Anabelle Rosenthal
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Thank you for joining us for this production of Guilty Pleasure. This is the first full production, but Guilty Pleasure has gone through a significant development period. A shorter version of the play was first presented at the Valdez Theatre Conference, then produced as an audio drama at the Cary Playwrights Forum. The full piece was awarded the Austin Hay One Act Playwriting Award and given a staged reading at the Arts Club of Washington in December 2025.
Author's Note: Religion is often the first and most concrete worldview we're given. It teaches us how to love, how to interpret our place in the world, and how to delineate Good and Evil. This can be beautiful and it can be harmful. It wasn't until the piece was most completed that I realized that the show was really about power, control, and how our worldview decides who we think is worthy of love. It is both parable and literal, a story of religious trauma, a queer allegory, and a question of how ideology can be twisted to serve ego.
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Cast
Tate Kapitza
Father Noah Harris
Reeve Haggard
Gabriel
Creative Team
Saint Graves
Collaborating Artist
The Conjuring House
Collaborating Artist
Mart Champlin / Kitschy Friends
Collaborating Artist
Charlie Probus
Playwright/Director
Steve Probus
Set Design
Ebie Britt
Lighting Designer
Meet the Company
Tate Kapitza
Father Noah Harris
Tate Kapitza (he/they) plays Father Noah Harris. Tate is a 22 year old actor looking to make his mark on the acting world, and has done so with roles like Karnak in Ride the Cyclone, and as an actor with Bright Star Touring Theater performing across the country. They have been performing since sophomore year of high school, where he then attended Appalachian State University to further hone his craft. He is beyond excited to show all of his hard work and dedication in tonight’s performance. They are also a digital artist who loves anything and everything comic book related and have two cats named Clementine and Cowboy.
Reeve Haggard
Gabriel
Reeve Haggard first graced the stage at the age of nine and has been doing community theatre ever since. Originally based in their small Virginian hometown where they spent years working in a theatrical haunted house, Reeve has a decade worth of experience and a passion for immersive storytelling. After moving to Durham and taking a brief hiatus they’re beyond excited to be back on stage and especially to be working with such a talented team and on such a special play.
Saint Graves
Collaborating Artist
Saint Graves is a Raleigh, NC based mixed media artist and published author whose works blends the arcane and the profane, the sensual and the sacred. He creates illustrated fiction, zines, and traditional and digital collage under the name Boyparts666, as well as creating loose leaf teas and perfume oils in a side project known as Twilight Garden Olfactory Alchemy. He lives with his beloved fiance and their cat Willow, who refuses to eat anything without tuna involved.
The Conjuring House
Collaborating Artist
The Conjuring House is an Indigenous-owned ritual self care brand creating handcrafted candles and body care rooted in intention, artistry, and ancestral memory. Each piece is made to hold space for reflection and restoration, a quiet offering for the body and spirit. Through scent and ritual, The Conjuring House invites care to become ceremony, turning the everyday into something sacred.
Mart Champlin / Kitschy Friends
Collaborating Artist
Mart Champlin (they/she) is the multimedia artist behind Kitschy Friends, a queer printmaking project based in Durham, NC. Inspired by maximalism, queerness, nature, and nostalgia, they create hand-pulled silkscreen prints of their original designs. Beyond prints, she upcycled thrifted clothing and fabric into unique wearable art and sew-on patches, giving new life to discarded materials. Their artwork celebrates upcycling, self-expression, and the vibrant joy of maximalism; they adore creating bold pieces to adorn both bodies and homes.
Charlie Probus
Playwright/Director
Charlie Probus (they/them) is a playwright and transdisciplinary artist whose work spans performance, visual art, and writing. Their work has been seen at Brooklyn Poets, Opal Age, Rat's Ass Review, the Raleigh Fringe Festival, the Valdez Theatre Conference and the Arts Club of Washington. Charlie's visual art has found a home at the Scrap Exchange in Durham and the CoLab in Raleigh.
Steve Probus
Set Design
Ebie Britt
Lighting Designer
Ebie Britt graduated from Appalachian State University and is excited to work on not only their first play outside of college, but first production as a lighting designer as well. Traditionally an actor or costume and props technician, their most recent roles on and off the stage include Jane Doe (Ride the Cyclone) and Costume Crafts Artisan (Carrie the Musical) at App State. Ebie is excited to stretch their theatre muscles, but found a way to use their craft skills by hand-making the window gobo out of a pie tin. They hope you enjoy the show!
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