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Jeremy Wein Presents |
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Brushstroke |
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a New Comedic Thriller |
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Brendan Hines* |
Evangeline Edwards |
| Directed by Casey Stangl | |
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Scenic Designer |
Lighting Designer Soran Schwartz |
| Props Designer / Scenic Painter Joyce Hutter |
Co-Lighting Designer Hayden Kirschbaum |
| Costume Designer Christine Cover Ferro |
Technical Director Brad Bentz |
| Sound Design / Fight and Intimacy Marc Antonio Pritchett |
Casting Director Nicole Arbusto |
| Stage Manager Lexie Secrist |
Assistant Stage Manager Andrew Blahak |
| Co-Producer FutureHome |
Co-Producer Denise & Lon Bevers |
| *The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. | |
| The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. | |
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Playwright Note
BRUSHSTROKE authors note
The Congress for Cultural Freedom was real, and its funding did come through the channels that this play suggests. The military operations mentioned in the play were also real. And that’s where the facts of the play end. The play presents government operatives getting very cozy in the art scene and while there’s no evidence to suggest that, there’s also no evidence to contradict it. So please excuse the flights of fancy as these characters express themselves – as Marvin says, early in the play: “Maybe the whole point is that we form an opinion and then we argue a little and hear each other out and then that’s America?”
Maybe, Marvin.
-John Ross Bowie
Setting
1956
The East Village, New York City
Creative Team
Keith Mitchell
Scenic Design
Soran Schwartz
Lighting Design
Hayden Kirschbaum
Co-Lighting Design
Christine Cover Ferro
Costume Design
Joyce Hutter
Props Design / Scenic Painting
Marc Antonio Pritchett
Sound Design / Fight & Intimacy Director
Lexie Secrist
Stage Manager
Andrew Blahak
Assistant Stage Manager
Brad Bentz
Technical Director
Sean Cawelti
Title Animation
John Ross Bowie
Playwright
Casey Stangl
Director
Nicole Arbusto
Casting Director
David Elzer/DEMAND PR
Publicity
Jeremy Wein
Lead Producer
Denise & Lon Bevers
Co-Producer
FutureHome
Co-Producer
Michelle & Alexander Zajac
Co-Producers (IndieGoGo)
Justin Pierre
Co-Producer (IndieGoGo)
Jason Spiro
Co-Producer (IndieGoGo)
Meet the Company
Malcolm Barrett*
Marvin
Actor/Writer Malcolm Barrett is best known for his work on BETTER OFF TED, TIMELESS, PREACHER, KEY & PEELE, the Emmy Award-winning series GENIUS: ARETHA FRANKLIN, etc. Co-writer of the national touring dance musical MEMPHIS JOOKIN' THE SHOW, Barrett wrote and led the play BRAIN PROBLEMS (Ovation nominated, Original Play) and was in the play THE RECOMMENDATION (Ovation Award-winner, Actor). Recent credits include critically-acclaimed series AVERAGE JOE, THE CHANGELING (Lakieth Stanfield) and THE BOYS.
James Urbaniak*
Ted
James Urbaniak: Obie Award for Richard Foreman’s “The Universe,” Drama Desk nomination for Will Eno’s “Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)”. Co-founder (with Karin Coonrod), Arden Party theater company. Extensive film and TV, including the Oscar-nominated “Oppenheimer,” “The Fabelmans,” Hulu’s “Difficult People” and the Adult Swim animated series “The Venture Bros.” With Brie Williams he co-wrote the scripted podcasts “Getting On with James Urbaniak, “ A Night Called Tomorrow” and “I Will Never Lie to You.” For Sara.
Brendan Hines*
Allan
Brendan Hines is an actor and songwriter. Off-broadway NYC: "Twelfth Night" (Bakerloo Theater Company) "Orange Crush" (HERE), "Histrionics" (Theater For The New City). LA: "Dealing With Clair” (Matrix Theater). "Three Days Of Rain" (South Coast Repertory). Television: "Lie To Me", "The Tick", "Scandal", "Suits", "Locke & Key". He has recorded four original albums including the forthcoming "Sleep In Lightning".
Evangeline Edwards
Susan
Evangeline Edwards (she/her) is honored to originate the role of Susan in Brushstroke. Recent credits: Teresa in Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Rogue Machine, dir. Guillermo Cienfuegos), RZR (Exertion Films), A Christmas Carol (A.C.T.), Silent Sky (Santa Rosa), Imogen in Cymbeline (A.C.T., dir. Pam MacKinnon), In Love And Warcraft (A.C.T., dir. Peter J. Kuo). Representation: Buchwald. Brave Artists Management. MFA, A.C.T. 2022, and is a USC alumna.
