CAST
KAREN ZIEMBA
SLIPPER
KAREN ZIEMBA received the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in CONTACT at Lincoln Center Theatre. For some other stage appearances she’s been honored with three Tony nominations, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Chicago’s JEFF Awards. Select Theatre: MASTER CLASS, DOUBT, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, BROADWAY BOUND, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS,AGATHA CHRISTIE's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION, PRINCE OF BROADWAY, CURTAINS, STEEL PIER, AND THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND, CRAZY FOR YOU, CHICAGO, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC,SWEENEY TODD, 110 IN THE SHADE, and HELLO DOLLY! TV: The Blacklist, Elementary, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Law and Order C.I & S.V.U., The Kennedy Center Honors, PBS’ Great Performances.
MARC KUDISCH
ROCK
MARC KUDISCH – 3 time Tony Award Nominee, Grammy nominee, Drama Desk Award Winner and 4 time Nominee, and 2 time Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee. Broadway: FLOYD COLLINS (Lee Collins), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (Frank Burke), THE GREAT SOCIETY (Mayor Dick Daley, Lincoln Center), FINDING NEVERLAND (Charles Froman/Hook), HAND TO GOD (Pastor Greg), 9 TO 5 (Franklin Hart), CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (Baron Bomburst), THE APPLE TREE (Snake, Balladeer-Roundabout Theatre), ASSASSINS (The Proprietor-Roundabout Theatre), THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Trevor Graydon), BELLS ARE RINGING (Jeff Moss), LaChiusa’s THE WILD PARTY (Jackie – Public Theater), THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (Chauvelin), HIGH SOCIETY (George Kittredge), DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Gaston) and JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Reuben).
ANNA ROMAN
ASHLEY
ANNA ROMAN is an actor-singer-songwriter and 2025 MFA Acting graduate of DGSD at Yale (Carol Finch Dye Prize). Most recently she understudied and performed in “Girl, Interrupted” at The Public Theatre. Other NY credits include the workshop/reading of “The Blaster’s Handbook” (Roundabout Theatre + Arena Stage), “What in the Actual F***?!” (NYTW Next Door). Regional credits include “Falcon Girls” (Yale Rep, world premiere), “Escaped Alone” (Yale Rep), “The Dreamer Examines His Pillow” (Tampa Rep, BroadwayWorld Regional Best Performer Winner 2023), “Romeo + Juliet” (Sketchbook Theatre), “Pride and Prejudice”, “Cannabis Passover” (Chautauqua Theatre Company). TV credits include "The Hunting Party" (NBC/Hulu). Next up, she can be seen in “A Christmas Carol” at PAC NYC for the holiday season. UF BFA. Her debut EP “Lark” is available anywhere you stream music. annaroman.com. @a.rom
JUSTIN LEE MILLER
DR. MERRITT/OFFICER MOXLEY
Broadway: On the Town, The Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady. Camelot and Man of La Mancha in concert at Lincoln Center. Off Broadway: Intimate Apparel, Kismet (Encores!) National Tours: Kiss Me, Kate; The Phantom of the Opera. Other credits: Ragtime (Paper Mill), Oklahoma! (Portland Center Stage), Sunday in the Park with George (The Guthrie), Porgy and Bess (The Metropolitan Opera). He is a graduate of Tulane & the University of Michigan. Go Blue! Justin would like to especially thank his agent Mikey Nagy at the Collective Talent Agency. www.justinleemiller.com
GLENN SEVEN ALLEN
THE GENERAL
GLENN SEVEN ALLEN is an American tenor and actor whose career spans Broadway, opera, concert, and television. His recent credits include The Light in the Piazza on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater, Brokeback Mountain, Dear Erich, and La campana sommersa with New York City Opera, and Manon with Heartbeat Opera. He created the role of Giuseppe in the world premiere productions of The Light in the Piazza at Seattle's Intiman Theatre and Chicago's Goodman Theatre before joining the Broadway company. His New York credits also include Candide, Carousel with the New York Philharmonic, Girl Crazy at New York City Center Encores!, A Fine and Private Place, and Casino Paradise as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
JULIANNA LAYNE
YOUNG CLAIRE
JULIANNA LAYNE is an 11-year-old SAG‑AFTRA actor who began her professional career at the age of four, performing on Broadway's Waitress The Musical Karaoke alongside Sara Bareilles and Jordin Sparks. Since then, she has been seen and heard across film, television, commercials, and voice-over. Julianna is best known for starring in Warner Bros. sequel to A Christmas Story, A Christmas Story Christmas, directed by Clay Kaytis and produced by Peter Billingsley and Vince Vaughn. She plays Julie Parker, the daughter of the original Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), and loved filming in Sofia, Bulgaria with both the original cast from Cleveland Street and new additions to the beloved Parker family.
