Onstage:
Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00
November 12, 13, 19, 20
THE NEW AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF NEW ONE ACT PLAYS!
New One Act Plays written by established and emerging playwrights, featuring company members of The New American Theatre. The five plays are the winners of The New American Theatre's 2020 playwrighting competition.
Directed by Jack Stehlin
THE COMPANION
By Matthew Libby
with Chelsea Brandt and Jade Sealey
META
by Bryan Harnetiaux
with Gina Weber and Susan Ziegler
INTERVIEW WITH A CAT
by Jim Geoghan
with Brendan Brandt and David Purdham EDDY AND EDNA
by Donald Loftus
with April Adams, Floyd Lewis, and Jordan Lund
WOMAN ON THE 97TH FLOOR
by Susan Kelejian
with Eve Danzeisen and Don Harvey
Where: The Broadwater Second Stage
6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
When: Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00, November 12, 13, 19, 20
Tickets: $15
Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00
November 12, 13, 19, 20
THE NEW AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF NEW ONE ACT PLAYS!
New One Act Plays written by established and emerging playwrights, featuring company members of The New American Theatre. The five plays are the winners of The New American Theatre's 2020 playwrighting competition.
Directed by Jack Stehlin
THE COMPANION
By Matthew Libby
with Chelsea Brandt and Jade Sealey
META
by Bryan Harnetiaux
with Gina Weber and Susan Ziegler
INTERVIEW WITH A CAT
by Jim Geoghan
with Brendan Brandt and David Purdham EDDY AND EDNA
by Donald Loftus
with April Adams, Floyd Lewis, and Jordan Lund
WOMAN ON THE 97TH FLOOR
by Susan Kelejian
with Eve Danzeisen and Don Harvey
Where: The Broadwater Second Stage
6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
When: Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00, November 12, 13, 19, 20
Tickets: $15
ABOUT THE CAST
APRIL ADAMS Edna in Eddy and Edna
April Adams opposite Ben Affleck in the film The Way Back. TV credits include Station 19, A.P. Bio, Superstore, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and As the World Turns. Her recent stage appearance in The Pain and The Itch by Tony/Pulitzer winner Bruce Norris garnered wondrous reviews. She has played Carnegie Hall (as Mozart) and Madison Square Garden (Holiday on Ice). Also a producer (grad school work at Circle in the Square on Broadway), Ms. Adams and her husband Gregory Doucette created NY's Theatre of the Hudson Highlands. In LA, their films played several film festivals. The Purple Hat swept all the awards given by the State of New Mexico. It debuted at the Hollywood FF. Distribution by Films Media Group.
April Adams opposite Ben Affleck in the film The Way Back. TV credits include Station 19, A.P. Bio, Superstore, Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and As the World Turns. Her recent stage appearance in The Pain and The Itch by Tony/Pulitzer winner Bruce Norris garnered wondrous reviews. She has played Carnegie Hall (as Mozart) and Madison Square Garden (Holiday on Ice). Also a producer (grad school work at Circle in the Square on Broadway), Ms. Adams and her husband Gregory Doucette created NY's Theatre of the Hudson Highlands. In LA, their films played several film festivals. The Purple Hat swept all the awards given by the State of New Mexico. It debuted at the Hollywood FF. Distribution by Films Media Group.
BRENDAN BRANDT The Cat in Interview with a Cat
Brendan directed and produced the documentary film, Victor's Last Class which was just released on Amazon Prime and is coming to Roku, Apple TV, Revry, and Tubi. He sincerely hopes you'll give it a watch. With NAT: Measure for Measure, Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair..., Macbeth: Revisited, Boy’s Life, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5 Beauties (Green Eyes), Macbeth, Getting Out, and 10 years of One-Act Festivals (authored Exigence). Other theater- Godspell, Wild Geese, and Twist in SoCal, and Macbeth, Assassins, and Equus in Minneapolis. TV: Workaholics, Criminal Minds, Last Man Standing, Working Class, Close to Home. www.victorslastclass.com .
Brendan directed and produced the documentary film, Victor's Last Class which was just released on Amazon Prime and is coming to Roku, Apple TV, Revry, and Tubi. He sincerely hopes you'll give it a watch. With NAT: Measure for Measure, Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair..., Macbeth: Revisited, Boy’s Life, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5 Beauties (Green Eyes), Macbeth, Getting Out, and 10 years of One-Act Festivals (authored Exigence). Other theater- Godspell, Wild Geese, and Twist in SoCal, and Macbeth, Assassins, and Equus in Minneapolis. TV: Workaholics, Criminal Minds, Last Man Standing, Working Class, Close to Home. www.victorslastclass.com .