Randy Thompson
u/s Marvin
Randy Thompson selected credits: Measure Still For Measure (Boston Court), Much Ado (A Noise Within), Pericles (New Swan Shakespeare Festival), Ready, Steady, Yeti...Go (Rogue Machine), Henry V (PRT), Dancing vs. The Rat Experiment (LaMama), Roberto Zucco (Ohio Theater), Love's Labour's (Baryshnikov). Television appearances include: Frankenstein's Monster, Criminal Minds, Rosewood, Serious Music.
Elinor Gunn
u/s Susan
Elinor Gunn is proud to be a part of this exciting production. Credits: Sugar Daddies with Sir Alan Ayckborn (ACT, Seattle), Hearst Theater Lab with Paula Vogel (UCLA), The Tempest (Ariel, Antaeus Theatre), Skylight (Kyra, ACT), For the Love Of (Michelle, Kirk Douglas). TV: “9-1-1” (Fox), ”Legacies" (CW), "Bust Down” (co-star) and several national commercials.
Keith Mitchell
Scenic Design
Keith Mitchell is an artist, Theatrical/Event Scenic Designer and Emmy-winning Commercial Art Director. Presently designing for Netflix promotions and media content, including Wednesday, Avatar The Last Airbender and Three Body Problem. Southland Theatres: South Coast, Geffen, Disney Hall, CTG, Getty Villa, and more. B.A. U.S.C. Annenberg, member USA829 and ADG800.
Soran Schwartz
Lighting Design
Hayden Kirschbaum
Co-Lighting Design
Hayden Kirschbaum is a lighting designer and programmer based in Los Angeles. His work includes ABCD at Greenway Court Theatre, Kill Shelter with Theatre of Note, A Perfect Ganesh and Trouble the Water at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, and The Thin Place and Babe with Echo Theatre Company. He loves being part of the process of bringing new plays to the stage and he hopes you enjoy this one.
Christine Cover Ferro
Costume Design
Christine Cover Ferro (Costume Design) Past collaborations include Unbound Productions, Pacific Resident Theatre, Rogue Machine, and The Fountain Theatre. Her work has been recognized at the Ovation (2 nominations, 1 win) and Stage Raw Awards (1 nomination). Other credits include assistant costume design for Cosmos: Possible Worlds for NatGeo and Encore! for Disney+.
Joyce Hutter
Props Design / Scenic Painting
Joyce Hutter is extremely excited to join Brushstroke. AD, Strings & Things Puppet Theatre. Recipient, LA Drama Critics Circle, achievement in puppet & mask design. Recent work: Lifespan of a Fact (Fountain); The Braille Legacy (Theatre by the Blind); Waiting for Waiting for Godot (Sacred Fools). Thanks for the camaraderie, and special thanks to Nicole Everfield for her support and found treasures.
Marc Antonio Pritchett
Sound Design / Fight & Intimacy Director
Marc Antonio Pritchett is an Actor, Director, Fight Coordinator and Session Singer in the LA area. Sound/music: The Play You Want (Road), Sweat, Cry It Out, …Chad Deity (Chance), The Children, Lifespan of a Fact (Fountain). Fight/intimacy: Twelfth Night (Ophelia’s Jump), Divorce (Skypilot), Stinking Badges (Morgan-Wixson). www.marcantoniopritchett.com
Lexie Secrist
Stage Manager
Lexie Secrist is a Los Angeles based stage manager and a Cal Poly Pomona alumni. Since graduating she has worked with The Fountain Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Independent Shakespeare Company, The Echo Theatre Company, The Wallis Annenberg Center and more. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Andrew Blahak
Assistant Stage Manager
Andrew Blahak is a 2021 graduate of Arizona State University, and has worked on the stage management team for multiple shows at the Odyssey Theatre, though this is his first with this production team. He is incredibly excited to be a part of the Brushstroke Premiere Performance. Andrewblahak.com
Brad Bentz
Technical Director
Thank you to the build team: Alex Hathaway, Tyler Harlow, Cody Andersen, Carp PA - Sebastian Bentz, Scenic Artist - Kathryn Evans
Sean Cawelti
Title Animation
John Ross Bowie
Playwright
An actor and writer from New York City, Mr. Bowie is excited to be working with the Odyssey Theater. His previous play Four Chords and a Gun, about punk icons the Ramones, had its world premiere in Los Angeles in 2016, and has since been produced in Chicago, Toronto and Tulsa. As an actor, he has over 100 credits in film and television. His memoir, “No Job For A Man,” was released in 2022.
