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PRESENT
The Sips & Scripts
New Works Festival
THEATRE RALEIGH ARTS CENTER
SEPTEMBER 1O, 11, 12
5 FULL-LENGTH ORIGINAL PLAYS BY 5
NORTH CAROLINA-BASED PLAYWRIGHTS IN
BOOK-IN-HAND READINGS
Featuring
NICE WHITE PARENTS KALEIDOSCOPE
2016 Adrienne Pender
Tamara Kissane
HAIKU
Judy Dove
THE WANING HOURS MITIGATING DAMAGES
Carol Torian Marilynn Barner Anselmi
PLAYWRIGHTS
Playwrights’ headshots by Trevon Carr
PLAYWRIGHTS
JUDY DOVE - HAIKU
Judy M. Dove is a playwright, director, and teaching artist. She has directed for the Raleigh Little
Theatre, Forest Moon Theater, NRACT, WCPSS, Special Theatre Arts Raleigh, and has been an adjunct
professor in the Meredith College Department of Dance and Theatre where she worked as a theatre
teaching artist for the FuHsing Program from Taipei. She has written several plays for youth, based
on NC history, which have been toured by the RLT Storytellers to Go! and two of her short plays were
selected to be a part of the Goodly Frame Theatre’s ZoomFest 2020. Most recently, she received an
Artist’s Support Grant from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County for which she has
written a new full-length play. She is the recipient of the NCTC K-12 Theatre Educator Award, the
Capital University Alumni Achievement Award, the United Arts Council of Raleigh/Wake County
Business Support of the Arts Award in Arts Education, an Artsplosure Artists’ Residency at the Oyster
House in Beaufort, and numerous awards for Excellence in Directing from the North Carolina
Theatre Conference. Memberships include Dramatists Guild of America (Associate), and the North
Carolina Theatre Conference, for which she served on the Board of Directors for 13 years.
MARILYNN BARNER ANSELMI - MITIGATING DAMAGES
Marilynn and her partner have lived in North Carolina for 30 years. In her pre-writing life, Marilynn
taught in many settings including middle school, community college, university and the state prison
system. In 2007, Marilynn’s son was killed in an accident while attending DePaul University in
Chicago. She turned to writing plays in an attempt to deal with this devastation. Since then, she’s
written thirteen full length scripts, several short scripts and a couple of short screen plays. Her work
has been produced in 17 states (and counting) including Pride Films and Plays (Chicago); The Studio
Theatre (Washington, DC); National Black Theatre Festival (Winston-Salem, NC); The Detroit Repertory
Theatre; August Wilson Center (Pittsburgh, PA); Tennessee Stage Company (Knoxville, TN); The Blank
Theatre (Hollywood, CA); SNAP Productions (Omaha, NEB); Open Fist Theatre (Los Angeles, CA); and
American Bard Theatre (NYC).
Marilynn won the 2019 Mario-Fratti Political Playwriting Award (Castillo Theatre) and the 2015 Mark
Gilbert Award, NC Playwrights Project. Her work has been named a semi-finalist for the Eugene
O’Neill Conference, a finalist for Playwrights First (National Arts Club, NYC), finalist for New Work
Festival (Phoenix Theatre), finalist for the Susan Nim Award (Last Frontier Theatre Conference,
Alaska), semi-finalist for the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition (Buffalo, NY), semi-finalist
PlayPenn Conference (Philadelphia, PA). Her short movies have been included in numerous national
film festivals and You Wouldn’t Expect won an award at the 2016 Black International Film Festival,
Berlin, Germany.
PLAYWRIGHTS
CAROL TORIAN - THE WANING HOURS
Carol Torian is a playwright, fiction writer, producer, visual artist, and gallerist from North Carolina.
Productions of her work have included Cracked Grain for Cary Playwrights’ Forum and Ruby Slipper
Fringe Festival; The Traditionalists for Cary Playwrights’ Forum and the Women’s Theatre Festival;
Kissing Cousins for Cary Playwrights’ Forum and The Waning Hours, which was previously presented
as a staged reading at Burning Coal Theatre and Ruby Slipper Fringe Festival. Carol’s work
crisscrosses racial, cultural, and socioeconomic boundaries to promote understanding,
appreciation, and awareness. She received her bachelor’s from Meredith College.
TAMARA KISSANE - NICE WHITE PARENTS 2016
Tamara Kissane is a Durham-based playwright, theatre-maker, parent, and podcaster for Artist
Soapbox(www.artistsoapbox.org). In 2020, Tamara was the Piedmont Laureate and received
Outstanding Contribution to the Arts from Chatham Life & Style. She is currently working on a
musical commissioned by Honest Pint Theatre. Tamara is a co-founder and playwright for Curious
Theatre Collective and leads Soapbox Audio Collective Writers’ rooms, Public Works events, and
Creative Accountability Groups. Her stage-plays, The New Colossus and Master Builder were
commissioned and performed by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in 2016 & 2018. She has
produced, written, and directed audio dramas including the Declaration of Love Anthology (2020),
The New Colossus (2020), Master Builder (2019), Creekside with Winona (2021), and several in
development.
