Elizabeth A. Bell
Elizabeth Bell’s work as an actor has included: New York - OSWALD'S BACKYARD (Off Broadway), A MURDER OF CROWS (Nicu’s Spoon), FEFU & HER FRIENDS (Wings Theater), CINDERELLA'S MICE (Vital) as well as many workshops and readings; Regional: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Tennessee Rep), INDEPENDENCE, TARTUFFE, ALL MY SONS (Actors Bridge Ensemble), THE SEAGULL (H&P), ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (Act I (TN) & Center Rep (CA)), OIL CITY SYMPHONY (New Stage). She has been a founding member of Butterfield 8 Theater Co., Actors Bridge Ensemble and Hit & Run Productions and treasures her time as.a member of The Pool.

Leslie Bramm
Leslie Bramm’s plays have been produced regionally all over the U.S. including; The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, The Penobscot Theatre, The Barebones Theatre, and in NYC at The Kraine, Currican, Theatre Off Park, Todo Con Nada, The Theatorium, The Lucille Lortel, The Beckett and CBGBS 313. He is a recipient of a Stanley Drama Award (Oswald’s Backyard), a Tennessee Williams Award (BIG BALL) and The Paul. T. Nolan Award (ISLANDS OF REPAIR) which was also read as a radio play on NPR-WJFF. BIG BALLwas a finalist in the Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwrighting Competition, while A.B.C. (or the man in the red suit) was shot as an indie film by Pick UP Sticks Productions. It was also banned from performance by an upstate SUNY. His plays are published by Smith and Kraus, One Act Play Depot, Brooklyn Publishers, JAC Publications and Nytheatre.com. The 9/11 duo LOVERS LEAPT and THE UNCARING DOG are part of an Oxford doctoral dissertation. Leslie Bramm is a five time FringeNYC vet and wrote 23 gripe columns for Insight for Playwrights. Leslie co-authored the screen play "This is Not Here" (about John Lennon) with Kevin Corrigan. Bramm was the lead singer and played guitar for Diz Dam. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild, the Present Company’s “Pool” and just took over as Literary Director of Nicu’s Spoon Theatre Company. www.lesliebramm.org

Maggie Cino
Maggie Cino began her adult career in the theater at the New York International Fringe Festival, and is thrilled to continue her association with the Present Company as a member of the Pool. Acting credits include: Angry Little People, Antarctica and Die Like A Lady; Or What Barbara Got (all three produced by Fevvers Productions and performed at FringeNYC) The Uncaring Dog (by fellow Pool member Leslie Bramm, produced by the Present Company) Word to No One ( UK tour, produced by Present Company). She has been seen in classic, new, and collaboratively created works at venerable downtown venues such at The Kraine, Red Room, Milagro Theater and Looking Glass, among others, and can be seen frequently performing with resident companies and artists at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg. She is also a voiceover artist whose voice can be heard on commercials, industrials, and walking tours. She has contributed articles and criticism to United Stages and nytheatre.com, and her one woman show has been published by the New York Theatre Experience in Plays and Playwrights 2003. She is co-founder of Fevvers Productions and a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater.

Kevin R. Free
Kevin R. Free Off-Broadway: FROM MY HOMETOWN (Audelco Award Nominee), TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (York Theatre), THE CONJURE MAN DIES (New Federal Theatre). Regional: CENTERSTAGE, Kennedy Center, Ordway, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, North Shore Music Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Cincinnati Playhouse, Charlotte Rep, NC Shakespeare Festival, Arden Theatre (Barrymore Award Nominee, Violet). Recordings: AVENUE X, numerous audio books (2-time Earphones Award-winner, Audie award nominee). The newest member of the New York Neo-Futurists, he performs regularly in TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES). His one-man show, FACE VALUE, was in FringeNYC and was a recipient of the Henry Street Settlement’s Playwrights’ Project Grant in 2000 and was a finalist in the Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition in 2003. www.kevinrfree.com and www.workingactorforhire.com

Christine Simpson
Christine Simpson is a Korean-American writer/director based in Manhattan. As a director, Ms. Simpson has directed with Ma-Yi Theatre Company, New Georges, Reverie Productions, Peculiar Works Project, Blue Heron Theatre, Bumblebee & Blackbird Productions, Present Tense Productions, Fluid Motion Theater & Film, Happy Lady Productions, at The Public Theater, and the NYC International Fringe Festival. Plays penned by Ms. Simpson have been produced at the Blue Heron Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, the New York City International Fringe Festival (2003 and 2006), and Theatre Row. She has also written and directed two short films that have screened globally. In 2005, Ms. Simpson was selected as one of five filmmakers to compete in the Asian American International Film Festival Michelob Light Music Video Contest. In 2006, she was named one of nytheatre.com's People of the Year. She is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Fluid Motion Theater & Film (www.fluid-motion.org).

Sara Thigpen
Sara Thigpen Primarily a play development actor, she received an NYIT Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Role for Jo in the award winning Burning the Old Man with Boomerang Theater Company in 2005 and recently returned from a Guest Artist Residency at The Willliam Inge Center for the Arts where she played and taught as part of the Fall 2007 Playwrights-in-Residence program. Sara just finished filming "The Liver" with Jayne Atkinson and Laila Robbins and is one of the promo/event voices for inDEMAND Networks.