the cast
GERALD QUIST (De Recha) is a native of Los Angeles. When not gainfully employed by Foster Cat Productions, Mr. Quist is an avid music student and playgoer. Piano Studies with Dr. Kelly Anderson, Vocal Training with Rachael Lawrence. Cabaret and Musical Theater studies with Jason Graae and Erika Henningson via Los Angeles Musical Theater Studio. Many thanks for the friendship and inspiration of Jefferson Mays. Special guidance from Eric Zak. baufoam@me.com
ELLIOT WHITE (Lefty) is co-Artistic Director of Foster Cat Productions. Recent successes include a perfect soft scramble, a really nice penne alla vodka which he made for Harry, and he once even used an entire bag of avocados before any went bad! Training: Atlantic Theater Company and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Representation: BMG Talent. Thanks to my friends, family and the cats that live in my house.
MARILUNA BEACY (Dorothy) is a proud company member of Foster Cat Productions. She was most recently seen in Delusion, Measure For Measure, and the Belgrade Trilogy. She graduated from NYU TISCH the same year that Taylor Swift got her honorary doctorate. Shout out to mom and dad for believing in her.
WILL FULGINITI (Ken Gardner) is an LA based actor (originally from Paxton, MA) with a BFA in drama from NYU TISCH. Recent work includes: Ethan Coen & Shel Silverstein One Acts, Now & Then (Pride Arts Center, Chicago), The Belgrade Trilogy (Santa Monica Playhouse). Will was formerly repped at A3 and is now seeking new representation. In his spare time he’s a singer-songwriter, performs in the indie band BrandyBuck, and is a single dad to his foster fail cat. @will_fulginiti
JACK TROIANO (Marty) is a 24-year-old actor from the suburbs of Boston. This is his first stage production with the Foster Cats, which is pretty remarkable considering he is, in fact, very allergic to cats. Recent credits include various projects you’ve never heard of. He would like to thank his friends and family for their support, Mercury Insurance for their recent settlement payment, and you for coming to support live theater in Los Angeles!
COOPER MCADOO (Dr. Russell) has been acting onstage since age seven. He studied theatre at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) for four years along with the University of Montana’s theatre program. Graduate of LMU. A board member of Foster Cat Productions, he has produced and starred in An Evening of One Acts by Ethan Coen, Five One-Act Plays by Wendy Wasserstein, and helped oversee production of Power Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin which just finished a sold-out run at The Groundlings.
DUSTY HEGER (Delivery Man) doesn’t, hasn’t, and will never exist. He merely phases in and out of this realm when duty calls. This is his first time on stage with the Foster Cats. They use the cats to locate his position when needed through pheromones. No further information has been provided.
creative team
HARRY WHITE (director) died in 2012.
KIM IOUSE (stage manager)
MATTHEW STEWARD (lighting design)
ELAINE MAY (playwright) began a successful partnership with Mike Nichols in Second City, appearing in clubs, on television and on Broadway. She earned a Drama Desk Award for her play Adaptation. Film: wrote, directed and starred in A New Leaf; wrote and directed Mikey & Nicky and Ishtar; directed The Heartbreak Kid; wrote Heaven Can Wait and reunited with Nichols to write The Birdcage and Primary Colors; She joined producer Julian Schlossberg to do Death Defying Acts, Taller than a Dwarf, Adult Entertainment, and Relatively Speaking. Acting credits include California Suite, Enter Laughing, Luv, In the Spirit, Small Time Crooks, Hot Line, and Power Plays. She has done more but this is enough.
ALAN ARKIN (playwright) launched his career in the early ‘60s acting, directing and writing as an original member of Chicago’s improvisational revue, Second City. In 1963 he earned a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in Carl Reiner’s Enter Laughing, and appeared next year in the Broadway hit Luv. Arkin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Little Miss Sunshine. His unforgettable film debut in The Russians Are Coming (1966) earned him a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He received his second Oscar nomination and a New York Critics Award for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968). His many film credits also include Best Picture-winner Argo, Glengarry Glen Ross, Catch-22, and Little Murders, which he also directed.
FOSTER CAT PRODUCTIONS (producer) is a Los Angeles based theatre company, founded by alumni of Atlantic Theater Company's conservatory program. Our mission is to shine a light on lesser known works from great artists. FCP is dedicated to exploring pieces of theatre that join the actors and audience together, striving to challenge the status quo.
The name Foster Cat Productions is inspired by the artistic team's love for fostering sick and stray cats and finding them forever homes (~30 so far)!
Most recently, the Foster Cats had a sold-out run of Power Plays by Elaine May and Alan Arkin at The Groundlings.
Last fall, the foster cats brought An Evening of One-Acts by Ethan Coen to Hollywood in a sold-out run that was mentioned in the LA Times. More recently, they had a successful 6-week run of their Festival of Jewish Playwrights, where they spotlighted more work by Shel Silverstein, Wendy Wasserstein and Ethan Coen. @fostercatproductions
