Be Bold! Productions
at
The Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre
presents
Short Play Festival - NYC 2026
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Week 1 June 4-7 |
Week 2 June 11-14 |
Week 3 June 18-21 |
Week 1
Failing by Erin Moughon
Atlantic/Pacific 2006 by Christina Kyllo Powers
Times Square by Virgo
Uptown Express by Kevin Cheng
Proud Mary by Kathryn Loggins
Week 2
The Committee by Matthew Moore
The Three Little Pigs by Edward Gibbons - Brown
Two Cops on a Platform by Taylor Gonzalez
Washed Up by Riley Fee
Week 3
New york, new York by Alan CordoBa - Diaz
Stacks by Andrea Cárdenas
House Warming by Andrew Boszhardt
Trash-Hole by Bram Hartman
Love, Lysol and Other Delusions by Brian Brijbag
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Cast
Creative Team
Brenda Bell
Andrea Woodbridge
Kelley Alogna
Shino Frances
Danielle Boss
Meet the Company
Erin Moughon
Erin Moughon is an award-winning playwright and teacher based in New York City. She is grateful for this incredible team putting the show on and sad that this play is relevant.
Ria T. DiLullo
Ria T. DiLullo is a native New Yorker, director, playwright, actor and the founder/artistic director of The Skeleton Rep(resents), an 11-year old indie theater company with a mission to explore modern myth. Ria’s work has been seen most recently at The Tank, The Chain, EAG, Under St. Marks, and other indie NYC theaters. www.dilulloria.com / IG @dilulloria
Larissa Adamczyk
Larissa is excited to reprise her role as Ms. Smith. She studied at William Esper Studio and the Ken Studio. She was Lara in The Elevator Play, a twisty comedy that premiered in 2025 Chain Theatre Fest, and Dorothy Secules/Nurse Klein, in Sweet Lorraine (‘24 DUAF). Other roles include: Carrie, The Right Person (‘22 Chain Theatre Festival), and Bianca in Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief. Larissaadamczyk.com
Alejandra Lorenzo
Alejandra Lorenzo (Ana) is thrilled to be part of this festival. A Puerto Rican actor, singer, and multidisciplinary artist based in New York, she has worked in theater and live entertainment across the United States and Puerto Rico, including touring nationally with Feld Entertainment. Favorite credits include Footloose, Once on This Island, and Into the Woods. Passionate about storytelling and connection, Alejandra brings Caribbean warmth, energy, and heart to every performance.
Christina Kyllo Powers
Christina Kyllo Powers (ATLANTIC/PACIFIC 2006, Playwright/Actor) has been performing for just 3 years in community Shakespeare theatre, most recently playing Paulina in A WINTER’S TALE, Martha Coffin Wright in New York Theater Festival’s THE VISIT OF MARY MOSES and several short films. This is the first short play she has written. She is thankful to the actors and director for their time and energy, as well as her husband and two daughters for their love and support.
Lauren Harrison
Lauren Harrison (Director, She/Her) Is an actress, writer, director, producer and fight choreographer from Dallas, TX. She is thrilled to be a part of Atlantic/Pacific 2006 at the Player’s Theatre! Lauren holds a BFA in Acting with minors in Directing, Props Certification & Management from Oklahoma City University, and certification in several stage combat disciplines from Dueling Arts International. Biggest thanks to Christy, Josh, and Maria for their hard work & dedication in bringing the cutest meet-cute to life! Enjoy the show! @dlaurenharrison
Maria Duque
Maria is a Colombian actress based in New York City. She studied at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Barrow Group. Her work includes short films, student productions and improv shows. She is drawn to emotionally grounded, human-centered storytelling and is thrilled to be part of this year's short play festival.
Joshua Armstrong
Joshua Armstrong is excited to step into a leading role in Atlantic/Pacific, bringing to life a dynamic meet-cute at the heart of this piece. His previous credits include Romeo and Juliet (Gregory) and A Winter’s Tale (ensemble, nobleman, and clown), where he explored both grounded and comedic performances. Joshua is passionate about storytelling that captures connection, timing, and human nuance, and he is grateful to collaborate with such a talented cast and creative team on this production.