GRACE CHURCH
CLAIRE
Grace is thrilled to make her off-broadway debut in Safe House at Theater Row. She is a proud North Carolina native. In May 2026 Grace graduated with her BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway & Experimental Theatre Wing. Love and gratitude to her family and friends.
CREATIVE TEAM
L.B. BROWNE
PLAYWRIGHT
L.B. BROWNE is a playwright, novelist, journalist, and physician whose work explores gender, power, and survival within intimate social structures. Her debut play, Safe House, was developed at the 2025 La MaMa Umbria International Playwriting Workshop in Spoleto, Italy under the guidance of Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith, received a table reading at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and had its first public reading at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in April 2026.
Browne holds an MD from Duke University School of Medicine, an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. She is a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the 2025 Broad Ripple Review Prize in Fiction, and an alumna of the DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon. Her fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review and LIT Magazine, where she also serves as Fiction Editor. Her first novel, The Folio Fellowship, is represented by Trident Literary.
BENJAMIN VIERTEL
DIRECTOR
Upcoming: Gutbelly (The Brick), Into the Woods (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Recent: Assistant Director for Tina Landau on Floyd Collins (Broadway), Assisting Director Sam Gold on Angry Alan starring John Krasinski (Off-Broadway/Studio Seaview), Urinetown (Pittsburgh Playhouse),The Threepenny Opera (Lenfest), The Peepholeman (BAM), Corrosives Are the Cure for Her Crushing Nostalgia (BAM), Cankersore Paradise (Lenfest), Plaster Saint (Columbia), Between the Bars (HERE Arts), Goldhaven! (The Brick), Measure for Measure (Columbia), BRIC TV Original Series “86’d”, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (New Ohio Theatre), and Fireface (The Brick). Benjamin has worked with Lincoln Center Theater, BAM, Roundabout Theater, Studio Seaview, Huntington Theater, The New Group, and The Civilians. Member of The Orchard Project’s Greenhouse Lab, Kennedy Center Director’s Lab, MTC’s Directing Fellow, and The Civilians’ R&D Group. Founding Artistic Director of Third Space. Education: Carnegie Mellon (BFA) and Columbia University (MFA). Member of SDC. www.benjaminviertel.com
RACHEL SHUEY
PRODUCER, SPLIT/DECISION
RACHEL SHUEY is a Brooklyn-based producer who is originally from New Orleans. Rachel has brought captivating and innovative projects to life across a broad range of artistic disciplines - from the Ukrainian Cultural Festival with Razom for Ukraine, to Manuel Ortiz’s American Dream (2022) and Manifest Destiny (2025) at Teatro LATEA, to the queer, witchy Burn Book at 122CC and a festival honoring composer Gustav Mahler at the New York Philharmonic. In New York, she has produced work at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, and LAByrinth Theater. She also worked on In France Michelle is a Man’s Name, a short film that received the Grand Jury Prize at both Outfest and Slamdance Film Festivals. Rachel received her MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama. @rshuey
VIKTORIJA MICKUTE
PRODUCER, SPLIT/DECISION
