Meet the Pinks

 Brian Wayne Jansen (Mr. Pink - male cast) Brian was born in Norfolk, NE on August 8th 1980. He grew up on a farm. His childhood was tumultuous. He wrote children's stories, comic books, rap albums, reenacted sporting events, made up movies in his head while on long walks acting out all the characters by himself. He wrote short stories and shredded his mom's guitar on his bed in a concert he held for nobody.In high school he made trouble. Drama saved his life when a speech coach told him he could be on the team as long as he cut it out. He cut it out, and he excelled. After high school,  he was in Godspell in the Norfolk Community Theater. Afterward he  attended Chadron State College where he focused on making art and playing music. He decided college was not for him, so he traveled. He lived in California, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Mexico and landed in Olympia, WA. At age 24 he began theater again. He was a drag queen in SPSCC's production of Southern Baptist Sissies. He played Bassanio in TAO’s production of The Merchant of Venice, then Francis Flute in Harlequin’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. At age 27, he had his first art showing at the Capital Theater. He has enjoyed success making art work; showing it and selling it. He is currently working toward landing a gallery show in Seattle.At age 30, he began playing out with many of the songs he has written. Currently he is working toward lining up a tour and getting recordings released for free on the internet.

Heather R. Christopher (Pink - female cast) Heather was one of the founding members of TAO.

By day, Heather is a Pilates Instructor at the Pilates Center of Olympia so all that exercise she gets is really helping her with the role of a spaz.  She is also currently working with OFT On the Move, Olympia Family Theater’s touring program which performs a new short play every month and all of that acting for children has prepped her for working with ammunition. 

She's also worked with almost every theater company in Olympia.  Molly Gilmore in the Olympian once called her “The ubiquitous Heather Christopher”. No one is sure if that was a compliment or a dig...

She met her husband, Michael (Mr. Blonde in the Male cast) when they were both cast in the play Anastasia at Olympia Little Theater (where they later got married). 

The largest audience they’ve ever played to together was either at Disney World on their honeymoon when they were selected as volunteers for the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular show, or at an industry conference for Heather's former employer, a GIS Software company, playing utility workers for a software demo. Both of these experiences scarred her for life and sent her running to the soothing arms (and teeny audiences) of Fringe Theatre.