Streep Tease - bang Theatre

Created by Roy Cruz, Streep Tease: An Evening Of Meryl Streep Monologues
Performed by an All-Male Cast, is a group of eight actors recreating scenes
from the most unforgettable movies of one of the greatest actresses of
all-time Meryl Streep. The show aims to explore this all-male cast’s
fascination with the brilliant actress and the brilliant movies that she
has starred in. The show is a combination of drama and comedy.

Some scenes are comedic (i.e. The Devil Wears Prada), some
are dramatic (i.e. Sophie’s Choice) and some are accidentally
campy (i.e. Out of Africa, The River Wild). Streep Tease has
been playing to sold out audiences at the bang Improv
Theater in Los Angeles. It has been featured in the
Daily Variety, The Daily Beast.org and
The Guardian UK.

Cast & Crew

		Roy Cruz is a stand up comedian/actor. He was born and raised in the Philippines and moved to Los Angeles many years ago. He has written a short film Keisha Vs. Geisha which screened in Slamdance Film Festival. His comedy performance in the TV show Wisecrack can be seen on Logo TV. He has headlined at the Maui Cultural Center, Lake Tahoe Winterfest, Salt Lake City’s Comedy 101 and at the Outlaugh GLBT Comedy Festvial in 05,06 and 09. He performs regularly around Los Angeles and its environs. His essay “Janeane’s Garofalo’s Greasy Hair” was published in the book “Out on the Edge: America’s Rebel Comics.” He would like one day to play all the women of Tennessee Williams with Filipino accent.

		David Dean Bottrell - David co-wrote the screenplay for the Fox Searchlight release KINGDOM COME starring Whoopi Goldberg and L.L. Cool J., Other studio work includes scripts for Fox, MTV Films, Paramount and Disney feature animation. His weekly blog, www.PARTSandLABOR.tv (a seriocomic look at being middle-class in Hollywood) has quickly developed a dedicated following. David is a regular performer at "Sit 'N Spin" @ the Comedy Central Stage in Hollywood and his first-person essays appear regularly on the Huffington Post, Salon.com and in Metrosource Magazine. Recent acting gigs include guest star roles on "Ugly Betty," "Women's Murder Club." "Criminal Minds" and a reoccurring gig playing the psychotic "Lincoln Meyer" on "Boston Legal."

		Drew Droege is a frequent performer at The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy Central Stage, and bang. His TV credits include The Sarah Silverman Program, Reno 911!, Campus Ladies, Halfway Home, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He's currently on Channel101.com's show, Fagney & Gaycey, and was the voice of Feathers on Planet Unicorn. Theatre credits include America's Next Top Bottom (NY Fringe Fest), Red Scare On Sunset, Say You Love Satan (both at Attic Theatre), Debbie Does Dallas (KeyClub), and Freak Dance: The Forbidden Dirty Boogaloo (Upright Citizens Brigade). Drew's currently shooting the feature version of FreakDance, directed by Matt Besser.

		Ron Morehouse is thrilled to be apart of this exciting project honoring his most favorite actor of all time. Ron is a company member of Theatre of Note where he has performed in many award-winning productions including Nibbler by Ken Urban, and Fubar by Karl Gajdusek. Off-Broadway: The School for Scandal, Richard II (Pearl Theatre Co.), Henry V (Expanded Arts). Regional Theatre: The Liar, MacBeth (NJSF), Ex-Mas (Open Fist) Servant of Two Masters(Slow Train Theatre) among others. TV: Boston Public (2 Seasons Recurring) Guest Stars include: Cold Case, The Starter Wife, Justice, West Wing among others. BFA: USC

		Steve Hasley is an actor and comic based in LA. As an actor some of his favorite credits include How I Met You Mother, Boston Legal, Will & Grace and Six Feet Under. As a comic, he has performed in Los Angeles, NYC, San Francisco and anywhere else they let him. His theatre credits have taken him around the world to his great delight and to his bank accounts great demise.

