Tamer (Piano/Vocals) earned his Bachelor of Music in Piano and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He pursued additional classical studies in Budapest, Hungary, studying harmony, solfege and conducting. As a vocalist, he has sung with the Choral Arts Society and Philadelphia Orchestra under the batons of conductors Riccardo Muti, Kurt Mazur, and Charles Dutoit. After teaching music in the Lower Merion School District for five years, Tamer established Swamp Queen Music through which he has recorded three CDs. Following the establishment of Swamp Queen Music, Tamer created THE JAZZ ASSEMBLY, a one-of-a-kind participatory experience for elementary through high school students. He performs these Assemblies in conjunction with Young Audiences of New Jersey; Young Audiences of Eastern PA; and Peter Nero and the Philadelphia Pops' Jazz in the Schools Series. Tamer's efforts with THE JAZZ ASSEMBLY are instrumental in bringing understanding and appreciation of jazz and standards to the next generation of music fans. As a jazz pianist Tamer has played with Les Paul; Grover Washington, Jr.; Stanley Clarke; Eddie Gomez; and Trudy Pitts. As a cabaret artist and pianist he has performed at the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase; Brandy's Saloon; Cleopatra's Needle; Cool Mood; Don't Tell Mama; The Duplex; the Iridium Jazz Club; Key West Piano Bar; NBC's Rainbow Room; Odette's; Raw Space Theatre; Sam's Cabaret; Tavern Camac; The Townhouse; the Triad Theater; and Upstairs @ Red. He served as musical director for Montauk Theatre Productions' Always,. Patsy Cline and The Show of the Century, in which he also performed. His original compositions have been heard in the theatrical productions Genesis; The Quiet Room, or What Happens When a Schizoid Ballerina Is Locked in a Room with a Duck~ As Heard In the Quiet Room, a cabaret based upon his work As Heard in The Quiet Room, ..., in which Tamer was the featured artist; and Seascape with Sharks and Dancer, for which his score received the SpotlightOn/Sage Award for Best Sound Design.

Samara Doucette

Samara is originally from Portsmouth NH, where she has performed in numerous regional productions around that area. One fifth of her life was spent in Boston where she received a BFA in Musical Theater from Emerson College. Once she arrived on the beautiful island of Manhattan, she became involved with the NativeAliens Theatre Collective. She has performed in several of their musical revues as well as their annual Short Stories Playwrights Festival. In the last year or so she has been studying improv with b oth Upright Citizens Brigade and Armando Diaz. Recently she was introduced to the Murder Mystery scene and had the pleasure of performing a Murder Mystery weekend at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY. Other NYC credits include her appearance in this year’s New York City Fringe Festival and several long form improv shows

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Patty Carolle

Patty is a student a William Paterson University studying radio and television production. She has been a camera person at Fair Lawn Cablevision for 3 years. She is currently studying at Middlesex University in London on a BBC exchange program.Patty has filmed and edited for the show as well as filling in as an actress. Patty appeared in the Minister of Purgatory and the Abduction of Paris Hilton skits. We look forward to her return this summer.

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Christopher "Fu" Finch

Chris Finch is a 49 year old multi-talented performer and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina, He is also a poet and writer who has written over 15 books including, TWISTED TOOTH ANTHOLOGY SERIES AND "OUTSIDER". He is also an artist who does wood carvings, paintings, and elaborate walking sticks which are sold worldwide. He also deals in collectables and paintings which are sold in DC, SanFrancisco, NYC, LA, and elsewhere. Cris has also been a guerilla and avant guard filmaker for over 30 years, using 16mm and 8mm. He does cutting edge horror films and documentaries. He has been a charactor actor in over 300 films, TV, and plays. He is also a spiritual advisor active with Buddhism, Christianity, and Native American religion. He is also a grass roots activist who has been directly involved in "Food not Bombs", "Rainbow Tribe", "Yippies" ,AIDS movements, soup kitchens, childrens' rights groups, homeless groups, biker and vets groups. He is open minded, and is constanly pushing the envelope for new, engaging, and thought provoking material. You might call him a provocateur, always raising hell and bringing down the barriors, and fighting for the underdog. He describes himself best as a humble servant of The Arts, a quiet man who lives with his 3 cats, peacock, parrott, and assorted strays in Rural North Carolina.

