Susan Bennett (Scene Painter, Degas and the Dancer, Pirates!, Spirit In My Soul) was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.  From a young age, she exhibited drawing ability and sold her original artwork. After her family moved to California, Bennett went to public school where she was fortunate to sharpen her skills with those teachers who were artists.  Bennett graduated from CSUN and began a career as a mural artist. Bennett spent five years in San Antonio, Texas, where she was commissioned by interior designers to create murals for children and corporate clients like Wendy’s Restaurants.  In the past 10 years Bennett has become very active in the Arts and Arts Education Non-profit communities.  She helped found the Valley Artists Studio Tour, now in its fourth year, and designed and helped paint a large mural with art students at Columbus MS with a grant from the LA Cultural Affairs Department.

Norman L. Berman (Composer, A Doggone Musical, Food For Thought, The Money Mon$ter) composed Strider on Broadway and conceived and directed Noel and Cole, a widely-performed musical revue.  Mr. Berman was the resident composer of the A Noise Within Theater in Glendale has provided incidental scores for hundreds of theatrical productions at America’s leading institutional theaters.

Jane Carpenter (Playwright, Miss Mitchell’s Comet) is a novelist and screenwriter.  She is a member of Circle West Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and has been on the arts staff of Hollygrove.  Jane has performed and directed children’s theater at the Loretto Hilton Theatre and Kansas City Rep. She is at work on a new children’s book, Snout and About, and has an original television series, Vinyl, in development.  Jane lives in Santa Monica and is a devoted stargazer.

Kirstin Eggers (Deborah, Deborah Sampson: In the Character of a Soldier)

received her BFA in Acting from USC, where she  received awards for Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduating Actor.  After graduation, she was cast as an improv performer for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka where she lived and worked for two years. She is a member of the sketch comedy troupe Summer of Tears and one-half of the children's entertainment duo The Funky Fairies. She is also a teacher and has led classes and workshops in drama and improv with Children's Museum of Los Angeles, Arizona Public Defenders  Association, Brain Play creative thinking program, and Brentwood School, among others.

Joshua Feinman (Playwright; Odysseus, Voyage of Odysseus) has a recurring role as an FBI agent in the TV series, Sleeper Cell.  He recently played the role of a Navy diver in the film Men of Honor with Robert DeNiro and is featured in the upcoming PBS documentary Who’s Dancin’ Now?, which features him as a dancer trained at the National Dance Institute by the legendary Jacques D’Amboise.  For the Education Management Group in Arizona, he appeared as Odysseus and other characters in dozens of closed circuit tv broadcasts supplied to classrooms all over the United States.  An avid outdoorsman and athlete, Mr. Feinman is also certified as a director of stage combat.

Eddie Frierson (Playwright, Christy Mathewson, Matty: Old-time Baseball with Christy Mathewson) is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who helped pitch his Hillwood High School baseball team to a State Championship in 1977.  He then threw for the UCLA Bruins while earning a degree in Theatre Arts -- thus bypassing the dream of a professional baseball career in order to pursue his love for acting.  With Matty, Frierson combines the best of both worlds and, as an “honorary Inductee” into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown he has clearly gone farther in baseball through the stage than he ever would have on the field.  Frierson scored a triumph off-Broadway with the original production of Matty in 1996 and has appeared in dozens of theatrical productions.  He can be heard all over the country as the voice of PETCO stores and has been featured on many tv shows, cartoons and feature films.

Ruben Garfias (Storyteller, Native Beginnings) has been entertaining Los Angeles school children for over 15 years.  A veteran stage performer, Garfias has acted with the San Diego Repertory Theatre, LATC, Odyssey Theater, Nosotros, the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Teatro Campesino.  Television audiences have seen him on such shows as Ally McBeal and General Hospital and his film credits include Patriot Games and Predator 2.   Garfias is also a talented musician, juggler and sportsman.

Amy Gillette (Barbara/Fifi, A Doggone Musical; Miss Mouse, Aesop’s Fables) studied acting at the Sanford Meisner Center in Hollywood and has performed at major regional theaters, theme parks and cruise lines.  Favorite roles include Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Jenny in Company, and Cinderella in Into the Woods. 

