CAST
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KEVIN GILL (Polaris) Kevin Michael Gill is a New York City-based Actor, Writer, and Comedian. He recently graduated from his training program at Stella Adler through their partnership with NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Notable roles include Richard III, Juror #4 in Twelve Angry Men, Player in In the Castle of Eternal Sunset, and God in Mary of Astoria (short film).He spends his free time playing Mario Party and doing Improv with his friends. kevingill.me |
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BEN HOLBROOK (Dawn/Gideon)
Ben Holbrook is a Brooklyn-based (originally from NC) playwright, filmmaker, and creator of digital and live experiences whose works have been produced, developed, or commissioned by: The Brick, The High Line, The Prism Festival (Makers Ensemble and Judson Church), Theatre Untitled, The Exponential Festival, Fundamental Theater Project, Ruddy Productions, The Samuel French OOB Festival, The Mercury Store, The New York International Fringe Festival, The Memphis Fringe Festival, The Motor Company, Wildwind Performance Lab, Voices of the South (TN), Ugly Rhino(LA), Seoul Players (SK), Holiday House, Find the Light (LA), The Irish Arts Council, 45th Street Block Association, and Paper Lantern Theatre Company (NC). baholbrook.com |
CREATIVE TEAM
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CHARLES GREEN (Playwright)
Charles Green is a poet and playwright. His works include P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) [National New Play Network/Kennedy Center – MFA Playwrights Workshop], In the Castle of Eternal Sunset (Brick Aux), +r0y (Shakespeare's New Contemporaries - Finalist), Genocide: A Love Story (Theater 503 New Play Contest, London— Semifinalist), The Dybbuk of Dachau (The O’Neill Center’s National Playwrights Conference— Semifinalist), American Zion (Finborough Theatre, London— Finalist), Death in Texas (USC Outstanding Drama Award), The Angel & the Icebox (Manhattan Repertory Theater), Mrs. Marlboro (Pittsburgh New Works Festival— Finalist), and A Desert Fugue (City Garage Theatre). Charles is an MFA graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theatre and Performance at Columbia University. newplayexchange.org/charles-green |
ERICA WRAY (Director)
Erica Wray is a Brooklyn-based new play director, Laban Movement Analyst, and Intimacy Director. She spent 15 years in Chicago and served as Co-Founder of Knife & Fork, a theatre company dedicated to social practice around food and body politics, and as Co-Artistic Director of Blank Line Collective, a movement-based, devising theater company. She is one half of The Interstitial, a producing partnership with dramaturg, Morgan Grambo. She is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers. MFA University of Iowa - Directing. Notable directing credits include: Gender Breakdown by Dani Bryant (Collaboraction, Chicago), Everybody by Branden Jacob Jenkins, co-directed with Katie Pearl (Wesleyan University), In the Castle of Eternal Sunset by Charles Green (The Brick/The Interstitial, NYC), three sisters I never had by Eric Marlin (The Healthy Oyster Collective, NYC), You Must Wear a Hat by C. Meaker (Theaterlab/The Interstitial, NYC), P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) by Charles Green (University of Iowa)
www.ericawray.com
Erica Wray is a Brooklyn-based new play director, Laban Movement Analyst, and Intimacy Director. She spent 15 years in Chicago and served as Co-Founder of Knife & Fork, a theatre company dedicated to social practice around food and body politics, and as Co-Artistic Director of Blank Line Collective, a movement-based, devising theater company. She is one half of The Interstitial, a producing partnership with dramaturg, Morgan Grambo. She is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers. MFA University of Iowa - Directing. Notable directing credits include: Gender Breakdown by Dani Bryant (Collaboraction, Chicago), Everybody by Branden Jacob Jenkins, co-directed with Katie Pearl (Wesleyan University), In the Castle of Eternal Sunset by Charles Green (The Brick/The Interstitial, NYC), three sisters I never had by Eric Marlin (The Healthy Oyster Collective, NYC), You Must Wear a Hat by C. Meaker (Theaterlab/The Interstitial, NYC), P o l a r i s (a tragedy expansion pack) by Charles Green (University of Iowa)
www.ericawray.com
MORGAN GRAMBO (Producer/Dramaturg)
Morgan Grambo is one half of The Interstitial and a dramaturg, producer, writer, and educator dedicated to the production of new plays. She has worked with Roundabout Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Athena Project, University of Iowa, and The Juilliard School, in addition to supporting artistic and new play development efforts at several organizations across the country. Morgan received her MFA in Dramaturgy and a graduate certificate in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Iowa. She teaches at the University of Connecticut and Salve Regina University. www.morgangrambo.com
Morgan Grambo is one half of The Interstitial and a dramaturg, producer, writer, and educator dedicated to the production of new plays. She has worked with Roundabout Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Athena Project, University of Iowa, and The Juilliard School, in addition to supporting artistic and new play development efforts at several organizations across the country. Morgan received her MFA in Dramaturgy and a graduate certificate in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Iowa. She teaches at the University of Connecticut and Salve Regina University. www.morgangrambo.com
ISABELLE CHIRLS (Line Producer/Production Manager)
Isabelle Chirls (they/them) is a producer, theatre & intimacy director, arts administrator, and writer. Recent producing credits include are you listening? (Producer, The Makers’ Space), WRITE CLUB Summer Playfest (Lead Producer, The Vino Theatre) and Take Me to Dollywood (Producer, St. Lydia's). As an associate director, Isabelle has worked on projects both off-Broadway (HERE Arts, Classic Stage Company) and in development for Broadway. Isabelle received their B.A. in Theatre and English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Wesleyan University, graduating with High Honors in Theatre and receiving the Outreach & Community Service Prize in Theatre. isabellechirls.com
Isabelle Chirls (they/them) is a producer, theatre & intimacy director, arts administrator, and writer. Recent producing credits include are you listening? (Producer, The Makers’ Space), WRITE CLUB Summer Playfest (Lead Producer, The Vino Theatre) and Take Me to Dollywood (Producer, St. Lydia's). As an associate director, Isabelle has worked on projects both off-Broadway (HERE Arts, Classic Stage Company) and in development for Broadway. Isabelle received their B.A. in Theatre and English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Wesleyan University, graduating with High Honors in Theatre and receiving the Outreach & Community Service Prize in Theatre. isabellechirls.com
COURTNEY GASTON (Scenic Design)
Courtney Gaston is the Assistant Professor of Lighting/Media Design in Wesleyan University’s Theater Department. As a lighting, scenic, and media designer, their work focuses on integrating new technologies with live performance including motion-tracking and wearable lighting technology. Their research and design work has been featured at the Prague Quadrennial, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Live Design International, and SheLA Summer Theater Festival. Recent work includes the design of a large-scale, immersive, interactive installation at Wesleyan University titled An Oceanic Journey and designs for new works Westphalia by Helen Banner (Luna Stage, NJ), You Must Wear a Hat by C. Meaker (TheaterLAB, NYC), and Sunny Jain’s Love Force (Symphony Space, NYC).
