MEGAN ELIZABETH SWEENEY: “I feel very honored to be part of the original cast of Tomahawk. This play is different from all the other productions I have been in because as a dancer, my role allows me to expand the story into the realms of fantasy. The original text and contemporary setting provide interesting contrast to the world presented by the dance. Tomahawk is an amazing play and I am happy to be the Fantasy Woman Dancer.

Lewis Bryans past achievements include My Fair Lady, Wizard of Oz, 1940s Radio Hour, Once in a Lifetime, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sweeney Todd, Period of Adjustment and many independent films. Lewis has these words about his role in Tomahawk: “I feel very proud to be playing Hal in this original first-time production. This is a wonderful, funny, ambitious play. I love playing a character on the outer fringes of society and consciousness.”

Michael Fox has always been a theatre/movie lover.  He is from Katy, Texas (yeah, baby) and grew up watching all kinds of films.  In elementary school he discovered his love for performing in the two shows In Our Own Words and The Ghost In Dobb's Diner.  Michael has been going to Pierce and plans to transfer to Cal State University Northridge and get a degree in Theatre.  In the Meantime he has appeared in plays at Pierce including West Side Story (as A-Rab), The Matchmaker (as Cornelius Hackl), Carousel (as The Juggler and Jigger Craigan), and Golden Encore (scenes from Taming of the Shrew, Alice in Wonderland, Cabaret, and Lost in Yonkers).  Even though he knows he is talented as he is good looking, he credits his success up to this point to his family (especially his uncle tom), his friends (especially the naturally beautiful girls of West Side Story), and to his favorite family restaurant, Hooters.

ChRis Benton is a fifteen-year veteran actorc in the Los Angeles area, most notably with the Rebel Theatre in North Hollywood where he was featured in criticically acclaimed productions of Die, Mommy, Die and The Crumple Zone.  Chris has played lead roles in many plays and musicals, most recently he was seen as Billy Bigelow in Carousel.  He is also an accomplished musician, playing guitar and piano.  Chris has also been a featured vocalist in a tour of duty with the Screaming Clams.  Tonight he continues his association with James Domine in the role of CJ in the inagural performances of Tomahawk.

Inga Stamboltsyan is currently a student at Cal State Northridge working towards her teaching credential and a degree in liberal arts with an emphasis in theatre.  Tomahawk marks Inga's second appearance at pierce College having played played the role of Consuelo in the musical West Side Story.  Other recent roles include the role of Hannah in Steel Pier, Tina in the play MLCY, Lillian in the Armenian TV series Gotta Go to Sakos Concert, the board assistant in the TV pilot Trinity and multiple roles in LA Valley College's productions of Broadway Showcases.  Inga also dances with her dance company, Sassydance, and and is getting ready for an upcoming comedy production where she will play the role of Anush.  Inga would like to thank her family for their continuous love and encouragement, her friends for putting up with her crazy schedule, and the cast and crew for their hard work.  Lastly she would like to thank director Jim Domine for giving her the opportunity to play the role of Roxzanne at the forefront of this new and exciting project.

Amy Jennings plays the role of Officer Presley.  This is Amy's second semester at Pierce, where she has been brushing up on her acting tools.  She is a graduate of Sonoma State where she had the unique opportunity to work with international companies such as the Moscow Art Theatre, Augusto Boals' Theatre of the Oppressed, and Diablo Mundo from Argentina.  Amy has performed on many stages scattered throughout the country.  In 1997 she traveled overseas and performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Amy is blessed to work with such a talented cast and would like to thank Jim for the opportunity to be involved with his "TONY" award winning play for its world premiere.

The ScreAming Clams, a garage band of a vintage local to the West San Fernando Valley and environs was launched amid a frenzy of drunken buffoonery in the back room of a bar in Reseda.  Clam lore can be quickly described as a blues-based misogynistic philosophy best appreciated at a loud volume accompanied by adequate supply of beer or other libations.  The Clams first hit the streets at Sneaky Pete's of Reseda, a bar much frequented by bikers out of the Simi Hills.  There, initial reception of Clams music was a combination of consternation and mystery.  After some deliberation and more beer, the pronouncement came that "Clams music is infuriating."  And so it has remained.  The band went on to regale many gatherings at similar watering holes, particularly at the Instant Replay of Canoga Park, with much the same result everywhere they went.  Eventually enough people had become aware of the Clams reputatation to require advance notice of their comings and goings, so that preparations could be made.  During this period, the Clams repertoire was refined and regurgitated until it arrived in the state we find it today.  It is this group of songs that defines the Screaming Clams.  Today, distant are the memories of a time when bands played live music for patrons in the bars.  Now, we seek to rediscover the fading youth of Yuppiedom by slumming in the rustic haunts of Canoga-by-the-Sea and Reseda-by-the-Bay, bringing our cover tunes and jukebox mentality, supplanting the house bands of old.  "Only a dream fills the void of their space, ashes of destiny laid in their place."