ADRIENNE EARLE PENDER - KALEIDOSCOPE
Adrienne Earle Pender is a playwright living in North Carolina, and has been writing since 2001. Her
plays have been produced around the country, including: Somewhere In Between, which had a
staged reading at the Drama Book Shop in New York in 2010; a staged reading at Wordsmyth
Theater in Houston, TX in May, 2014; and Somewhere In Between received a full production from
Theater in the Park in Raleigh in September 2014; The Strawberry Girl, which received a staged
reading at the Women’s Theater Festival in Raleigh, NC, in July 2019. Adrienne’s play, “N,” was named
a finalist in the FutureFest 2015 Festival of New Works in Dayton. It received a staged reading at the
Eugene O’Neill Festival in Danville, CA, and made its world premiere production in Raleigh, NC at
Theatre in the Park in February 2017, with subsequent productions in Detroit and Houston in 2020,
and productions planned for Washington DC in 2021, and in Cleveland in 2022. Adrienne was
named a Tao House Fellow by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, and completed her Artist-in-
Residence residency in September 2015. She holds an MA and an MFA in Creative Writing from
Wilkes University, and is a member of the Dramatist Guild.
PANELISTS JEFFREY SWEET ANNIE TAFT BRIAN LORD CHUCK GALLE DANI JESSANT ERIC WOODALL JEROME DAVIS JESSE GEPHART KAREN MARK MARTHA MARY DACONS- CORNELL KERAVUORI ROWLAND BROCK
PANELISTS
NATHAN ROSS ROY DICKS VICKIE L.
FREEMAN EVANS
WENDELL TABB TRIZA COX
PANELISTS JEFFREY SWEET Jeffrey Sweet was part of the wave of writers, actors and directors who transformed Chicago’s off- Loop theater scene beginning in the Seventies. Chicago hosted more than 20 productions of his works, including premieres of Flyovers (Jeff Award), The Action Against Sol Schumann (ATCA Award), American Enterprise (ATCA and Kennedy Center Awards, Best Play Citation), Court-Martial at Fort Devens (Audelco Award), Bluff (Jeff nomination), With and Without, Porch and his solo show, You Only Shoot the Ones You Love. His most-produced play, The Value of Names, was a particular favorite of Jack Klugman, who starred in it in six theaters, including the George Street Playhouse and the Falcon where it was an LA Times critic’s choice. Jeff’s most recent play, Kunstler, played off-Broadway in 2017 at 59E59th Street after runs at Hudson Stage and in the NY Fringe (where it was named a Time Out critic’s choice); it moved to an extended run at Barrington Stage. He wrote the book of the musical What About Luv? (a/k/a Love) starring Nathan Lane and Judy Kaye (based on Murray Schisgal’s comedy, music by Howard Ashman and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead) and the book and lyrics of I Sent a Letter to My Love (based on the novel by Bernice Rubens, music by Melissa Manchester, directed by Patricia Birch). What About Luv? had an extended run in London and played two years in Tokyo. For TV, Jeff wrote for Norman Lear, was executive story editor of an ABC series starring Michael Learned called Hothouse, wrote two years of soap opera (Another World and One Life to Live) and wrote the shooting script for the Peabody Award-winning TV movie version of Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of Lies starring Ellen Burstyn and Alan Bates. He also has written two books on dramatic technique (The Dramatist’s Toolkit and Solving Your Script) and books on Second City (Something Wonderful Right Away) and the O’Neill Theater Center (The O’Neill). His newest book is What Playwrights Talk About When They Talk About Writing, featuring 18 interviews with major contemporary American and British playwrights, published by Yale. He has taught or guest lectured at dozens of universities and professional schools including NYU, Rutgers, the New School, the University of Richmond and Wagner College. His articles have appeared in American Theatre, Newsday, The Dramatist and Dramatics, for which he wrote a column for three decades. He is an alum of the Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theater Workshop, New Dramatists and the O’Neill, a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, a Tony voter, and a lifetime member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He is a graduate of NYU, where he studied film with Martin Scorcese, songwriting with Paul Simon and critical writing with Clive Barnes. He currently teaches classes and runs seminars through his website, The Negotiating Stage (thenegotiatingstage.com).
PANELISTS ANNIE TAFT Annie Taft is the author of over 30 plays which have been produced locally, regionally and nationally. She is also a director, producer and current president of Odyssey Stage based in Carrboro, NC. She is the creator of the audio drama “The Suffragist Project” in collaboration with the Triangle Playwrights which is currently streaming on your favorite podcast service. http://www.odysseystage.org/shows/the-suffragist-project/ BRIAN LORD Brian Lord has been a Director, Actor, and Writer in the NC Theater community starting in 1997. He has been a Director for North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theater since 2002 directing many plays including Steel Magnolias, The Hobbit (also writer), and Lion in Winter. He has also been an Actor at NRACT. Some of his performances were Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gary in I Hate Hamlet, and the Wizard in Wizard of Oz. CHUCK GALLE Chuck Galle performed on Raleigh stages during the early 80s and won a Cantey for Azdak in “Caucasian Chalk Circle” in 1981. He was invited to found a drama group in Central Prison in 1983 and over the next five years produced and directed well known plays, with some of the general public (up to 300) invited into the audience. The first performance “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” was graced with Her Honor Isabella Cannon. Chuck performed and directed in Portsmouth NH and Boston, MA, and made several dozen TV Commercials in the period 1995 - 2012. He partnered as a reviewer with Martha Keravuori in the Triangle area from 2012 to 2019. DANI JESSANT Dani Jessant is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has lived in North Carolina since 2015. She serves as a co-writer for the web series, "Urk My Nerves" as well as a contributing play reviewer for RDU onStage. Dani is an author of children's books. One of her books, Brown Girl All Cult Up, is a personal story that reveals her experiences with religion and "self-love". "Self-love" has become her mission as she promotes it in her workshops everywhere, which includes a significant component of the importance of financial literacy. Dani is a proud mom of three wonderful children.
