INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP BARBARA CHISHOLM (THERESA “TERRI” CARMICHAEL) Barbara is so delighted to be returning to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park for the third time, following appearances in the solo show Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End and as Annie Wilkes in Misery. She hails from Austin, Texas, and her recent credits include the world premiere of the Audible play Daddies and the world premiere of Un Año; Sugar in Tiny Beautiful Things; and in the U.S. premiere of hang. Other regional credits include ¾ Inches of Sky at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis; Keep Your Forks at Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins at ZACH Theatre; The Women at San Diego Repertory Theatre; and Fixing King John with the Rude Mechs. Film and television credits include Fault Line, Mr. Roosevelt, Fast Food Nation and a supporting role in the Academy Award-nominated Best Film Boyhood. She has thrice been voted Best Actor in the Austin Chronicle’s annual Best of Austin Readers Poll and is the recipient of multiple B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards, Austin Critics Table Awards and Drama Logue awards for acting. As Producing Director of Red Then Productions, Barbara starred in When Something Wonderful Ends and produced three highly successful runs of a one-man adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V. She teaches acting at the University of Texas at Austin. ERIN NOEL GRENNAN (JOSEPHINE “JO” O’SHEA) Erin is thrilled to return to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where she previously appeared as Pooty in Craig Lucas’ Reckless. Additional regional theatre credits include The Outsider (world premiere) at Paper Mill Playhouse; A Christmas Carol at Geva Theatre; Timon of Athens at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; A Moon for the Misbegotten, Blithe Spirit and The Taming of the Shrew at First Folio Theatre; A Flea in Her Ear, The Foreigner and The Man Who Came To Dinner at Drury Lane Theatre; Noises Off at Totem Pole Playhouse; Unnecessary Farce (world premiere), Wit and Inherit the Wind at BoarsHead Theater; and seven seasons with Peninsula Players Theatre, including Making God Laugh (world premiere), The Tin Woman (world premiere), The Importance of Being Earnest, Sunday in the Park With George, The Game’s Afoot and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. In addition to her U.S. credits, Erin spent a year doing five productions with The Gaiety Theatre in Ireland. Television credits include The Other Two, Dr. Death, Bull, Law & Order: SVU and both Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, as well as countless commercials and voiceovers. Website: erinnoelgrennan.com. For Mom. ELLI MADDOCK (BECKY O’SHEA) Elli is ecstatic to be performing in her first Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park show! Elli is a freshman at Ursuline Academy, and she loves theatre and art. She has been in several local shows with Encore Youth Theatre and Rise Up Performing Arts, with some of her favorites being the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz Jr., Young Anna in Frozen Jr. and Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical. Most recently, Elli performed in The Children’s Theatre production of Elf the Musical Jr. at the Taft Theater. She wants to thank her parents and her friends for always believing in her and give a special shout-out to Rodney and Angie Neal for teaching her the love of theatre. Elli also wants to give a big thank you to Blake Robison for this amazing opportunity, and she hopes you enjoy the show!
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