RIP

Bryan Quinn

Bryan is excited to help bring new works to Milwaukee stages including as the Narrator in Liz Shipe’s The Incredible Adventure of Alvin Tatlock, Owen Fawcett in Angels Iannone’s The Seeds of Banquo, and most recently as Stan Zbornak in Purse String Productions’ Golden Girls Drag Christmas Parody.

Ben Yela

A theatermaker and musician, Ben (he/him) co-founded 1419, an interdisciplinary arts collective, in Minneapolis at the beginning of the 2010s. Beginning his professional career as a stage manager with other MPLS companies such as Red Eye Theater and Nimbus Theater, he then moved to Milwaukee in September 2012, becoming a founding member of Quasimondo Physical Theatre. Since, he has worked with several other Wisconsin companies as a performer, stage manager, and technician, including Voices Found Repertory, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Theatre Gigante, Cooperative Performance, Danceworks, Optimist Theatre, Acacia Theatre, Truepenny Theatre, 53212 Presents, Sunstone Studios and Door Shakespeare. Enjoy this newest offering from Sunstone!

Patrice L. Hood

Patrice L. Hood (she/her) is very blessed to performing her very first time at Sunstone Studios. Patrice has recently been seen in #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence (All in Productions), Witness for the Prosecution (West Allis Players), The Nerd (Summer Stage of Delafield), Mad Lib Cabaret, Sister Act the Musical, Villains, Monsters, & Ghouls Cabaret, The Moment Concert Reading, The Laramie Project, and Dream Role: A Cabaret (Waukesha Civic Theatre). Patrice would like to first thank God for the love, friendships, and blessings bestowed upon her. Patrice is also thankful to all the cast and crew of RIP, for allowing her an opportunity to be on stage one more time, finding Joy in performing. Much love and happiness to you all.

Caitlin Kujawski Compton

Caitlin Kujawski Compton (she/her) is excited and grateful for the opportunity to be back onstage. This is her first production working with Sunstone Studies and she has also worked with other great companies such as Voices Found Repertory Theatre (Queen Gertrude, Hamlet) and Boulevard Theatre (Catholic School Girls, Wanda; The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Joan). In her free time, she loves to host and attend themed dinner parties with her friends, sing or play the flute in small ensembles, and attend the Renaissance Faire in costume. She would like to thank her husband, family, and friends for their ongoing love and support.

Haley Ebinal

Haley Ebinal (she/her) is a Milwaukee-based actor and violinist who believes empathetic, community-building storytelling is the most effective remedy against isolation, harmful assumptions, and disappearing histories. Past roles include Hermia in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Voices Found Repertory), Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET (Play-By-Play Theatre), Meg in MARS LOST (Lake County Playhouse), and Nym/Orleans in HENRY V (Voices Found Repertory). You can follow Haley’s latest projects on Instagram: @haleyebinal and www.haleyebinal.com. Haley is delighted to be supporting new playwrights and working with this inspiring team of artists at Sunstone Studios. Thank you for supporting the New Playwrights Showcase!

Sarah Jo Martens

Sarah Jo (she/her) is excited to be working with Sunstone Studios for the first time. Sarah Jo studied theatre at Michigan Technological University while completing her degree in environmental engineering. The balance between art and science is a core pillar of Sarah Jo’s life. Sarah Jo has been involved in the Milwaukee community theatre scene since moving to the area mid-pandemic, including work with Lake Country Playhouse, Kettle Moraine Playhouse, and Village Playhouse as an actor, director, and stage manager. Her favorite acting credits include Mary Baltimore (On the Verge), Mother Miriam Ruth (Agnes of God), Antigone (Antigone), Germaine (Picasso at the Lapin Agile), and Hermione (The Winters Tale). Her other passion is costume design and construction. Sarah Jo’s projects can be viewed on her Instagram and process blog: secondlifestitching.com

