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Angela Fishetti:
Dani Baldwin is Oregon Children's Theatre's Education Director, where she also
teaches. She recently appeared as Sara Calder in The
Boxcar Children at OCT, Starr in
Business as Usual with La Famiglia, Laura Wilson
in 7 Great Loves (Drammy Award) and
the ensemble of
Devine both with Sojourn, as LaLa Levy in Last Night of Ballyhoo
with PCTG, as Olivia Kruger playing multiple
characters in five of the
1940's Christmas from Home productions with Tapestry
Theatre, among others. She’s also done make-up design,
stage management, set/costume construction, etc. |
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Angela Fishetti:
Jami Chatalas Blanchard is thrilled to be
playing in Who Stole My Dead Husband. Jami
has been performing in Portland and around
the county for over twenty five years. Some
of Jami's favorite Portland productions are
Maddy Monroe in Tony n Tina's Wedding;
Cherie in Bus Stop at Portland Center Stage;
Celemine in Misanthrope for ART; Janet in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Woman in
the Blue Room for Triangle Productions;
Nirvana in Road to Nirvana, Katherine in
Suddenly Last Summer and most recently
Rosalie in Landscape of the for Profile
Theater. Jami studied acting privately in
NYC. Jami would like to thank her husband
Bruce and son Hudson for allowing her to
play these crazy people once a week. |
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Momma:
Jazmine Caputo has been acting for a long, long time
and has a lot to say about her time here on earth.
Unfortunately for us, she has chosen now to do so. Jaz
is normally very religious but lately she has a problem
controlling her temper. We apologize in advance for any
offensive language that might accidentally slip between
her lips. She’d like to dedicate this performance to her
late husband, Frank Sr. |
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Aunt Concetta:
Sharon Mann Sag/Aftra,loves being amember of
her new "family"! A native of Montreal, Sharon has
worked from Seattle to LA in both stage and film. A few
of her local stage credits include: Dreampuffs of
Lorna at Stark Raving Theatre, Zaney at Arts Equity
Theatre, Sylvia at Magdelyn Theatre, Down South
and
A Gay Christmas Carol both at Triangle Productions,
Diary of Anne Frank at NW Childrens Theatre,
Reckless at New Rose Theatre, and Machinal with
Other Side Theatre. Outside of Portland, Sharon's
favorite roles were in Big Maggie and Division
Street in Seattle, Cry Havoc in Los Angeles, and
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Jimmy Ragazzi:
Jim Caputo is a veteran of stage and screen. Active for
over 25 years, his motion picture credits include The
Hunted, Birddog, A Place Apart, The Courier, and
Wee Sing at the Marvelous Musical Mansion. For
Television, he has been seen in many local and national
commercials for Resers Fine Foods, Shelter Insurance,
Z100, Brunswick Bowling and NW Credit Union. Some of his
favorite roles in Portland Theatre include, Dave in The
Full Monty, Jim in Pump Boys and Dinettes, Teach in
American Buffalo, Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Julian
Marsh in 42nd Street, Wally in Angry Housewives,
Aldo in Italian American Reconciliation, and Luigi in
We Don't Pay, We Don't Pay. He is also excited to be
working on and developing the character of Jimmy in this
Premiere show and is proud to be Italian.
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The Mook:
Ron Harman has been performing in theatre,
musical theatre, cabaret and opera in the
Portland area for the past twenty-five
years. He spent eighteen seasons in the
Portland Opera Chorus, where he played many
featured roles in shows as diverse as The
Magic Flute and Student Prince to
Showboat and Sweeney Todd. Ron
inaugurated the Oregon Symphony's popular
series of semi-staged musicals as Henry
Higgins in My Fair Lady, and returned
to the Symphony stage as King Arthur in
Camelot. More recently he reprised the
role of Higgins for Lakewood Theatre
Company, where he has also been seen in
Man of LaMancha and Ragtime.
This spring he was honored to participate in
the first workshop staging of Marv Ross'
Ghosts of Celilo in Pendleton. |
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Dominick
Coletti: Ernie Casciato. Ernie is a product of
a mixed marriage. His father’s family is from the
Abruzzi region of Italy, whereas his mom’s clan hailed
from the Calabria region. It is quite the combination of
Italian stubbornness and provincial pride. He has been a
part of Portland theatre for 36 years appearing at A.R.T.
the Musical Company, The Oregon Stage Company, and
Shakespeare in the Parks, Mock’s Crest Productions, and
especially the Portland Civic Theatre. Ernie’s favorite
roles include Sancho in Man of La Mancha (3 times), and
Nicely (& later, Big Julie) in Guys & Dolls.
“Old-timers” might remember him as one of “Sylvia’s
Singing Chefs” in a series of campy T.V. commercials as
well as their first Artistic Director. Ernie also
received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in
Theatre at the University of Portland, and this is his
30th year as Drama Director at La Salle High School.
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Johnny
Fratelli: John Casale has been acting and
modeling in Portland, Oregon for the last 14 years. He
has worked in the Film, Theater, Modeling, and Print
industries. Films include: Men of Honor, Change of
Heart, Hollyridge, Bandits, The Hunted, and other
independent films. He has been featured in Television
commercials, as well as Internationally Awarded
Industrial Videos. His modeling work has included
Columbia Sportswear and the Portland Bridal Show. He is
skilled and trained in modeling as well as acting and is
as comfortable on stage as he is off. |
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Johnny
Fratelli: Jason M. Bailey is very happy to be
joining "The Family" on a regular basis.
Jason is an Equity Membership Candidate
whose regional credits include 2 years
playing Sparky in Forever Plaid at
Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minneapolis,
Forever Plaid at The Mystery of Edwin Drood
with Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater, as
well as national tours with Missoula
Children's Theater and American Family
Theater. His Oregon credits include
Clarence in Monkey Business, Versati in The
Underpants at SRT, and most recently
creating the character of Dorian in the
world premier of Dorian-The Remarkable Mr.
Gray at Pentacle Theater. He also has film,
commercial, radio, choreography and music
directing experience. |
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Frankie Jr.:
Alex Lankford is once again delighted to be back working
with La Famiglia (the family) and this outstanding cast.
He recently was the drummer and assistant stage manager
in Scapin and Dick Wilkins in A Christmas Carol. He has
appeared previously with the family in Business as
Usual, twice with the Oregon Symphony as Winthrop in
The
Music Man and as Tom of Warwick in Camelot. He played
Curly in the Pixie Dust production of Peter Pan and has
played Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls as well as Macbeth
in High School productions. Besides singing, dancing and
acting, Alex plays Drums, Penny Whistle, Bones, Spoons
and Irish Bodhran. |
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Luigi
Fishetti: Lou Pallotta is the shows creator.
He has been performing on stage as a stand up comic and
actor since 1985 and has been in over 80 stage
productions. His favorite roles in Portland include
Harry the Horse in Guys & Dolls and Charlie Cowell the
Anvil Salesman in Music Man, with the Oregon Symphony;
Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Sir Wilfrid Robarts
in Witness for the Prosecution, and numerous
performances at Sylvia’s Class Act Theatre. He also adds
TV, Film and Radio to his resume. This show is a tribute
to his family and growing up Italian in Brooklyn. |
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Carlo Russo:
Greg Meier started playing Accordion at age
5, and by age 6 was playing for patrons of Heidi’s Swiss
Village. He started working at Rheinlander in Portland
in 1992 and has worked at Ernesto’s restaurant as well
as several others. Greg repairs Accordions and teaches
as well. Greg has his own Polka Band and performs at all
the major Oktoberfest on the West Coast. |
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