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Billy Bingo:

Billy Bingo retired from the Fire Department of New York City with over 20 years on the job. Since retiring he is now doing Stand Up Comedy full time, and there's no turning back. Billy became hooked on performing, whether it was cracking jokes at the kitchen table at his firehouse located in Jamaica Queens or on stage at the world famous Caroline's on Broadway. Billy Bingo has been seen on Comedy Central, Good Morning America, NY 1, and Good Day New York. His stand up performance is based on being a NYC Firefighter as well as what goes on in his life at home. Bill is married and lives with his wife Catherine on Long Island, NY. Billy's website is at http://billybingo.net/

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Luis E Salas

L.E. has worked on several professional television, and film productions, and has had the honor of working and learning from diverse, award-winning directors, producers, and production companies. L.E.’s professional directorial debut Take 5, was an official selection at 2005 Arlene’s Grocery Picture Show Film Festival, this past April.
Prior to Take 5, L.E. artistically produced and edited 63 Years like Yesterday, a feature length, poignant documentary about an elderly couple that grows old with wisdom, humor, and love as the 20th century unfolds through their eyes. He has also worked on film projects for Corrado Schoner Productions, an award-winning production company based in of New Jersey, and briefly interned at Alfonso Cuaron’s Esperanto Productions (formerly Anhelo Productions).
While in College L.E. directed, produced, wrote and edited an extensive amount of video productions and short films including The Rebirth of Trenton, a documentary about the city’s reemergence; Gravity, an experimental, oddball, comedy, and Right Out of The Relationship Rulebook for Girls on Guys, a romantic comedy.
L.E. has recently finished editing a feature length film entitled Synchronicity, written and directed by new filmmaker Scott Johnson, and is currently working on a documentary on the waves of emmigration from Cuba to the U.S. entitled EXILE:Lejos de la Isla. L.E. can also be found listed for freelance production assistance through the New Jersey Film Commission.
L.E. directed Shlomoh in his indie film, TAKE FIVE.

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Mindy Matijasevic

Mindy is pursuing multiple paths in life. She is a writer of prose and poetry, a host of the monthly Hidden Treasure Reading Series, a teacher of adult basic students, a mom, and an actress. Mindy studied acting at HB Studio, mainly with Jeanne Kaplan and William Hickey. She has had supporting and principal roles in a number of independent films: "The Lottery," "Room 404B," "Third Age," "Dancing With Kendra," "Slow Day," and "Who Knew!" She was a background actress in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" and Fox-TV's "New York Undercover." On stage, she was cast in a benefit performance of the "Vagina Monologues," had a supporting role in "A Chicken and Its Breast" (part of NYC Fringe festival), and had a supporting role in a staged reading of "Waafrika." Recently, she held a principal role in a Brooklyn Cable TV's "The Hambone Show."

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Tiffany Cross

Tiffany is the sister of Jason Cross, our former editor. She has appeared as a model on the Canadian TV show ED THE SOCK in a segment on Internet Porn. She also starred in her brother's video short, BEER GOGGLES. Tiffany is working on her GED. She hopes to become a profesisonal model and actress.