Virgo
Burak Tatar
Burak Tatar is an award-winning filmmaker, stage director, actor, and the founder of Infinity Films and Theatre Productions. HB Studio Alumnus, he studied with Michael Beckett, Austin Pendleton, Jack Hofsiss, and assisted and worked with the Actors' Studio legend Jack Garfein. His stage and film work has been performed and screened all across the country. Currently working with Vincent Pastore, directing him in his One-Act Play, Mama's Chair, and their upcoming film, One Last Gig, filming this summer. Burak is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
Haleigh Pierce
Haleigh Pierce is an actor and dancer based in NYC. She has trained in acting at HB Studio in New York and earned a BFA from the University of Utah. Recent credits include The Skriker (Four Letter Word), Far Away (Stairwell Theater), Stacey Bernadette Goes Dating (New York Theater Festival), and The Art of Ballroom Dancing (Lower East Side Festival of the Arts).
Edward J Fee
Edward J. Fee is an Actor, Writer, and Producer. Actor: Paddy the Bartender in the Feature Film Angelfish 2019 Independent Films : Played Matthew in Concierge Service 2023, The Waiter in Little Charlotte's Unannounced Visit 2018 Theater: Sisera in Jael 2026 at the Kingdom Theater Writer: Molotov Cocktail Nominee in the Short Play Category at the 2019 Summerfest and Giselle Loves Mambo Semi-Finalist in the 2023 Short Play Festival at the Secret Theater Producer: Prime Real Estate drama 2026, Take It to the Grave 2024, Bust 2020, Corey 2018, Interference 2018.
Kevin Cheng
Kevin is a Taiwanese actor and playwright with a passion for telling stories about ordinary people with big, sometimes unfulfilled, dreams. His writing has been developed at East Village Basement, The Chain Theatre, Brooklyn Art Haus, The Players Theatre, Secret Theatre, Gene Frankel Theatre, and The Flea. Kevin is currently a playwriting resident at Woodward Residency, and a board member for Purple Light Productions and Murmuration Theatre Company.
Emily M. White
EMILY M. WHITE is a director, dramaturg, and arts administrator. Previously she directed Kevin Cheng’s Dear Diary for SPF. Other directing credits: I Hate the Dedham Mall, A Test of Taste (Chain Theatre Festival); Passover Parodies, The Box, The Dumb Kids (Script Club NYC); Living Radio NYC. Dramaturgy credits: Coal Country (The Public Theater); White Rose, The Roaring Girl (Theatre Row). She is the Editorial Manager at New York City Center and has a BA in Theatre Studies from Emerson College. Her work has been published on HowlRound Theatre Commons. Member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
Julian Evans
A proud member of USA829 and IATSE Local 700 (Motion Picture Editors Guild), Julian oscillates between theatrical and cinematic mediums, bringing cinematic language to the stage, and theatrical stylings to the screen. Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures (New World Stages), Forbidden Broadway (The York), Tick, Tick…BOOM! (Keen Company); Nutcracker Rouge; Cocktail Magique (Company XIV); The Devil’s Disciple (Gingold); The Artificial Jungle (TBTB). Original Cast Album (producer): Welcome to the Big Dipper. Regional: The End of War [2017 RTCC Winner: Outstanding Sound Design] (Virginia Repertory Theatre). Cruise: Scarlet Night (Virgin Voyages). BA: Carnegie Mellon. www.julianevans.info @SpliceSoundNYC “With great responsibility comes great inconvenience.”
Griffin Garnett
Griffin Garnett is a New York–based actor and singer. A graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he has continued training at HB Studio. He returns to Uptown Express after a previous run of the show. His credits include Purlie, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney), and Once on This Island (Agwe), as well as the short films Rich Friend and Clarities. He is extremely excited to step back into Noah’s shoes!
