Meet the Crazed Imaginations Staff!

Ruth Fink-Winter: Editor, finances. (Email)

Ruth performs Magenta and currently performs in Lincoln, Nebraska, where, many years and many casts ago, she first started performing in 1988.

Ruth has seen the film in six different countries. She received the first BOSS award in 1998, and received a Fan Award from the Fan Club at the 25th anniversary.

Ruth also runs the Anal Retentive Rocky Horror Costume List and maintains the RHPS Frequently Asked Questions List. Ruth edited Crazed from 1998-fall 2002 and now she's back.

Bill Brennan: Founding Editor, staff writer.

Bill founded Crazed in 1995, and retired as editor in 1998.

Now retired from performing Rocky Horror, he logged more than 20 years with the NYC Cast and plays a mean Bert Schnick.

Retired vice president of the Official Shock Treatment Fan Club, Bill has helped organize two Rocky conventions, arranging for Nell to appear at the NYC 1998 and Allentown 2000 cons. Bill received the BOSS award in 1999.

Gene Chiovari: Layout, graphic design, webmaster.

Gene plays Frank with Chicago cast Completely Crazy and has been involved in the Rocky Horror cult since 1977. He has been a founding member of many a cast, most notably of Completely Crazy (originally known as The Unconventional Conventionists) and Chicago's Midnight Madness (which started out in the IL suburb of Meadowdale), co-founded with Bruce Cutter and several other members of note who were also original members of Milwaukee's Celluloid Jam.

With more than 20 years performing under his garterbelt, he's helped organize two Rocky Horror conventions, one of which Richard O'Brien attended. He was recognized for his contributions by the Fan Club at the 20th anniversary in 1995 and was so stoned he does not remember a damn bit of it.

Gene's distinctive designs can be seen not only in our pages but on the most complete line of Rocky Horror buttons available today. Gene came on board with issue 7 and has been cheerfully asking his computer to do the impossible ever since.

Dawn Henline: Reporter, photopicking, printing/mailing.

Dawn is Assistant cast director for Back Row Productions in Charleston, SC and Cast Leader of Sins of the South. Dawn serves as emcee and plays Magenta when given the opportunity, but usually helps out with tech and is all around cast chameleon. Dawn is one of the many cast founders of Back Row Productions and has been doing Rocky Since July 2002.

Christine Gallipeau: Layout; how-tos.

Christine currently performs as Transie and has recently been "promoted" to Head Prop Bitch with Virginia's Norfolk cast, Fishnet Inc. Her involvement with Rocky Horror started 24 years ago when she was first dragged to Montclair Twins Theater in California when she was 14. Over the years, Christine as played every character and has been in numerous casts. She specializes in making Frank's costume but makes others as the need arises. At Crazed, she specializes in speed layout.

Maggie Bob: Reporter: UK Beat.

Maggie Bob was pulled into the dark recesses of Rocky Horror sometime in the late 20th century, and has never looked back. In the summer of 2001 she joined Less Vulnerable, the debutante London cast, for whom she currently plays Magenta, as well as taking on the role of web and prop mistress. As if her participation isn’t enough, she is slowly converting all of her family, and has so far succeeded in getting her brother to join her on the cast.

Jo Hedelman: Reporter.

Jo was first introduced to Rocky Horror in 1999 as an innocent University freshman and has since become fascinated with the show. She has been performing as Magenta with The University of Oregon's "Forbidden Fruit," since 2002, and plans on auditioning for any cast in whatever city she happens to live in. She hopes to someday perform in the Rocky Horror Show, as she assumes people will appreciate her loud singing much more when she is not competing with her on-screen character.

Matthew M. Yenkala: ALUM--Printing.

Matt was first exposed to RHPS in the late 1970’s via his sister, a member of Phoenix, AZ's first cast. In 1988, Matthew finally saw the movie and was instantly addicted. He co-founded Phoenix's BROADWAY BOUND & GAGGED and performed as Riff. After a break and a stint in the audience, Matt returned to ROCKY full time in 1999, helping with promotion and finally ending up co-managing the damned thing.

Matt is the self-appointed Arizona RHPS historian and archivist, and with Scott McDee (a schoolmate Matthew dragged to Rocky in 1988) he often plays ambassador to other casts. He is currently writing his first screenplay and planning the revival of his comedy TV show ILLEGAL PROGRAMMING. Eventual goals include being a big-time filmmaker and ruling the world.

Mike Bennett: ALUM--Editor/"Office monkey" (printing/mailing/copyediting).

