Cast
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Kristin Cantwell
FREYJA
Kristin Cantwell is excited to fulfill her Cat Lady Destiny by voicing Freyja in Kris The Cat. Most recently she appeared in The Doom That Came to the Burger Slime at The Tank. She also appeared on The Path (Hulu), among other theatre and film projects. Next up: the award-winning web series, Demon Doctor, and the feature, A Taste of Youth. She has a BA in Theatre from the University of Mary Washington. She studied at HB Studio with Austin Pendleton and currently studies at Kimball Studio with Janine DiTullio.
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Helen Herbert
LITTLE GIRL
Helen Herbert T has voiced spots for the New York Philharmonic, Glass Eye Pix, among others and is delighted to be part of Kris The Cat. New York credits: Broadway benefit concerts of Brigadoon, Oliver!, and Camelot with Irish Repertory Theatre; four national tours of A Christmas Carol with Theaterworks USA; Spite, Leave it to Pam and It Started Quiet at Actors Studio Drama School; Film roles: First Line of Defense; Blissful Acres; A Day at the Beach. MFA, Acting from Actors Studio Drama School. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
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Russell Jordan
FATHER
Russell Jordan* is a Helen Hayes Awards nominated performer based in Brooklyn, New York.
In addition to Kris The Cat, Russell can also be heard on select episodes of the Girl Tales Podcast (appropriate for children of all ages), and will soon be heard in season two of the fantasy audio drama podcast fantasy, Visionaries (appropriate for listeners 16+).
Off-Broadway: Vivian's Music, 1969 (59E59 Theaters). Other theater: Street Theater [The Other Side of Silence] (New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble). TV: “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “The Last O.G.,” “FBI,” “The Blacklist,” “Blue Bloods.”
Russell online or on Instagram.
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Joanna Parson
NARRATOR
Joanna Parson is a NYC-based actor/writer/VO artist whose recent work for children includes Junie B. Jones' Essential Guide to School and Curious George workshops with Theaterworks USA. Recent theater credits include Broken Story with White Horse Theatre Co; A Man of No Importance and The Wild Party for B-Side Productions, and multiple shows as a company member with off-Broadway's Transport Group. She has worked regionally across the country (including Florida Studio Theatre, Weston Playhouse, the Depot Theatre, and more) and toured nationally as Maria Elena Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Joanna's comedy cabarets include Not Helpful: Pretty Songs and Feminine Harms, and Reddy or Not, a musical comedy tribute to Helen Reddy, and she recently debuted a new 60-minute solo musical, Three Chords of the Apocalypse: A Transcriber's Tale (also directed by Aimee Todoroff) at the Emerging Artists New Works Series and AMT Theater. TV/Film includes Law and Order: SVU; Amazon’s Red Oaks, FBI: Most Wanted, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Member AEA and SAG/AFTRA.
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David Shih
KRIS & CART DRIVER
Dave is a New York-based actor, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. His acclaimed audiobook titles include AudioFile Earphones Award Winners 47 Ronin, Ghosts of Gold Mountain, and Selected Poems by Ai Qing. His voice can be heard in the video games Gotham Knights, Grand Theft Auto V, and The Warriors; the podcasts Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, Treat, Steal the Stars; and the documentary series Royal Inquest and China’s First Emperor. He can be seen onscreen in the TV shows “Billions,” “Hunters,” “City on a Hill,” “Iron Fist,” “The Path,” “Blindspot” and the films The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Eighth Grade, Saving Face.
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Cheri Wicks
HELGA, QUEEN’S HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Cheri Wicks*, a native of Montana is proud founding member of American Bard Theater Company in NYC and thrilled to have voiced Helga in the animated short, Kris The Cat by Ross G. Hewitt. Favorite New York theater roles include: Marion in Echoes in the Garden, Mrs. Hale in Trifles, Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation, Claire in Fuddy Meers, Mercy in Greyhounds, Agnes in The Shadow Box, Estelle in No Exit, Queen Catherine in Henry VI, part III, Goneril in King Lear and Olivia in Twelfth Night. She also works in film and TV. Always - immeasurable gratitude to her husband, John Shaw, her family, friends, and teachers for their love and support. Member AEA & SAG-AFTRA.