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Heather VM

Heather is a mom, producer, editor, and co star of The Dudeular Connection. She also enjoys life, organic food, and her favorite pets are birds. She likes people, and people also like her. Heather is a nice person who has the ability to warp even the most mundane things into something interesting. She brings this forth in the smash hit show, The Dudeular Connection. The Dudeular Connection is about everything, and nothing all at the same time. The Dudeulars are comical in their actions and base their advertising on a motto of being "less annoying, and more fun" ....This show revolves around guests, clubs, holidays, anything and everything you can imagine. It's more fun this way, and it keeps people on their toes.
See the Dudeular website at www.iwantmydudeulartv.com

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Maria Dudeular

Maria is a mom, life coach, and co stars in The Dudeular Connection. She enjoys the simple life, organic food, and cats. She likes people, and having fun. Maria is just a great person to be around, and this shines through on the hit show, The Dudeular Connection. [See Heather's bio on this page]
See the Dudeular website at www.iwantmydudeulartv.com
Heather and Maria produce the Tony And Shlomoh Show in several towns in Massachusetts.

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Eileen Budd is a nice, smart-assed, Italian girl from New Jersey. Her comedy experience includes improv as well as writing and performing stand-up, sketch comedy, and character monologues. Her characters include the gravelly voiced motivational speaker, Mary Garafalo, and Sr. Angel Leena, a nun who dispenses sexual advice. Several of her humorous pieces have been published and she has done public readings of her work in venues such as Barnes & Noble. Cited in The Star Ledger, New Jersey’s state newspaper, and The New York Times, Eileen has performed her character pieces and stand-up at various venues in the tri-state area including Stand Up New York, The Laugh Factory, Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex, Rose’s Turn, The Triad, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Recently selected as a semi-finalist in Secret Deodorant’s Funniest Woman in America “Sniff Check” contest, Eileen grapples with such as issues as, “When you’re driving and you get a powerful whiff, how do you know if your deodorant’s stopped working or if you’ve just entered New Jersey?”

Matt Garrity

Matt Garrity (Drums) attended William Paterson College's jazz program, where he studied with John Riley, Rufus Reid, and Harold Mabern, among others. He studied privately with renowned performers Carl Allen, Bill Goodwin, and Ed Shaughnessy. He has held the drum chair for some of the best in the business, including alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, as well as the late, great vocalist/pianist, Teri Thornton. Other artists Matt has performed with include Jerome Richardson, David Williams and Ron McClure. He has performed throughout New York in venues such as The Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls, Smoke, The Up Over Jazz Cafe and Upstairs@Red and Cleopatra's Needle with Tamer. He has played in numerous festivals and concert settings, including a summer jazz series at The Baltimore Museum of Art with The Vincent Herring Quartet. In addition to his work as a sideman, Garrity has led his own trio for the past six years. They perform extensively in the New York area, and most recently toured the Northwestern United States. Matt and the trio have done two recordings, Above The Circle and Unfiltered. An educator, Garrity has conducted jazz masterclasses at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and has been involved with The National Music Workshop, The New York Board of Education, and Columbia University's Teacher's College. Matt is currently a faculty member at The Turtle Bay Music School on Manhattan's Upper-East Side.

