KATE FLANNERY (Kassie Chew) Kate plays Meredith, the drunk on NBC’s the Office(for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award). Her comedy lounge act, the Lampshades, has been running in Hollywood at the Improv Olympic West stage for over six years and was seen at Caesar’s Palace and the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Kate’s other TV work includes the Bernie Mac Show, Boomtown, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Comedy Central’s Crossballs and Saturday TV Fun House on SNL. She played Neely O’Hara in the Off Broadway hit Valley of the Dolls at the Circle in the Square in NYC and LA’s Coast Playhouse (She’s on the Valley of the Dolls’ DVD extras) A former member of Second City’s National Tour Co., she is also an original member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theater, where she co- created over 15 shows including the Miss Vagina Pageant (directed by Jill Soloway)and the Real Live Brady Bunch (playing over 30 cities and the Kennedy Center). LA audiences have seen her as the teen prostitute and Blair’s sister in the Phacts of Life, as Patty Duke in the MisMatch Show at the Renberg Theatre, and in the Lily Tomlin / Jane Wagner production of Three Feet Under at the Evidence Room. Kate graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where her family owns a bar.

Make sure to visit Kate’s Meredith Palmer fan page at www.myspace.com/kateflan and her Office blog for tvguide.com

SCOT ROBINSON (Hori Pismo) writes, produces and stars in the Lampshades, which went to the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in 2003. He is an Improv Olympic member originally from Chicago. Writer, director, teacher and actor, he's helped create over thirty original shows at Chicago's renowned Annoyance Theatre performing in COED PRISON SLUTS (Chicago's longest running musical) & the REAL LIVE BRADY BUNCH. Scot's been seen on MAD TV and his films include theWill Ferrell film ANCHORMAN, THE UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE MOVIE, King Pictures' TREASURE ISLAND and FATTY DRIVES THE BUS. Scot has also directed at Chicago's SECOND CITY. NYC audiences have seen him Live with the UCB. LA audiences have seen him in the two-year run of the original sketch group, The DICKIE BELL DANCE TWIST PARTY at The Comedy Store, Bang Theatre and the HBO Workspace.

David Adler is a Chicago-based composer and musician. A graduate of USC's film scoring program, his credits include UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE (Comedy Central), musical director for RICHARD CHEESE & LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (appearances on NBC, CNN, MTV, FOX News, and Howard Stern), and original music for Yesterdayland.com (JERSEY FILMS). Commercial clients include Mattel, Famous Footwear, Southern Comfort, and the Green Bay Packers.