Jemma Giberson
Jemma Giberson is a Brooklyn based actress and is thrilled to be returning to performing after a several year hiatus. Favorite previous credits include Uptown Express (Murmuration Theatre Company), Listen, Won’t You? (The Chain), I Am Not That I Play (Emory University), Mandragola (Emory University), Rathskellar Improv Troupe (Emory University), and Chamber Music (Oregon Children’s Theater). Originally from Portland, Oregon, she has studied at HB Studio, Upright Citizens Brigade, Emory University, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Taylor Gonzalez
Taylor Gonzalez is a playwright, director and teacher based in New York City. For over a decade, he’s helped develop a number of influential underground projects such as perfect10s, The Diverse As Fuck Comedy Festival, Flexx Magazine, deadass, Lo-Fi NYC and youarenotalone. He’s one-half of the comedic duo, Havana Club, and teaches improvisation at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with A Late Night Ordeal, and his newest full-length play, "Chapter Meeting," is premiering in New York City in July of 2026.
Amanda Gomez-Rivera
Amanda Gomez-Rivera is a performer and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently in development and fundraising for her first feature film, Bad Habits. Which she won the Best Comedy Screenplay award at The Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition. In addition to Two Cops on a Platform, she’s been performing around the city with her improv group, Holy Shiz.
Maddoux LaRocque
Maddoux LaRocque is an actor based in Brooklyn, New York. His previous theatre credits include Man-in-Chair in “The Drowsy Chaperone”, Cedric/Mister Voldy in “Puffs”, Si Crowell in “Our Town” and Kevin Cooper in "When We Practice to Deceive" at the Fresh Fruits Festival. He is so excited to premiere "Two Cops On the Platform" !!
Kathryn Loggins
Kathryn is a Brooklyn-based actor-writer. She most recently made her Off-Broadway debut in The Players Theatre’s production of Agatha Christie’s “Black Coffee: Grounds for Murder " as Dr. Graham and the female swing. Her one-act plays have been a part of numerous festivals in NYC, and she won the audience award at SPF LUV 2026 for “Loads of Love”. She is a proud member of Theatre 68, which produced the world premiere of “Love or Death Inside a House”, the full-length ensemble play she co-wrote with Riley Fee and starred in. She thanks you for supporting live theater!
Hunter Corbett
Hunter Corbett is a New York based actress and director. She has been training with Celia Shaefer for 9 years and has been part of the Theater 68 group for 5. She is excited to see her amazing actors shine in this piece!
Riley Fee
Riley is a NYC-based actor-writer. Riley graduated from The Barrow Group’s one-year acting conservatory and has been a proud member of Theatre 68 since 2019. Five of Riley’s most recent one-act plays that he wrote won Audience Favorite selections for the Players Theatre Short Play Festival in Downtown NYC. Riley made his Off Broadway debut this spring at the Players Theatre in Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee: Grounds for Murder." Instagram: @rileyfee
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is a New York based actor and singer, and is thrilled to be a part of this year's festival. Frank has recently been seen in Martin Macdonaugh's "The Pillowman," Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Stay Tuned" at Theater 68. He earned his BFA in musical theater from Pace University.
Matthew Moore
Burak Tatar
Burak Tatar is an award-winning filmmaker, stage director, actor, and the founder of Infinity Films and Theatre Productions. HB Studio Alumnus, he studied with Michael Beckett, Austin Pendleton, Jack Hofsiss, and assisted and worked with the Actors' Studio legend Jack Garfein. His stage and film work has been performed and screened all across the country. Currently working with Vincent Pastore, directing him in his One-Act Play, Mama's Chair, and their upcoming film, One Last Gig, filming this summer. Burak is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
Ashley Lavalle
Ashley Lavalle first started her career as a dancer at the age of 2 before fully delving into the theater world. She is a graduate of Pace University's Acting for Film, Television, Voiceovers, and Commercials BFA program and has attended the British American Drama Academy at Oxford. Some of her favorite works include being part of a rendition of Julius Caesar and, most recently, a short film thriller that has yet to be released. Ashley wishes to give a big thank you to Burak Tatar for this opportunity and is very thankful to be part of such a wonderful cast!
