Podcasts about coni koepfinger

Gene speaks to New York Playwright Coni Koepfinger about her online project AIRPLAY, how theatre continues to reinvent itself during Covid-19, and how Therapy plays continue to play a part in emotional healing.

Desperadoby Dr. Vivian Dorsett, PhDLinda is currently receiving counseling in her psychiatrist's office when her multiple personalities start to interrupt the sessions as Dr. Walker attempts to maintain control. Linda has to gain control over her personality so she won't be committed to a mental institution and lose custody of her own children to child welfare. Birdie tries to assist Dr. Walker, but Linda doesn't trust her.Vivian Dorsett (Playwright) Vivian is a college instructor and has produced and directed theater at a collegiate and community level. Her most recent acting debut in Community Theater was Vagina Monologues. Most of her playwriting is based on social justice and represents marginalized populations.Carrie Wesolowski (Linda): A career woman with multiple personalities-- Penny, a surly teenager, and Veronica, an angry, aggressive adult.Born and raised in NYC, Carrie's a co-host of AirPlay and regular contributor to AirPlay as Actor/Director. Carrie's recent credits include directing the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center, playing Mandy in Theater for the New City's Dermalogic and directing and playing the female lead Destiny in Simon Says, a finalist in Playbill VTF Live and Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Upcoming projects include supporting roles as Helen Hayes/Julia in Coni Koepfinger's Live From The Bardo: My Dinner With Mary in January 2022 at Theatre for the New City in NYC directed by the legendary Dan Carter.Beth Griffith (Birdie) Linda's biological mother who has a 7th grade education and has been emotionally absent throughout Linda's life.Beth has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges,Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Matt Matthews (Dr. Walker, Psychiatrist) Matt immigrated to California from Texas many years ago. He is an actor, singer, theatre director, choral director, and voice for hire. Recent Zoom projects include Dermalogic, as Stansfield, and Yellow Ribbons, as director. Some favorite roles: Marley's Ghost in A Christmas Carol and Gremio in Taming of the Shrew.

Live from The Bardo: My Dinner with Maryby Coni Koepfinger and Dan Carter When destiny reunites two long estranged actresses, new realities open to give them a peek backstage at their real lives in Live from the Bardo: My Dinner with Mary.Mary Tierney (Mary) Mary started her acting career in Dublin, where she worked for five years. After returning to NYC she started her own theater, The BillyMunk and the last three decades she spent at Theater for the New City.Mary Ellen Ashley: (Mary Ellen) Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Producer of Broadway,Television, and Film, her resume includes many Off-Broadway credits. She also spent many years in regional theaters, including playing Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly 11 times, and was in Music Man; Funny Girl, Cabaret; Best Little Whorehouse, 42nd Street. Fiddler;Gypsy just to name a few….Carrie Wesolowski (Julia/Helen Hayes) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie's a co-host of AirPlay and regular contributor to AirPlay as Actor/Director. Carrie's recent credits include directing the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center, playing Mandy in Theater for the New City's Dermalogic and directing and playing the female lead Destiny in Simon Says, a finalist in Playbill VTF Live and Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival.Félix E. Gardón (Jose Ferrer) Félix is a native Puerto Rican actor/artist/activist who was the artistic director and board chair of Los 4 Gatos Theater Company, a bilingual Puerto Rican troupe supported by Pregones theater. He has performed and worked with the Medicine Show Theater show since 2000. Felix is also an abstract artist, student of the late master modern art painter Omiros Hriso, and works in the mediums of acrylic and Polaroid manipulation. Katherine Elliot (Katherine Hepburn) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy's Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer... Served on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.Byron C. Saunders (Joseph Jefferson) Arts Management Consultant /Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil RightsAdvocate. Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent ArtsManagement Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, funddevelopment, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and management. Beth Griffith (Announcer) Beth has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges,Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.

By Jeff Dunne Reindeer Trouble: Poor Dwinky the Elf is having trouble with his reindeer, which seems to have taken a time out on account of something that looks suspiciously like death. Pinkle, a service-elf from Rudolph's Reindeer Repair, has come to check out the situation, but is not able to provide much help.WITHIN THE RAINBy Jeff DunneWithin The Rain: When looking at the places between and within the rain, Samantha has found something rather unexpected… and utterly spectacular.Jeff Dunne began writing plays actively in 2017, and has since created over one hundred and fifty scripts, the majority for stage but some for screen and radio as well. His works have won numerous awards and festivals, and been seen on-stage and in film productions across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Asia. You can learn more about Jeff's works by visiting www.bearcreations.org.Jak Prince – Jakjakprince3@gmail.comJak began his acting career at age 6 as a lion in the first grade play Since then he has been in over 150 plays as a lead or featured actor in works ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, Williams and Vidal. In recent years he has been an award winning scenic and lighting designer Carrie Wesolowski – Samanthacarrieawesolowski@gmail.comCarrie Wesolowski - Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is an Actor/Director, Host and Singer whose credits span film, theatre, television and now Zoom. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of Coni Koepfinger's SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Carrie's most recent credits include directing the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center.and upcoming projects include a supporting role as Helen Hayes, in Coni Koepfinger's Live From The Bardo: My Dinner With Mary during a 2-week run in January 2022 at Theatre for the New City in NYC directed by the legendary Dan Carter.Byron C. Saunders - Stage Directions and Co-host / Narratorbyroncsaunders2020@aol.com Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights ActivistByron's highlight's and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.Jacqueline Youm – Dwinkyjy9023a@student.american.eduJacqueline Youm is a Senegalese American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also teaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting screams and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP7Wn5hXuo… Marina Chan – Pinklemrc2195@columbia.eduMarina is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright and producer. During Covid, she's performed in numerous Zoom readings and productions, including three of her own plays: Elizabeth's Wonderland, Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, and Two Lovers, which was produced by AirPlay! She has also conceived and produced the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism series at Asia Society and Barnard.Padmini Sukumaran – Susiepadmini.sukumaran@gmail.com

