The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - September 14 - October 15, 2023
The Gift Theatre Company
PROFILES
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Emjoy Gavino
- she/her/hers - (Little Voice) was last seen at The Gift as Hiro in Kentucky. She is also the casting director, access coordinator and a Co-Artistic Director of The Gift. Acting credits include Indiana Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Playwrights' Center, Guthrie Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, Writers, About Face Theatre, The Hypocrites, Second City, Victory Gardens, Court, Broadway Playhouse, Lookingglass, Northlight, The Neo-Futurists, Remy Bumppo, Repertory Actors Theatre, ACT, Village Theatre, Court Theatre at The Getty Villa and Studio Theatre. Television: The Exorcist, Mob Doctor, Boss, and Chicago Fire/Med. Emjoy is a 2020 3Arts awardee and the founder of The Chicago Inclusion Project.
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Alexandra Main
(Mari Hoff) has been a proud ensemble member of The Gift since 2002 where she has been seen in numerous productions, among them, Good for Otto, The Grapes of Wrath, Absolute Hell, Cloud 9, Northwest Highway, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Ruby Sunrise, W;t, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. She holds an MA in performance studies from Northwestern University. Special thanks to dwp, best friends, and fellow Gifters who are here and there and passed on.
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Martel Manning
(Billy) is so glad to return to a Gift stage. He last appeared as Bono in Fences at American Blues Theatre. As an ensemble member with The Gift, he's appeared as Adam/Sylvie the Cat in Kentucky, Gravedigger/Guildenstern in Hamlet, Jahaad in Hangman, Rivers in Richard III, and a Cop in Cosmologies. Other Chicago credits include Cymbeline (Strawdog Theatre), Photograph 51 (Court Theatre), Her Majesty's Will (Lifeline Theatre), Pirandello’s Henry IV (Remy Bumppo Theatre), Twelfth Night (Midsommer Flight). Additional credits include Still Dance the Stars (New Light Theatre), Two Gentlemen of Verona and King Lear (Michigan Shakespeare Festival), Romeo and Juliet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival SVP). Martel holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Houston PATP and is represented by Shirley Hamilton.
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