Tag Archives: V-Day Portsmouth 2015

Meet the V-Day Portsmouth 2015 Cast: Bretton Reis

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Bretton Reis

Q – How long have you been involved in theater?

12 years. I played Benvolio in Romeo in Juliet in 2003, my junior year of high school.

Q – What are some of your favorite recent productions?

Eurydice, DARWiNS WAiTiNG ROOM, Dead Man’s Cell Phone (all at the Players’ Ring) and In the Heights to name a few!

Q – Have you performed in the Vagina Monologues before?

Nope! Can’t wait!

Q – What made you want to be involved in V-Day this year?

I lit the show last year and had a ball. I wanted to become more involved this year!

Q – Who is the most influential woman in your life?

My mom. She’s a trooper.

Q – What or who inspires you?

Effort. I love seeing passionate people working as hard as they can.

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Meet the V-Day Portsmouth 2015 Cast: Debra Altschiller

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Photo by M. Lavigne Photography

Photo by M. Lavigne Photography

Debra Altschiller

Q – How long have you been involved in theater?

I have begun to wade back into the theatre waters in the past couple years after having been a back stage mom for twenty years. I have been in and around performance venues for more than years than would seem mathematically possible.

Q – What are some of your favorite recent productions?

I am as enthusiastic audience member as I am performer, musical theatre is my favorite, I’ll never turn down a chance to see RENT, Avenue Q or Fiddler On The Roof…ever.

Q – Have you performed in the Vagina Monologues before?

Hell to the Yeah! I jumped back on stage and WAY out of my comfort zone by being part of the sextet last year. What started as a mildly uncomfortable experience evolved into one of the coolest happenings of the year for me. Being a part of the show I had been attending as an audience member for six years was so incredibly cool.

Q – What made you want to be involved in V-Day this year?

Being a cast member for V-Day is a humbling responsibility that I take very seriously in the most fun way possible. There are so many survivors of sexual violence who have not yet found their voice, some never will. If we can speak and tell these stories, we must, it’s our moral obligation as humans to bear witness and speak out.
Also, Joi is very persuasive, she makes you think you just had the greatest idea and that you are the only one who could possibly execute it….meanwhile it was always part of her master plan….

Q – Who is the most influential woman in your life?

Marina Altschiller is the most influential woman in my life and she’s practically brand new at the being a woman thing. Marina is brave, not fearless but brave, there is a difference. Brave requires courage. She is a super talented singer and director. She founded Dive In Productions while rocking the Emerson College Deans list and working two jobs. She has a genuinely optimistic outlook on life which is hard to maintain, the world really NEEDS people like her. If you’ve met her you feel good knowing her and that is a gift.

Q – What or who inspires you?

For me, inspiration mostly comes from people. Howard Altschiller inspires me to try harder and be better at what I do. Marina inspires me to keep a positive outlook, Connell inspires my humor, Brady inspires me to slow my roll and enjoy more. Betsy inspires my compassion and Joi inspires my sense of adventure. Bacon can be pretty inspirational though…bacon and cheese, THAT is an inspirational combination.

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Photo by M. Lavigne Photography

Photo by M. Lavigne Photography

Meet the V-Day Portsmouth 2015 Cast: Lesley Hamblin

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Lesley Hamblin

Q – How long have you been involved in theater?

I have been involved in theater since I was a child. I used to dance and then became involved with a theater group and as they say, the rest is history.

Q – What are some of your favorite recent productions?

Some of my recent favorite productions include Dead Man’s Cell Phone at the Players’ Ring, Harvey and An Evening on the Homefront.

Q – Have you performed in the Vagina Monologues before?

Yes, I had the pleasure and the privilege of performing in V-Day last year for the first time. I am so happy to be performing this year with such a talented and marvelous group of people.

Q – What made you want to be involved in V-Day this year?

I really enjoyed being in V-Day last year and making a difference.

Q – Who is the most influential woman in your life?

Janet, my friend in the U.K., well actually in the whole world.

Q – What or who inspires you?

Life.

Get your Tickets For V-Day Portsmouth 2015 The Vagina Monologues at The Music Hall now!

Lesley Hamblin

Meet the V-Day Portsmouth 2015 Cast: Cathy Wolff

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Cathy Wolff

Cathy Wolff

Q – How long have you been involved in theater?

I made hand puppets and wrote them shows when I was 12, but lost interest when my parents wouldn’t let us charge 5 cents admission. Many years later, I performed a bit with Generic Theater, my favorite role being Jason in the feminist play, Collateral Damage. Now I sometimes tell stories on WSCA 106.1 True Tales Radio.

Q – What are some of your favorite recent productions?

I loved Billy Butler’s latest Musical Missing: Wynter and Generic Theater’s Other Desert Cities both at the Players’ Ring this season… Oh yes, and that Moliere play at W.E.S.T., School for Wives

Q – Have you performed in the Vagina Monologues before?

No.

Q – What made you want to be involved in V-Day this year?

I wish I could say it was that, at my mature age, I suddenly discovered my vagina. But, actually, I had the time and like monologues.

Q – Who is the most influential woman in your life?

Myself.

Q – What or who inspires you?

The work of 350.org which has an issue-specific (stop the KXL pipeline) approach to the climate crises. And my mother who keeps on keeping on at age 95.

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Meet the V-Day Portsmouth 2015 Cast: Jacqueline Martell

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Jacqueline Martell

Q – How long have you been involved in theater?

I have been involved in theatre since primary school. I was very fortunate to continue my stage training and education at The Academy of Art in San Francisco. Looking forward to doing as much of it as possible in 2015!

Q – What are some of your favorite recent productions?

Personally, I was involved in the wonderful Home for the Holidays with Patrick Dorow Productions.
I also love performing with New Hampshire’s finest improv troupe Stranger Than Fiction.
As far as being an audience member, catching Mary Poppins at the Music Hall was an aboslute dream!

Q – Have you performed in the Vagina Monologues before?

I did participate in a V-DAY production called Any One of Us: Words From Prison a few years ago – so it was not specifically the Vagina Monologues

Q – What made you want to be involved in V-Day this year?

It is a tremendously good cause! I am and will always be happy to give my time and energy to such a reputable and amazing production.

Q – Who is the most influential woman in your life?

Hands down my mom. She is so genuinely kind, intelligent, and warm. I am so proud to call myself her daughter. Love you Mom!

Q – What or who inspires you?

Life inspires me – the beauty, the fragility. We are on a miraculous ride and I am so grateful every day to be able to pursue my dreams and see what the future holds.

Get your Tickets For V-Day Portsmouth 2015 The Vagina Monologues at The Music Hall now!

V-Day Portsmouth 2011 Any One of Us: Words From Prison Photo by Mat Kingsbury/2046

V-Day Portsmouth 2011 Any One of Us: Words From Prison
Photo by Mat Kingsbury/2046