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Rhe De Ville

The youngest of nine children from a small town in Pennsylvania, RHE DE VILLE was raised singing along with a musical family: in church choir, high school choral groups, & local theater. Continuing her love of the arts, she majored in music & theater at Temple University in Philadelphia, then moved to New York City and enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute followed by private study with Sanford Meisner protégé Phil Gushee. Spending her days & nights soaking up the rich culture of Manhattan, Rhe discovered an affinity for the smoky, elegant, sophisticated glamour of New York's High Society during the 1920's-1950's. For years she studied the songwriters and vocalists of American Popular Music, now referred to as the jazz standards & gravitated toward these timeless classics. Determined not to be labeled "retro" by simply imitating the legendary singers of the past, Rhe is passionate about breathing new life into these songs f or modern generations: while striving to preserve their rich musical history as well as her artistic integrity. In 1998 she met jazz pianist Felipe Riveros and both performed as a regular duo at upscale Manhattan spots such as the Bubble Lounge, Madame X, Torch, and Caviarteria. In the winter of 1999, she recorded her first CD, Empire State Radio With Rhe De Ville, along with Riveros, bassist Jonathan Flaugher, saxophonist Mike Dopazo, and drummer Danny Weiss. The success of this CD led her to top the Jazz charts on mp3.com as well as bookings in NYC for private events and public venues such as Metronome, Lola, She lly's NY, Redeye Grill, Blue Water Grill, La Belle Époque, Blue Fin, Park Avalon, Four Seasons Hotel and many others. In 2002-03, Rhe performed onstage at Carnegie Hall with the prestigious Collegiate Chorale. She has also entertained luminaries from all over the world at the recently unveiled Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan's splashy new Time Warner Center. During an intensive 1 1/2-year study with MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) award-winning cabaret performer and instructor Helen Baldassare, Rhe fell in love with cabaret and the minimalist performance philosophy taught by Baldassare. She then recorded her second CD, Echoes Of My Heart, in May 2004. This enticing CD includes a mix of American Popular Music along with original compositions by songwriter Nancy Zigelbaum. It is already garnering critical acclaim prior to its scheduled release in Octob er 2004. Rhe's meticulous aesthetic and relentless passion for glamour and elegance fuel her vision of a modern-day New York High Society that still swirls, sups, cocktails, luxuriates & indulges. Her style of singing and manner of entertaining follow in this fashion: to bring an air of sophistication and refinement to each event and every occasion.

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Siobhan Parisi

Siobhan came to New York four years ago to attend the prestigious Circle In The Square training. Since graduation, Siobhan has started a theater company called TRIBOROUGH ARTISTS PRODUCTIONS. Their projects include: Bury The Dead, Come Back To The Five And Dime Jimmy Dean, and A New World. She has also been on All My Children, As The World Turns, and One Life To Live. Happy to be with the Tony and Shlomoh Show but she says, "These guys are fucking crazy!"

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Joey Devita

Joey Devita is still not retired as a software developer in the New York City area. He is a free spirited actor, comic, writer, who doesn't like to pass up opportunities to lovingly, but shamelessly entertain his good-humored friends. He knows that people succeed at what they love doing. So why aren't there more successful comedians? On stage, his goal is to have fun by giving audiences a piece of himself. He has been seen performing or hosting comedy at open venues such as Tribecca Comedy Basement, Standup New York, Gotham Comedy Club, and Rascals. He has joyfully started a counseling and mentoring process, "Kids Notes", whose spiritual intentions aer to help "Give People Back To Themselves". We all have choices on where to honor God's Ways. Joey jokes that he saw a sign outside a IHOP saying "New Lunch and Dinner Menu!" Joey asks "Why bother? Don't we just go for the pancakes?!"

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Bruce Walker

Bruce is a funny guy who has not had any professional acting experience. But that will soon change. A dead-on look-alike for Dave Chappelle, Bruce is about to become a very important personality on the Tony and Shlomoh Show. We expect big things from him.

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Jason J. Cross

In May of 2000, Jason J. Cross started to indulge his creative side. He put together several stories - mostly written by him -, and playing around with pictures on the computer, Four Sides of Cross website was born. It began as simply a literary magazine publishing short stories that fell into one of four genres (Hope, Despair, Love or Fear). Lack of funds presented a problem for continuing the venture. At this time, in order to continue the project, Jason started concentrating on making funny animations out of pictures of his friends, including a hilarious bit in which his friends were lectured by Nancy Reagan about the use of drugs. In April of 2002, he filmed an unscripted short entitled, "Unleashed." Filmmaking then became a passion for Jason. He then discovered that his preference was actually editing the footage. Jason has Written/Directed/Edited the short films, "When Good Jokes Go Bad," "Choices," "Reality Sets In" and "S.H.I.T." He is currently studying for his A.C.E. Certification, also in the middle of 2 scripts, and has recently joined The Tony and Shlomoh Show.
Check out his website at http://www.foursidesofcross.com/

