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CAST
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Abi Bradwell ** ON HIATUS
past role: Marni Wallace / Face to Face Reporter / Band LeaderEunuch Valet / Victim / Gentern / Rotti Largo
If truth be told about Abigail, she is comparable on an aesthetic level to a cyborg who has traveled into the past in order to harvest the knowledge of the Soul of Shakespeare. Upon exiting her time warp, she came upon the young thespian in a blaze of metallic glory, all flashing lights and warning flares. After a gratuitous History Fight, Abigail acquired said Soul and pulled up a time warp before what little grains of sand that remained in the grasp of Time slipped. Upon arriving back in the future, she was enraged to discover that Souls in fact cannot be transported through time and all of her efforts were fruitless. As is typical of cyborgs, Abigail went on a rampage and destroyed a plethora of tangible and intangible beings. In other words, she is just plain awesome. Abigail studies English, Mediaeval studies, and Drama at University of Toronto and is horribly unemployed.
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Alex "Alhooter" Hurter [director]
current role: Luigi Largo
past roles: Graverobber / Amber Sweet / Single Mom / Victim
Alex is an Ottawa native who later moved to Toronto to pursue a career in filmmaking after dropping out of an all-theory-based film program in University. While he mainly builds props and shoots footage, Alex hopes to one day sport his own "director pants". He is a self-proclaimed geek with a large comic book collection and an even more massive addiction to collecting vinyl toys. When he is not being fondled by Zydrate addicts, Alex is usually found at home with his wife and fellow Shadow Cat, Kim, eating poutine and sticking LEDs in random inanimate objects around his work table.
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Amie Smart [assistant director]
current role: Shilo Wallace
past roles: Gentern / Jessica Adams
Amie first found her footing in acting in a high school production of Grease and has since found herself addicted to the stage (Addicted to the stage? Addicted to the stage!), and subsequently performed in two other musicals. She has further doomed herself by enrolling in Theatre Studies at York University in hopes of one day becoming a director. Most of her downtime is spent singing along to Broadway soundtracks, picking up and abandoning various writing projects, as well as lurking about on the interwebs.
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BRI PLAYTER
current role: Nathan / Repo Man
past roles: Henchgirl / Gentern
Bio coming soon.
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Charlie Lawton
current role: Victim / Guard
Charlie Lawton is Toronto based film maker, a writer, a full time geek, and a cinephile. He's honoured to be considered a part of the Repo shadow cast, when really all he does it mess around on stage and try die humorously. He's not exactly sure how he joined, all he remembers is one month he was told "by the way, you're in next months show. Show up at rehearsal." He's shown up every month since. No one has told him to stop yet. Before joining Repo, he performed in a critically acclaimed Jurassic Park shadow cast (or it would have been if any critics came to see it)... He tries to see what new and exciting ways he can hurt himself on stage each month.
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Christine Anne MacDonnell
current role: Eunuch Valet / Gentern / Victim
Bio coming soon.
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Edward "Grimm13" Hutchinson
current role: Victim / Guard
past roles: Pavi Largo / Luigi Largo / Blind Mag / Graverobber
Edward discovered Repo! two summers ago, after meeting Anthony Head while working at the Scotiabank theatre. He just graduated from Toronto Film School, and has been working on a few small projects for friends here and there, as well as working part time at a coffee shop near his home. Edward has always been into acting, and was in as many school plays as possible in high school, including A Clockwork Orange. He missed being on stage, and when Repo! came to his attention, he saw his chance to get back on stage and couldn't be happier about this opportunity. When Edward is not helping with lighting films, slinging coffee, or doing Repo!-related stuff, he at home writing, watching horror movies, and reading comics.
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Elissa "Glitch" Smith ** ON HIATUS
past roles: Jessica Adams / Gentern / Marni Wallace / Bandleader
Elissa is an English major at York University with no previous acting experience before the Shadow Cats. A huge Buffy fan, she first heard of Repo! through Anthony Stewart Head's IMDB page and has been absolutely hooked ever since. She spends far too much time both on the boards and at Repo! chat. She loves Repo! not just for the movie itself, but for the ever growing community surrounding it. When not obsessing over Repo! (which does happen from time to time), she enjoys reading, writing and hanging out with friends.
