightfully confused about his identity. He's been seen in the West End, Broadway, on TV, heard on Radio, has recorded books for kids, and is a mean roller-skater (thanks, Starlight Express). Any questions, see me later.

David Menkin (Perfomer). Sven was raised by a pack of friendly wolves in the wilds of Norway. After saving an American family from a particularly nasty elk he was subsequently cleaned, housetrained, adopted and moved to Surrey. Unable to shake his habit of marking his territory in a particularly unacceptable manner, the family was forcibly relocated to New York and given new identities. There, David was able to pursue his teenage dream of being a manicurist – a career cut tragically short by a debilitating fear of emery boards. Being an actor seemed like the only sensible option left to him and he hopes one day to do just that.

Adam D. Millard (Performer). Having divided his time between the UK, Holland and Belgium on last year's Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) tour, Adam D. Millard still boasts a relatively clean criminal record and Believes that this is a Good Thing. It is with this sense of gusto that he enters the realm of hand props, costumes, and wigs once more.

Amy Moorhead (Choreographer): Amy trained on scholarship with the San Francisco Ballet and survived the last 3 1/2 out of 5 record-breaking years in the San Francisco production of The Phantom of the Opera. Favorite role: Val in A Chorus Line. Favorite show to choreograph: West Side Story. Favorite husband and sons: Bob, Andrew and Zach. Amy is thrilled to work on the RSC's first musical and finally discover the joys of working with non-dancers.

Mike Neill (Performer, UK): Was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, although he tells everyone he's from Dallas. He began his acting carer at the age of twelve playing Hamlet in the famous Beal School Folio version. He came to study in England because "that's where Olivier came from and he's really good." He is grateful to the management for allowing him to fulfill a childhood dream of playing Hamlet with the RSC, (although strictly speaking, this wasn't what he meant).

April Nickell (former Production Manager): April went to Pepperdine University, which is located in Malibu and has a spectacular view of the ocean. Pepperdine is also highly regarded for...um...hey, did I mention the spectacular view? April's had a lot of other theatrical experience, but this is her most important gig to date, and yes, that is a little sad. With April around, we don't need Viagra, but what she really wants to do is direct.

Mike O'Connor (Performer, UK): Michael was actually born in Bath, England - no kidding, he was - but lived in the United States for some thirteen years. Michael is especially proud of his voice-over work in various Japanese sci-fi films as well as his successful tour of the Midwest in Harold Weinberg's Swinging Organ Extravaganza and Cabaret. When Mike recently journeyed back to his native England to see if they still talk funny (they do) he was suddenly snatched up at Customs by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and promptly sent on their UK tour of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Besides acting, Michael enjoys putting insects in jars.

Betsy Pennington (Performer, UK): Betsy, although American, has lived in Britain for many years. As such, she enjoys traditional pastimes like tea, cricket, and talking about the weather incessantly. A keen animal lover, she keeps herds of Wildebeest in her cozy one-up two-down flat in Greenwich. She also has a female dog called Harry and a male iguana called Esmerelda (who always has the hump). A keen dancer, Betsy enjoys elevator music and in the past could be seen strutting her stuff between the mezzanine and observation floor of the Empire State Building every other Wednesday. She believes that the world will end at midnight.

John Pohlhammer (Performer, US, UK): John hails from the Windy City and is of Swedish and German descent. This makes him Germ-ish, but not necessarily contagious. His stage career began with the Nutcracker Ballet in Chicago... he was the nut. He has since become a mean drummer, but is still very nice the rest of the time. John recently moved from Florida to London in his continual search for warmer, sunnier weather and a lower cost of living.

Vanessa Pohlhammer (former Production Assistant): Vanessa was born in Hastings, England, famous for the Battle of 1066. She swears it wasn't her fault. To be closer to husband John, Vanessa first worked with the RSC at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem, and now follows the group religiously. She enjoys being married to a man of biblical proportions.

Mark Prince (Performer, UK): Mark's world began in the burbs of Ontario and took him to the mean streets of Toronto and finally to London where he now lives in the land of 'init'. Although Mark has recently enjoyed a great deal of time as a victim of hen nights and dodging salsa dancers, he is delighted to be sleeping with four thespians and hopes the true experience of being "out and about" will improve his pronunciation of it. Mark would like to thank the RSC for giving him the opportunity to consider cutting his own hair an option.

Matt Rippy (Performer, Webmaster, US, UK) once acted as director for the Reduced, directing a tour of The Complete Works in Ireland. But Matt usually acts like an actor. He can sometimes be seen making faces on stage, sometimes on screen, sometimes on TV, usually just at the TV... but mostly at himself in the mirror.

David Razowsky (Performer, US): David cannot believe that people actually pay him to do this work. He has been cast into many roles thoroughout his illustrious thirty-garble-illegible-garble year career mostly by duping producers and directors using the sophisticated and strenuous "Look over there!" ruse, as well as the classic "It's alright--I'm the playwright" ploy. David is the Artistic Director of the Second City Los Angeles, and has written and performed in ten productions with Chicago's Second City. After 25 years of smoking, he quit this year, so, for your own well being, be pleasant around him.

