Sam Babbitt

Previous Gamm Roles:

Prince in Romeo and Juliet, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Jacob in Awake and Sing!, Grand Inquisitor of Spain in Don Carlos, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Cardinal Bernard F. Law in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Minister of Culture/Protagonist in Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (PressConference/Catastrophe), Commander-in-Chief/Old Colonel/Farmer in Mother Courage and Her Children, Bejart in La Bête, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, OldColin/Burbage/Walsingham in The Beard of Avon, Pope Clement VI in Red Noses, Aslaksen in An Enemy of the People, Anchor/Cicero in Julius Caesar, Barrymore in Barrymore, Governor Danforth in The Crucible, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Prospero in The Tempest, Sir in The Dresser, King Lear in King Lear, Polonius in Hamlet

Other Theaters:

Marley’s Ghost/Old Joe in A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep; Love Letters, Hello Dolly, Gypsy, Berlin Revue at Community Players, Pawtucket; Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century, My Favorite Year, Prelude to a Kiss at East Greenwich Players; The King and I, The Sound of Music, I Never Sang for My Father, Relatively Speaking, Round and Round the Garden, Shadowlands at The Providence Players (Barker Playhouse)

Other:

Sam has been associated with The Gamm since 1992 when it was Alias Stage in Olneyville. A Gamm resident artist and long-time member of the board of directors, he currently serves as vice president.

Christopher Francis Byrnes*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Domingo in Don Carlos, Michal in The Pillowman, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Nixon’s Nixon, Court Officer/other roles in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Chaplain in Mother Courage and Her Children, Father Welsh in The Lonesome West, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Henry Condel/Fitch/ Francis Bacon in The Beard of Avon, Father Toulon in Red Noses, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Dylan Thomas in A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Rev. Samuel Parris in The Crucible, Jim in The Weir, Robert in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Oswald in King Lear, Duncan/The Porter in Macbeth, Everyman in Everyman, Khirin in The Anniversary, Pischick in The Cherry Orchard.

Other Theaters:

The Seagull, Come Back Little Sheba, and Mrs. Sedgewick’s Head at Trinity Repertory Company and Othello at The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theatre

Director:

Radio Free Emerson (assistant director), The SantaLand Diaries, La Bête (assistant director), Molly Bloom, Through the Leaves (co-director) at The Gamm Theatre

Film/TV:

Disney’s Underdog (mailman), “Brotherhood” (“Herbie Weiss”)

Other:

Chris is a Gamm resident artist and a graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Karen Carpenter

Previous Gamm Roles:

Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, Ruth in Grace, Miss Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Catherine in Boston Marriage, Mother in The Pillowman, Pinhead/ London Policeman/ Duchess/ Countess in The Elephant Man, Voices in Radio Free Emerson, Gila (One for the Road)/Reporter (Press Conference) in Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Regimental Clerk/Young Girl/ Peasant Girl in Mother Courage and Her Children, Marquise Therese Du Parc in La Bête, Pope Joan/Win in Top Girls, Girleen Kelleher in The Lonesome West, Viola in Twelfth Night, Geoffrey Dunderbread/ Lady Lettice in The Beard of Avon, Billing in An Enemy of the People

Other:

Karen is a Gamm resident actor. She teaches theater at Pawtucket’s Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Jeanine Kane*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter, Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, Mrs. Kendal/Pinhead in The Elephant Man, Elomire in La Bête, Marlene in Top Girls, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Sister Marguerite Delair in Red Noses, Petra in An Enemy of the People, Lemon in Aunt Dan and Lemon, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Valerie in The Weir, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Helena in Uncle Vanya, Maire in Translations, Mama in A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Cordelia in King Lear, Kyra in Skylight, Suzy in Hot l Baltimore, Molly in Molly Bloom, Anya in The Cherry Orchard

Other Theaters:

Trinity Repertory Company, NewGate Theatre, Worcester Forum Theatre, Public Theatre (Maine), Threshold Theatre

TV/Film:

Brotherhood (Showtime), Elizabeth Gunness (Anomaly Productions)

