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In partnership with
at the Studio City Branch Library
Presents
The Prize Winners
Season IV
A Staged Reading Series
Featuring Five Iconic Plays
Honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
or the Tony Award® for Best Play
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THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA
THE TONY AWARD® FOR BEST PLAY
American Theatre Wing, TM
Barry Heins
ITC Artistic Director & Series Producer
Kristen Egermeier
ITC Managing Director & Series Producer
RABBIT HOLE
by
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
Directed by
CATE CAPLIN
Studio City Branch Library
April 12, 2025
Assistant to the Director/Stage Manager/ Dramaturg/ Projection Design
BAIRTON BROWN
Poster, Digital Media, and Sound Design
BARRY HEINS
*Actors employed in this production are members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
in the United States.
RABBIT HOLE is presented by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
RABBIT HOLE was commissioned by South Coast Repertory
(Martin Benson, Artistic Director; David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director)
in Costa Mesa, CA. Originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer, at the Biltmore Theatre on January 16, 2006.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Los Angeles Public Library
Brian Cunningham, Senior Librarian, Studio City Branch Library
Ann Bowman, East Valley Area Manager
Diane Olivo-Posner, Principal Librarian/Associate Director
Kevin Awakuni
Celia Avila
Tina Lerno
Steve Orozco
Margaret Trtyan
Vu Le
The Library Foundation
for helping the Exploration & Creativity Department manage the L.A. Made Fund.
Friends of the Studio City Library
American Theatre Wing™ and The Tony® Awards
The Pulitzer Prize Board
Actors' Equity Association
Noho Copy and Print
Heather Lipson Bell
Mary Lou Belli
Rob Brownstein
Amie Farrell
Don Fischer
Michael Manuel
Michael Mullen
Selah Victor
Steve Vinovich
Dramatists Play Service
Concord Theatricals
David Elzer/ DEMAND PR
Tracy Lilienfield, CSA
ITC Board of Directors
Barry Heins, President
Anthony Wofford, Vice-President
Carol Doehring, Treasurer
Kristen Egermeier, Secretary
INTERACT SALUTES OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Benefactors
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION
DANIEL AND SHARON LOWENSTEIN
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Partners
ANONYMOUS
KRISTEN EGERMEIER
DIANA FINK AND DAVID SMITH
BARRY AND TRACY HEINS
MICHAEL JAY SKLOFF
FRIENDS OF THE STUDIO CITY LIBRARY
Sponsors
THE CAPLIN FOUNDATION
PETER GOLDEN
THE LANDERS FAMILY
JEFF KAUFMAN AND MARCIA ROSS
TERRY LILIENFIELD, IN LOVING MEMORY OF TODD LILIENFIELD
W. COLIN MCKAY
JONATHAN MERSEL AND MARION PETERS
ANDREW HILL NEWMAN AND LESLIE HICKS
STACY RAY
ANDY WOLK
Supporters
Anonymous (7)
Tony Abatemarco
Mary Lou Belli
John Ross Bowie
Rob Brownstein
Anne Gee Byrd
Christina Carlisi
Steven Culp
Magomed-Gusein Gasanov
Amanda Carlin and Fred Sanders
Jeffery Chernin and Peter Nardi
Larry Corsa
Tyne Daly
Beajoir Days
Tate Ellington
Zia Garcia
Wendy Graf
Elin Hampton
Steve Heisler
Andrew and Leslie Heins
Mark and Jackie Heins
Joan Henehan and Jenny Williams
Elizabeth and Christopher Herron
Steve Heisler
John Hugo
Susan and Steven Hull
Colin Thomas Jennings
Gregory Jennings
Marta Kauffman
Anita Khanzadian
Karyn Kobayashi
Glen Kovacs
Leonard Lapinski
Yuri Lowenthal
Paul Mackley
Diana Daves McLaughlin
Jeff Meshel
Carolyn Mignini and Steve Vinovich
Clara Neves-Mireles and Miguel Mireles
Oliver Muirhead
Mary O'Malley
Amy Pietz
John Penzenas
Tracy Powell
Cynthia Paskos
Michael Peretzian
Triva Ponder
Francesca P. Roberts
Stephanie Satie and Rick Friesen
Alison Ginebra Shanks
Harris Shore
Marc Valera
Tommy Wallach
Allan Wasserman
Willow Cabin Productions
Barbara Kay-Wilks
Alexandra Wright
is made possible by funding from the
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY LA MADE Fund,
a generous grant from the
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs,
and supplemental funding from
Friends of the Studio City Library.