Maggie Marks

Maggie Marks (she/her) is an Actor and Mom from the MIlwaukee area, and has been acting, training, and working in the theater world for 20 plus years. After graduating from Skidmore College with a double major in Spanish and Theater, she traveled and trained around the world She has trained with Saratoga International Theater Institute (SITI), the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in Oxford, England, the WIlliamstown Theater Festival, Beverly HIlls Playhouse, and the Audition Studio (Chicago). She has lived in Spain, Peru, England, Chicago, L.A, Cleveland, and upstate New York, and traveled to several countries. While living in Cleveland, she worked with Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Fourth Wall Productions, Karamu Theater, Weathervane Playhouse, Charenton Theater Company, Theater Ninjas, Cleveland Public Theater, and toured an taught with the Illusion Factory (Children's Theater). After three years in Cleveland she returned to Milwaukee and acted for Milwaukee Shakespeare Theater Co. and Waukesha CIvic Theater and a few others before starting a family and taking a 10 year theater hitarus. In that time she still did commercial work with Jennifer’s Talent and Lori Linns Agency, and acted occasionally as a Standardized patient for Frotedtert. During her hiatus, she also served as a Board member for the Shorewood LIbrary, and was the head of the hiring committee for the current Library Director. In the Milwaukee area she has worked with several theaters, such as: First Stage Children's Theater, Renaissance Theaterworks (House Manager and Actor), Mad Rogues (Actor and Board committee member) Sunset Playhouse, Milwaukee Entertainment Group, Voices Found Repertory, Schmitz and Giggles, and Sunstone Studios (Facilities Manager, Director, and Actor).

Joshua Ariel Biatch

Josh (he/him) studied theatre at Kenyon College, and furthered his work as an Apprentice Actor at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. When not acting, Josh can be found teaching with Milwaukee Youth Theatre or choreographing stage combat. Previous credits include Richard Gloucester (Margaret, Voices Found Rep), CB (Dog Sees God, StageQ), and Benedick (Much ado About Nothing, The Crow's Nest). Shalom!

Rebekah Farr

Rebekah Farr (John Doe) is excited to work with Sunstone for the first time. You may remember her from playing Sofie in Wink and Iris in The Nether (The Constructivists). Other credits include Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream and Dromio of Syracusa in Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare in the Park), Portia in Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar (Mad Rogues), and GraveDigger in the Young Playwright Festival (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre). When she’s not on stage she enjoys teaching with Pink Umbrella Theater Company. Thanks to Alan for the role! Love to her ever supportive family and friends always.

Jessica Trznadel

Jessica Trznadel (she/her) is a Milwaukee area actress and director. Recently she directed a staged reading of an adaptation of Shakespeare's War of the Roses plays entitled MARGARET with Voices Found Repertory. This is her first show at Sunstone and it's been a blast! She hopes you enjoy RIP and all of the new works this weekend!

Alan Piotrowicz

ALAN PIOTROWICZ (he/him) makes his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he has designed for several companies including All In Productions, Cooperative Performance, Danceworks, Falls Patio Players, First Stage Children’s Theatre, In Tandem Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Theatre Gigante, Theater RED, and Windfall Theatre. He’s also designed for TITAN Theatre Company in New York City, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, MI, and Ivoryton Playhouse and Brief Cameo Productions in Ivoryton, CT. He sits on the board of both Cooperative Performance and Brief Cameo Productions. He received his training at UW-Madison and The Santa Fe Opera. www.alanpiotrowicz.com

Nicole McCarty

Nicole McCarty- Nicole (she/her) has a B.M. in music education from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and a M.M. in vocal performance from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM). Her most recent performances have been as Joy Southside Summer with the #Enough project to end gun violence, Renee in Babel with the Constructivists, and as an ensemble member in Black Nativity with the Black Arts of MKE. Her upcoming performances will be as Nan Carter in Exit, Pursued by a Bear with Sunstone Studios and as Apollo in L'Orfeo with Milwaukee Opera Theatre. She also sings with a funk cover band named Montage. Having the chance to music direct this new play has been a fun challenge for Nicole, and she’s very excited to help bring this show to life!

Yeng Parman-Thao

Yeng Parman-Thao is a Milwaukee-based cellist and music educator with state certification in instrumental, choral, and general music education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cello Performance from UWM with further study from the Lawrence Academy of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin. His past teachers include: cello with Roza Borisova and Dr. Stefan Kartman; voice with Evan Bravos and Dr. Colleen Brooks; conducting with Dr. Mark Norman and Dr. Zachary Durlam. In recent years, Parman-Thao has served in various roles for dozens of community and professional theatre companies including Milwaukee Opera Theater, Next Act Theater, Waukesha Civic Theater, Lake Country Playhouse, and more! Highlighted performances include: music director for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Billy Elliot, Thoroughly Modern Millie (WCT); cello for 1776 (MOT), and Parade (LCP).