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Elyssia Sasaki **ON HIATUS
past role: Gentern
Elyssia Sasaki, hailing from some small town in British Columbia, first fell in love with Repo when she accidentally stumbled upon it at the Cinemas on Granville St. in Downtown Vancouver. Determined to spend vast quantities of money on her post secondary education, she moved to Toronto for University. She has done some other stage stuff, but is very excited about losing her shadow casting virginity to the Shadow Cats.
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Emily "MidnightMadwoman" Armstrong
current role: Graverobber
past roles: Luigi Largo / Zydrate Addict / Henchgirl / Eunuch Valet / Victim / Gentern / Guard / Nathan Wallace
Emily Armstrong is a 13th-Century Welsh demon imprisoned by a wizard and is now confined in human form to the geographical borders of the North York. It is a voracious consumer of contemporary horror films, heavy metal and chili. It very much also likes Batman comics, books by Christopher Moore and Chuck Palahniuk and writing one-liner jokes that it finds amusing. An independent comic book artist and shamelessly hammy impressionist, it spends its days taking film courses at York University and working in a wine store. Emily also takes great pride in its t-shirt collection and Flixster page... and one time it saw a blimp.
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Hanna "Gentern09" Bradley
current role: Amber Sweet
past roles: Blind Mag / Head Gentern / Head Zydrate Whore / Pavi Largo / Henchgirl
Hanna has carved for herself a niche within the Repo! Shadow Cats as leader of the Genterns. Using her classical ballet training and passion for costuming, she has created a fleet of powerful and sexy ladies who will secretly take over GeneCO-- err -- administer legal Zydrate to the needy. When Hanna isn't performing illicit Gentern acts in front of an over-zealous audience, she teaches ballet to children at Pegasus Children's Dance Centre and is also currently studying fashion design at George Brown College. She is also currently developing her fashion design company called Betty Monroe with fellow Shadow Cat, Laura.
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Jenicka Wynne
current roles: Henchgirl / Eunuch Valet
past roles: Single Mom / Head Zydrate Whore / Gentern / Victim / Z-addict
Jenicka was born and raised in Etobicoke, but her heart will forever belong to the downtown Toronto core. She's a self procalimed "concert-whore" and can't leave a show without a taking good photograph of the band on stage. When she's not hanging out with the Shadow Cats, or selling Swedish furniture at her part-time job, you can find her at the nearest 7/11 inhaling her weakness, jumbo sourkeys. As damaged as her soul can seem, it's not as damaged as the bleached and pink-dyed hair on her head.
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Kim Hurter [production manager & promotions]
current role: Gentern
past roles: Amber Sweet / Gentern / Single Mom / Graverobber / Pavi Largo
Kim is a freelance film production designer, set dresser and illustrator. Born in the Philippines, the urge to sing bad karaoke is strong in her blood (thank Jebus that shadow casting does not actually involve singing). Her unhealthy obsession with musical theatre and film is probably one of the main reasons why she gravitated towards the culture of Repo!. When she is not re-enacting scenes from Broadway in her bathroom, Kim can be found customizing vinyl toys, blogging or having random misadventures with Alex and their four cats. She also likes to draw a lot of scandalous illustrations under the name Pretty Poopie.
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Kirsten "Wintermute" Klym
current role: Gentern
past roles: Rotti Largo / Guard / Band Leader / Eunuch Valet / Nathan Wallace / Pavi Largo
Kirsten was discovered by the Shadow Cats at the GeneCo Insane Asylum dancing on tables wearing tastefully sequined bits for her fellow inmates. Kirsten has a degree in fine art from OCAD, which was the root of her encarceration. She has lifelong theatrical experience in music, dance and freakshow. She also abuses acrylic paint for fun.