VIKTORIJA MICKUTE is a New York-based producer, director, and documentary filmmaker originally from Lithuania. Her work spans continents and includes Virtual Reality films, interactive installations, and cross-platform media projects focused on human rights, climate justice, and digital equity. As a senior producer at AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera’s media innovation studio, she led award-winning teams and helped pioneer immersive storytelling formats, earning three Emmy nominations. Her work has screened at Sundance, Sheffield Doc Fest, and numerous other film festivals. Mickute is currently directing a feature documentary film on the impact of Latin American telenovela narratives on women in Eastern Europe. Her theater directing credits include The Real Real (2023, The Wooster Group), exploring autonomy and agency in a content-obsessed world. Mickute is also a former Fulbright scholar, a Mercury Store theater directing fellow, and once performed with the Vilnius-based theater group Dramateurs. @VikVicariously
FOREST ENTSMINGER
SCENIC DESIGNER
FOREST ENTSMINGER is a scenic designer and visual artist based in Brooklyn. Credits include Dad Don’t Read This (Greenwich House Theater, St Luke’s); Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen (Torn Page); The Iguana Becomes Marco (La Mama CAS); Time Passes (Target Margin, IRT, Mabou Mines); Faust (Heartbeat Opera); The Glorious and Stunning Death of a Faithful Mormon, Meow! (Loading Dock); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Cankersore Paradise, The Threepenny Opera (Lenfest Center); Two Girls (Cherry Lane Theater); The Monkeypox Gospel (Ars Nova ANT Fest); Sweet Bird of Youth (The Barn at Lee, TWF); An Enemy of the People (Portland Theater Festival); Meaghan Robichaud is the Greatest Show on Earth, I want to hold onto something beautiful and empty, u are the dream, Horsefacts.gov/, Babies on the Street, The Dastardly Thornes vs. the Town of Goldhaven, Sleeping Car Porters (The Brick); The Salvagers (Yale Rep). M.F.A. - Yale School of Drama. Website: bentscenic.com
MARY ELLEN STEBBINS
LIGHTING DESIGNER
MARY ELLEN STEBBINS is a New York City–based lighting designer whose work spans theater, dance, opera, and music. Her collaborations include Little Island, MCC Theater, Primary Stages, Long Wharf Theater, Opera Philadelphia, Juilliard, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Opera, as well as artists and creators such as Theresa Rebeck, CYI Studio, and American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*.) Mary Ellen is a 2020 Bessie Award Honoree for her work on Monica Bill Barnes’s Days Go By and received a Henry Hewes Award nomination for her lighting design for Clare Barron’s I’ll Never Love Again. Additional honors include the Opera America Tobin Director-Designer Prize, Live Design’s Young Designer to Watch, the USITT Barbizon Lighting Design Award, and a Hangar Theatre Lab Company Design Fellowship. Mary Ellen holds an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. from Boston University. She is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and former faculty at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. www.maryellenstebbinsdesign.com
ARTONE
COSTUME DESIGNER
ARTONE (Kyle J Artone) is a visual designer and creative storyteller for theatre, film, dance and live performance. His work has been seen at New York City’s; La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Carnegie Hall, Target Margin Theater, Theatre for a New City, The Brick, Bank Street Theatre @HB Studio, Lenfest Center for the Arts, THE TANK, Theatre Row, The Mark O’Donnell Theatre, Smith Street Stage, Professional Performing Arts School. Regionally: Modern Connections, Celebrity Series of Boston @ the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge (MA), Yale Repertory Theatre (CT), Perseverance Theatre (AK), Virginia Repertory Theatre (VA), Forestburgh Playhouse (NY), Cumberland County Playhouse (TN), Yale Cabaret, Yale Summer Cabaret (CT), Shafer Alliance Laboratory Theatre @Shafer Street Playhouse (VA), Tufts University (MA), Reid Castle @ Manhattanville College, Elmira College (NY), Amherst College (MA), Penn State Altoona (PA). Kyle has taught adjunct at Penn State Altoona, Elmira College, and guest lectured at University of Washington and Virginia Commonwealth University.