Courtney Gaston is the Assistant Professor of Lighting/Media Design in Wesleyan University’s Theater Department. As a lighting, scenic, and media designer, their work focuses on integrating new technologies with live performance including motion-tracking and wearable lighting technology. Their research and design work has been featured at the Prague Quadrennial, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Live Design International, and SheLA Summer Theater Festival. Recent work includes the design of a large-scale, immersive, interactive installation at Wesleyan University titled An Oceanic Journey and designs for new works Westphalia by Helen Banner (Luna Stage, NJ), You Must Wear a Hat by C. Meaker (TheaterLAB, NYC), and Sunny Jain’s Love Force (Symphony Space, NYC).
HUDA AL-AITHAN (Sound Design)
Huda Al-Aithan is a Saudi Arabian visual artist and designer. Al-Aithan lives and works in Dubai, where she is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the American University in Dubai. Al-Aithan’s work has been exhibited across Europe, the US, and the MENASA region, including at Misk Art Institute, Noor Riyadh, Art Dubai and Dubai Design Week. She earned her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. Al-Aithan’s creative work is reflected in utilitarian products and three-dimensional installations. As she strives for meaning in her art, she explores shape, color and light as ways of communication. She employs harmony, repetition, and organic shapes as instruments to communicate stories and create experiences. More recently, Al-Aithan has been investigating the notions of essence and identity across time through her practice.
Huda Al-Aithan is a Saudi Arabian visual artist and designer. Al-Aithan lives and works in Dubai, where she is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the American University in Dubai. Al-Aithan’s work has been exhibited across Europe, the US, and the MENASA region, including at Misk Art Institute, Noor Riyadh, Art Dubai and Dubai Design Week. She earned her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. Al-Aithan’s creative work is reflected in utilitarian products and three-dimensional installations. As she strives for meaning in her art, she explores shape, color and light as ways of communication. She employs harmony, repetition, and organic shapes as instruments to communicate stories and create experiences. More recently, Al-Aithan has been investigating the notions of essence and identity across time through her practice.
JOSHUA DUMAS (Sound Engineer and Additional Sound Design)
Joshua Dumas (he/they) is a Brooklyn-based musician and new media artist exploring social and ecological justice across dance, theatre, video, broadcast, and composition. He performs in Mending with Kate Adams, solo as Tired Circuits, and hosts “Bad at Goodbyes” – a podcast about endangered species. Recent credits include seapony at Dixon Place, Love You More at the Tank, You Must Wear a Hat with the Interstitial at TheaterLab, La Musica Deuxième at Torn Page, and Four Studies at PS122.
Joshua Dumas (he/they) is a Brooklyn-based musician and new media artist exploring social and ecological justice across dance, theatre, video, broadcast, and composition. He performs in Mending with Kate Adams, solo as Tired Circuits, and hosts “Bad at Goodbyes” – a podcast about endangered species. Recent credits include seapony at Dixon Place, Love You More at the Tank, You Must Wear a Hat with the Interstitial at TheaterLab, La Musica Deuxième at Torn Page, and Four Studies at PS122.
DELETRIS BRYANT (Stage Manager)
Deletris Bryant is a stage manager, director, and designer from the Greater Washington, D.C., Metro Area. A few of their credits include: Production Stage Manager & Sound Designer for I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (New Voices Festival 2024), Script Supervisor & Assistant Stage Manager for Sweetwater: Theatre Gospel of Iman (National Black Theatre) and Assistant Stage Manager for House of McQueen (The Mansion at Hudson Yards). They are a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
Deletris Bryant is a stage manager, director, and designer from the Greater Washington, D.C., Metro Area. A few of their credits include: Production Stage Manager & Sound Designer for I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (New Voices Festival 2024), Script Supervisor & Assistant Stage Manager for Sweetwater: Theatre Gospel of Iman (National Black Theatre) and Assistant Stage Manager for House of McQueen (The Mansion at Hudson Yards). They are a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre and Dance.