Casey Stangl
Director
Casey Stangl is an award-wining director based in Los Angeles. Her work has been seen at theaters across the country including South Coast Repertory, American Conservatory Theater, Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Portland Stage and Cleveland Playhouse. From 2015-22 Casey was Associate Artistic Director for Ojai Playwrights Conference and she has developed new plays at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Humana Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival, and Berkeley Rep’s GroundFloor. Casey is a proud member of SDC, the national labor union for stage directors and choreographers, where she recently completed 3 terms on the Executive Board.
Nicole Arbusto
Casting Director
Nicole Arbusto is a Los Angeles based Casting Director working in film, television and theater. She has cast shows in LA at the Mark Taper Forum, the Pasadena Playhouse and Boston Court and has a long affiliation with the Ojai Playwrights Festival. She is the series Casting Director for the TV series “Somebody Somewhere” which airs on HBO.
David Elzer/DEMAND PR
Publicity
David Elzer/DEMAND PR represents 5-Star Theatricals, Celebration Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Company, Interact Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, Road Theatre Company, The Sixth Act and the Rubicon Theatre Company. He also represents the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and Stage Raw. As a producer, he produced The Marvelous Wonderettes, Life Could Be A Dream, Justin Love, Having It All, among others, and is the honored recipient of the prestigious LADCC Joel Hirschhorn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre, and has also been nominated for six Ovation Awards (winning two), a two-time Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award winner and has received Drama Desk, LA Weekly, and Garland Awards for his producing and writing efforts. Special thanks to Jeremy and Josh for having me along for this ride and to you for supporting Los Angeles theatre.
Jeremy Wein
Lead Producer
Jeremy Wein is currently represented on Broadway as a producer on Gutenberg! The Musical! and How To Dance In Ohio. Previous producing credits include Godspell (Broadway), Venus In Fur (Pico Theatre), AJ Holmes: Yeah, But Not Right Now (SoHo Playhouse), Kevin McDonald: ALIVE on 42nd Street (Theatre Row), Take Me Home (Incubator Arts Project) and Open Mike Eagle: Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Live Emotional Processing Event (Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth Theatre). He is also the artistic director of Play-PerView, which began as a pandemic fundraising response for non-profits impacted by the COVID-19 shutdowns, the company is now focused on developing exciting new American plays and musicals. Jeremy also founded and programmed the NYC Podcast Festival from 2013-2018. IG: @jeremywein90 Play-PerView.Com.
Denise & Lon Bevers
Co-Producer
Denise and Lon Bevers are theatre enthusiasts and investors both regionally and on Broadway. The Bevers are currently producing How to Dance in Ohio (Broadway) and A Mirror (West End) and are thrilled to be making their Los Angeles producing debut with this world premiere of BRUSHSTROKE. Recent Broadway investments include Gutenberg! The Musical!, The Piano Lesson, and Grey House. Denise is First Vice Chair of the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, known for creating what is new and next in American theatre.
FutureHome
Co-Producer
FutureHome is a new multi-media multi-disciplinary creative development and production incubator, a haven for forward-looking creatives seeking to leave the world more hopeful than they found it. Co-Producer: Gutenberg! The Musical! (Broadway). Investor: The Wiz feat. Wayne Brady (Tour/Broadway). Producer: Whole + Six Feet Apart, two connected short films about belonging (Official Selection: Hollyshorts, Micheaux, Reeling, more); Godvein, an immersive culinary + high fantasy role-playing experience; The Femininity Project, a “docu-mythologia" about fear and repression of the Feminine within the Masculine; Awake & Narcoleptic, a solo show about invisible disability (Playbill Pick, Edinburgh Fringe 2023); and GOON, a pilot, Firefly-meets-The Boys-thru-Guy Ritchie’s-Snatch. CEO Josh Sobel, Partner BK Dawson.
Michelle & Alexander Zajac
Co-Producers (IndieGoGo)
Michelle and Alexander Zajac are excitedly making their co-producer debut with Brushstroke. They recently micro-financed You Can Call Me Bill and Jokes for the Holidays.
Justin Pierre
Co-Producer (IndieGoGo)
Jason Spiro
Co-Producer (IndieGoGo)
Donors
| Thank you to our IndieGogo Supporters! |
Dani Fernandez Nicholas Wulf James G Emerson Dylan Gorenberg Eric Passmore Erin Pineda Elizabeth Godley Jessica Joy Kemock DJ Wooldridge Corey Pallatto Hughan Karen Timmerman Betsy Zajko |