Jack Singer Concert Hall - EPCOR CENTRE

205 8th Avenue SE

Calgary

February 26, 2008, Tuesday 8:00 PM

Buy Tickets online: CA $42.38 - CA $52.38

WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED

Take an all-star cast of five renowened Canadian comedy artists, give them today's challenges of careers and family dynamics and you get Women Fully Clothed.  Eugene Levy calls them "the five funniest women in Canada." This hilarious sketch show captures life as they see it.

Starring Kathryn Greenwood from Whose Line Is It Anyway/This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Robin Duke from Saturday Night Live/SCTV, Debra McGrath from Getting Along Famously/Little Mosque on the Prairie, Jayne Eastwood from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Chicago and Billable Hours, and Teresa Pavlinek from History Bites/The Jane Show.

KATHRYN GREENWOOD: Kathryn Greenwood starred as Grace Bailey on Sullivan Production’s Wind At My Back. Her television appearances include ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada, The Royal Canadian Air Farce. As well, she was a part of CBC Radio’s adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s Barney Version. In addition, she has enjoyed being an ensemble member of the comedy series: Listen Missy, The Broadside, and Not To Be Repeated. Film highlights include Miguel Arteta’s Lucky Peach, Disney’s Switching Goals with the Olsen twins, John Candy’s Hostage For A Day, The Man with Eugene Levy. Kathyrn was the first-ever winner of The Canadian Comedy Award for Female Improvisor of the Year and she spent five years with The Second City, where she won Dora Mavor Moore Awards for two shows that she co-wrote and performed.

ROBIN DUKE: Robin Duke is best known for her work on the comedy series SCTV and for her three years at Saturday Night Live. She has appeared in many films, most notably Harold Ramis’ films; Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, Multiplicity with Michael Keaton, Stuart Smalley Saves His Family, and Club Paradise with Robin Williams. She had a lead role opposite George Wendt in John Candy’s, made-for-TV directorial debut, Hostage for a Day. Robin enjoys writing humorous ‘slice of life’ essays for various national publications including Today’s Parent, Homemaker’s Magazine, National Post and Canadian Living. She has received an Emmy nomination for her writing on SNL and a Gemini nomination for her role as Grace on North of 60. For her work writing and performing on SCTV, she has received an Earle Grey Award and a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. She is currently a professor at the School of Creative and Performing Arts at Humber College in their Comedy Program.

DEBRA MCGRATH: Debra's latest project is starring in the CBC comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie. She recently wrote & starred in Getting Along Famously, the CBC series which was produced by Canadian Accents, the company she created with her partners including husband Colin Mochrie. Deb had a starring role in the award winning movie Expecting and has a recurring role in Paradise Falls for Showcase. She enjoyed making the movie Eloise and Eloise at Christmastime because she got to shoot at the Plaza Hotel in New York and meet Julie Andrews.

JAYNE EASTWOOD: Jayne Eastwood got her start in performing after being cast in the cult Canadian film Going Down the Road. Jayne continued to make a name for herself in the theatre scene in Toronto, and became one of the founding members of The Second City Toronto. Jayne stayed in Toronto, got married and continued to work steadily while raising three children. She appeared on King of Kensington, Funny Farm, and Bizarre. In 1997 Jayne joined the ensemble cast of Riverdale on CBC. Throughout the same period she filmed two seasons of Noddy and Friends (PBS/TVO) playing the larger than life Aunt Agatha for which she won a Gemini Award. Jayne was last seen in the feature films Chicago and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. As well she has been in many movies of the week on ABC, CBS, and NBC with stars like Paul Newman, Bette Midler and Tim Allen. Recently, she was a regular on the hit series This Is Wonderland. Jayne can be seen on the television series Billable Hours as a regular and in the soon to be released film Hairspray with John Travolta.

TERESA PAVLINEK: Teresa was a member of The Second City for four years during which time she wrote and performed in three Dora-nominated shows. Her first two plays, Dumplings And Death, and Hot August Night have been produced in Toronto and New York. She was a member of the Tarragon Theatre Playwrights Unit, where she wrote her first full length play, Made You Look. Teresa also appeared in Karen Hines’ Dora-nominated show hello… hello at the Factory Theatre and Shoshana Sperling’s show, Finding Regina, at Theatre Passe Muraille. Teresa co-wrote and starred in her own half-hour TV special, As I Was Saying, for The Comedy Network. Other TV and film credits include The Sean Cullen Show, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Bless The Child and Sue Thomas F.B.I. She starred in five seasons of the Gemini nominated History Channel series, History Bites. Teresa was also nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Improvisor. Most recently Teresa’s series The Jane Show, which she co-wrote, produced and stars in, is airing on the W Network. Teresa was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award and is also nominated for a Gemini for her role as Jane.

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