CHELSEA BRANDT Phillip in The Companion
Member of the New American Studio Ensemble. With New American Theatre: Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair, Macbeth: Revisited, Boy’s Life, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, I Never Sang for My Father, The Women, and 365 Days/365 Plays. Other Theater: Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) The Night of the Black Cat, Brigadoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Sound of Music, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Oklahoma!. Film/TV: The Drama Club, Boytalk, The Hunted. She was also a Lead Singer/Dancer for Holland America Cruise Lines. PCPA Graduate.
Member of the New American Studio Ensemble. With New American Theatre: Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair, Macbeth: Revisited, Boy’s Life, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, I Never Sang for My Father, The Women, and 365 Days/365 Plays. Other Theater: Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) The Night of the Black Cat, Brigadoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Sound of Music, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Oklahoma!. Film/TV: The Drama Club, Boytalk, The Hunted. She was also a Lead Singer/Dancer for Holland America Cruise Lines. PCPA Graduate.
EVE DANZEISEN Businesswoman in Woman on the 9th Floor
With New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya Most recently she was seen in NAT’s production of Boxing Lessons. Theatre includes: LA: 4Play: Sex in a Series (TripLA), Cold Sweat (Atwater Village Th.), The Trip Back Down (Whitefire Th.) NY: world premiere of The Body Politic (59E59), U.S. premieres of Construction of the Human Heart (Access Th.), and Romeo and Hamlet (Abington Th., Gayfest), with The Old Globe (San Diego): Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Richard III, and more. On camera credits include: her film The Hardest Part (Tropfest Best Actress Award), Fire in the Hole, Reason, Heyday, Pooched, & 3 yrs. as the Optimum Business spokesperson. Sarah Lawrence College (BA), The Old Globe (MFA), www.evedanzeisen.com. She dedicates this performance to Richard Abrons.
With New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya Most recently she was seen in NAT’s production of Boxing Lessons. Theatre includes: LA: 4Play: Sex in a Series (TripLA), Cold Sweat (Atwater Village Th.), The Trip Back Down (Whitefire Th.) NY: world premiere of The Body Politic (59E59), U.S. premieres of Construction of the Human Heart (Access Th.), and Romeo and Hamlet (Abington Th., Gayfest), with The Old Globe (San Diego): Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Richard III, and more. On camera credits include: her film The Hardest Part (Tropfest Best Actress Award), Fire in the Hole, Reason, Heyday, Pooched, & 3 yrs. as the Optimum Business spokesperson. Sarah Lawrence College (BA), The Old Globe (MFA), www.evedanzeisen.com. She dedicates this performance to Richard Abrons.
DON HARVEY Businessman in Woman on the 9th Floor
With New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya. Don Harvey is a graduate of The University of Michigan and The Yale School of Drama. He made his New York theatre debut in Sam Shepard’s A Lie Of The Mind at the Promenade Theatre in 1986. Other theatre credits include What The Butler Saw (La Jolla Playhouse), American Buffalo and True West (Portland Stage), The Homecoming (South Coast Rep), The Rover (The Guthrie), The Broken Pitcher (Baltimore Center Stage), Progress (The Long Warf), Titus Andronicus (New York Shakespeare Festival), and That Championship Season (Broadway). He is a thirty-five year veteran of television and film with many notable performances including “Casualties of War,” “Eight Men Out,” “Taken 3,” “Yellowstone,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Blacklist,” “The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair” and “The Deuce.” He was honored with a Daytime Emmy Award Nomination for his performance as Tom Baker in “General Hospital.” He is the proud husband of Dyanne Court Harvey and father of eighteen-month-old Ashley Court Harvey. Much thanks to Jack Stehlin for this wonderful opportunity.
