Tiger Style! at Writers Theatre
Dates: 9/29/2022 - 10/30/2022
📍 Theatre: Writers Theatre
325 Tudor Ct, Glencoe, IL, 60022
Glencoe, 60022
Tickets: $25-80
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Don’t miss Tiger Style!, an uproariously hilarious play that tackles what it really means to feel successful—and at home.
Cast and Creative Team for Tiger Style! at Writers Theatre
Cast
Aurora Adachi-Winter
Jennifer
Aurora Adachi-Winter returns to Writers after appearing as Tong in Vietgone. Other credits include: Lottery Day, Nightwatch (Goodman); Red Rex (Steep Theatre); Put Your House In Order (The Roustabouts); Bull In A China Shop (About Face Theatre); The Burials (Steppenwolf); peerless, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them (First Floor Theater, company member); good friday (Oracle Productions); Mutt (Stage Left Theatre); and Ghost Bike (Buzz22 Chicago). Aurora has also performed in The Fly Honey Show (The Inconvenience) and with the drum group Adachi Taiko. She holds a BFA from the UIUC and is represented by Gray Talent Group.
Rammel Chan
Dad/Tzi Chuan/Melvin/General Tso
Rammel Chan is an actor, writer and comedian based in Chicago. Theatre credits include Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens), King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre & Kirk Douglas Theatre), Vietgone (Writers Theatre), A Red Line Runs Through It (u/s Second City e.t.c stage), Oblivion (Steppenwolf Theater Company), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Next Act Theatre - Milwaukee). Film & TV credits include I Used To Go Here, Cold War, Blackbox and End of the Tour, The Red Line (CBS), Crisis, Chicago Justice (NBC) The Big Leap (FOX) Patriot, Utopia and The Jamz (Amazon). He is an alumnus of the Second City Bob Curry Fellowship and has performed with the sketch groups Robot vs. Dinosaur and Stir Friday Night! Rammel is also a fiction writer with speculative fiction pieces appearing in Asimov's Science Fiction, Riksha, The Tiger Moth Review and Solstice Literary Magazine.
Garrett Lutz
Russ the Bus/Reggie/Customs Guy
Garrett Lutz is excited to be making his Writers debut! Chicago credits include The Music Man (Goodman Theatre); Cabaret (Paramount Theatre); Three Sisters (Steppenwolf Theater Co.); Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Madagascar (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Spring Awakening, Newsies, Grease, Shrek (Marriott Theatre); Big River, Ghost (Theatre at the Center); James and the Giant Peach (Drury Lane Theatre). Film and web credits: Divergent (Summit Entertainment); The Munch on Oregon (The Onion). Storefront credits: Urinetown, Dogfight (Boho Theatre Ensemble); Heathers, The Full Monty (Kokandy Productions, Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominee). Represented by Shirley Hamilton Inc.
Deanna Myers
Mom/Therapist/Cousin Chen/Matchmaker
Selected Chicago credits: The Scene, Smart People (Writers), The Great Leap (Steppenwolf), Midsummer Dream: Shakespeare in the Parks (Chicago Shakespeare), Two Mile Hollow (First Floor Theatre), You on the Moors Now (The Hypocrites), The Gulf (About Face), SideShow (Porchlight Music Theatre), The New Stages Production of King of the Yees, The White Snake (Goodman Theatre), The Golden Dragon (Sideshow Theatre). TV/Film Credits: Hot Date, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Empire, The Drunk. Deanna is a proud company member and board president of Playmakers Lab (formerly Barrel of Monkeys) where she finds her favorite young playwrights among the students in CPS classrooms. Thanks and gratitude to NFV, the greatest cheerleader I’ve ever had. As always, for Carol Jane. IG: @hi_denahnah
Christopher Thomas Pow
Albert
Christopher Thomas Pow is so excited to make his Writers Theatre debut in Tiger Style! Previous credits include Ted/Leng/Guitar in Cambodian Rock Band, (co-productions at Victory Gardens Theater/City Theatre Company/Merrimack Repertory Theatre and at Theater Mu/Jungle Theater) Pip in Great Expectations, Ferdinand in The Tempest (Great River Shakespeare Festival), Ensemble/Musician in Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, and Ensemble in Mlima’s Tale (Griffin Theatre Company). Christopher also voiced Ross in the GRSF’s audio production of Macbeth, and Jeff Balasco in Evil Kitten Production’s audio drama The Continuing Adventures of John Blade: Super Spy by Kyle Encinas. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Christopher is currently working on his debut music album, hoping to release it in 2023. Christopher Thomas Pow is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent Representation.
Creative Team
Brian Balcom
Director
Courtney Abbott
Intimacy & Fight Director
Lee Fiskness
Lighting Designer
Forrest Gregor
Sound Designer
Michelle N. Huang
Cultural Consultant
Lauren M. Nichols
Scenic Designer
Christine Pascual
Costume Designer
Rae Watson
Properties Designer
Katie Klemme
Stage Manager
Michaela "Mikee" Parangalan
Assistant Director
Olivia Sullam
Assistant Stage Manager
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October 18, 2022 All new video footage has been released for Tiger Style!, now playing at Writers Theatre through October 30th in Glencoe.
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