Additional support for ITC is provided by the
LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
as part of CREATIVE RECOVERY LA,
an initiative funded by the AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
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• Nurture professional
performing artists
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• Bring arts education to underserved youth
at little or no cost
• Make a positive and lasting impact
on diverse audiences of all ages
through the unique experience
of live theatre.
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in our programs.
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A STUDY GUIDE FOR "RABBIT HOLE" IS AVAILABLE AT
www.interactla.org
Free concessions provided courtesy of
Friends of the Studio City Library.
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Cast
Creative Team
Cate Caplin
Bairton Brown
David Lindsay-Abaire
Barry Heins
Kristen Egermeier
About Interact
"Invigorating...The ensemble is first-rate...."
“Exhilarating...”
"A delectibly versatile ensemble..."
- Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times ("Life Sucks.")
"Together they form, in my view, the very best acting ensemble to be seen currently in Los Angeles."
- Cynthia Citron, Santa Monica Press
"A company of hard-hitting professionals, with a rare combination of heart and expertise."
-NoHo News
"Since its inception, INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY has become known as one of the most exciting theatrical hamlets in the urban forest."
- F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times
HISTORY
In January of 1989, actor and director Barry Heins invited fifteen friends – all experienced stage actors homesick for the New York theatrical community – to a weekly play reading group held in a vacant apartment in Sherman Oaks. Before long, a pool of forty actors was involved in readings that consisted of everything from classic plays to new plays and screenplays. The quality of the work attracted other theatre professionals eager to collaborate. Directors came to hear plays, as well as playwrights and screenwriters who arranged to hear these talented actors breathe life into their new scripts. Ten months later, the group became the exclusive tenants of Theatre Exchange in North Hollywood, and Interact was born. On May 1, 1992, the company formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater.
Interact’s loyal and supportive audience has followed the company to various stages and venues in the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, and Downtown LA, enjoying more than forty full-scale productions of plays and musicals since its founding. Interact also presents high-quality free or low-cost community programming, such as its lauded summer arts education program for underserved youth, hundreds of workshops, fundraisers and special events, and, to date, over a thousand public play readings.
AWARDS
ITC has received 95 performance and production awards (175 nominations), including Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, Stage Raw, Garland, LA Weekly, Telly, and NAACP Awards.
Meet the Company
Olivia Castanho
Olivia Castanho is an American actress who was born and raised in South Windsor, Connecticut. She started acting in local theatre at the age of 6 and continued throughout her teenage years until moving to Los Angeles when she was 18. She studied acting in the University of Southern California's BFA program, where she won the prestigious Jack Nicholson award for outstanding performances in her junior year. After graduating, she started working in indie films and commercials. She has a national Progressive ad currently airing with Flo. Olivia also works regularly as a voice over artist with Netflix foreign film and TV. She has been the English voice for characters in over ten Netflix projects thus far, most notably Ling Yun in Triad Princess, with three more series' in production.
Olivia studied improv at UCB and trains weekly with her acting coach, Rob Brownstein. Her hobbies include scuba diving, singing, doing sfx makeup, writing scary stories, and doing anything with her dog outdoors.
Roxanne Hart
Los Angeles Theater: Gina, in Will Arbery’s, Hero’s Of
The Fourth Turning, at Rogue Machine. Hilde in Noel Coward’s Song of
Twilight at the Pasadena Playhouse. Ovation and LACDD nominations for
her work in Four Places also at Rogue Machine. Herodotus, opposite Al
Pacino and Jessica Chastain, in Salome and, at the Taper, played Kate in
Peter Nichols’ Passion, and Sally, in Terrance McNally’s Lips Together
Teeth Apart (Drama Logue Award).