With New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya. Don Harvey is a graduate of The University of Michigan and The Yale School of Drama. He made his New York theatre debut in Sam Shepard’s A Lie Of The Mind at the Promenade Theatre in 1986. Other theatre credits include What The Butler Saw (La Jolla Playhouse), American Buffalo and True West (Portland Stage), The Homecoming (South Coast Rep), The Rover (The Guthrie), The Broken Pitcher (Baltimore Center Stage), Progress (The Long Warf), Titus Andronicus (New York Shakespeare Festival), and That Championship Season (Broadway). He is a thirty-five year veteran of television and film with many notable performances including “Casualties of War,” “Eight Men Out,” “Taken 3,” “Yellowstone,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Blacklist,” “The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair” and “The Deuce.” He was honored with a Daytime Emmy Award Nomination for his performance as Tom Baker in “General Hospital.” He is the proud husband of Dyanne Court Harvey and father of eighteen-month-old Ashley Court Harvey. Much thanks to Jack Stehlin for this wonderful opportunity.
FLOYD LEWIS Danny in Eddy and Edna
With The New American Theatre / Circus Theatricals: Birdfeeder, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sam I Am,The Man with the Tiny Head, Getting Out, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Week 50 of 365 Days/Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Test (Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays), Joey (Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays), Barnette Lloyd in Crimes of The Heart (Great Scenes from Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays), Oscar in Another Part of the Forest (Great Scenes from Classic American Plays), Tuzenbach in Three Sisters (Great Scenes by Anton Chekhov), Norman in Boys Next Door (Ten Great Scenes). Originally from North Carolina, Floyd is a UCLA graduate and proud member of the New American Studio Ensemble.
With The New American Theatre / Circus Theatricals: Birdfeeder, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sam I Am,The Man with the Tiny Head, Getting Out, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Week 50 of 365 Days/Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Test (Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays), Joey (Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays), Barnette Lloyd in Crimes of The Heart (Great Scenes from Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays), Oscar in Another Part of the Forest (Great Scenes from Classic American Plays), Tuzenbach in Three Sisters (Great Scenes by Anton Chekhov), Norman in Boys Next Door (Ten Great Scenes). Originally from North Carolina, Floyd is a UCLA graduate and proud member of the New American Studio Ensemble.
JORDAN LUND Eddy in Eddy and Edna
New American Theatre Associate Artist. Since 1997, he’s made over 20 appearances for NAT/CT including:63 Trillion, Julius Caesar, More Lies About Jerzy, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Man.Gov, The Adding Machine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Cherry Orchard, Macbeth: Revisited, and As You Like It. Broadway: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Macbeth (Belasco Theatre, NY Shakespeare Festival). NY: All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure, The Golem, Twelfth Night and King John (Delacorte Theatre, NY Shakespeare Festival in Central Park), Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Sleep (LaMama), I Saw the Seven Angels (The Kitchen), Henry Lumper (Working Theater), The Racket (Soho Rep). Resident and Los Angeles theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet (Ahmanson), Scapin (Portland Stage), My Antonia (TheatreWorks), What the Butler Saw (Great Lakes Theatre Festival), On The Waterfront (Cleveland PlayHouse), Scaramouche (TheatreVirginia), Marius (Aurora Theatre), The Cradle Will Rock (The Blank/LA), The Shadow of a Gunman (Pacific Resident Theatre). Over 80 film and TV appearances include: “The Bucket List”, “Doc Hollywood”, “Speed”, “The American President”, “Species”, “Lonesome Dove”, “The Stand”, “Without a Trace”, “Cheers”, “Frasier”, “Firefly”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Star Trek: DS9, TNG & Enterprise”. Jordan received his training at Carnegie-Mellon University. tlbrsm
New American Theatre Associate Artist. Since 1997, he’s made over 20 appearances for NAT/CT including:63 Trillion, Julius Caesar, More Lies About Jerzy, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Man.Gov, The Adding Machine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Cherry Orchard, Macbeth: Revisited, and As You Like It. Broadway: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and Macbeth (Belasco Theatre, NY Shakespeare Festival). NY: All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure, The Golem, Twelfth Night and King John (Delacorte Theatre, NY Shakespeare Festival in Central Park), Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Sleep (LaMama), I Saw the Seven Angels (The Kitchen), Henry Lumper (Working Theater), The Racket (Soho Rep). Resident and Los Angeles theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet (Ahmanson), Scapin (Portland Stage), My Antonia (TheatreWorks), What the Butler Saw (Great Lakes Theatre Festival), On The Waterfront (Cleveland PlayHouse), Scaramouche (TheatreVirginia), Marius (Aurora Theatre), The Cradle Will Rock (The Blank/LA), The Shadow of a Gunman (Pacific Resident Theatre). Over 80 film and TV appearances include: “The Bucket List”, “Doc Hollywood”, “Speed”, “The American President”, “Species”, “Lonesome Dove”, “The Stand”, “Without a Trace”, “Cheers”, “Frasier”, “Firefly”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Star Trek: DS9, TNG & Enterprise”. Jordan received his training at Carnegie-Mellon University. tlbrsm
DAVID PURDHAM Interviewer in Interview with a Cat
With The New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya, Measure for Measure and Macbeth Revisited. As a professional actor and director, David Purdham has worked extensively in theatre on and off Broadway, in many of the great resident theatres in our country(including New York Shakespeare Festival, Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Old Globe- San Diego, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as well a lot of television and film during the last 40 years. He has directed and initiated enrichment programs and reading series for L.A. Libraries, for kids and adults, emphasizing theatrical expression of great literature. He currently directs The Tempus Theatre Group’s Classical Play reading series (an exploration by professional actors of the evolution of theatre from the Greeks forward.)
