MICHAEL WINTHER (WRITER/PERFORMER)
Michael Winther, who recently starred as Mr. Haring in the Public Theater's Radiant Baby, recently joined the Broadway company of Mamma Mia!, playing Harry Bright.
On Broadway, Michael starred in The Crucible, 1776, Artist Descending a Staircase and Damn Yankees. His Off Broadway credits include Hapgood, Berlin to Broadway, Forever Plaid, and the original cast of Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding. Winther has been seen on screen in Independence Day, Universal Soldier, Law & Order, Mary and Rhoda, The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power.
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Corey hails from Rochester, New York. He performs and produces improv and sketch shows regularly in San Francisco with 
Braodway: Monty Python's Spamalot. Off-Broadway: Abie's Island Rose (Jewish Repertory Theatre), The Castle, The Golem (Manhattan Ensemble Theatre). He also has performed at: Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public and Carnegie Hall. Regional: Complete Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) , Charlie Baker in The
Foreigner (both directed by Scott Schwartz), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors , and Pseudolus. Film: Todd Solondz's 
Dan Lipton (Music Director) was the original pianist for The Full Monty and its Grammy-nominated cast recording. He has conducted Urinetown on Broadway and appears regularly across the country accompanying Audra McDonald. With filmmaker Jeff Yorkes, he has created 8 and Up, a live music video based on the Simon electronic memory game. With David Rossmer, he has written the musicals JOE! and notes to MariAnne. Lipton has released two solo albums, Travelogue and Life in Pictures, which received a 2003 ASCAPlus Award for popular music. When on the web visit 
Danielle is honored to be working with such a consumate group of talented professionals. She's Stage Managed: Company at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Epimenedis at the Lambs, and with Theatresports Ltd., The Luigi Board and You're It!
Having recently moved to New York via Flatbush Brooklyn to study Film at Brooklyn College; this will be his New York stage debut (and fittingly so). He has recently directed his first short film "Red Skies at Night 7" which is due to make it's web premier soon.
Ms. Baldwin was a 2003 Helen Hayes Award Nominee and recipient of rave reviews, called a "luminescent delight," even, for her lead role in the Arena Stage's production of South Pacific. She's also recently performed in Broadway productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie, and The Full Monty. Kate is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Joshua Raoul Brody spends most of his time accompanying improvisational theater (
Jennifer grew up outside New York City and graduated from Brown University's creative writing program while the Fine Young Cannibals were still hot. Her work has appeared in magazines, websites, and unproduced screenplays, as well as luggage catalogs across the country. She is currently the Executive Producer of "It's My Life", a new PBS website for kids, and is at work on her first novel. She lives in Hollywood.
Donna Lynne Champlin was most recently seen on Broadway in Hollywood Arms at The Cort Theatre, based on Carol Burnett's best-selling memoir One More Time, and directed by twenty-time Tony winner Harold Prince. She played Grandmother/Francoise in Playwright's Horizons' My Life With Albertine Off Broadway, workshopped the musical workshop of Harold and Maude in May and played Madame Matroppo in Goodspeed's Very Good Eddie this summer.
Derek Cochran has been called the genius behind theatre and improv in the Bay Area going on 4 years now. After countless parades, shrines, dedications and memorials, he has agreed to lend his talents to this show and bring to it a touch of noble dignity and class. Derek has also been called a pompous a**hole on numerous occasions and is considered an expert in that field. One of these statements is true.
Michael is the librettist/lyricist of CHARLOTTE SWEET (Drama Desk Award nomination), NORTH ATLANTIC (Show Business Award), and LUDLOW LADD. He was chief writer for New Amsterdam Theatre Company, and a frequent writer for TIMELESS DIVAS, Theatre By the Blind, and The NY Festival of Song.
Nina has been stinking up the New York City area since she graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. On occasion, regional theatre has taken her to other parts of the country where she has had the opportunity to explore the bathroom facilities in many hotel rooms and generally contribute to their foul smells as well. Nina teaches drama, music and art full time to pre-school students and is author of the book, Take a Bow: Lesson Plans for Pre-school Drama , due to be released by Smith & Kraus Publishers early next year. She finds that there is much to be learned from children who, being children, don't think twice about farting in front of a room full of peers.
was last seen on Broadway as desperate press agent Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success (TONY Nomination). Other credits include Titanic (created the role of Frederick Barrett), Off-Broadway's The Wild Party and The Good Thief (Obie Award), and Barry Manilow's Harmony. Brian will be performing a song he co-wrote with Clarke Thorell and Dan Lipton (that appears on the companion album to the show, 
Ovan Deevus is an actor and writer in Los Angeles. This is his sixth appearance in the A**hole Monologues as a writer. Ovan is pleased to be able to contribute to such a worthy endeavour.
Pete recently performed Leaps of Faith, a series of one-acts after several months of improvising with Gerrit Graham at The New Actors Workshop. He portrayed Sam Adams in Rise Up for the Theatre Project Ensemble. He is twice Emmy nominated for his work on Discover Magazine on the Discovery Channel, besides countless other documentary series and voiceovers. Pete appeared in Pillow Talk at the Producer's Club and the Sam Shepard/Joseph Chaikin collaboration Tongues at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. He has studied acting with Fred Kareman and improvisation with Paul Sills.
