STORY SALAD 10   Role: Chef #3 (Alexander the Mouse, Ira, etc.)   Production Info: Oct. 6, 1997 - Feb. 13, 1998 (National Tour) Director: Peggy Simon Traktman Musical Director: Wendell Kindberg

Picture it: 1997, autumn, New York City. Actors Equity (the actor’s union) has decided to only allow union actors to audition for union shows (including Broadway shows). I’m not a union actor. What do I do? I decide to join the union, FAST! Story Salad 10 was a fun and educational children’s musical created by Maximillion Productions that toured theaters, school auditoriums, and libraries throughout the US. Four actors, our musical director, and our stage manager loaded our set into two vans and drove away determined to expand the young minds of America . . . and earn our Equity cards! The show consisted of 8 short musical segments, each retelling a popular children’s story (Clifford the Big Red Dog, Amelia Bedelia, and others). We four actors raced back and forth across the stage for just under an hour, playing kajillions of different characters in each of the stories. I stayed with the tour for six months (I even got to perform in my hometown for my birthday!), and then returned to NYC to get back in the theatre scene.   Click on this link to read more information about Story Salad Productions.

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The Story Salad Chefs: Musical Director/Accompanist Wendell Kindberg, with Chefs Jim Ku (Clifford the Big Red Dog), Kate Haggerty (Amelia Bedelia), Kim Bianco (Screamy Mimi), and Me!

Wayne Hoffman, our fearless Stage Manager, having a little too much fun with the props. However, I must say I’ve never seen a schmata so stylishly worn!