With The New American Theatre: Uncle Vanya, Measure for Measure and Macbeth Revisited. As a professional actor and director, David Purdham has worked extensively in theatre on and off Broadway, in many of the great resident theatres in our country(including New York Shakespeare Festival, Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Old Globe- San Diego, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as well a lot of television and film during the last 40 years. He has directed and initiated enrichment programs and reading series for L.A. Libraries, for kids and adults, emphasizing theatrical expression of great literature. He currently directs The Tempus Theatre Group’s Classical Play reading series (an exploration by professional actors of the evolution of theatre from the Greeks forward.)
JADE SEALEY Natasha in The Companion
Member of The New American Studio Ensemble. With NAT: Uncle Vanya, Meanwhile, Back at The Super Lair... Macbeth: Revisited, The Number, Julius Caesar, Christina Woodman in the world premiere play Bedfellows, Baltimore in Sister Cities (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Circus Theatricals), Jane in Mooney’s Kid Don’t Cry, Crystal Allen in The Women, Shannon Gosling in Safe, Viola in Twelfth Night, Marian in The Heiress, Genevieve in Weedwacker, Iphigenia in Iphigenia , Debby in Deconstructing the Torah. Other theatre: Janna in Blind Spots, Ruthie in Tsuris (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Portia in The Author's Voice and Constanze in Amadeus(Steve Dobuzyinski Theatre). Film/TV credits include: “Chasing Eagle Rock,” “How to Cheat,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Bridesmaid #3,” “The Hunger Artist,” “ Cul De Sac” and “Fool's Paradise.”
Member of The New American Studio Ensemble. With NAT: Uncle Vanya, Meanwhile, Back at The Super Lair... Macbeth: Revisited, The Number, Julius Caesar, Christina Woodman in the world premiere play Bedfellows, Baltimore in Sister Cities (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Circus Theatricals), Jane in Mooney’s Kid Don’t Cry, Crystal Allen in The Women, Shannon Gosling in Safe, Viola in Twelfth Night, Marian in The Heiress, Genevieve in Weedwacker, Iphigenia in Iphigenia , Debby in Deconstructing the Torah. Other theatre: Janna in Blind Spots, Ruthie in Tsuris (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Portia in The Author's Voice and Constanze in Amadeus(Steve Dobuzyinski Theatre). Film/TV credits include: “Chasing Eagle Rock,” “How to Cheat,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Bridesmaid #3,” “The Hunger Artist,” “ Cul De Sac” and “Fool's Paradise.”
GINA WEBER The Patron in Meta...
With NAT: Sexy Beth's Giant Dildo Collection, Birdfeeder. Gina is originally from WI where she received her BFA in Musical Theatre and has been living in LA since 2014. Some of her favorite credits include: HAIR(Jeannie) Guys and Dolls (Adelaide) Dancing with my Heart (Anna) Bachanalia (Ariadne) Louisa Johnson’s ‘Best Behaviour’ (dancer) Gina has also worked on Jane the Virgin, Rosewood, Masters of Sex, Supergirl and Grandfathered. You can catch her dancing in the upcoming movie musical written and directed by Sia.
With NAT: Sexy Beth's Giant Dildo Collection, Birdfeeder. Gina is originally from WI where she received her BFA in Musical Theatre and has been living in LA since 2014. Some of her favorite credits include: HAIR(Jeannie) Guys and Dolls (Adelaide) Dancing with my Heart (Anna) Bachanalia (Ariadne) Louisa Johnson’s ‘Best Behaviour’ (dancer) Gina has also worked on Jane the Virgin, Rosewood, Masters of Sex, Supergirl and Grandfathered. You can catch her dancing in the upcoming movie musical written and directed by Sia.
