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One of Alana’s favorite theater experiences ever was playing Charlotte in the Echo’s 2010 production of Everything Will Be Different by Mark Schultz. Also with the Echo: I Know Who You Are (One Acts 2009) and Hartshorne (One Acts 2006). Other Los Angeles Stage: Lascivious Something (Circle X), Shake, Nibbler (Theatre of NOTE), Doomsday Kiss! (REPO Division and Bootleg Theater), One Flea Spare, Bing, Curse of the Starving Class (Occidental College). On-screen credits include: Someplace Better Than Here, OffWorld and Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Nick. Alana has a BA in Theater from Occidental College and completed a semester abroad at the British American Drama Academy in London. She is also an avid yoga practitioner, musician, writer and the Echo’s literary manager.

recently played Monyca in The Echo Theater Company's World Premiere of Wirehead. She has worked at American Conservatory Theater, Zeum Theater, Orlando Shakespeare Theater and Alpine Theater Project. Favorite roles include Nora in A Doll’s House, Scilla in Serious Money, Caliban in Another Side of the Island a world-premiere adaptation of The Tempest, starring Olympia Dukakis and Olivia in Twelfth Night. Amanda has appeared in film, television and many national commercials. Amanda is a graduate of Princeton University and received her MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts Amie moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduating from the University of Vermont with a Theatre degree. During college she studied briefly at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland. Over the years she has produced, directed and acted in numerous productions including, Getting Out, The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Little Shop of Horrors. She has also produced a number of short films and one feature. Television/Film credits include "Grey's Anatomy", "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody","Trust Me", Weather Girl, Silverlake Video and NOG. Amie has studied at The Groundlings, The ACME Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade and makes a mean margarita. She couldn't be more thrilled about joining the amazingly talented Echo Theater Company.

has been a proud member of the Echo Theater Company since appearing in the One Acts of 2004. She recently appeared on stage with the Echo in the West Coast Premieres of David Ives' The Other Woman and Kate Robin's ANON, as well as the One Acts of 2006. Her recent credits include the Off-Broadway play White’s Lies, and the upcoming Terry Green film No God, No Master opposite David Strathairn. Other film credits include: Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, Outside Sales, Homecoming (which she co-produced), and Primo. Television guest star credits include: “Law and Order, L.A.”, "Brothers and Sisters", "October Road", "InJustice", “The District”, “Girl’s Club”, and a recurring role on "24". Originally from CT, she started her career doing theater in NYC, in such shows as Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, 3 Cains, As You Like It, and Romantic Comedy.

is an actor, director and producer. With Daisy 3 Pictures, she directed the feature film 29th and Gay by James Vasquez (released by TLA) and the short film Feet of Clay by David Caudle. She also executive produced and starred in James Vasquez's Ready? OK! soon to be released by Wolfe Video. She is currently a series regular on HBO's “True Blood”. Other acting credits include Towelhead; Vicky Christina Barcelona; Doubt (the film); Duplicity; Transamerica; Lovely by Surprise; Straight-Jacket; My Best Friend's Wedding; Mercury Rising; "Desperate Housewives"; "Numbers"; "Sex and the City"; "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"; "Wonder Falls"; "Hope and Faith"; "Good Morning, Miami"; "Spin City". NY theater credits include Broadway: Festen, The Rivals, The Tempest; Off-Broadway: Chaucer in Rome ;Straight-Jacket; Freedomland ;The Libertine; Antony and Cleopatra. She studied acting at the University of Evansville and Juilliard and is married to the actor Michael Emerson.

Broadway: Spring Awakening (currently), Sisters Rosensweig, Heidi Chronicles, I’m Not Rappaport, Cherry Orchard. Off-Broadway: Ladyhouse Blues, Baby With The Bathwater, Blue Window, The Boys Next Door (Drama Desk Award), Pastorale (Obie Award). Regional: Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, The Long Warg, American Repertory Theatre, (Charlotte Cushman Acting award). Films: "Spider-Man 2," "The Usual Suspects," "Catch That Kid." Television: best known for "Desperate Housewives."

