About the Company

About The Company

Tate Albert has appeared in many Nashville area productions including Love, Sex, and the IRS at Lakewood Village Theatre, The Bell Witch Story
and Miracle on 34th Street with Sumner County Playhouse and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with the now defunct, Performance Factory. He's thrilled to be performing with Razors Edge Theatre now.

Peg Allen This is Peg's first production with Razors Edge Theatre. It’s been a number of years since she has “trod the boards”. She directed the Actors' Bridge Ensemble Theatre production of Shakespeare's ambiguous comedy, Measure for Measure, and was recently seen as a principal in Actors' Bridge Second Stage Production of The Vampire Monologues, by local playwright and actor, Jeremy Childs.

Myra Anderson recently portrayed Pat in Act I Scene ii's Summer in the City playlet, Meow and lovingly portrayed Lucille in the Lakewood Village Theatre production of The Cemetery Club.

Don Berry has been acting on and off in Nashville for six years. He periodically disappears without a trace to pursue other interests, like eating. Don’s last appearance was as Duvid Pechenick in Theatre of Dreams’ production of A Shayna Maidel at Darkhorse Theatre.

Andy Behrens grew up performing in the Oklahoma City area. He studied journalism at Missouri University but in 1998 arrived in Nashville a determined musician, songwriter and actor. Andy has performed with Circle
Players and Act I locally and with Franklin's Pull-Tight Players.

Anne Cannady has been involved in acting, directing, and producing theatrical productions for several area theatre groups for several years. Her favorite roles have been Clairee in Steel Magnolias and Sister Woman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Acting and directing are relief from a very stressful job for Ms.

Cannady and keeps her grounded. Another favorite pastime is knitting, which she did while performing as Maude in Harold and Maude.

Krys Collins' -- time is devoured by the hostages of
fortune at home (kitties Tabitha and Gabby), work wherever she can get it, and performing roles in ACT I's Separate Tables and The Miracle Worker, Circle Players' An Inspector Calls and Theatre of Dreams' Barefoot in the Park and A Shayna Maidel.

Clay Cozart's credits include 42nd Street, Side Show, The Music Man, and
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. A native Nashvillian, Clay has worked with companies such as Circle Players, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Hit and Run Productions in Nashville and Yenni Players in Mobile,
AL, where he graduated college. Having also studied theatre abroad in London, he wishes to make acting his career.

Julie Dorris Crocco is overjoyed to be presently pursuing two of her
greatest dreams, writing and acting. Born and raised near Atlanta, GA, she's worked as a model and as an on-camera news reporter, in addition to acting. Her favorite theatrical roles are Ado Annie in Oklahoma and Ms. Simple in Tennessee Williams' one-act The Case of the Crushed Petunias. This is her Nashville stage debut.

M. Jason Cook is a native Nashvillian. He first discovered his passion for theatre in high school and pursued its study into college. He attended Middle Tennessee State University and was awarded a Dorothe Tucker Theatre Scholarship for the pursuit of acting. Jason also utilizes his performance skills as a semi-professional magician. He is now employed full time as a cast member and magician's assistant to Lance Burton.

Razors Edge boasts some of the most creative and talented actors/crew around. Please take a moment to read about these phenomenal people.

Thank you.

Caroline Davis More or less a Nashville native, Caroline has performed with Act I, Circle Players, Hit & Run Productions, Greensleeves Productions, Mansker Players, Nashville Academy Theatre, Vanderbilt University, and Tennessee Repertory Theatre.

Mancia Davis is usually seen in the Nashville theatre community, backstage, in black. She has appeared in Cumberland County Productions Light Along the Cumberland, Theatre of Dreams' Falsettos, ACT I's The Crucible, Circle Players' Bye Bye Birdie and Lettice and Lovage, and Mansker Players'
production of Finian's Rainbow. Before that, she was active with Cannon Playhouse in Woodbury, TN.

Jessica DauphinJessica is a native Nashvillian who has spent the better part of the last nine years on stage – three of which were in Tampa, Florida. With comedy being a gargantuan part of her experience, she studied and received an advanced improv certificate in early 1999. She has been with the local improv troup, One Hand Clapping, for almost two years, performing at Davis-Kidd and Abstract Café. She now resides in east Nashville with her husband, who’s a musician.

