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David Natale

David Natale began acting at the Cleveland Playhouse at age ten. He has a BA from Yale and an MFA from the Old Globe in San Diego. In Seattle Mr.Natale has worked with: The Seattle Rep, Seattle Public, Annex Theatre, Eclectic, Alice B. and The Group. In New York, David performed from Lincoln Center to P.S. 122. He has also worked with: Gorilla Rep, Theatreworks USA, Bridgeport Free Shakespeare, NYC Fringe and many others. He has appeared on Guiding Light, Law and Order and Sex and The City; as well as some films: Zoolander, Company Manand People I Know. Natale received a 2008, Seattle Times Foot-light Award for The Westerbork Serenade. Some other historical characters Natale has recently portrayed are John Lennon in the 2006 world premiere of Just Like Starting Over, and Eugene Debs in Howard Zinn’s, Voices of a People’s History of the United States. You can hear David in many roles on Jim French’s Imagination Theatre. He is a member of AFTRA, SAG, and Actors Equity. For more see: TPS Online

David is a member of the Sand-box Artists Collective.

Gin Hammond

(Director) received her MFA from the A.R.T. at Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre and teaches voice and speechwork at Cornish College of the Arts and Freehold Theatre Lab. She has performed nationally at theatres such The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Longwharf Theatre, Seattle’s ACT, The Pasadena Playhouse, the ART, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C., where she won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance of The Syringa Tree. Internationally, she has performed in Russia, Germany, Ireland, Scotland and England. Ms. Hammond also received a Kathleen Cornell award, and WA state grants from Allied Arts, The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Artist Trust, as well as from the NEA. Her voice(s) can be heard on World of Warcraft, Aion, Halo 3 ODST, Super Granny, Cake Mania, Westward, and Nancy Drew video games, various corporate training films, audiobooks, and Jim French's Imagination Theatre. Information on Returning the Bones, a companion piece to The Westerbork Serenade, can be found at www.ginhammond.com/RTB

Gin is a member of the Sand-box Artists Collective.