PROGRAM 3

Program #3* (3rd Floor)

Eulogy by Gus Kaikkonen

Mr. Daniels by Jonathan Green

Poke Along the Ohio by Colleen Cosgrove

The Barbecue by John Avino

YOLO by Raven Petretti-Stamper

*Shows in this block include Equity Members appearing with permission of Actor’s Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this off-off Broadway production.

Gus Kaikkonen (Playwright/Performer) Plays produced at Playwrights Horizons, the Production Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the BoarsHead and Peterborough Players (NH Best New Play 2002).  Translations: Mint Theatre (Dr. Knock, Donogoo) and NJPAC (Lelio with the NJ Symphony).  Gus directed Hindle Wakes for the Mint Theater (Drama Desk, OOBA Nominee for Best Revival 2018, Newsweek 10 Best).  Television appearances include: Law & Order CI, All My Children, One Life to Live, Paul’s Case.  Broadway: Equus OBC.   

Jonathan Green (Playwright) is an award winning writer/actor/director who developed a love of storytelling by listening to his grandfather spin tales of growing up in rural Kentucky during the Depression. He graduated Cum Laude from EKU and then studied film and theater at AMDA NY. His plays Baggage and Afterglow have been performed regionally and Off-Broadway. He currently has 2 films in production with Amazon. Jonathan has a passion for using storytelling to deliver universal themes and a desire to show people that, through art, there is hope of a good ending.

Brad Fryman (Mr. Daniels) recently appeared as Orson Welles in Austin Pendleton’s Orson Shadow directed by Mr. Pendleton and David Schweizer. Favorite NY credits include The Drawer Boy and American Rapture directed by Alex Dinelaris, Order By Christopher Stetson Boal directed by Austin Pendleton, and Pimm’s Mission also by Mr. Boal directed by Terrence O’Brien. Recently with Strindberg Rep appeared in The Creditors, Hedda Gabler, The Father and The Isle of The Dead. He played Theo Van Gogh in Committed directed by Brock Harris, Occasionally Nothing directed by Ivette Dumeng and Hiroshi directed by Roger Hendricks Simon all written by Natalie Menna. A Wilder Christmas by Thornton Wilder directed by Dan Wackerman and Einstein directed by Randy Curtis Rand are also Off Broadway favorites. You might have seen him in Blue Bloods, the film Damned If You Do or the short films Behind Bars, Seeking Man, or Overdue. Brad is the Artistic Director of the Oberon Theatre Ensemble currently celebrating its 27th season! www.bradfryman.com

Orlando Segarra (Mr. Grey) is a writer, director, actor, musician, composer, filmmaker, sound editor, and former birthday party clown. He wrote the libretto for Self-Defined Circuits, a contemporary science-fiction opera, with music composed by Jillian Flexner. Self-Defined Circuits had its world premiere with Fresh-Squeezed Opera in May, 2022. Orlando is co-creator of Just Press Playhouse, an acclaimed audio drama production company. He co-directed, wrote, and scored Time Trip!, a science-fiction adventure comedy which was an official selection to HEAR Now: Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, and was also nominated for an Audio Verse Award, and the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction in 2018. Orlando composes music under the name, The Brooklyn Bystander. Additional credits include, OPERA: When He Was Good (Director) THEATRE: The Velveteen Rabbit (Playwright, adaptation), Simprov (Score), Open (Score), Incident At Vichy (Actor), Henry V (Director/Score/Actor), Heartbreak House (Actor), Not About Nightingales (Actor/Sound Design), After Miss Julie (Director), The House that Jack Built (Playwright), Tape (Director), Night Maneuver (Director). AUDIO: Timestorm (Actor), The Cellar (Actor), Stumpy's Campfire Stories (Director/Writer/Actor/Score), All of Us Demons (Director/Writer/Actor), Kid Pros (Director/Writer/Actor). FILM: I Am Who I Am (Director/Producer/Score), Undead Anonymous (Screenwriter). GAME: Aokigahara (Score).

