THERESA REBECK - Playwright

Theresa Rebeck’s many plays have been widely produced on and off Broadway, regionally and internationally. Recently, her play BERNHARDT/HAMLET was seen on Broadway at the American Airlines theater on Broadway, starring Janet McTeer, and her play DOWNSTAIRS was presented at Primary Stages, starring Tyne and Tim Daly. Her play SEARED, starring Raul Esparza was recently produced at Manhattan Class Company. The production received an Outer Critics Circle award. Ms. Rebeck is also a recipient of PEN America’s Laura Pels Award for mid-career playwrights.

As a director her work has been seen at The Alley Theater of Houston, Dorset Theater Festival, the Orchard Project, the REP theater of Delaware, the Folger Shakespeare Theater and the Working Theater, in NYC. In television, she is known for her work on NYPD Blue (Writer’s Guild, Peabody and Edgar awards) and for creating the NBC series Smash. She wrote the screenplay for The 355, starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o and Penelope Cruz.

Ms. Rebeck is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. She has a Ph.D. and M.F.A. from Brandeis University. She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. She teaches at the University of Houston as the Distinguished Visiting Theater Artist. She is the resident playwright at the Dorset Theater Festival of Vermont.

MORRITZ VON STUELPNAGEL - Director

Moritz von Stuelpnagel is a freelance director based in New York City. His production of Hand to God on Broadway received five Tony Award nominations including Best Play and Best Director. Other recent productions include Important Hats of the Twentieth Century by Nick Jones (Manhattan Theatre Club), Teenage Dick by Mike Lew (Public Theater), Verité by Nick Jones (Lincoln Center/LCT3), Bike America by Mike Lew (Ma-Yi), Love Song of the Albanian Sous Chef by Robert Askins (Ensemble Studio Theater), Trevor by Nick Jones (Lesser America), Mel & El: Show & Tell (Ars Nova), The Roosevelt Cousins Thoroughly Sauced by Mike Lew (EST), Spacebar by Michael Mitnick (Studio 42), and My Base and Scurvy Heart by Adam Szymkowicz (Studio 42). Around the US, his work has been seen at the Alliance Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Huntington Theatre, and others. Moritz is the former Artistic Director of Studio 42, New York City’s producer of “unproducible” plays. www.moritzvs.com

Brittany Bradford - Jessie McCoulough

Brittany Bradford graduated from The Juilliard School in 2018. She recently wrapped shooting a series regular role on the new HBO Max show JULIA about the acclaimed chef Julia Child, and guest spots on New Amsterdam and Fear the Walking Dead. Brittany made her Broadway debut as ‘Ophelia’ in Bernhardt/Hamlet opposite Janet McTeer, and most recently starred in the title role in Mac Beth at the Hunter Theater Project.  She was also featured in Fefu and Her Friends at TFANA, and in the Roundabout production of Merrily We Roll Along, staged by the Fiasco Theater. Brittany has also worked at the MUNY, Westport Country Playhouse, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis), and has done multiple readings with The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, and the O’Neill National Music Theater Conference. In addition, Brittany is the co-Founder of HomeBase Theatre Collective in New York, and a member of Classix.

NORBERT LEO BUTZ - Richard Shaker

Norbert Leo Butz is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical and is one of only nine actors ever to have won the award twice as lead actor. He first won for his work in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and won again for his work in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. He was additionally nominated for a Tony for his work in THOU SHALT NOT and MY FAIR LADY. The star of 11 Broadway shows, he is also a five-time Drama Desk nominee and two-time winner, amongst other stage accolades. On television, Butz has starred on David Zabel and Ridley Scott's MERCY STREET, Netflix’s BLOODLINE, FOSSE/VERDON for F/X, and, most recently, NBC’s DEBRIS. He will next star in Hulu’s THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE.

Films include Peter Hedges' DAN IN REAL LIFE, Sony's HIGHER GROUND, Craig Zisk's THE ENGLISH TEACHER, BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY, 2020 Sundance pic LUCE, and recent 2021 CANNES pic, FLAG DAY.

