Actor Bios

	Natasha Williams (Director) received her theatre education in Kiev (Ukraine) where she appeared in several productions of The Globus Theatre and founded and served as an Artistic Director of a bilingual student Corner Theatre. Natasha is a co-founder and Managing Director of The Balagula Theatre. Her American directing and acting credits include Copenhagen at The Balagula Theatre. She has also produced and co-produced several of the Balagula’s plays including The Dresser, Power Plays, Line and the current production.
	Ryan Case (Katurian) is a co-founder and the Artistic Director of the Balagula Theatre Company. He has previously performed in Balagula's productions of Power Plays, The Dresser, Phyro-Giants, Everything You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening With the Illuminati), and as the physicist Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen . He has also appeared in AGL productions as the title character of BatBoy in BatBoy: The Musical and as Vincent VanGogh in Vincent in Brixton. Ryan’s latest directing credits include Line and Lovesavers, both for the Balagula stage. He also co-produced several of the Balagula’s shows and is credited as a co-producer of the current play.
	Joe Gatton (Ariel) has been one of the finest actors in the region for over twenty years on stage, and in film, TV, and commercials and he also served as casting director on several film, commercial, and industrial projects. On stage, Joe has done everything from Shakespeare to children’s theater. Joe served as Artistic Director of the Lexington Shakespeare Festival and Tour Manager of Lexington Children’s Theatre. As a teacher, Joe has started several students on the path to successful careers. On the Balagula stage Joe appeared in 2003 in Kissing Christine, the Balagula Theatre’s first production .
	Pete Sears (Michael) is pleased to be working on his second production with the Balagula theater. Pete is an actor, singer, occasional playwright, and the author of "1000 things a new actor should know." Mr Sears has been working in Lexington theatre for nearly 20 years. His last production was "Line", also with the Balagula Theatre.
	David Richmond (Tupolsky) is an internationally acclaimed actor and playwright. A graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Art with the staff of the Royal Academy (London) and a veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre with more than fifty productions ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, and Chekhov, to The Threepenny Opera, Mr. Richmond is also an author and a producer of several plays that ran on major stages in US and abroad including Queen's Theatre (London, England), Ginza theatre ( Tokyo, Japan,) and national tours in the US, Australia and Africa. This production is David Richmond’s first appearance on the Lexington stage. (Detailed bio available on request)