Dee Ryan (Performer/Additional Material, US, UK): Dee Ryan worships the god Ha Ha at the altar of Funny. Dee has two children, each of whom has trod the boards in utero. Just say the words "extended run" and she ovulates. Dee believes the essence of theater is to "show, not tell" which could explain her recent firing from "The Vagina Monologues". It has been said that Dee suffers from a false sense of entitlement. She deserves that. As an Irish American, Dee finds a grudge easier to hold and to remember than her children. Dee lives, writes and gawks in La La Land.

Tim Scheuneman has been stealing bits from RSC for years, so as you can imagine, he is a-thrill at the prospect of finally performing them with a clear conscience. You may have seen him in AMERICA (abridged), Flanagans Wake, The Baritones or Jungle Rot at the Noble Fool Theatre, or doing improv on numerous stages including the Chicago IO and Blue Vervain. His TV credits include Watson Chevrolet and Empire Carpets. He made his motion picture debut in Be be part en vadrouille. If you google Tim you'll see that hes ranked 2,565,917 on the IMDbpro.com STARmeter popularity rankings. Movin' on up, baby!

William Shakespeare (Dead Playwright, US, UK): Mr. Shakespeare supposedly wrote some, most, or all of the 36 plays published in the "First Folio" as well as Pericles, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and reams of poetry. He must have been an interesting guy to have written all those keen plays, but there is no evidence that he was fun at parties, handy around the house, or even good at Chinese checkers. The RSC claims that were Shakespeare alive today, he would not only approve of their interpretations of his plays, but would also go bowling with them after the show.

John Schwab (Performer, UK): John was born in Pensacola, Florida (somebody had to be). He now resides in London with his wife, Tasmin, and two kids Humphrey and Cleopatra (both black cats). John wishes to thank his pre-school teacher for giving him his 'big-break', playing 'Happy' the third bicuspid in the school dental hygiene play.

Jenni Schwaner (Wardrobe Supervisor): Jenni joined the RSC after survivalist training in South Australia, grad school, summer stock and the costume rentals business. As the backstage props-and-costumes wrangler, she rarely gets to see an RSC show from the front, and often has to ask the guys what the audience is laughing at. She also creates nifty fashions for her eBay business, Costuminatrix Designs.

Daniel Singer (Founder/ Writer, US, UK): Daniel left Sant Rosa, California at age 19 to pursue a classical theatre training in London. Two years later he returned home but couldn't get a paid acting job that let him keep his beard, so he founded the Reduced Shakespeare Company. After co-creating The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Daniel spent nearly twelve years designing theme park attractions for Walt Disney Imagineering; he's particularly proud of his contributions to Disneyland's Toontown. Currently a CPL (Creative Person at Large), Daniel is looking forward to productions of his new play, visit www.rozwellmusical.com for more information. He is also producing a line of hunky garden staturary.

BryanTorfeh (Performer, UK): Bryan is a well travelled Irish-Persian from California. He's pleased to be with the RSC, having worked several seasons with some other company that goes by the same initials. He blames his father for his early childhood over-exposure to Olivier and Chaplin films.

Claire "Maisie" Walker (former Assistant Stage Manager): After her formative years in Derbyshire being brought up with cattle and pigs, Claire graduated from Leicester Polytechnic. She then caught mad cow disease and was immediately made director of Leicester Comedy Festival, a post she held for two years. She joined G&J Productions to look after comedy but was soon sent packing to hinder the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

Kea Watson (Production Manager): From childhood Ms. Watson has always fancied herself a Bea Arthur look-alike. Afer a somewhat intersting and sometimes traumatic childhood at an all-girls' school in the mid-south, she fled to a co-ed college in the frigid north, where she is rumored to have majored in long range swordfighting and underwater welding. She joins the RSC after a ten-year stint as dictator of a small island nation in the Pacific, where she was respectfully called "El Guapo" by her minions.

Jess Winfield (Founding Member/ Writer, US, UK): After 11years of writing and performing with the RSC, Jess retired from the company in 1992 when he realized he'd acted the title role in Hamlet more times than Olivier and Gielgud combined and suddenly felt very dead. He now lives in Los Angeles where he has authored a bunch of Mickey Mouse cartoons and a book called "What Would Shakespeare Do?". Jess does not care for stewed tomatoes. Visit: www.jesswinfield.com.

Taylor Young (Performer, US): On Broadway, Taylor played the lead role of Rita in Prelude to a Kiss, and was in Sir Peter Hall's production of Merchant of Venice with Dustin Hoffman, understudying and performing the role of Portia. She has never been in Cats. She has performed over eighty roles in such theatres as American Conservatory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, New York Shakespeare Festival, Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, The Naked Angels, and The Redlands High School Gymnasium. Some TV credits include ER, Homocide: Life on the Street, Nash Bridges, Hearts Afire, People V. (pilot), "Family Law", the film "A.I." directed by Steven Spielberg and "The Undisputed" directed by Walter Hill. Millennium, her RSC debut, allowed Taylor to emulate her true hero Bugs Bunny by performing much of the show in drag.