Isabel Keener
Isabel Keener is a hyena. She gets into the garbage cans. She has an insatiable curiosity.
Defne Ozkan
Defne Ozkan is a New York City and Istanbul-based actress. After attending Kadikoy Anadolu High School in Istanbul, she came to New York and graduated from Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts with a BFA in Acting and has worked in multiple productions in New York including 'Jimmy Fallon's Tonightmares' , a SAG feature film “The Day After Yesterday”, a variety of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway shows, and multiple short films. She’d like to thank her family for everything. Sizi seviyorum
Oyku Guven
"Oyku Guven is a New York–based actor, singer, writer, and musician originally from Istanbul, Turkey. She is a BFA Acting graduate of Pace University and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, LAMDA, and Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Credits include Çocuklar Duymasın(TV Series), The Night Agent on Netflix, Disney’s musical animation Wish (Turkish dub voice of Asha) and her upcoming movie Selma. Stage productions including Rent, Measure for Measure, and Macbeth. A trained oboist and multilingual performer, Oyku is grateful to share this production with such a talented cast and crew and beyond thankful!
Edward Gibbons-Brown
Edward Gibbons-Brown: Playwright, director, actor, producer. Monthly variety show @frigidnightcap, at Under St. Marks. Upcoming: ‘Underneath the Lintel,’ 8/10, Under St. Marks (Actor). Past: ‘Richard III: A Twisted Fairy Tale’, Cullum Theatre, ATA (Actor), ‘Last Meals,’ Village Theatre One-Act Festival, ‘The Body,’ QSPF, ‘Anne of a Thousand Faces,’ ‘The Last Visit,’ Gene Frankel Theatre Festival, “The Neighborhood Laundromat,” NYTF, “The Interview,” SPF Boo! Fest, NYC, “Listen to Me,” “Walk It Off,” “On the Radio,” Chain Theatre One-Act Festival, NYC, "Coriolanus," WETC, NYC/Seattle, "Miracle on 34th Street," The Henegar, Melbourne, FL.
Em Rose Stern
Em Rose Stern is an actor born and based in Brooklyn. She’s a recent graduate of Purchase Colleges BFA Acting program and a member of the American Mime Theatre Company. She loves the collaborative process of working on an original script and is thrilled to be apart of this play. @emrosestern
Lucy Buchanan
Lucy Buchanan (she/her) is an actor, singer, and writer living in NYC. New York credits include Maggot (Slaughter City), Hermia (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Samantha (The Beholden), and many more. Regional credits include Malcolm (Macbeth), #25 (The Wolves), Portia/Soothsayer (Julius Caesar), among others. Keep up with her at www.lucyabuchanan.com!
Nicole Ponce
Nicole Ponce (she/her) is a Peruvian American Actress and Improviser raised throughout the East Coast now based in NYC. She graduated from Rollins College with dual degrees in Performance and Computer Science. Credits include: John Proctor is the Villain (Rollins College), Dos Familias (Shakespeare Assoc. of America), The Thousand and One Nights (La Mama), The Ana Project (Lenfest Center of the Arts), Unsung Morning (NYTF), On the Radio (Chain Theatre), First Liar on the Moon (Theatre for the New City), and Kitchen Table Festival (TheatreLab). Her artistic pursuit is to fill the gap of Indigenous Latina representation she never saw growing up. Keep up with her on insta: @nicooleponce
Andrea Woodbridge
Andrea is thrilled to be back onstage with Brenda Bell in New York Crazy. Andrea has also appeared on this stage in The Gentleman's a Tramp, An Unwanted Ménage à Trois, Love Potion 69, Under the Rainbow, and Good Intentions. Lots of love to Sierra and Steve!