PANELISTS ERIC WOODALL Eric Woodall is the Producing Artistic Director of North Carolina Theatre, In the theatre business for 30 years, Eric has been an actor, director, teacher and casting director. He was a resident director for the Broadway, Touring and Las Vegas productions of Mamma Mia! Regional directing credits include West Side Story, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, Driving Miss Daisy, and Steel Magnolias (North Carolina Theatre) Other directing credits include Next to Normal, Big River, On Golden Pond (Casa Manana); Big Fish, The Light in the Piazza, Parade, August Osage County, and Violet (Theatre Raleigh); and Hay Fever (Playmakers.) Before joining NC Theatre, Eric worked as one of New York’s top casting directors in the office of Tara Rubin Casting. A few of his Broadway casting credits include Sunset Boulevard, Aladdin, Falsettos, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Big Fish, Bullets Over Broadway, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, …Spelling Bee, The Little Mermaid, and Mamma Mia! (Broadway, National tour). As a guest lecturer, Eric has taught at universities and training programs around the country including NYU, Baldwin Wallace, and Elon. Internationally, Eric was invited to lead workshops in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia through Actors Equity of Australia. Eric is a drama graduate of Carnegie Mellon-University and is a member of SDC and CSA. JEROME DAVIS Jerome Davis is founding artistic director of Burning Coal Theatre in Raleigh. Directing credits for Burning Coal: Ashe in Johannesburg, The Weir (twice), Rat in the Skull, Pentecost, Winding the Ball, Steward of Christendom, Night & Day, Company, Road to Mecca, Juno & the Paycock, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Taming of the Shrew, Inherit the Wind, Hamlet, Hysteria, Prisoner’s Dilemma, 1960, The Seafarer, Shape of the Table, Enron, Jude the Obscure Parts 1 & 2, Shining City, Camelot, The Heretic, Iron Curtain Trilogy (Raleigh & London), Evita, Sunday in the Park with George, Spoonface Steinberg, Written on the Heart, Dark Vanilla Jungle (London), Iphigenia in Splott. Acting: Love’s Labours Lost, The Mound Builders, St. Nicholas, Skylight, Talley’s Folly (for Burning Coal), also Skylight in Orlando and King Lear(Lear) in Wilmington. Other: See How They Run in Southern Pines, Twelfth Night in Apex and Turn of the Screw for NC Opera. Jerome has worked with or studied with Uta Hagen, Adrian Hall, Richard Jenkins, Hope Davis, Nikos Psacharapolous, Julie Bovasso, Ralph Waite, Oliver Platt, Ben Gazzarra and Ellen Burstyn. This is his 25th season as artistic director of Burning Coal Theatre Company which he and his wife, Simmie Kastner, founded in 1995.
PANELISTS JESSE GEPHART Jesse Gephart is a longtime member of the Triangle theatre community, having been working in the area since 1998. He has been an actor and director for Theatre Raleigh, Theatre In The Park, Raleigh Little Theatre, and more. This year, he was seen in RLT's A Number and TIP's Buyer & Cellar. He is directing the upcoming Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble at TIP, and will return to their holiday stage as Crumpet in The Santaland Diaries this December. KAREN DACONS-BROCK Karen Dacons-Brock is a former professor of theatre at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). During her tenure at NCCU, she taught performance courses, developed and produced new plays, directed theatrical productions, and promoted the University via edutainment performance tours. She was also the recipient of teaching and directing awards. Beyond the University, Dacons-Brock has collaborated on new play projects, served on boards, and directed productions for various theatre companies in the Triangle. She is a resident of Durham. MARK CORNELL Mark Cornell has had more than 85 of his plays produced in theatres around the world. Most recently, his play Desert Song was part of this summer’s plays-in-development program at The Sauk in Michigan where his AACT NewPlayFest award-winning play On Pine Knoll Street premiered in 2020. His play The Other Half won the 2019 Getchell Award, and will premiere at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC in spring 2022. Other plays include: Sprucehaven B (Rising Sun Performance Company/Frigid Festival, NYC), At Birth (Hormel New Works Festival at Phoenix Theatre), Two Turtle Doves (Common Ground in Durham, NC), and Carolyn Adams (ArtsCenter). His short plays have won numerous awards, including the LW Thomas Award for Bad Thing at Theatre Oxford, Best Playwright at Pittsburgh New Works Festival and the Short and Sweet Award in Brisbane, Australia for The Rental Company. He is finishing up two feature films, The Invite, and The Fog. He is an ensemble member with Moonlight Stage Company in Raleigh, partner with Paul Newell with Full Nelson Theater, and co-creator of Marked Men Films with Mark Jantzen. He lives in Chapel Hill. He has an MFA in playwriting from UCLA. MARTHA KERAVUORI Martha Keravuori has a life-long involvement with theatre as an actress, director, stage manager, talent agent and a teacher. She has a drama degree from the Woman’s College of UNC. For the past nine years she has been a reviewer with Chuck Galle. She is a winner of a 2018 Raleigh Medal of Arts.
