PROGRAM 17

PROGRAM #17 (4TH FLOOR)

Reflections of a Broken Mirror by Phoebe Eileen Grech

The Best of Constance & Florence by Lou Stone Borenstein

Two Gays Contemplate a Straight by Duncan Pflaster

Phoebe Eileen Grech (Playwright/Director) (She/Her) is ecstatic to have had the opportunity to direct and write the wonderful show Reflections of a Broken Mirror. This is her second time directing a play of hers in New York City, and she looks forward to telling more stories in the future. Phoebe would like to thank her wonderful actors, her family for supporting her artistic journey, and the Chain Theater for allowing her to tell this important and personal story.

Airen Guevara (Lori) (she/her) is a Queer Trans Mexicana actress who graduated from the Atlantic Acting Conservatory program. She is thrilled to be working on a project that highlights trans lives and issues they experience. She thanks all her friends and found family who are so supportive and wouldn’t be able to do it without them.

Sonny Chodak (Liam) hails from Philadelphia, excited to be doing his first play in New York! Sonny is a 22-year-old acting student who has attended Playhouse West Philadelphia for 2 and a half years. He is also interested in playwriting and screenwriting, but overall focused on anything that showcases stories of the human condition and characters that don’t often have a voice off the stage.

Gianna Nicoletta (Megan) is a senior Theatre and Mathematics major at Adelphi University from Queens, New York. She is very happy and thankful to be a part of such an amazing production with even more amazing people. As always she thanks her friends and family for all they do for her. 

Toby Luque (Zoey) is so honored to be a part of this production of reflections of a broken mirror, playing the role of Zoe! They have been in another one of Phoebe's productions in the past: Fading Embers, and also recently the Coheed and Cambria music video for "someone who can"! Toby wants to thank Phoebe for the opportunity to tell an important story with their fellow actors, break a leg!

Danny Campbell (Jonah) is an actor, composer, singer and music director who is studying Studio Music Composition at SUNY Purchase College. This stage production is the first play in a handful of years that he has been a part of. Danny, along with playing Jonah, composed the overture and music that plays between scenes for this production. He is delighted to be back on the stage and will continue to pursue performing arts in many ways throughout his career.

Lou Stone Borenstein (playwright) is a writer whose credits include the stage shows A History of CENSORED in America and The Best of Constance & Florence, the web series Is This Thing On? and Constance & Florence, the DreamWorksTV show Human Bowling Showdown, and the short film Jewish for Lunch. He was a staff writer on Top Story! Weekly, one of the longest-running live sketch shows in Hollywood. He also performed stand-up comedy in New York and LA for ten years. His newest project, the noir parody murder mystery audio play Crackin’ Foxy is available HERE and wherever you get your podcasts.

Mike Veasey (director) is an actor/writer who has had plays produced for such venues as Sundog Theatre, Chain Theatre Summer Festival, Manhattan Repertory, and The People’s Improv Theater. Mike also performs stand-up comedy and has a periodic talk program “Mike’s Alternate Reality Show”, which can be seen on YouTube. He is very grateful to his wife Teri and this terrific cast for getting The Best of Constance & Florence to the stage. (mike.veasey1701@gmail.com) 

Becky Snyder (Florence) is back on the stage after about a 10 year hiatus. In the last 10 years she has had many real world adventures in office management, bar host of trivia/music bingo/karaoke, and her most recent endeavor of opening up online secondhand clothing shops. Many thanks to her family, friends, and rescue kitty Silverpaw!

Amie Margoles (Constance) Originally from Los Angeles, Amie studied Meisner technique (Ted Bardy Studio), improv and sketch (People’s Improv Theatre), and took two degrees in music performance (University of Northern Colorado and University of Miami). Embracing her roles with grace, moxie, and mischief, she has blown away audiences with her whirlwind of talent on stage and on camera in the last decade. Her most recent roles are as Dana, currently in the new film, Sleeping With Gus (screening at festivals 2025) and on stage as Inez in Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit at Philadelphia’s Fringe festival, Maribel in George S. Kaufman’s Helen of Troy, NY, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, and Eleutheria in Ubu in Chains. Amie spent several years in her youth in Edinburgh, Scotland and throughout England, so she is excited to transfer her British experiences and scatterbrained-ness into her role of Constance!