John Devine has been seen locally in Act I's Fortinbras
and Arcadia, and Circle Player's An Inspector Calls. He recently directed the musical Side Show for Circle Players.

Bill Dorian A former theatre professor at Cumberland and Western Kentucky Universities, Mr. Dorian has a Master's Degree in Theatre from Tulane University and has studied British drama at the University of London in England. Interested in debunking William Shakespeare, he has written two historical comedies, A Rose By Any Other Name, Parts I and II in an attempt to prove that Edward DeVere, the 17th century Earl of Oxford, is the true author of the so-called Shakespeare plays.

Bill Herrick hails from central Illinois. Since moving to Nashville in 1981, he's worked backstage and on stage since 1986. Recent appearances include Amadeus, Arcadia, and Children of a
Lesser God.

Scott Hiney, an Oklahoma native, began his acting career more than a year and a half ago in a local production of Monk Ferris' Bone Chiller. Since then he has appeared in such plays as Crossing Delancy, Little Women, Greetings, Arsenic and Old Lace, among others. He also recently played Beau DeJaun in Asleep On The Wind. He enjoys reading, writing, and arithmetic (he has a BS degree in mathematics from the University of Arizona).

Jennifer Hollis has been acting since the age of twelve and has worked in several
area theatres including Chapel Playhouse in Lebanon, TN and Lakewood Village Theatre in Old Hickory, TN. Her credits include Mary Warren in The Crucible and Amy March in Little Women.

Shelly Holmes of Lebanon recently appeared in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Act I's Side Show, Lakewood Village Theatre's production of Little Women, and Backstage Studio's A Fitting Confusion. Ms. Holmes is president of the Actor's Alliance in Nashville.

Katie Honaker, a Nashville native, has been acting for the past five years. Recent roles include Jacqueline in Don't Dress For Dinner at Chaffin's Barn, Ophelia in ACT I's production of Fortinbras and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet. She has also appeared in several commercials and Watkins University student films.

THE DIRECTOR

Joel Meriwether of Mt. Juliet is the Artistic Director of Razors Edge Productions. Among his directing credits are A Fitting Confusion and Vanities for BackStage Studio, Hedda Gabler, as well as Graceland and Asleep On The Wind, for the now-defunct Performance Factory. Mr. Meriwether also directed at Dennis Ewing's Actor's Playhouse and has worked extensively with local dialect coach/director/actor Jill Massie.

Victoria Lamberth returned to acting last year after a ten-year hiatus. This is her third production since her return, appearing in The Bell Witch Story and Miracle on 34th Street. Before her time off, Victoria had appeared in over 25 theatrical events including lead roles in Grease, Godspell, Birdbath, and Butterflies are Free.

Lisa Liggio is a native of New Orleans and she has loved acting before she could ever remember. She has starred in a few school productions. Her last role was as Shelby in Steel Magnolias last spring in New Orleans. She is fifteen years old and currently resides in Smyrna, a suburb of Nashville. Her dreams are to pursue an acting career and to also become an airplane pilot.

Linda Martin Ms. Martin first caught the acting bug as a teenager and appeared in several professional productions and touring shows. After a fifteen-year hiatus to concentrate on family, she returned to theatre and has been at it ever since. Some of her favorite roles include Rose Benjamin in Neil Simon's God's Favorite, Nancy in Oliver!, and M'Lynn in Steel Magnolias.

Mike Martin Mike has appeared in over 70 productions and has directed over 40 in the past 29 years. His directing credits include Dial M For Murder, Rumors, Dracula, Kismet, The Fantasticks, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Among his acting credits are Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Dr. Lyman in Bus Stop, Fagin in Oliver!, and Scrooge in his own adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Jill Massie was Director of Ruth Sweet's Acting Studio in 1993, and later the Dramatic Arts Studio until 1996. Jill writes musical theatre with her husband/partner Tom Montgomery, and has been a dialect coach for films, including Sharon Stone's personal
coach on her 'dialect' movies Last Dance, Gloria, Simpatico and Beautiful Joe. She has also
coached, Sir Ian Holm, Gil Bellows, Peter Gallagher, Rob Morrow and many others.