An east coast transplant, David, his wife and three children have called LA home for the last 14 years. Theatre: Actors Theatre of Lousiville, Capital Rep, Virgina Stage, et al. Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation (also 1st National Tour). Recent television credits include "Grey's Anatomy", "Eli Stone", "Trust Me", "The Mentalist". Film Credits include the upcoming Eddie Murphy comedy, A Thousand Words.

DAVID GIUNTOLI is a mid-westerner, through and through. This St. Louis native is the product of a Dead Poets' Society-esque all boys high school, and majored in International Business and Finance at Indiana University in Bloomington. While frequenting his local watering hole, Dave was selected to join the cast of MTV's "Road Rules: South Pacific" where he ventured to the far reaches of Fiji, Tahiti and New Zealand. Dave settled down to Los Angeles where he most recently booked a recurring role on "Veronica Mars" for the CW and a guest star "Ghost Whisperer" for CBS.

Theatre: Uncle Vanya (Lillian Theatre), Pigs and Bugs (Echo Theater), Dracula (The Old Globe/San Diego), The Distance From Here (The Almeida/ London), Merry Wives of Windsor (NY Shakespeare Festival), Arabian Nights (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Triumph of Love (The Guthrie Theatre), Hamlet (Yale Rep).  Television: "Flashpoint" (CBS), "Veronica Mars" (CW), "Just Shoot Me" (NBC), "Hope and Gloria" (NBC), "James Dean" (TNT), "A Member of the Wedding" (USA), "Celine" (CBC), "Numb3rs", "Brothers and Sisters", "CSI", "NYPD Blue". Film: My Mom’s New Boyfriend, Sherman’s Way, Weather Girl, Full Frontal, AI, Galaxy Quest, Stigmata, The Wrong Guy, Albino Alligator, Money Train. Born in Toronto, Canada, Trained at The Yale School of Drama (New Haven, CT) and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). Lives in Los Angeles with his two kids and a dog named Chekhov.

NY stage includes David Mamet’s November (Barrymore), My Favorite Year (Lincoln Center), Measure for Measure (Public Theatre), Lips Together Teeth Apart (Manhattan Theatre Club), Modiglianni (Astor Place). Regionally, Pasadena Playhouse, The Geffen, Mark Taper, Old Globe Theatre, Seattle Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Boston Shakespeare Co., Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, McCarter Theatre. Eight summers at Sundance Playwrights Lab. His play Penguin Blues has had hundreds of productions in the US and Canada. His films include The Island, Bad Santa, Shadow, Man Without A Face, Green Card, Lean on Me and Glory.  On television, ABC’s "Benson" for five seasons, "Startrek: Voyager" for seven seasons, and scores of guest star roles. MFA from Cornell University.

Local Theater: The Projectionist, Good Thing, Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Center Theatre Group); Hamlet, Violet Hour (South Coast Rep); Sin, Adam Baum & the Jew Movie (Hayworth Theatre) Other Theater: Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Love's Fire, The Square (The Public, NY); Busy World is Hushed, Recent Tragic Events, Chemistry of Change (Playwrights Horizons, NY) Good Thing (New Group, NY). TV/ Film: Groove, Fantastic 4, Live from Baghdad, "Pushing Daisies", "American Dreams", "Gideon's Crossing", "New Adventures of Old Christine".

is a Southern California native and a proud member of the Echo, having performed in Anon and the Echo One Acts 2009. Favorite roles include Kristi in Mickey Birnbaum's Big Death & Little Death with the Road Theatre Company, Helen in The Cripple of Inishmaan,, Nina in The Seagull and Jessica in This is Our Youth. Jeanne has studied with Bread and Puppet and the LA Poverty Department, and is a graduate of Hunter College.

grew up in Southern Oregon and Southern Denmark, and graduated from UCLA and University of Exeter, England.  Recently he was seen on the Echo stage in the Matthew Benjamin & Logan Brown's Wirehead (LA Weekly nom. Best Actor) and Jessica Goldberg's Ovation-nominated Body Politic. He has been an Echo Theater Company member since 1998.  Other Echo Productions include: Ovation-Award winning World Premiere of War Music by Bryan Davidson (later at The Geffen Playhouse), Homegrown by Rick Cleveland, Thursday by Adam Bock, and a couple of Echo One Acts for good measure. He has enjoyed workshopping Adam Rapp's Finer Noble Gases, Jessica Goldberg's Good Thing, Frank Basloe's Please Continue, and David Lindsey-Abaire's A Devil Inside with the Echo, Mark Taper Forum, and various Playwrights Festivals around town. Some stage: Ghosts in the Cottonwoods,Welcome Home (Edinburgh Fringe), Macbeth (U.K.), and Marat/ Sade (U.K.). Some TV and Film: “Summerland”, “MTV's Undressed: Season One”, “The Andy Dick Show”, “Sabrina: the Teenage Witch”, “Felicity”,  “Linc's”, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Duke, The Hazing, and Winning London. Jeremy also lends his voice to various Films, TV Shows, and Video Games.   Skaal.