Brenda Bell
Brenda is a NYC-based Theatremaker and is excited to participate in the 15th Annual NYC festival. She is thrilled to be working with her one of her favorite partners in crime, Andrea. Brenda’s plays have been represented in eight previous SPF festivals, and she appeared as an actress in many of the festival plays. She started the Players Theatre Short Play Festival 15 years ago to offer an opportunity for playwrights to get their work on its feet and explore self-producing in an affordable and safe environment. Special thanks to the Players Theatre and the entire SPF team – Andrea, Kelley, Jess, Larissa and Shino for their dedication and tireless support of all the plays in this fantastic festival.
Riley Fee
Riley is a NYC-based actor-writer. Riley graduated from The Barrow Group’s one-year acting conservatory and has been a proud member of Theatre 68 since 2019. Five of Riley’s most recent one-act plays that he wrote won Audience Favorite selections for the Players Theatre Short Play Festival in Downtown NYC. Riley made his Off Broadway debut this spring at the Players Theatre in Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee: Grounds for Murder." Instagram: @rileyfee
Julian Guzman Abril
Julian Guzman Abril (he/him) is New York City-based actor. Julian is a proud member of the New York chapter of Theatre 68. Some of his previous credits include "Stay Tuned," "Love or Death Inside a House," and "Hellcab" (with Theatre 68). His on-screen credits include "Submarino" (Amazon Prime) and "River" (Vimeo). One of his most recent projects, "Mum's the Word," which he co-created, is in post-production and premieres later this year. Follow him on Instagram: @julianguzmana.
Kathryn Loggins
Kathryn is a Brooklyn-based actor-writer. She most recently made her Off-Broadway debut in The Players Theatre’s production of Agatha Christie’s “Black Coffee: Grounds for Murder " as Dr. Graham and the female swing. Her one-act plays have been a part of numerous festivals in NYC, and she won the audience award at SPF LUV 2026 for “Loads of Love”. She is a proud member of Theatre 68, which produced the world premiere of “Love or Death Inside a House”, the full-length ensemble play she co-wrote with Riley Fee and starred in. She thanks you for supporting live theater!
Alan Cordoba-Diaz
Lillybeth Gonzalez
Lillybeth Gonzalez is a Nuyorican who is proud to be Directing her second play at SPF. She has been working as a Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist the majority of her 20 year career in the Film and Television Industry and is excited to delve more into the theater world. Lillybeth is currently working on Season 13 of Impractical Jokers as their Head Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist. Lillybeth is thankfull and grateful for her friends and family who continue to believe in her various talents.
Hunter Corbett
Hunter Corbett is a New York based actress who has been active for 5 years. She has had the honor of performing in last year's SPF festival and can't wait to participate in it once again!
Andrea Cárdenas
Andrea Cárdenas (Playwright, Director) is a comedian, actor, and writer. In 2025, she was an Artist in Residence at Ars Nova, premiering brand new show The Product with Nicole Adsit. She has performed her two-woman play Divine Perversions: a sapphic mass, all over NYC and Los Angeles, and her web series Unhinged was featured at NewFest. You can also see Andrea in the feature film Dumb Money on Netflix. Andrea is a proud ensemble member of Taproot Creatives and is graduating with an MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU in 2027.
Megan Colleen Medley
Megan Medley*^ (she/her) is a theatermaker, playwright and actor. She is a proud co-founder of Taproot Creatives. Plays include Ava and Ty, She Said, She Said, As Eden Burns, Without God As My Lover, and Cemetery. Megan’s work has been produced by Taproot Creatives and Bluebird Theatre Company, featured at the SOOP Theatre and Chain Theatre One Act Festivals, and was developed through the Taproot Writer’s Workshop. Awards include: Finalist for the ROO Residency at Bechdel Project 2026, Semi-Finalist National Young Playwrights in Residence 2021, Semi-Finalist SheNYC 2021, Semi-Finalist Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award 2023, Second Rounder Austin Film Festival 2024. Megan earned her MFA from the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program.
