Mary Martello - Ella Cherry Philadelphia has been Mary’s professional home for almost ten years and she’s thrilled to be back at 1812 after a rollicking good time in Batboy: The Musical. She’s worked with many great directors and production teams at many great theatres here including Arden, Azuka, Interact, People’s Light, Prince, Walnut, Wilma, and others. She has 10 Barrymore nominations, winning awards for Triumph of Love, Café Puttanesca and Sweeney Todd. Her most recent work includes Candide, Les Miserables, Frozen, Age of Arousal, and Assassins. Mary got started at BoarsHead Theatre in MI, then onto Theatre IV in VA, McCarter Theatre, Passage Theatre, Foundation Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, various children’s, summer and dinner theatres, off and off-off Broadway, a little cabaret, and some back up singing for Black 47. Thanks to my family for inspiration, perspiration and three grandkids!
	Maureen Torsney-Weir - Lizzie Cherry Maureen is excited to be working again at 1812 Productions where she last appeared in The Uneasy Chair. Her most recent appearance was in Black Gold at InterAct. Maureen has been working as an actor, teacher and director for many years. In Philadelphia, she’s also worked at Walnut Street Theatre, Arden Theatre, Act II, Lenape, Lantern, Mum, People’s Light, and Theatre Catalyst. Working as an actor in New York, she was noted for such roles as Grace in Faith Healer and Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation, among many others. She is a Barrymore winner for Best Supporting Actress in Angels in America and as part of the ensemble of Equus with Mum Puppettheatre. In addition to the theatre, she works in films, commercials and industrials. Thanks, Jen.
	Megan Bellwoar - Addie Cherry Megan has performed with many of Philadelphia’s theatres, including Arden Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and People's Light and Theatre Company, as well as the Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festivals. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Weekly’s annual season reviews have cited her performances in Translations (Arden Theatre Company), Collected Stories (Walnut Street Theatre—also Barrymore-nominated), and The Weir (Arden Theatre Company). A veteran of Philadelphia’s improvisational comedy troupe ComedySportz, she currently teaches and directs for Abington Friends School. This past August, her AFS production of Haroun and the Sea of Stories garnered 4-star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She makes a life, lovely and never-dull, with her husband, playwright Michael Hollinger, and their children Benjamin and Willa. For Alice, with whom everything is funny.
	Mary McCool - Effie Cherry Mary is delighted to work with 1812 and this wonderful group of artists. She was last seen in Brat Productions’ Naked Cocktail, and the Wilma Theater’s Rock’n’Roll. She has also performed locally with The Arden, InterAct, Lantern, and Theatre Exile; nationally at the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, P.S. 122, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and the Walker Arts Center; and internationally at Les Korbas Theatre, Ukraine, with Pig Iron Theatre Company. A founding member of New Paradise Laboratories (Stupor, BATCH, PROM, The Fab 4…), she looks forward to Ruby Ruby Ridge, a collaboration with NYC’s The Riot Group presented by the Princeton Atelier, and teaching engagements at both Princeton University and the University of the Arts. Next, she will costume design InterAct’s The Rant. Thanks to Jen.
	Charlotte Ford - Jessie Cherry Charlotte has performed with Theatre Exile (Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Red Light Winter and Outstanding Ensemble in Mr. Marmalade), Brat Productions (24 Hour Bald Soprano), Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental (Flamingo Winnebago and Red Eye to Havre de Grace), New Paradise Laboratories, Pig Iron Theatre, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Big House Plays and Spectacles, Arden Theatre, and McCarter Theatre. Most recently, Ms. Ford created and performed Flesh and Blood and Fish and Fowl with Geoff Sobelle for the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, now slated for production with the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City in 2009. Ms. Ford holds a BA in theatre from Bryn Mawr College and an MFA from the London International School of Performing Arts.
	Scott Greer - Oscar Hammerstein I As always, Scott is happy to be back at 1812, and proud to be working on such an exciting new project. Scott has worked at many of the area theatres including The Arden, Walnut, Wilma, People’s Light, InterAct, and Delaware Theatre Company Regional Theatre credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Round House, BoarsHead, and Westport Country Playhouse. Awards: 2001 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (It’s All True, InterAct), 2002 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Baby Case, Arden), 2008 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical (Assassins, Arden), and the 2002 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. His adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (with 1812) earned him a 2004 nomination for Best New Play. Scott has also appeared as a solo vocalist with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Up next for Scott: A Streetcar Named Desire at Walnut Street Theatre. Love always to Jen and Lily.
	Dave Jadico - Edgar Sayres Dave most recently appeared in This Is The Week That Is at 1812. He played Orpheus in Disco Descending in the Live Arts Festival and has appeared in the Barrymore Award winning ensembles of 1812’s Suburban Love Songs and Batboy: The Musical, and The Lantern’s Comedy of Errors. He has also worked at The Arden, The Walnut, InterAct, and Mum Puppettheatre in The Fantasticks for which he received a Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical. As a designer, he has received nominations for Scenic Design (The Foocy) and Original Music (Mad Woman of Chaillot). You can see him on Comcast On-Demand as a host on Activity TV and he is the Artistic Director and a fifteen-year member of ComedySportz. Big thanks to Jen, James, Eric, Monica and everyone at 1812.
	Jen Childs - Director, Book & Lyricist Jennifer is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of 1812 Productions. Cherry Bomb is the tenth original piece she has created for 1812 including Double Down, The Big Time, all three incarnations of This Is The Week That Is and others. She has been performing and directing in Philadelphia for the last sixteen years — favorite projects/collaborations include Suburban Love Songs (Live Arts Festival and 1812), The Happiness Lecture with Bill Irwin (PTC), Red Herring (Arden), Fail Better (Nichole Canuso Dance Company), and Always a Lady with Jilline Ringle (1812). She has been nominated for 11 Barrymore Awards and has won twice including the 1999 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist. Huge thanks to Monica, James, the 1812 staff and the cast, musicians, crew and designers for taking this journey with her. Love to Scott and Lily. For the Cherry Girls.
	James Sugg - Composer James is an actor, sound designer, composer and 10 year member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 10 original works. He has also worked with Seattle Rep, Actors Theater of Louisville, Folger Theater, The Wilma, The Arden, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43, and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental amongst many others. His work has been recognized with four Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Sound Design, an Obie Award (Hell Meets Henry Halfway) and the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist. He is the composer of the musicals A Murder, A Mystery And A Marriage (an adaptation by Aaron Posner of the short story by Mark Twain), James Joyce is Dead and So Is Paris (Pig Iron), and The Sea (a one man electric chamber opera). Thank you Jen.
	Eric Ebbenga - Musical Director, Orchestrations, Vocal Arrangements Eric is thrilled to be back with the good people of 1812, with whom he last worked on This is The Week That Is. Recent shows include: Candide, Assassins (Barrymore Award), Caroline, or Change, Sweeney Todd (Barrymore nominations), and Pacific Overtures, all at The Arden. Other recent shows include: Hair (Prince Music Theater), The Thing About Men (Walnut Street Theatre), and Gemini (Prince). Eric is on the music theater faculty at University of the Arts, and is also the organist at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Haddonfield. Thanks to everyone at 1812, and love to Monica, Caitlyn and Carley.