Heath Allen
Heath Allen has been an active musician, composer, bandleader and theater worker in Philadelphia since 1975. He was a co-founder/music director for Big Small Theater in the 1970/80's and has written or co-written over 30 plays and musicals. Musical highlights include performing with numerous jazz greats including Cecil Taylor and Philly Joe Jones; composing and performing the music for many choreographers including Karen Bamonte (Red/Blue...shift, Landscape of Love) and Melanie Stewart (The Gathering) and music directing Warren Muller's Patsy's Living Room.
Besides serving as music director and pianist for the Bearded Ladies, Heath continues to lead one of Philadelphia's premiere party bands--the Heath Allen Band; serves as accordionist/arranger for the French music band Philly Musette, keyboardist/music director for the Ken Ulansey Ensembles, keyboardist/music director for the children's music band The Cats Pajamas and conductor/music director for the annual musical at Germantown Friends School. Over the span of his career, Heath has released 7 well-reviewed CD's of his original jazz. More info can be found at www.heathallen.com.
Kristen Bailey
Daniel Perelstein is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. As resident sound designer for The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, he has been proud to have designed all of the Beard’s cabarets since 2010’s Back In The Army, and designed or mixed many of their events. Recent designs at Wilma, Arden, Live Arts, Walnut, Peoples Light, Kimmel Center, PlayPenn, Azuka, Lantern, Theater Horizon, Flashpoint, others. Outside of the theater, Dan is a senior mixer for the performing arts department at Longwood Gardens. Education: B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College.
In 2012, Daniel’s work was recognized with three Barrymore Award nominations in the categories of outstanding sound design and best original music. His collaboration with Christopher Colucci, Knives In Hens, won the 2012 Barrymore Award for sound design. Thanks Chris, Nick, Rob; Mom & Sarah. Every moment is in loving memory of Dad. Samples at www.danielperelstein.com
Liz Filios
Liz studied Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan, and went on to train in Commedia dell'Arte with Antonio Fava; Physical Theatre and Theatre of the Grotesque with Pig Iron Theatre Company; Classical Voice with Simone Luti; and Directing with the Cape Town Opera Company in South Africa. She has had the opportunity to travel and perform in India, Japan, Russia and Italy, and to work
locally with some of Philly's finest, including 11th Hour Theatre Co., Act II Playhouse, the Arden Theatre, the Walnut Street Theatre, and the Wilma Theater. Liz has also worked as a teacher, writer, composer, recording artist, and a host for PBS Kids Sprout. She appeared as Private Stew in the Bearded Ladies' BACK IN THE ARMY and as Jeanette/Edith/Ensemble in NO REGRETS: A PIAF AFFAIR.
Jenna Horton
Jenna Horton is an independent performing artist currently living in Philadelphia. Originally from Denver, Colorado, she holds a B.A. in Performance Studies from Brown University (credits include bobrauschenbergamerica, Big Love, The Other Shore and The Thing About Air Travel). She graduated from the Headlong Performance Institute in 2009, and has since worked with a number of local companies including, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Bright Light Theatre Company, Gas & Electric Arts, Headlong Dance Theatre, Applied Mechanics, and, of course, The Bearded Ladies.
Jenna has studied clown with Jon Davison and Jango Edwards at Escola de Clown in Barcelona, as well as with Jef Johnson in New York. She has also trained with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Theatre Group Dzieci, and Lenard Petit at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York. For more information please visit:
http://jennabethhorton.apostrophenow.com.
Jessica Hurley
Jessica Hurley is a Philadelphia-based theater artist. She trained at L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and works primarily in collaborative devised theater. In the UK she has appeared in devised work at the Edinburgh Festival, the Brighton Fringe Festival, the Oxford Playhouse and the Battersea Arts Centre.
In Philadelphia she has co-created pieces with Applied Mechanics, The Anthology Project and The Bearded Ladies. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Oxford, an MA in Twentieth Century Literature from the University of Sussex, and is currently working towards a PhD in English at the University of Pennsyvlania.
John Jarboe
A graduate of the University of Michigan, John Jarboe is now a Philadelphia-based theatre artist. He most recently played Horatio and Amiens in Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's Hamlet and As You Like It, respectively. Other recent credits include Marley in A Christmas Carol (Walnut Street Theatre) and Bloody Sergeant/Seyton in Macbeth (The Wilma). He is a member of Applied Mechanics Theatre Company with which he most recently performed Jan in Portmanteau (Philly Fringe, Frontera Fest).
Some favorite work includes turns as Julia Child in Inside Julia Child (Philly Fringe) and as the title role in The Green Fairy Cabaret (Phiily School of Circus and Kimmel Center) which he wrote and performed in as part of the inaugural Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. He is the artistic director of The Bearded Ladies, an experimental cabaret group with which he created Back in the Army Cabaret (Society Hill Playhouse) and No Regrets: A Piaf Affair (The Wilma).
Rebecca Kanach
Rebecca Kanach is proud to be resident costume designer of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret. As a graduate of Philadelphia University in Fashion Design, she received the Good Lad Award for Excellence in Children's Wear and went on to complete the costume apprenticeship at the Walnut Street Theatre.
Rebecca has worked with Bristol Riverside, Drexel University, Interact Theater Company, the Lantern Theater, Philadelphia Theater Workshop, Rutgers- Camden Campus, Temple University, the Walnut Street Theatre, the Wilma and various Philadelphia Mummers groups. She divides her time between freelance designing, stitching, and running wardrobe. Rebecca's favorite beard is called the Hulihee.
Daniel Perelstein
Daniel Perelstein is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. As resident sound designer for The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, he has been proud to have designed all of the Beard’s cabarets since 2010’s Back In The Army, and designed or mixed many of their events. Recent designs at Wilma, Arden, Live Arts, Walnut, Peoples Light, Kimmel Center, PlayPenn, Azuka, Lantern, Theater Horizon, Flashpoint, others. Outside of the theater, Dan is a senior mixer for the performing arts department at Longwood Gardens.
Education: B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College. In 2012, Daniel’s work was recognized with three Barrymore Award nominations in the categories of outstanding sound design and best original music. His collaboration with Christopher Colucci, Knives In Hens, won the 2012 Barrymore Award for sound design. Thanks Chris, Nick, Rob; Mom & Sarah. Every moment is in loving memory of Dad.
Samples at www.danielperelstein.com
Shamus McCarty
Shamus McCarty (Managing Director) joined The Bearded Ladies in the summer of 2012. A graduate of Dickinson College, Shamus has worked throughout the northeast including stints with Pendragon Theatre, Interlakes Theatre, Hedgerow, Wolf Performing Arts Center & Flashpoint Theatre Co, and worked as a performer throughout the area. Shamus could not be prouder to be a part of the Bearded Ladies and to be in the company of so many amazing local artists.