Edgar is well-versed in the art of artless conversation. His first public appearance was at the San Francisco Museum of Exotica. He has since acted in numerous productions with the band 
John is currently playing the role of Franz Liebkind in the Broadway production of THE PRODUCERS. He has also played the TONY winning roles of Roger Debris and Max Bialystock.
Honored as one of the "Ten Standout Stand-Ups Worth Watching" by Back Stage magazine, Ray Ellin is comedy's renaissance man: comic, television host, actor, writer and producer. He is a featured performer in NYC's hottest comedy clubs and the regular weekend emcee at the world famous Comic Strip Live.
Deanna Fleysher--graduate of Amherst College, former Prep School English teacher, current New York party girl and inventor of s&m karaoke--will corrupt the youth of America through improv comedy and naughty books. She is not even 30.
Regional Stage Credits: Changes of Heart (Mark Taper Forum), Rough Crossing (Coconut Grove Playhouse), Sunshine Boys (National Actors Theatre), Death of a Salesman (w/ Jack Klugman). New York Stage Credits: Butt-Crack Bingo (La MaMa, ETC), Conquest of the Universe (Salt Theatre), The White Princess (Quiet Theatre), Three Sisters (Chekhov Now Festival), Cause for Alarm (New York Int’l Fringe Festival), The Idiot (Manhattan Ensemble Theatre). Buffalo Nights Theatre Company: Founding member, J.B. (Garland Award), Apollo of Bellac, Meat, The Firebugs (Drama-Logue Award). Film: The Illusion (w/ Kirk Douglas), Man of the Century (also co-writer, co-producer) - 1999 Slamdance Audience Award, 1999 Award for Excellence in
Independent Filmmaking by the National Board of Review.
BROADWAY: Avenue Q. NEW YORK: title role in Marty the Musical workshop; Dirty Dancing the Musical workshop. REGIONAL: Yale Rep, Berkshire Theater Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival. TELEVISION: all three Law & Order series (recurring as CSU Tech Layton on SVU); Sopranos; Queens Supreme; 100 Centre Street; Guiding Light. FILM: upcoming HBO feature Brooklyn; Riding in Cars with Boys; Changing Lanes; Way Off Broadway.
has performed/improvised/sung/played/toured with various groups in New England and the SF Bay area. These include The Hempstead Children's Theater, Hackamatack Rep, Bay Area Theatresports, SNAFU, and Tonal Chaos. He is currently taking a break from performing (except the occasional gastro-intestinal benefit) to finish his MFA in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Mark Growden comes from a long line of tall men with short tempers. Oh well. He performs and records solo and with his band "The Electric Piñata." He can be contacted at 
Carla is a voice actress, improviser and copywriter. She's performed improv with Theatresports, 
grew up in Chicago. At Northwestern University, he directed The Mee-Ow Show (stage managed by Corey Rosen). He then became a member of
the Second City National Touring Company and taught improv at The ImprovOlympic Theater.
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is tired of writing nice things about himself. Platinum records, Broadway shows, TV and film scores, all those awards, who needs it! Only an a**hole would write all that junk when all you really care about is if you're having a good time tonight! OK, I'm the guy who wrote "By Mennen". Are you happy now?
Kasey Klemm is an actor, writer, and improviser based in the San Francisco bay area. He is a member of BATS Improv's Main Stage Company and a coach with their school. This is his first time in New York.
has appeared as an actor on stages in New York and at some of
this country's leading regional theaters. Credits include: The Matchmaker (Roundabout Theater Company), the original Off- Broadway Production of GRANDMA SYLVIA'S FUNERAL (So-Ho Playhouse), STANTON'S GARAGE (Actor's Theater Of Louisville/Humana Festival), as well as projects at Manhattan Theater Club, C.S.C. Rep., Playwrights Horizons. Film credits include roles in BILLY BATHGATE,TUNE IN TOMORROW
(a.k.a. AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPTWRITER), AWAKENINGS, HE SAID/SHE SAID, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN. Televison credits: YOU WROTE IT YOU WATCH IT (MTV), FUN IN A BOX (Comedy Central), LAW AND ORDER (NBC).
Gerri Lawlor is member of the 
New York Theater: Wild Thing, The Lady Winter, Green Eggs and Silly Cats (New Acting Company); The Continuing Adventures of Dick Danger, Grapefruit (West Bank Theater). Molly's excited to list "The A**hole Monologues" on her resume alongside her other shows with saucy titles like "Shopping and F***ing" and "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom."
Cole Louison is a founder of Buzzsaw Haircut, a periodical, and was a reporter for the Ithaca Journal and Vineyard Gazette, and also an island correspondent for WGBH. Until recently, he was a maintenance assistant at the Vermont Sculpture Center. He just moved to Brooklyn. The one monologue about throwing up on a boat is an excerpt from a longer work in progress.