PANELISTS MARY ROWLAND Mary Rowland is a Raleigh native who reads, acts, and directs in the Triangle. She has worked extensively with multiple groups in the area, appearing recently as Sherlock in Baskerville at Raleigh Little Theatre, and Maman in June Guralnick’s Little O+ at Justice Theatre Project. She retired last year from teaching communication and theatre at Wake Tech. NATHAN ROSS FREEMAN Nathan Ross Freeman is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Authoring Action, developing teen authors as impact communication specialists, authors, orators and filmmakers. He is Winston- Salem’s 2015 Arts Council Award recipient, Faculty member of the Intensive Writing Faculty during his 14 years of teaching Screenwriting and Playwriting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1994-2008). Freeman’s 2 feature films, Mr. Bones (narrative) and Authoring Action (documentary) were screened at over 20 international film festivals, and together were awarded 5 first place awards and 5 invitations. Freeman’s new Feature Film, Gem, is currently scheduled. To tour international fil festivals. Freeman Wrote, Produced, Directed, Filmed and Edited Gem. Mr. Nathan Ross Freeman has conducted Authoring Action workshops at elementary, middle and high schools throughout the state of North Carolina, and around the nation. He is a co-developer of the NCEdTA state-wide curriculum for Playworks in the Schools (K4-12). Nathan Ross Freeman co- founded many artistic organizations, including Authoring Action, Montage Showcase Ensemble, Assegai Film Group, Bushfire Theatre and Pen & Voice, each representing a powerful vehicle for discovering one’s authentic voice and expressing it with impact. Mr. Nathan Ross Freeman is a graduate of St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA. Has 5 grown children and 7 Grands, 1 Great Grand and another grand in the oven. ROY DICKS Roy C. Dicks – Roy's experience with new scripts comes from a range of theatrical activities in the Triangle. He recently finished a 21-year run as theater critic and performing arts writer for the Raleigh News & Observer, covering more than 1,200 productions, including over a hundred new works. Before that, Roy directed three dozen plays, a third of which were original works. As an actor in over 60 plays, Roy created roles in eight area premieres. He also has original writing experience in creating two commissioned opera librettos adapted from novels by N.C. writers, Allan Gurganus and Angela Davis-Gardner. Roy's undergraduate degrees in English and in Theater gave him a firm grounding for approaching original material. He is a member of the American Theatre Critics Assoc., the Music Critics Assoc. of North America, and the Dramatists Guild. Currently, Roy works on new scripts with area playwrights who have come to him through the Sips & Scripts service.
PANELISTS VICKIE L. EVANS Vickie L. Evans is a producer, award-winning playwright and director. She is the founder of the African American Playwrights Group, a collaboration of playwrights highlighting stories of the African American culture. Vickie is also the CEO of the nonprofit arts advocacy agency, Performing Arts and Literary Society. TRIZA COX Triza Cox is a playwright, screenwriter, and theatre artist. She is currently the South Carolina Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild and is an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Her research and creative work center on playmaking using Jungian archetypes, motifs and symbols of the collective unconscious. Triza holds an MFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Louisville and has trained with Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Triza’s book, How I Make Transcendent Theatre, examines the implementation of community-based techniques and psychological theories in the creative process. Her original plays include A Last Supper; The Willing , which recently received a staged reading with Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC; God in the Midst of it All and Lil’ Bard which was a semi-finalist in NYU’s New Plays for Young Audience 2018 and premiered at Charlotte’s Children Theatre in a staged reading. She also has received a Kentucky New Voices grant for her playwriting. Triza worked in Kentucky and in the Northeast as a Teaching Artist. Her work included Arts Literacy Programs with Hartford Performs; teaching playwriting with Northeast Children’s Theatre Company; and Journey: A Trip on the Underground Railroad with Walden Theatre in Kentucky. As artistic director and founder of The Drama Lady Theatre Group (thedramaladytheatregroup.org), Triza has shown dedication to creating new and classical productions. Through this organization, Triza has implemented and facilitated many workshops and programs including Shakespeare Behind Bars, Peer Educational Theatre and Forum Theatre. WENDELL TABB Wendell Tabb is an educator, theater director, producer, actor, and graduate of North Carolina Central University. He is a highly recognized educator and director at the award-winning Hillside High School in Durham, NC, where the theater and stage is named in his Honor. In 2017, he received an honorable mention for the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education.
