PROGRAM 7

Closure by Melissa Maney

Entr'acte by Anthony Fusco

What Happened to Peter's Peter by Wil Hart

Melissa Maney (Director/Playwright) is a graduate from The New School for Drama. She has produced work at Theater Row, Theater for The New City, The Tank, The Barrow Group Theater, The Gene Frankel Theatre, and more.

Killian Lock (Liam) is thrilled to be back on stage after the apocalypse, and doubly so to be performing the work of Melissa, and acting across from Evelyn. Trained at AMDA, Killian is primarily a stage actor, but can be seen in the short films MIROR and To Be The Best (both can be found on Youtube).

Evelyn Carvera (Allie) is a New School for Drama graduate who has participated in many works and projects with The Skeleton (Rep)resents, such as, The Great Vanishing prts. I, II, and III (Abbie), Myth Me In Manhattan (Persephone), Absolution (@Maryofmagdalala), and Explore Modern Myth prt. II (The Thespis/Jesus, Fin, Dinah).

BIOS:

Anthony Fusco (Playwright/Director) Anthony began playwriting as a hobby until he self produced his first 60 minute, 6 male, choreographed performance art piece titled Confessions Of A Bad Boy. This piece was presented at the Duplex Cabaret, The Wings Theater, as well as The Producers Club in NYC. His work has been presented at The Strawberry One Act festival several years, The Summer/Winterfest, Manhattan Rep, as well as the Bad Theater festival in NYC. He has won for Best Director two times at play festivals in NYC. His play Fixation made the top 4 best plays in 2015 at the Strawberry One Act Festival. He was the Artistic Director of his first online zoom LGBTQ short play festival back in February/March 2021. His 90 minute production titled Stoned To The Wall will be on the mainstage at the Chain Theater Sept 14-19. He wants to thank everyone involved with the Chain Short Play Festival for the opportunity to present his short one act drama ENTR’ACTE in this year’s festival. His credits include, Stoned To The Wall, Entr’acte, Reawakening, Psychic Café, A Night At Stonewall, Crossing Verrazano, Confessions of a Bad Boy, Sole Mates, and Lame Ducks. Triangletheatre@gmail.com or IG #playwright58.

Chad Tyler (Patrick Bentley) CHAD TYLER is a D.C. native and member of SAG AFTRA and serves on its National LGBT Actor’s Committee. Leading - "Limited Engagement: A Comedy About Death" - NYC Winter Fest (Hudson Guild Theater), "Private Eyes”- Journeymen Theater Ensemble (Church Street Theater), "Madman William" (Actual Reality Theatre Company) Supporting - "Three Card Stud" (The Wilton Theater Factory), "The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales" (Adventure Theater), "Jill Kills Vol.’s 1 & 2:Ladykiller/Bloodlust" (1st annual Capital Fringe Festival), "Watching Lotus Flowers Blossom" (Spotlighter’s Theater), “My Boyfriend The Stripper" (Source Theater), "An Awful Night at the Hotel Taiga" (Classika Theater); "Last Call", "Say You Love Satan" & "Alberta Clipper" (multiple Source Theater Summer Festival’s), "As You Like It" (Folger Shakespeare Library).Chad also understudied in Lady Windermere’s Fan (Shakespeare Theatre Company @ The Landsburgh). He also performed in play readings at Kennedy Center, Washington Shakespeare Co. & MetroStage. He also performed in live improvisational murder mysteries with WhoDunIt2Go & The Dinner Detective.

Jackson Cline (Richard Avery) Selected Stage: At the Stroke of Midnight, Schoolhouse Rock Live Too!, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Bullies in the Hall. Audiobooks: Remember Me This Way, 30 Minutes or Less. Podcast: The Ensemblist. Website: www.JacksonCline.com. Instagram: @all.that.jax.

What Happened to Peter’s Peter

Written and Directed by Wil Hart

Synopsis: “When two federal agents interrogate a dangerous insurrectionist, their loyalties are put to the test”

Wil Hart . . . . . . . . . Writer/Director

Luis Feliciano . . . . . Peter

Arielle Leger . . . . . . March

Riley McMillan . . . . June

Wil Hart (writer/director) Wil Hart’s plays include The First Man (New Natives Theatre Company), Raspberries (New York Summerfest), Hunt (Secret Theatre), Imagination (No Frills Theatre Collective), Come In Peace (Bad Theater Fest), and Fortress & Weasel (Fifth Avenue Theatre, tbd October 2021). His short play, Hunt, was published as part of the Act One: One Act Anthology.

Luis Feliciano (Peter) Luis Feliciano is an Actor, Writer, and Director. When he isn’t taking the stage (or telling other people what to do/say on stage) he is a Math Adjunct at Hunter College where he teaches frightening subjects such as Algebra and Calculus 1. Recent Credits include: The In Between of Fullness (Ensemble Member), Perception (Writer), and Eurydice (Director). Follow the journey on Instagram: @Leezusprime

Arielle Legere (March) Arielle Legere is an actor, teaching artist, and stage manager. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2014. Arielle is an artistic associate at Mile Square Theatre. Recent credits include The Devouring (Paradise Club), Dr Faustus, All’s Well That Ends Well, & Macbeth (Hudson Shakespeare Co), The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi (MST). Arielle is so happy to be creating live theatre again! Much love to the cast & crew, and a big thank you to the organizers of this festival.

Riley McMillan (June) Riley McMillan (she/they) is an actor, writer, and artist from Scotland and is beyond thrilled to be returning to live theatre! Recent credits include: stage: Lady in ‘The Sisters’ (Soho Shakespeare Co.), Helen in ‘Perfecting The Kiss’ at the DC Fringe; TV/Film: ‘JO’ (runner up in ‘Shedirected’ contest), ‘The Food That Built America