Doug Miller originally came to Nashville for the music industry. After some success in the small pond of Southern California, he wanted to see how his act would play in the big city. It played well, and he landed a publishing deal with Web IV Music. He performed in Circle Player's production of On Borrowed Time and ACT I's production of Moliere's The
School for Wives.

Tom Montgomery Tom has been a professional musician for twenty years. He toured with country artist Earl Thomas Conley for ten of those years. This past July, Tom was the featured singer in Tennessee Rep’s production of My Way. He was the Frank Sinatra/Big Band contest winner. Tom has arranged and composed dozens of songs and has collaborated with Jill Massie on the critically acclaimed musicals Maybe in Another Lifetime and The Dark Lady of the Sonnets.

Jay McMahon Mr
McMahon has been involved in numerous theatre groups and has appeared as Bruce in Second Time Around, Snoopy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, John, the Witch Boy in Dark of the Moon, and Allan in Play it Again, Sam.

Glen Pafford, a Nashville native, caught the acting bug while attending Austin Peay State University. Since graduation in 1983, he has appeared in several Nashville productions including Actor's Playhouse in Veronica's Room, T-Bone-N-Weasel and Tent Meeting, and the Avant Garage productions St.Regis, the Redeemer and Hamlet, the Melancholy Dane. Most recently, he was seen as Doctor Watson in Another Evening of Sherlock Holmes at Backstage at the Barn.

Rodney Pickel This is Rodney's first performance with
Razors Edge, but he is no stranger to the stage. His recent shows include The Boys Next Door and Little Shop of Horrors at Sumner County Playhouse; Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Circle Players; and, The Rehearsal, for Arts and
Recreation in Centennial Park. In addition Rodney has had several leading and principal roles in commercials, short films, and feature films. He also conducts drama workshops and will be directing The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe this December at Sumner County Playhouse.

Poli Polidoro Before moving to Nashville, Poli performed at the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia (The Foreigner, On Golden Pond, The Curious Savage). In fourth grade, she was head elf in a class Christmas play…the day the parents came to see the play, Santa skipped one of his lines, so the whole skit jumped past her 19-word speech. She’s still in therapy working to get over it.

Rebecca Renfro of Nashville played the role of Beth in Lakewood's production of Little Women, along with a recent appearance as Rootie in the Razorz Edge Theatre production of Graceland, and Asleep on the Wind. She is a sophomore at Nashville School of the Arts.

Pat Rulon started performing as a teenager with the Farrell Repertory Company in New York. Since moving to Nashville, she has been in 17 local productions, including A Piece of My Heart, Little Women, Our Town, Brian Friel's Faith Healer, and most recently Getting Away With Murder. She has two beautiful daughters (who enjoy acting as well), two dogs (who enjoy acting up), and two cats (who just don't give a damn).

Timothy Spruill is a native Nashvillian and graduate of Trevecca University. Among his favorite roles are Jack/Earnest in The Importance of Being Earnest, Richard in Titanic, Robert in 'dentity Crisis, and John Proctor in The Crucible. Mr. Spruill has since moved on from the Nashville area, in pursuit of other theatrical opportunities and now resides in Conway, New Hampshire.

Jonathon Stephens was recently seen in the Razors Edge production of Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy as Bruce. Some of his favorite roles include Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, Sam Nash in Plaza Suite, and Sergeant Trotter in The Mousetrap. He can be seen in the upcoming PBS movie A Death in the Family and also The Green Mile (if you
look quickly). By day, he is an attorney in Nashville. His two faithful companions - Elisa, his wife of twenty-something years and Bailey, his chocolate lab manage his second career.

Michael Tajalle is originally from Hawaii but grew up in Nashville vigorously
studying the arts. He has recently appeared in 42nd Street and Getting Away with Murder.

Eric Ventress has been involved in community theatre for five years now. He has
performed with Lakewood Village Theatre, Chapel Playhouse, Circle Players, and now, Razors Edge.
Mr. Ventress' favorite roles include the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, Cheever in The Crucible, and the
worker in On Borrowed Time. Currently, he is a senior at Nashville School of the Arts, majoring in theatre.