CAST
Jeremy thompson- hampton fawx
Jeremy Thompson is a regional theatre actor and teacher based out of Chicago but also often found in Seattle or the Mountain West. Recent credits include four seasons and multiple educational tours with the Utah Shakespeare Festival. His favorite day-jobs also include an element of performance, like leading tours at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago or slinging bagels at the old Bagel Deli in Seattle as a "sandwich artist".
@jeristophanes
chris vizurraga - james stallion
Christopher Vizurraga is an actor and artist working out of Chicago. Other voiceover work includes Sense & Sensibility (Lifeline Theater), Captain Hero (independent), and The Vanishing Act. He is an ensemble member at Lifeline Theater, and has appeared on stage at Illinois Shakespeare, First Folio Theater, Remy Bumppo, and Milwaukee Rep among others. He would like to thank his lovely bride-to-be, Cat, and his puppy, Cooper, for their enduring love and support.
Website: christopherviz.weebly.com
KATIE MCLEAN HAINSWORTH - MADGE STALLION
Katie is a Chicago actor, writer, tabletop role-player, introvert, and day job aficionado. She has been an ensemble at Lifeline Theatre since 2006, and there she will reprise her role as Sherlock Holmes in their Fall 2022 production of Christopher M. Walsh's MISS HOLMES RETURNS. Katie will also appear this fall as one of four hapless amnesiac adventurers in the first season of the Actual Play weird horror podcast Dark Nexus.
Twitter: @janefury, Instagram: @mcleanhainsworth, Dark Nexus: www.darknexuspod.com, Lifeline Theatre: www.lifelinetheatre.com
SHAWN PFAUTSCH - aRCHIE CARTWRIGHT
Shawn is a Chicago-based actor, writer and musician. As a stage actor, he’s performed all around the US (and recently on the high seas). He’s done some TV, some podcasts (hey there, Vanishing Act!). Currently, he is the producer of the 2022 season of Chicago Children’s Theatre’s original audio tour theatre series for families: Walkie Talkies. Catch ‘em in your pod-catchers!
lAUREN GRACE THOMPSON - SARAH FLETCHLEY
Lauren is an actor, podcaster, dialect coach, producer, writer, and all-around audio drama enthusiast. She was the producer of Rusty Quill’s short form anthology series Neon Inkwell. Audio drama voice acting credits include: That Vampire Show (Kat), Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason (Gayle), The Pasithea Powder (Dir. Moon), Voiders (Artemis), Forgive Me! (Dame Judi Dench), and others yet to be announced. She is also a theatre actor, often seen at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.
tommy malouf - jonathan crimeria
Tommy Malouf is a teaching artist and musician in the city of Chicago. When he's not begging his students to get off their phones, he is usually enthusiastically researching D&D books or contemplating whether or not he should try to propagate his plants even though he is running out of room in his studio. You might be asking yourself, "Wait, is that the guy who played the antagonist in that one show?" The answer is, probably. He is represented by Stewart Talent, and is in that weird gray area between being "must join" and finally paying off his dues slowly to the union.
TINA MUÑOZ PANDYA - FURINA SAZARAC
Tina is an actor, musician, and teaching artist based in Chicago. She's performed all over the country and enjoys mixing it up between classical works, new plays, musicals, and everything in between. You can hear her on the other audio drama series by the F&S team The Vanishing Act as Lilith Von Hitzler, and on Twelfth Night (A Play On Podcast), Don't Stop for Monkeys, and Queer Serial. In what little free time she has, she can often be found cooking, trying out accents, baking unnecessary cakes, watching wholesome British tv, and giving 1000 little kisses to her cat Jelly.
