Zombie Broads

Kevin Alves Kevin Alves is excited to be back for another show with The Factory Theater. You may remember him from other Factory hits like Ren Faire: Fistful of Ducats (Remount), Street Justice: Condition Red, Hotel Aphrodite, and The Last Big Mistake. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a BFA in acting. Some of his other favorite roles include SQuja’ (Scrooge) in A Klingon Christmas Carol, Roy in Lone Star, and Edward Reeve in the Discovery Channel’s 3D documentary Fields of Valor: Civil War. He is also a regular cast member of the Bruised Orange Theater Company’s weekly hit show “I Saw You” and a regular actor/writer for the Live Lit sketch comedy show CASSANDRA. Much thanks to The Factory for accepting him into their cast of characters and so much love and thanks to his beautiful wife and co-star, Kim.

Timothy C. Amos Timothy C. Amos is very happy to be back home at the factory and excited for the first full season in our new space. We love being here in Rogers park and hope you’ll make our unexpected unapologetic brand of theater part of your theater experience for many years to come. Thanks to Brigitte and my wonderful family for their continuing support and you for being here for ZOMBIE BROADS. Now pop open your beverage and enjoy this show! IT’S GAME TIME!

Debbie Banos Debbie Baños is a Chicago actor and recent graduate with an MFA in Acting from the University of Arkansas. Some of her Chicago credits include Titus Andronicus with Babes with Blades, Adoration of the Old Woman with Urban Theatre Company, Juan Francisco Villa’s Don Chipotle, King Lear with Eleusis Collective, and Fefu and Her Friends with Halcyon Theatre. Debbie is a Southern first-Generation Salvadoreña-American who is in love with theoretical physics.

Kim Boler is an Ensemble member with the Factory Theater and wants to give all of you a warm and slightly sticky embrace…if she wasn’t so busy kicking ZOMBIE ASS! AND (you’re reading but you will find out soon) there’s a ton of cool talented people in this cast AND so very proud to be treading the boards in The Factory Theatre’s new space AND Zombie fights and blood and leather…WELCOME!!! HOLY CRAP. THIS IS GETTING INTENSE. Skip to the credits: other Factory credits include THE LAST BIG MISTAKE and JENI & JENNY, HUMAN TERRAIN with Broken Nose Theatre, BLUE PLANET with Akvavit Theatre, MONSTROUS REGIMENT with Lifeline Theatre, and performer with I SAW YOU. Thank you to my husband, my Factory family, and all Ya’ll. Goodnight

Charlie Davis hails from the literary haven of Oxford, Mississippi and is thrilled as hell to be involved with Factory Theater and Zombie Broads. Charlie holds a B.F.A in Acting from The University of Southern Mississippi. Going on his fourth year in Chicago, Charlie has performed with many companies which includes The Ruckus, Waltzing Mechanics, Pursuit Productions, Mercy Street Theatre Company, Blunt Objects Theatre, Three Cat Productions, and Coffee & Whiskey Productions. Recently Charlie has successfully completed his first run of his one man show, “GUMP: With Your Pal, Charlie Davis” where he reenacts all of Forrest Gump by himself. The show is expected to have another run in the very near future. Charlie is also heavily involved in the improv and stand up scene in Chicago. Praises be to the Factory Theater. SMTTT!

Spenser Davis is jazzed to make his Factory debut with these broads and boiiiis! Previous credits include American Buffalo (Mary-Arrchie), Pilgrim’s Progress (u/s, Red Orchid), The Coward (Stage Left), Tiger at the Gates (Promethean), The President (Oracle) and My First Time with his company Broken Nose Theatre. He also works here and there as a director and playwright. Right now, across town, his debut play Merge is being produced by The New Colony at The Den — check it out and email him about what you hated, he loves that! He’s also the proud leader of the Hobo Junction collective. Much love to Madre, Squid, Bonus Dad and E.

Cameron Feagin is atingle (this was listed in the shady online thesaurus she perused as a
synonym for “thrilled”, which she feels is overused in these circumstances) to be making her debut with Factory, and with zombies. She was last seen in Hamlet with Muse of Fire. Other credits include The Winter’s Tale and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Promethean Theatre Ensemble, where she is an artistic associate, as well as Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Pistols For Two, (Lifeline Theatre), Elling, (Redtwist Theatre), The Elephant Man (Boho Theatre), Macbeth, Private Lives (Non-Equity Jeff nomination : Actress in a Principal Role), Old Times, Seascape, The Play’s the Thing, The Turn of the Screw, (City Lit), Voyeurs de Venus (Chicago Dramatists), Court Martial at Fort Devens (Victory Gardens), and Polish Joke (Noble Fool).

Dennis Frymire is dead thrilled to be along for the ride as an understudy with The Factory. He has also understudied for The Gift Theatre, The Ruckus, and that one now-defunct-theater-on-Broadway-that-shall-not-be-named. Favorite actual onstage credits include Mac in “Fleetwood Macbeth”(Public House Theatre), Detective Preston in “Angry Fags” (Pride Films and Plays), and most recently, Elliot in “Troll” (Fraud & Phony Theatre Collective). Dennis is so vain, he probably thinks www.dennisfrymire.com is about him.