was birthed in Los Angeles. He made his stage debut with the Echo in Padraic Duffy's Something Is Hidden Inside the Couch, where his hands did very funny things. He is also proud to have worked with Critical Mass Performance Group on a number of workshops for Apollo, as well as their production of Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Days/ 365 Plays. When he is not acting, he is working behind the camera on a documentary called Metropolis In the Making, about the growth of Los Angeles and the impact on it's history, as is examined through the demolition of the Ambassador Hotel. He is also a writer. He recently finished co-writing and starring in his first short film, Hollywood Bourbon. If Jeremy wasn't pursuing a career in film and theater, he would be a homeless man chasing squirrels in a park.

Joanie has worked Off and Off Off-Broadway: Favorites include Heartbeat to Baghdad, Ajax por Nobody (NY & Australia), Baal, Billy the Kid, all directed by Jim Simpson at The Flea Theater; Radioshow at BAM's Bric Theater and Tonic; Pitched at Actor's Playhouse; The Velvet Rut at The Flea; Frizzled Onions at The Milagro; Buried Child at The Producer's Club. In LA, All My Sons at The Raven; Nibbler at Theatre of Note (where she is also a company member). Joanie has developed new work with David Deblinger at The Public, Karen Finley at The Flea, Joseph Chaikin at La Mama, Tom Noonan at The Paradise, Kathleen Dimmick at New York Theater Workshop, and Joe Morton at The Actors Studio. Her TV credits include "Sons of Anarchy", "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", "Law and Order", "Late Night with Conan O' Brien", and "The Sopranos".

Since moving to LA in 2007, Josh has been studying improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings. Prior to that, he studied real acting at the American Repertory Theatre and silly acting with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University. Favorite roles with the former include Skippy in The Marriage of Bette & Boo, Jamie in The Last Five Years, and Newton in The Physicists. Favorite roles with the latter include Paula Izecaps and Old Speller, a female Ekimo and a pink poodle respectively. Josh dabbles in writing as well and is lucky to have his more talented brother as his writing partner.

Kim moved from New York to Los Angeles almost 4 years ago, and is so excited to be a member of the Echo. Kim has appeared in 5 films for director Spike Lee: Inside Man (as Stevie the bank robber), She Hate Me, Bamboozled, Summer of Sam, and He Got Game. Some other films include Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows, A Crime (with Harvey Keitel), Live Free Or Die, Tony ‘N Tina’s Wedding. Kim had a recurring role as the Cavewoman in the short lived series "Cavemen" and has guest starred on the shows "Cold Case", "Life", "CSI: Miami", "Shark", "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Sex and the City". Theater includes Guinea Pig Solo with LAByrinth Theater Company at The Public Theater (NY) and the musicals Company at The Kennedy Center and Avenue X at Pittsburgh City Theater. Kim graduated with a BFA in Drama/Musical Theater from Carnegie Mellon University.

is a veteran of the LA sketch comedy and improv scene, where she's performed long-form improv at the Groundlings, IOWest, UCB etc..  Last fall, she premiered on the LA stage in the Echo’s production of Anon by Kate Robin.  On television, she plays Lady, The Janitor’s girlfriend on “Scrubs”, among other appearances in TV shows and commercials. She can be heard weekly on the improv podcast TheExpertologists.com, or in various venues around town blissfully playing light rock hits in the duo, The Artists (with Jean Villepique).  She thanks her lucky star to have found the Echo and all the stars within.

