Forbidden Kiss: the Erotica Series

Alithea Howes attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and studied theatre with a focus on performance art and design. After graduating from Tisch and attending Shakespeare& Company's winter intensive she discovered New York's Neo-Burlesque scene and has spent the last year and a half artfully taking her clothes off in bars. She even has her own monthly burlesque show in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Now that she's found Forbidden Kiss, she's quite excited to be performing her own work while fully clothed and speaking. She continues to strive to write, dance, perform and make art simultaneously while not starving to death.

Brian Longwell moved to NYC from Boston in 2006. He performs as a fake speaker at corporations, does comedy in underground clubs, and recently started doing storytelling. He won acclaim with his political show "Is Dick Cheney Evil?" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007. Brian is an Andy Kaufman Award finalist.

TC Corwin is an actor/artist and veteran 'Renaissance Festival' participant, last seen sculpting moments at the "Manhattan Monologue Slam." Love Stiff (NYC Fringe Festival), 22 Years: The Story of Charles Manson, Earth Light, The Seagull, and Dream Pirates (directed by Tom O'Horgan) are among his Off-Broadway credits. His training includes work with the late Anthony Manino of the Drama Tree, The Simon Studio with Roger Hendricks Simon, The Actors Studio and with John Basil of The American Globe Theater. TC most recently played George Hay in J City’s Production of Moon Over Buffalo, and Allen Chase in the 'Attic Ensemble' production of, "The Philadelphia", from "All in the Timing", for the 2008 "Hudson County One Acts Festival" TC is delighted to be ushering in the 'Neo-Year' at Stage Left Studios in the company of so many talented artists and decent 'human beans' Thank you Cheryl ..You Rock!!!

Delrita Doyle is a writer, comedienne and improviser. She is a 2008 Manhattan Monologue Slam Winner and performs every Wednesday night at The People's Improv Theater. In 2006 she wrote and performed her solo show '180 Days', the story of her first six months working with the dying. In 2008 she wrote, produced and performed in "Totes Hilaire" with her comedy partner, Katie Northlich. Delrita can be seen every month at Stage Left Studio performing original sketch, monologues, characters and songs. She is currently developing a new solo show and totes wants to be your friend on Facebook.

DeeAnne Gorman has been singing, dancing, playing musical instruments & writing her whole life. Graduate of The George Washington University & continuing studies at The New School, she moved to Paris where she sang regularly with a musical theater studio. Currently based in New York City, she performs in poetry readings, cabaret productions , classical recitals & jazz gigs. www.deeannegorman.com

Cheryl King hosts and performs in Forbidden Kiss. She began her show business career as a burlesque dancer, and teaches a Sensuality Workshop called Body Language and Burlesque. She has been a writer of erotica for many years.

Part writer, part showman, Marlene Nichols believes that if you’re not laughing, you’re not really living. Here latest show JUST BACK FROM DREAMING, about searching for greatness, premieres in NYC in Spring 2009. She received an Artward Bound residency to the prestigious White Oak Plantation in Florida where she developed portions of her current show while running around Baryshnikov’s dance studio. SEEING VOICES, her previous solo show, premiered in 2008 and was selected for the American Theater of Harlem and the Women@Work festivals.

Nichols is a regular on the storytelling circuit, where you can catch one of her multiple personalities performing in The Liar Show at Cornelia Street Café, Talking Stick at the Rubin Museum, LES Stories at the Tenement Museum, and The Forbidden Kiss at Stage Left Studio.

She began her work on stage in 2005 as founding member of the storytelling group Mouthpiece.

She is a 2006 recipient of a Fantasy Fountain Fund Grant which took her to Paris where gave readings at Café Universal and Shakespeare & Company And she blogs! Read her mind at MarleneNichols.blogspot.com.

Carl Kissin performed 4000 shows with the improvisational comedy group Chicago City Limits.  He was also their head writer and director of their National Touring Company. Carl appeared in Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio at the Public Theater and was heard in Oliver Stone’s movie version.  He has performed his own material on NBC’s “Today Show,” CBS’s “Kwik Witz,” MTV, and VH-1.  Carl is a three-time Manhattan Monologue Slam champion and a lyricist writing a musical through the auspices of the BMI Lehman Engel musical theater workshop.   

www.carlkissin.com

JILL MELANIE WIRTH is an actress, singer, and writer of one-person-one-act "dramedies." Her recent titles include: Long Term Care, Life Support, Rufus to the Rescue, Robeson At Peekskill, This is for you Daisy Ellington, The Fanny Kemble Story, Stop Spinning!, Stop Rushing!, Sex Sells!, Indian Love Call, and PC Pull-ups. Jill has performed at Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Carnegie Hall, BAM, Vineyard Theatre, La Mama E.T.C., The York Theatre, and The 92nd Street Y. Jill has worked in theatre, film, television, concert, commercials, and voice-overs in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and London. www.JillMelanieWirth.blogspot.com

DAVID WIRTH has performed at a variety of theatres in New York City, Chicago, London, and Paris and has worked with such industry notables as David Mamet, Robert Falls, Roger Donaldson, Stuart Ross, and Phil Willmott. David can be heard performing the following audiobooks: Two Trains Running (Random House Audio, 2005), Mask Market (Brilliance Audio, 2006) and Terminal (Brilliance Audio, 2007).