Mike has been a part of the Rocky Horror Experience for 20 years as of December 2002. He first saw RHPS in Lakehurst IL in Dec 1982 after graduating from Navy bootcamp, was immediately hooked and sought out Rocky wherever he traveled. Mike retired from acting in 2000 and now works behind the scenes in the Rocky community. He edited Crazed from fall 2002-2003.

Claudia Bakker: ALUM--Reporter: Euro Beat.

Claudia got addicted to the Time Warp in 1999, when she saw Jason Donovan being a Sweet Transvestite in London. She instantly knew there would be no turning back for her. Some time after, she started Rockyhorror.nl, the Dutch fan club, with a couple of like-minded souls. This gathering led to the kick off of CastRatedGood in 2002 in which Claudia played Janet.

Carrie Dahlby: ALUM-- Starbeat reporter.

Carrie Dahlby performs Janet and Magenta for the Pink Invaders in Merrillville, IN; Transvestite Soup in Minneapolis; and Chicago's Midnight Madness cast. She has also performed as Betty Hapschatt in Shock Treatment, Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (with Midnight Madness), and performed in the popular "Rocky Horror Polka Show" pre-show that debuted in Vegas at the 25th Anniversary convention.

Cosmo: ALUM--Webspace provider.

Cosmo began attending RHPS in 1993. He plays Eddie, Crim and Dr. Scott, and is currently a member (on leave) from The Denton Affair, Cincinnati's RHPS cast. Cosmo received the Boss Award in 1999 and received a Fan Award from the Fan Club at the 25th anniversary. He runs Cosmo's Factory and provided Crazed with free webspace for years because he's just a nice guy.

Kat Gonzales: ALUM--Copy Editor

Kat first saw Rocky (the movie) when she was nine, but didn't become a fan until she was twelve (she was originally scared of the movie). She is the only member of the staff who's not yet seen the film with a live cast. She does plan on seeing it live once a local cast gets started up again.

Scott James: ALUM--Reporter.

Scott has been involved in RHPS since 1997. He attended his first show dressed as Eddie and was invited to join the cast, Las Vegas's Divine Decadence. Since then as part of DD, he's participated in con preshows, performed on television, marched in parades, and performed in libraries and gay bars, as well as guest performing with several casts including Sins O the Flesh, Rocky's Whores, the Montclair, CA cast and the NYC Cast, which he plans to join in the near future.

I enjoy working with Crazed even though they often confuse me with Scott McDonald :D

jefF N.: ALUM--Assistant graphics & layout; printing and mailing, staff photographer.

Cast leader for Chicago's Midnight Madness cast and performing Brad.

jefF's convention photo archives and Ultimate Rocky Horror Links pages are resources for the entire Rocky Horror community. jefF joined our staff in 1999, and we're not sure how we managed to do without him. We'll be finding out as he retired from the staff in August 2002. Thanks for your help, jefF!

Scott "McDee" McDonald: ALUM--Reporter.

Scott first saw RHPS in 1988, and started performing in 1994 when he joined Broadway Bound and Gagged in Tempe, Arizona. He has guest performed with several different casts and is currently performing with Heavy Petting in Tucson where he can ride his motorcycle into the theater (the license plate reads "RHPS"). For 2 1/2 years, Scott hosted "Dark Refrains", a live internet RHPS radio show on the now defunct Vampire Radio.com. He also maintains (poorly) www.ex-deliveryboy.com, an Eddie performers tribute site which blatantly rips off the Anal Retentive Rocky Horror Costume List and Cosmo's Factory. The bastard feels no remorse.

James Norman: ALUM--Printing, Mailing, Computer Help.

James Norman has been doing RHPS since 1987. He joined A Jump To The Left in 1990 as Eddie/Crim/Dr. Scott, later also playing Brad. James appeared, for about three seconds, as "Labcoat Brad" in the 1993 RHPS TV premiere, in an excerpt which appears on the DVD. He was one of the final three Brad costume contestants at the 25th Anniversary. He stopped performing regularly in 1995, but still collects Rocky-related audio.

James designed the official 25th Anniversary site and produced the Rocky Horror Sourcebook . He saved our butts more than once and consults occasionally when we beg hard enough.

SaraH "Spice": ALUM--Copy and update reporter.

SaraH plays Brad, Magenta and Rocky and is a member of Ontario's cast, The Denton Episcopalians. SaraH first came on board doing proofreading and branched out from there.

Jeff Gamlin: ALUM--Shadowcast outreach and RHS beat reporter.

JJeff plays Riff, Brad and Dr. Scott. He performed with Chicago'sMidnight Madness and performed with Indiana's Pink Invaders casts.

Jeff had written a number of pieces on Rocky and Shock Treatment for other independent zines, such as the Wormwood Chronicles, before finding out about Crazed.