		Taylor Negron has starred in his own HBO special, and has appeared on the Tonight Show. He has been see in such films as Stuart Little, The Last Boy Scout, Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the much ballyhooed hit, The Aristocrats, His Show "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Taylor Negron " directed by David Schweizer has just returned from the Soho Playhouse in New York City where it was part of the N.Y. best of Solo series Taylor reads his work at Sit 'n Spin at the Comedy central stage, Word Theater and Say the Word at the Skirball Center. He wrote the afterword to UNDER THE RAINBOW: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, By John Carlyle, edited by Chris Freeman. (Carroll & Graf), which was called, "an elegant memoir,” by the New York Times Book Review. He keeps no pets.

		Mike Rose is an actor/writer/dancer/Mexican hailing from Orange County, CA. He is the creator of the hit web series Planet Unicorn and STOP IT, both of which have been featured at OUTFEST. Planet Unicorn was named the 7th funniest internet video of the year by New York Magazine and was the recipient of the OMFG Internet Award at LOGO's New Now Next Awards. He recently wrote/produced/directed and appeared in A Gaythering Storm for funnyordie.com featuring George Takei, Sarah Chalke, Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass and Jane Lynch. He is currently working on his latest web series Fagney & Gaycey.

		Trent Walker is an actor and an accomplished singer/ songwriter originally from Knoxville Tennessee. His film credits include “Gods and Generals”, “Gettysburg”, “Demolition Man” and “The Expert”. Among his TV credits are “Ellen”, “Unsolved Mysteries” and “One Life to Live”. Trent has preformed with several improv groups in Los Angelesincluding “Smoke The Kitty” and “Lurlene,” both casts were invited to be a part of the Chicago Improv Festival. Other stage appearances include stand-up at “The Improv” and “Manhattan Punch Line,” “Oh Boy” at the New York Producers Club” and Reckless in the “Nashville Shakespeare Festival.” Trent’s music and vocals can be heard on several soundtracks including “Try 17” and “Daybreak.”

		Ezra Weisz, Director, hailed as “the master of improvisation” by the L.A. WEEKLY, has been the director of the bang Improv Conservatory since 2003. Before going through the bang program himself, he taught improvisation at Cal Arts, The Company of Angels, California Migrant Education, and SCRT. He joined bang’s teaching staff in 1999. He has performed improv with many groups in numerous venues around LA, including The Doubtful Guests (which headlined the 2009 Chicago Improv Festival) and bang’s house group iProv. He works as an actor in television, directs voice-overs, and does audience warm-up for several network television shows. Ezra has dedicated his life to improv and finding new and creative ways to present and teach it.

		Gretchen Enders, Producer was raised in the suburbs of Denver, and then moved to Seattle where she attended the University of Washington, receiving her BA in Art History. Gretchen has been a part of the bang family since her graduation in 2001, performing with house groups R.P.S., ¡Slice! and Kablam: Improv Samurai. Gretchen is also a graduate of The Second City Conservatory program where she was one twelfth of the writing/performance ensemble Not So Much With The Looks. Currently, Gretchen performs weekly at bang with the group iProv, with whom she was cast in the pilot Comedy Colosseum for NBC.

		Sandy Mooney, Choreographer, has spent most of her life traveling around the world dancing as everything from a showgirl to a break-dancing crow. Later, she fell in love with improv and performed in several BANG COMEDY THEATER productions including, Maid in America, Pinata, Walking on Sunshine, Director's Cut, and MOS. She has lent her choreography skills to such critically acclaimed BANG productions as Trent Whitestone and LA Women. Sandy's voice can be heard in a variety of commercial and animated projects. Most recently, she isthe voice of "Linus" for Uncle Dave's Pumpkin Ice Cream. Sandy is grateful to her BANG family for being a constant source of inspiration and is honored to be working with the talented cast of Streep Tease.