Natalie Zanin

Natalie Zanin

Writer, Director, Producer

Natalie Zanin writes, directs and produces walking tours, events and children's programs along with the help of some very talented people. She has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and on the History Channel, Canadian Television, French Television, WUSA, Fox Morning News, NPR and CNN radio. She has produced in house tours and walking tours for non-profit organizations. She has also written, directed and produced a short film.

Cate Feeser

Associate Producer, Stage Manager, Website Designer

The multi-talented (and multi-tasking) Cate has appeared in Historic Strolls productions and independent film, but stills prefers to be behind the curtain than in front of it. She has graced the Ghost Story Tour as a Titanic Victim, played the lost 1840's House Survivor on the Dickens tour, and also froze as the pretty pickpocket in Gangs of Washington. She remembers her days with Natalie at the Historical Society (as the time-traveling guide in the American Girl® Samantha program) fondly ... "It was indoors."

And our exceedingly talented cast of performers ...

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Catherine Aselford

Catherine Aselford

 Catherine Aselford made her professional acting debut in 1982, later graduating from Catholic University with a BFA in Theatre. Her stage work includes The Center Company, Source Theatre, Cherry Red Productions and The Georgetown Theatre Company, of which she is Artistic Director. She has appeared in Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted and numerous television commercials. 

Michael Hovde

Michael Hovde is from Germantown, Maryland He is a student at Townson State and has been in "The Laramie Project" at Black Rock Center for the Arts and numerous Artstream productions, "Northwest."

 

Nicolette Stearns

actress,director, playwright and theatre educator. She is an original cast member of
Imagination Stage. She is also a co-founder of Artstream Theatre

www.art-stream.org.

Other roles include Helga in “KindertransportShe is thrilled to join the Strolls.

 

 

Mariel Buhler

Mariel Buhler Penberthy

Mariel Penberthy has studied at the Studio Theatre and the Lansburgh, and performed with several theatres in D.C. area, mostly recently with Scena Theatre and Fraudulent Productions. She continues to work on local film projects, including playing a succession of evil aliens in the cable show Star Crash.

June Schmitz

June Schmitz is a devotee of the study of American life, especially during the Civil War years, an amateur costumer, and a non-actor who thoroughly enjoys playing a part.

Chris Davenport

Chris Davenport is a local actor, director, and teacher. Recently, he has performed with Rorschach Theatre, Tsunami Theatre, American Century Theater, PEDC Theatre, and Le Neon Theatre, among others. He has directed for Le Neon Theatre, Adventure Theatre, and Imagination Stage, where he also teaches acting. 

 

Alice Anne English

Alice Anne English is a local actress who has performed in a variety of theatrical styles. Favorite roles include Aunt Cornelia and Lena in the Samantha at the Heurich program, Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Blitzen in The Eight Reindeer Monologs, and Malcolm in Macbeth.

Brandon Mitchell

Brandon is excited to to be a part of this historical experience.  He is no stranger to standing on the street in historic garb, having "lived in 1776 in Philadelphia" working with Historic Philadelphia.  He grew up in another historic city, New Orleans, and received a BA in Theatre from Northwestern State University. He has also worked with several theatres in the DC area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian Mac Ian

Brian has played many different stage, television and film roles in the Denver and Washington, DC metro areas, ranging from Vanya (UNCLE VANYA at Classika Theatre), to a Balinese king (with GAMELAN TUNAS MEKAR) to a police hero for America's Most Wanted. He has a BA in Theatre and Music from Naropa University, Boulder, CO. He is also a singer, musician and acting teacher and received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Sound Design.

Gale Munro

Gale Munro

As she begins work on new shows, Gale's friends always assure her that she has been typecast. In reciting some of her credits, she would like prospective tourgoers to understand something of herself, thereby assuring themselves of a lively time. She has played a ladybug (James and the Giant Peach, Adventure Theatre), murdering impresaria (Bloody Murder, Source Theatre Festival), and saccharine cosmetic saleslady/terrorist-hunter (Citizen Patrol, MuseFire Productions). 

Madeline Muravchik

Madeline Muravchik

Madeline Muravchik has performed at The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Le Neon Theatre and others.  She also teaches acting. Madeline is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

 

 

 

 

Ellie Nicoll

As well as appearing as historical personages in Historic Strolls tours, Ellie Nicoll often performs locally with Scena and Le Neon Theatre. She most recently appeared with the Royal Danish Ballet as an English Tourist in Napoli.

 

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Barbara Papendorp

A Washington, DC area actress whose interest in history and theatre often merge, Barbara performed in the Civil War Musical (Stonewall Country, Lexington, VA). Fluent in French, she often tours short adaptations of Moliere and is active in bringing the works of Shakespeare to area schools

 

Sydney-Nicole

Has appeared for the Strolls as Elizabeth Keckley and Alethia Tanner. She has appeared as Sojourner Truth for the Humanities Council of Washington.

 

Dwane Starlin

Dwane co-founded The Barnstormers Theatre Company, producing and performing in The Love Course and Gurney X2, along with co-writing and performing in Rock of Aged, the Social Security Tour at the 23rd Annual Source Theatre Festival. He was selected as the spokesman of the Jonathan Green Grass Seed Company and will appear on product packaging in 2004. He has recently appeared in a staged reading of a new musical, Patent Pending, playing an undercover Patent Fraud Agent as well as the trumpet and the kazoo.

 

                           

 

 

 

 

more info

 

Catherine A. is directing for the Fringe Festival and Alice Anne

 and Dwane St. are appearing in Fringe Shows: see

www.capfringe.org

 

Barbara P. and AAEnglish will soon be seen in Marat/Sade

 

Nicolette just directed  a show for Artstream that was featured on WUSA

 

Ellie N is appearing in Red Noses at Washington Shakespeare Company

 

 

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