Josh Kellman (Director) wishes to thank Mr. Green for the play and the opportunity, and to thank Mr. Fryman and Mr. Segarra for bringing their heart, their minds, and their talent to Mr. Daniels. Josh is founder and AD of The Empirically Theatre Group, and has directed John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Paul Rudnick’s Jeffrey, Tennessee Williams’ Not About Nightingales, Moliere’s Don Juan, and Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile for the company. During the pandemic, he directed Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy in virtual productions. Josh is also an actor who has spent 11 seasons doing musical theatre repertory at Rocky Mountain Repetory Theatre. In 2023 he debuted his One Man A Christmas Carol. Love as always to Tyler Symone, the greatest star of all.

Daniel Antonino (Horace) is a 2024 graduate of Pace University’s Sands School of Performing Arts, where he honed his craft in Acting for Film, Television, Voiceovers, and Commercials. Shaped by New York’s indie film scene, he now returns to his theatrical roots, making his NYC stage debut. Discover more at DanielAntonino.com.

Colleen Cosgrove (Playwright/Addie) has been involved in multiple Chain festivals. Playwright: The Stoop. Actor: Purgatory and Exit…Stage Right both by Domenick Danza as well as A Procession of Clouds by Lynda Crawford. Her web episode Fun with Nan:Yuppie Go Home was an official selection in The Chain's 2019 Film Festival (Nan is on YouTube). Other one-acts: A Cross to Bear (Drilling Co, Spectrum Arts) and With Benefits (Drilling Co). Recent acting: Maria (Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot). Member: AEA, Drilling Co and K/Q Playwrights. Contact: ccozgrove@gmail.com    

Mary Linehan (Director) Recent: Boann and the Well of Wisdom (NYC: Morningside Players; Best Director Nomination, First Irish Festival, and Ireland 2024: St. John’s Theatre, Listowel, Co. Kerry; McHugh’s Music Venue, Drogheda, Co. Meath). Other select: -30- (Best Director Nomination, Hudson Guild), Competence is Key (Theater Project, NJ), Goblins and Gates (Pleasant Valley Prods, NJ). Select Acting: Ophelia (Hamlet, Bryant Park), Hero (NYT Critics’ Pick, Much Ado About Nothing), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Drilling Company), and Brenda (Herself, 2024 First Irish Festival). Recent Film: Hannah (Post-Infest, making its national festival tour).

Thank you to Colleen Gleason, Tom Miller, Lisa O'Hara, Byron O’Hanlon, Prudence DiBenedetto, Lynda Crawford, and K/Q Playwrights, for their help with the play’s development and production.

John Avino (Writer/Director) has directed numerous theatrical productions in New York City including The Importance of Being Earnest, Noel Coward’s Tonight at 8:30 at FAPC Theatre, and Morning, Noon and Night on Theatre Row. His short film, Nadia Knows won Best Short Film Mystery at the Silicon Beach Film Festival. The screenplay for Nadia Knows was a finalist in the American Gem Short screenplay competition. 76, John's feature screenplay, won Best Unproduced Screenplay at The Grove Film Festival and is currently in development. John is proud to be part of the editing team of Wardensville, Tales from Tiny Town, a documentary currently screening on PBS.

John dedicates The Barbecue to his husband, Dave Fung.

Paula Orndoff (Producer) recently produced and directed Wardensville, Tales from Tiny Town, a feature documentary that was made possible with financial assistance from The National Endowment for the Arts and West Virginia Commission on the Arts and which is currently airing on WV PBS. The Smithsonian Institute has screened How Sweet the Sound, a documentary she produced, co-directed and co-edited, as part of their Smithsonian 2019 Year of Music in Washington, DC. The Smithsonian has acquired this film along with a collection of 400 photographs and 12 hours of video footage by Ms. Orndoff for their permanent collections. Her experience includes producer, director, writer, editor, and camerawoman on numerous projects. Past clients include Discovery Communications, Hallmark Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting, and PBS.

