Bonni Allen     Shai
Bonni Allen has been active in the theater, film and commercial scene in the Twin Cities for three years. Recent roles have taken her to Hennepin Stages, The Great American History Theater, Minneapolis Musical Theater, Actor's Theater of Minnesota, Theater Unbound, and the Red Eye Theater. She is grateful to the guys at Metamorphosis for their gentle hands and extraordinary talents in turning her into an amazing creature without poking an eye out!
Matthew Amendt     Gaelen
Matthew Amendt, playing Gaelen in MIDNIGHT, is a professional actor based in the Twin Cities. He works primarily in theater, having recently performed as Nick Carraway in the Guthrie Theater's inaugural production of The Great Gatsby. A 2000 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and NFAA ARTS winner, Matthew's other credits include numerous Guthrie Productions, Torch theater, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Chautauqua Theater Company, and training with a BFA from the Guthrie/U of M, as well as time spent with the Royal National Theater in London.
Chars Bonin     Rebel Leader
Chars Bonin has been acting professionally since 1992. Chars has a B.A. degree in T.V. and Film directing from MSU-Moorhead. After working in L.A. for a few years, Chars has moved back to Minneapolis. Chars currently heads OrangeApple Productions where he works both behind and in front of the camera.
Dawn Brodey     Chuzara
Dawn Brodey, playing Chuzara in MIDNIGHT, is a professional actor and voice-over talent in the Twin Cities. Her comedy and improvisation works include the Actors Theatre's production of We Gotta Bingo, Hey City Theatre's Tony N' Tina's Wedding, and The Brave New Workshop's production of Flanagan's Wake. Dawn is also an accomplished historian and playwright, having done work for the Bakken Museum and The Museum of Russian Art. Dawn was also heard weekly for over four years on ABC Radio's "The Latest," a Sunday morning show where she answered emails from listeners about specific historical events, people and places. For more information please visit: www.dawnbrodey.com
Shá Cage     Alayne
Shá Cage is an inter-diciplinary artist, poet, professional actor and playwright who works administratively with Mama Mosaic Theatre, Trú Rúts Endeavors and The MN Spoken Word Association(MNSWA). She is the recipient of several grants, awards, and commissions including a TCG, a Playwright Center Many Voices Residency, a Forecast Public Arts Grant, a 2004 recipient of a SASE/Jerome literary grant and a 2005 SASE/Jerome Spoken Word Verve Grant.
Chris Carlson     Olen
Chris has performed at such local theaters as the Jungle, The Brave New Workshop, Park Square, and the Great American History Theater. This fall Chris will be performing at the Guthrie Theater and Pillsbury Playhouse. His film credits include: Gorgeous, Here on Earth, Factotum, and the award winning short films The Chromium Hook and Hell's Kitchen. Chris also works as an adjunct professor at Hamline Law School and is also a solo practicing immigration attorney. Most proudly, however, Chris is a performer, co-organizer, and co-founder of Thirst Theater.
Stephen D'Ambrose     Raynn
Stephen D'Ambrose plays Raynn in MIDNIGHT. His numerous stage credits include: Midsummer Night's Dream, Christmas Carol, St. Joan, Front Page, Richard III, To Kill a Mockingbird, Main Street, Journey's End, Seascape, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Sherlock Holmes & The Baker St. Irregulars, Lennea in Monet's Garden.
Emily Fradenburgh     Crawlis
Emily Fradenburgh, playing Crawlis in MIDNIGHT, has participated in an extensive number of feature-length films throughout the Twin Cities area over the last year; Yielding to a Willing Breath, The Completely Remarkable Utterly Fabulous Transformation of a Regular Joe, IceBreaker, Harrowville, and A Perfect Guest. She has also worked on a series of short films, commercials and tv pilots.
Pat Hammond     Dolan
Pat Hammond has been involved in the Twin Cities acting scene ever since he moved into the area 25 years ago. Professionally, he has over 60 commercial/industrial/print credits to his name, including several feature extra roles in major motion pictures. In theatre, he has over 70 credits, including the roles of Harold Hill in Music Man, Captain Wirz in The Andersonville Trials, Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind and Nathan Detroit in Guys n' Dolls to name a few.
