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About
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New York-based performers Richard Harrington and Chris Kauffman met in 1997 and began to craft the unusual blend of comedy, absurdity, tragedy, geography and accordion music that eventually became the two-man team of Gustave and Nhar, the stars of their first show, Motel California, and their new show, Nharcolepsy. Nharcolepsy has always been called Nharcolepsy, but the other show started out with the name Hotel California. For legal reasons, it is now called Motel California, after a brief period in which it was called The Show Formerly Known As. To find a more detailed history of Motel California and Nharcolepsy, click here. Richard Harrington (Gustave Flaubert) comes from Bolinas, California. He has originated roles in several pieces for the Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab in New York and has acted in many other independent plays and films in San Francisco and New York, most recently in David Ball's film, "Honey." He studied acting at the École Philippe Gaulier in London, with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, with the Saratoga International Theater Institute, and at Williams College. He wrote and directed the short film "The Babies" and co-wrote and co-directed the short film "Waiting for Yanni." He has also toured his new one-man show, "Saving the Desert Tortoise," to fringe festivals in the Canadian prairie and performed it in New York at HERE Arts Center. Chris Kauffman (Nhar) has performed in plays in New York at the Florence Gould Hall, the Angel Orensanz Foundation, P.S. 122 and Nada; regionally the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, the Nora Theatre Company, W.H.A.T., and toured the U.S. in a production of Molière's The Miser. A member of contemporary dance company dona orphéline, he's performed and taught with them in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and also at Tangente and Théâtre La Chapelle in Montreal. Directed Small, Medium and Ed at the Red Room, and taught at Gettysburg College where he directed Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Love of the Nightingale. Studied with Philippe Gaulier, Robert Gourp and Clive Mendus (Theatre de Complicite); MFA from Brandeis University. Patricia Buckley (director) is an actress, writer and director. She performed the title role in the film, "Anna Is Being Stalked," which was featured at the 2002 Sundance, Los Angeles, Seattle, Providence, and IFP East Film Festivals. In New York, her credits include performances at New York Theatre Workshop, Westbeth Theatre Center, The Irish Arts Center and Primary Stages. Regional theater credits include the adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s novel, "Flesh and Blood" at Portland Center Stage, and various roles with the Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis. Ms. Buckley is a founding member of the three-woman physical comedy troupe Gams On The Lam, who have performed their slapstick exploits in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe since 1993. Her various directing projects have toured the Canadian Fringe, Piccolo Spoleto and Aspen Comedy Festivals. Ms. Buckley is currently working on a solo show with support from the Women’s Interart Development Series.
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