DIRECTORS
TERRA HODGE JENNY LATIMER
The Waning Hours Mitigating Damages
CHARLIE BRADY
Nice White Parents
2016
JAMAL FARRAR MIKE BRANNON
Kaleidoscope HaikuDIRECTORS TERRA HODGE The Waning Hours Terra Hodge is an educator, actress, director, and filmmaker. Some of her directing credits include The Amen Corner (Agape Theatre Project), Crowns (Raleigh Little Theatre), and Caroline, or Change (The Justice Theatre Project). She's excited to work with the amazing Carol Torian on this phenomenal script. Thank you to Sips & Scripts New Works Festival for the opportunity. JENNY LATIMER Mitigating Damages Jenny Latimer (Director) is an actor/director/teacher originally from Orem, Utah. Her Directing Credits include: Into the Breeches and Around the World in 80 days, Theatre Raleigh (World Premiere); Romeo and Juliet, Kenan Theater Company, The Kritik, Kenan Theater Company; Natural Shocks, Kenan Theater Company, Adventures of Peter Rabbit, Theatre Raleigh. She has assisted award winning directors: Tyne Rafaeli (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Jessie Austrian (Playmakers Repertory Company), and Jeffrey Denman (Tuacahn Center for the Arts). Favorite acting credits include: Cosette in the 25th anniversary tour of Les Misérables; Twelfth Night, The Cake, The May Queen, She Loves Me at Playmakers Repertory Company; Into the Woods, Baltimore Center Stage; Into the Woods and She Loves Me Westport Country Playhouse, An Octoroon, and Into the Breeches, Chautauqua Theater Company and numerous productions at the Hale Center Theaters in Utah including: Phantom, The Scarlett Pimpernel, Beau Jest, The Slipper and the Rose, Beauty and the Beast, Pirates of Penzance, and The Spitfire Grill. Jenny runs Center Theater Company, a youth theater company in Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
DIRECTORS CHARLIE BRADY Nice White Parents 2016 Charlie Brady is an actor, director relocated from NYC and now resides in Raleigh with his wife, Lauren Kennedy Brady. A professional actor of almost 30 years, Charlie spent 17 years in New York City and performed on stages on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Equity National Tours and Regional Theater across the country. He brings this variety of experience to his mission to connect our region’s theater community and help support more full time opportunities in the industry. Inspired by the commitment and passion of the triangle theater community, Charlie is committed to stimulating productivity, visibility, and the celebration of all our region continues to accomplish. MIKE BRANNON Haiku Mike Brannon is a director, playwright, and occasional actor, out of Greensboro, NC. An English major who somehow has ended up working as a computer programmer and database consultant, he nevertheless doing what he has always dreamed of doing – participating in the dramatic arts, and creating works for the stage He's been a fan of Judy Dove's play HAIKU ever since it was presented as part of the Goodly Frame Zoom Fest Series 2, and can't wait to see it have the full stage production it deserves. JAMAL FARRAR Kaleidoscope Jamal Farrar is a seasoned actor with a background in theater and film. He is always looking for ways to become a better artist. A husband and father of 3 girls, his favorite hobbies are spending time with family and working out. He is exceedingly appreciative for the opportunity to be a part of this project.
CAST
ALEX MATSUO ALI EVARTS BEN APPLE CHLOE OLIVER
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DAPHNE
DANA MARKS DANA SQUIRE DANNY DOVE
TRAVATHAN
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DAVID AKIVA DEANNA GERMÔNA
DARIUS SHAFA
KIONS RICHARDS SHARP
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IMMANUEL
HAZEL EDMOND JAJUAN COFIELD JOY BRYANT
KARANI
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JUAN ISLER KIRA CORNELL KYLIE MAKAYLA
The Waning Hours Mitigating Damages ROBINSON LATTIMORE
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MONIQUE PIMPILA ROBIN CARMON
NORAH MYER
TAYLOR VIOLETTE MARSHALL
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SANDRA SEAN SHAWNA
SARAH KOOP
WALLACE MCCRACKEN FITZGERALD
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SIERRA NICOLE
RITA HENRY TEDD SZETO
SMITH
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JULIE OLIVER THOMAS
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HaikuCAST ALI EVARTS Nice White Parents 2016 Ali is an actor & writer living in Raleigh. Recent highlights include Venus in Fur (Moonlight Stage Co); Glass Menagerie, Mary’s Wedding (RhinoLeap Productions); and Thespian (Amazon & Amazon Prime). She is also the GM for the mVm Miller Voice Method® (founded by Scott Miller, NYU Tisch Graduate Acting). www.alievarts.com ALEX MATSUO Haiku Alex Matsuo is an actress and singer from San Diego, CA. She has a Master of Arts in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University. These days, she is a blogger who enjoys writing about spooky stuff. You can find more information about Alex at alexmatsuo.com. BEN APPLE Nice White Parents 2016 Ben Apple's credits include: For Theater Raleigh -Bud, not Buddy, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit and his Friends, For Burning Coal- A Number, Far Away, King Charles III, For Triad Stage- Brother Wolf, Snow Queen, A Christmas Carol, For NC Shakespeare Company- Romeo and Juliet, For Sweet Tea Shakespeare- Digital Restoration Series (Various titles), For Theater Delta- How Bout this Party, Education - BFA Acting, UNC-Greensboro 2014 CHLOE OLIVER Nice White Parents 2016 Chloe Oliver's Regional theatre credits include: Iphigenia in Splott (Burning Coal, DC Fringe), Far Away, King Charles III, The Greeks (Burning Coal), The Flick (Bartlett Theatre), Bad Jews (Big Wig Productions), The Mystery of Love and Sex (Honest Pint), Oh! What a Lovely War! (Carrboro ArtsCenter) All's Well That Ends Well (Triad Stage). Chloe received her BFA in Acting from UNCG. She has also appeared as an actor in educational programs for social change with Theater Delta, and in holiday performances with Seed Art Share at the historic Mordecai House in Raleigh. DANA MARKS Mitigating Damages Dana Marks is a professional stage and film actor, musician, teacher, and director based in Durham, NC. She co-founded Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern (2005-2019). She did her Masters work at The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and has performed, taught, and trained around the world with renowned artists including Robert Woodruff, Rinde Ekert, Anne Bogart and SITI Company, and recently appeared in the upcoming feature film The Eyes Of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain and Cherry Jones.
