AOS Writer's Bios
Amy Whittenberger moved to Chicago in 2006 after graduating from Florida State University with a B.A. in Theatre. She is the Co-Artistic Director of the Tympanic Theatre Company and her work was been featured in their first production, “Splintered Crosses.” Other credits include Chicago Dramatist’s “Instant Playwright Series,” and “Crowd Pleaser” at The Barestage Theatre in California. Upcoming credits include “The Chicago Chronicles” with The American Theatre Company and “The House Of Weird Death” with Tympanic Theatre. Amy is also a proud member of The Second City Conservatory.
Chantel Linay was born in Spokane Washington to military parents. Her childhood was filled with continual moves from city to city because of her father’s employment in the military. Her schooling consisted of various elementary schools from Mississippi to England, from Alaska to Texas and various locales in between. She went to high school in San Antonio and attended college in Austin Texas. Writing “The Visit” her my first attempt at writing any type of play. She plans to continue her learning and eventually write a full length three act play.
Keisha Poiro is a former Honolulu arts and entertainment columnist whose work can also be seen on sites like www.tuppenceworth.ie and www.the-beat.co.uk. In addition to non-fiction, she also writes for stage and screen. In February 2008, her short script “Suburban Psycho” was produced by Showbiz Shorts in Los Angeles. Most recently, her play “Potty Mouth” was a finalist in FUSION Theatre’s
annual playwriting contest. “Cleaver” is her first stage production. Keisha graduated from John Marshall High School in 1998 and lives in Dallas, Texas.
Kim Bryant Smith has spent more than 30 years as an actor, playwright and poet. He has performed with the Muny Opera and the Black Repertory Theater both in his native St. Louis, Missouri. He now resides in Houston, Texas where he has continued work with theater helping to form the Bridge Players, a church theater group. In 2003, he published his first novel titled For Better or Worse. His writings focus on relationships and family dynamics where he draws upon his own and others experiences.
P. G. Marlar grew up in Los Angeles and retired in San Antonio after a military career. He is a graduated of the University of Maryland with a degree in English. He is an experienced actor with a résumé that includes both film and stage roles. He is a published author (Petroleum Jelly, Publish America) as well as an accomplished screenplay writer.
Mr. Marlar supports the growth of the film making San Antonio. He so believes southeast Texas is the future of the entertainment community. He is a founding partner in AlaMotion Productions of San Antonio, which is currently raising financing for two projects based on his screenplays.
Rachelle Neuman graduated from The University of Incarnate Word with a B.A. in theater. Her first work as a playwright was a full length play titled Brown Pigs and Burgers which ran for five weeks at the Woodlawn Theater. Several of Rachelle’s original short plays were performed as part of the play fest with the Renaissance Theater Guild and at the Steven Stoli’s Theater. In the summer of 2005 Rachelle wrote, directed and performed in, The Three Faces of Yitzhak in Akko, Israel Last November, Rachelle co-wrote and directed an original piece titled Dafur Calls. The musical Hattitude by Rachelle with music by Linda Kaufman and will be performed at the Josephine Theater in August.
Torence White thanks God for the talents he has been blessed with and wants to use them for His glory. Torence made his stage debut in 2005 in Bobby McMorris’ “I’m Still A Man.” He acted in two other plays under McMorris’ direction, “One Way Out” and “Something From The Past.” He also acted in a modern day adaptation of John Steinback’s “Of Mice and Men” and was in TRG’s ActOne Series X. Now, Torence is doing what he has always enjoyed doing, writing. This is his first time to write a stage play and he hopes to write many more pieces, not just for stage, but for novels as well as screenplays.