Girls in Bins
Written by Rachel Teagle
Directed by Jenny Moeller
Performed by Siri Hellerman, Suzanne Victoria Cross, Ben Tallen
With the Voices of Rita Boersma, Heather Meyer, Elena Glass
Stage Manager/Gore Goblin – Shea Roberts Gyllen
Sound Design by Jenny Moeller & Rachel Teagle
TEAM BIOS
SPECIAL THANKS: Liz Council, Steffan Moeller, Em Pechous, Alayna Jacqueline, Nissa Nordland Morgan, David Pisa, Tim Uren, Pangea World Theater, Holly Gross, & Anonymous Benefactor
RUTH: Siri Hellerman (she/her) is an actor, improviser, educator, voice over artist and Mom from Minneapolis. Locally, Siri has worked with DalekoArts, Brave New Workshop, Actors Theater of Minnesota, Classical Actors Ensemble, Theatre in the Round, Locally Grown Comedy, and the MN Fringe Festival. She’s also a frequent performer at HUGE Improv Theater. Siri has an MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama and loves snacks
YVETTE: Suzanne Victoria Cross (she/her) was born and raised in North Minneapolis, graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BA in Theater and Community Psychology. Suzanne is a local actor, stage manager and teaching artist in the Minneapolis area. She has worked with many local theater companies including touring with CLIMB Theatre as an Actor-Educator, Penumbra Theatre Company’s Education and Outreach Program, Lyric Arts Academy, Teatro del Pueblo, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and has been the lead instructor for multiple teaching artist residencies in the Twin Cities. She also identifies as the primary caregiver for her mother who is currently navigating the progression of Alzheimer’s over the last 10 years. Her methodology is centered in honoring and actively engaging with our elders and that stage management is a social justice and community organizing artistic practice. Suzanne has a strong passion for the role theater can play in the development of an individual and a community as a whole and that we are never done creating magic. She is currently the Production Manager for Pangea World Theater.
UPCOMING: https://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/upcoming-events
JOHN MICHAEL: Ben Tallen (he/him) is appearing in the Twin Cities Horror Fest for the first time. He has acted with Theatre Pro Rata, Theatre in the Round, and Ghoulish Delights, among others. He has also co-written several plays with Tedious Brief Productions which have been produced in the Twin Cities, New York, L.A., and as far away as Warsaw, Poland.
CARRIE SHOWERS: Rita Boersma is a performing artist, writer, and educator. Over two decades on Twin Cities stages, her credits include both scripted and improvised theater. She is a member of veteran Twin Cities improv mainstays The Mess and her writing/storytelling skills have been used everywhere from over-explaining how to cut an onion to a million+ followers on Insta to writing industrial training scripts about a woman named Long-armed Janet. She also probably makes mashed potatoes better than you do.
Upcoming: The Mess returns to HUGE Theater in November, Saturdays at 9pm
JENNIFER BODDY: Heather Meyer (she/her) is a humor writer, performer and playwright. She has been involved in the Twin Cities Horrorfest though work on The Phillip Experiment, Book of Shadows II, Greenway and Confirmation Bias. She made the short film Zombie Sweater out of spite. You can frequently finding her improvising throughout the Twin Cities. Her birthday is Halloween and it is the best.
UPCOMING: If you are going to Cincinnati in November my play, The Hired Man, is being produced, Also I am one of the winners of Witching Hour Theater’s horror play contest with my play the 5 Brendas of Murray County playing in NYC this spring.
MA: Elena Glass (she/her) has been seen at the History Theatre, the Ordway, Old Log Theatre, Yellow Tree Theatre, Nautilus Music Theatre, Theatre Elision, and most recently in Godspell at Artistry MN. She is also a freelance singer and intimacy coordinator and a proud member of AEA. She hopes you enjoy this delightfully spooky show!
DIRECTOR: Jenny Moeller (she/her) is a director, props and lighting designer, and writer working in the Twin Cities. Jenny currently serves on the board for Arts Nest, is the technical director of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, and is the former Artistic Director of Raw Sugar. She has worked as technical director, designer, and builder for many theaters, including Nimbus, the Southern Theater, Theatre Pro Rata, Theatre Unbound, the Minnesota Opera, and Six Points Theater.
STAGE MANAGER/GORE GOBLIN: Shea Roberts Gyllen (they/them) is returning to staged theater after a large hiatus for family building and is delighted to return. As a stage manager Shea has worked with Late Nights Minneapolis, Coin Purse Theater, Columbia Heights Public Schools, and various odd projects. Shea has had an even bigger break from gore and is so excited to return and learn all the new things to make gore safe and real. Shea also has experience as a performer, director, writer, producer, and make up artist. Shea works with folks as a birth worker and massage therapist, so finding a production team that makes space for their work as well as parenting has made theater feel accessible in a whole new way and they are grateful for Rachel and Jenny forever and forever.
Writer/Producer: Rachel Teagle (she/her/hers) is a playwright, librettist, and comedian who grew up in the Silicon Valley, moved around the country, and settled in Minnesota. She helped found the Atlanta Fringe Festival and the Twin Cities Playwright Cabal. She was awarded the Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers prize for her play The Ever and After. Her play The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons had its world premiere with Theatre Lab in September, 2021. She currently resides in St. Paul with her family. www.rachelteagle.com
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