profiles Town and One Man, Two Guvnors. Neal received Suzi Bass awards as best featured actor and best actor for his role in Race. Happy holidays to all! BART HANSARD (Mr. Fezziwig/Christmas Present/ Ensemble) is chuffed to be doing his 18th run at A Christmas Carol. Recent credits include Pozzo in Waiting for Godot at 7 Stages. He also pops up in film and television, so look for him in Best of Enemies and The Front Runner. Also look for him in “Good Eats: Reloaded.” He has an M.F.A. from Wayne State University’s Hilberry Repertory Theatre. Much love and gratitude to his friends and family. As Fezziwig says, “Make do with the gifts you have.” JOE KNEZEVICH (Fred/ Ensemble, U/S Ebenezer Scrooge) Alliance Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare in Love, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, August: Osage County, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Georgia Shakespeare: Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Glass Menagerie, Shrew: The Musical, Richard III (Suzi Bass Award) and Metamorphoses (Suzi Bass Award). Theatrical Outfit: Storefront Church (Suzi Bass Award). True Colors: Smart People. Film: The Mule, Hidden Figures. TV: “The Resident,” “Brockmire,” “Manhunt: Unabomber,” “Lore,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Teen Wolf,” “The Vampire Diaries.” Training: B.F.A., Florida State University. joeknezevich.com MANNY MAGNUS (Tiny Tim) is thrilled to make his Alliance debut. He has acted in the TV series “Wonder” and “Raising Dion” and played a lead role in the “Home Alone Dance Play.” He plays three instruments, composes and writes songs, and is a solo soprano singer. He has won first place in hip-hop dance competitions, first place in Georgia for the Royal Conservatory piano exam and
achieved a black belt from the official international taekwondo governing authority. AVERY MICHAEL (Want/ Ensemble, U/S Tiny Tim) is beyond excited to make her Christmas Carol debut. Recent credits include Piglet understudy in Winnie the Pooh (Alliance Theatre), Falstaff’s Page in Henry IV, Part 2 and Young York in The Tragedy of Richard III (Atlanta Shakespeare Company), and Esther Jane in A Christmas Story (OnStage Atlanta). Love and thanks to my family! MARCIE MILLARD (Peg/ Ensemble, U/S Bess) is thrilled to return for her second season of A Christmas Carol. Selected credits include 42nd Street (City Springs Theatre); Mamma Mia!, Goosebumps the Musical, Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre); Sense and Sensibility (Synchronicity Theatre); Third Country and five years of Santaland Diaries (Horizon Theatre); Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, The Full Monty, Annie (Suzi Bass Award) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Company, Xanadu (Actor’s Express). TV/film: “Swamp Murders.” Marcie is company manager at the new City Springs Theatre Company in Sandy Springs. Love and gratitude to the Madcap Villains who remind her every day that mankind is my business. For Cuppycake. CLAYTON MOTE (Ensemble, U/S Topper/Ensemble) recently graduated from Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music and is excited to return to the Alliance for this year’s A Christmas Carol. Clay last understudied in the Alliance Theatre/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra production of Candide. Other recent roles include Skip in ART Station’s Life Could Be a Dream and Curly in Mercer’s production of Oklahoma! at the Macon Grand Opera House. Clay dedicates his performance to the memory of his grandfather, who never missed a show. AGT.
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