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"My Beautiful Darkened World" Artistic Team

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Alice Lipowicz
Author, composer, performer

Alice writes and performs in musical theater whenever she's not on Twitter. She currently is a member of the Door #3 team in the DC area that creates improvised musicals from audience suggestions.  Previously she was a member of the Laugh Index Theatre's Wonderball "improvised musicals" team in DC.  She also managed to attract BBC news coverage for the Princess Di Memorial Tiara Nights satirical cabaret she wrote and produced at Chief Ike's Mambo Room in DC (unfortunately, the BBC was offended by the show).  Alice has a bachelor's degree in Dance from Washington University and performed with the Burning Feet and Satoru Shimazaki dance companies in St. Louis, MO. Her  writing/performing credits include the DC Erotic Art Auction, "Peasant Girls" at Artomatic. Godspell, Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun. Alice was ill with shingles in 2016.  

Paul Rosenberg
Pianist, musical arrangements

Paul Rosenberg is an innovative jazz pianist with a broad range of experience in performing, composing, improvising and collaborating with other musicians in the DC-MD-VA area.  Current projects include Dual Rhythm jazz fusion percussion duo, Takoma Station Jam Session, and Door #3 Improv Musicals. Learn more about his music at his website.

Taunya Ferguson
Singer, Actor

TAUNYA FERGUSON, a Washington, DC native, is a member of the Ally Theatre Company.  Earlier this year, she appeared in Ally’s production of Rasheeda Speaking and in Scena Theatre’s The Dead.  She has also appeared in Convergence Theatre's This is All Just Temporary and in Peter’s Alley Theatre’s production of Speech and Debate.  She won the DC Metro Theatre Arts Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the BroadwayWorld.com Washington, DC Best Actress in a Community Theatre Production for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in the St. Mark’s Players’ production of Sweeney Todd in 2016.  Taunya also enjoys creating impromptu musicals with Door #3—a musical improv troupe she helped co-found-- in addition to dabbling in cabaret.

Tony Lopez
Singer, actor

Tony Lopez has taught and sometimes performed on stages, in classrooms, and in front of cameras in Europe, Asia, & the US, usually, but not always, in English.  He has been doing improv since 2008, and regularly performs musical improv in Door #3 and Spanish improv in Sábado Picante in and around DC.  You can catch him online in Spanish-language WIC videos, a few indie films, many improv shows, and on social media sharing warm-hearted memes, science information, and VR apps.  When avoiding memorizing scripts he strives to create life-altering experiences in VR, does parkour, rollerblades, and tries to keep up with the various branches of science all of which he so loves.  He's known for producing puns, reverting to a smiling wallflower when overwhelmed, and sharing kind, supportive words."

Erin Smith
Singer, actor

Erin Smith appeared in the Washington Improv Theater's Starship Galaxy series of performances in 2019.  She is a member of  Door #3, which performs improvised musicals in the DC area, and of the Artless Bards, which performs improvised plays based on Shakespeare.

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