Born and raised in Vermont, Kristina is a graduate of The Buxton School and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She began work as an actress primarily developing new plays, originating roles in work by Paula Vogel, Joan Ackerman, David Mamet and others. She continues to work in theater, film, and television. Kristina helped develop and taught ActOut for two cycles with fellow Echo member Steve O'Connor. In 2006, Kristina was awarded a grant and fellowship with the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her first film, Cough Drop, which she wrote and directed, was chosen to premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

Liz began her stage work in various productions with the Virginia Stage company and the Governor's school of the Arts.  She headed to work with Bread and Puppet Theater company, stilt walking and performing dance and puppetry, immediately after receiving training at the University of Rome and afterwards Carnegie Mellon University.  In Los Angeles, she has trained with Jamie Rose Studios and the Groundlings.  Liz has also appeared in the Seth and Avi Show, Box of Shadows, Immune, Fixed Income, Missionary Positions, performed live hosting for MSNBC, and can be found singing jazz in smoky clubs around the city.

Loreni is originally from Panama, grew up in Miami, had a ten year layover in New York City and finally made her way to Los Angeles. After getting her Psychology and Writing degrees from NYU, she took to the stage performing at The Nuyorican Poets Café, Repertorio Espanol, Theater 22 and many others. Her latest TV credits include "Lost", "The King of Queens", "House", "The Riches" and "Standoff". Loreni is also a Voice Over artist. Some of her latest campaigns include Denny's, Purina, IKEA, Verizon Wireless, H&R Block and a narration for the ABC special "The Beauty of Ugly Betty". Although Loreni never did anything with her expensive Psychology degree, her Writing degree has been useful in her storytelling. She has written several one act plays and short films, one of which is currently in post-production.

is thrilled to be a member of the Echo. With the Echo she has perfomed in some One Acts and Kate Robin's Anon. Some of her New York theater credits include Noises Off on Broadway, Adam Rapp's Blackbird (Edge Theatre), Paula Vogel's Mineola Twins (Roundabout Theatre - Outer Critics Circle Nomination), Keith Reddin's Frame 312 (Atlantic Theatre Co.), Jessica Goldberg's Refuge(Playwrights Horizons), The Penetration Play (13P), Stupid Kids (WPA/Century Theatre). She's also performed at Williamstown, NY Stage & Film, Yale Rep, Cape Cod Theatre Project, and The O'Neill. Film: Winter Passing, School of Rock, Liberty Maine, and The Out of Towners. Television: "Bones", "Grey's Anatomy", "Eli Stone", "Studio 60".

was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His first foray into the performing arts produced a scholarship to the Eliot Feld School of Ballet at the age of 10, but for his sake and ours we are grateful that theater quickly drew his attention.  He is a graduate of NYU’s TSOA drama program and has studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, The Experimental Theater Wing,  HB Studios and with Ms. Sandy Marshall. His NY & L.A. theater credits include Edmond, Light Up The Sky, Hurlyburly, Burn This and The Shape of Things. His TV credits include the pilot “Martian Law”, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, “Angel” and “Friends”. His film credits include Bullet, Four Faces of God, Spin Cycle and Marcus. He and his writing partners are currently writing and developing their TV show. Marc is happy to have found his theatre home in Los Angeles with The Echo.

Theatre credits include Electra, A Thousand Clowns, and The Tempest on Broadway. Some of her Off-Broadway and regional credits include Kate Robin's Anon (Echo) and also Robin's What They Have (South Coast Rep) both directed by Chris Fields; Rose and Walsh and Rabbit Hole (The Geffen); Blue Window (MCC); Miss Julie (Rattlestick); The Dybukk and Esther Demsack (The Public Theatre); The Changeling (Theatre for a New Audience); Sabina (Primary Stages); Jayson With a "Y" (New Group); Henry VIII (NYSF); Wonderful Time (WPA); God of Vengence (Williamstown); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre); Ghosts (Center Stage); Uncle Vanya and Escape From Happiness (Yale Rep) and many others. She has appeared as a series regular on ABC's "Once and Again", and currently plays Judith on CBS's "Two and a Half Men". Other television appearances include "House", "ER", "The Sarah Silverman Program", "Brothers and Sisters", "Without a Trace", and many episodes of "Law and Order". Some of her film work includes roles in the recent What Just Happened, Turn The River, Rails & Ties, Quarantine, Final, Friends With Money, Fast Track, I Am Sam, Dark Blue, Cough Drop, Who's the Top?, the upcoming Weather Girl, and many others. Marin is originally from Massachusetts and received her BA at Brown University and her MFA from New York University. She is thrilled to be a member of the Echo Theater Company.

