CAST & CREATIVE TEAM BIOS

PADRAIC LILLIS (Director) is The Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. The Farm Theater’s College Collaboration Project commissioned and developed Kimberly Belflower’s play, JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, which was nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently in production as a feature film. For the past twenty-five years Padraic has been dedicated to the development of new plays. A few of the plays that he has worked on from inspiration to production are Lindsay Joy’s RISE AND FALL OF A TEENAGE CYBERQUEEN (NY IT  Award Outstanding Director), Lee Kaplan’s award winning solo show BULLY (NY International Fringe Festival's Directing Award), and Adina Taubman’s award winning solo show THE ROAD BACK (Best Director United Solo Festival). His solo show, GET TO ELEVEN, on suicide ideation, was turned into a film and aired on PBS. Currently directing JOAN’S TEETH, a film written by Dipti Bramhandkar and featuring Kathleen Turner. Padraic was awarded the Humana Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Centre College. He is a member of Labyrinth Theater Company and a life long Yankee fan.

PATRICIA DURAN (Additional Direction) is an actor, director, and teacher in Houston with twenty years of stage and voiceover experience. She has also worked regionally and in NYC. Duran was named by American Theatre Magazine as one of 20 Theatre Workers You Should Know and she was awarded Best Actress in 2019 and 2022 by The Houston Press. Duran has also voiced a wide variety of anime characters currently airing on HULU, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and represented by Pastorini-Bosby Talent Agency. www.PatriciaDuran.net, Instagram @PatriciaDuranActor.

ANDY EVAN COHEN (Sound & Projections Designer) is proud to have been working with Douglas on this production for over 10 years. Andy's recent work includes projections design for Murdoch: The Final Interview (Theater 555), Room 1214 (New Light Theater Project), and Fixing Frankie at the Gural theater. Sound design & music credits include Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song; The Greatest Hits Down Route 66 (New Light Theater Project, Drama Desk Nomination for Orchestrations); The Lights Are On (Henry Hewes Award Nomination for Sound Design); and (A)Loft Modulation (Audelco Awards Nomination for Sound Design). Andy is an instructor in Sound Design and Stage Management at CUNY's Kingsborough Community College and BMCC. www.rolypolyproductions.com

ANDREW PATASHNIK (Light Programmer) is a lighting designer, consultant, and technician for performance, corporate and fashion events, and more, primarily across the Metropolitan area. Most recent New York theater credits include lighting design for Sternfeld Studio’s notable immersive and site-specific Into the Woods. He has additional experience designing for amateur and educational theaters throughout the tri-state area. Summer theatrical training and technician experience includes The MUNY, Barrington Stage Company, and Weston Theater Company. Syracuse University BFA. andrewpatashnik.com.

LAUREN MCAULIFFE (Stage Manager) is a New York-based theatre artist and technician with a specialty in new work development. Select recent credits include The Angel Makers at the Connelly Theatre (Production Stage Manager,) Egg Frame at the American Theatre of Actors (Artistic & Technical Director,) Lodestone at AMT (Production Stage Manager,) and The Beholden at the Chain Theatre (Director, Production Designer.) Lauren has contributed technical work for venues and events such as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York Fashion Week, Masquerade, and DribbleUp Live, and holds a B.S. in TV-Video Production and Music from SUNY Plattsburgh. @laurmcauliffe

JOSH IACOVELLI (Scenic Designer) has over 25 years of experience in theatre and television. His roles span from production design, art direction and scenic design. From fabrication to ideation, Josh has spent his entire career making ideas into reality. Favorite design credits include: Broadway and The Bard starring Len Cariou, The Office a Musical Parody (dir Donald Garverick), Friends the Musical Parody (dir Paul Stancato), The Zero Hour (dir Piper Laurie), Fixing Frankie (dir Michael Blatt/Joe Langworth) Disaster the Musical (dir Jack Plotnick), and Bartenders starring Lou Mustillo. Other notable credits include long-running Off Broadway hits such as Danny and Sylvia, Dietrich and Chevalier starring Robert Cuccioli, Cougar the Musical, Sistas the Musical, It’s Just Sex, and Missed Connections. Josh is currently the resident scenic designer for Cape May Stage, where his latest design for Lets Catch Santa is currently running. Josh received his BA in Theatre from Stockton College and his MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University. JoshIacovelli.com

ALEXUS JADE CONEY (Box Office Manager) Off-Broadway: The Essentialisn’t (HERE Arts Center), Radio Downtown (The Civilians). Select Regional: The Monsters (Two River Theater); Furlough’s Paradise (Geffen Playhouse); The Far Country, The Salvagers, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Between Two Knees (Yale Repertory Theatre); Paradise Ballroom, Soft Target, This Way to the Fire (New York Stage and Film). Shipboard: Celebrity Cruises. BA & MFA, Yale University. Love to Mom & Dad. ♡ www.ajconey.com