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Courtenay Hameister Producer/Head Writer/Host
The path that led Courtenay to Live Wire! is a circuitous one. She studied theater, film and women’s studies at NYU, where she worked behind-the-scenes with the comedy group The State. She then had a not-so-illustrious advertising career that hooked her up with Kate Sokoloff, and the rest is herstory (Get it? Because of the patriarchy?). You can read her work in McSweeney’s, Willamette Week, Oregon Humanities Magazine and the anthology What Was I Thinking?: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories. She also founded the True Stories reading series, is the only person with boobs on The Cort and Fatboy Show on cascadia.fm, and recently wrote and directed her first short film, Stella’s Flight.
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Sean McGrath Writer/Performer
Sean was abandoned at an early age because he was being "a smart-ass, and let's see how you do on your own, smart-ass". Spending his youth as a boot-black and number-runner afforded him the street sense and plucky attitude vital to a life in comedy writing. Yeah, he's done some stuff (Cannes Film Festival, Sweat Sketch Comedy, Soap St. Theater, Roadhouse: The Play, Everyman's War, Cell Count, Twilight) and seen some things (attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate, a chimp playing Texas Hold 'Em) but his greatest achievement was inventing Facebook. Sean would like to thank you for coming out to the show and not shooting your gun in the air. He accepts Visa and MasterCard, but not Discover.... never Discover...
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Patricia Ferguson Performer/Mother/Cute as a Damn Button
Georgia born Tricia Ferguson is a classically trained actress and a Meisner trained mother of two. Appearing in theater, commercials, film, TV, and the occasionally Malayalam blockbuster (wasn't she great in Arayannagalude Veedu and Rajamanikyam Part 4!?), Tricia's been a Live Wire staple since 2005. When she's not performing, she enjoys reading the Internet, Jenga, and saying "well, aren't you sweet." She'd like to let smooth R&B singer James Ingram know that she's moved on, and won't let him suppress her creativity any longer.
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David Ian Sound Effects
David often has dilemmas deciding if various objects should be stored in kitchen drawers or in the sound effects closet. He has done sound effects and voice work for projects which have won national awards with Willamette Radio Workshop (“HURF” Silver Ogle Award 2006 and “The Confessions of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde” Gold Ogle Award 2005) and with Imagination X (“The CONvergence” Gold Mark Time Award 2003). In 2003 he won Portland’s Drammy Award for his sound effects design and performance in Tapestry Theatre’s 1943 Christmas From Home stage production. When David is not pulling duty as Artistic Director of Unchained Productions, he’s doing live Foley performances with WRW, and for Filmusik’s live/film hybrid productions. He has also done Foley work with Opera Theatre Oregon, NW Academy, Film Action Oregon and Master’s Image Productions.
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Ralph Huntley Musical Director, House Band Leader, Writer
Ralph has been playing music in Portland for nearly 20 years, and has toured with many national acts. He recently recorded Dreams of Sun and Sky with Fernando Vicciconte, declared one of the ten best albums of 2001 by the Oregonian. Ralph has composed music for Do Jump Theater, written jingles for the Oregon Lottery, and has scored a number of independent film and theater projects. He is also a member of Faces For Radio Theater.
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Scott Poole Live Wire! House Poet
Scott Poole is the author of three books of poetry, The Cheap Seats, Hiding from Salesmen and, most recently, The Sliding Glass Door which will be released in the Fall of 2011 from Colonus Publishing. He also was the founding director of Get Lit!, the Spokane, Washington book festival, and Wordstock, the Portland book festival. Currently he is a software developer by day and poet by night. Thankfully, neither occupation requires a nametag, a paper hat or wearing underwear over tights.
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Andrew Harris PERFORMER
Andrew’s early life was spent on Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound. He excelled within Bainbridge’s tribal culture: learning to catch flounder with a bone spear, and mastering volcanic spirit-magic, ultimately becoming Shaman of the tribe. In 1992, Andrew set off to Portland to learn the ways of the world. He studied at PSU. Since then Andrew has appeared in films, television and commercials on both a regional and national level. Andrew hails from the sketch comedy group The 3rd Floor and most recently Sweat, under whose banner he has performed in Portland, SF, Seattle, Chicago and NYC. He is thrilled and honored to be joining the cast of Live Wire!
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