One of Picasso's Women, Marie Therese Walter is dead but currently inhabiting the body that she died with! She can recall any element of her past but tends to do so with the thoughts and feelings of that particular moment. Contrary to much perceived (male) opinion, Marie-Therese is a gentle, likeable woman who always wants to think the best of everyone. This piece is a bit like the overlapping facet or perspective in a cubist painting. Incidents, motifs, & versions of events appear and re-appear.Brian McAvera (Playwright) Dramatist, Director, Curator and Art Historian, Brian has written 25 stage plays, radio plays for the BBC and RTE (many of them translated) and two television films, one of which he directed. He has directed for the stage, including the world premiere of John Arden's The Ballygombeen Bequest, and was co-founder of New Writers' Theatre in Belfast in the early 1980s. His best-known plays (published by Oberon Books) include Picasso's Women, a series of eight monologues first performed at the National Theatre in London, and at the Edinburgh Festival. They have since been translated into 15 languages. He is an artistic adviser to Focus Theatre, Dublin, and sits on the theatre committee of the Writers' Guild. In the world of visual arts, he has published 12 books including Art, Politics and Ireland. He writes regularly for the Irish Arts Review and Sculpture (in the USA).Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Marie Therese) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is an Actor/Director, Host and Singer whose credits span film, theatre, television and now Zoom. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was recently seen in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. ...

Mom and Uncle Claudeby Coni KoepfingerWhen Mary West returns from college for Thanksgiving break, she finds her mom acting  very odd about her dad's recent disappearance.  At their holiday feast, the girls have a feeling  there could have been foul play. With the help of her older sister Katharine, Mary feels obliged to find out the truth to save the memory of her father's honor.Coni Koepfinger (Playwright) Coni Koepfinger, a 2021 recipient of the Olwen Wymark Award by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain, is currently playwright-in-residence at both Manhattan Rep and Cosmic Orchid and has worked with several other notable NYC companies such as Theatre for the New City, The Secret Theatre, the New York Unfringed Fest, Broadway Bound Festival and Pan Asian Rep. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild, a former board member of the International Centre for Women Playwrights and a chair for the League Professional Theatre Women and currently sits as Media Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation. As a very prolific indie artist, Coni's work has been published and produced all over the globe. Her newest play “Live from the Bardo: My Dinner with Mary” with legendary director Dan Carter will premiere January 2022 with an AEA Off-Off Broadway showcase at Théater for the New City. 
Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Mom/Rebecca West) Carrie is an Actor/Director, Host and Singer. whose credits span film, theatre, television and now Zoom. In the past year, projects where Carrie has served as Actor/Director have been finalists in several film festivals--Simon Says in the 1st Playbill VTF Live and in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Carrie most recently directed a preview of the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. Upcoming projects include playing Helen Hayes, in Coni Koepfinger's Live From The Bardo: My Dinner With Mary during a 2-week run in January 2022 at Theatre for the New City (TNC) in NYC in an AEA Off-Off Broadway showcase directed by Dan Carter. Marina Rebecca Chan (Mary West) Marina is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright and producer. A Columbia graduate, drama major, Marina conceived and produced the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism series at Asia Society and Barnard. She cast, directed and starred in two readings of her play Elizabeth's Wonderland. Her Zoom staged reading of her play Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, set during Covid was produced by the Little & Fierce Theatre Company last March. You can find out more about Marina @ www.marinachan.comJacqueline Youm (Katherine West) Jacqueline Youm is a Senegalese-American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also coaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting screams and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP7Wn5hXuo&list=PLcz56rfup6GzQsVH3RDqUedrQucAYCe6eJames Jerome (Uncle Claude) James Jerome is an actor, stage manager, and writer. James got his start in Pittsburgh; then continued in New York working as an actor on stage, television and film.  He studied at the HB Studio with Uta Hagen.  Currently he is "wrighting" his first full-length play.Padmini Sukumaran (Narrator)  Padmini Sukumaran has an English Literature Doctorate and wrote her Dissertation partially on the Shakespearean depiction of the Baroque-Metaphor, "The World is a Stage" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She has trained in Acting and Musical-Theatre at the HB Studio and The Acting Studio - New York. Padmini also deems that Drama is a beautiful vehicle for channeling our Psychological-Vulnerability: both the light and the dark.--

An elderly and hard-of-hearing couple is visited by the Grim Reaper, complete with the usual accouterments of hood, scythe, and imminent death.Dean Bevan - PLAYWIGHT Dean Bevan has written 24 plays in the past 15 years, which have been performed in New York, London, and in 20 cities across the US from Florida to California, Alaska to Virginia, including his own Lawrence, Kansas. His plays have won numerous awards. During the same period, Bevan has also been active on stage, appearing in 36 plays and musicals in roles including Norman Thayer in On Golden Pond, Vladimir in Waiting for Godot, and FDR in Annie. He has also directed ten plays. He earned the Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, and served as Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Baker University.James Jerome - DEAF OLD MANAn actor, stage manager, and writer, James got his start in Pittsburgh; then continued in New York working as an actor on stage, television and film. He studied at the HB Studio with Uta Hagen. Currently he is wrighting his first full-length play.Beth Griffith - DEAF OLD WOMANBeth Griffith: Performing at Theater for the New City November 4-21, at the Crossway Theater Gala on November 14th and with Dance Japan at the Tenri Cultural Institute on December 12th. Delighted to be back on AirPlay!Jak Prince – GRIM REAPERJak began his acting career at age 6 as a lion in the first grade play Since then he has been in over 150 plays as a lead or featured actor in works ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, Williams and Vidal. In recent years he has been an award winning scenic and lighting designer Byron C. Saunders – NARRATORArts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights Activist Byron's highlight's and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.

Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was clear that we are all human life forms that can conform, reform or deform to the energetic stimulus around us- but when we PERForm- we are able perfect the form, taking it to a higher creative state. I was always surrounded by art. My sister, my cousin, my uncles… Music, painting, drawing was like bread and water. Passion, yes. Madness, yes. But I wanted to know more… What was  beyond the curtain? Why is art so important to the human experience? 

Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was clear that we are all human life forms that can conform, reform or deform to the energetic stimulus around us- but when we PERForm- we are able perfect the form, taking it to a higher creative state. I was always surrounded by art. My sister, my cousin, my uncles… Music, painting, drawing was like bread and water. Passion, yes. Madness, yes. But I wanted to know more… What was beyond the curtain? Why is art so important to the human experience?