MIKE OOI - OSKAR DE GUICHE
Mike Ooi is an actor/writer/director/teacher based in Austin, TX. You may have seen him in something, but without knowing your personal viewing history, it's hard to tell. In Chicago, he performed with Factory, Lifeline, House, Hypocrites, and SecondCityTrainingCenter. In Austin, Mike performs at Coldtowne Theater and teaches at ZSTC.
ian geers - constable mcmurphy
Ian is an actor, writer, and teacher currently living in Chicago. He is host of the movie-based podcast Not Another Film Podcast, and can be seen most summers at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.
corrbette pasko - catalina schnutz
Corrbette Pasko is an actor/writer/singer/producer/creator person who swears a lot. She is from Chicago and is currently in California, so she's very warm and salty about it. Corrbette is also on Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery and Northwoods Baseball Sleep Radio. If you call some businesses and get a helpful robot, you might also hear her voice. You can see her with her writing partner Sara Sevigny in "Corri and Sara Are Famous" on YouTube and corriandsaraarefamous.com. You can follow her on all socials @corrbette and enjoy her GenX Updates of news and sarcasm. That shirt looks great on you.
jess ridenour - kate
Jessica is an actor, director, and producer. She has been working as a performer in Chicago since 2010, appearing in TV, films, and at least one commercial as Nicole Kidman’s middle finger. She has produced and directed several of her own projects and is a full time in-house multimedia producer.
CHRIS HAINSWORTH - COMMISSIONER
Chris Hainsworth is an actor/writer/director born and raised in the frying pan of the Chicago suburbs and living in the fire of Chicago proper for nearly 30 years. Most often you can catch his work at Lifeline Theatre, where he is an ensemble member. You may have seen him at various other Chicago theatres and the occasional appearance on shows with Chicago in the title. Chicago. His current whereabouts are currently unknown, currently.
NED BAKER - ANNOUNCER
Ned Baker is a writer, director, and professional wrestling referee in Chicago. His award-winning short film The Last Stand of Bobby Coe will be available online soon, and his film actor discussion podcast Role Calling with film and TV critic Caroline Siede is available every two weeks wherever you get your podcasts. You can also see him in-ring with Freelance Wrestling in Chicago. Thrilled to bits to be involved with Fawx & Stallion.
EVIN MCQUISTION - ENSEMBLE/CLARENCE
Evin McQuistion is an actor based in Chicago. After his first paid gig at 10 years old ($5) playing a French waiter for a date his brother was having in the living room, he moved on to performing a lot of Shakespeare. The pay hasn't gotten much better.
SAZI BHAKTI - ENSEMBLE/DEALER
Sazi Bhakti is an actor, writer, producer, and clown originally hailing from Northern California. She's the creator of the comedy duo Tammy and Deb that has performed around the Chicago area and is in current works of her next endeavour, which will launch Spring 2023.
With mid-term elections coming up, she encourages you to check out her production of The Fellowship of the Votes, HERE, a short sketch made in hopes you always laugh and always vote.
DANIEL MILLHOUSE - ENSEMBLE
Daniel Millhouse is stoked to be joining the cast of Fawx & Stallion! Chicago Theatre: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, ShawChicago, A Crew of Patches, Remy Bumppo, and The Second City Training Center. Regional Theatre: Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, and Great River Shakespeare Festival. Film/TV: Chicago Fire. Motion Capture: Call of Duty Video Game Franchise. Podcasts: The Vanishing Act and The Onion’s The Topical. Check out more information on his website at www.danielmillhouse.com or via Instagram @DCMillhouse.
sarah price - ensemble
Sarah Price is an actor, voiceover artist, writer, and comedian based in Chicago. She plays Augie Eckhart on The Vanishing Act Podcast, for which she won an Audio Verse Award for Best Leading Role in a New Audio Production (in 2020) and is a frequent guest on the podcast BDE || Big Disney Energy. Sarah is a staff writer for Good Evening with Pat Whalen, Chicago's only late-night talk show, and her first pilot, Sick As F+ck, was a semi-finalist in the 2021 Shore Scripts Pilot Competition. She is the creator of the comedy show The Missy. As an actor, she's worked with over a dozen theatre companies in Chicago, including Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, and Steep Theatre. www.sarahpricechi.com
nicole knudsen - mildred
Nicole Knudsen is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts, and has worked with a number of SoCal theatre companies, including: Theatricum Botanicum, Shakespeare by the Sea, Chase What Flies, and The Riot of the Tipsy Bacchanals. Other podcast credits include the Audio Verse Award-winning The Godfrey Audio Guide (creator / "Tour Guide"), What A Movie: A Nostalgia-Infused Podcast (co-host), and All In My Head ("Lana Chambers").
