Once we chose the undead scripts, we had to find some ghoulish people to bring them to life. These brave souls are working with around 50 actors and crew. We thank our hardworking directors for their tireless hours. Zombie wrangling is not easy!
George Robert Bailey (Mama Didn't Raise no Zombie) is delighted to be directing his first show for The Alley. Last July, he directed The Foreigner for Hayswood Theatre. He can be seen in the indie horror film Red River and the upcoming slasher sequel Intrusion 2: Disconnected.
Look him up on your smartphones as Bad Breath Charlie in a webisode of Republican Marriage and Sex Advice. His wife thinks he should have left out that last credit.
Kathryn Rae Furrow (Bite Me) is the founder and Master Teacher of the acclaimed actor training series Acting For Your Life, a training program dedicated to 'fighting the stigma of the starving artist, one actor at a time'. She has directed more than 50 professional main stage productions both on and off Broadway.
Kathryn is currently touring Acting For Your Life with Herschel Zahnd III (founder of the FilmAspire program), as well as a series of cabaret concerts across the country. She is also completing a book, dvd and workbook series.
She holds her BA in Communication with a Theatre Concentration from Indiana University Southeast, and graduated from the Gregory Abels Training Ensemble (G.A.T.E.) in Manhattan.
Previous notable roles include the critically acclaimed KZ on Broadway performance series at Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center and the Supper Club on 47th St in New York, twice as Elphaba in Wicked for BC/EFA & Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Charity showcases in Manhattan, Nellie Lovett in Renegade Art Productions Sweeney Todd, Sally Bowels in Cabaret, Nora Helmer in Ibsen's A Doll's House, Isabella in Measure for Measure, and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible.
Melissa Gaddie (Ghost?, Two Zombies Having a Conversation) is a lifelong resident of Louisville, KY, and an artistic jack of all trades. Originally wanting to be a fashion designer, she settled for rock star with the Plan B of famous photographer, earning her BFA with a concentration in photography from the University of Louisville.
These days she can be found behind the scenes at The Alley Theater doing the ever so sexy work of Managing Director (who DOESN’T find bank reconciliations, contracts, and budgets scintillating?), behind the camera lens as part of Louisville based eElaine Photography, behind the bass guitar in the local band Old Man, and always behind the cutest little hanger-on in show business, her son Elliott.
She is honored that the nice people at the theater think she is creative enough to try her hand at directing, and thanks to her talented cast, has enjoyed the process immensely.
Courtney Hardin (Zombie! A New Musical) A childhood tap dancer at 12, has grown up to accomplish 17 yrs of female impersonation with Directing Orginial Drag shows called Fabu Tabu, Cast of Summore, Felicias Follies and The Gothic Drag Show Queens of the Damned. Courtney has also produced, directed and starred in the infamous Rocky Horror Picture Show At The Alley Theater and other venues and his own autobiographical play On the D List.
Courtney has worked at many local haunts Directing and set designing at "The Baxter Ave Morgue" and currently has the role of Incident Commander as well as a set designer at Asylum Scream Parks "Zombie City." He has also done the make up for such stars as Ari lehman (the first Jason Voorhees), And Model and horror movie's, Stacey Dixon.
Dana Hope (Keep Hope Alive, The One Minute Zombie Fuck Play) has sold her zombie soul to The Alley Theater for the past three years. She serves on the theater's board of directors, moonlights as the box office manager and founder of The Alley Theater for Young Audiences. She has recently directed The Alley's production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and is having a ball directing for the InHuman:A Festival.
Her heart is with acting and has appeared in Point Break Live and Women Behind Bars at The Alley and numerous other productions in Kentuckiana. Her first film, Nothing in the Flowers, was recently released. She has recently completed her BS in Theatre from The University of Louisville and is lusting for a Masters in Arts Administration, offered in Bloomington.
In all her "spare" time, she works full time as an Administrative Secretary at Indiana University Southeast, serves on the Kentucky Theatre Association board of directors and with the guidance of her wonderful boyfriend, is learning web design. They have partnered to bring the Alley Theater's site to life.
Kenn Parks (Entranced) is happy to be sliding his Acting hat over and making room for his Director’s cap; directing his first play since his undergraduate days! He feels Entranced is one of the most humorous and endearing plays in the whole festival and is honored to be a big part of the first ever InHuman:A Festival of New American Undead Theater, at his favorite theater in his favorite city! Kenn is proud of his cast and feels they are perfect for their roles, bringing this comedy to life and connecting with the audience in a very personal manner!
Kenn is currently acting as Han Solo (and a few other savory characters) in the sold out performances of Star Wars: The Original Trilogy in 60 minutes or Less, playing through April. A few of Kenn's recent roles include: “Morpheus” in The Matrix Live. “Hatter Madigan” The Looking Glass Wars. “Bodhi” in Point Break Live. The “Lion Tamer” & “Trixie” in Two VaVa Vixen Productions & so much more.
He is a proud single Dad of 4 amazing young boys, an Actor, Director, Visual/Performance Artist, Poet, Speaker, Dancer, Writer and the Marketing Director at The Alley Theater.
Jillian Spencer (Zombie! A New Musical) grew up in Louisville and has a BS in Theater (yes, a bachelors of science) from the University of Louisville. Things were going well for her until the spring of 2010 when an evil doctor injected her with a zombie serum. She was trapped under his control eating brains and watching bad cable TV until she was able to escape.
She is very grateful to The Alley for looking past her unfortunate disability of being a zombie because they have allowed her to continue her passion even while undead. Recently at The Alley she sprayed the audience with blood while stage managing Evil Dead: The Musical, delved into the minds of the machines while stage managing The Matrix Live!, and most recently she stage managed the Underworld with Eurydice.
She is excited to being working on material that is sensitive to the undead lifestyle, with The InHuman:A Festival.
Ben Unwin (Necromas) is excited to be directing Necromas for its second perfomance since its original production in 2008 for Bellarmine University.
As a director he's worked often with Bellarmine on such productions as Robert Patrick's Help, I Am and Carlos Manuel's No Clue. As a writer he has had several plays performed in the Finnigan Festival of Funky Fresh Fun including Sympathy for the Techno and Looney Tunes.
His best wishes and special thanks go out to Jillian for everything and to Matt for whom all the best jokes come pouring from his mouth.
Herschel Zahnd (Storms, Sheets, and Showtunes) is proud to return to stage directing after a long hiatus. His pervious stage directing credits include Murder on the Hill, at the historic Waverly Hills Sanitorium, The Minister’s Wife’s New Bonnet, the the Wall Street players, and as the Associate Director of Clive Barker’s…The History of the Devil.
Herschel’s film directing credits include the short films The Trimmer, and the award winning Tolerance, as well as the televison series The Necroville Picture Show, and the critically acclaimed Girl Number Three. Herschel is currently co-directing a new feature film, A Wish For The Dead due out this fall. For more information on Herschel and his many projects please visit renegadeartproductions.com
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