Katherine Elliot (SAG-AFTRA) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy's Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer...,45 Coffee Dates, The Deed Is Done). Served on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.

Phil Chippenputt, egotistical resident golf pro, is murdered, and the suspects at the East Dogbreath Hills Country Club are certainly plentiful. Was it the club's owner Wilson Irons, who's grown tired of Phil's constant philandering with his wife Taylor? Was it the Club's groundskeeper Reg Greene? Or has Millie Driver, his long-suffering Caddy, finally decided to get some of her own back? Follow the clues and enjoy the laughs as the mystery unfolds before you in a raucous evening of fun!David Dietz III (Playwright/Wilson Irons) David Dietz is an award-winning actor, stage/screen writer, filmmaker, and audiobook producer-narrator. He has pounded the boards in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Simon (Neil, that is), and appeared in such films as End Game, Strange Girls, and Death from Above. In 2012, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Indemnity (aka Indemnity: Rage of A jealous Vampire). For more information, please visit http://dietzthethird.com or http://zd3-productions.comCarrie Wesolowski (Director/Taylor Irons) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. Beth Griffith (Millie Driver) Beth Griffith (Mom) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Larry Parker (Phil Chippenputt) Larry is a graduate of Columbia University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Theatre Arts. He performs in local theatre and can be found auditioning and working in commercials and television. Before acting, Larry served as a United States Reconnaissance Marine, a NYC firefighter, and competed as a USA All-American Ironman Tri-Athlete.James Jerome (Reg Greene) An actor, stage manager, and writer James got his start in Pittsburgh; then continued in New York working as an actor on stage, television and film. He studied at the HB Studio with Uta Hagen. Currently he is wrighting his first full-length play.Matt Matthews (Narrator) Matt Matthews (Narrator) immigrated to California from Texas many years ago. He is an actor, singer, theatre director, choral director, and voice for hire. Recent Zoom projects include Dermalogic, as Stansfield, and Yellow Ribbons, as director. Some favorite roles: Marley's Ghost in A Christmas Carol and Gremio in Taming of the Shrew.

Show Synopsis: Dad teaches his daughter lessons from the woods.Trish Ayers (Playwright) Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Cindi) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen as a finalist in Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. David Dietz (Dad) David Dietz is an award-winning actor, stage/screen writer, filmmaker, and audiobook producer-narrator. He has pounded the boards in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Simon (Neil, that is), and appeared in such films as End Game, Strange Girls, and Death from Above. In 2012, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Indemnity (aka Indemnity: Rage of a Jealous Vampire). His audiobook narration credits include My Stupid Girl, Words with My Father, and Halfskin. For more information, please visit http://dietzthethird.com or http://zd3-productions.comBeth Griffith (Mom) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Byron C. Saunders (Narrator/Co-Host) Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights Advocate. Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.

Tonight's AirPlay'21 we will doing a little experiment with a scene from Coni Koepfinger's play, CandleDancing. Reading will be Byron C Saunders and Carrie WesolowskiBios: Playwright: Coni Koepfinger, a 2021 recipient of the Olwen Wymark Award by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain, is currently playwright-in-residence at both Manhattan Rep and Cosmic Orchid and has worked with several other notable NYC companies such as Theatre for the New City, The Secret Theatre, the New York Unfringed Fest, Broadway Bound Festival and Pan Asian Rep. She has connected hundreds through her virtual programs Airplay and Determined Women. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild, a former board member of the International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) and a chair for the League Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) and currently sits as Media Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation. A prolific indie artist, Coni's work has been published and produced all over the globe.Actor: Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights AdvocateByron's highlight's and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.Actor: Carrie Wesolowski (Narrator/Co-Host) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie studied acting with Michael Harney, Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. Carrie is thrilled to once again be a finalist in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen as part of Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay.

Show Synopsis: ACT I, SCENE 1 OF ELECTRIC SERENADE Down, despondent, and a little drunk over the seeming end of a long-term relationship, Joanna is at her lowest point while at a friend's anniversary party when in walks Mark. Immediately she vents her frustrations to him before they formally introduce themselves to each other, and he tries to lift her spirits with empathy and encouragement. They get to know each other as she expresses her hopes and dreams and he talks about his own aspirations. They become acquainted by the end of the scene, and their budding relationship will take more twists and turns over the course of the play before unforeseen events bring Joanna to a crossroads at play's end.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Joanna) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie studied acting with Michael Harney, Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. Carrie is thrilled to once again be a finalist in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust can be seen in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival from September 15-October 3, 2021. You can catch her Q&A with Festival Director Ken Wolf, get a festival ticket and vote for The Unusual Chauncey Faust @ https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-film-fest It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. Juan Perez (Mark)Juan studied film, theater, and acting at New York University, Brooklyn College, and Michael Howard Studios. He has performed in theatrical and cinematic productions for over a decade. Theatrically, he has performed in productions including ‘A View from the Bridge,' ‘Wait Until Dark,' and ‘Pulp Shakespeare.' In video productions, Juan parlayed his memorable performance as Bernardo in ‘Jose's Place,' into the uniquely manic lead in ‘La Casa Loca'(Maverick Entertainment). Juan currently produces videos for corporate clients and artists in Los Angeles. Juan was most recently seen in the NYC production of Still, Birth.Robert Kirkendall (Playwright)Robert Kirkendall grew up in San Jose, California, and presently lives over the hill in Santa Cruz. He was a member of the Briefly Scene playwriting workshop where he developed a number of scripts, and his short plays have been performed at Actors' Theater of Santa Cruz and Community Television of Santa Cruz. Last February, his two-act workplace drama Dermalogic was performed as part of Theater for the New City's On the Air series and Robert hopes to someday give it a fully-staged production. He is currently co-writing a screenplay named Twenty with director Hilary Davidson for Nineteen85 Films, and has written a screenplay he plans to direct about a man trying to escape Santa Cruz called Leaving Paradise. You can read more of his work on his website @ www.robertkirkendall.com Byron C. Saunders (Narrator) Byron is an Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development. Based in Washington, DC…most recently, he produced a theatrical/film short…SIMON SAYS…as a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020; and directed The Fannie Lou Hamer Story an award winning theatrical production starring Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye; and he was the Acting Assistant Director at the Louis Armstrong House Museum located in Corona, NYC. Other recent credits include…Director of the Best Play of the 2016 One Festival – Marlene Goes to Hollywood; Mohandas K. Gandhi in the production of Peace Speaks; Dr. A.C. Jackson in the production of Black Wall Street: The Story of the 1921 Tulsa, OK Race Riots. In New York City, he was the Executive Director of the Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop and won an Obie Award for Playwriting Development.

RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE (Playwright) has written full-length plays, 2 musicals, and numerous short pieces, many of which have been excerpted in monologue and scene anthologies. Last winter, THE WICKHAM WAY was selected for inclusion in the inaugural New Works VIrtual Festival, a series of plays recorded by prominent actors and aired as a benefit for The Actors' Fund. Last March THE UNDERSTANDING, her play about the legacy of Argentina's Dirty War, was streamed as a successful fundraiser for the North NJ chapter of Amnesty International. Her newest full-length play, RICHMOND UNDERGROUND is about a ring of Union spies operating in the heart of the Confederacy. Rachel holds an M.A. in Theater from Hunter College. She is a proud member of New Play Exchange, Playwright's Center, The Dramatists' Guild and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. Along with most of this wonderful cas, she is hard at work on a full demo recording of NERISSA'S QUEST!Carrie Wesolowski (Narrator/Co-Host) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television. theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie is thrilled to once again be a finalist in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust can be seen in the upcoming Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival from September 15-October 3, 2021. You can catch the Q&A, get a festival ticket and vote for our project @ https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-film-fest It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. MARISA DOLKART (Fionnuala) has been an active member of the Northern New Jersey theater community since moving to the area from the Finger Lakes Region of NY in 2002 She is currently a member of the Bergen County Players and The Players Guild of Leonia. She has also worked with Elmwood Playhouse (Nyack, NY) and as a wardrobe assistant for Menopause the Musical in NYC with the 92nd StreetPlayhouse. She is a costume designer and stage manager, who has costumed designed/dressed more than 2 dozen shows (a Perry Award nominee for Costume Design for The Man Who Came to Dinner), and recently ventured into lighting design. She has been seen locally onstage in Closer Than Ever, The Secret Garden (Ayah/Fakir), The Pajama Game (Virginia), Lovers and Other Strangers (Joan), Ballroom (Diane), Murder at Café Noir (Maria LaRue), The Actor's Nightmare (Loralee) and in The Vagina Monologues. She is very excited to participate in Nerissa's Quest, and honored to be a part of it.LEXI OWGANG (Nerissa) is THRILLED to be reading (some of) beautiful play! Some recent/favorite credits include Little Red (INTO THE WOODS), Anna (SPRING AWAKENING), Elmer (NEWSIES), Elle Wood (LEGALLY BLONDE), Fredrika (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Annie (ANNIE), Dipper (OLIVER), Shelly (HAIRSPRAY), Little Lucy (THE ORPHAN TRAIN). Lexi has performed in many children's plays with Studio Playhouse in Montclair. Lexi is also a competitive dancer and has participated in the Paper Mill Playhouse summer conservatory program. She is currently a junior at Montclair High School. LOU ANN SALKIN (Shannon) holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the Asolo Conservatory/Florida State University. Upon graduation, she performed in regional theater and at Radio City Music Hall. She has worked in New York professional theater for over 30 year and has recently reignited her love of performing through New Jersey community theater. She is a 2015 Perry Award Nominee for Outstanding Leading Actress.With her daughter, Veronica, she founded Eccentric Theater Company (ETC.), which is a collection of artists dedicated to pushing the boundaries of a standard theater company. ETC. combines the fast-paced nature of professional artistic work with the warm environment of community theater to produce skillful art created with love. Past productions have included Doubt, Company, Sweeney Todd, The Importance of Being Earnest, Zamboni and over 30 digital performances during this pandemic.Kay Koch (Roan) is happy to collaborate with Rachel Ladutke once again, having previously appeared in her original play The Wickham Way. A New Jersey -based actress with a passion for musical theater and storytelling, Kay has been fortunate to work at a number of local theaters throughout the area. She most recently appeared this past weekend with Apricot Sky Productions in their September 11th original play festival, "Catch the Morning." Next up, you can 'catch' Kay this Fridayand Saturday evening, singing at Studio Playhouse of Montclair for their "Welcome Home" fundraising. Favorite local theater credits: Mamma Mia! (Tanya) with Gas Lamp Players, Into the Woods (The Baker) with Studio Players, and 1776: The Women of Congress (Thomas Jefferson) and Gutenberg! The Musical! (Dee) with OffBook Productions

A Tribute to Shirley King.

On tonight's Determined Women Coni Koepfinger Interviews Mary Ellen Ashley/ Star of Broadway Stage, film and television. Mary Ellen Ashley is an Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Pro- ducer of Broadway, Television, and Film, has been rec- ognized as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. Mary Ellen Ashley will be featured in an upcoming edition of the Women of Distinction Magazine in 2016.

"The world is ending and the Omniscient One has come to save humanity, by guiding them to a second Earth, Mars. But who is the Omniscient One really and does he have an ulterior motive? Leave it to a father, daughter and a couple — or two sets of lovers? — to find out."Bios: Marina Rebecca Chan (Playwright/Sarah): Marina is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright and producer, who has produced readings of her play Elizabeth's Wonderland and recently had her Covid play, Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, Zoom-produced by Little & Fierce Theatre Company. She has also conceived and produced the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism series at Asia Society and Barnard. Marina's excited to share with you this utterly ridiculous play, which she swears is by far the worst play she's ever written!Neil Chan (Director):Neil Chan, a blooming Boomer, is versed in the ancient methods of filmmaking, cutting and taping film by hand, etc. He's done some work as writer, producer, director, editor and actor in TV and films in the US and France—most notably Erich Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, in which Neil wrote and acted a part. Other credits include a Hong Kong film with Chow Yun-Fat and even a Japanese-themed Puerto Rican soap opera, in which he played a rickshaw boy. Bad casting. This is his first “garbage play.” Wish him luck.Carrie Wesolowski (Sara and Young Adult 2): Carrie Wesolowski (Actor, Director, Host, and Singer) was born and raised in New York City and has appeared in countless film, television and theatre productions. Carrie's recent projects include ACTOR/DIRECTOR of Coni Koepfinger's Simon Says--a festival finalist in Playbill's VTF Live and Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic, which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel. It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay.Juan Perez (Jerry and Young Adult 1): Juan has performed in theatrical and cinematic productions

