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| Rachel Walzer Director |
Graig Russell Assistant Director Duncan McIntyre Video Co-coordinator Jeff Klein Graphics Ryan Skelton Camera Trevor Ferdy Keyboard
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Rachel Walzer
Actress, narrator, and university Drama teacher, Rachel received her theatre training in her native Jerusalem and is a long time performer, director and writer for Tokyo’s various English language theatre groups as well as TV and radio programs. Rachel is honored to have this opportunity to combine her passion for theatre with the invaluable passion of The Tyler Foundation.
Leila Ali
Leila Ali is a performer here in Tokyo. Formally trained at New York University she has been in a number of productions with The Tokyo International Players and Tokyo Theater For Children she is currently a member of Spontaneous Confusion Tokyo's only comedy improv group performing regularly with the Tokyo Comedy Store. By night she performs at club venues all over the city with her LED Hula Hoops to book her Hoop Troupe visit Hooplovers.com. She is also the Event Coordinator for Dr. Sketchy's Tokyo, a life sketch drawing event with a spicy burlesque twist. For more information please visit drsketchytokyo.com.
Donna Burke
Donna graduated from Holy Rosary Primary school in 1976 in Perth, Western Australia and while never reaching the dizzying heights of playing the witch in her Grade 5 puppet show, has since carved out a modest career singing, acting and founding Dagmusic Ltd and Hotteeze heat pads. www.donnaburke.com
Martin Burns
Martin hails from Bonny Scotland and has been working as a professional actor throughout Europe for the last 20 years. He is actually well over 6ft tall and has shrunk himself to fit into the part of Billy for your viewing pleasure this evening… that’s how desperate he was for this gig!
Iain Gibb
Iain Gibb hails from Canada and has lived 19 years in Japan.
Currently performing as a regular with the Tokyo Comedy Store's improv troupe Spontaneous Confusion, Iain makes his living as a voice actor/bagpiper in Tokyo! Weddings, Wars and Wakes.
Iain has recently appeared in NHK's drama "Top Sales" and will be seen in TOHO's major motion picture "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" due to be released in Nov. 2008. Iain is also pleased to announce that he has stopped holding his breath, waiting for the pilot episode he shot to be picked-up anytime soon...
Lenne Hardt
Lenne is a familiar presence on the Tokyo stage. Since arriving from the Big Apple, she has played leading roles in a number of shows from “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” in 1994, to 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' in 2006. She also won critical acclaim directing 'Fiddler On The Roof in 2005. Other contributions to the Tokyo entertainment scene include the Tokyo Comedy Store and the Lenne Hardt Jazz Cabaret Band. Never really off stage; Lenne is a hardworking television and voice actress and internationally renowned ring announcer for popular mixed martial arts event, 'Dream'.
Andrew Martinez
Andrew Martinez along time resident of Tokyo hails from Los Angeles. He has been acting since he could formulate words. In Tokyo, he travels Japan with Disney's World of English doing children shows. Also, he has starred in Tokyo International Players productions and choreographed as well. Do you know who did it? I do.
Stacy Lynette Powell
Stacy has been entertaining on many different mediums here in Tokyo for 4 years. She performs Improv comedy with Spontaneous Confusion at The Tokyo Comedy store. She works as a narrator and voice actor. Trained in music, she sings around town and enjoys performing in musicals with Tokyo International Players. Having a long history with Disney, she continues to find new ways to entertain children and now sings and dances around Japan with children's educational entertainment. She also works as an event planner organizing themed parties for both children and adults. From San Diego, California Stacy is grateful to work here in Tokyo a city of infinite possibilities.
Jonathan Sherr
Jonathan Sherr has performed improvised comedy at the Tokyo Comedy Store for 3 years and has worked in Tokyo as a professional translator and narrator for over 10 years. His work covers a diverse range of projects from movies, animation, to television, as well as translation for professional fighting.
Gaetano Totaro
SAG Actor, Narrator, Character Model, Musician, Clown, Magician, Fire Artist and more... Gaetano puts the TALENT back into “タレント”!
He is a proud graduate of Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey’s Clown College and is the NUMBER ONE Family Entertainer in Japan.
See for yourself at GipsyFamilyCircus.com.
Chris Wells
Chris Wells is a professional narrator who has lived in Tokyo full-time since 1994, when he performed in the very first Tokyo Comedy Show. In addition to providing the narration for numerous corporate videos, including Roppongi Hills, Sony, and NTT, he is regularly featured on NHK radio and television programs.
You can even hear him in the elevator to the Special Observatory at Tokyo Tower, playing a disembodied tour guide and warning people not to jump. Or if you're in Osaka, keep an ear out for him in JR West train stations. As director of TCS, he has the pleasure of working with a variety of talent from around the world. He enjoys it a lot, and likens it to herding cats.