MICHAEL THOMAS a bay area boy...Man, has worked up and down the coast in such plays as Slow Dance on a Killing Ground, Butterflies are Free, Steel Kiss, Race, Midsummers Night Dream, Souls on Fire and most recently The Hasty Heart at P.R.T. Michael has also appeared on such TV shows as "Karen Sisco", "Will and Grace", "The Shield" and "The Young and Restless" and such movies as Spider-Man I & II, Stuck On You, Duck and the independent film Nick and Eddy in Trouble as Eddy Jones.

Actor/Musician Nathan Wetherington made his off Broadway debut in 1998 as a Blue Man with the underground smash sensation, Blue Man Group.  Soon after that he began appearing in guest starring roles on numerous television shows that include: "Law & Order", "Law & Order: SVU", "CSI", "Monday Night Mayhem", "Gilmore Girls".  Looking for more, he took six years away from his love of acting to pursue his interests in music. In record time he quickly became one of the top session drummers in LA. To date he has worked with and made records with artists that include: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, The Dixie Chicks, Linda Perry, Courtney Love, Daniel Powter, Sierra Swan, Vanessa Carlton, Skin, Karimah Francis, and Sten Bowen - just to name a few.   Nathan returned to acting in 2008 with a starring role in Tony Barbieri's third feature film, EM, which has to date won the grand jury prize for best film at SIFF, SFIFF, Brooklyn International Film Festival, overseas at the Strasbourg International Film Festival in France, as well as also having won the Criterion Collection/Wallflower Press International Inspiration Award. In 2009 he returned to acting full time and will soon be appearing in several TBR feature films including Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut, Sympathy For Delicious. He is also the author of, Heartbreaker: A Play in Two Acts.  He looks forward to making his Los Angeles theater debut as a member of The Echo.

appeared on Broadway in Howard Davies' 1999 production of The Iceman Cometh w/ Kevin Spacey. Other NY work at The Signature, The Public, E.S.T., Circle Rep, La Mama. In London @ The Royal Court, Kings Head, and on The West End. TV and Film includes: "Hawaii Five 0", "Off The Map", "Lost", "Law & Order", "Third Watch", "Spin City", "Princess Kaiulani", Graeme Clifford's "Past Tense," Benjamin Busch's "Bright" and Hal Ashby's "Coming Home." Training: NYU w/ Olympia Dukakis. Also member of Milton Katselas' Saturday Class @ BHP.

is a graduate of the UC Davis department of Theater. He was most recently seen with the Los Angeles Theater Ensemble in Kindred. Previous roles include Lenny in Neil Simon’s Rumors (Capital T Players, Sacramento) and John in David Mamet’s Oleanna (Ghostlight Theatre Festival, Sacramento). Collegiate appearances: Dr. Astrov in Uncle Vanya.  In 2004 he was awarded the John Shields Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in drama.

grew up in Puyallup, Washington. A graduate of the Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. His resume consists of numerous commercials and many Off and way way Off Broadway productions. Further highlights include playing Sam Crane in the H.A.D.L.E.Y Players of New York's production of Killing Sam, a play loosely based on the mysterious death of soul singer Sam Cooke (his favorite musician), in which he got to sing three original Sam Cooke songs. Last January he landed his first supporting role in the indie film 666: The Beginning of the End, by Joaquin Rodriguez.

is from New York. As a member of the Echo, he has done public readings of God’s Ear and The Big Meal. This production marks Paul’s stage debut. He would like to extend a special thanks to Chris Fields.

From New York to Los Angeles, Rena Strober has been praised for her Broadway performances, tv roles and her 1-woman show Spaghetti & Matzo Balls! She has also received rave reviews for her album Finding Home.

