FRIDAY, JUNE 19 - 7:30 PM (PREVIEW) 

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 - 7:30 PM (OPENING NIGHT) 

SUNDAY, JUNE 21 - 2:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 - 2:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 - 7:30 PM

THURSDAY, JUNE 25 - 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 - 7:30 PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 - 2:00 PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 - 7:30 PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 - 2:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 - 2:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 - 7:30 PM

THURSDAY, JULY 2 - 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, JULY 3 - 2:00 PM (MATINEE PERFORMANCE)

SATURDAY, JULY 4 - 2:00 PM (CLOSING)

(1904-1962) was born in Hassocks, Sussex, in 1904. He and his parents moved a short while later to Hove, where he spent his early years. He published his first novel, Craven House, in 1926 and within a few years had established a wide readership for himself. Despite personal setbacks and an increasing problem with drink, he was still able to write some of his best work. His plays include the thrillers Rope (1929) – on which Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rope was based – and Gaslight (1939), also successfully adapted for screen in the same year. He also wrote the historical drama The Duke in Darkness (1943). Among his novels are The Midnight Bell (1929), The Siege of Pleasure (1932), The Plains of Cement (1934), a trilogy entitled Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (1935), Hangover Square (1941), and The Slaves of Solitude (1947). The Gorse Trilogy is made up of The West Pier, Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Gorse, and Unknown Assailant, which were first published during the 1950s.

has always been drawn to theatre for the chance to tell a story that moves and connects people, both to each other and to the storytellers. The daughter of director John Wright and novelist L.R. “Bunny” Wright, she grew up and began her career in Western Canada. In 1990 she and her sister, actor/producer Katey Wright, were co-founders of Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival (now Canada’s largest Shakespeare festival outside of Stratford).  Johnna received her BA in Theatre from UBC, and MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta. With collaborator Aaron Bushkowsky, she then co-founded and ran Vancouver’s Solo Collective Theatre, premiering more than 25 new works by Western Canadian playwrights over nine years.  Johnna is a two-time recipient of Vancouver’s Jessie Richardson Awards for both Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production, as well as other directing awards. Directing projects include Much Ado About Nothing for Bard on the Beach (2025), Sheridan’s The Rivals for Blackbird Theatre in Vancouver, and Tomson Highway’s The (Post) Mistress, with himself as Musical Director, for Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre. As a dramaturg, Johnna has supported the development of dozens of new Canadian plays and playwrights. She also works as an editor for writers of long-form fiction and memoir.  The Three Musketeers, Patty and Johnna’s next play after Deceived (originally titled Gaslight), is now in development. Johnna also wrote The Suspect, an adaptation of her mother’s novel of the same name. After the many complex challenges faced by live performance in recent years, Johnna believes more than ever in the power of theatre to change the way we see the world, and in the need for audiences to have that experience together.

is an actor/singer/dancer/musician and teacher whose career has taken her to theatres across Canada, the U.S., and Germany. Notably, she has been a member of the Acting Ensemble at the Shaw Festival, Canada’s second largest repertory theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, for 26 seasons. There she has played roles in over 60 plays, including Ragtime, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Light in the Piazza, The Sea, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, Rope, Happy End, Cabaret, The Women, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion.  Patty works with many local arts organizations in her hometown as producer, writer, and performer, and she teaches arts, music, and theatre for Brock University, Music Niagara, and Yellow Door Theatre Project. She received her M.Ed. in 2018 and has seen firsthand the power of supporting arts education for students at all levels, teaching in both of Canada’s official languages.  Patty and Johnna continue to collaborate on various writing projects with an interest in bringing out voices that have often not been heard. They are extremely grateful for the support of their families, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Shaw Festival Artistic Director Tim Carroll, and their hardworking literary agent, Colin Rivers.

For Dorset Theatre Festival: Slow Food by Wendy Macleod, Wait Until Dark, Misery, The Book Club Play, and Sidekicked by Kim Powers. Upcoming work includes: Cyrano (NYU); Hedda Gabler (Juilliard); A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House); Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson (Guthrie). Recent work includes: Art (American Players Theatre), King Lear (REP); Dial M for Murder (Gulfshore Playhouse); The Happiness Gym by Ken Weitzman (New Neighborhood newneighborhood.net and Theatre Lab), Hard Road to Heaven, a new country music musical - book by Willy Holtzman with music by Nashville’s Marty Dodson and David Spangler (Bucks County Playhouse);  A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House); Christina Anderson's the ripple, the wave that carried me home (world premiere co-production Berkeley Rep and Goodman Theatre);  Lucy Thurber’s Transfers for Audible, MCC, and New York Stage & Film; These Paper Bullets! by Rolin Jones with music by Billie Joe Armstrong (New Neighborhood, Atlantic, Geffen, Yale Rep).  Jackson also offers private acting and directing training. jacksongracegay.com MFA Directing Yale School of Drama.As a Director credits include: Huntington Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage, Company One, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Lyric Stage Company, Central Square Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, and others.

