Meet The Cast & Crew of LadyParts

  • Justin Howard Justin Howard
    Justin is originally from Casper Wyoming. He moved to Chicago in 2003 to attend Columbia College Chicago graduating in 2007 with a BA in Film and Video with a concentration in film editing. Justin has been training and preforming at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago since the Spring of 2009. He has appeared in several shows at the Annoyance theatre, most notably Splatter Theater, and The Edge and Back just to name a few. He is also a member of the Playground Theater's Incubator improv team Lumberjack Tsunami. Justin is the 2006 and 2008 Chicago regional U.S. Air Guitar Champion, and has preformed live in New York and San Francisco for each year's respective final. In 2009 Justin retired from Air Guitar due to a ruptured disc in his back he received during an air guitar related injury. He plans to come out of retirement to return to the world of professional air guitar in the spring of 2010, where he will preform one last time.
  • Aarón Alonso Aarón Alonso
    Aarón is originally from Juarez Mexico. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso and graduated with a B.A. in Electronic Media. Aarón moved to Chicago in the winter of 2008 to pursue an education in improvisation and has been preforming at the Annoyance Theater since that time. Aarón has been seen in such productions as Skinprov, Splatter Theater, and I Witnessed a Murder and All I Got Was This Summer Camp. He can also be seen in his own improv troupe, Disco Nap.
  • Donna Morley Donna Morley
    Donna is originally from Howell New Jersey. She attended the University of The Arts in Philadelphia where she studied acting and voice. In 2007 and 2008 she studied abroad at the Globe Theater in London and at the Commedia del arte in Arezzo Italy. She graduated in 2009 with a BFA in Theater and moved to Chicago IL where she began taking classes and preforming at the Annoyance Theater. Most recently she has been seen in Late Night Tit-Bits at The Annoyance. She can also be seen preforming around the city with her own improv team Disco Nap.
  • Chelsie Jangord Chelsie Jangord
    Chelsie is originally from Bonney Lake Washington. She moved to Chicago in 2006 where she attended Columbia College Chicago and graduated in 2009 with a BFA. Chelsie has studied at the Annoyance theater and has had her screen printing work shown at several Chicago galleries. She currently teaches screen printing classes and workshops at Fill in the Blank Gallery.
  • Dane Lewandowski Dane Lewandowski
    Dane is originally from Decatur IL. He attended Illinois State University and graduated in 2007 with a BS in Theater. While studying there Dane was in several shows including Taking Steps and Romeo and Juliet in the title role. He moved to Chicago shortly after graduation where he has continued to be active in the theater scene appearing in such shows as Tape, Lea. a nightmare, Talk. Kiss. Blackout., and The Benchmark. Dane remains active in the theater scene working as a producer and set designer as well as continuing his acting.
  • Leslie Baird Leslie Baird
    Leslie is originally from Madison Alabama and attended the University of Montevallo where she studied for a BFA in Acting/Directing and a BA in French Language before graduating in 2009. She also studied abroad in France living in both Angers and Avignon for several semesters. She has been trained in stage combat, dialects, singing and acting for the camera and as part of her studies at UM she appeared in On The Verge, Dead City and Nobody Here But Us Chickens as well as her directing debut, Reverse Transcription. Since moving to Chicago in the winter of 2009 Leslie has begun taking classes at Second City in addition to preforming regularly with Lady Parts.
  • Jeph Porter
    Writer/Director/Producer
    Jeph graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2007 with a BA in Film and Video. Acting as producer, writer and director for Dirty Cricket, Jeph has overseen several film projects including Lady Parts. He won the 1993 and 1996 young author award when he was 10 and 13 respectively. He hasn't won anything since.