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At The Toronto Centre for the Arts (former Ford Centre) Studio Theatre. 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
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THE TENTH MAN (March 2006):
Mark has had the pleasure of working with a number of different theatre groups including Encore Entertainment in which he was well received as Sam,” the pickle man", in Crossing Delancey and Arnold in A Thousand Clowns. Most recently, adding to the experience of performance art, Mark enjoyed being cast in a double role in Sabrina Noble's Fringe Festival play Whipering Lodge. This is Mark's debut performance with TEATRON Theatre, but has come to know and respect the work of those involved in this relatively new venture. Thanks to the continued support of friends and family for occupying some of the seats and making some of the noise - at the right times.
Jack Berke is please to return to TEATRON Theatre for THE TENTH MAN after appearing in THE CHOSEN last season. He has been a member of ACT II STUDIO since 1994, and has appeared in various productions including Departures and Arrivals, The Dreamers, The Residence, and The Mad Woman Of Chaillot. Jack was in the cast of No Big Deal? a dramatic presentation dealing with prostate cancer and its impact on family relationships. He has also performed in the Alexander Singers’ productions of Ruddigore, H.M.S. Pinafore, & Iolanthe by Gilbert & Sullivan, Fiddler on the Roof and The Merry Widow. He appeared as the village priest in the C.O.C. production of Jenufa, as well as with the Toronto Symphionetta as Leopold Mozart in their presentation of Waiting for Wolfgang. Last summer he was featured in the Toronto Fringe Festival production of Stir Fry. Jack would like to take this opportunity to thank his wonderful wife Madeline for her unstinting support and encouragement. Marvin Blier – Actor: Bleyer, the shamus Marvin has thus far performed in the following plays: The Diary of Anne Frank; Norman, Is That You?; The Cemetery Club; It Runs In The Family; Not Now, Darling; All My Sons and The Book of Ruth. He is also an avid player with the Entertainers of the Wagman Centre, since 1998, and is the schoolmaster at Black Creek Pioneer Village. In addition to his work with the Knights of Pythias, Marvin and his beloved wife Gloria also enjoy square dancing. He also continues to teach on an occasional basis. Marvin would like to thank Ari for including him in this fantastic cast of comedic characters. The one word that seems to escape Marvin's comprehension is "retirement".
His first interest in Theatre started at age 9 in Public School. He wrote, produced, directed and starred in a play about Richard the Lion Hearted.. the Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot and Guinevere. Very ambitious and much too long. Here he learned a very important lesson. Do not cast a beauty before talent. He chose for his Queen, the most beautiful girl in the class instead of the one who would have been perfect for the part.. His interest in show biz never waned and he spent most of his business life in and around the arts, in broadcasting and music. He studied seriously with Basha Hunter, Ted Kotcheff and Ray Lawlor, and began to find work in TV. He was in the very first international CBC telecast and onto an American network, Live in those days. He has appeared in many CBC plays and series including SEEING THINGS in which he won a Gemini Award. Norman’s career In theatre include Joe Keller in All MY SONS as well as principal parts in Mornings at Seven, The Iceman Cometh and The Curious Savage.
Charlene Carroll studied theatre at York University in the Creative Ensemble program – a collective creation course designed for students interested in all aspects of theatre, with a focus on devising new works in alternative ways. In 2004 she was involved with the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival as the co-creator of the movement-based play, Nice Guy. In 2005 she was the Festival Director of the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre for Toronto Arts Week. She is currently a co-owner and performer with Tinderbox Theatre – a Toronto-based touring children’s theatre company. In April Charlene will be performing in Rosemary Paniccia’s one-woman show entitled Being Maria at Speak: a verbal and visual storytelling series. Charlene is thrilled to be working with Teatron Theatre on The Tenth Man. Miron Deca Z”L – Sound designer For TEATRON Theatre, HOME OF THE BRAVE. Miron is a producer and DJ. Miron enjoys his work with Teatron Theatre, and is looking forward to more productions. You can contact him at mgdeca3000@yahoo.ca if you have any sound design needs. Enjoy the show!
Irving is delighted to return to TEATRON Theatre after playing Hellman in This Night and Schlissel in THE TENTH MAN. Born in Toronto, he is a graduate of Columbia University Theatre Arts Dept. Irving preformed wrote and directed “Royal Blues” variety show in the R.C.A.F. between flying duties as a pilot. In New York he appeared in productions of Coffee House, Yellow Jacket, Gold In The Hills, Evangeline, The Little Clay Cart, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. He adapted the book and stage managed the revival of the musical Belle Of New York and directed and appeared in the original musical Texas Is Tops. In Toronto Irving has appeared as Gordon in Dangerous Corner, Phil in Jitters, Ben (lead) in Norman Is That You?, and a principal role in the TV movie Transplant. He has written several musicals and had many of his songs recorded by various artists and used in a movie. Nancy Grossman - Properties A librarian by profession, Nancy now works in the publishing industry. This is her first foray into the theatre world, apart from a small part (as a dumb blonde in Ancient Rome) in the University of Toronto Medical Faculty’s annual Daffydil production in 1972.