SUSAN ZIEGLER The Librarian in Meta...
With NAT: Thank you for Your Service, Macbeth: Revisited, Three Sisters (Masha), As You Like It (Rosalind), and The Women (Sylvia Fowler). Off-Broadway Oona ; Lurleen (The Public Theatre), Angel City (Miss Scoons), Suicide in B Flat (Laureen), The Duchess of Malfi (the Duchess). LA theatre includes: Cheyenne, Mercy Warren’s Tea (The Odyssey Theatre), Sister Cities (World Premiere & Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Recent TV: Search Party, Don’t Trust the B* In Apartment 23, Days Of Our Lives. Recent film: Recent film: costarring with Molly Shannon in Wild Nights With Emily, Hello My Name Is Doris, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (Sundance), The Foxy Merkins (Sundance). Graduate of NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing. For Michael and Oona.
With NAT: Thank you for Your Service, Macbeth: Revisited, Three Sisters (Masha), As You Like It (Rosalind), and The Women (Sylvia Fowler). Off-Broadway Oona ; Lurleen (The Public Theatre), Angel City (Miss Scoons), Suicide in B Flat (Laureen), The Duchess of Malfi (the Duchess). LA theatre includes: Cheyenne, Mercy Warren’s Tea (The Odyssey Theatre), Sister Cities (World Premiere & Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Recent TV: Search Party, Don’t Trust the B* In Apartment 23, Days Of Our Lives. Recent film: Recent film: costarring with Molly Shannon in Wild Nights With Emily, Hello My Name Is Doris, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (Sundance), The Foxy Merkins (Sundance). Graduate of NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing. For Michael and Oona.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
JEANNINE WISNOSKY STEHLIN Managing Director, Producer
As a producer: 85+ plays for New American Theatre/Circus Theatricals including thre plays by John Bunzel (Gravity Shoes, Complexity, 63 Trillion), 25 Festivals of New One Act Plays, Five Beauties by Tennessee Williams, I Never Sang for My Father, Sister Cities, Titus Redux, (w/ Not Man Apart at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RADAR-LA), LA/Off-Broadway productions of Man.gov, Harm’s Way, The Job.; Many New American Theatre/Odyssey Theatre co-productions including audience and critical favorites Tempest Redux, Creditors, Richard III, True West, etc.. Short film Game 7, As an actor; numerous plays in LA and Chicago. Film/TV: Watch It, Rancho Cucamonga, Chicago 8, Colette. She made her TV debut as a preschooler on the children’s program, Romper Room. Jeannine earned a B.S. in Advertising from University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is partner of PlayMakersLA, a marketing and consulting company, and she serves as a Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the City of Culver City.
As a producer: 85+ plays for New American Theatre/Circus Theatricals including thre plays by John Bunzel (Gravity Shoes, Complexity, 63 Trillion), 25 Festivals of New One Act Plays, Five Beauties by Tennessee Williams, I Never Sang for My Father, Sister Cities, Titus Redux, (w/ Not Man Apart at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RADAR-LA), LA/Off-Broadway productions of Man.gov, Harm’s Way, The Job.; Many New American Theatre/Odyssey Theatre co-productions including audience and critical favorites Tempest Redux, Creditors, Richard III, True West, etc.. Short film Game 7, As an actor; numerous plays in LA and Chicago. Film/TV: Watch It, Rancho Cucamonga, Chicago 8, Colette. She made her TV debut as a preschooler on the children’s program, Romper Room. Jeannine earned a B.S. in Advertising from University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is partner of PlayMakersLA, a marketing and consulting company, and she serves as a Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the City of Culver City.