LIAM BELLMAN-SHARPE
SOUND DESIGNER
NYC: Beauty Freak (the cell), Not Ready For Primetime (MCC), The Beacon and The Smuggler (Irish Rep)
Regional: Letters From Max (Ancram Centre for the Arts), Come From Away (Indiana Repertory Theatre), The Heart Sellers (Studio Theatre DC), The Inheritance (Round House Theatre), The Matchmaker (Hudson Valley Shakespeare)
SAMANTHA TUTASI
PROPS DESIGNER
SAMANTHA TUTASI is an Ecuadorian-American theater artist, recent collaborations include: SISTER PLAY (The Flea); BEAUTY FREAK (The Cell); AT THE BARRICADES (Theater MITU); RHEOLOGY (Bushwick Starr); minor•ity, Dirty Laundry, Munich Medea: Happy Family (Women’s Project); Golem Owned A Tropical Smoothie (The Tank); B*TCHCRAFT: A Musical Play, Coping Mechanism (Wild Project). She also collaborates with Design Action on their immersive theatrical design program, Springboard To Design, which works to remove barriers for the next generation of theatre designers, expanding their sense of community, collaboration, and imagination. samanthatutasidesign.myportfolio.com
CHRIS D’ANGELO
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER
KIYOSHI SHAW
ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER
EMILY MUSTILLO
ASSOCIATE PROPS DESIGNER
EMILY MUSTILLO is a Scenic and Props Designer and from Brooklyn. She is so honored to be a part of this production and to work alongside such talented artists. Recent Design work includes “Jagged Little Pill” with NxtGeneration Theatrics, where she is the proud Scenic Department Head, as well as “Age of Sagittarius” (The Tank - Pridefest 2026) and “Gave Me a Sign” (Official Video) with Unusual Suspects Productions. She is part of the Emmy-nominated Art Department for NFL Slimetime Seasons 4 and 5, and frequently designs for The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and The New York City Children’s Theater. You can check out Emily’s work at emilymustillodesign.com
PRODUCTION TEAM
SKYLAR BACK
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
SKYLAR BACK is a NYC-based stage manager, producer, and wearer of many hats for theatre, film/TV, and comedy. Recent theatre credits include Die Anywhere Else (PSM), Strange Fish (PSM), Cassandra (PSM), Jewish Plot (PM), and And Then The Rodeo Burned Down (PA). Their other ventures include “Going Down with Ella Yurman,” a leftist political comedy show on Brooklyn Public Access and YouTube (Creator, Executive Producer, Head of Production). In their free time, Skylar enjoys lyra dance, language learning, and turning off their phone. Email sbacktheatrical@gmail.com for business inquiries.
MEGAN GILLIS
PRODUCTION MANAGER
MEGAN GILLIS is a producer, production manager, and events manager specializing in theater, opera, and live events. Recent credits include Cate Wiley's Sheltered (Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre), The Trojans (Loading Dock Theatre), Domino Effect (People’s Theatre Project), Clemenza di Tito (dell’Arte Opera Ensemble), Fandango at the Wall (The New School). She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of City Lyric Opera, a women-run and -founded opera company based in New York City as well as the General Manager of The Ruby Theater, home to NYC’s long running off-Broadway show, Drunk Shakespeare.
Executive Producer credits with City Lyric Opera include Verdi's La Traviata (The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture), Lori Laitman's Uncovered (HERE Arts Center), Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon (A.R.T./New York), Elizabeth Raum's The Garden of Alice (The Blue Gallery), Peter Brook's La Tragédie de Carmen (The West End Theatre) and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera (HERE Arts Center).
Megan currently resides in Brooklyn with six disco balls, an extensive collection of Fiesta Ware, and her cat, Charles Wallace.
ERIC HEDLUND
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
DAYNE THOMPSON
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
YOUSSIF FAYEZ
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
DARIEL GARCIA
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
DARIEL GARCIA is the resident Technical Director at The Chain Theatre, Originally from the Dominican Republic and a graduate of Brooklyn College, he has served as Master Electrician for major works at Pregones/PRTT, including Baile Cangrejo and Torched. He has also served as the lighting programmer for Los Soles Trunco, and La Llamada at Repertorio Español. His creative range extends into design as well, most recently Push Over at the Chain Theatre.
KAT RIVERA
BOARD OPERATOR
MARINA TOFT
HOUSE MANAGER
Press Representative — Emily Owens PR
Produced by split/decision with L.B. Browne and Glenn Seven Allen