DAVID MASON - Bean

David Mason's previous Dorset credits include: TABLE MANNERS and the world premiere of DIG by Theresa Rebeck. Off-Broadway: Theresa Rebeck's SEARED directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel (MCC); TRICK OR TREAT (59E59). Other NYC: Ensemble Studio Theatre, Civilian Studios, Primary Stages, Present Company, NativeAliens, Red Fern Theatre, Circle East. Selected regional credits include: the world premiere of THE NEST by Theresa Rebeck at Denver Center; CHAPTER TWO directed by Marsha Mason at Arizona Theatre Co.; numerous productions at Cape Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, TheatreSquared, Northern Stage, Weston Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, New Century Theatre, Public Theater, Opera House Arts. TV: The Blacklist, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Leftovers, House of Cards, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children. #beanartshero #blacklivesmatter

KATHY MCCAFFERTY - Vicky Denvers

Kathy McCafferty's recent roles include Anna in Year One, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Leontine in John Cleese's Bang Bang!, Regina in The Little Foxes. Broadway Tour: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater, 59E59 Theaters. Regional credits include: Portland Stage, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Huntington Theatre Company, Ahmanson Theatre, Arkansas Rep., Boise Contemporary Theatre, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Shadowland Stages, Bay Street Theatre, Rep. Theatre of St. Louis, The Human Race Theatre, New Century, Hudson Stage, and others. TV/ Film: LITTLE AMERICA, HOUSE OF CARDS, 30 ROCK, LAW & ORDER: CI, LAW & ORDER: SVU, DATES LIKE THIS, THE ONION NEWS.

TALENE MONAHON - Alice Markham

TALENE MONAHON is a Brooklyn based playwright and actor. Her play, How to Load a Musket, an interview-based exploration of historical reenactors, premiered January 2020 at 59E59, produced by Less than Rent and was ranked #3 on TheaterMania’s list of “The 10 Best Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Virtual Theater Productions of 2020.” Other plays include Frankie and Will (MCC), proud revengeful ambitious (Play Per View) and All in Good Fun (Peterborough Players). As an actor, her theater work includes Apologia (Roundabout), Log Cabin (Playwrights Horizons) Bobbie Clearly (Roundabout), , The Government Inspector (Red Bull), Tell Hector I Miss Him (The Atlantic), Permission (MCC), Alligator (New Georges/Sol Project), Nothing Gold Can Stay (Partial Comfort), Widower’s Houses (Gingold), The Wild Party (Encores! Off-Center), Here’s Hoover! (Les Freres Corbusier), Confederacy of Dunces (Huntington) and Hollywood (La Jolla Playhouse). Television: ADA Conway on Bull, The Blacklist. B.A. Dartmouth College.

DELILAH NAPIER - Ludia Goodson

Delilah Napier is a recent graduate of Yale College where she studied acting. She has recurred on BILLIONS (Showtime) and appeared on THE SINNER (USA) and CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS). Delilah starred in the independent feature films VOYEUR and THE BOWLING BALLAD.

KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ - Martina Diaz

Krysta Rodriguez starred as ‘Liza Minnelli’ in the Netflix limited series Halston from Ryan Murphy. Most recently, Rodriguez wrapped a leading role in the TBS pilot Space and will lead the holiday feature How the Bitch Stole Christmas opposite RuPaul on VH1. Rodriguez starred as ‘Megara’ in the Public Works production of Hercules at the Public Theater’s Delacorte Theater Park. Prior to that, Krysta received an Outer Critics Circle honor for Theresa Rebeck’s Seared for MCC Theater, in a role she originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Other memorable turns include: West Side Story (Kennedy Center), A Chorus Line (Hollywood Bowl) and What We’re Up Against (Women’s Project). A Broadway veteran, Rodriguez was last seen in the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening and headlined in First Date opposite Zachary Levi. Other credits: ‘Wednesday Addams’ in The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line (Revival) and Good Vibrations. Other television credits include NBC’s Smash, the Netflix post-apocalyptic series Daybreak; NBC’s Trial & Error opposite John Lithgow; and guest roles on Quantico, Lisey’s Story, Younger, Chasing Life, The Mysteries of Laura, Married and Gossip Girl.

KUHOO VERMA - Nancy Overberg

Kuhoo Verma is the breakout star of the Hulu original film Plan B. She previously starred in the Dave Malloy musical Octet at the Signature Theatre (New York Times Critic’s Pick), for which she won the 2020 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Best Ensemble. Her film credits include the Oscar-nominated The Big Sick. A versatile musician and vocalist, Kuhoo has performed in music venues all over New York City including Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, and 54 Below.