Heather Mac Rae is a singer, actress, and nightclub performer. Her stage appearances include Broadway shows Hair, Falsettos, Neil Simon's Rumors, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Off Broadway productions too numerous to list. In addition to the stage, Ms. Mac Rae has had roles in films such as Life with Monkey, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask, and A Perfect Couple. Television appearances include The Sopranos, Law & Order: SVU, Clarissa Explains It All, Frasier, and Starsky And Hutch.
Derek is a performer, journalist, Georgia native and Northwestern graduate. He hasn't actually seen his, but hears it looks great. New York stage: Cloud 9, The Lady Winter, Cherry Picking 2003, and Small Change. Regional stage includes: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Arcadia, and Romeo & Juliet with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA; Amadeus, Equus, Ah, Wilderness!, All in the Timing, Anything Goes and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Many thanks to Corey, and special thanks to Clare Mottola and Steve Hughes.
Kara Jane McNamara recently finished working on JAMIE KENNEDY EXPERIMENT which you can see on that frog network. Kara pretended to be a lawyer on MTV'S THE BLAME GAME for a few years, a show she created with a bunch of guys from Chicago. In the windy city, she toured with The Second City and performed at The Improv Olympic Theatre far too much for her own good. Kara currently performs with Ultimate Improv every Saturday night at The Westwood Brewing Company in Los Angeles.
Jenny Meyer has been improvising for 5 Years. She is a member of
David Nagler is the lead singer, songwriter, and founder of 
Daniel Neiden won an EMMY for narrating The Learning Channel's MAD MATH, and created roles in over a dozen Off-Broadway shows. Daniel produced HANNAH SENESH at the Cherry Lane, and NUCLEAR FOLLIES at the Village Gate, and is developing WAITING FOR LEFTY with Elizabeth Swados.
Since 1992, David Norfleet has been improvising music with companies around the U.S. and Canada. During the day, he composes and produces music for film, television, multimedia and installations. From 1995-1998 David was active in New York's improv, live theatre and performance art scene, but recently transplanted himself to San Francisco to start up his own music/sound studio, 
Brooke Marie is a happy go lucky singer song writer living in NYC. Her favorite hobbies include ice sculping and ingesting large amounts of pulled pork at Pearson's Texas Barbecue on the upper east side. She hasn't had a good haircut in months but is no longer searching for Mr. right. You win some, you lose some. For more information on life, karma and pork, visit 
June Rachelson-Ospa is a Producer for Theater, Lyricist , Director and Scriptwriter. As Producer, she's been involved with ORPHAN TRAIN at York Theater, OH RATS at Vexler Theater in Texas, TRU Musical Reading Series and Production Coordinator for GUARDIAN ANGEL by Mark Bramble and Doug Katsaros at the Cap 21 Theater.
Lauren Rosenberg is a native New Yorker with a big heart and a bittersweet bite. She has just finished her first year of studying the Meisner Technique with JoAnna Beckson, has appeared in NYU student films and is currently writing a one-woman show.
Miriam Shor created the role of Croatian-born aspiring drag queen Yitzhak for the play Hedwig and the Angry Inch. As with her acclaimed film take on the part, many were duped into believing that she was really a man.
Nicholas George Stevens, "Nick" for short, a graduate from NYU's Tisch Scool of the Arts, is a producer, writer and host of THE SHARK SHOW, a weekly comedy show running at The Peoples Improv Theater in New York. Nick, who loves writing run-on introductory sentences in theater bios, has performed at many of the city's top theaters and clubs, including Caroline's and Carnegie Hall (with his sketch group UTAH ARM.) He was a semi-finalist at The Connecticut Comedy Festival (Hooray!), and this past summer he played a Polish psychic in a cheesy dinner theater murder mystery (Uh-oh!) Nick wrote and directed the short film "Senior Weekend, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Prom," which played at some film festivals none of us have ever heard of. Nick blames the Boston Red Sox for his troubles, considers "Caddyshack" the most important piece of American art, thanks all the a**holes who welcomed him into this show, and sends his love to Mom, Dad, Geoff, Emily and you.
is Dave Rossmer and Ken Triwush. Twin sons of different pirates, Ken and Dave met doing a big fat Broadway tour which inspired a writing frenzy and talk of rock stardom. Between the two of them they've been married, engaged, arrested, on Broadway thrice, done countless TV and Film appearances including absolutely NO porn! (except Ken). A**holes Unite!
An accomplished stage actor, particularly in musical theatre, Mr. Wilkof originated the role of Seymour Krelbourne in the original production of "Little Shop of Horrors" Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Sam Byck in the original Off-Broadway production of the musical "Assassins" for which he receive a Drama Desk Award nomination. He was nominated for a TONY award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of "First Man," a dimwitted gangster, in the Broadway revival of Cole Porter's classic "Kiss Me, Kate." He can be heard singing on the cast recordings of each of these musicals. Wilkof's film credits include "School of Rock," "Private Parts," "Wholly Moses," and "National Lampoon's Disco Beaver From Outer Space." See