_ BIOS

For a history of The State as a group click here.
For movie & TV credits of individual members, go to the Internet Movie Database.

All  members of The State attended NYU, appeared on MTV's "You Wrote It You Watch It", "Molt" off broadway, The State on MTV, The State Halloween special on CBS, the State album, tour, etc. More recently all eleven members appeared in the movies "Reno 911! Miami" and "The Ten."

KEVIN ALLISON is developing his third one man show, a podcast and a TV series. He teaches comedy in New York, Philly, Boston and online and his humor essays have appeared in the Village Voice, Giant and Premiere.

MICHAEL IAN BLACKFavorite roles include Baby San in Tracers (which received the Carbonell Award for best ensemble), Mr. Conolly in The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, and Renfield in Dracula. When not on stage, Michael works as a white water raft guide. michaelianblack.typepad.com

ROBERT BEN GARANT lives with his cats in Hollywood, California. He is currently working on his fanzine of the film "Starship Troopers." (working title: "We love Starship Troopers." Look for it in the freebies box at your local record store, hopefully by fall of '11.)

TODD HOLOUBEK has recently emerged from a coma into a strange and wonderful new world. He's very excited to explore this Internet, eat genetically modified food like frozen yogurt, and to get a digital watch to see if they are as great as everyone says they are. But he is skeptical. toddholoubek.com

MICHAEL PATRICK JANN continues to stun the the drapery world with his offbeat collection of brocade and tulle grommet-less valances. What's next from this LA-based fabric wunderkind's atelier? If you said "taffeta," you wouldn't be half wrong!

KERRI KENNEY-SILVER has a kid, lives with some guy and sometimes goes to the dry cleaners to pick up shirts. Currently she is working on a screenplay about a rooster with an attitude. It's called "Communism...What a Bummer!"

THOMAS LENNON, is the only digital member of the State. He was created by Industrial Light and Magic of Marin County, California, in an effort to create a life-like, yet not-distractingly-interesting computer generated sidekick for Stars Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. After only one test screening, it was decided that the character was in fact -- too realistic, and the project was scrapped. Some of his mannerisms (including his gait) are still present in the final version of the film, in the character Jar Jar Binks.

JOE LO TRUGLIO is having an absolute love affair with the Rubik's Cube- green, white, and yellow are done. He lives in Los Angeles, but keeps a residence in New York for his collection of A-Team towels and sandwich crusts from the 5th grade. joelotruglio.com

KEN MARINO hizo una sensacion de noche con su papel como "Jeff" en 2001?s "Sopa de la Tortilla." El ha sido desde entonces imparable con las audiencias espanolas.

MICHAEL SHOWALTER lives in Brooklyn with his three cats. He is training for the Olympics (again). Will be with National Team this summer in Telluride. michaelshowalter.net

DAVID WAIN, grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. But now he lives in New York and can go to the Statue of Liberty as often as he wants. Which is twice a month. davidwain.com