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BURL

  
World Premiere  
at The Other Space
  
This production will run 75 minutes with no intermission  
   
Written by
Amanda Dacks
 
Directed by
Ana Verde
  
Starring
  
Julia Tolchin and Gabriel Rivas  
       

Production Design

Sound Design

Stage Manager

  

Jane Hamor

Wylie Rush

Diana Verde

  
       
  Produced by     
Julia Tolchin Amanda Dacks Ana Verde  
Mark Dym

Scott Hornyak

 Joan Dacks  

Meet the Company

Julia Tolchin

Janie, Producer
Julia Tolchin - Janie, Producer Julia Tolchin is so honored to be originating the role of Janie in the world premiere of Burl. Recent credits include Life & Beth (Hulu), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), and Katie's Mom (Amazon). Julia earned her BFA from NYU Tisch and her work has been featured at many prestigious festivals around the world. She’d like to thank Amanda Dacks for trusting her with her words and Ana Verde for always trusting her on her stage. Thank you to everyone for coming to support our play! SAG. AEA. @julia_tolchin

Gabriel Rivas

David
Gabriel Rivas - David Born in Houston, Texas, Gabriel began his formal training at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA). He furthered his training at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he earned a BFA in Acting. Additionally, he spent a summer at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, focusing on Shakespearean performance. His film credits include roles in projects such as F1: The Movie and several short films like El Sarape and Five-Tool Player. He is thrilled to be making his LA theater debut in such fantastic company and would like to thank his family for their perpetual support.

Amanda Dacks

Writer, Producer
Amanda Dacks is thrilled to be making her playwright debut with the world premiere of Burl! She is an Emmy-nominated producer whose work can be found on A&E, Amazon, Hulu, and Tastemade. You can also catch her on-screen debut in Chops coming later this year. Amanda is a proud graduate of Bradley University’s theatre department and a longtime student of Adam Lazarre-White. Burl was born out of a desire to explore intimacy, obligation, and the quiet universes we build in our minds. She is deeply grateful to Julia Tolchin and Ana Verde for bringing the universe of her mind to life. Thank you to everyone for being here and supporting new work!

Ana Verde

Director, Producer
Ana Verde is a Puerto Rican & Venezuelan writer and director based in Los Angeles. She is a 2023 Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today fellow (Hola México Film Festival), a 2023 Rising Voices fellow (Hillman Grad/Indeed), a 2022 Orchard Project Episodic Lab fellow (The Orchard Project), and a 2022 WAVE Grant Recipient (Wavelength Productions). Her most recent film, Mara Has Three Jobs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and had a theatrical window of distribution playing in select theaters in front of Barbie and Blue Beetle, it is now available to stream on Hulu and Omeleto. Her other short film, Te llaman las olas, had its world premiere at the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival. She is thrilled to be stepping back into rehearsal with Julia on their fifth collaboration together.

Diana Verde

Stage manager
Diana is making her return to theater with “BURL” as a stage manager. Previously, she’s been an assistant director of local productions of “In the Heights” and “Tarzan,” and has directed plays during her high school years. Outside of theater, she currently works for a non-profit supporting independent cinema and writes.

Jane Hamor

Production design
Originally from Los Angeles, Jane Hamor is an MFA graduate from CalArts where she studied Scenic Design with a concentration in Integrated Media. As a trained dancer, Jane integrates her instinctual understanding of choreography and movement into her designs, crafting kinetic spaces that fuse the audience, performers, and architecture into a unified experience. She’s passionate about cross-disciplinary work and thrives in designing for a variety of performance mediums, including theater, film, dance, and site-specific installation.

Wylie Rush

Sound design
Wylie is a filmmaker who has worked and interned for numerous production studios, including Marvel and Stonestreet Studios (the official screen acting school of NYU Tisch). After graduating from Pomona College with a BA in Art History, Wylie formed a production company that focuses on creating short film and advertising content. In 2022, Wylie graduated from CalArts with an MFA in Film Directing. He currently resides in Los Angeles, and is in post-production on his first feature. Wylie’s films have been exhibited at Fantasia, Austin Film Festival, FilmQuest, and other festivals.

Donors

Co-Produced by

Rob Nelson and Brian Straughn

 

With special thanks too

Abra Chusid

Adam Lazzare-White

Adriana Matamoros

Adriana Pinegar

Allegra Amend

Amber Espinosa Jones

Ana Chavez

Andres Nater

Asaf Manor

Ashton amaba

Audrey Saitta

Barrie Engel

Blake Fisher

Bobii Kreger

Boyd Kester

Brenda Aldrete

Caitlyn Tolchin

Christian Singelton

Danielle Latza

Deanna Reisert

Delilah Ohrstrom

Denise Parisi

Diana Verde

Ellie Andrews

Elli Legerski

Eliana Pipes

Ellis Bristow

Ethan Newmyer

Geory Lieske

Hayley Ross

Ilene Rand

Jacob Combs

Jamie Graber

James Wyrwicz

Janine Maniscalco

Jacqueline Zhou

Jenny Stemenson

Jessie Gill

Julia Mendes

Kaileen Puppo

Katherine Shulze

Kimberly Matula

Lauren Lukow

Leonard Oremland

Linda Rosen

Lisa Alagha

Lisa Deng

Lois Liberman

Luca Malacrino

Lucy Putnam

Marc Hochman

Margaret Spense

Maria Avlvarez

Maria Davaliia

Mariel E Gonzalez Cardona

Mary Anane

Megan Herman

Melina Torres

Michelle Konsky

Mike Samir

Paisley Spence

Paisley Spence

Paul Addieg

Rachel Silverman

Rafael Verde

Rod Grable

Rory and Sue Dacks

Ryan Silvers

Samira Izquierdo

Sabrina Ehlert

Sarah Heilbronner

Scott Tolchin

Sharon Funk

Sharona Dornellas

Shelley Shereck

Sophie Lachman

Susan Brown

Victoria Vila
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