Casey Cloonan (Child Morella) is a twelve year old native of Honey Brook, PA. She has performed for three years with the local theater group, The Vagabond Acting Troupe. Performances include Charm School Witch (Millicent), Thumbelina (Thumbelina), The Wizard of Oz (Lion), and Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Lumiere). Casey has also recently performed with The Centre Theater as “Babette” in Beauty and the Beast Jr.

Amanda Damron (Lobby Wench) is thrilled to be working with Brat again on Haunted Poe! Previous Brat credits include Grease and Desist, Eye-95 Re-Tarred, and Barrymore Award-winning Three Chord Fiction. Amanda appears in Purr, Pull Reign with Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret in this year's Philly Fringe Festival. She is also the singer of the band GANG (www.myspace.com/xgangx). Thanks to Madi and Michael !!

Laura Edoff (Black Cat Wife) is senior at Temple University, and is very excited to be a part of this incredible project! This is her second show performing with Brat Productions. Last November she was in Naked Cocktail as Bubbles the Turtle. Many thanks to Madi, Jess, Lindsay, and the rest of the very talented cast and crew!

Greg Giovanni has been a director, playwright, performance artist, and actor in Philadelphia for over four lustra. Last year The Painted Bride Arts Center hosted a retrospective some of his major works. He as trained in the art of Noh for twelve years and is a founding member of Theatre Nohgaku, the international Noh company. In 2006 they produced Greg’s Noh play “Pine Barrens” featuring master musicians and actors from Japan. Greg is thrilled to be working on this project, as Romantic literature and Gothic theory are two of his many intellectual pursuits.

Adrienne Hertler (Pallas Athena) is 22 years old and a recent graduate of Temple University. She is so excited to be working on such a huge and exciting project and thankful to know everyone involved.

Nathan Holt (Edgar Allan Poe #2) is excited to be working with Brat again!! In 2007 he played the Fire Chief in Brat's acclaimed A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano. Other local credits involve work with Delaware Theatre Co, Act II Playhouse, The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Flashpoint Theatre and Teatro Delle Due. Nathan loves doing comedy with the likes of Comedysportz and Bad Hair Sketch. He has produced two original plays for the Capital Fringe in DC and his powerpoint hip-hop duo is called Rowan & Hastings.

Dave Johnson is so excited to be working with Brat on such an epic project. A graduate of The University of the Arts on 2003, he has been a Philadelphia based actor for the last six years. Dave is currently creating and preforming in the Fringe Festival’s The Annihilation Point, and was seen last season in Hamlet at The Lantern Theatre. Work with other local theatres includes Mum Puppettheatre, Enchantment Theatre Co., CCTC, Theatre Horizon and Theatre Exile. Next up: Lantern Theatre Co’s Scapin.

Matt Lorenz (The Prince) has worked in Philadelphia as an actor, designer and artistic collaborator over the past few years. He was last seen in Mauckingbird’s Never the Sinner. Other recent credits include: The Little Dog Laughed (Flashpoint), Hedda Gabler (Mauckingbird), The Mystery Plays (PTW), Pushkin at Boldino (Crescent Moon), Sweetie Pie (Azuka), A Brief History of Helen of Troy (Figure/Ground), Baby with the Bathwater (Allens Lane), and The Lucia Joyce Cabaret and Pay Up (Pig Iron).

Gary Rantz (Fortunato) graduates in May with a BA in Theater Arts from Arcadia University, where his most notable role was Eddie/ Doc Scott in Rocky Horror last fall. Haunted Poe marks Gary's Philly debut and he would like to thank Brat Productions for the opportunity. Other thanks: to Alisa for her faith; Em and Meredith for building the colorful costume; and the cast for making this a truly haunting experience. Gary would also like to remind you to avoid going into strange wine cellars after dark…

Gwendolyn Rooker is a dedicated member of Philadelphia’s prolific underground performance community. She has performed with Brat Productions, Hotel Obligado, Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret, Lee Etzold and My Kinda Pony, Ombelico Mask Ensemble, Shakespeare in Clark Park and Tribe of Fools. She also co-founded and conceived works for the puppet-centric, warehouse-space based Hangnail Productions. Gwendolyn volunteers for Clowns Without Borders, and has performed for vulnerable children in Egypt, Sudan and Louisiana.