JACK STEHLIN (Artistic Director/Director)
Jack Stehlin has directed over 80 plays for The New American Theatre. Fresh out of The Juilliard School, he founded the company (as Circus Theatricals) in 1986. Also an actor, he can regularly be seen on television. His Los Angeles stage roles include New American Theatre productions of Tempest Redux (co-production with Odyssey Theatre), 63 Trillion, More Lies About Jerzy, Julius Caesar, Harm’s Way (LA/Off Broadway), Titus Redux (Not Man Apart co-production at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RadarLA,) and Odyssey/New American Theatre co-productions of Creditors (LA Weekly Award nomination-Best Actor),Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Richard III, Tartuffe, and True West. On the small screen, he is perhaps best known on television as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series Weeds (SAG award nomination). New York/Regional stage credits include Salome (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York’s Public Theatre including Richard II (with Steven Berkoff), Henry V (with Kevin Kline), Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), Henry IV, (with Mandy Patinkin), and Julius Caesar (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen). His many guest-starring roles on countless TV fan favorites include the recent Assassination of Gianni Versace, NCIS Los Angeles, Without a Trace, Monk, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, ER, NYPD Blue, and Fox’s Hieroglyph. Jack can currently be seen on the big screen in Wilde Salome with Al Pacino.
Jack Stehlin has directed over 80 plays for The New American Theatre. Fresh out of The Juilliard School, he founded the company (as Circus Theatricals) in 1986. Also an actor, he can regularly be seen on television. His Los Angeles stage roles include New American Theatre productions of Tempest Redux (co-production with Odyssey Theatre), 63 Trillion, More Lies About Jerzy, Julius Caesar, Harm’s Way (LA/Off Broadway), Titus Redux (Not Man Apart co-production at Kirk Douglas Theatre and RadarLA,) and Odyssey/New American Theatre co-productions of Creditors (LA Weekly Award nomination-Best Actor),Taming of the Shrew, The Misanthrope, Macbeth, Richard III, Tartuffe, and True West. On the small screen, he is perhaps best known on television as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series Weeds (SAG award nomination). New York/Regional stage credits include Salome (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York’s Public Theatre including Richard II (with Steven Berkoff), Henry V (with Kevin Kline), Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), Henry IV, (with Mandy Patinkin), and Julius Caesar (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen). His many guest-starring roles on countless TV fan favorites include the recent Assassination of Gianni Versace, NCIS Los Angeles, Without a Trace, Monk, The Practice, Crossing Jordan, ER, NYPD Blue, and Fox’s Hieroglyph. Jack can currently be seen on the big screen in Wilde Salome with Al Pacino.
About the PlaywrighTS
Jim Geoghan (Interview with a Cat)
Only Kidding, off-Broadway, 500 performances, two Drama Desk nominations including Best Play. Published by Samuel French, bought by Home Box Office. Light Sensitive, Old Globe Theater, San Diego. Published by Samuel French. Joseph Jefferson Theater Award nomination in Chicago under the title Triple Exposure. 75 productions nationwide, winner of five Bay Area Critics Awards. Of Men and Cars, Winner of the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest 2018. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, creator. Two Emmy nominations. Member Actors Studio Playwright and Director's Lab.
Bryan Harnetiaux (Meta...)
Bryan Harnetiaux has been a Playwright-in-Residence at Spokane Civic Theatre in Spokane, Washington, for many years. He has written over forty plays, thirteen have been published. His short play The Lemonade Stand is also anthologized in More One Act Plays for Acting Students (Meriwether Publishing Ltd., 2003). These works include commissioned stage adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Killers, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Long Walk to Forever, all published by The Dramatic Publishing Company. Bryan’s work has been performed throughout the United States. His play National Pastime, about the breaking of the color line in major league baseball in 1947, has received many productions, including at Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena, California and Stamford Theatre Works in Stamford, Connecticut. National Pastime is published by Playscripts, Inc. of NYC.
Susan Kelejian (Woman on the 97th Floor) is a professional actor, director, playwright, and educator. She is the Artistic Director of Ojai Valley Artists Theater Ensemble (www.ovate.org) and has created a methodology that combines acting techniques, transpersonal psychology, and esoterism. (www.KASTheatre.com). She is currently developing an artist-activist devised theater piece “The FURYUS Collaborative Project” which addresses women’s oppression and is being made into a documentary with the purpose to start a nationwide Arts movement.
Matthew Libby (The Companion) is a writer and actor currently living in Manhattan, by way of Los Angeles. His plays include The Machine (2019 Princess Grace Award Finalist, 2019 O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist) and Data (2020 Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights’ Workshop Finalist, 2020 O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, 2020 Normal Ave. NAPSeries Semi-Finalist), and his short plays have been performed at The Barrow Group (The Companion) and on WNYU’s Theatre-in-the-Sound (Rentals). With Stanford Repertory Theater, he helped devise and acted in The Many Faces of Farce, which was nominated for a 2018 Theater Bay Area Critics Award for Best Production. As a screenwriter, he is developing a feature film with Australia’s Common Thread Entertainment, and his work has been recognized by The Black List and Script Pipeline. Matt studied cognitive science and creative writing at Stanford University, and is an MFA candidate in dramatic writing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he is a nominee for the 2020 Goldberg Playwriting Prize.
