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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Hussein Mohsin

Hussein is a newly aspiring artist in the area who’s been acting for less than a year.

You might have seen him on advertisements throughout the city or at local film events. He has the hit ground running in such a short time thanks to the people around him. Hussein would like to thank all his friends, family and teachers who have supported him.

Hussein also happens to have muscular dystrophy and would like to thank ITOWNY for allowing him to be apart of their theater. This is his first time on stage and he couldn’t be more proud to share the honor with inclusive theater.

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Teri Ritz

This is Teri’s first performance with ITOWNY and she is very happy to be a part of this production. 

Teri is a community theater veteran with over 25 years of stage experience and was last seen in The Towne Player’s of Ken-Ton’s production of ” The Vultures.” Favorite past roles include 

“Miss Maudie” ( To Kill a Mockingbird,) “Dixie” (Radio TBS,) “April” (Hot “L” Baltimore) “Claidia” (Suite Surrender, ) and “Cora” (Calendar Girls.)

Teri is an avid oil painters and a member of The Williamsville  Art Society and The Fine Art League of Buffalo. She also enjoys singing  and is a member of The Friends of Harmony chorus.

Many thanks to the director, cast and crew for bringing this show to life and to the audience for supporting ITOWNY. 

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Penny Baldwin

Penny is thrilled to be working once again with Inclusive Theater of WNY. Some of her pervious performances include: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, JEKYLL & HYDE, SECRET GARDEN, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, TALES OF THE DRIVEN, JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DRAMCOAT, MOUSETRAP, GOD’S FAVORITE, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGENT EVER, THE WOMEN, OUT OF ORDER, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THE BAD SEED, MURDER ON THE NILE, as well as many others. By day, she is the mother of two magnificent young men. By night, she is thankful to be sharing her passions with the unending support and love of her hubby Bill.

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Susan Lorigo

Susan Lorigo (Doc – Rooftops and Rowboats) – This is Susan`s first time performing
both on stage and with Inclusive Theatre of Western New York. In addition to receiving
degrees in both Speech Language Pathology and Music from SUNY at Fredonia, she
studied acting at the University of Buffalo. She has been part of the stage crew of
Shakespeare in Delaware Park and was a member of the audition only ensemble “The
Freudig Singers” Susan studies voice with the internationally acclaimed soprano Cristen
Gregory.

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Jessica Levesque

About Jess: Jess has appeared in a number of plays , appeared on websites , dances , special appearances on podcasts, special guests on interviews/ documentaries,  Films and even had a spot on a Total Divas . Jessica also continues to work with Inclusive films as well . Jessica has also taken professional acting classes up in Rochester and in Buffalo as well . She was in a play at Theatre Loft, in collaboration with Ujima Theatre Company in 2014, which won from critics and she also appeared on stage at Alleyway Theatre in Baroness von Smith’s “And Where Will You Put the Things You Save.” Jess played the role of Ericka; a young woman with autism who plays Roller Derby and has been biohacked! Jessica had recently appeared on an episode on PBS called “let’s go”back in 2023 and the episode is still shown on repeat to this day. 

Since the pandemic she has continued to act in online plays, beauty pageants, and promoting body neutrality and inclusion. After a few bouts of Directing for ITOWNY and a film project and a few music videos, one of the Music videos was for a haunted house attraction in 2021 . Jessica began doing voice acting in the 2022 . Jessica walked her first red carpet premiere at horrorhound for a film that she will be on called Fred Heads documentary. Jessica is also a dancer and worked as a consultant in the short film “Numb. Jessica also play Valentine in 12th night with Inclusive Theater in 2023. 

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – Heather Benson

Actor with Inclusive Theatre. Heather has appeared in numerous theatre productions and films
including The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with the Lancaster Regional Players, the feature
film Give & Take, and the web series Alone Together. Heather can also be seen this year in the
Christmas movie A Royal Christmas Engagement. Heather enjoys baking in her extra time.
Heather thanks Inclusive Theatre for this opportunity to be working with them.

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ITOWNY’s 2024 Festival of Shorts – Meet the Actors – JR Ozoria

Joseph “JR” Ozoria(He/They)is a Multidisciplinary Artist who is very thankful to ITOWNY for the opportunity to continue to venture into the world of theatre! Some recent credits he’s earned are Acting in First Look Theatre Company’s Helloween (Brandon, Girlaxy Wars) and ITOWNY’s Magic, Mystery, and Maeterlinck (Drunk Santa, The Great Santa Con). He also was ASM for First Look’s Production of Fauci and Kramer. 

As Always Thank U to the all Friends and Family for the support and guidance!