Front to Back, Left to Right: David Meldman (David); Bonnie Balke (Ma); Andy Jorishie (Arnold); Mark Gapen (Alan); Karl Reinhardt (Ed) and Jennifer Maahs (Laurel).

Andy Jorishie (Arnold). Andy is excited and honored to play the role of Arnold in Torch Song Trilogy. He was last seen in drag playing Mercedes in the Madison Theatre Guild's production of La Cage Aux Folles. Originally from Georgia, Andy began a career in advertising in New York City, where he lived for 15 years. He was recruited to Madison a year ago, and currently works for Lindsay, Stone & Briggs. Andy trained with the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, and has appeared in a wide variety of shows, including starring as Matt in The Fantasticks, Oliver!, Annie Get Your Gun!, Fiddler on the Roof and Oklahoma. Andy is single and available, and has a chihuahua named Dahling.

Karl Reinhardt (Ed). Karl moved from Chicago to Madison last year, and is loving his newly adopted hometown. Since arriving, he has appeared in Tales for a New Millennium and Judge at Broom Street Theater, and in Bad Habits  for
Strollers Theater. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, he has recently been hired to teach English and work within the theater department at Lodi High School.

Jennifer Maahs (Laurel). A Madison native, Jennifer has performed with many community theatres in the area, including Madison Theatre Guild, Strollers and CTM. She was also a founding company member of First Banana Productions. She studied theatre at UW Madison and UW Stevens Point. Favorite roles include Agnes in Agnes of God, Madge in Pincic and Morgana Le Fay in Aurthur. She is excited to be doing her first show with Stage Q.

Mark Gapen (Alan). This is Mark's debut with StageQ. He previously has worked in many local shows, especially at Broom Street Theater where he made a memorable (and revealing) impression as Pinocchio in 69. Not to be confused with his identical twin brother (who also acts), Mark is happy to be playing a young stud getting all the attention. And they call it acting!

David Meldman (David). David is a Madison expatriate currently holed up in Milwaukee where he's working on his B.F.A. in Film at the UW-M. Having recently directed the critically praised by audience devoid Dangers of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov with The Travesties Project, David's glad to be back on the other side of the table, so to speak, with his second foray with StageQ after having romped around the stage as Carl in Stay, Carl, Stay last summer. David aspires to be a screenwriter, experience satori, and eventually move to the Northwoods.

Bonnie Balke (Ma) has been actively involved in the Madison theatre scene since 1998 as an actor, director, producer, and stage manager. Her most notable roles have been Essie Miller in Madison Theatre Guild's production of Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! and The Cleaning Woman in MATC's production of Stephen Schwartz's Working. She received her training in theatre from Marquette University and Alverno College in Milwaukee, and currently works as a Project Manager and Music Engraver for A-R Editons in Madison.