Broadway: Passion (Tony nomination); Shaw”s The Devil’s Disciple
(opposite Victor Garber and later, her husband, Philip Casnoff). She created the role of Susan, opposite Kevin Kline, in Michael Weller’s Loose Ends, Michelle in Cheaters, and Jill in Peter Shaefer’s Equus.
Off Broadway: Eden Lane, Toys In The Attic, Digby, (Theater World Award,
Drama Desk nomination), Hedda Gabler, Much Ado About Nothing,
Vanities, Comedy of Errors.
Film: The Revisionist, Wilde Salome (dir. Al Pacino); License To
Wed; Letters From Iwo Jima (dir. Clint Eastwood); Art School Confidential;
Moonlight Mile; Licence To Wed (dir. Ken Kwapis), The Last Innocent Man,
opposite Ed Harris (dir. Roger Spottiswoode); Once Around (dir. Lasse
Hallestrom); Oh God, You Devil; Highlander; and The Verdict (dir. Sidney
Lumet).
Television: recurring roles in Hung, Medium, Oz, and How To Get Away
With Murder (Opp Viola Davis). She starred in Horton Foote’s Alone and
Tina Howe’s Painting Churches for PBS and numerous M.O.Ws. Also
guest-starred in Will Trent, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, Law and Order, The
Mentalist and others. She was a series regular as Camille on Chicago
Hope.
She Co-produced, with John Flynn, Kemp Powers’ One Night In Miami
(NAACP award) and created, with John Pollono, Rant and Rave, for Rogue
Machine, where she is a founding member.
Patrick Keleher
Patrick Keleher was born and raised in Carbondale, Colorado. He went to film school at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Patrick moved to LA after he was cast in the hit play Fatherland in January 2024. Fatherland went on to do a six month run in LA, and moved to Off-Broadway for three months. You can also watch Patrick on as one of the newest characters on season seven of ABC’s The Rookie.
Keith Powell
Keith Powell began his career as an actor, appearing as a series regular on 30 Rock, where he won the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble. His other acting credits include recurring on Shrinking, This Is Us, About A Boy, and The Newsroom; and guest appearances on Grace & Frankie, Better Things, Lucifer, Reno 911!, and Deadbeat. He was a series regular on the NBC sitcom Connecting in 2020.
As a writer and director, Keith's work spans across theater, film, and television. For four years, he was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company in Wilmington, DE, where he produced, directed, wrote, and/or performed in plays starring Lynn Redgrave, Keith David, Jasmine Guy, Richard Easton, and Sean Patrick Thomas.
As an episodic director, Keith has directed such shows as Interview With The Vampire, Dickinson, Single Drunk Female, So Help Me Todd, Home Economics, Big Sky, Young Rock, Clean Slate, and Will Trent.
He lives in Pasadena, CA with his wife and two children.
Cora Vander Broek
Cora is thrilled to be a part of INTERACT’s Prize Winners series! She is an actor, writer and producer based in Los Angeles with extensive Chicago and regional theatre credits. She received a Tony Nomination for “Actress in a Featured Role” for her Broadway debut as “Jules” in the World Premiere of Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts’ play LINDA VISTA. Cora has been named an “Actor to Watch” by the Chicago Tribune, she is a Joseph Jefferson Award and Ovation Award nominee, and recipient of an After Dark Award for “Outstanding Performance.” She has appeared in Netflix’ GRACE AND FRANKIE (recurring) as well as LAW AND ORDER: SVU. Recent films: FOLLOW ME and SWITCH AND BAIT (Catalyst Studios and Beacon Pictures). Her feature film, LONE WOLVES which she co-wrote, produced and starred in, is currently making the film festival circuit. For more info check out www.coravanderbroek.com
Micah Muscio
Micah Muscio is four-and-a-half years old and the middle child of three brothers. He loves to do voiceovers with his Mommy and also loves to sing and dance and build with Lego. This is his first professional experience!
