Krampus Bio: Maria Burnham

Maria Burnham (Director) is a director, writer, sometimes stage manager, full-time theater monkey and all around jack-of-all-trades. Storefront theater, ho! She studied creative writing and theater at Louisiana State University and has worked in Chicago with such companies as Appetite Theatre Co., New Millennium Theatre Co., Stockyards Theatre Project, TUTA and Red Theater, where she is also a company member. Maria is thrilled to be a member of Strangeloop. She loves pursuing the undiscovered, though mostly she’s just in it for the chicken. She wishes she could stuff this cast in a basket and keep them with her forever because they make her laugh every day.

Loopshop 8 Bio: Spenser Davis

Spenser Davis (Director, Get Back) is really tired of his actors' shenanigans. Previous directing credits include The Picklebot & Lawfer Comedy Festival (Strawdog), Today We Escape (Tympanic), One Minute Play Festival (The Den), All in the Timing (Stage 773), arciTEXT (Arc Theatre), The Ella Plays (Indie Boots) and the Midwest Premiere of From White Plains for Broken Nose Theatre, where he is the Director of Programming. Spenser is also an actor and playwright, and has worked with companies that include American Theater Company, Chicago Dramatists, Stage Left Theatre, Promethean, Red Theater, Waltzing Mechanics and Mary-Arrchie. He is a regular and staff writer on Under Covers, a new SAG-AFTRA web series, and is developing his full-length play Merge as part of The New Colony's Writers Room. He is also the current Artistic Director of Hobo Junction.

Loopshop 8 Bio: Gage Wallace

Gage Wallace (Jimmy) is thrilled to be back onstage with his arch-nemesis. Gage is a proud Founding and Company Member with Red Theater (Chicago, Lincoln and Omaha), as well as a member of the Associate Ensemble with Trap Door Theatre. Chicago Credits: Irish Theatre of Chicago (The White Road, Blackborrow), Trap Door Theatre (Cookie Play, Tommy), Red Theater-Chicago (Red Hamlet, Hamlet; Dylan, Dylan Thomas), Red Tape Theatre (Mnemonic, Ensemble). Regional: Nebraska Shakes (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Quince; Romeo and Juliet, Romeo), Flatwater Shakes (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus) and Haymarket Theatre (Orphans, Phillip). As a performance poet, Gage has been seen on regional and national stages. He is represented by Paonessa Talent.

Loopshop 8 Bio: Christopher Paul Mueller

Christopher Paul Mueller (Billy) is excited to be working with Strangeloop for the first time. He graduated from Roosevelt's Theater Conservatory and has been seen all over town working with companies like Red Theater, Collaboraction, Red Tape, Scooty and JoJo and many more. Chris also co-founded the former clown troupe Les Enfants Terribles. Thanks to everyone!