CAST DANA SQUIRE The Waning Hours Dana attended John Casablancas under instructor Lewis Abernathy (Titanic) and Editor Sarah Stein at NCSU. She won 1st place for her acting performances at The Model & Talent Expo (Dallas, TX), performed in a plus-size fashion show at Women's Empowerment, and is thrilled to perform in her first play. DANNY DOVE Haiku Danny Dove (TOSHI), a local film and theater actor, is excited to be working with Capital Arts Theatre Guild! Past credits include Raleigh Little Theater, Actors Comedy Lab, Meredith College, and NRACT. He has also enjoyed working alongside UNCSA as well as other independent film makers in the Tri-state area. DAPHNE TREVATHAN Mitigating Damages Daphne Trevathan is a native of Rocky Mount, NC. She has been involved with community theater for over 10 years. Her latest performance was Katori Hall's The Mountaintop with Raleigh Little Theater. She is fortunate to have worked with local playwright Marilynn Barner Anselmi in her award winning short film, "The Learning Man." Daphne is excited to be playing the role Rhonda Drake and hopes you enjoy. DARIUS SHAFA Mitigating Damages Darius is an occasional theatre actor based in the Triangle. He's done shows both with NCSU University Theatre and NCSU Theatrefest (An Ideal Husband, Hay Fever), and since with Burning Coal (Stuff Happens, The Container), Cape Fear Regional Theater (Disgraced), and more. DAVID AKIVA KLIONSKY Nice White Parents 2016 David Akiva Klionsky (Ray Shingle/Robert) is an actor and voice artist based in Raleigh, NC. David recently retired after teaching elementary school for 21 years. Favorite roles include Max in LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, Clerk/Erie in HUGHIE, and Don John in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Website: http://davidakiva.com
CAST DEANNA RICHARDS Kaleidoscope Deanna Richards is so excited to be a part of the Sips & Scripts New Works Festival! Deanna is a recent graduate of William Peace University, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. Favorite credits include Leading Player in Pippin (Raleigh Little Theatre), Ensemble in Oh What a Night! (Theatre Raleigh), Kate in The Wild Party (WPU), and Rose in Meet Me in St. Louis (WPU). Deanna would like to thank her family, friends, and Tre for all of their love and support. Instagram: @camilledeanna GERMÔNA SHARP Kaleidoscope Germôna is a vocalist/writer/theatrical and commercial actress. Her passion for singing and acting started on stage. She has directed a few theatre productions as well. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Germôna has lived in many different areas throughout her childhood and draws some of her inspiration for singing, writing, acting, and creating from times of exploring and experiencing different areas. She has a whimsical mind and applies that inspiration to some of her habits as an entertainer. She has appeared in many film and theatre productions around and outside the area such as Blood Done Sign My Name (Raleigh Little Theatre), Sister Act: The Musical (Raleigh Little Theatre), Caroline, or Change: The Musical (Justice Theatre Project), Until The Flood (Dominion Stage Theatre, Arlington, VA) and many more. As a writer she contributes to CL&S, critiquing community and regional theatre productions and television specials like "Black Is King". She writes for BeingBrownLLC.com, where she calls attention to Black mental health, Black mobility, and the overall Black experience; she is also a content contributor for BroadwayBlack where she lends her voice to bring light to the Black artists within the theatre community. HAZEL EDMOND Nice White Parents 2016 Hazel Edmond is a versatile artist who has performed throughout the region with some amazing actors, writers, and directors. Favorite performance credits: I Love My Hair (Forty AM), Dreamgirls and Hello Dolly (North Carolina Theatre), Hairspray (Broadway Rose Theatre) and Violet (Theatre Raleigh). IMMANUEL KARANI Nice White Parents 2016 Immanuel is an inspiring 10 years old actor, who resided in Raleigh NC, who currently attend the Raleigh Act theater, he has been featured in beauty and the beast musical, the Aristocrat musical and premier TV show Go Iguana's, he's currently sign with the Envy Agency Located in Los Angeles California.
CAST JAJUAN COFIELD Nice White Parents 2016 JaJuan is a native of the small town of Tarboro, NC and has been a part of the theater community for the last seven years. With roles such as Coalhouse Walker (Ragtime, JTP), Sporting Life (Porgy and Bess, JTP), Curtis (Sister Act, RLT), and Andy Wright (The Scottsboro Boys, TR) JaJuan has become a well known face and voice. Most recently he has begun working in film and can be seen in the upcoming premier of Our Kind Of People on Fox. He is grateful for the opportunity to once again help shine light on local writers and is excited to share this intimate space with this extraordinary cast and crew! JOY L. BRYANT Nice White Parents 2016 Dr. Joy L. Bryant (Principal Rosemary Jackson) is honored to share in presenting the powerful story of Nice White Parents. A recipient of the Gus Witherspoon Community Arts Award, Joy is a lyric soprano and theatre artist from Raleigh. She has performed throughout the Triangle with The Justice Theater Project, MOJOAA Performing Arts Theatre, Koffee Dance Company, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Star Pocket Theatre, The Town of Holly Springs and North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Department of Theatre. Favorite theatre credits include Bourbon at The Border (Rosa St. John) Caroline or Change (Moon), The Color Purple (Daisy, ensemble), A Member of the Wedding (Bernice Sadie Brown), Finding Patience (Ernestine, slave), and Escape to Freedom (Nan, Georgia Anna). Stay tuned for future performances! Many thanks to Sips and Scripts and CATG for bringing social consciousness to the stage through the brilliant writing of Tamara Kissane. JUAN ISLER The Waning Hours Juan Isler, a native of Kinston, NC, grew up singing and earned a music-business degree at Winston-Salem State University in 1993. He worked as a deejay before coming to Raleigh, where he got a job as technical director at what is now Spectrum News in 2004. He has worked on more than 50 plays in venues across the Triangle on both sides of the stage, as actor, technician and director. He serves on various boards, NRACT and Beltline To Broadway and is on the core leadership committee at Pure Life Theater. He is the host of the show “Torn,” where he is one of the public faces of the online hub Beltline To Broadway (beltlinetobroadway.org, formerly RDU On Stage). All of this, while working as event coordinator at NC State University.