Bios:RACHEL RUBIN LADUTKE (Playwright) recently returned to writing after a too-long hiatus,and she is determined to make up for lost time. She is deeply grateful to her "theatre family" for their support and encouragement, and she looks forward to a productive, fun, and creative summer! Rachel is delighted that Nerissa's Quest is a part of AirPlay 21, and she thanks Coni and Brandy for their interest in her work. LEXI OWGANG (Nerissa) is THRILLED to be reading (some of) this beautiful play! Some recent/favorite credits include, Anna (SPRING AWAKENING), Elmer (NEWSIES), Elle Wood (LEGALLY BLONDE), Fredrika (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Annie (ANNIE), Dipper (OLIVER), Shelly (HAIRSPRAY), Little Lucy (THE ORPHAN TRAIN). Lexi has performed in many children's plays with Studio Playhouse in Montclair. Lexi is also a competitive dancer and has participated in the Paper Mill Playhouse summer conservatory program. She is currently a sophomore at Montclair High School. LOU ANN SALKIN (Shannon) holds an MFA in acting from The Asolo Conservatory/FSU and has worked professionally at Radio City Music Hall and other regional and NYC productions. She is the co-founder of Eccentric Theater Company, a local theater company that she runs with her daughter Veronica.. She has performed locally with a number of companies and was fortunate to play characters from Violet in August Osage County to Bette Davis in Legends and Bridge.

Accidental Death by Anne Marilyn LucasSynopsis: Leah Langley, an elderly woman driving at night has been arrested by the police in a poor neighborhood in Lynn, Massachusetts. As Officer Johnson questions her, we learn more about Leah Langley's story and what has brought her to this moment in time. Carrie Wesolowski (Director) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie's recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger's SIMON SAYS which was a finalist in the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020 and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WP3ZVOAaY&t=355s It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. She would like to thank the playwright Anne Marilyn Lucas and the actors who helped bring this to life.Mary Ellen Ashley (Leah Langley) Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Producer of Broadway, Television, and Film, has been recognized as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. Mary Ellen Ashley was featured in a 2016 edition of the Women of Distinction Magazine. Born and presently living in the Big Apple of New York City, Mary Ellen Ashley has spent time living and working throughout the United States, including Los Angeles, California, as well as in Europe. Performing in her very first theatrical role.Jacqueline Youm (Officer Verna Johnson) is a Senegalese American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also coaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting screams and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP7Wn5hXuo&list=PLcz56rfup6GzQsVH3RDqUedrQucAYCe6eAnne Marilyn Lucas (Playwright) Playwright, Director, Actress, Singer, College Professor: DGA, EQUITY,SAG/ AFTRAAnne's first full-length play FROM SILENCE, the journey of a Holocaust survivor finding her voice, was produced in NYC at THE THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY in 2016, at MLT 2017, THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE in NYC 2018 directed by Arin Arbus. staged at GLOUCESTER STAGE 2019 and produced by COTTEY COLLEGE near Kansas City in 2020. RECOVERY, the struggle of three sets of mothers and their daughters with the disease of addiction was staged at BOSTON PLAYWRIGHT'S THEATRE, produced in NYC at THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY Oct 2018, north of Boston at MLT in Oct. 2019, BILLERICA POLICE PARTNERSHIP Dec. 2019 , and in Greece at FACTA NON-VERBA THEATER COMPANY, in Greek MARCH 2020. RECOVERY won three MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL GRANTS. SAY THE NAME, was staged at Harvard University and used as a text in the Divinity School. The nine commissioned musicals she has written have played to sold out crowds at MLT for 11 years. The most recent was a Vimeo offering this summer. One act plays ‘Dearest Dove', ‘Legacy of the Hanging Judge', ‘Spirits of the Gables' have run annually for 20 years at THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES in Salem. Other 10min. plays have been produced in the Boston area (including BTM) & NYC Equity theaters.. She was a professor of Drama at Salem State University 2000-2011. Anne began acting as a child, trained in London in the 3 year diploma class at The Webber Douglas and Royal College of Music, regional rep Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park before working in NYC for 10 Years as an Equity Actress. Anne lives in Marblehead, MA and has two daughters.

“The True Colors of Weedle embodies my wish for all people in our world to love and accept themselves and each other no matter what colors we are “June Rachelson-Ospa is an award-winning Book writer and Lyricist for musical theater as well as producer. Her shows have been performed at the Kennedy Center, NYC, NJ, Texas Paris, London, Whidbey Island (Seattle) always receiving wonderful reviews along the way. June was a board member of the League of Professional Theater Women and a member of the Dramatist Guild and ASCAP. She is a former Board member of Theater Resources Unlimited and was Secretary for the New York City Tourette Syndrome Association and the Artistic Director of Identity Theater for 8 years. The True Colors Weedle is her first published book based on her musical. She's thrilled to share it with you today.She co-wrote with Daniel Neiden:Welcome To Tourettaville (Kennedy Center); Rapunzarella White (NYTimes Pick); Tourettaville Cartoon starring Dr. John, Michaël Imperioli and Courage the Cowardly Dog; Bollywood And Vine, Imaginary Boy( ImaginaryBoy.org, Stupid Wig Other work :The Hotel Belleclaire Premiered at the Outcast Theatre in Seattle November 2018 ,The True Colors of Weedle (Book and Lyric), Allison Brewster-Franzetti(Music) Weedle illustrated book on Kindle, The Never-Ending Line (Song Cycle)Jaime Lozano (Composer and Concept) Premiered in Paris and Players, In development Hyde and Seek The Life of Young Master Henry Jekyll, Rockin' The Planet with Peppy Castro (Producer Steve Leber) selected by GoodSpeed Author Colony 2017, Premiered in San Antonio (won a Texas Globe Award) and The Gringo Who Stole Christmas and The Truth Stops Here (In London). As an independent producer her credits include Broadway's Godspell, A Christmas Story the Musical (Lunt Fontaine and Madison Square Garden). June has also mentored special needs children through YMCA After-school Programs and was the Academy Director at AMAS Musical Theatre. June was a board member of the League of Professional Theater Women, Dramatist Guild, ASCAP, she is a former Board member of Theater Resources Unlimited and was Secretary for the New York City Tourette Syndrome Association, Artistic Director of Identity Theater www.identitytheater.com