Trey Radu-Blackburn (Bruce): Trey is an actor and writer. He received his MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama. Theatre credits include: King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music); The Christians (Playwrights’ Horizons); Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatre for Humanity); Invasion (Estrogenius Festival, Best Actor Award); As You Like It (Brimstone Creek Productions, Sharon Springs, NY); Janey Miller’s World Tour (Speranza Theatre Company). Screen: Going Both Ways (webseries); Meet: The Webseries (webseries). Trey is a panelist on The Great Pop Culture Debate. He is a co-founder of Asterism Theatre Company. When he’s not using his brain to think, he’s using his hands to create needlepoint art. www.treyradublackburn.com @tkrbthree & @bearleftembroidery on most social platforms.

Juan Calix (Cliff): Juan is excited to be working on this piece! He was recently seen in Cumberland Theatre’s production of Nevermore (Jock Allan). He had the pleasure of playing Pablo (Curtis u/s) in the International Asian Tour of Sister Act. He also appeared as Curtis in Cape Fear Regional Theatre’s production of Sister Act. Other regional credits: Sunday In The Park With George (Soldier/Alex), Fun Home (Bruce), The Little Mermaid (Sebastian), With Bells On! (Natasha), and Shooting Star (Butch O’Neal/Martin Lords). On film Juan was recently seen in Vanishing Shore, Street Behavior, and Rabets. He’s a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. www.thejuancalix.com | IG @thejuancalix

Nolan Atterbury (Greg): Nolan Atterbury (he/him)- Nolan grew up in the Bay Area, CA, before moving to NYC for college. He graduated from Pace University’s Acting/ Devised Theater program, has been seen as an extra in Elle, Pause with Sam Jay, and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. Outside of acting, Nolan loves watching anime, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and spending time with his soon to be husband, Noah.

Emily Edwards (Intimacy Director): Emily has been doing intimacy work for the past 7 years throughout NY and NJ. Selected production credits include Feejee Mermaid (The Flea), Rent (Bergen County Players), ReNaming Shaim (Broadway Bound Festival), Hellish Delights (Reign or Shine Productions), Stupid Fucking Bird (Art of Warr),  A & Bea (The Public Theatre), The Douchegirl Play (Better Name Pending) (UNFringed Festival), and It’s Getting Tired Mildred (Six of Six Productions). She has also worked extensively in the academic world. Emily has worked on productions, and/or taught intimacy workshops and courses at Brooklyn College, NJIT, Rutgers-Newark, Columbia University, NYU, and NTI. She has a lengthy movement background and an MFA in Directing from Brooklyn College. Currently, Emily is a theatre faculty member at NJIT and an Associate Member of SDC. Thanks to Duncan and this amazing group of actors for bringing me on for this show!

Duncan Pflaster (Playwright/Director): Duncan is a multi-award-winning New York indie playwright, who was recently a finalist for the inaugural Everett Quinton Award with the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. He is best known for his Beckettian romp The Underpants Godot, which has had regional productions with Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco and Nearly Naked Theatre in Arizona, as well as the New York off-off-Broadway productions.  His plays A Touch of Cinema, Harmony Hall, and Fourteen Hundred and Sixty Sketches of Your Left Hand are published by Next Stage Press. He has written around 40 full-length plays and a plethora of one-acts, which have been produced all over. His plays vary widely in genre and style, from science fiction to Shakespearean verse drama. Scorpio Film Releasing produced his two films Strapped for Danger and its sequel Undercover Vice: Strapped for Danger II (available on Amazon, Tubi and GayBingeTV), as well as bringing him on to co-write Code Name: Dynastud and an episode of their series Pansy Vision (available now on YouTube). www.duncanpflaster.com or look him up on New Play Exchange for more.