Charles Hubbell     Mag Kiln
Charles is a voice actor for TV and radio in Minneapolis and a founding member of the sketch comedy group Idiot Box. His theatre credits include History of the Devil (Devil), Marat/Sade (Marat), Macbeth (Macbeth), Hamlet (Laertes), Rocky Horror Show (Riff Raff), Irma Vep (Jane/Edgar), A Tuna Christmas (Arles) and Little Shop of Horrors (The Plant's voice). His film and television credits include Mulligan, Fall Into Me, Joe Somebody, Planetfall, The Retreat, and Skeleton. As a voice actor Charles is heard as Johnny the Race Car in the children's animated series Auto-B-Good and as Rom the Langeman in Jona/Tomberry, winner of the 2005 Grand Prix Short Film Award from the Cannes Film Festival. For more information please visit www.charles-hubbell.com
Josh Jabas     Haarn
Josh Jabas has ten years of experience on stages in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota, including: Theatre in the Round, Pigs Eye Theatre, Starting Gate Production, Joking Apart Theater, Fifty Foot Penguin Theater, Park Square Theatre, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Jon Hassler Theater, Pioneer Place on Fifth, Paul Bunyan Playhouse and the Actors Equity Showcase production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Josh has also appeared in short films and the feature-length production of Twin Cities, written and directed by MIDNIGHT script consultant Matthew G. Anderson.
Scott Jorgenson     Erlon
A proud member of the Screen Actors Guild, Scott has been performing around the Twin Cities over the past 10 years. Scott performs with the local comedy troupe Idiot Box. Scott's body of work includes radio voice-over, theater, film, and television commercials. Scott's current TV commercials include Qwest, Toro, MN Lottery, Buffalo Wild Wings and others. He just finished filming the sequel to the film Fear of Girls, and is currently involved in the hit theater show We Gotta Bingo.
Sam Landman     Kruce
Sam Landman, playing Kruce in MIDNIGHT, has worked extensively in theater, film and television in the Twin Cities. His stage credits include: Sex Diary of An Infidel, Hamlet, Bring Me the Head of Dominic Papatola, An Empty Plate in the Cafe Du Grand Boeuf, Fireball: The Hinkcley Fire Musical, Noises Off, and How to Talk Minnesotan. Sam has also appeared in a number of independent films including: Dressin' An Ape in Armani, Sucker Lake Park, Sisters of Satin, Dotcommies, Menace, Salad, Hysterical Blindness and Pornocapella.
Michael Lee     Harwen
Stage and Film Credits: The Awesome 80's Prom, Jingle All the Way ,Don't Hug Me, Male Bonding, Once Upon a Forest, Looking For Her, Lyle the Crocodile, Andy Dufresne, The Kitchen, Flanagan's Wake.
Melissa Anne Murphy     Iana
Melissa is a Twin Cities actress working in both film and theater. She has appeared in Yielding to a Willing Breath, Gorilla Art, and the 48-Hour film festival entry - Robot Parts. Her theater credits include the Guthrie Theatre's production of The Sex Habits of American Women, Pride and Prejudice, the Write Now! series at the Children's Theater and Readings at the Playwright Center. Currently she is a member of Pillsbury House Theater's Breaking Ice company; performing locally as well as touring shows in Indiana, Washington D.C. and New York. Melissa is a graduate of the University of Minnesota / Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program, and Interlochen Arts Academy. She has also studied at the Royal National Theatre in London.
Richard Ooms     Geddon & Grimnor
Richard Ooms, playing the roles of twin brothers Geddon and Grimnor, has been a prolific stage actor both on and off Broadway and locally at the Guthrie Theater. His extensive list of credits include: The Three Sisters, The Robber Bridegroom, Edward II, The Time of Your Life, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Shakespeare's Histories, The Front Page, The Skin of Our Teeth, Great Expectations, Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol, Midsummer Nights Dream, Antigone, Romeo and Juliet, Anna K, The White Devil, Elizabeth I, and John McTiernan's The 13th Warrior.