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Laura "Quirk" Holland
current role: Henchgirl
past roles: Shilo Wallace / Jessica Adams / Zydrate Addict / Gentern / Luigi Largo
When Laura joined the Shadow Cats, she had already seen the movie so many times that she had convinced herself that she was a Gentern, a recreational Zydrate user and the next Repo Man Victim, so her transition to those roles on stage was quite natural. She is currently a fashion design student at George Brown College and dedicates what time that isn't reserved for Shadow Cat related activities to designing clothing, sewing and painting. You can learn more about the ongoing activities of Betty Monroe, her clothing line with design partner Hanna, on their blog.
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Lauren Dowell
current role: Marni Wallace / Bandleader
past role: Joan Jett / Single Mom / Gentern
Lauren caught wind of Repo by having some of the shadowcats flyer at her store on Queen west. She then later found out she was practically neighbours with one of them who then forced her to watch it whilst hungover. Since then she has never looked back. From singing the songs out loud in the shower, to re-enacting scenes to her unsuspecting friends, Repo! has become more and more apart of her daily life. She started out helping with lighting and recently bagged herself some stage time. She was so excited about it that she refused to let a broken foot get in the way. On her spare time she likes to get herself out as much as possible doing make up and special fx. She also fancies herself an artist and is soon to be putting her talents to use again after a long break.
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Leeland Mitchell [promotions]
current role: Rotti Largo
current role: Henchgirl / Eunuch Valet / Gentern
Leeland was born and raised in Toronto Ontario. He is currently residing in the boonies commonly known as North York. He is an aspiring actor who has a passion for shadowcasting. He is part of both the Repo cast and the Rocky Horror cast. He can be usually found in a jock strap or just plain nude because he believes that laughter is the best medicine... well after nudity of course! He likes making costumes that usually have a tendency to break either after a show or during. He spends free time watching movies and making inappropriate comments that just happen to be funny. On request he will attempt his terrible looking tap dance for your enjoyment!
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Mandi "GeneticVictim" Strange
current role: Pavi Largo
past roles: Repo Man / Luigi Largo / Victim / Marni Wallace / Rotti Largo / Amber Sweet
Mandi was born in Toronto Canada, but has always firmly believed that she should have been born in either New York City, or London [accents are sexy]. She is a music theatre and opera actress, part of a world renowned burlesque troupe [Skin Tight Outta Sight], and an Arkham Asylum inmate back in Gotham City. Terrance Zdunich also lovingly refers to her as "Jessica Rabbit".
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Tess Marie
current role: Blind Mag
past roles: Gentern / Head Zydrate Whore / Shilo Wallace
Tess Marie joined the Repo force later on in the game, but has been involved with general fandom for 8 years. She models for NerdGirlPinups.com as "Bad Wolf", and has been making her own Sci-Fi parodies on youtube for the past three years. She works for the completely fan run convention Polaris, and is looking forward to bringing Repo! there this year. Cosplay and Con junkie, she has also been attending sci-fi conventions in the GTA for the past 7 years, but every year looks forward to her meca, Dragon*Con! Too bad Atlanta runs a bit to warm for her Canadian blood.
Few fun facts: Star Wars > Star Trek, Puppies are Cute, and her favorite Doctor is Ten.
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Veronica Ramshaw**ON HIATUS
current role: Gentern / Victim
Bio coming soon.
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Past Guest Appearances
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Brian Green
roles played: Doctor / Victim / Guard / Head Gentern / Head Zydrate Whore
As a little girl, Brian was raised in a strict gluten-free home; denied the pleasure of fresh breads and other baked goods. Through sheer determination, he overcame his gender and rebelled against his parents bread-free ways. Leaving home with nothing but a suitcase full of clothes, a GPS, passport, plenty of drinking water, and only a few thousand dollars in his bank account, he braved the wastes of Mississauga and pushed on to the promised land: Toronto.
There, in his search for the ultimate French Loaf, he came across the much-sought Holy Grail, which he now uses to hold his keys.
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Caitlin Hamblin
roles played: Gentern / Victim / Zydrate Addict / Face to Face Reporter
This was Caitlin's first role since getting off the smack, out of jail and starting her life over again... again. She was also once mistaken for a learned Chinese man, and has a 15% discount at IHOP for the remainder of February.