LINDA S. NELSON is an Actor, Director, Dramaturge and Producer.  As an actor, Ms. Nelson has predominately been seen on stage, including Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, Regional Theatre, and with companies such as Whitehorse Theatre, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, Boomerang Theatre and NJ Rep. Her Film and TV credits include “Imaginary Heroes” with Sigorney Weaver, "Orange Is The New Black", “Seven Deadly Sins” and the award winning short film “Lipstick Ladies”.  In addition to directing dozens of readings, short plays and 24-Hour Festivals for companies such as Boomerang, TRU, Oberon, and New Light Theatre, her New York directing credits include Toast, Boast or Roast – A Tribute to Austin Pendleton featuring Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich, F. Murray Abraham, Dylan Baker and Becky Ann Baker at the Players Club, produced by Oberon Theatre Ensemble;  Tongue of a Bird by Ellen McLaughlin; The Necessary Disposal by Bob Ost; and the Backstage Bistro Award winning Three Tenors in Search of an Act. She also directed and produced the World Premiere and Tour of Missa Solemnis or The Play About Henry by Roman Feeser; the North American Premiere of The Choice by Claire Luckham; and two interactive murder mysteries The Art of Murder and Delicious Death, both of which she co-wrote.   As a dramaturge Ms. Nelson has worked with dozens of writers including playwright/novelist, Cailin Heffernan; Screenwriter, Michael Lee Stever; and playwrights, Cyndy Marion at Whitehorse Theater Company, Stu Richel, Roman Feeser, Bob Ost, and Phil Olson on his popular musical series, Don’t Hug Me.  Founder of Shotgun Productions, she served as its Producing Director for 19 years and produced theatre, dance, opera and classical concerts throughout the New York area and in Europe. Since leaving Shotgun she has independently produced plays in NYC and on tour throughout the US. She was an Associate Producer on the Off Broadway production of “Silence” the musical parody of “Silence of the Lambs”. Currently she represents the multi-award winning “Sweet Texas Reckoning” by Traci Godfrey and the solo performance “Vietnam…through my lens” written and performed by Stu Richel. With “Vietnam…” she started as its dramaturge, then produced and directed the NYC Premiere in 2014 and has continued as its producer/director of the tour, which has been running since then. “Vietnam…” was also made into a film last summer by Two Seas TV, on which she worked as the AD to the Emmy Award winning director, Tony Ceglio.

Fiction Friction by Vivian C. LermondSynopsis: A chance meeting changes the course of two lives caught in a no-man’s land between ambivalence and complacency.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Irene) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS which was a finalist in the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020 and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WP3ZVOAaY&t=355s It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. She would like to thank the playwright Vivian C. Lermond and the actors who helped bring this to life. Juan Perez (Richard): Juan studied film, theater, and acting at New York University, Brooklyn College, and Michael Howard Studios. He has performed in theatrical and cinematic productions for over a decade. Theatrically, he has performed in productions including ‘A View from the Bridge,’ ‘Wait Until Dark,’ and ‘Pulp Shakespeare.’ In video productions, Juan parlayed his memorable performance as Bernardo in ‘Jose’s Place,’ into the uniquely manic lead in ‘La Casa Loca’(Maverick Entertainment). Juan currently produces videos for corporate clients and artists in Los Angeles. Vivian C. Lermond (Playwright) Vivian is an award-winning playwright who has penned more than 100 plays and monologues that have entertained audiences in the US, Mexico, England, Scotland, Canada and Australia. Her full length drama/comedy, Back to Bethlehem (PA), premiered Off-Broadway in 2006 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In addition to her stage plays, Vivian has also written two full length screenplays that were awarded first place in two highly competitive screenwriting contests. She has taught playwriting at a local college and has facilitated playwriting workshops at writing conferences. Vivian has lent her talents to Gallagher Literary, an LA talent management company, where she evaluated pitches and screenplay submissions. She has also freelanced for a filmwriter.com, where she was a script analysis specialist for stage plays. Vivian has been a proud member of The Dramatists Guild since 1998.

Synopsis: In this surrealist one-act, Chauncey Faust, a very aggressive, out-of-work television actor, is about to enter into a business partnership that he thinks will be the opportunity of a lifetime. Although very lucrative financially, it may cost him his soul. His new business associate, Mr. Stuart Morgan, has created a one-of-a-kind service. The play opens with a dream job interview that quickly turns into a nightmare.Coni Koepfinger (Playwright) Artist and Educator, Coni Koepfinger is the host of AIRPLAY, a weekly virtual theatre program now in its 12th season that brings the voices of artists, actors, playwrights from all over the world together. Also via new media, Koepfinger has created DETERMINED WOMEN, a monthly feature that interviews women who share stories to encourage and inspire. In addition to teaching theatre and composition, Koepfinger is an internationally published and produced playwright and theorist. As a Media Advisor for the Lifeboat Foundation, her play Get the Message was in their Visions of the Future anthology 2016. Coni is a former board member of the International Center for Women Playwrights/ ICWP and committee chair for the League of Professional Theatre Women /LPTW. Recent work includes three new powerful pieces with her writing partner Joe Izen: including Eve of Beltane, Broadway Bound Festival (2019),; Schoolhouse (2015) and the first musical to usher in the singularity, Kingdom Come (2020). She has written well over 40 plays, short stories, books and commissions such as Takin’ It Back a ten minute play for THE ME TOO PROJECT in Harlem, and Playing House a commissioned one-act about Bella Abzug for the UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH WOMEN and Playing Fate which was accepted for New Blood Series at Theatre for the New City. Now in 2021, Koepfinger’s work is virtually shown all over the globe, My Dinner with Mary which was read online for The Producer’s Circle and was then streamed live from The Player’s Club in NYC in TNC’s ON AIR podcast. It will be produced in the Dream Up Festival in 2021 at TNC. Her play Simon Says, was one of 12 selected in the world’s first Virtual Theatre Festival by PLAYBILL 2020 and was slated for Manhattan Rep’s STORIES film competition in 2021.Carrie Wesolowski (Director) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s Simon Says which was a finalist in the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020 and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. She would like to thank the playwright Coni Koepfinger and the actors who helped bring this to life. Claude Isbell (Chauncey Faust) Claude Isbell started out as a child actor, doing both TV commercials and theater from the age of 4. He and his sister did modeling work as well all over NYC, appearing in the New York Times magazine and many others. He was a musician and songwriter in NYC, before going into business. After studying acting with teachers such as Austin Pendleton, he has recently gotten the Theater and Film bug back, and is making a Web Series called CYRUS that is in pre-production. During the Strawberry One-Act Festival his “Making-Of” film garnered him a “Best Director” nomination.Beth Griffith (Ms. Candice Appleby) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, La MaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova’s Makers Lab, Music We’d Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito’s DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater. Timothy Regan (Mr. Morgan) Timothy Regan is a graduate of Kean University, and worked on several national tours upon graduating. Timothy is a seasoned TV, film, and stage actor and now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms!

