PRODUCTION
TEAM
Director
Brooke Tallman
Producers
Brooke Tallman, Steve Dillon & Gary E. Stevens
Lightboard and Soundboard Operator
Steve Dillon
Poster & Program Design
Brooke Tallman
Photographer
Brooke Tallman
CAST
Marisa Chism
Actress, Director, Writer, Cat Owner, Fiancée, Licensed Massage Therapist, Daughter, Mother, Vagina Owner and Operator. Always dreaming of bigger and better things for herself and others is now happy to say that she is excited for her first Bigger Dreams production to be in such a powerful piece that speaks to female experiences a lot of us share.
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Jennifer Dibble
Jennifer is both excited and terrified to be switching up her backstage black clothes to onstage black clothes. She is a member of the Bigger Dreams Board of Directors and has had the pleasure of stage managing their productions of The Diary of Anne Frank and Misery. She has also worked on The Haunting of Hill House, Comedy of Tenors, and August: Osage County. While not in the theatre she works in the mental health field, volunteers her time to numerous community organizations and enjoys some great times with her two teenage sons.
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Diana Foster
Born and raised on Staten Island (where they also say twat), she last appeared in IS 61’s production of The Music Man in 1992. Her social anxiety couldn’t keep her from being a part of this wonderful and important production. Diana is a breastfeeding peer counselor and full spectrum doula whose hobbies include making butch lesbians moan, wearing overalls and petting her 13 cats. She is a member of Otsego Pride Alliance, and fiercely protective of queer and trans youth.
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Kaleigh Herman
Kaleigh is a higher education professional from Cooperstown, NY. Upon completion of her master’s degree in international relations, she spent nearly four years traveling around Asia, Australia, and South America—working various jobs from remote educational consulting to picking cherries! Kaleigh is happiest outside and has a love for flowers, especially after working on a local flower farm. She loves hiking, swimming, coffee, and good food. This is her first time on stage.
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Donni Hildbrandt
Donni is very excited to be joining her second production with Bigger Dreams Productions. She previously played Johnna in August: Osage County in her first show in over 20 years. She is so excited to be a part of this amazing and important project.
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Caitlin Liberati
Caitlin is honored and excited to be participating in this year’s production of The Vagina Monologues. Their most recent onstage work includes Exhibit This!, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet, and The Glass Menagerie. Cait is a frequent collaborator with Bigger Dreams Productions, the Catskill Community Players, and the Glimmer Globe Theatre. They also serve as a board member with Bigger Dreams Productions. They would like to thank Brooke for directing this production with the utmost care and consideration, and the cast for being incredible people to work with. These stories are vitally important and it has been an honor to bring them to life.
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Kasia Miller-Kanai
Kasia first found a knack for speaking and performance as the middle child in a big family. They have lost their voice more than once singing La Vie Bohème on repeat in the car. For the last 5 years Kasia has provided age appropriate, medically accurate comprehensive sexual health and relationship education throughout Otsego and Delaware counties as a community educator for Family Planning of South Central New York. Their current fixations include Legos, chickens and convincing their wife that life would be better with a couple sheep.
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Courtney Murphy
Courtney previously appeared with Bigger Dreams in August: Osage County (Karen Weston), Much Ado About Nothing (Don John), The Haunting of Hill House (Theodora), Don’t Drink the Water (Susan), and could be found backstage assisting with several productions including The Diary of Anne Frank, A Comedy of Tenors, Never Too Late, and On Golden Pond. By day Courtney is a Criminal Justice Program Specialist with the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services Office of Youth Justice working to expand the NYS Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression initiative and by night she is a barcade attendant (glorified quarter machine) at a tropical speakeasy, axe throwing coach, and trivia host.
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Claire Smith
Claire is a freshman at Milford Central School. She has been in over 20 productions with numerous different companies including Bigger Dreams, Bold Theatrics, Orpheus Theatre, SUNY Oneonta and ACT. Her most recent role was Violet Beauregard in her school’s production of Willy Wonka. She is very excited to be preforming with this fantastic group and would like to thank her mom for being easy to persuade. Enjoy the show!
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Corinne Smith
Corinne is honored to be performing in this powerful and important production with her daughter, Claire. Corinne has previously performed in Damn Yankees and Young Frankenstein with Orpheus Theatre and in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Bigger Dreams Productions. Corinne would like to thank Brooke for pushing her to audition and her whole family for their support and encouragement. She would especially like to thank her husband, Chad, for loving her and her vagina.
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Michelle Stephens
Retired and enjoying life with her cat Moss, Michelle is currently active in Otsego Pride Alliance, on the Advisory board for Herkimer County Pride Alliance and a member of WIDE (Women for Inclusion Diversity and Equity) in Delhi, N.Y. It has been several years since her last acting experience but has been part of local choral societies over the years!
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Brooke Tallman
Brooke is thrilled to be part of The Vagina Monologues for the eighth time. Previous directing credits include Matilda: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Vagina Monologues. Most recently seen on stage in August: Osage County as Barbara, additional acting credits include: Annie Wilkes (Misery), Eleanor Vance (The Haunting of Hill House), Bella Manningham (Angel Street / Gaslight), Vanda (Venus In Fur), Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest), Harper Pitt (Angels In America), Janet Weiss (The Rocky Horror Show), Miss Hannigan (Annie), Louise (Gypsy), Rizzo (Grease!), The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz), The Baker’s Wife (Into The Woods), Jeanie (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), Annelle (Steel Magnolias), Gingy (Shrek the Musical), Jennyanydots (Cats), The Laramie Project, The Vagina Monologues, and Jenny (Company).
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SPECIAL THANKS
Foothills Performing Arts Center
Geoff Doyle
Shane LoBuglio
William Jones
Simon LaGarry
Bigger Dreams Board of Directors
Bigger Dreams Box Office Volunteers
Jennifer Dibble
Rebecca Burk-Sciallo