Production — A Christmas Carol

Also known as " The Ferndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "A Christmas Carol"

Cast biographies

• Connie Arnold
  Connie, an American from Washington, DC, (but lately from Nova Scotia Canada), arrived in South Korea in January 2003. She is employed at a local hogwon, and during the day she tortures defenseless Korean children into learning English _ with varying degrees of success. She inherited the acting bug from her daughter, who has been active in community theatre from the age of 10. This is Connie's first performance. It may also be her last performance, depending both on the reaction of the audience and the very real possibility that she sustains life-threatening injuries by falling off the stage.
• Jackie Eunju Chang
  Jackie, a.k.a. the woman from outer space, brings to tonight's performance a uniquely Korean love of the sun and silly dancing. As an MFA student in drama at the Korean National University of Arts, she has learned the value of silly stuff, especially while riding the subway. In 1989, we saw her first stage performance as King Wiebe, a fat greedy old man, who was modeled after her ideal date. When she not being silly, Jackie enjoys working as a drama therapist with young children and families.
• Inny Hu
  Ever since she was a teeny, Inny loved the drama spotlight and participated in many theater productions, basking in the glory of generally playing inanimate objects like trees and rocks. She is grateful for this opportunity to actually have lines and hopes that her closet personality doesn't come out through her role in this play. She came to Korea, her parents' native country, a year ago and recently launched her own educational consulting business here in Seoul. (Shameless plug, if there are any native English speakers looking for jobs, please see me after the play. Thank you.) In her spare time, Inny likes to sing Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera songs at the local noraebangs, and chat with her 2 sisters, Jinnie and Minnie, who are still in the States.
• Susie Reilly
  Susie's acting career got off to a bad start. At 7 years old, she was desperate to play Thumbelina in the school ploy but, being about a foot taller than all the other young hopefuls, she was relegated to 3rd Elf (overgrown and grumpy)! Undeterred, she went on to study English literature and Drama at Bristol University (England) and subsequently became a founding member of The Yeats Players of Bristol. Since 1973, she has taught music and drama here, there and everywhere. She came to live in Seoul in January, 2002 and is delighted to have the opportunity to return to the stage with the Seoul Players, firstly as Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa and now, in complete contrast, as a variety of shady characters in this "alternative" Christmas Carol!
• Tory Thorkelson
  Tory is a "Jewishtian Canuck" (Jewish-Christian Canadian) who works for Hanyang University during the day and pursues his many hobbies in his free time - to the constant embarrassment of his wife. He began acting at the tender age of 12 to overcome his natural shyness and has been so successful that no one believes him. He would like to thank all the people who did not audition for "Gordon," Tracy for taking a chance, the cast for making him look better than he is, and the crew for laughing in all the right places and not mixing up his props or costumes.
• Michel Trotier
  Following several years as a recording and performing musician with an alternative rock band in Ottawa, Canada, Michel turned his attention to little theatre in early 1992. As a member of the local French theatre community in Niagara Falls, he actively participated in several local French productions (Michel Tremblay, Moliere), followed by a rather intense and memorable experience playing Brian's lover in a local production of Michael Cristofer's 'The Shadow Box'. A French/English teacher by profession, Michel teaches English and Drama in the College of Humanities at Seoul National University.

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