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Alyson Linefsky

Alyson has been bitten by the acting bug since childhood, when she got cast as a woodland creature in a local production of a musical spoof on Red Riding Hood with the Traveling Theatre, a summer troupe that wrote and produced original musicals. As an adult, she has appeared in over 30 productions, including off-off Broadway with Love Creek, off Broadway in a Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors' production, "C'est la Vie," Murder Mysteries with Beggar's Row in NJ, and various character roles with Happy Time, a professional children't theatre company. Favorite roles include Sarah in "Beau Jest" (played twice), Maggie in "Lend Me a Tenor" (also played twice!), Geraldine in "What the Butler Saw," Sheila in "An Inspector Calls," and Cecily in "The Importance of Being Earnest," in which she had been nominated for a Perry Award in 1999. Outside of theatre, Alyson has been doing voice-overs for local cable TV commercials and infomercials.

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Eddie Crowe

Kevin Thaxton has been playing bass since the age of 12. Born in 1979 in Dunoon, Scotland, he spent most of his childhood overseas and returned to the United States in his early teens. In 1997 he moved to Philadelphia, PA to attend the University of the Arts where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree. After graduating he found steady work as a freelance bassist around the Philadelphia area playing predominately at jazz venues. Over the past four years he has taken part in a program presented by Young Audiences of New Jersey, Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania, and Peter Nero and the Philadelphia Pops bringing music into the school systems. In the winter of 2002, he left Philadelphia and moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he now resides. Currently, he is working with the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra, a big band based out of Philadelphia and several original projects out of New York City. He is a current member of the Silent League where he has had a chance to perform across the United States and in Europe. He has taken part in several festivals including London's Wireless Festival, South by Southwest, CMJ Music Marathon, Mellon Jazz Festival, Annapolis Jazz Festival. Kevin is presently teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

John Aynedjian

JOHN AYNEDJIAN (pronounced "i-NEED-gin") is "New York's Crown Prince of Character Comedy", but also an actor, writer, composer/lyricist, and Nice Armenian Boy. His one-man show, "How Many Armo's Does it Take...?" ran in December 2003 and May 2004 to rave reviews, and featured outrageous, larger-than-life characters such as "precious" Igor, the depraved phantom of the laboratory who has discovered the formula for wooing females: a rag + chloroform, Scott the Geek, the computer nerd who's always afraid of bec oming human, and Thomas H. Cat, the delightfully frisky stray feline from Astoria. John's next show will feature historical characters such as St. Paul, Alexander Hamilton, and Socrates, all resurrected in his zany way. Keep your dial set to for info on his latest shows and appearances.

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Leslie Quilter

L. Roger Quilter, born in 1930 within the sounds of Bow Bells, London, England, has a deep sense of the ridiculous, which shows in his writing. His acting abilities are minimal; three appearances as the dame in pantomimes and several naval sods' operas where most performers are under the influence and the acts are lewd. He served over twenty years in the Royal Canadian Navy where he honed his humor to a cutting edge. He has a keen desire to cut people who think they are great, down to size. He sees humor even in tragic events. His favorite saying, "Smile! People will wonder what you have been up to." Leslie is a part time long-distance writer for the Tony and Shlomoh Show. We find his humor quite droll and naughty!

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Mick Diflo

Mick Diflo was born in 1955 in Philadelphia and raised in the suburbs. He graduated highschool, then attended college, going from job to job (plumbing, navy yard, FedEx, etc.), and for a time engaged as a professional boxer (10-2-1, 8 ko's). He also went through a drug phase for about 20 years before getting straight and eventually starting acting classes. This led to his appearing in approximately 20 plays, some small parts on TV (a reenactment on 'Real Stories of the Highway Patrol', as a boxer and tech consultant on 'Criminal Intent'). His training includes scene study with George DiCenzo and John Descano in Philadelphia and New York, improv and sketch writing at UCB. He was also a certified personal trainer after coming to New York for about a year. He was a member of Hazmat, a sketch comedy team out of Philadelphia for about 6 years, and when the Hazmat group broke up he began doing standup in New York City. He has appeared at most of the clubs in New York, includig StandupNY, Gotham, NYComedy Club, and Upright Citizens Brigade. He has been doing standup for about 6 months, and his comedy has been described as sick, dry, dark, etc. He married Rita recently. She "gets" "most" of his jokes but admits that her patience is growing thin.