Cate Caplin
Cate Caplin has produced, directed and choreographed over 200 productions and her work has been seen on television, in films, music videos, commercials and in theatrical venues world wide from the Paris Opera House to the Broadway Stage. She is a 34 times Regional and International Theatrical Ballroom Dance Champion, a Theatre and Dance coach and a published writer.
Cate wrote and directed her first feature film, "Mating Dance" which played the festival circuit and won an Accolade Award, Best Indie Feature at NYC's Oniros Film Festival, a 2024 Hollywood Best Indie Film Festival Award and the Indie Fest Film Award of Merit for Direction, Screenplay and Feature Film - (MatingDanceTheMovie.com)
She also Directed & Choreographed Melissa Manchester's Music Video "Confide in Me", Executive Produced and Directed the Feature Film "The Unicorn Diaries" (slated to come out later this year) and most recently Co-Produced the New York transfer of the Fountain Theatre's production of "Fatherland" at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club.
Cate has been the recipient of a Garland Award, a Women In Theatre Red Carpet Award, multiple LA Stage Alliance Ovation, Eddon and Scenie Awards, Playwright's Arena’s "Lee Melville Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Los Angeles Theatre Community, and she was honored to receive an Award of Excellence from the LA Film Commission for her work as a Writer, Director, Choreographer and Producer.
She is delighted to return to Interact having Directed "Picnic" and "Doubt" for this special programming in seasons past and gives Special Thanks to Barry Heins for inviting her back on board once again.
Bairton Brown
Bairton Brown (he/they) is a multiracial filmmaker and theater practitioner. While earning their B.F.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, Bair’s first short, FROM YOUR FORMER LOVER, premiered at the New York Independent Cinema Awards. As their thesis, Bair directed the web series NAOMI & LEVI TAKE ON THE WORLD (2021), which was selected for distribution on Open Television | OTV.
While earning their Master’s in Arts & Public Policy from NYU, Bair directed the sold-out world premiere of HOW DARE YOU by Kendra Augustin at Affirmation Theatre, and FINAL GOODBYE by Shaneisha Dodson at Soundscape Theatre. In 2023, Bair completed a Next-Up Playwriting Fellowship at Congo Square Theatre. Brown’s second full-length play, MEMENTO VIVERE, received staged readings at Congo Square Theatre in Chicago, Denver Fringe, & Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Bairton returns to Chicago annually as a writer and director for Congo Square’s web series, BLACKSIDE. In Los Angeles, Bair supports Interact as an AD/SM and Dramaturg for Interact’s Pulitzer Prize Winners’ Series. Bair’s Virtual Playwriting course, DEFINING MOMENTS, will launch in Autumn 2024 through their LLC, Stonehaven Studios. Bair’s fist book, BLACKTOPIA, will be published by Syllble Studios on June 3, 2024. An audio series will premiere alongside the books beginning June 7!
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play GOOD PEOPLE premiered on Broadway, was awarded the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play, The Horton Foote Prize, The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and two Tony nominations. His previous play RABBIT HOLE received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, and the Spirit of America Award. David also wrote the book and lyrics for SHREK THE MUSICAL (Jeanine Tesori, composer), which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, and earned David the Ed Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. David’s other plays include RIPCORD, FUDDY MEERS, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, WONDER OF THE WORLD, and A DEVIL INSIDE, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen credits include his film adaptation of "Rabbit Hole," Dreamworks’ "Rise of the Guardians," and "The Family Fang," starring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, and Jason Bateman. He is also, along with Marsha Norman, co-chair of the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School.
Photo: Getty Images
Barry Heins
Most recently, Heins produced and directed the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Posner's "Life Sucks" at the Broadwater Main Stage. The production earned a coveted spot on L.A. Times theater critic Charles McNulty’s Top 9 List of 2023 and received seven nominations from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, including wins for Best Ensemble and Best Writing–Adaptation.