Synopsis:Rhonda Sue Twain, determined to make it as a country singer, even if she’s only a little bit country.Shirley King (Playwright) Shirley King's s plays and monologues have been produced in the US, The UK, Canada, Scotland and Korea. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.Christy Donahue (Rhonda): Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. When not acting Christy enjoys other creative pathways, such as mixed media, collage art, and wreath making.

Show Synopsis: In this fractured fairy tale, a family remains forever dysfunctional. Troy Trisk can not leave the house and won't open the door.... After witnessing his son kill his own baby, Troy was paralyzed- he couldn't even testify. His wife Andrea begs him to come back to reality - Is that possible?Coni Koepfinger (Playwright) Artist and Educator, Coni Koepfinger is the host of AIRPLAY, a weekly virtual theatre program now in its 12th season that brings the voices of artists, actors, playwrights from all over the world together. Also via new media, she has created DETERMINED WOMEN, a monthly feature that interviews women who share stories to encourage and inspire. She has written well over 40 plays, short stories, books and commissions. As the artistic director of AIRPLay and Determined Women, Coni understands the necessity of the creative process especially in times like these... and she is grateful to be able to bring you this work thanks to all of the wonderful artists that contribute!!!!Carrie Wesolowski (Andrea) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS which was a finalist in the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020; and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel. It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay.Byron C. Saunders (Troy) - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge /

Play: Straight Out of the ClosetSynopsis: None, so that the twist isn't revealed. Playwright Long Bio: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Tim: You may have seen Timothy on tour, in NYC, or perhaps more recently in the comfort of your own home via zoom.Actor Long Bio: Brandy Chapman is an actress and singer from Kentucky, having performed in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. Her experience draws from the teachings of Chekov and Stanislavski, as well as her own independent devising of pieces and projects throughout the past ten years. With an MFA from the National University of Ireland in Galway, she has appeared in several Irish television shows including An Klondike and Jack Taylor (both available on Netflix). Recent stage performances include Harvey and South Pacific. Jacqueline Youm is a Senegalese American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also coaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting wails and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues, which you can watch on YouTube. Marina Rebecca Chan is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright (Dramatists Guild member) and producer. A graduate of Columbia University with a Drama & Theatre Arts major and playwriting concentration, Marina went on to conceive and produce the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism panel discussion series at Asia Society and Barnard College, involving theater scholars and professionals—including Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher—examining issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Post-series, Marina refocused on her training in singing (she’s a recipient of Columbia’s Dolan Prize for Voice), dance (professional credits include Il Re Pastore in the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and the Family Matters Series at Dance Theater Workshop) and acting. Marina also completed a rigorous rewrite of her play Elizabeth’s Wonderland, two readings of which (one staged and one on Zoom) she has produced, cast, directed and starred in. Recently, her Covid play Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow was Zoom produced by Little & Fierce Theatre Company. marinachan.com

“I Drive Killer 65” is the central piece of a collection of short plays called, appropriately, I Drive Killer 65 and Other Stories.” The plays address male/female relationships from a variety of angles. This play is named for Ohio River Boulevard, Route 65, a major commuting route from the northern suburbs to Downtown Pittsburgh. Once one of the most dangerous roads in Pennsylvania, its drivers bore the bumper sticker “Pray for Me – I Drive Killer 65.”In “I Drive Killer 65,” Woman has left her home in San Francisco to follow Man to Pittsburgh, where he has taken a very good job. The struggle of the long drive from coast to almost coast, coupled with the uniquely challenging driving conditions in Pittsburgh, the play uses the couple’s driving habits and vehicle choices to show a relationship on the brink.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Woman) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS which was 1 of 11 finalists in Playbill’s VTF Live and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WP3ZVOAaY&t=355s It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. She would like to thank the playwright Marjorie Stewart and the actors who helped bring this to life.Timothy Regan (Man) is a graduate of Kean University, and worked on several national tours upon graduating. Timothy is a seasoned TV, film, and stage actor and now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms! https://www.timothy-regan.com/Christy Donahue (Narrator/Co-Host) Acting is a lifelong love for Christy, who first stepped onstage at the age of 11. Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. Favorite credits include Carol Grady in Brooke and Carly, Evy Meara in Neil Simon’s The Gingerbread Lady, Karen in Dinner with Friends, and Annette in God of Carnage.Marjorie Stewart (Playwright)Marjorie Stewart teaches English composition, journalism, and creative writing at Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia. She holds a PhD in English composition from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and MFA in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh, and a BA in English literature from Duquesne University. Marjie is a playwright with 21 productions of her work, mostly in the Pittsburgh area, where she had a production in each of the first 10 years of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. She has had three plays produced at Glenville State College: Winter Solstice, Murder at Musty Meadows Manor, and Till Death Do Us Part. She's also a painter known as Max Stewart working with acrylics. See her work at www.maxstewartpaints.com.