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Tom Treimel

Tom Treimel has the alias "cruise mon". Tom's cruise ship ratings can be found on Celebrity's web sites. He has cruised the Caribbean many times looking for, women, booze and ganja (probably he's shitting us about the grass). He is happily married; well, married anyway. Tom is a systems analyst for one of the world's largest insurance companies. Tom played the transvestite in the Minister Of Purgatory skit. (He is the tall brunette with the knee pads). He has solidified his spot on the Minister's line by just being on the show. We look forward to Tom's talent and enthusiasm. Tom appears in the skit, RELIGION IN YOUR FACE, as the Irish priest.

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Gary Darelle

Gary Darrele was born Gary Darrell Brown December 8, 1955 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida into an Air Force family. Gary moved around quite often during the first 8 years of his life all in the South Eastern United States. He settled in Montgomery Alabama at age 9. He studied dance both tap and jazz for five years starting at age 6. In junior high school, he was introduced to playing alto saxophone and continued on playing until he was at Troy State University. Gary performed in several rock bands during high school and college years where he sang lead and played sax and guitar.
Gary became interested in acting at an early age by watching Saturday matinee movies with actors Errol Flinn and Charlton Heston. After college, he moved to Houston, Tx where he began doing community theater. While in Texas Gary was in two Miller Beer commercials, was an extra in Terms of Endearment and performed in Butter Flies are Free, and Wait until Dark. Gary moved back to Alabama and began working on his theater degree at Auburn University and finally graduated with a BA in History and Theater from University of Alabama Birmingham. Gary has taken many acting and directing workshops one of which was with Liz Keigly casting director for the mini series North and South, Jaws, Close Encounters.
Gary started Fox one Production a production company producing documentaries, commercials, local TV shows and corporate training videos. In 2001 he arrived in Saudi Arabia just two hours before the Trade Center incident where he began working as a combat camera in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He now works for the New Jersey Civil Support Team a Homeland Defense organization.
To date Gary’s film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Terms of Endearment, Under Seize and Juiwanna Man. His Theatrical experiences include Wait Until Dark, Butterflies are Free, Bus Stop, Our Town, Look Homeward Angel, Play Writes, Summer and Smoke, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, The Foreigner, Murder Mystery at the Carlyle and Pawn to King’s Bishop

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Jessica Salisbury

Jessica is a professionally trained actor and singer with over ten years of experience in the Chicagoland area. She has also produced and directed plays, short films and tv shows and is a certified cable-access tv producer. She has won many tv and local karoake contests in the Chicago area and recently performed a half hour tv concert. Her agent is Baker & Rowley in Chicago. You can check out some of her clips and resumes in the folders on the website at:
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/
salisburyactors@ameritech.net
Jessica is the daughter of our show's Chicago producer, Debbi Salisbury [see core page]

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Debbi Salisbury

Debbi has been in the acting business in Chicago for over ten years with over 25 on-camera speaking roles and 5 theatrical leads. Besides acting, Debbi is a certified cable-access tv producer, having produced and/or directed many shows. She also produces and directs plays, does casting work, and teaches acting. She has had many years of professional show business training.
Prior to becoming an actor, Debbi was a newspaper consultant, writer, computer project manager for newspapers, computer graphics instructor, graphic artist, band singer, fry cook...
She often says she is following in the footsteps of her daughter who is currently pursuing a singing career, but is also a professionally trained actor who got her mom hooked.
Debbi is the executive producer of the Tony And Shlomoh Show in Chicago on COMCAST.

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