Anna Giannotis (Instructor, Creative Writing) is a freelance writer/producer, educator and actress.  She is presently Artist-in-Residence at Sheridan Elementary, Cornerstone School, and Bethune Middle School, and a lecturer for Arts Connect.  Ms. Giannotis attended the University of Washington and Salve Regina University.  She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Actors’ Equity Association, and The Greek Heritage Society of Southern California.  She has also conducted writing workshops for The Performing Tree, Inc.

Chelsea Hackett (Marie, Degas and the Dancer) has worked as an actress, dancer, writer, director and producer.  She received her MFA in Screenwriting from USC in 2004 and was the Managing Director of the Open Fist Theatre Company from 1998-2001 where she did everything from running the light board to playing Irina in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters.  Recent film credits include West Bank Story, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004, and You, written and directed by Melora Hardin.

Amy Honey (Maria, Miss Mitchell’s Comet) has made numerous appearances at the Open Fist Theatre Company where she is a member.  She co-starred in Invasion, a pilot for Warner Bros. TV, and has played the lead in three independent films.  A graduate of Stanford University, Ms. Watt was trained in improvisation at the Groundlings.

Mueen Jahan (Kool/Dogcatcher/Groomer, A Doggone Musical) made the leap from school auditorium, where he appeared in Enrichment Works’ production of Muslim-American to Broadway stage when he was cast in the hit musical Bombay Dreams.  He was nominated for the 1999 LA Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play.  He has appeared in the East LA Classic Theatre productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing and in several plays in Washington, DC. Mr. Ahmad is a graduate of Shenandoah University and holds an MFA from the University of Cincinnati College and Conservatory of Music.  He is originally from Pakistan.

(Frisbee, A Doggone Musical) was trained at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and Rutgers University (BFA).  She has appeared West Side Story and The Mystery of Edwin Drood as well as her one-woman show, 15 Minutes of Fem.  Ms. Meyerfsield was featured in the film, Hookers, Inc. and played a supporting role in Terror Toons, The Sick and Silly Show. 

Regina Randolph (Harriet Tubman, Spirit In My Soul) is a professional singer and actress with extensive stage credits in Chicago and Los Angeles.  She has also had major roles in such tv shows as E.R. and Born Free.

Adriana Rogers (playwright, Rosie) began her theater career in the early 1990s acting in various plays and musicals. With an extreme love for theater and an even bigger love for writing, Adriana began to combine her two passions and started writing for theater. Back in 1992, she wrote the lyrics for a new musical, You Never Can Tell!!, which premiered on an Off-Off Broadway stage in 1997. In 1999, Adriana and her husband Rick wrote three original audience participation mysteries: Zoot Suit Swing Time Murders, Murder at the Sock Hopand Death at the Discowhich were performed in the New York tri-state area for five years. In March of 2004, Adriana wrote the book and lyrics to a new musical MADAM based on the life of Madam C.J. Walker. In addition to its Enrichment Works production, Rosie is currently touring New York’s five boroughs for Urban Stages. Adriana is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America.

Tom Smith (Playwright, John Fremont: The Pathfinder) has seen many of his plays published, including Marguerita’s Secret Diary (Baker’s Plays); Gray (Original Works Online); and The Pathmaker, Comedy of Errors (editor); Much Ado About Nothing (editor), Two Gentlemen of Verona (editor), and Love’s Labour’s Lost (editor) for Encore Performance Publishing.  Most recently, Playscripts published Peter Pan: an awfully big adventure, Dangerous, and The Odyssey.  His other plays have received productions both nationally and internationally.  Tom is the recipient of the 2004 ATHE Playworks Award, the Orlin R. Corey Outstanding Regional Playwright Award, the Richard Odlin Award, a Seattle Footlights Award, the Dona Ana Arts Council Newcomer’s Award, and has been a selected participant in numerous playwriting festivals across the country.  Enrichment Works presented his Johnny and Sally Ann from 2005-2007.  He is a proud member of the Dramatist’s Guild.

(Rosie, Rosie) has a wide range of stage credits in Baltimore, San Francisco, Los Angeles and London, England.  Her film work includes Scenes of the Crime with Jeff Bridges and she has co-starred on television’s Six Feet Under and Once and Again.  Amy received her MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater and currently studies with Eric Morris.  She is fluent in American Sign Language and experienced in working with mentally challenged adults and children.  She last performed for Enrichment Works as Eleanor Roosevelt in Laurie Strawn’s Brave Little Nell.