Lauren Pisano* (Emily) Lauren is a NY-based actress and voice artist. Theatre: NY: HELOISE (Theatre Row), JULIET + ROMEO (Pocket Universe), Regional: TAMING OF THE SHREW, ROMEO AND JULIET(Vermont Shakespeare Festival), ORSON WELLES/SHYLOCK (Redhouse Arts Center), UK Off-West End premiere of WHISTLEBLOWER (Waterloo East Theatre). TV: Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC), Evil Lives Here (ID Network). She was recently cast in the upcoming feature film Bernard and the Genie (Universal Pictures). She has done VO work for Facebook, Peloton, and Vanity Fair. She is also a competitive pole dancer. Forever thankful for her pup and (newlywed) husband. Lauren holds an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School.  www.laurenmariepisano.wix.com/actor IG: @laurenpisano

Thammie Quach (Grace) is a Vietnamese-American actor from NYC. Recent theater credits include: UNTITLED GAMER PLAY (Playwrights Horizon Theater School) and RICHARD II (Stella Adler Studio of Acting). She has performed with the Sống Collective, Transforma Theater, and sends her love to all the communities she works with. She is grateful and gives thanks to her family, friends, Jason, and Sony for their love and support. And Theatre East, thank you for welcoming me onto this journey! Recent graduate from NYU Tisch Drama. thammiequach.com @thammielaine

Joseph Dean Anderson* (he/him/his) (Sam) is a New York City-based actor, musician, and acting teacher. TV: The Booze, Bets, and Sex That Built America (The History Channel), UPCOMING TV: Full Circle (HBO), Evil Lives Here (Investigation Discovery), American Dynasty (Fox). FILM: Noise (Spoonman Productions, winner of Best Feature Film and Audience Choice at Golden Gate International Film Festival) THEATER: DAVID’S PLAY (NYC Fringe Festival), TWELFTH NIGHT (Gallery Players) CLYBOURNE PARK (Stella Adler Studio). Joseph is grateful for his two acting families: The Stella Adler Studio (3-Year Conservatory Graduate) and The Barrow Group. He is also an avid hiker, runner, and guitar shredder. Member AEA. For more www.josephdeananderson.com

Lauren Sowa* (Kate) is a New York-based actor and filmmaker.  Recent theatre credits: NOISES OFF!, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, HARVEY, PRIVATE LIVES (Walnut Street Theatre), HAMLET, ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), EMMA, RED VELVET (Lantern Theater Company), OTHELLO, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre), ROMEO & JULIET (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival). Film & TV: FBI (CBS), The Plot Against America (HBO), The Rainbow Experiment (Paramount+), The Devil's Well (Amazon Prime). 
As a producer, her first film, Marisol, won the 2019 HuffPost Impact Award and was licensed by HBO. Other films she’s produced can be seen on DUST, Tubi, Amazon Prime, Omeleto, and at film festivals all over the world. Select festival credits include: Slamdance, OutFest Fusion, NEWFEST, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, Soho International Film Festival, and Cinequest.
Training: BFA, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Proud member of BAFTA, The Television Academy, Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA

Julia Rae Maldonado (Playwright) is a Bronx-based playwright and actor from San Antonio, Texas. Her work has been developed & produced by companies including the LAByrinth Theatre, Theatre East & Label Grey (Germany). She’s also the author of a collection of short plays for teens commissioned and produced by the Stella Adler Studio. Her play JUNTOS was a finalist in the 2021 Samuel French OOB Festival and her play BUSKERS! a Finalist for the Heideman Award National 10-Minute Play Contest (Actors Theatre Louisville). Her short play REAL LIFE is included in Gary Garrison’s A (More) Perfect 10 & A Younger 10. She is also the creator and head writer of the interactive Instagram series KARULA’S DREAM SHOW LIVE (originally developed in the 5x5 Drama Series). She is a founding member of the girlSOUP collective, a faculty member at the Actor’s Studio Drama School, and a member of the Dramatist Guild. BFA - NYU Tisch, MFA - Actor's Studio Drama School.www.juliaraemaldonado.com

John Noel (Production Manager) is a New York City-based Producer and Production Manager. Currently producing podcasts for Morgan Stanley and managing his own production company, John Noel Productions. Previous productions include work with Hooked, Makeup by Mario, The Exoneration Initiative, and The American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign. John also conceived and produced PILLOW FORT with Treehouse Shakers which was featured in the NY Times. www.JohnNoelProductions.com

