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Ian Monaghan has lived in Omaha since he was born. He
travels across the country competing in Irish step dance. He has
also performed with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra at the
Orpheum Theatre. He is currently pursuing an associate’s degree
in business management at Metropolitan Community College
and plans to one day become an Irish dance teacher and open his
own school. He spends his free time taking pictures of things.
Madeline Radcliff is a humanities student of Metropolitan
Community College. She had plays featured in the 2008 and
2009 Great Plains Theatre Conference and her play, Mountain
Birds, will be produced at the Shelterbelt Theatre this spring,
marking her first production. She is an actress, last appearing
in Shelterskelter 14 at the Shelterbelt, and a singer wherever the
opportunity presents itself. In her spare time, Madeline writes,
plinks on the piano and guitar, and tries to make beautiful things
as often as possible.
“Men I Did Not Marry (An Ode to Dorothy Parker)” is Liz
Renner’s first published work of fiction. An avid reader and
fan of any story well-told, Renner enrolled in a creative writing
class at Metropolitan Community College out of a desire to
participate in the larger literary culture. This story was produced
in that class with the help and input of instructor Steve Lovett
and fellow students.
John Simet is a former elementary school teacher and a father
of three. He discovered his love of photography while taking
photos of his children. In 2007, at his wife’s urging, he enrolled
in the Commercial Still Photography Program at Metropolitan
Community College. Since then he continues to work diligently
to make photography his career. John hopes to one day open his
own photography studio.
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