Donald Loftus (Eddy and Edna)
Donald Loftus is an American playwright, librettist, and lyricist whose work has been presented on stages across America, The United Kingdom, Surathkal, India, and Uppsala, Sweden. He recently won the W. Keith Hedrick National Playwriting Award, The Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays, was named a finalist for the Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence, and was selected to participate in the 2022 William Inge Theatre Festival. He is thrilled that his play, "EDDY &EDNA," has been included in The New American Theatre's 2022 Festival of New American One-Act Plays. Donald serves on the Board of Directors of The Dramatists Guild Foundation and is a member of two playwriting groups: P.A.G.E.S. and DGPG, both based in New York City.
Only Kidding, off-Broadway, 500 performances, two Drama Desk nominations including Best Play. Published by Samuel French, bought by Home Box Office. Light Sensitive, Old Globe Theater, San Diego. Published by Samuel French. Joseph Jefferson Theater Award nomination in Chicago under the title Triple Exposure. 75 productions nationwide, winner of five Bay Area Critics Awards. Of Men and Cars, Winner of the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest 2018. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, creator. Two Emmy nominations. Member Actors Studio Playwright and Director's Lab.
Bryan Harnetiaux (Meta...)
Bryan Harnetiaux has been a Playwright-in-Residence at Spokane Civic Theatre in Spokane, Washington, for many years. He has written over forty plays, thirteen have been published. His short play The Lemonade Stand is also anthologized in More One Act Plays for Acting Students (Meriwether Publishing Ltd., 2003). These works include commissioned stage adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Killers, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Long Walk to Forever, all published by The Dramatic Publishing Company. Bryan’s work has been performed throughout the United States. His play National Pastime, about the breaking of the color line in major league baseball in 1947, has received many productions, including at Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena, California and Stamford Theatre Works in Stamford, Connecticut. National Pastime is published by Playscripts, Inc. of NYC.
Susan Kelejian (Woman on the 97th Floor) is a professional actor, director, playwright, and educator. She is the Artistic Director of Ojai Valley Artists Theater Ensemble (www.ovate.org) and has created a methodology that combines acting techniques, transpersonal psychology, and esoterism. (www.KASTheatre.com). She is currently developing an artist-activist devised theater piece “The FURYUS Collaborative Project” which addresses women’s oppression and is being made into a documentary with the purpose to start a nationwide Arts movement.
Matthew Libby (The Companion) is a writer and actor currently living in Manhattan, by way of Los Angeles. His plays include The Machine (2019 Princess Grace Award Finalist, 2019 O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist) and Data (2020 Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights’ Workshop Finalist, 2020 O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, 2020 Normal Ave. NAPSeries Semi-Finalist), and his short plays have been performed at The Barrow Group (The Companion) and on WNYU’s Theatre-in-the-Sound (Rentals). With Stanford Repertory Theater, he helped devise and acted in The Many Faces of Farce, which was nominated for a 2018 Theater Bay Area Critics Award for Best Production. As a screenwriter, he is developing a feature film with Australia’s Common Thread Entertainment, and his work has been recognized by The Black List and Script Pipeline. Matt studied cognitive science and creative writing at Stanford University, and is an MFA candidate in dramatic writing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he is a nominee for the 2020 Goldberg Playwriting Prize.
Donald Loftus (Eddy and Edna)
Donald Loftus is an American playwright, librettist, and lyricist whose work has been presented on stages across America, The United Kingdom, Surathkal, India, and Uppsala, Sweden. He recently won the W. Keith Hedrick National Playwriting Award, The Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays, was named a finalist for the Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence, and was selected to participate in the 2022 William Inge Theatre Festival. He is thrilled that his play, "EDDY &EDNA," has been included in The New American Theatre's 2022 Festival of New American One-Act Plays. Donald serves on the Board of Directors of The Dramatists Guild Foundation and is a member of two playwriting groups: P.A.G.E.S. and DGPG, both based in New York City.
