Joe
Benjamin Montague
A graduate of London's Mountview Theatre School, with a B.A. in performance and First Class Honors, Benjamin's first job out of school was playing Pvt. McDowell in the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers. He returned to Chicago directly afterward to focus on acting and producing. As a producer and board member for The Gift Theater Company over the past four years, he has overseen both their inaugural show, Boy's Life by Howard Korder, and Pavillion by Craig Wright. Ben simultaneously worked as executive producer with RoxBox Productions, where he wrote, directed, and co-produced the short film, Busy Dreaming, and co-founded A Crew of Patches Theatre Company, a Shakespeare Rep Company for students, which has performed for over 15,000 students within its first two years. Ben is currently developing a new screenplay titled Bourbon Club that will be his directorial debut.
Claire
Elaine Robinson
In addition to Counting Backwards, Elaine's film & TV credits include Fred Claus, The Break Up, What About Joan, Change of Plans, Ad Hoc, and many national commercials. She was most recently seen in Chicago, in the stage version of The Last Supper, by Dan Rosen. Other Chicago stage credits include Back of the Throat (Silk Road Theatre Company), Aren't We All (Remy Bumppo), Recent Tragic Events, Enter Alice and why they invented dancing with Uma Productions, Nickel and Dimed (Naked Eye Theatre Company), Abingdon Square (Piven Theatre Workshop), The Winter Pageant (Redmoon), Clowns and Cotton Candy and Cats and Dogs and Other Tails, both with Greta Mae Productions. Elaine is a graduate of Butler University where she earned a B.A. in Theatre Performance.
Frank
Cliff Chamberlain
Cliff lives and works in Chicago, where he is a founding member of the Sandbox Theatre Project, where he has co-wrote and performed in numerous productions. He has also worked with the House Theatre of Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shenandoah Shakespeare, and Writers' Theatre. he holds a BFA in acting from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Sarah
Morgan McCabe
Morgan has been working in regional and international theatres for over 40 years as a performer, director, designer, dramaturg, producer, administrator, consultant, and educator. She also has an active career in on-camera and voice-over work.
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