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Days and Nights: page 121, lines 11 and 12

Cast Bios


Phillipe Bowgen
   Philippe Bowgen
(Peter Van Daan)
trained at Georgetown University and just finished the One Year Classical Acting 
   Course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Past roles include Betty/Gerry in Cloud 9, Randy in
   Dreamboy
, and Josh in the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe First Winning Production of Bang, Bang...You're Dead!





Erin Gorski
   Erin Gorski* 
(Anne Frank)
New York and Regional Theatre: Danielle in The Language of Angels (NY Premiere with 
   Project:Theater); Breakfast for Dinner (NY Fringe 2006); Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, Shakti in Siddhartha, Ainsely in Backstory    (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Laurel in In Season (Mixed Company); Mary Brenham in Our Country's Good, Chloe in
   Arcadia
, Margie in Loose Knit (CT Repertory Theatre). Film/TV: The Chuck Show (HBO Independent), Secrets
   (Showtime Online). Education: BFA University of Connecticut.




Catherine Gowl


   Catherine Gowl 
(Mrs. Frank
Recent roles include: Milton in The Director, and Mrs. Dolan in Christmas Song
   with The Bats at The Flea; Margaret in
Social Work; multiple roles in Week 23 of 365 Days/Plays with blessed  
   unrest; Masha, Sonya, Olga and Varya in
C4: The Chekhov Project; Miss Girl in The Delicate Business of Boy and 
   Miss Girl
; Tamara in Pilgrims with the Babel Theatre Project; and Wendy in I'm Not Peter Pan. BA: Harvard.




Carrie Heitman
   Carrie Heitman
* (Mrs. Van Daan
New York and regional credits: Emma in Phallacy (The Cherry Lane Theatre), Mary
   Beth in A Prayer For Owen Meany (
U.S. Premiere, PlayMakers Repertory Company), Alice in Hobson’s Choice (dr. Blake Robison),
   Metamorphoses
(
dr .Joe Haj), Goneril (US) in King Lear (dr. Mark Wing-Davey), The Mystery Spot (dr. Holly Hughes), Abigail in
   The Crucible (
ADC Theatre-UK), All About Eve (dr. Joan Darling), Rosalind in As You Like It (PATP), The Winter’s Tale (Pearl  
    Theatre
), Fits and Starts: The Sacred Heart (Access Theatre), Brilliant Traces, Comedy of Errors, Night Sky, Blue Window 
   (
Festival Playhouse, MI). MFA: UNC-Chapel Hill



Charlie Hensley
   Charlie Hensley* 
(Mr. Frank)
In the past thirty years, Charlie Hensley has produced, directed or appeared in nearly 150 
   productions across America.
His roles range from George in …Virginia Woolf? To Jane and Edgar in …Irma Vep to Turai 
   in Rough Crossing. He also appeared in Othello with Paul Winfield, A History of the American Film with Jean Smart, and
   Noises Off
with Millicent Martin. Formerly on the staff of the United Nations, Charlie’s work has taken him to Japan, Korea, 
   the Philippines and, most recently, to Vienna,
where he appeared in the world premiere of A Good Man at the Wiener
   Kammeroper. For more, go to www.charliehensley.com.


Raymond James Hill 
   Raymond James Hill 
(Dussel
Previous plays include: Hotel Oracle, Hellhound On My Trail and Steven Belber's
   The  Death of Frank
(
The Sum of Us Theatre Company); Candles to the Sun (The New Mummer Group); Aloha Say the Pretty  
   Girls
 and The Long Christmas Dinner (
The Management Company); and A Clockwork Orange (The Godlight Theatre Company).




Jessica Ray
   Jessica Ray
(Margot
is a dancer/improviser/choreographer. She has performed for and with: Renée Archibald,
   Elizabeth Ward, DD Dorvillier, Melissa Guerrero, and K.J. Holmes. Her work and collaborations have been presented
   in New York a
t The Chocolate Factory, Mulberry Street Theater, Roulette Intermedium, P.S. 122, and Movement 
   Research at the Judson Church. MFA: University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.


David Douglas Smith
   David Douglas Smith*
(Mr. Van Daan)
has played mostly Shakespeare in the parks, parking lots and churches of
   New York City,
as well as regional theatres such as the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Virginia Shakespeare
   Festival, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.








*member of Actors' Equity Association