Other:

Jeanine is a Gamm resident actor and a graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory. She teaches acting and voice at Massasoit Community College.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Steve Kidd*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, The Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter, Don Carlos in Don Carlos, Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ariel in The Pillowman, Crumpet in The SantaLand Diaries (2006, 2007, 2009), Dr. Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man, Henry Dale in Radio Free Emerson, Patrick McSorley in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Eilif in Mother Courage and Her Children, Prince Conti in La Bête, Sebastian in Twelfth Night, William Shakspere in The Beard of Avon, Grez (Master of Flagellants) in Red Noses, Hovstad in An Enemy of The People, Marshal Herrick in The Crucible

Other Theaters:

Close Up Theatre in Los Angeles, The Drill Hall in London, The Boston Center for the Arts, The Boston Playwrights Theatre

Other:

Steve has a master’s degree in theater from Brown University. He is The Gamm’s education director, as well as a resident actor. Steve performs his original one-man drama, Sigh/ Omelas, about children with HIV and AIDS for schools and colleges around New England. He is a 2008 recipient of the Lewis Hine Award for his work on behalf of youth in need.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Jim O’Brien*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Tony in Grace, Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew, President Richard Nixon in Nixon’s Nixon, Father Nerval (A Hand Witch of the Second Stage)/Reporter (Press Conference)/Luke (Catastrophe) in Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Cook in Mother Courage and Her Children, De Brie in La Bête, Coleman Connor in The Lonesome West, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, John Heminge/LordBurleigh in The Beard of Avon, Peter Stockmann in An Enemy of the People, Marcus Brutus in Julius Caesar, Father/Freddie in Aunt Dan and Lemon, Reverend Hale in The Crucible, Gooper in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Horatio in Hamlet, Teddy in The Homecoming, Astrov in Uncle Vanya

Other Theaters:

The Gentleman Caller, The Glass Menagerie at Portland Stage Company; Arthur,Love! Valour! Compassion! at SpeakEasy Theater, Boston; 2nd Story Theatre, NewGate Theatre and Perishable Theatre, Rhode Island

Other:

Jim is a Gamm resident artist and a graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Wendy Overly*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Grace in Grace, Bessie Berger in Awake and Sing!, Anna in Boston Marriage, Miss Sandwich/Pinhead Manager/Snork/Princess Alexandra in The Elephant Man, Judge Sweeny/ Stenographer/ other roles in Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children, Maria in Twelfth Night, Queen Elizabeth in The Beard of Avon, Monselet/ Mother Metz in Red Noses, Mari Hoff in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Aunt Dan in Aunt Dan and Lemon, Ann Putnam in The Crucible, Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Other Theaters:

The Year of the Baby, Exchange at Café Mimosa, Self Defense at Perishable Theatre; A Blithering Christmas, A Lie of the Mind, The Food Chain at NewGate Theatre; Regional and NYC credits include The Waterfront Ensemble, Mettawee River Theatre Company, New England Lyric Opera Co., Foundation Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Porthouse Theatre, Highlands Playhouse, Mill Mountain Theatre and The Warehouse

Director:

Season’s Greetings (2006 & 2007), Top Girls at The Gamm; All Soul’s Day at Perishable Theatre, in addition to over 50 productions in professional theaters and universities

Film/Television:

Elizabeth Gunness (Anomaly Pictures), Hard Luck, "Brotherhood" (Showtime)

Other:

Wendy is the dialect coach for Showtime's "Brotherhood". She is a Gamm resident actor, a quilt artist (Dancing River Quilts) and owner of Overly Delicious, a gourmet baked goods company.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Casey Seymour Kim*

Previous Gamm Roles:

Pearl in The Scarlet Letter, Martha "Pixie" Feingold in Miss Pixie's Cable Acess Holiday Extravaganza!, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Claire in Boston Marriage, Jocelyn Dunbar in The Santa Land Diaries & Season’s Greetings (2006 & 2007), Marie Blin in A Hand Witch of the Second Stage (Enhanced Interrogation Techniques), Kattrin in Mother Courage and Her Children, Dorine in La Bête, Lady Nijo/Angie in Top Girls, Feste in Twelfth Night, Sonia/other roles in Crime and Punishment, Anne Hathaway in The Beard of Avon, Camille/Leper in Red Noses, LV in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Mother in Aunt Dan and Lemon, Aunt Hannah in A Child’s Christmas in Wales (2003)

Other Theaters:

GirlGone, The Year of the Baby, Exchange at Café Mimosa, French Revolution-Part Deux, Self Defense, My Baby, The Long Journey to Whereto, Temporaria, Johnny Hong Kong, Kid Simple, The Dog at Perishable Theatre; Bicycling is for Ladies at Yale Cabaret and The Tank; Strings and Grandmotherland at Brown New Plays Festival; Quilters, The Three Sisters at First Stage; Nunsense at The Newport Playhouse; Christmas Cabaret at A2Z Productions; Louisiana Purchase, Lady Be Good at 42nd Street Moon

Other:

Casey is a Gamm resident actor. She is also in her seventh year as a member of the local improv troupe Improv Jones, which co-hosted the fifth annual Providence Improv Festival in June 2008.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Fred Sullivan, Jr.

Since 1997, Mr. Sullivan has been a resident director at The Gamm, where he has directed Much Ado About Nothing (twice, 2009 and 2000), Awake and Sing! (Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Production), Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing (2000), The Tempest, The Birthday Party, The Dresser, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, Barrymore, One for the Road/Press Conference/Catastrophe and La Bête.

Fred is a long-time resident actor with Trinity Repertory Company, where he has played 100 roles in 26 seasons including: Sir Toby in Twelfth Night, Charles in Blithe Spirit (Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Actor); Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Henriad; James Tyrone, Jr. in A Moon for the Misbegotten; Harold Hill in The Music Man; Joe Pitt in Angels in America; Edmund in Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Hook in Peter Pan, and many others. Mr. Sullivan directed Shooting Star and A Christmas Carol (2007) for Trinity. Fred has acted for Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. in Boston (Jacques in As You Like It, Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Actor; Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Egeon in The Comedy of Errors), Actors Theater of Louisville, Berkeley Rep, Theater-by-the-Sea, The Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, American Stage Festival and The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Fred teaches acting at The Gamm Studio, Trinity Rep and RISD. Fred will appear as Oscar Madison in Trinity Rep’s The Odd Couple in April.

Peter Sampieri

Peter has directed many productions at The Gamm, including The Taming of the Shrew, The Pillowman, Radio Free Emerson, Crime and Punishment, Red Noses and The Grapes of Wrath. His other professional directing credits include the Off-Broadway world premiere of On the Line at Cherry Lane Theatre, produced by Mike Nichols; The Taming of the Shrew, Wit and A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep; the world premiere of Yemaya’s Belly at Portland Stage; and A Bright Room Called Day and King Stag at Elemental Theatre. His NYC workshops of new plays include Vendetta Chrome at The Dramatists’ Guild, Show Ho at Barrow Street Theater, and The 3 Same Guys at The Public. Peter is a graduate of Trinity Rep’s M.F.A. directing program, where he directed The Lesson, Oh Dad, Poor Dad…, Awake and Sing!, Marat/Sade, and The Cherry Orchard. His collegiate work as a guest professor and director includes The Book of Days at Brown University, Lysistrata at Roger Williams University and Rhode Island College, Noises Off at Providence College, Romeo and Juliet at URI, and teaching stints at OperaWorks, in Northridge, California, and Northwestern University’s National High School Institute in Evanston, IL. Peter is a guest faculty in the graduate directing programs at Brown/Trinity Consortium and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Judith Swift

