Something You Might Want
Wendy Taylor
Jason Davis
TJ Metz
Directed by Kay Kleinerman
Written and Produced by Jim Strope
Photography by Francis Clement.
In association with the
San Francisco Fringe Festival 2002
CatchyName Productions
Kay Kleinerman
’s work has been seen throughout the Bay Area. Her recent projects include Dawson Moore’s Oh, Nancy for Theatre Artists’ Conspiracy and the premiere of Lynn Snyder’s Air Pockets at the Bay One Acts Festival. Following the Fringe Festival, Kay will be directing Don Pasquale for San Francisco Lyric Opera, as well as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas for Pleasanton Playhouse. She has served as Arts Education Manager for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and as Artistic Director for Hillbarn Theatre. Kay earned her Bachelors of Music degree from Cleveland Institute of Music and her MA from NYU.Wendy Taylor (as Gwen) is from New York where she did stand-up comedy, improv, and off-off Broadway stage. In San Francisco, she has appeared in Froth, Beatrice and Virgil in Paradise, Love’s Fire, The Waiting Room, Talking With, and Tick-a-licious.
Jason Davis (as Russ) has appeared in many productions including Froth, The Crucible, Of Mice and Men, Blue Window, and Come Blow Your Horn. Jason has an interdisciplinary degree in Theatre, English Literature, and German Language.
T J Metz has been acting professionally in the Bay Area since 1999. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Drama in ’99. For 2 years he was a regular cast member playing various roles in Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding. T J is a current member of the Bay Area Theatre Sports Sunday Player improvisation troupe. He is also starring in an independent film titled Sensitivity Training. His last stage production was Cockroach Infestation, with Three Wise Monkey’s theatre company at the New Langton Arts space. To afford living in the self-proclaimed "best place on earth" T J gets abused on a regular basis by substitute teaching the spawn of the Flower Children.
Jim Strope is a poet, philosopher, and software engineer. Something You Might Want is his first production. He has worked with Trevor Allen’s Playwright’s Lab, the San Francisco Playwright’s Center, Theatre Artists’ Conspiracy, and Will Dunn’s Playwriting Workshop.