Rein hails from Estonia. He studied Film and Theatre at York University and holds graduate degrees in Abnormal Psychology and Mass Communications. Rein has produced documentary films in Africa and has taught Radio Broadcasting and Film Production at the University of Windsor. Rein has written chapters on The Counselling and Supervision Of Hostile, Resistant Clients for a University Social Work Text Book published in Eastern Europe. He has previously performed with Stage Centre Productions, Weston Little Theatre, The Oakville Players, The Toronto Irish Players, East Side Players, and The Graduate Centre For Drama, The University of Toronto. This is his first outing with Teatron.
Paul, born and raised in New York City came to Canada via Montreal in 1956 and arrived in Toronto in 1982. His last Stage appearance was as “Doc” in a 2004 production of West Side Story. He was also in the Cast of “Tony and Tina’s Wedding” as Uncle Luigi. He has trained with Act II Studio at Ryerson University and completed an improvisation program at Second City, Toronto. An Actra apprentice, he has appeared In a number of Commercials and short student films and Indie films made for film festivals and T. V. He specializes in both serious and comedic characterizations and a variety of accents. Paul is also a script analyst and acting coach for grade school children productions and Community Theatre groups. Nicole Myers – Assistant Stage Manager Nicole is a recent graduate of the University of Windsor’s BFA Acting Program. There she performed in both musicals and plays such as, Once Upon a Mattress, Les Belles Soeurs, and Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. In December she finally took the plunge and moved to the Big T-dot, O-dot. Her utterly abnormal obsession with organizing is what led her to the other side of the stage- Assistant Stage Managing. She has already been asked to stage manage this summer for a new theatre company, Theatre Distilled in the Distillery District! She’d like to thank Teatron for increasing her Jewish vocabulary from two words; draddle and menorah to four; draddle, menorah, dybbuk and torah!
Jonah's acting career began a quarter of a century ago in NY when he was cast as George Washington's father in a first grade production highlighting the legends of the first President's life. Theatre Arts classes in junior high and high school were for enjoyment as is his involvement in this production. In his day job, Jonah is a computer consultant specializing in data security.
Shira is delighted to be a part of Teatron's production of The Tenth Man. She is equally delighted to have been given the chance to work so closely with a dybbuk. As a current student in the Creative Ensemble program in York University's Theatre Department, she is given very little opportunity to work with demons, let alone Jewish ones. Outside York, Shira has played Yente in Fiddler on the Roof, and Mrs. Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie - she is thrilled to finally be playing a role under the age of sixty-five. Thanks to my instructors, Mark and Michael, for all they have taught me, my siblings and good friends for their encouragement, and special thanks to my folks for all of their support.
Jonathan found a new freedom in acting last year with his Teatron debut in The Chosen. For TEATRON he played Doctor, Captain Bitterger in HOME OF THE BRAVE. For the Jewish Children's Theatre he played the `Cook' in The Book of Ruth. A psychologist in private practice, Jonathan continues to gravitate to the thrill of live theatre and the opportunity to memorize lines as a prophylatic measure to halt cognitive decline with the passage of years.
For Teatron, Dan designed the lighting for HOME OF THE BRAVE, and THE TENTH MAN. Dan’s other theatre credits include Urinetown, Les Miserables, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors Junior. Daniel, a graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School, is a lighting designer based in Toronto. Over the course of his 12 years in the industry, he has designed lighting for over 300 events and shows. Currently, Dan is the National Lighting Director at AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions.
Allen is a singer/songwriter/musician and cantor’s son based
in Toronto, Canada. This is his stage debut with TEATRON. He
started his career as a bassist/singer with many of the folk
acts in and around Toronto in the early to mid 1970's. He
has accompanied people such as Grammy award winners Dan Hill
and Ben Mink, Stringband, Brent Titcomb , Nancy White,
Marie-Lynn Hammond , Bill Hughes (of Lazarus) and others
while touring Canada , the United States and Mexico. He has
appeared with acts opening for the likes of Billy Crystal,
Billy Joel, Maria Muldaur, Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee,
Steve Goodman, J.J. Cale , the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
and Eric Weisberg.
Arnie has been involved in theatre for over 30 years playing both dramatic and comedy roles. He last played Otto Frank in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. He has portrayed a Texan boyfriend in a murder mystery and a forlorn husband in MIXED DOUBLES. He often writes and performs at community events and has recently written a song which will be performed by the Varsity Jews, the Jewish University of Toronto acapela group.
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(as appeared at time of production) THIS NIGHT |THE CHOSEN | HOME OF THE BRAVE |THE TENTH MAN | THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO | THE GOD OF ISAAC | CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER | CHAIM’S LOVE SONG | A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT | THE DYBBUK | BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
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Ari’s directorship and design credits include EDMOND, THE MELVILLE BOYS, THE AFFECTIONS OF MAY, MURDER AMONG FRIENDS, THIS NIGHT, THE CHOSEN, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, HOME OF THE BRAVE, THE TENTH MAN, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, THE GOD OF ISAAC, CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER, CHAIM’S LOVE SONG. A GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT and THE DYBBUK Ari is the founder and artistic director of TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre. He worked for 18 years as a director and a producer for television in Kingston, Ontario. Later he was able to come back to his first love, live theatre. |
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Charlene
Carroll
Rein
Kartna
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Jonah Pressman
Shira
Schwartz
ARNIE
ZWEIG 