Joseph Papke     Deleth
Joseph Papke is primarily a stage actor from Minneapolis. Midnight is his first real foray into film and he has enjoyed his experience immensely. His professional acting credits include Park Square Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Minnesota, Illusion Theatre, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Dudley Riggs’, Outward Spiral, and the Children’s Theatre Company. He is also a co-founder and artistic associate of Theatre Pro Rata. In addition to working as an actor, Joseph coaches text and dialects. He is currently living in Washington, DC with his wife, director Carin Bratlie while he earns his M.F.A. from The Academy For Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Carolyn Pool     Meriam
Carolyn Pool, playing Meriam in Midnight, is a Twin Cities based actress whose work can be seen all over the country. She has garnered both critical and popular praise for her work including "Best Supporting Actress" by Lavender Magazine for her work in In The Garden. In addition to her extensive and varied work on stage, Carolyn has also appeared in several independent films, most notably A Specialist in His Field, which has been an audience favorite at film festivals all over North America. She also performs regularly with Thirst Theater at Jitters Bar in Minneapolis.
Matthew Sciple     The Furtive Man
Since moving to Minneapolis from Louisiana in 1990, Matt Sciple has directed, performed in or written over 70 plays, recently adapting A Tale of Two Cities and directing Requiem for a Heavyweight, as well as appearing in voiceovers, commercials and industrial films. Matt has played some thirty roles in twelve plays with 10,000 Things Theatre including Tateh in Ragtime and Edgar in King Lear. Favorite roles elsewhere include John Merrick, Cassisus, Ken Talley and Walker in Three Days of Rain.
Steve Sweere     Morrec
Steve is an actor, writer and sculptor based in Minneapolis. As a performer he has worked for the Guthrie Lab, The Jungle Theater, Park Square, The Great American History Theater, The Directors Theater, The Hidden Theater and many more – His film credits include, Cut Glass, A Decent of Woodpeckers, The Princess in The Castle, The Last American, Eternal Love, and Newton’s Disease and now The Midnight Chronicles. When not working on his artistic pursuits, Steve enjoys writing angry letters to newspapers and members of congress and invites all of you to join him in reminding these people that they are supposed to work for us rather than in spite of us.
Jim Westcott     Kenard
Jim Westcott got a late start in acting, but has more than made up for it. Jim has done principal work in theatre, films and commercials. His film credits include Generation Mason, The Last American, The Legend of Nuada, and Love Me for My Mind. He just finished a production of Oliver playing the role of Oliver's grandfather, Mr. Brownlow. Jim currently studies with Lev Mailer, former student of Sanford Meisner.
Karen Wiese-Thompson     The Magistrate
Karen's extensive stage credits include Pig's Eye Theatre's production of Don't Drink the Water, Mudslinger's Party, The Front Page, House of Yes, Twelfth Night; Theatre L'Homme Dieu: Diary of Anne Frank, Deathtrap, Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Musical Theatre: Applause, Gremlin, A Devil Inside, Blithe Spirit, Pioneer Place, Crimes of the Heart; Theatre in the Round: Two Rooms, Flaming Guns of the Purple Sag; Joking Apart Theater: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jeffrey; Fifty Foot Penguin Theater: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Quick and the Red, I Married Odin, Parallel Lives, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Claudia Wilkens     Mayor Lesher
Claudia Wilkens, playing Mayor Lesher in Midnight, is an active stage and film actress in the Twin Cities. Her stage credits on and off Brodayway include: The Misanthrope, A Voice of My Own, and The White Devil. Some of her regional theater credits include You Can't Take It With You, Tartuffe, Execution of Justice, The Birthday Party, Happy Days, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Fair Game, Broadway, Romeo and Juliet, and Antigone. Claudia can also be seen in such films as The Untamed Heart, Mighty Ducks 1 & 3, Joe Somebody, and Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Andrea Wollenberg     Aradil
Andrea Wollenberg plays Aradil the Witch Queen of the Elves in Midnight. She holds a B.A. Theater degree from St. Olaf College, and an M.F.A. Acting degree from the University of Virginia. Her stage credits include: Top Girls, Enchanted April, An Evening With Bill Irwin, Proof, Much Ado About Nothing, Tony N' Tina's Wedding, Twelfth Night, Brave Smiles, The Rainmaker, Watermelon Hill, The Lover, A Christmas Carol, King Lear, Oklahoma! and Gypsy.

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