A graduate of The Juilliard School and an alumnus of The Acting Company, Heins has performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway, at leading regional theaters across the U.S., and in both film and television. His notable Los Angeles stage credits include "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Ford Theatre (Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Performance), ITC's celebrated production of "Counsellor-At-Law" with John Rubinstein (Ovation Award for Best Ensemble), the 2018 ITC revival of Jerry Sterner's "Other People's Money," and the West Coast premiere of Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins' "Nice Fish."
Heins is also an accomplished voice-over artist, lending his talents to everything from film trailers to political ads, and has served as a dialect consultant on Broadway productions and for PBS. He has taught at several professional actor training conservatories, including NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Playwrights Horizons Theater School and SUNY Purchase College.
During the summers, Heins serves as executive producer of the company’s summer theater camp for underserved youth, INTERPLAY, which was integrated into the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs’ five-week Summer Performing Arts Camp (SPAC) in 2023. Heins curates the ITC Play Lab for established local playwrights and has spearheaded four annual staged readings series in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library’s LA Made cultural enrichment program, where he directed "You Can’t Take It With You," "The Great White Hope," and "Driving Miss Daisy," and performed in "Art." He also produced and directed two impactful short films written by Catherine Butterfield for ITC: "Faultless" and "Just Another Birthday in Bedlam." Both films garnered international recognition, winning multiple awards at prestigious film festivals, including a 2021 Bronze and 2022 Gold Telly Award. These films are available on ITC's official YouTube channel, @InteractTheatreCompanyLosAngeles.
Kristen Egermeier
Kristen is thrilled to continue her work with ITC as the new Managing Director. While she is a trained Actor first, Kristen has served as operational support for theatres across the county for the past 15 years. She has also produced, written, and managed multiple productions on stage and film. As a graduate of Cal State University, Northridge with a BA in Theatre Arts and a minor in Chemistry, her well-rounded education has combined her love of theatre with her organizational business skills.
After working and studying with multiple theatre companies back east, she returned to Los Angeles to dive further into her roles as an actor and operational consultant, with an emphasis on nonprofit organizations. Kristen has aided in administratively supporting and developing multiple theatre and community programs.
Her 20 years of experience in management and hands-on roles in accounting, data analytics, editorial writing, and operations management have created her specialty in working with small businesses and nonprofit organizations to develop business practices and streamline financials. A background in industries outside of the theatre world includes environmental research and services, federal and state government services, manufacturing, and GIS data services.
Our Ongoing Programs
THE PRIZE WINNERS
Season IV
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ITC PLAY LAB
Established playwrights and screenwriters present new works for public readings performed by the ITC Ensemble and guest artists. Lab Director Anita Khanzadian moderates audience discussion following the readings. Free and open to the public at the Lankershim Arts Center, no RSVP required.
View the Play Lab schedule at:
interactla.org/programs/playlab
ITC welcomes the submission of new plays written by established writers for consideration. Please submit a .PDF of the work along with playwright's bio and a detailed description of the play (including a breakdown of the characters) to:
submissions@interactla.org
ITC MASTER CLASSES
Join Interact Theatre Company for an inspiring weekly evening acting class designed for professional actors, led by ITC Ensemble Member James Eckhouse. A celebrated actor, director, and educator, James brings his expertise in the Meisner Technique to help you deepen your craft, sharpen your instincts, and elevate your performance skills in a supportive and engaging environment.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.interactla.org/itc-master-classes
ITC Free Play Readings
At Lankershim Arts Center
Interact began as a weekly play reading group consisting of 40 actors from New York City, leading regional theaters, and professional actor training conservatories, who wanted to keep their craft well-honed while seeking work in Los Angeles.
ITC Ensemble Members sponsor ITC Play Readings comprising classic, contemporary, and original plays and screenplays.
Select Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM.
Free and open to the public.
5108 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Titles of plays are announced in our email blasts.
To subscribe and receive an invitation to our play readings,
please email info@interactla.org and provide us
with your full name and email address.