Riw Rakkulchon (pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/They has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Theatre Squared, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, KCRep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, The Public Theatre, Audible Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, &Juliet, Parade . Member of United Scenic Artist 829. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit organization in a fight to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign

This is Fabian’s seventh show at Dorset, previously costuming The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Sidekicked, Wait Until Dark, Queen of the Night, Slow Food, and Misery. Fabian attended the Yale School of Drama for his MFA and Boston University (BFA) to pursuetheatrical costume design. Credits include Man of La Mancha (Asolo Rep); American Mariachi, Mother Road (PCPA); Three Sisters, Twelfth Night (Two River Theater) Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Max Makes a Million, Winnie the Pooh (Alliance Theater); Dial M for Murder, Straight White Men, Mlima’s Tale, In the Heights, Man of La Mancha, Romeo and Juliet (Westport Country Playhouse); Mother Road (PCPA); God’s Ear (Juilliard); Afterglow, Safeword (Midnight Theatri cals); Recent Alien Abductions (Play Co.); ¡Bienvenidos Blancos! or Welcome White People! (Team Sunshine, Philadelphia), A View from the Bridge, Seven Spots on the Sun, set and costume for The War Boys (NYC); Sabina, Sotto Voce (Portland Stage); Midsummer, The Moors (Yale Repertory Theater world premier); He Left Quietly (SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto).

Seth is a New York based designer who works in theatre, opera, dance, and music.  His work has been seen throughout the United States and internationally.  At DTF: Sidekicked. NYC: An Ark at the Shed; Swamp Dwellers at Theater for a New Audience; Mike Daisey’s The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the Public Theater; The Mysteries at the Flea; Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith’s Radio Play at PS 122; Taylor Mac’s Obie Award winning production of The Lily’s Revenge at HERE Arts, among many other projects. Regional: Dallas Theater Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Two River Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Trinity Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, The Denver Center Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory Theatre, and Playmakers Repertory, GeVA.  He received his Bachelors Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and MFA from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. www.sethreiserdesign.com

Daniel is a sound designer, composer, and educator living in New City, NY. He is a founding member of Daniel Baker & Co., an audio production company that creates sound designs and music for theater, film, dance, and other endeavors across the media spectrum. Daniel has designed sound for over 200 productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters across the country. He holds an MFA in Sound Design from the Yale School of Drama and teaches at Barnard College and Berklee NYC.

Rod is thrilled to return to the Dorset Theatre Festival. Previously; Misery, The Beauty Queen of Leenane. A NY based fight director with credits including Broadway: The Lightning Thief and Live from Lincoln Center: Porgy and Bess (NYCO). Off Broadway, Rod was the Resident Fight Director for 9 seasons for Pearl Theatre Company.  Other Off-Broadway credits: Perelman Performing Arts Center,  The Lucille Lortell, Lynn Redgrave, The Mint, The Minetta Lane, The Acorn, Signature, and the East 13th Street Playhouse.  Rod was the Resident Fight Director for New York City Opera at Lincoln Center from 1995 to 2010. Regional credits include: ART, Yale Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Cleveland Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre NJ, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, The McCarter,The Barter Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, Glimmerglass Opera, Chautauqua Opera. Rod is a member of the SDC and on faculty at AMDA teaching Stage Combat. Rodkinter.com

Joe Gery has worked extensively in theater with Caparelliotis Casting since 2014, as well as with Meredith Tucker Casting in film & television. His most recent theater credits include the Broadway productions of Good Night and Good Luck, Grey House, Ohio State Murders, Sam Gold's Macbeth, and The Minutes, as well as off-broadway productions at Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard, and Ars Nova. Television credits include all three seasons of The White Lotus (HBO), Godfather of Harlem (EPIX), Ray Donovan (Showtime), and the final season of The Bold Type (Freeform). 

Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Off-Broadway: Ibsen’s Ghost, Dig, The Confession of Lily Dare (Primary Stages); Belfast Girls (Irish Repertory Theater); Hangmen, On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company); Privacy, Julius Caesar (Public Theater); By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theatre); Eureka Day (Colt Coeur); Superstitions, The Ding Dongs, Is Edward Snowden Single? (The Pool Plays) Select Regional: Hartford Stage Company, Bucks County Playhouse, Dorset Theatre Festival, Oklahoma City Rep, George Street Playhouse, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Yale Repertory Theatre; Avery holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama, and a BFA from Hofstra University.