Sarah Cuneo
Sarah Cuneo is an actress, playwright, director, and aerialist. As an actress, she is particularly passionate about new works; she collaborated with Tectonic Theater Project on workshops of Here There Are Blueberries and has acted in new play festivals throughout the country, including Cleveland Play House and Premiere Stages. Sarah is also a founding member of Taproot Creatives, a collective dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented genders. www.sarahcuneo.com
Anita Castillo-Halvorssen
Anita Castillo-Halvorssen is a Venezuelan-Norwegian actor, singer, and educator from Boulder, Colorado. She is a co-founder of theater and film collective Taproot Creatives, for which she has produced, directed, or performed in over a dozen projects. Anita is part of the Notch Theatre Company ensemble and a proud member of the Ring of Keys coalition of queer women, trans, and nonbinary artists in musical theatre. Television: FBI (CBS), Harlem (Amazon Prime), Law & Order (NBC), The Good Fight (CBS). Selected New York Theater: Red Bull Theater, New Georges, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Dramatists. Training: Brown/Trinity MFA Acting. @anita_c7h
Andrew Boszhardt
Andrew Boszhardt is an actor and writer known for his work in independent film and theater. Select feature film credits include: Breed of Greed (which he wrote; released theatrically by Vertical Entertainment in September ‘25), Fugitive Color, Cutman (Michael Mailer films), and Cape Carl (Smithfield Pictures). Select New York theater credits include: Short King (upcoming; Chain Theatre), Table (Chain Theatre), Henry V (American Theatre of Actors), and The Resurrection (American Theatre of Actors). He has also performed on stage in London. As a playwright, The Housewarming will be his first produced play.
Robert McCaskill
Robert McCaskill directed the Off Broadway production of The Common Air. His play, Heterosexuals, was produced at The Ohio Theater. Several other plays won Ovation Awards in L.A. His has directed three feature films, most recently Hungry, now available on Amazon Prime. He has been a fulltime acting coach in New York City since 1991. mccaskillstudio.com
Skyler James Bailey
Skyler James Bailey is a New York City based actor. Born in The Bronx, NY. THEATER: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Dir. Francisco Solorzano (Studio 17 2026) Thoughts Of A Colored Man Dir. Tremane Harris (651 Arts 2025) Lions Don’t Hug Dir. Stella Sacca (Winterfest 2020, Brooklyn Art Haus Residency 2023), Black Magic Dir. Tony Jenkins (Fringe Festival Winner 2016), Serials at The Fled Dir. Crystal Sky Williams. WORKSHOP: BAM Residency Workshops (2024) Dir. Postell Pringle. FILM: Uptown The Way God Intended Dir. KarynRose Bruyning (Vimeo Staff Pick 2022, Webby Award Honoree 2023), XXVisible Dir. Bobby Yan (Best Drama Short Coney Island Film Festival 2022). TELEVISION: Only Murders In The Building (Hulu 2024), Law & Order (Peacock 2025).
Joshua Hinck
Joshua Hinck is a New York based actor working across stage and screen. His theater credits include Urban Stages (After the Fair), Nylon Fusion Collective (Miss Hope’s, Astronaut), Nautilus Music-Theater (Twisted Apples: Stories from Winesburg, Ohio), Artistry (Songs for a New World), New Dramatists (Composer-Librettist Studio), and the New York Musical Theatre Festival (To Hell and Back). Screen credits include Ezra and TypeCast. He is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA and created Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream with Scott Wasserman. www.joshuahinck.com @joshua_hinck
Steven Sarao
Steven Sarao is a BFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has appeared Regionally & Off Broadway. He has co-starred in more than 15 films & television shows portraying characters of drive and intellect. Sarao is a master’s graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government concentrating his scholarship on the intersection between Africa, terrorism, and government reform. Sarao’s writing has been published in the Harvard Kennedy School Review, Harvard Africa Policy Journal, American Police Beat, and The Star Ledger. Sarao has also written four plays. Sarao is a member of AEA-SAG-AFTRA and The Actor’s Studio Playwright and Directors Unit.