CAST KIRA CORNELL Mitigating Damages Currently, Kira is a first-year Dramatic Art Major at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Local professional credits: Theatre Raleigh "Curse of the Starving Class" (ALS Benefit Reading) Playmakers Summer Youth Conservatory "Bye Bye Birdie." She is a certified Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. KYLIE ROBINSON Haiku Kylie Robinson (Shinju) is honored to be in her first AAPI-centric show. She is a freshman at UNC- Chapel Hill and a proud NC Theatre Conservatory alum. Recently, she performed as an Overture Singer for NC Theatre’s Songs For A New World. Thanks to her family, friends, and mentors for their endless support. MAKAYLA LATTIMORE The Waning Hours Makayla Lattimore is from Winston Salem, North Carolina. She loves acting, writing, and reading. This will be her second production, after her first role as ‘The Mirror’ in stage play unbeliEVE written by Sherita Henry. She is excited and blessed to continue to grow as an actress. MONIQUE TAYLOR Kaleidoscope Monique Taylor last appeared at the Women’s Theatre Festival performing in The Strawberry Girl and directed a performance of A Mother’s Heart. Her last full play performance was in New York as Maydee in Jar the Floor. Monique works as a high school Theatre Arts instructor and Lead Teacher of Curriculum and Resources with DPS. NORAH MYER Nice White Parents 2016 Norah Myer is an eight grade student at Central Park School for Children in Durham. This summer she enjoyed theatre camp with Justice Theater Project. Norah enjoys writing stories and plays, and she aspires to be a veterinarian one day. PIMPILA VIOLETTE Nice White Parents 2016 Pimpila Violette is a Durham based actor with a degree in Theater from UNC-Chapel Hill. Pimpila spends her days working as a Standardized Patient or live-streaming on Twitch. Find her on all social media or catch her live @PimpilaV!
CAST RITA HENRY The Waning Hours Rita previously performed in Miss Julie and Eden at FSU. She also performed in the musical Sarafina! at NCCU. She is the Founder and Creator of a faith-based production company-Narrow Way Expressions. She recently produced her play unbeliEVE and is excited to be a part of the cast. ROBIN CARMON MARSHALL The Waning Hours Robin Carmon Marshall's recent roles include: 3 Gods on Zoom as Sister, Find Your Love as Robin, Safety On as Safe and Mother’s Day as Big Mama 1850. Marshall is also a playwright with recent works: radio play, Love is All I Know and The Boy Who Cried over Collard Greens. SANDRA WALLACE The Waning Hours Sandra, fell in love with theatre early. She began performing in plays in middle school. She studied Theatre in New York and received a BA in Theatre from the University of Buffalo. She has performed in a number of plays. From children’s theatre to Shakespeare and was a principle player in a Regional Theatre, “Theatre of Youth.” She was last seen in performing in Illuminated Dresses, and the Water’s Rise. SARAH KOOP Haiku Sarah Koop is a Theatre Artist based in the Raleigh area with a B.A. in Theater from Meredith College. She has worked with the Women's Theatre Festival, Manbites Dog, and the Justice Theater Project. You keep up with her on Instagram and Twitter (@sarahK00p). SEAN MCCRACKEN Haiku Sean's credits include: Regional: West Side Story (NCT), Junk, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Secret Garden, Rock of Ages (Theatre Raleigh), Anything Goes (Temple Theatre), The Hour of Feeling (Staged Reading, Playmaker’s Rep) Film/TV: Stranger Things (Netflix), TURN (AMC), Outcast (Cinemax). Sean is a teacher and company member at Moonlight Stage Company. SHAWNA FITZGERALD The Waning Hours Model/Actress. CoOwner of The HASS Corporation. Her acting debut started with an Indie Film: Fear 2 Be Brave. She then starred in 4 stage plays: Because I Said I Do, When Faith Steps In, 3 Secrets, and her most recent role in unbeliEVE: where she played one of the lead roles, Geneva.
CAST
SIERRA NICOLE SMITH
Mitigating Damages
Sierra Nicole Smith is a Raleigh based actor recently seen in productions around the area such as:
Inherit the Wind with Justice Theater, The Wolves with Sonorous Road Theater, Much Ado at
Burning Coal with Women's Theater Festival. She is a graduate from Greensboro College and is a
part of JTA Agency. Along with acting, she is producing a podcast centered around media and black
culture. In her spare time, Sierra creates music and covers, cooks, models, hosts a show/movie
review podcast, and enjoys voice acting. You can keep up with her by following her on Instagram,
Twitter, and Facebook!
TEDD SZETO
Haiku
Tedd Szeto (MIKE - Haiku) moved to the Triangle earlier this year and is thrilled to have found
Theatre Raleigh. Los Angeles theater: Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Mame (Ito), La Traviata
(Germont), Godspell (John/Judas), Pacific Overtures (Russian Admiral), Baby (Danny). TV/Film: Parks
and Rec, Nip/Tuck, Dharma and Greg, Drive. Commercials: McDonalds, UPS, Visa. Deepest
appreciation to a fantastic cast and crew!
