MEET THE CAST:
Jan Brotman (Jason)
Jan Brotman lives on St. Bernard Street, between Warrington and Florence (and a stone's throw from Rob). Jan has been juggling since age 16 when she got whisked away from school on Wednesday afternoons each week to apprentice with a local juggling troupe. In 2002, Jan performed internationally as a juggler and trapeze artist in "Luma: Theatre of Light". Presently, Jan is inventing
her juggling cowgirl routine.
Rob Goldberg (Marvin)
Rob Goldberg lives on St. Bernard Street, between Warrington and Florence. Currently a history PhD student at Penn, Goldberg has acted in a number of community, school, and miscellaneous productions, including Brian Friel's "Translations" and Woody Allen's "Death Knocks," in which he played the play's antagonist, Death. He is especially proud to have played the guy who gets "stuck in a Philadelphia" in David Ives' short play, "The Philadelphia."
Sarah L. Hunt (Trina)
Sarah L. Hunt was born a twin in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1980. Growing up “1/4 gayâ€, “1/2 Jewish†AND sharing the spotlight was not easy for young Sarah, but has provided her with exactly the experience she needed to be part of the Falsettos cast. She has always been “dramatic†(a synonym for “crazy†within the Hunt family) and started her amateur acting career in 5th Grade at Charlestown Elementary in The Pirates of Penzance, still her favorite musical to date. Throughout middle and high school, Sarah’s significant roles include: Featured Orphan #15 in Annie, Giggles the Lost Boy in Peter Pan (a special role created for Sarah), Townsperson #27 in The Music Man, ensemble member in Carousel and Carnival, Ghost Bird and Orgasming Cow in Story Theater, Edith in The Pirates of Penzance, and Lily in The Secret Garden (for which she won Best Actress Award at Bucks County Playhouse High School Musical Competition, 1999). In addition to acting, Sarah is a visual artist and founding member of the Midwives Collective, an artist collective for women that focuses on generating exhibition opportunities for its members and fostering community. She also works as an Admissions Counselor at Moore College of Art & Design, her Alma matter. She resides in West Philadelphia.
Adam Remich (Whizzer)
Never before has Adam Charles Remich , been a more globally under-qualified actor to take the stage. Yet, the majesty of his on-screen presence contained in the throne-room in the following fantastic repertoire is itself testament of his cyclonic sense of humor, his raw and electric power in the lead, and his soaking rain of emotion. Once all this is weathered, you’ll laugh at credentials, laugh wildly. Adam sees his work like this, not through the magnifying-lens of his own piercing vanity, but because many humans, old and young alike, have taken the time to pat him on the back, and enthusiastically assure him that he is a very funny guy. Unfortunately, most of his repertoire footage has been lost and remains irretrievable due to messy rooms, and people borrowing the DVD masters. On the sunny-side, since early 2007 Adam Chucky Remich has been working on another compilation of hilarious short films entitled Cardsharques that will be streaming online in December. His previous (and lost in circulation) leading-works include: Short films: The Health Class Video(1996), The Ninja Movie (1998), Stephen King (solo 1999), Rooster (solo 2002); Feature lengths: Momma Taught Me Well (1999), The Christmas Movie (2005), Taking Blandman (2005), Identity Burglars (2006), and feature length compilation of shorts Winter Capers (1997-1999); and his live performances: Rooster’s Millions (1997), The Gong Show (Silk City, 1999-2000), Scrapple (Moore College of Art and Design, 2001), The Halloween Camping Theater (2000 -04).
Rich Wexler (Mendel)
Rich Wexler has hooked on Broadway music at a very young age after seeing Chorus Line. After that, he also really needed this show. His passion for musicals lay dormant for many years, like a behemoth in a cave near the Earth’s warm core, and was roused during sing-a-longs on long car rides. His senior year of high school, cars turned to stages and the teen Rich played “Kenicke†in Grease. He later went on to direct (and perform) in camp productions of Into The Woods, West Side Story (where he got to die), The Boyfriend, Grease, Into The Woods, and many more. Eventually, his path became unclear as it was during a moment in deep meditation that he realized that he actually hated most of the Broadway shows that he had once loved. Then one fateful day he saw his beacon or, rather, he heard his beacon. He heard about tryouts for a show called "The Broken Hipsters". It was about old women, large men dressed as slave babies, and featured two large animal mascots. Sure footed, once again, Rich was back in the game. He went on to originate the role of Kenny (a jerk boyfriend) and Senior Puppy-head (a man in a dog's costume), and would be a featured actor in the play Olive on The Seder Plate†puppeteer at Spiral Q Puppet Theater, developed the Krimpet Puppets, and would go on to open for Sufjan Stevens and Brother Danielson at The North Star, as well as perform at the Gay Pide Fest. Currently, when he’s not off singing about being a Jew, Rich runs a small community based organization called Sherman Arts, which serves to support local arts and music in Philadelphia as well as create community.