Take Me Out

Anthony Jarrod Goes* (Toddy) is a graduate from Salem State College, with a BFA degree in Performance Concentration. Anthony Has worked throughout the New England area for the past two years as well as Connecticut and New Hampshire. Past shows include: Endgame, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Dracula, Two Rooms, The Zoo Story, Children of a Lesser God and a list of many more. Anthony was last seen in Foothills production of Moonlight and Magnolias as David O. Selznick.

John Kooi* (Skipper) holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Brandeis University and a B.A. in Theatre from St. John’s University in Minnesota.  Among his New York credits are Othello, Twelfth Night, Bedroom Farce, and Romeo and Juliet.  Regional credits include Hamlet (The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company of Boston), Life x3 (Gulfshore Playhouse), The Complete History of America – abridged (Cider Mill Playhouse), Romance (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), Dinah Was, As You Like It and Betrayal (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Woman In Black, Visiting Mr. Green, The Glass Menagerie, The Immigrant and I Hate Hamlet (Shadowland Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (The Cleveland Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin conducting), Awake and Sing! (Rainbow Theatre), Cantorial (The Jewish Theatre of New England), Beyond Therapy (Long Beach Playhouse), Much Ado About Nothing (Pasadena Shakespeare Company) and A Thousand Kisses: The Love Story of Napoleon and Josephine (Historyonics Theatre Company of St. Louis).  John is a former Councillor of Actors’ Equity Association.

Jay J. Lee (Kawabata) is very excited to be making his Foothills debut. He comes to Foothills most recently from Actors Theatre of Louisville where he was a member of the Acting Apprentice company and was in Game On! at the Humana Festival and Stay Tuned. Locally, Jay has been in The Waiting Room  (Brandeis Theatre Company) and Anything Goes! (Boston College Theatre) and was members of the casts of Kidstage at the Boston Children Museum, Deana's Educational Theatre Company, and UrbanImprov. Jay currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, and received his Bachelors and Masters in Education from Boston College. Jay is thrilled to be back in Red Sox Nation and where Doug Flutie is revered.

Paul Melendy* (Jason) Paul is very excited to be making his Foothills Theatre Company debut with the Take Me Out cast.  Paul has most recently performed with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s As You Like It (Silvius), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Flute/Thisbe), The Taming of the Shrew (Curtis/US Tranio), Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Eliot Norton award-winning Titus Andronicus (Lavinia), New Repertory Theater’s tour of Cyrano de Bergerac,  Publick Theatre’s Design for Living (Matthew/Mr. Birbeck) and Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company’s Julius Caesar (Octavius). Paul can also be seen in the February 2009 release of The Pink Panther Deux with Steve Martin. Paul was honored with the Best Actor Award from the New Hampshire Theatre Awards as  well as the Best Comedic Actor Award from the New England Theatre Conference for his role as Adam in The Fringe Players’ production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Paul is a four-time KCACTF nominee and three-time Regional Finalist. Paul is a graduate of Salem State College (Salem, Ma) where he received a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance.  

Juan Carlos Pinedo (Martinez) is making his debut at Foothill Theatre Company. Originally from the Amazonian jungle of Venezuela, Juan Carlos has lived in the New England area for the past 2 years after living in San Francisco for 15. His recent credits include She’s All Yours (11:11 Theatre Company), A Street Theatre Named Desire (The Theatre Offensive), IDWYT (SlamBoston 2008), and The Real Inspector Hound / Hidden in This Picture (The Apollinaire Theatre Company). He continues with his acting training in the Boston area, after having started it at ACT in San Francisco. Juan Carlos holds a BA in Journalism from Universidad Cecilio Acosta. He wants to thank the cast, crew, wonderful family and Shaun. Also, Jason and Russell for this great opportunity.

George Saulnier iii  (Mason) is thrilled to be making his debut at Foothills. He has been acting in Boston and Providence for the past 25 years. He trained at Emerson College, Trinity Rep Conservatory, Shakespeare & co. and with Anna Deveare Smith. He is a company member of the acclaimed Rough & Tumble Theatre Co. performing in 14 of their shows. Favorite roles include Hamm in Endgame, Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape, George in Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, Otto in The Food Chain, Lloyd in Mud, Hamlet in Hamlet. He has acted in many theatres in Boston including Speakeasy Stage Co., Company One, Zeitgeist Stage Co. and the Publick Theatre. He lives in West Roxbury where he entertains his niece Emily, and plays and builds string instruments in his limited spare time. George has Dee's back.

Timothy Scott (Rodriguez) is a 2008 graduate of Fitchburg State College where he was an active member of the theater program.

 Dan Whelton* (Kippy) is excited to be back for another show at Foothills.  He was last seen here as Evan Wyler in As Bees in Honey Drown here last fall. He has a BA in Theatre from Eastern CT State University, and recently completed a run of The Miracle Worker (James Keller) at The Majestic Theater in Springfield, MA. Previous productions include SpeakEasy Stage’s hit production of The History Boys (Dakin), Take Me Out (Jason Chenier) with Hartford TheatreWorks, A Christmas Carol (Watchworks Vendor/Xmas Future) and The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue (Butler) with Hartford Stage, Brighton Beach Memoirs (Stanley) at the Ivoryton Playhouse, and Guys and Dolls (Milford/Paperboy) with LongWharf Theatre. Look for Dan in the 2009 Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner film The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Love and many thanks to his family and his new wife Isabelle. Merci mon amour, je t’aime!