Rena appeared on Broadway as Cosette in Les Miserables, and most recently starred opposite Betty Buckley, Peter Scolari & Tuc Watkins in the Off-Broadway comedy White’s Lies. Her 1-woman show, Spaghetti & Matzo Balls!, has run Off-Broadway, in Los Angeles and in Leeds, England to enlightened and entertained, sold out houses. From 2009-2010 Rena toured the country with Fiddler on the Roof as Tzeitel playing opposite Topol, Harvey Fierstein & Theo Bikel. Rena originated the role of Tonya in the pre-Broadway production of Zhivago (Directed by Des McNuff) at the La Jolla Playhouse for which she was awarded the Outer Critics Circle Award.

Some of Rena's proudest moments are singing at home plate at Shea Stadium and belting out the National Anthem on the dais for the infamous Friar's Roasts. Rena is one of the youngest members of the NY Friar’s Club.

Most recently, you can see Rena on TV as part of the National Playtex Bra campaign and on the children's DVD series 'Your Baby Can Learn'. Her voice is also heard in the upcoming Harold & Kumar movie (released Christmas '11) and on 3rd & Bird, a new Disney cartoon.

Rena is currently living & working in Los Angeles where she is focusing on her voice-over, film & TV career.

Although born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Riel grew up on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands from the age of three until he graduated high school. Ever since the fourth grade, when he played Anansi in the West Indian play "Anansi the Spider Man", he knew he would one day have to live in the beautiful city of Los Angeles. After attending Bard College in upstate New York he fulfilled his dream of living in Los Angeles and has been here ever since. He has worked on many different independent films, two of which he acted in with fellow company members Lucas Fleischer and Aaron Moody entitled "The Fourth" and "Waterfall". He first had the privilege to work with The Echo in their production of "Uncle Vanya" and is currently working on a one man show entitled "Ghost Dancer".

A professional actor for the past 30 years, Bob has worked regionally, Off Broadway, and in Film and Television. Stage: Greater Tuna, Tintypes, and Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center and both Tug of War and The Wasps at the Getty Villa. Television: "Rules of Engagement", "Lie to Me", "The West Wing", "Friends", "CSI: Miami", "Murphy Brown", "General Hospital", and "Malcolm in the Middle". Film: Heartbreakers, When Harry met Sally, In the Line of Fire, and Outbreak, among others. An avid sculptor, Bob originally learned mask-making from Julie Taymor in New York and over the years has gone on to create puppets and masks for both TV and the theater. In 2001 he was thrilled to travel to Prague to study marionette carving. His play with masks Stories of the Season was a critical hit in Los Angeles in 1992 and has been performed in Regional Theaters across the country. In 2003 he created 55 puppets and masks for his second play with writing partner Rob Harrison, In the Valley of the Mist, presented with the Virginia Avenue Project in L.A. He lives with his wife Terry, (also an artist) in the valley with their three dogs Lucy, Agnes and Max.

has appeared with Martin Sheen and Al Pacino in Julius Caesar at the NY Shakespeare Festival and on Broadway with Laura Linney in Holiday.  Add'l Bway: Death & the King's Horseman, Our Town, The Real Inspector Hound, Saint Joan, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector, and  Cyrano DeBergerac.  A member of Atlantic Theater Company, he has performed in their productions of Edmund and Clean.  He originated the role of the Messenger in David Mamet's Keep Your Pantheon part of Two Unrelated Plays at the Kirk Douglas Theater with Ed O'Neill and David Paymer.  Regional credits: Dead End, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Williamstown & Huntington Theater), The Lonesome West (SCR).  Film credits include: Superhero Movie!, The Bulls, National Treasure, Spiderman II, Magnolia, Instinct, Conspiracy Theory, Radioland Murders, Where the Money Is. TV includes: "Medium", "Quarterlife", "Ugly Betty", "Boston Legal", "Teachers", "CSI", "Numb3rs", "Eyes",  and "Curb Your Enthusiasm".

God's Ear marks Rory's first full production with the Echo, where he has directed several public readings. Rory grew up in Los Angeles, where he worked as a child actor. He later studied acting at the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, and proceeded to work in local Equity theatre, including Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake Shakespeare, and Sundance Children's Theatre. He then received his MFA from the American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute at Harvard, where he performed in several productions, including an international tour of Phaedra 4:48, directed by Robert Woodruff. He has directed plays for theaters in Utah, Cambridge, and Los Angeles. Rory is also a screenwriter - he is developing a one-hour historical TV drama called "Blood Money", and his spec script for "Mad Men" was a finalist in the 2011 Slamdance Screenwriting Competition.