Tanya C. Jones (Costume Designer) has designed and worked on teams for various films, TV shows, music videos, and commercials. Her credits include Celebrity Crime Files (season two), Story of Vice, Emblem Health, Zappos, Nusred to Death,  Big Fat Daddy (Lady Leah), and Marjorie Prime. Previously, Tanya worked on the film Nadia Knows with The Barbeque Writer/Director John Avino and Producer Paula Orndoff. She feels the actor's eyes shine brightest once they don the costume.

Gilly Caulo* Born in Manhattan and grew up in New Hampshire, previous theatre credits include work at The Peterborough Players, Shakespeare & Co., The Metropolitan Opera, and The Colorado New Play Festival. Previous film work includes Nonno (Official Selection: Austin Film Festival, HollyShorts), Christmas at the Interlaken (Gemilli Films), and Peek-A-Boo (Gemilli Films). MFA, The Theatre School at DePaul University.  www.gillycaulo.com | @gillycaulo

Gary Dooley* Recent credits include Luciernagas (National Queer Theatre), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (John Bourne Theatre), Forever? (Players Theatre) and Blanche in a Wheelchair (Samuel French One Act Festival).  TV: The Blacklist and The Good Fight. Short Film: Dinner with the Uptighty's, Dug Up and Sweet Tooth. 

Kiran Merchant is a multi-faceted artist/architect with a passion for theater, film and television. His credits as an Actor, Director and Producer include Theater, Film, TV and Advertising in the US, UK and India. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab.  Among his many acting credits include the plays Fantasticks, We’re no Angels, and Noises Off; TV shows The Sinner, God Friegillycaulonded Me, Law and Order, Blacklist; and films 200 Cigarettes and Trust the Man.  Kiran is currently developing two feature film projects, The Voice, a comedy set in a small French village, and Christmas in Temple, the story of an Indian-Catholic family reunion in Temple, Texas.

Julia Pasiorowska (Actor) is an actress, dancer, and performer originally from Warsaw, Poland. A recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she earned her BFA in Drama while training with the Atlantic Acting Company, The Classical Studio, and Stonestreet Studios. Julia is thrilled to make her Chain Theatre debut alongside such a wonderful cast!  www.juliapasiorowska.com | @julia.pasiorowska

*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association

Mitch Greenberg (Ralph) is a native of Brooklyn. After 50 years as a working actor, he’s finally making his Chain Theater debut. Mitch studied with Sanford Meisner, William Esper and Uta Hagen. His credits include 13 Broadway shows, as many Off-Broadway, and dozens more, musical and straight, at theaters around the country. He can also be seen and/or heard in numerous films, TV shows, audiobooks, etc. The NY Times dubbed him “a certifiable genius.”

Susan Neuffer (Judith) is thrilled to help tell this lovely story.  She recently played Stella in Duality and Shadows by Anthony Laura.  Susan studied at the Michael Howard Studios, in this very building at The Barrow Group, and Kimball Studios.  She appeared off-Broadway in In the Room.  She has appeared on TV, in commercials, indie films, cabaret shows, and musicals. Susan proudly toots her flute as a member of the New Horizons band.  www.susanneuffer.com. 

Allen MacLeod (director) is a NYC-based director of new plays and musicals—and excited to be back at the Chain with this heartwarming short piece. Recent credits include Love + Science (City Center), More of a Heart (BLUEBARN Theatre), Light Switch (Spectrum Theatre Ensemble), The Trade Federation: or, Let’s Explore Globalization Through the Star Wars Prequels (IRT Theater); Prophesy (The Wild Project; best direction award, Fresh Fruit Festival); You’re Not My Type (The Duplex). www.allenmacleod.com

Raven Petretti-Stamper (writer/producer) is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her full-length and short plays have been produced domestically and abroad. Her short films have been screened across the country and abroad. She was selected for the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive in 2021, Yale Writers' Workshop in 2022 and Stowe’s TV Writer’s Room program in 2025. She is thrilled that YOLO, a piece she wrote for her mother, is having its World Premiere at Chain. Thank you Allen, Susan and Mitch for doing such a fabulous job and bringing this play to life. https://www.strangebirdproductions.com