JON MORRIS (Plunket Thunkit / Creator)

Recently finished a world tour as a clown/acrobat/artistic coordinator with Cirque du Soleil.  He is an actor and All American Springboard Diver trained at The University of the South and Michael Howard Studios in New York.  He was awarded a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study Movement Theatre at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in London, Pantheatre in Paris, Gurukulam in India, and Balinese Dance in Bali.  Jon created numerous shows with Tony Award winningTheatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis.  In Los Angeles he has performed at the Evidence Room; toured with Diavolo Dance Theatre, and The Fabulous Monsters Ramayana2k4 (5 Drama Desk nominatios).

SCOTT NANKIVEL (Chester Drawers / Creator)

Holds an MFA from Columbia University in acting.  For his thesis project, directed by Anne Bogart, Scott spent two years mastering many of Buster Keaton’s famous routines.  From his work he developed a one-man show based on Keaton's life and took the Best Solo Performance at the New York Fringe Festival.  As a professional writer, Scott has written for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and is a contributing humorist for Violet Magazine. He has trained as an improv actor at the Groundlings training program in LA and toured nationally as a stand-up comedian playing such venues as the Improv, Laugh Factory and Comedy Store. He has also worked in a variety of television and film projects.

KRISTI HUGHES (Director)

Based in Berlin, Germany, Kristi travels the world as a collaborator, director and performer.  After graduating from Ecole Jacques Lecoq n Paris, she co-founded the international theatre company Attic People with fellow Lecoq graduates. Attic People won “Best Physical Theatre” and “Best Total Ensemble” awards for their devised piece “Drip” at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has toured all over Europe and in the United States.  Kristi has since worked with acclaimed British director John Wright and with French company Cie Lesablier.  She performed with Cirque du Soleil as a clown and most recently, created, directed and performed in a dance/theatre piece entitled Let Me Count the Ways that I Love Thee, which premiered in Copenhagen, Denmark.