Performer, Playwright, Producer
Timothy Williams (member of AEA*) is a Central Florida native who has performed, directed, and taught over the last thirty-five years on regional stages, in fringe festivals, theme parks, film, and television. A resident artist at Orlando Shakes, Timothy has performed in over twenty main stage productions including, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noises Off, and Henry V. No stranger to the Orlando International Fringe Festival, Timothy appeared in Farrago, Dead Man Flying, Matador, Thrones: The Musical, and Joe’s NYC Bar, which he performed twice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016-17. Regional credits include Matilda, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Stones in His Pockets, and Godspell with Alpine Theatre Project and The Turn of the Screw and Fully Committed with Cape May Stage. Timothy was an improvisational actor at the Walt Disney World Resort for six years and appeared in the independent films Walt Before Mickey and Read Me.
Director
Mark Ferrera recently directed the highly-acclaimed, “Sound of Music” at Theatre South and is currently a Show Director for Creative Development at Disney.
Stage Manager, Co-Producer
Lisa Hardt has stage managed quite a few Orlando Fringe productions, but Multitudes will be her co-producing debut! Outside of Fringe, Lisa has stage managed productions and events with Orlando Shakes, Florida Theatrical Association, Come Out with Pride, WeFlip Entertainment, and BlueLaLa Events. Lisa loves this city and our arts and culture community, especially in Loch Haven Park! She is the Grants Manager at the Orlando Science Center, and previously worked in administrative positions at Orlando Shakes and Orlando Fringe. Lisa is grateful and humbled to be included in this creation process. She has never (knowingly) been a member of a cult (yet).
Muscial Composition and Sound Designer
Joshua Chiet is a multi-disciplinary artist and maker. He currently lives and works in New York City.
Audio/Visual Production Designer
John Valines started his career at 16 years old as a stagehand at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston. He moved to Orlando, where he took the Production Manager and Technical Director position for Sak Comedy Lab. He was also the technical director and sound person for the Grammy-nominated, Drama Desk Award-winning, off-Broadway a cappella group Toxic Audio. He is now the Production Manager for the HCCA, Lake Highland Preparatory School’s beautiful performing arts center. John has been a sound designer in Central Florida since 1994 and is thrilled to be working with Goth Chameleon at the Orlando Fringe.
Don’t Call It a Cult by Sarah Berman
Cultish (The Language of Fanaticism) by Amanda Montell
The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
****This information below includes spoilers. ****
This production deals heavily with cults and malignant narcissism and includes brief discussion of the following topics:
sexual assault
abuse
child abuse
suicide
death and/or dying
abortion
mental illness
discrimination and bigotry (racism, homophobia, sexism, anti-Semitism)
alcohol/substance abuse
white supremacy