The Splendor Variations

PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCTION STAFF

• Kirsten Greenidge
  Playwright
• Shawn LaCount
  Director
• Ilana M. Brownstein
  Dramaturg

Cast

• Alexandria King
  Fran
  
• Becca A. Lewis
  Gloria
  
• Danny Mourino
  Anthony
  
• Greg Maraio
  Dave
  
• Hannah Cranton
  Colleen
  
• James Milord
  Clive
  
• Michael Knowlton
  Mike
  
• Molly Kimmerling
  Nicole
  
• Nicole Prefontaine
  Lisa
  
• Obehi Janice
  Aline
  
• Cheryl Singleton
  Patricia
  

• Kirsten Greenidge
  Kirsten Greenidge is a current PEN America/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Playwright in Midcareer, whose recent work includes SPLENDOR (Company One), THE LUCK OF THE IRISH (LTC3 and the Huntington Theatre Company), BOSSA NOVA (Yale Rep), RUST (The Magic) and MILK LIKE SUGAR (La Jolla Playhouse and Playwrights Horizons), which received a Village Voice Obie Award, the San Diego Critics Award, and a TCG/Edgerton Foundation Award. Kirsten has attended The O’Neill, The Playwright’s Foundation Summer Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival, Denver Center New Play Summit and has been a NEA/TCG Fellow and recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry KC/ACTF Award, the Mark Cohen Award, and two IRNE Awards. Past plays produced by Company One are 103 WITHIN THE VEIL, A MORE PERFECT UNION, and THANKSGIVING in the collaborative play GRIMM. She is currently at work on commissions from LTC3, The Goodman, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, the Huntington Theatre Company, the Kennedy Center and the University of Iowa. An alum of New Dramatists, Kirsten attended Wesleyan University where she was a U.S History Major and The Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa. Kirsten is also a member of the Boston playwrights group Rhombus.

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Shelter of Last Resort

PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCTION STAFF

• Miranda Craigwell
  Playwright
• Summer L. Williams
  Director
• Geannetta Bennett
  Music Director
• Jessie Baxter
  Dramaturg
• Ariel Welch
  Stage Manager

Cast

• Jacqui Parker
  Sister 1
  
• Pamela Lambert
  Sister 2
  
• Elle Borders
  Sitara
  
• Kim Holliday
  Katherine
  
• Mason Sand
  Lesley
  
• Liz Morgan
  Reader
  
• Jesse Tolbert
  Too Quick
  
• Amelia Lumpkin
  Child
  
• Cliff Odle
  Preacher Man/Big John
  

• Miranda Craigwell
  Miranda Craigwell will be appearing in the world premier of Lydia Diamond’s new comedy, SMART PEOPLE, at the Huntington Theatre Company this summer. Regional credits include Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Selector in HOW WE GOT ON* (Company One), Shylock in MERCHANT OF VENUS (Zero Point Theater), Silvia in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Susan in RACE (New Rep), and Oya/Shaunta Iyun in THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS** (Company One). Film/TV roles include Grace in “LITTLE EYES” (Beyond Measure Productions), Margaret in “FOUR” (Jam the Wimp productions) and Oona in UK television series “NIGHTLIFE”. Ms. Craigwell was formerly a member of the URBAN IMPROV troupe (Freelance Players) and was recently a Playwright Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company. Her play SHELTER OF LAST RESORT is currently being developed as part of the XX Playlab at the BCA.
  www.mirandacraigwell.com

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Astro Boy and the God of Comics

PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCTION STAFF

• Natsu Onoda Power
  Playwright
• Natsu Onoda Power
  Director
• Jamie Gahlon
  Assistant Director/Creative Advisor
• Ilana M. Brownstein
  Dramaturg
• Ramona Ostrowski
  Dramaturg
• Marc Franklin
  Production Stage Manager

Cast

• Clark Young*
  Tezuka
  
• Gianella Flores
  Astroboy
  
• Jessica Chance
  Ensemble 1
  
• Amanda Ruggiero
  Ensemble 2
  
• Kaitee Tredway
  Ensemble 3
  
• Jeff Song
  Ensemble 4
  
• Phil Berman
  Ensemble 5
  
• Robert St. Laurence
  Ensemble 6
  

• Natsu Onoda Power
  Natsu Onoda Power is a DC-based writer/director/ designer. Recent works include THE T PARTY (Forum Theatre, writer/ director), A TRIP TO THE MOON (Synetic Theatre, writer/ director/ illustrator), ASTRO BOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS (The Studio Theatre 2ndStage, writer/ director). She has also directed YELLOW FACE (Theatre J); and SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN (The Studio Theatre 2ndStage). Her set design has been seen at Imagination Stage, Forum Theatre, Synetic Theatre, and The Hub Theatre. She is an Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Georgetown University, where she has directed THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA (adapted from Michael Pollan), MADNESS AND CIVILIZATIONS (adapted from Michel Foucault), and numerous other productions. Natsu holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and is the author of God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post World War II Manga (The University Press of Mississippi in 2009).

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FUFU & OREOS

PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCTION STAFF

• Obehi Janice
  Playwright
• Steven Bogart
  Director
• Ilana M. Brownstein
  Dramaturg
• Ciera Sadé Wade
  Dramaturg
• Veronica Haakonsen
  Stage Manager

Cast

• Obehi Janice
  
  

• Obehi Janice
  Obehi Janice is an actress, writer, producer, and director. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, her written work explores the power of voice in identity, politics, cultural exchange, and testimony. Her plays have been produced by GAN-e-meed Theatre Project, Sleeping Weazel, MPAACT (Chicago), The One-Minute Play Festival, The Berkshire Fringe Festival, and The Boston Theater Marathon. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.
  www.obehijanice.com

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