Personal website: www.nicole-knudsen.com
Twitter and Instagram: @nicoleknudsen16
james ferrero - jerry
James Ferrero is an actor, producer, and sound designer. Podcast credits include Apollo in Lesser Gods and The Sponsor in The Godfrey Audio Guide (also sound designer). He is also the creator/producer of Shakes on the Rocks, a Shakespearean cabaret in Los Angeles. Other projects include co-hosting What A Movie: A Nostalgia-Infused Podcast. Shout out to Nicole, my #1.
robert kauzlaric - SherlocK HOLMES
Robert makes plays, runs roleplaying games, and likes cats. His Weird Horror actual-play RPG podcast Dark Nexus (darknexuspodcast.com) is just getting started and you can hear him as a variety of silly characters in The Vanishing Act. robertkauzlaric.com
TOM CROWLEY - JOHN WATSON
Tom Crowley is a writer, actor and comedian, best known for writing the stage adaptation of Rocky Horror sequel Shock Treatment and performing in TV drama The Royals. He appears regularly in podcasts Wooden Overcoats, Victoriocity and The Beef and Dairy Network Podcast. He has also performed in audio productions for BBC Radio 4, Audible, Fremantle Media and Somethin’ Else. He has written for Cartoon Network Studios Europe, BBC Radio 4Extra, BBC Radio Wales, Wooden Overcoats, Six to Start and Bafflegab Productions. His solo sketch and character comedy podcast Crowley Time is available on all podcast apps and at crowleytime.com.
Llewyn Geers-Thompson - AMBROSIUS
Llewyn is a Chicago-based feline actor with 16 years of history in the industry. Previous credits include auditions for Shrek 2, Homeward Bound, Hocus Pocus, and Cats (none of which he booked). He would not like to thank his agents, as they did nothing to get him this job, which he booked through the power of nepotism. Thanks mom and dad.
CREATIVE
IAN GEERS - WRITER/DIRECTOR
Ian is an actor, writer, and teacher currently living in Chicago. He is host of the movie-based podcast Not Another Film Podcast, and can be seen most summers at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. He was also the producer of the first season of Rusty Quill’s Trice Forgotten.
LAUREN GRACE THOMPSON - PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR
Lauren is an actor, podcaster, dialect coach, producer, writer, and all-around audio drama enthusiast. She was the producer of Rusty Quill’s short form anthology series Neon Inkwell. Audio drama voice acting credits include: Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason (Gayle), That Vampire Show (Kat), Midnight Burger’s Young Leif (Young Bertbert), The Pasithea Powder (Dir. Moon), Voiders (Artemis), Forgive Me! (Dame Judi Dench), and others yet to be announced. She is also a theatre actor, often seen at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.
SARAH BUCHYNSKI (POLARITY AUDIO WORKS) - SOUND DESIGNER
Sarah Buchynski is an awarding winning sound designer and audio engineer from Alberta Canada. In 2014, Sarah started an audio post-production studio, Polarity Audio Works. She currently works in the entertainment industries of audiobooks/drama, television, film, and independent video games. Over the last five years, Sarah has been a panellist at various events talking to students and fledgling sound designers alike for designing sound on independent productions.
BALDEMAR - MUSIC DESIGNER
Baldemar is a musician and composer based in Chicago. His two albums "Through the Void" and "Untitled, No. 1" can be found at https://soundcloud.com/erick-baldemar. He is a company member with Midsommer Flight and a proud member of the Chicago actor/musician community.