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Resident Actors

	*Amy Baldwin is honored to be a part of Barter's 75th Anniversary season.  Recent Barter credits include Blithe Spirit (Ruth), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Dorothy), The Philadelphia Story (Tracy Lord), Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Lear, Long Shadow, America's Blue Yodeler and Wooden Snowflakes (Eve).  Amy graduated from Emory & Henry College, and attended the University of Virginia.  She pursued her graduate study in Forensic Science at Marshall University.  Amy is a proud member of Actors' Equity and is delighted to work with such grand people on a daily basis.
	* Evalyn Baron is thrilled to be back at her beloved Barter. Evalyn has been seen onstage here in Gypsy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Divorce Southern Style, First Baptist of Ivy Gap, Lettice and Lovage, Glass Menagerie and many more. A 1985 Tony Award Nominee for Quilters, other Broadway credits include Les Miserables and Big River. Evalyn is married to Barter Marketing Director and actor Peter Yonka.
	*Mary Lucy Bivins is an Associate Director and member of the resident Acting Company since 2004.  Last season she directed Tradin' Paint, More Fun Than Bowling and America's Blue Yodeler and was seen in The Quiltmaker, Blithe Spirit and Driving Miss Daisy.  Mary Lucy is proud to be a part of Barter's 75th Anniversary season.  She hopes you will return often in 2008 to celebrate this outstanding achievement in theatre.
	* Ashley Campos is honored and excited to return to Barter Theatre for its 75th anniversary season.  A native of Ringgold, Ga., she earned her B.A. in Theatre from Brenau University.  Previous Barter credits include Dracula! (Lucy Harker), Black Pearl Sings! (Susannah Mulally), Oliver! (Bet), Lear (Cordelia) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ensemble).  Ashley feels blessed to have so much love and support lavished on her from her family, her husband Sean and their cat, Boo Boo.
	*Sean Campos is honored to be returning to Barter for its 75th Year Anniversary. Barter audiences may remember him in past productions such as Doubting Thomas (Thomas), Dracula! (Jonathan Harker) and Baby (Nick). A native of Florida, he has been seen working for professional theater companies throughout the southeast. Sean would like to send love to his family for their constant support and his amazing wife Ashley for her love and patience. Mahal Kita.
	* Tony Cedeño is a former artist-in-residence and member of the Clarence Brown Theatre Company and holds an M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee's International Actor Training Program. He has worked with artists from Russia, Hungary, Germany, Argentina and Poland and has been a part of several American premieres. Favorite productions include Terra Nova, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, Dance in Time (American premiere), Royal Hunt of the Sun and Mein Kampf (American premiere).
	*Gwen Edwards holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Emory & Henry and studied at RADA in London. Barter Player for two seasons. Past roles include: Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web; Mr. Tumnus, The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe; Lizzie, Baby; & Ruby Mae, Pow’r in the Blood. She co-authored Billy, Goat, Gruff - The Musical and other plays that can be seen this season. Thanks KB, Hardy, family. All the love in her heart to Ben and Omie.
	*Frank Taylor Green is excited to return to Barter for the 2008 75th anniversary season.  Since arriving at Barter as a member of The Barter Players in 2002, Frank has been seen as Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, King Henry in Henry V and Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables. Resident Company credits include Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, David in I’ll Never Be Hungry Again, Edmund in Lear and Mr. Renfield in Dracula! Love and thanks to my family in DC, KT Brown, JT, SKA, and all who keep this thing going.
	*Ben Mackel holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Catawba College, and most recently played Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz at Children's Theatre of Charlotte. Ben co-authored Billy, Goat, Gruff - The Musical, and is composing for two new musicals that can be seen in the Player’s 2008 season. Past roles include: Dodger, Oliver!; Danny, Baby; Philip, The Lion in Winter, and was featured in Almost Heaven: The John Denver Story. All his love to Gwen and Omie.
	*Tricia Matthews is now in her third season with the Barter playing such roles as Eleanor in Lion in Winter, Marilla in Green Gables, Arlene in Baby and Van Helsing in Dracula. She has also been seen at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in the world premiere of Don’t Stop the Carnival, at Centre Stage as Mrs. Tarleton in Misalliance, as Meg in Damn Yankees at Arkansas Rep, Essie in Ah, Wilderness! at Connecticut Rep, as Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard at the Asolo Conservatory Theatre, and as Alma in Eccentricities of a Nightingale at Pirate Playhouse. Television and film credits include seaQuest DSV, Superboy, Divorce Court, One Life to Live, Guiding Light and co-starring with Morgan Fairchild and Engelbert Humperdinck in Even Angels Fall. Tricia holds a BA from CSUFullerton and an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory.
	*Rick McVey is proud to be returning as a member of Barter Theatre’s Resident Acting Company. Past Barter productions include Doubting Thomas (Pastor Bob), Baby (Alan), Oliver! (Bill Sykes), Don’t Hug Me! (Gunner), It’s a Wonderful Life (George Bailey), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon), Greater Tuna.(Thurston Wheelis et al) and many others. A Southwest Virginia native, Rick wrote and directed the award-winning film FREEDOM and wrote The Learning Box, a play for children.
	*Mike Ostroski has performed in Barter’s past nine seasons. Representative roles include Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Sam Peliczowski (Fully Committed), Jamie Wellerstein (The Last Five Years), Nick Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Captain Allen in the 2007 feature film Freedom. Mike has studied at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Miami University, Cambridge University and London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
	*Nicholas Piper is excited to return as an Associate Director/Director of Production for Barter’s 75th Anniversary Season.  He was last seen on stage as Dracula in Richard Rose’s adaptation of Dracula! Other favorite roles include Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman and Carter Stanley in Man of Constant Sorrow. He directed last year’s productions of Blithe Spirit and A Christmas Carol and is the Director of Barter Theatre’s Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, a new play festival dedicated to producing new works from Appalachian writers.
	*Wendy Piper is so excited to be a part of Barter’s 75th anniversary season. She was seen last season in Long Shadow, Don’t Hug Me and Lear.  A native Texan, Wendy loves southwest Virginia and all this region has to offer.  Thanks to every person who makes Barter Theatre happen. Love to Nick, my fam and to Seth—so glad to be with you again.
	*Michael Poisson is a proud member of Barter's Resident Acting Company. He first came here from his native Massachusetts in 2001, and has appeared here in over 40 productions. Favorite roles, to name a few, include Dracula (Dracula!), Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird), Ryan (The Liquid Moon), Felix (The Odd Couple), Henry (The Lion in Winter), Herb (Lying in State), Matthew (Green Gables), Ronnie (The Quiltmaker), Boolie (Driving Miss Daisy) and Scrooge (A Christmas Carol).
	*Eugene Wolf is delighted to begin his 11th year at Barter Theatre.  Barter roles include: Willy Loman (Death of a Salesman), Randall McMurphy (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Nixon (Nixon's Nixon), Woodrow Wilson (The Second Mrs. Wilson), Fagin (Oliver!), The Creature (Frankenstein). Television: A. P Carter (PBS American Series WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN and BBC Documentary Lost Highway.) Film: General Grumble Jones (Freedom), The Curse, Box of Moonlight, Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories.  Recording: Brother Boys' Plow, Presley's Grocery, Jerry Douglas' Slide Rule (Grammy-nominated.)  Eugene's 17 year-old Sheltie, Benny is slowing down.  Just like his master.

* The actors and stage managers employed by Barter Theatre are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Barter Theatre is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a national association of professional non-profit theatres. Barter employs directors and choreographers who are members of the Society of Directors and Choreographers (SSD&C) and designers who are members of United Scenic Artists (USA).