Longtime friend of the Echo, Sarah Jane Morris joins the group this year and can't wait to do her first production. In the meantime, Sarah is busy playing Julia Walker on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" created by playwright Jon Robin Baitz. This current gig follows recurring arcs on NBC's "Windfall", "Felicity" and "Boston Public" as well as many guest stints on shows such as "Cold Case", "Ed", "Dark Angel" and Judd Apatow's "Undeclared". Born and raised in Memphis, TN, Sarah graduated from SMU and headed to Los Angeles shortly after to start her acting career.

After graduating high school from Interlochen Arts Academy, Sarah traveled to Glasgow, Scotland where she received a BA(Hons) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a degree in Contemporary Theatre Practice. She devised and directed collaborative theatre productions such as Make a Spectacle of Yourself, High Heels on Wet Pavement or What You Expected to See, Sorry No Lions, and Going Nowhere Quicker Than I Was Before. She worked for the Scottish Opera’s Education for All program where she traveled through Scottish towns doing opera for and with kids in shows such as Fever!, Slim McBride and the Lost Tribe, The Scootcher Tree, and the Create an Opera program. She now lives in Los Angeles where she is working as a behavioral and social skills therapist with children on the autistic spectrum.

has diverse international theatrical experience and has won the best actress award twice at the Chicago International Theater Festival. Locally she has performed at the Old Globe, Group Rep, LA Theater Works and Wallenboyd. Some of her favorite acting teachers have been Scott Kelman, Jeff Corey, Stella Adler, Larry Moss, and Ed K. Martin. Sigute is also a vocalist and has performed at international music festivals and LA cabaret/clubs. Having taken time off to rear her rambunctious eleven year old, Lana, and garner numerous medals in the US Masters Swimming Championships, Sigute recently returned to the theatre in the Echo's production of Kate Robin's ANON. She is proud to be a member of this fine company.

Tara Karsian has guest starred on such television shows as: "In Plain Sight", "Prison Break", "The Mentalist", "Entourage", "Saving Grace", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "Bones", "Lovesprings International", "Without a Trace", "CSI", "Desperate Housewives, "Malcolm in the Middle", "Six Feet Under", "NYPD Blue", "Everybody Loves Raymond" among others.   For the last 4 years of "E.R"., she played the hospital’s social worker, Liz Dade. Her film roles include: Terri (2011 Sundance Premiere), The Number 23, Envy, Ready Ok? (alongside fellow company member Carrie Preston) and Single White Female. Tara is Associate Artistic Director and an acting member of the Echo,  for which she appeared in the world premiere of Pigs and Bugs and the West Coast premiere of Anon. She has, also performed and directed in the ECHO’s last two One-act festivals and was a producer for Everything Will Be Different.  She has proudly has taught for ACT OUT, the ECHO’s theater outreach program for incarcerated youth.

Thomas Beatty writes, directs and occasionally acts in plays and films. He studied playwriting at Brown with Paula Vogel and Oscar Eustis and is now writing screenplays with poop jokes. One time he won that one award and he is in development on that other thing with that important sounding company. He has blue eyes.

Troy is thrilled to be making his Echo debut with God's Ear. Originally from Seattle, he has has appeared on various & sundry LA stages including Circle X (The Sherman Family...), Theatre of Note (Shake, Tenant, Titus Andronicus) Sacred Fools (Serial Killers, Peer Gynt The Christmas Present). TV: “CSI:NY”, “Las Vegas”, “Medium”, “Smith”, “Dharma & Greg”, “Buffy”, “Charmed”, “Family Law”, “King of Queens”, & “She Spies”. Film: The Island, Collateral & Prom Night.

grew up in Caratunk, Maine.  He discovered acting at the oldest summer theater in the country, Lakewood Theater in Madison, Maine.  He has acted, and continues to act there every summer season.  Most recently Wallace seen at Lakewood theater as the knavish spirit, Puck in Ken Ludwig's farce Shakespear in Hollywood.  Wallace is a proud Alum of  American Musical and Dramatic Academy where he received his B.F.A in acting. His undergraduate credits include Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gint, William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Lanford Willson's Balm in Gilead.  His New York Credits include Albert Camus' Caligula.