Swift has directed several productions for The Gamm including Travesties, The Homecoming, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Oleanna, The Lonesome West, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed and Nixon’s Nixon and Boston Marriage. She has worked Off-and Off Off-Broadway at such theaters as Second Stage and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Productions for New England-based companies include Wickenden Gate (Mother O!), Trinity Rep (The Water Principle) and Theatre-by-the-Sea (South Pacific, Phantom, Falsettos, Driving Miss Daisy, My Fair Lady). Swift served as a resident director at Brown University’s Rites and Reason Theatre for six years. She directed over 100 productions during her tenure at the University of Rhode Island where she is still a professor of theater, as well as communication studies. Swift has developed scripts for film and video, and authored or co-authored over 40 productions based on historical events and science. She is currently developing a script as Internet-based freeware based on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Charles Cofone

Charles has worked as a musical director, arranger, composer and sound designer in theater for 30 years, including summer, university and Off Off-Broadway. As a Gamm resident sound designer and musical director, he has worked on many productions including An Ideal Husband, Don Carlos, The Taming of the Shrew, Boston Marriage, The Pillomwan, Nixon’s Nixon, The Elephant Man, Radio Free Emerson, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Lonesome West, Twelfth Night, The Beard of Avon, Red Noses, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Julius Caesar and Henry V. Charles is the Director of Operational Affairs at Lincoln School in Providence.

David T. Howard

David is a Gamm resident artist and an associate professor of costume design at the University of Rhode Island. In his 10 years at The Gamm, he has designed costumes, make-up and/or scenery for 20 productions including Don Carlos, The Taming of the Shrew, Boston Marriage, Santa Land Diaries & Season’s Greetings (2007 & 2006), and The Elephant Man. In his 10 years at URI, David has designed 19 productions, ranging from large scale musicals to intimate contemporary productions. Other local design work includes Theatre-By-The-Sea and Elemental Theatre. David has a M.F.A. from the University of Connecticut.

Marilyn Salvatore

Marilyn’s association with Alias/The Gamm stems from its earliest days in the Atlantic Mills in Olneyville. Her most recent designs for The Gamm were The Scarlet Letter, Awake and Sing!, An Ideal Husband, The Pillowman, Nixon’s Nixon, The Lonesome West, Crime and Punishment, An Enemy of the People and Red Noses.

From 1984 to 2004, Marilyn was one of the costume designers for Trinity Repertory Company, as well as the costume designer/coordinator for Trinity Rep Conservatory from 1988 to 2003. She has designed for most of Rhode Island’s smaller theaters and many of its high schools and universities. Marilyn’s designs have been seen at Arena Stage, Perseverance Theatre, and MetroStage, as well as on NOVA, The History Channel and The Discovery Channel. Most recently she designed Small Tragedy for URI Theater, and Bug for the Black Rep and Lucia di Lammermoor for Salt Marsh Opera. She is an adjunct professor of Theatre at URI and Salve Regina University. Marilyn is a freelance costume and jewelry designer, a member of United Scenic Artists, and a resident costume designer for The Gamm.

Matthew Terry

Matt has worked as a lighting designer for over 15 years in regional, educational and summer theater. Recent Gamm productions include Grace, An Ideal Husband, Don Carlos, Boston Marriage, Nixon’s Nixon, and The Elephant Man. Matt has designed over 70 stage productions spanning musicals, operas and dramas. He has a M.F.A. in lighting design from Boston University.

Stef Work*

A Gamm resident stage manager, Stef has worked on every Gamm production since Season 20 (2004-2005). Recent productions include Grace, Awake and Sing!, An Ideal Husband, Don Carlos, The Taming of the Shrew, Boston Marriage, The Pillowman, The Santa Land Diaries & Season’s Greetings, Nixon’s Nixon, The Elephant Man and Radio Free Emerson. Stef has a B.A. in theater production from Eastern University and has worked as props master at both the University of Rhode Island and at The Gamm. Originally from Philadelphia, she was a production manager for a small professional theater and worked as a freelance technician for many of Philly’s best small theaters.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Jennifer Madden

Jennifer Madden earned her Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Brown University in 2008. She teaches at various local colleges and has been a member of the faculty at Wheaton College since 2001, teaching courses in public speaking, theater history, and Asian performance. She has presented her work at conferences throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and India.