THOMAS PORTER
Haiku
Thomas Porter has performed all throughout the Triangle. Some of his favorites include: Hair,
Bent, Dog Sees God, Ian Finley's I Looked You Up and Southern Baptist Sissies. Thank you for
keeping theatre alive during this time!
JULIE OLIVER
Stage Directions
Julie’s previous appearances include Camelot and Peter Pan & Wendy, Burning Coal Theatre; The
Roommate, Bulldog Ensemble Theater; Mr. Burns, Manbites Dog Theater. She has also appeared
with Border Light Fringe Festival (Cleveland), The Cockpit Theatre {London), Curious Theatre
Collective, South Stream Productions, Aggregate Theatre, and Seed Art Share.
CLAIRE HUENE
Stage Directions
Claire Huene is a retired lawyer. A theater enthusiast, she volunteers with local community
theaters in the Raleigh area, and studies theater and acting in her spare time.BEHIND THE SCENES
CHARLIE BRADY YVETTE HOLDER
Founder, CATG Founder, Sips & Scripts
JOSEPH MEGEL BROOK NORTH ELAINE PETRONE
Moderator Moderator Stage Manager
CHARLIE RASCHKE ERIC COLLINS
Lighting Technician Sound DesignerBEHIND THE SCENES CHARLIE BRADY Founder,CATG Charlie Brady is an actor, director relocated from NYC and now resides in Raleigh with his wife, Lauren Kennedy Brady. A professional actor of almost 30 years, Charlie spent 17 years in New York City and performed on stages on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Equity National Tours and Regional Theater across the country. He brings this variety of experience to his mission to connect our region’s theater community and help support more full time opportunities in the industry. Inspired by the commitment and passion of the triangle theater community, Charlie is committed to stimulating productivity, visibility, and the celebration of all our region continues to accomplish. YVETTE HOLDER Founder, Sips & Scripts Yvette L. Holder is a native of North Carolina and has studied theatre at three institutions: North Carolina School of the Arts, Lee Strasberg Institute of Dramatic Arts (New York), and North Carolina Central University, where she received a BA in Dramatic Arts. Yvette is a producer as she is also the creator of the growing service platform for NC playwrights, “Sips & Scripts”, which supports, promotes, and produces works written by emerging and established North Carolina playwrights. Yvette always looks to the future as she focuses on that next given moment to open doors for new opportunities. JOSEPH MEGEL Moderator Mr. Megel has spent the last 20 years focusing on the direction and development of new works, for theatre, film and video. Mr. Megel is a member of SSDC (Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers), and an Associate Artist for The Working Theatre in New York. He holds the M.F.A. degree from the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at the University of Southern California, a Master of Arts from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music and a B.S. in Speech from Northwestern University. He served for six years as Artistic Director of Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, a new play development theatre, and continues to serve as Co- Executive Producer of Harland’s Creek Productions, producer of New York premieres of new plays, developmental producer of screenplays, readings and films.
BEHIND THE SCENES BROOK NORTH Moderator Brook is an actor/writer/producer/director/filmmaker (more or less in that order) in the Raleigh area. He's co-founder and artistic director of South Stream Productions. Find out more at BrooklivingstonNorth.com. ELAINE PETRON Stage Manager Elaine Petrone has been active in various Raleigh community theatres since 2004. She has stage managed a variety of genre including children's theatre, musicals, dramas, and even summer outdoor Shakespeare. She is excited to add a festival to her resume and to do her part in bringing voice to these new works. CHARLIE RASCHKE Lighting Technician Charlie Raschke is a North Carolina based Lighting Designer, Programmer, and Technician. His credits include work at Theatre Raleigh, North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre, Dance Around NC and Enloe High School, as well as freelance. He is versed in a wide variety of lighting consoles and works in concert, theatre, and dance industries. ERIC COLLINS Sound Designer ERIC ALEXANDER COLLINS (Sound Designer) has worked in professional audio for over 25 years, where he has traveled across the U.S., Europe, and Australia, including the iconic Sydney Opera House! Eric has been awarded Best Sound Design by BroadwayWorld for four consecutive years (2015-2018) for Theatre Raleigh’s Once (2018), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (2017), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2016), and North Carolina Theatre’s Billy Elliot: The Musical (2015), Recent credits include: North Carolina Theatre: Mamma Mia, Disney’s NEWSIES, A Night With Janis Joplin, Gypsy. Theatre Raleigh: Once, Big Fish, The Secret Garden, Urinetown (awarded 2013 Best Sound Design), Playmaker’s Rep. Co. (U.N.C.): She Love’s Me, Temples of Lung and Air, The Crucible, Peter and the Starcatcher, University Theatre (N.C.S.U.): The 39 Steps, Anon(ymous). The (Real) Merry Housewives of Widsor. Carolina Ballet: MacBeth (2016 world premier ballet), Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula and The Little Mermaid (both world premier ballets). North Carolina Symphony: The Music Man, Idina Menzel (in concert), Natalie Merchant (in concert).
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Theatre Raleigh Arts Center
Danni Farnum
Renee Nixon
Roy Dicks
Mark Cornell
Vibrina Coronado
Janice Palmer
Evelyn McCauley
Annie Taft
Catherine Rodgers
Debra Kaufman
Rose-Mary Chapman
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