Risha Tenae has been involved with theater and theater education since high school. She graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, attended Miami University B.A. theater program and graduated from California Institute of the Arts M.F.A. theater program where she focused on performance. Theatre credits include: Blues for an Alabama Sky(Angel), King Lear(Cornwall), 24 Hours the Musical(Shawnna), In the Blood(Welfare/Bully), Three Sisters(Irena), The Music Man(Alma), King Henry V(Kate), The Colored Museum(Woman #3). In addition to acting, Risha enjoys being a Teaching Artist. She taught K-12 in various schools around Los Angeles and is currently a Teaching Artist with Writer’s Theatre, Changing Worlds, Emerald City Theatre and Black Ensemble Theatre. Risha most recently performed as Cissy Houston in Don’t Make Me Over at Black Ensemble Theatre and SBF 2 in Single Black Female at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre. Her website is www.RishaTenae.com

Elizabeth MacDougald Is thrilled to finally be working wth Factory. She has previously been seen around town in having adventures on Barsoom in “A Princess Of Mars” (Otherworld Theatre Company), strolling through the fog of Victorian London in both “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (Idle Muse Theatre Company), and showing her warrior spirit in “A Klingon Christmas Carol” (Commedia Beauregard Theatre). Much love and thanks to her husband, Steve, and her feline minions Willow and Garrus.

Hayley Rice is utterly delighted to be working with The Factory Theater. Previous credits around the Chicagoland area include Love Loss and What I Wore, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Rainmaker, The Merchant of Venice, Blithe Spirit, and The Castle of Otranto (First Folio Theatre), Women of Lockerbie (AstonRep Theatre Co), Steel Magnolias (Ignite Theatre at Catalyst Ranch), All Girl Edgar Allan Poe (The Chicago Mammals),The Women (Circle Theatre), Dream of a Common Language(Prologue Theatre Company), The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (Point of Contention Theatre), Spinning Yarns: The Robot’s Tail, The Nerdy Girl and the Intergalactic Dog (Rascal Children’s Theatre), For Love of the Nightingale (LiveWire Theater), and Suddenly Last Summer (Illinois Theatre Center). Hayley is an artistic associate with First Folio Theatre.

Will Snyder is making his Factory Theater debut and could not be more excited! When not eating the flesh of others, Will enjoys working on his numerous podcast projects: “Neon Nights: The Arcane Files of Jack Tracer”, a supernatural detective audio drama thriller, “Midnight Horror”, scary short stories that may make you *BLEEP* yourself, and Wrandom Wrestling Wreview, where he and his buddy review wrestling PPVs. All these shows can be found on his website www.evilkittenproductions.com or on iTunes. Will would love to thank his wonderful wife Rachel for all her support and his mother, who made him attend an audition all those years ago. Please visit his website www.will-snyder.com for all info on Will.

Elise Spoerlein is ecstatic to be working again with Factory Theatre because she thinks they’re just swell! Her last project with them was understudying the hilarious HOTEL APHRODITE, in which she went on for two different roles during the run. Elise is also the Associate Artistic Director of BNT, a pay-what-you-can theatre company. Other acting credits include the Lyric Opera, The New Colony, Strawdog, Artemisia, Hobo Junction, the side project, Waltzing Mechanics, Arc Theatre, and Indie Boots. She is also a playwright, and had her first full-length show, A PHASE, receive its world premiere this past spring with Broken Nose Theatre. Much love to her fellow cast, and especially to her boyfriend on the stage (and in real life) Spenser Davis! BARF.

Tara Sullivan after a 12 year hiatus, is overjoyed to be returning to the stage in a play written by Sara Sevingy and Corbette Pasko, directed by Jan Blixt, starring this amazing ensemble! By day, Tara is a Holistic Healer, nurturing and supporting her clients in living their most authentic, most joyful lives, and helping make their dreams come true. She is stupid grateful every day.

Christopher Sylvie is excited to be working with the cast and crew of The Factory Theatre’s production of Zombie Broads! A passionate lover of theatre, Sylvie graduated of Northwestern State University of Louisiana where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Theatre Performance and Directing before moving to Chicago. Some of his recent credits in the Windy City include King of Shadows (Nihar), Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile! (Comet), Dog Night (Zachery Tate), The Church of Hip Hop (Brotha’ Spectre/Hip Hop Choir), and Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Portage Park (Park Service Employee). He has also worked with other companies such as Improv Playhouse, The Cuckoo’s Theatre Project, Redmoon, Alphabet Soup Productions, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Hampstead Stage Company, and The Scioto Society, Inc. Sylvie is a proud member of the Equity Member Candidate program, as well as recognized by The Society of American Fight Directors in Unarmed combat.

Rebecca Wolfe is thrilled to be a part of another show with The Factory Theater! Yay brains! She was most recently seen in their production of Dating & Dragons. Previous shows include The American Clock at Redtwist Theatre and The Arsonists at Strawdog Theatre Company. You can also catch her (briefly) in the new Netflix series EASY, out this Fall. She is proudly represented by the hard working ladies over at Shirley Hamilton Inc. and supported by her dedicated, INCREDIBLE family. During her time away from the theater, Rebecca works hard at making people feel great as a Personal Trainer.

Ashley Yates moved to Chicago in 2011 after graduating from the University of Iowa with a BA in Theater Arts and met up with Wayward Productions at its start in 2012 as a founding member. Chicago credits include: Burn the Black Dog, Richard III, Abbey Fest and Fight Night performances. She has also worked with Tympanic Theater and Waltzing Mechanics.