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Janus "Jaws" Jansons
roles played: Pavi Largo / Luigi Largo / Joan Jett / Guard / Shilo Wallace
Janus "Jaws" Jansons hails from Sudbury, Ontario. After taking film at Sheridan College, Janus began creating gore effects for independent shorts in Toronto. Also freelancing as a stagehand for production companies, Janus spends his free time writing scripts for his next production. He plans to somehow be involved in bringing Repo! back to the stage.
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Jenn "InfectedxGenetics" Macdonald
roles played: Band Leader / Gentern / Victim / Head Zydrate Whore
Jenn is currently a history major at McMaster University in Hamilton, and will finish in April with a B.A. Before she decided to kamikaze her future, she played pinball with her high school courses, taking everything from writer's craft, to programming, to fashion, to physics. Her health card says she lives in Mississauga, but she spends an exorbitant amount of time in Toronto spreading the Repo! gospel and preparing for the shadow castings. When she's not whoring the movie like the classy Z'd-up prostitute it is, she goes to classes, and works both as a transcriber and a page.
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Jon Howgarth
current roles: Eunuch Valet / Henchgirl
Bio coming soon.
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Lorelei "Satanica" McKenzie
current role: Joan Jett
past roles: Blind Mag / Henchgirl / Eunuch Valet
When not shadow casting as Blind Mag for the Shadow Cats, Lorelei enjoys working as a karaoke host and head of the Repo! Toronto Army. She works with many of the other Cats, the Bloor Cinema and other Torontonians to spread the good word of Repo! Lorelei first heard of the film when a good friend of hers linked the video of "Zydrate Anatomy" on her facebook in July of 2008. She was hooked instantly and has been striving to involve herself in the growth of its popularity ever since. She would like to offer her sincerest thanks to those who have helped her to support Repo! along the way: Beverlee, Ryan, Mitch and all the other Shadow Cats!
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Mitchell "LYDD" Wood
role played: Rotti Largo (first show, January 3, 2009)
Mitchell lives a few minutes away from the border just outside of Niagara Falls, Canada. He was excited and honoured to be part of the Shadow Cats after seeing Repo! over five times previously, along with being an extra in the film itself. He thanks Repo! for introducing him to awesome people along the way.
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Phallon Carpino
past roles: Gentern / Zydrate Addict
Phallon Carpino began her acting career through modeling as a baby, up until the age of six when she became a full Actra member by getting principal roles for commercials and credits through film. She pursued her acting career through a variety of television shows and films. By the age of 16, she had used her 12 years of competitive dance experience dancing and choreographing routines for various television shows on the Family channel. Today, Phallon Carpino is a triple threat singer/actor/dancer, who has earned many awards for her talent though competitions. She is also a drama major at Cawthra Park and teaches Belly dancing to students as an after school curriculum. When she is not tied up with school and acting, she teaches children's ballet and also works as a freelance Belly dancer.
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Sanvean Satori "GucciSac" Eveshadan
role played: Repo Man / Nathan Wallace (first show, January 3, 2009)
Sanvean traveled from San Diego, CA to participate in the Shadow Cats. Thanks to Repo! and the amazing community of people that have come together to celebrate this film, he has a new found love for life, costume and prop-making. Sanvean is an active member of the SoCal Repo! Army.
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Sary Wall
role played: Shilo Wallace (first show, January 3, 2009)
Sary had been obsessed with Repo! ever since she first saw it in her hometown of Buffalo, NY. Battling strep throat and a two hour drive to play a lead role in the first shadow cast performance, Sary had certainly earned the right to be called a dedicated Shadow Cat.
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Whitney Jones
crew role: Spotlight Operator
Whitney's life began with her family of Russian immigrants trying to make their way in America. Fed up with the trailer park lifestyle, Whitney came to Canada to try her hand at tree planting and Black Market telegraph machines. This immediately failed and caused her life to spiral downward. She was soon addicted to heroin and trying to sell forged versions of Al Pacino's dog's comb. One day Whitney caught wind of Repo the Genetic Opera, and volunteered to do lighting for the Shadow Cats. Since then her life has been on the up and up, and now she is no longer hitting the needle or main-lining acid.
Copyright © 2009 Repo! Shadow Cats
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