Mr. Mallan has directed and taught theater for over twenty years in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Spain, as well as his native Washington DC. Special areas of interest include classical adaptations (Shakespeare, Mozart, the Spanish golden age) in bilingual and multicultural versions designed to ‘grant access’ to underserved audiences.  He teaches theater and filmmaking to all ages (from preschools to senior centers) and directs for the In Series, Educational Theatre Company (of which he is a founding member), D.C. Creative Writing Workshop and Washington Shakespeare Company.  Tom is delighted to be directing Called up to Life, his first collaboration with Ambassador Theater.

A graduate of National Academy of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw, Mr. Wronka performed in over 20 theater productions in two repertory theaters: Dramatyczny Theatre and Athenaeum Theatre and several film and television projects in his mother country, Poland.
Locally he has performed with the Experimental Theatre: The Un-divine Comedy; the Forum Theatre : The False Witness; the DCAC: The Theatre of the Soul, The Island; the Studio Theatre: Mad Forest, Washington-Sarajevo Talks; Source Theatre: The Cherry Orchard; the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore: Talley's Folly; Scena Theatre: The Balcony, Purge (currently running at H Street Playhouse).

A resident of Washington, DC, Scott Sedar has performed in theatres across the country while on two tours for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Locally, he has appeared at Arena Stage, Atlas, Center Stage (Baltimore), Happenstance, Horizon, the Kennedy Center, New Playwright’s, Olney, Rep Stage, Round House, Signature, Source, Washington Savoyards, Washington Stage Guild and Woolly Mammoth, among others. He is a singer as well as actor and he has been frequently seen in InSeries operatic productions, as well as musicals. Besides playing Miguel Cervantes and his alter ego Don Quixote, Scott recently took on the role of artist Joseph Cornell in Charles Mee’s play Hotel Cassiopeia. Currently, he has worked with Smithsonian’s Discovery Theatre and Washington Revel’s artistic director, Roberta Gasparre, to create a personable Abraham Lincoln, for commemorative celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

Mr. Weinzimer most recently performed as Lichtenstein in Winter Wedding at Theater for the New City in New York. Other roles include Aglovale in Ambassador Theater's production of The Death of Tintagiles, Thin Castaway in Ambassador Theater's production of Out at Sea, and Judge Alvin Haley in American Century Theater's production of Native Son. Mr. Weinzimer is a graduate of the Honors Conservatory at Theatrelab School for the Dramatic Arts in Washington.

Theatre: Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith; Signature Theatre: Sunset Boulevard; MetroStage: Glimpses of the Moon, Cool Papa’s Party (Helen Hayes Nomination); Rep Stage: God’s Ear; Shakespeare Theatre: The Imaginary Invalid; Arena Stage: Christmas Carol 1941, She Loves Me; Woolly Mammoth: She Stoops to Comedy (Helen Hayes Nomination); Round House: A Prayer for Owen Meany (Helen Hayes Nomination); Baltimore Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Capital Fringe Festival: Super Claudio Brothers. Jazz/Cabaret Vocals: Blues Alley, An Die Music, Lannie’s Clocktower, Germano’s. www.GiaMora.com

Mr. Durkee has appeared in many local productions such as Mojo at Studio Theater (understudy), Improbable Frequency at Solas Nua, Mondo Andronicus with Molotov, and several shows with Landless Theater. He looks forward to sharing the stage with so many talented performers. He will soon be appearing at Woolly Mammoth in Who's Your Baghdaddy, and at WSC in Tooth of Crime

Ms. Papendorp is a favorite cabaret performer in the Metro-Washington area. She was seen in I Love Paris! A Bastille Day Celebration at La Maison Française of Washington DC and Renoir’s Return at the Phillips Collection and most recently at the Society of the Cincinnati singing POSTCARDS FROM PARIS. She received glowing reviews as Violette the Dancehall Singer in La Vagabonde (Parisian Cabaret) with Le Neon Theatre. With the IN Series she performed in Pablo Neruda’s World of Poetry and Song in the centennial celebration of the Chilean poet laureate’s birth at the Mexican Cultural Institute. She was universally praised for her Chanteuse and Louise in the Washington Theatre Company’s production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives and the companion piece Coward Cabaret at 1409 Playbill Café. Ms. Papendorp was seen as the rebellious Rossignol in Forum Theatre’s Marat/Sade. Her performance in Jill Leger’s original musical Googling My Ex (and other obsessions) premiered at 1409 Playbill Cafe and is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/legerjill. She also received favorable notices for her performance in Renée Calarco’s new play The Mating of Angela Weiss in the Source Theatre Festival. For more info on Barbara and to join her mailing list for future events, visit www.BarbaraPapendorp.com