Skyler James Bailey
Skyler James Bailey is a New York City based actor. Born in The Bronx, NY. THEATER: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Dir. Francisco Solorzano (Studio 17 2026) Thoughts Of A Colored Man Dir. Tremane Harris (651 Arts 2025) Lions Don’t Hug Dir. Stella Sacca (Winterfest 2020, Brooklyn Art Haus Residency 2023), Black Magic Dir. Tony Jenkins (Fringe Festival Winner 2016), Serials at The Fled Dir. Crystal Sky Williams. WORKSHOP: BAM Residency Workshops (2024) Dir. Postell Pringle. FILM: Uptown The Way God Intended Dir. KarynRose Bruyning (Vimeo Staff Pick 2022, Webby Award Honoree 2023), XXVisible Dir. Bobby Yan (Best Drama Short Coney Island Film Festival 2022). TELEVISION: Only Murders In The Building (Hulu 2024), Law & Order (Peacock 2025).
Bram Hartman
Recently Bram’s play, Freddie Fartfinger Saves the Day was selected as a Best Of for the 2025-2026 PlayGround-NY Season. Bram’s one act The Sound of Being Found premiered at the Chain Theatre One Act Festival in February 2026. His work has been performed in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. He was selected as a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2024 and attended the Lambda Literary Retreat in July 2024, studying under Roger Q. Mason. He lives with his husband and cat. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the PlayGround-NY Writer’s Pool. @bramhwriter
Willow Lautenberg
Willow Lautenberg is an actress-playwright-singer based in NYC. Off-Bway/NYC credits include: Freak Son (Chain Theatre), What It Means to Be Free (Theatre Row) & Spare Rib (New World Stages). Regional/Tour credits include: Shrek The Musical, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Wizard of Oz & Les Misérables. Playwriting credits include: Incarcerated (NewYorkRep commission - Off-Bway reading), What It Means to Be Free (play - performed at United Solo, screenplay - finalist at the Harlem Int'l Film Fest). Resident actor for Playground-NY. Holds a BFA in Acting & a Writing Minor from Emerson College. Love & gratitude to her parents. @willowthesingingtree
Ian Slade
Ian Slade is thrilled to be playing Gabe in "Trash Hole". Ian was raised in NYC and has been acting his whole life. He studied at the Stella Adler Studio, Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires, and the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Previous stage work includes Elyot in "Private Lives", Doug in "Gruesome Playground Injuries" and Malvolio in "Twelfth Night". Last fall Ian played Ben in the gay romantic comedy play "Benny and the Jets" in Lindenhurst, NY. Thank you to our awesome playwright and director, Bram Hartman.
Brian Brijbag
Noa Brenner
Noa Brenner is a multidisciplinary theater artist based in NYC. Recent graduate of Pace University BFA Musical Theater. Recent directing credits include Fireflies and Fault Lines (Producer's Club) and Octet (Pace University). Upcoming: Funeral of God (Broadway Bound Theater Festival). Website: noabrenner.com
Brianna Golden
Brianna Golden is a New York City-based actor, director, photographer, and stage manager currently pursuing a BFA in Acting at Pace University. Originally from New Jersey, she is passionate about new works, collaborative storytelling, and creating theater that amplifies diverse voices. Brianna has worked across a variety of theatrical disciplines, both onstage and behind the scenes, and values the unique perspective each role brings to the creative process. This summer, she will make her Off-Broadway debut as a Production Stage Manager. She is grateful for every opportunity to learn from and collaborate with fellow artists and is excited to continue building a career rooted in creativity, curiosity, and community.
Rose Lane Sanfilippo
Rose is excited to be performing at The Players Theater again. Check out her podcast- Now That's A Good Question, or her IMDB to see where else you can watch her! No bugs were harmed in the making of this production.
Michael Giorgio
Crawling the NY scene since David Dinkins: Recent includes The Coming Storm and The Story of Sal. B. and Barbara Ann: A Mob Fantasia - Theater for the New City; October 7 - Aaron Grant Theatrical; Honor - ARTNY; Slumming It - Dixon Place
