Frank Burnette Productions

BURN THIS by LANFORD WILSON — Runs in February 2006

Cast

Anna — Kourtney Horner
Pale — Clint Curtis
Burton — Michael Hornaday
Larry — Curt Peterson

Kourtney A. Horner (Anna) is a 2003 Drake graduate with a BFA in theater with an acting emphasis. Originally from Des Moines, she is no stranger to the stage, performing in some way or another from the time she was 5 years old. Her theater credits include Abigail Williams in "The Crucible," Teresa in "The Memory of Water," and Susan in "Five Kinds of Silence." Recently, she has been seen as Grace Bradley in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" at The Des Moines Playhouse. As well as theater productions, Kourtney has spent much of 2005 in front of the camera. She has recently performed in several Iowa independent films such as "La Sirena," "Haunting Villisca" and "The Magician." She also had the wonderful opportunity of being a part of team Eagleye that competed in the 48-hour film festival in July, playing the role of Rachel in "Intersection."

Kourtney has also been seen in a number of local commercials, and modeled for print ads statewide and the Des Moines Register’s Essentials magazine.

Furthermore, Kourtney has extensive training in many different types of dance and continues to further her skills by instructing and choreographing routines at two local dance studios. From the age of 4, she has taken tap and ballet classes adding in jazz and hip hop a few years following. She competed with her studio’s dance team throughout high school receiving numerous first place and high point awards. She has worked with local high school cheerleading squads choreographing routines for their performances and has also taken dance classes in Las Vegas. Following her graduation from college, Kourtney took the opportunity to dance on two local professional dance teams.

Clint Curtis (Pale) officially began his acting career as the mischievous lead in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Iowa City Community Theater. He has acted in well over 30 plays since then, from Shakespeare to The Glass Menagerie to Dancing at Lugnasa. He has studied theater/acting at Harvard University and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He began working in film, TV and commercials in Wilmington, NC, spent the summer of his life in Telluride, CO acting with the Telluride Rep and then went on to work as a Screen Actors Guild Member in Los Angeles, CA. He has been in at least 12 National Commercials (Banana Republic, Philips Light Bulb, Pizza Hut, and Heineken, to name a few), 2 music videos (Stabbing Westward, and yes, a Celine Dion video), a TV pilot called "Damaged Goods," (that almost got picked up) and an episode of Pacific Blue, as a roller-blading drug dealer named "Twitch Crowley."

You can also see him in the movies "Deep Rising," "Blade," "Fallen Arches," "Good Burger" and a documentary he co-produced called "Stairway to Heaven aka How We Broke Into The Playboy Mansion." He did shoot a scene in the Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts movie "The Mexican," but subsequently got cut out.

In December 2000, after 5 years in LA (which, in itself is a huge accomplishment) Clint returned home to Des Moines, found the girl and dog of his dreams, got married, and started working as a bartender at the coolest club and bar in town (The Vaudeville Mews on weekends and of course, the Lift for iPod Monday). Clint acted in 2 plays with the Drama Workshop in 2002 ("Hedda Gabler" and "Suburbia") and in a bunch of training videos and commercials (you may remember him in a few Iowa Lottery spots). He has worked with Copeland Creative Talent since 2001.

Michael Hornaday (Burton)
Michael Hornaday is originally from Indianola, IA and has spent a majority of his life in Des Moines area. After attending the University of Iowa and graduating with degrees in Theatre and Communications, he went on to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He appeared on shows such as Coach, Sunset Beach and Beverly Hills 90210. He returned to Iowa in 2001 and in the fall of 2005 decided to get an agent and get back into acting again.

Note: Michael was a walk-on and a member of the 1990 Iowa Hawkeye Football Rose Bowl squad.

Curt Peterson (Larry) is a University of Iowa and Grand View College graduate majoring in both Accounting and Graphic Design. He is currently employed by Delta Design, A former theater enthusiast, "Burn This" marks Mr. Peterson's return to the stage.