The Cast

Andy Chmelko (Writer/Performer) After a dramatic scene involving a knife and a couple death threats Andy Chmelko made his way into the cast of The Halftime Show. It wasn't until later that a subsequent psychological profiling revealed that Andy was in fact an experienced actor/writer/director originally from Schenectady, NY but now living in Asoria, Queens. During his years as an actor he has performed in such shows as West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Count Dracula, You Can't Take it With You, Alice in Wonderland, Room Service, Tales of the Lost Formicans, The Crucible, Sweeney Todd, and Eric Bogosian's one-man- play Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. His directing credits include Cinderella, The Valentine Fairy, The Baltimore Waltz, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. As a writer Andy was a three-time winner of SUNY Oswego's "New Voices" ten-minute playwriting competition. His plays Quicksand, This'll Only Hurt, and Sexaholic have all been performed. In his spare time Andy enjoys fiddling around with his bass guitar and avidly studying shotokan karate. And as for his ill-fated knife attack on C.L. Weatherstone he has sincerely promised to never do it again. When he's sober.

Stephen Fecteau (Writer/Performer) Graduated as a Theatre Major from SUNY Oswego in May of 2000. Throughout College he dedicated his time to theatre and comedy, yet amazingly still had time to pick up a minor in Math. Don't ask. Now a resident to New York City, Steve is excited about this new comedy troupe and getting to share comedy with new audiences. He aspires to continue performing forever unless someone actually laughs themselves to death, in which case it may be too traumatic and hazardous to others.

Andrew Girard (Writer/Performer) Andrew Girard comes to us all the way from the middle of nowhere, in upstate New York. After graduating college he moved to NYC in June of the year 2000. He is currently taking improv classes at Chicago City Limits, and acting in two short plays called, Mind if I Sit Here and The Sandman at the Variety Cafe in Manhattan. As a writer Andrew is a winner of SUNY Oswego's "New Voices" ten-minute playwriting competition. His play, Hello and Goodbye, is a brief summary of his pathetic college life and a not so good relationship. When Andrew is not acting, performing improv or acting like an idiot, he is The Halftime Show's humble Web Designer.

Christine Marie Horstman (Performer) Christine, a down-home girl from Boardman, Ohio recently moved to New York to "chase her dream." During a short stint at The American Musical & Dramatic Academy, Christine enjoyed performing in Ah, Wilderness (Belle), Hooters (Cheryll), and The Family of Mann (Belinda). College performances at Miami University in Oxford, OH, include Agnes of God (Agnes) and Angels In America: Millennium Approaches (Harper). Much love and thanks to those she considers family, especially her Mom, Dad, and sister Alissa. "Pure joy is to love and laugh, loudly and fully."

Stephanie Johnson (Writer/Performer) Stephanie Johnson comes to NYC from Upstate N.Y. She was last seen on stage in Satan Are You Out There? at the Looking Glass Theatre. She has done some commercial and film work this past year and last summer Stephanie Stage Managed A Midsummer's Night Dream for Shakespeare in the parking lot. Stephanie enjoys beer and the term "Pabafree."

Brandon Sornberger (Writer/Performer) Brandon Sornberger is a recent graduate of Hamilton college in upstate New York. Founding member of Hamilton's improv troupe, Yodapez. Brandon also acted in stage productions of Pains of Youth, Way of the World, Pilgrims of the Night and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Other improv credits include the Syracuse based Dead Llama Improv and New York's own Grownups Playground. When not pursuing a career in acting, Brandon keeps busy by pursuing the American dream: a career in acting. Wait one darn tootin' minute...

C.L. Weatherstone (Writer/Performer) C.L. Weatherstone, fairly new to the New York theatre scene has been seen in the Off-Off-Broadway Productions of Do I Hear $5, The Dangle with Word of Mouth Productions and The Sandman and Insert Title Here: A Love Story with Blue Raven Productions. He has also Co-founded and performed with the previous incarnations of The Halftime Show: The Lorne Michaels Fan Club and D*O*R*K. With his spare time he continues on his crusade to alert the world to the dangers and pure evil that is the ostrich.

Mike Betette (Writer) Mike Betette's writing has been seen on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, in a Second City Training Center Revue and various websites. He currently lives in Chicago where he performs with three improv teams at The Playground theater and the Improv Olympic, and is in production on a two person sketch show "Poor Man's Twins". Mikes web site.