Carla Delaney as Shrinking
Carla Delaney is honored to be working and creating with such a remarkable cast. Favorite theatre credits include Little Lake Theater: The Governess in Turn of the Screw, Mabel in Prides Crossing, Penn Avenue Theatre: Freddie in The Club, Linda in Play It Again Sam, Sally in Talley's Folly. She dedicates this performance to all of the very special children in her life.

Vanessa German as Stretching
Vanessa German iz a poet, artist, daughter, sistah, lover, friend, student of the day & wanderer. Ms. German takes poetic stage throughout the country, having featured in los angeles, chicago, alanta, cincinnati, miluakee, & internationaly az well in durban & grahmstown, south africa. Vanessa haz graced many a pittsburgh stage with gemini theater, city theatre, penn avenue theater, kuntu repertory theater & pittsburgh playwrights theater, to mention a few. she could recently be seen as one of pctv 21's 8 Make the Cut semi-finalists, az Bernice in the Piano Lesson in the PCT's August in February & "She Said".

Melissa Martin as Cheating
Melissa Martin was a member of the original Yo' Mama! cast in the debut production at The Three Rivers Arts Festival. Martin has written and directed plays produced in New York, Chicago, Toronto and at home in Pittsburgh. Her plays include The Shriveled Arm of Uma Kimball, The Last Bridge, and The Convalescence of Marge among others. Martin holds an MFA in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon's school of drama, where she also studied directing, and a BFA in acting from University of Illinois. She is a university professor and has begun to direct commercials. In 2000, she wrote and directed the multi award-winning indie film sensation The Bread, My Sweet, currently in nationwide DVD/video release under the title A Wedding for Bella. This film was produced by fellow Yo' Mama! cast member Adrienne Wehr. Melissa & Adrienne were recently honored among the Top 50 Cultural Forces in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Currently they are in development for their next feature film Nights of the Tutu Parties, along with a documentary and a TV pilot and a series of shorts. You can find out more about these projects at www.thebreadmysweet.tv.

Tonia Steed as Dreaming
Tonia Steed recently moved to Pittsburgh from Seattle, where she worked as an editor and content manager at Microsoft, and moonlighted as an arts and film critic for the city's alternative weekly, The Stranger. She wore a number of hats in the theater as well, having acted, directed, produced and dramaturged. Tonia now parents full-time in Edgewood with her husband and three-year-old daughter, a budding feminist who calls herself "Princess Diva."

Adrienne Wehr as Changing
Adrienne Wehr performs for stage, film, television, radio & and print. She is the producer of the multi award-winning indie film sensation The Bread, My Sweet, currently in nationwide DVD/video release under the title A Wedding for Bella. Her last Pittsburgh stage appearance was in UnSeam'd Shakespeare's Women Beware Women. Recent film performance credits include Disney's Inspector Gadget, Kevin Smith's Dogma, & The Bread, My Sweet. She is a union leader within the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and works across numerous fronts to fortify the film and television industry in Pittsburgh. She was recently honored for her achievements in the arts as one of 40 Under 40 by Pittsburgh Magazine and along with filmmaking partner, Melissa Martin, as among the Top 50 Cultural Forces in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Currently, Adrienne and Melissa are in development for their next feature, along with a documentary, a TV pilot, and a series of shorts. For more info visit www.thebreadmysweet.tv

Janis Burley Wilson as Blooming
Janis Burley Wilson is returning to the stage after a long hiatus. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to portray Blooming with such a talented cast of women. Janis works as the Vice President of Education and Community Outreach for The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

Pictured above: (left to right) Vanessa German, Heather Arnet, Carla Delaney, Janis Burley Wilson