Corin Greene (Production Stage Manager) is a New York City-based stage manager, performer, songwriter, and teacher. She received her MM in Vocal Performance: Music Theatre from NYU Steinhardt and her BA in Music Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music. Other stage management credits include: REMEMBER THIS: THE LESSON OF JANE KARSKI (Theatre for a New Audience), National Music Theater Conference and the National Playwrights Conference (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), PROUD (Rising Sun Performance Company), KING LEAR (Hamlet Isn’t Dead), and WONDERLAND (NYU Steinhardt). coringreene.com

Margaret Montagna (Sound Design) Margaret Montagna is a New York City-based sound designer, originally from Brooklyn.  Select design credits include: BRAINSMASH (59E59 Studio C), I WANNA F*CK LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET (59E59 Studio C), THE PANIC OF ‘29 (59E59 Studio B), ALISON LEIBY: OH GOD, A SHOW ABOUT ABORTION (Cherry Lane Theatre), THE COLLISON/THE MARTYRDOM (59E59 Studio C), DECOMPOSE THEATER (The New School), FAMILY OF LEAR (Stella Adler Studios), UNSTUCK (The Tank), THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT (The New School), A WOMAN OF THE WORLD (59E59 Studio C), QUEEN (Astoria Boys and Girls Club),  HOLY GHOSTS (Theatre East) margaretmontagnasd.com

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Judson Jones (Director) is an award-winning producer and director who has had the privilege of collaborating on the premieres of Tim Blake Nelson’s EYE OF GOD, Christopher Durang’s THE VIETNAMIZATON OF NEW JERSEY (NY Times Critic Pick), David Crawford’s HARVEST (Smith & Kraus Best New Plays of 2008; Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Bennett Windheim’s NORMALCY, Megan O’Brien’s THE JUNGLE BOOK, Daniel MacIvor’s THE SOLDIER DREAMS, and DEVIL AND THE DEEP with Air Supply‘s Graham Russell. Regional producing credits include: THE JINN (The American Theatre Critics Award) HEDDA, BASH, and DESIRE. His directing credits include: HOLY GHOSTS, NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, and THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East), HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company), BASH (the dirigo group), S-MAN (Scriptworks), THE ELF and GIFT (Salvage Vanguard Theatre). He serves on the Board of Directors for Texas Dramatists, is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA, and an instructor at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Christa Kimlicko Jones* (Assistant Director) was most recently seen in DECKHAND for Theatre East's 5x5 (2022). Other NYC credits: AWAKE AND SING!, THE SEAGULL, THE WHALE, THREE SISTERS, UNCLE VANYA, OUR TOWN (Harold Clurman Lab Theatre). A NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East). UMBRELLA, HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company). Regionally: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Austin Playhouse); HEDDA GABLER, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (B. Iden Payne Award), FOOL FOR LOVE (the dirigo group). Christa teaches at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC, where she is also the Director of the Teen Conservatory and Young Artists Programs. She is a member of V.A.S.T.A., League of Professional Theatre Women, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. She received her MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin. She has been working on an adaptation of Anna Karenina (annA) and looks forward to sharing it with audiences soon. ChristaKJones.com

Zach Murphy (Scenic and Lighting Design) Lighting Design: FALLING AND LOVING, Associate, CITI/STREB, A THOUSAND THOUGHTS (Associate, Kronos Quartet), An Octoroon (Actor’s Express), REQUIEM FOR TESLA (Rude Mechs), Sacai NY Nike Fashion Show (Nike), BEYOND BABEL (Associate, Hideaway Circus), THE PITMAN PAINTERS (Associate, MTC), SHUTTER SISTERS (The Old Globe), Emerging from the Cave (Director of the film, Sundance Institute), podcast BardQuest Empire (producer), Creative Director, Bang Interrobang www.banginterrobang.com

Sherry Martinez (Costume Design) is a New York City Based costume designer. Her designs have been seen at T. Schreiber Studios, The Abingdon Theater and The Stella Adler Studio. Credits include THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, AS YOU LIKE IT, OTHELLO, PERICLES, LADY HOUSE BLUE, ANNA IN THE TROPICS, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, MOTHER COURAGE, SKYSCRAPER, THE HOMECOMING.
She’d like to thank Leigh Bowery, Edith Head and Chado Ralph Rucci for serving as inspiration for all her designs.

Mike McNulty (House Manager) is originally from Lenexa, KS, and graduated with dual degrees from Missouri State University in theatre performance studies and entertainment management. Most recently he played Hamlet in a production staged in Helsingør, Denmark, and has worked with various theatre companies in NYC, including the SITI Company, Say What? NYC Comedy Improv, the Ume Group, Superhero Clubhouse, and Palissimo Company.