A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER
at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Directed by Tanisha Taitt
Produced by Tracey Erin Smith for Burning Bush Productions

HALLIE BURT
Blueberry Hill
Hallie's acting credits include the Hysteria Festival of Women and the PrideCAB project (Buddies In Bad Times Theatre), Rose In the one-woman show By A Thread (London Fringe Festival, Wellington Street Theatre, West End Studio Theatre, Siesta Nouveaux, Buddies), Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Theatre 5). She also appeared in V-Day Toronto's 10th Anniversary production of The Vagina Monologues. Hallie is thrilled to be a part of MMRP.

LEO BUTKO
The Closet
When he's not honing his acting skills, Leo Butko spends his days working to protect the environment at the Ministry of the Environment.  He was first drawn to theatre through plays and shows that he shared with his family.  He has studied acting at Seneca College's Theatrical Performance program, where he performed the two roles of George in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and Chapter Two. He also played the role of Tom in David Hare's Skylight. In addition to theatre, his interests include photography.  Leo is honoured to be of the MMRP cast and appearing in the Fringe.  A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer is his first public performance.  He thanks his family for their support.

STEVE CHAVES
The Destruction Artist
Steven Chaves is a graduate of Seneca College's Theatrical Performance Program and an alumni of The Bad Dog Theatre Company (formerly Theatresports Toronto) where he studied the art of improvisational comedy for five years. During that time Steven performed in a series of weekly shows and tournaments for Bad Dog and would later create the award-winning improv comedy troupe The New Aardvarks. Most recently Steven has appeared in Toronto’s first stage sitcom, Inch Of Your Life. Steven is proud to be a part of the MMRP cast and is grateful to all of you for demonstrating your support.

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