A Virginia native, Lauren’s most recent production has been that of her one year old daughter, Clio. Other life-altering work includes Chappelle’s Show , The Perfect Dress (w/ Alicia Goranson), Noise (w/ Ally Sheedy), and of course the Off-Broadway hit What Women Talk About (w/ a bunch of schmoes). She plays the female lead the 2005 thriller Disorder , and Shane Tilston’s Kuwait . Memorable theatre work includes God of Vengeance (dir. Carolyn Cantor), The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (dir. Phil Soltanoff), The Time of Your Life (dir. Steve Cosson)and The Blue Demon (dir. Darko Tresnjak). Fringe fans may remember her work as a Japanese man in the 2003 Audience Favorite Poop – A True Story .
Brenna Palughi (Sophie)
Originally a hippy from New Hampshire, Brenna’s favorite roles include Natasha in Tom Stoppard's Rough Crossing (Venus Rising Co., CA), Sarah in Pinter's The Lover (Barnstormers, NH). She was last seen in NYC at HERE Arts Center in Impact Theatre's premiere of Birdgirl , as Sophie in two seasons of What Women Talk About , and at the Theresa Lang Theater as Perdita in The Winter's Tale . She has starred in several independent films and lends her voice to documentaries about hairdressers. In September she will start her 1st year at the Yale School of Drama. Now as a hippy in New York, she is thrilled and honored to share the stage with her girls again.
Lynne Rosenberg (Jean)
Originally from the Boston area, Lynne is a graduate of Vassar College with a BA in Drama and a double minor in Music and Linguistic Anthropology. She was most recently seen as Wing/Ding in Mesaya at Ensemble Studio Theater. Lynne was a proud cast member of the original permutation of Fishbowl - the first ever SAG-contracted, unscripted, internet-broadcast theater production, “What Women Talk About.” She has also been seen at the Red Room, the Kraine Theater, the Gallery Players, the Blue Heron Theater, the People's Improv Theater, the Improv, National Comedy Theater, and Ars Nova.
Katharine Heller (Sara)
A New York native, Katharine began her improv career in Minnesota at Macalester College where she co-founded the school's improv troupe, Fresh Concepts . She also had the pleasure of opening for the cast of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 while on their college tour. In New York she has been in numerous improv shows including Chick Flicks, Ka-Baam!, Happy Like Your Cousin and Fall Season . Film and TV credits include What Men Talk About (Webjammer Productions), This is Not My Beautiful Life (Broken Robot Films), The Devil Ruins Everything I Do (Skyline Films) and Stankervision (MTV). Katharine is also a theater and nightlife reviewer for the online magazine, NewYorkCool.com and is currently working on the staged reading of her parody romance novel, The Boy in the Basement . She is a proud member of SAG. www.katharineheller.com
Hugh Sinclair (Director)
Hugh most recently completed the feature film What Men Talk About (While Women Make Them Wait) which he co-directed with Wayne Parillo . Previously, he co-directed numerous improv-based shows with Wayne Parillo, including What Women Talk About, Chick Flicks, and The Break. Other directing credits include Shake It Up , The Natural Coffeehouse Radio Hour, and Real Life: The Improv with Freestyle Repertory Theatre. He also directed the award winning Travels with My Aunt for Circuit Playhouse in Memphis, Tennessee. His most recent acting credits include Never The Sinner for The Woodshed Collective, Orestes 2.0 (Here Arts Center), Strom Thurmond Is Not A Racist (Brick Theatre), and Fast Blood (The Lark Theatre). Other acting credits include appearances on A&E and The History Channel, as well as featured roles in the films Ernest Goes to Camp and Running Mates. Regionally he has appeared in The Foreigner ( Pennsylvania Stage Company ), Twelfth Night and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Clarence Brown Theatre)and The Elephant Man, Amadeus, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Taming of the Shrew (Tennessee Repertory Theatre). He has numerous teaching credits as well, having been a professor at Marymount Manhattan College, a guest lecturer at Columbia University, and a teaching artist with Arts Genesis, Arts For All, The 52nd Street Project, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center (MAX Project,) Freestyle Repertory Theatre, and The I Have A Dream Foundation.
Wayne Parillo (Co-creator)
Wayne wrote, directed, and appeared in the television pilot "I'm Sorry
Melissa", which was accepted into the New York Pilot Festival for September. His first feature film, which he co-directed with Hugh
Sinclair, What Men Talk About (While Women Make Them Wait) was recently
accepted into the Big Damn Film Festival in Chicago. His co-creator/co-director
credits include What Women Talk About and The Break. He also
created the hit stage shows: Sexy, Sane & Single; and One Night
Stands & Bad-Breakups. Writing/Directing: Multiple Orgasms.
Directing theater: Fathers and Sons. Music Video: With You.
Film: Random Side Effects, and What Men Talk About. Directing
webisodes: The Aventures of Holly M. He is currently in pre-production
on the web project: Pink Ninja, and recently completed post production
of the TV pilot he create and directed I'm Sorry Melissa. His play
What? was also recently accepted into the Winter Break Festival. The
last three explain why he sadly enough could not co-direct the show you see
before you.