Karen Hartman is a writer, voice over performer, singer, actress, comedienne, composer, lyricist librettist and designer. (Catch your breath)She started out as an opera singer, winning the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Auditions on the West Coast. Unable to keep a straight face with opera, she wrote a stand up act and decided to get into the comedy world. While at world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, she developed a one-and-a-half woman show, Diva Takes a Dive, which she toured around the country.Karen has written and performed musical theatre, comedy material, music and lyrics for several musicals, HBO Comedy Specials, Showtime, and nationally syndicated television. She has appeared and starred in many movies and television series. She has also written and composed for the Emmy Award-winning children's television show Zoobilee Zoo, in which she starred as a half human cockatoo with Ben Vereen. Karen a proud member of The Dramatists Guild, National Board of Review, Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She is also the honored winner of Caroline’s Comedy Competition as “The Funniest Woman in America” and L.A. First Class as “The Best of the Best”! Karen lives loves and laughs with her husband in New York City, and is currently developing a new rock 'n opera fusion musical inspired by her true story, Rock Me Mama.

Synopsis:Dale, an artist who loves Donatello, looks forward to entering the race-walk, not realizing she has mistaken the date, while Fred puts his trust in magic.Bios:Christy Donahue:Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. As always, she’s happy to be reunited with Tim on the virtual stage.Timothy Regan:A seasoned TV, film, and stage actor Timothy now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms! Tim is extremely excited to, once again, join forces with Christy on this piece. Shirley King:Shirley King's plays and monologues have been produced in the US, The UK, Canada, Scotland and Korea. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

Synopsis:A new teacher at Happy Hill Pre-K discovers philosophical differences with an experienced associate: Should the children be taught World Peace or “The Farmer In The Dell?” The dispute escalates, ending as the two discover sisterhood in their common rejection of the minimum-wage child-care jobs.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Erica) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and Off Broadway/theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent credits include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS which was 1 of 11 finalists in Playbill’s VTF Live and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival. Carrie's most recent project was playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WP3ZVOAaY&t=355s It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. Carrie would like to thank the playwright Dean Bevan and the actors who helped bring this to life. Marina Rebecca Chan (Linda) is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright (Dramatists Guild member) and producer. A graduate of Columbia University with a Drama & Theatre Arts major and playwriting concentration, Marina went on to conceive and produce the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism panel discussion series at Asia Society and Barnard College, involving theater scholars and professionals—including Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher—examining issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Post-series, Marina refocused on her training in singing (she’s a recipient of Columbia’s Dolan Prize for Voice), dance (professional credits include Il Re Pastore in the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and the Family Matters Series at Dance Theater Workshop) and acting. Marina also completed a rigorous rewrite of her play Elizabeth’s Wonderland, two readings of which (one staged and one on Zoom) she has produced, cast, directed and starred in. Currently, she’s in rehearsals for a Zoom staged reading of her play Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, set during Covid and produced by the Little & Fierce Theatre Company; you can catch the performance live on YouTube Monday, March 29th at 7 pm. marinachan.comTimothy Regan (Mr Evans) is a graduate of Kean University and worked on several national tours upon graduating. Timothy is a seasoned TV, film, and stage actor and now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms! https://www.timothy-regan.com/Jacqueline Youm (Mother) is a Senegalese-American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also coaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting screams and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMP7Wn5hXuo…Christy Donahue (AirPlay Co-Host) Acting is a lifelong love for Christy, who first stepped onstage at the age of 11. Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. Favorite credits include Carol Grady in Brooke and Carly, Evy Meara in Neil Simon’s The Gingerbread Lady, Karen in Dinner with Friends, and Annette in God of Carnage.

“Layers” by ConiKoepfinger is a play about life...It’s origin and it’s destination. It was commissioned as a collaborative effort at Cosmic Orchid’s “ Voire Dire Project 2.0 “ for the Conscious Glass Residency .https://m.facebook.com/cosmicorchid/Bios: Brandy Chapman is an actress and singer from Kentucky, having performed in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. Her experience draws from the teachings of Chekov and Stanislavski, as well as her own independent devising of pieces and projects throughout the past ten years. With an MFA from the National University of Ireland in Galway, she has appeared in several Irish television shows including An Klondike and Jack Taylor (both available on Netflix). Recent stage performances include Harvey and South Pacific.Claude Isbell started out as a child actor, doing both TV commercials and theater from the age of 4. He and his sister did model work as well al over NYC. Appearing in the New York Times magazine and many others. He was a musician and songwriter in NYC, before going into business. After studying acting with teachers such as Austin Pendleton he has recently gotten the Theater and Film bug back, and is making a Web Series called CYRUS that is in pre-production. During the Strawberry One-Act Festival his “Making-Of” film garnered him a “Best Director” nomination.CARRIE WESOLOWSKI (Director/Susan Sanders): Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and Off Broadway/theatre productions (at venues such as The Players Club, Theatre for the New City, Expanded Arts, Julia’s Reading Room). Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie film actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting and performing on AirPlay, acting and directing various pieces. Carrie’s recent credits include Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS as Director/Actor (Destiny) which was 1 of 15 finalists in Playbill’s VTF Live. SIMON SAYS can currently be seen streaming worldwide until February 28, 2021 as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival where you can purchase an online festival pass and vote for SIMON SAYS: https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-…​

Writer's Block Radio Hour present 'Nostalgia'. Writers Glen Dickson, Vivian Lermond, Peter Mohan, Aine King, D Lee Miller, Lucy Wang, Tony Vale, Wayne Jay, Arianna Rose, Coni Koepfinger and Derek J Brown. Performers Harold Yarborough, Ethan Lennon, Kyle Holland, Zoey Anastassiou, Dave Collins and Jack G Hyman. Music by Carol Laula. WBRH was curated and produced by Glen Dickson.

Written by Shirley KingPerformed by Padmini SukumaranSynopsis:Kate thinks she needs a good lawyer...But is that really what will help her move forward? After all, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Bio: Padmini Sukumaran is well-versed in Drama and Theatre: from various Angles and Dimensions! She has an English Literature Doctorate and wrote her Dissertation partially on the Shakespearean depiction of the Baroque-Metaphor, "The World is a Stage" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Padmini has performed as Shelly in Chelsea Repertory Company's production of Michael Weller's Moonchildren and in the Lead-Role of Sally in HB Studio's production of Harold Pinter's Absurdist-Play, Night School. She has trained in Acting and Musical-Theatre at the HB Studio and The Acting Studio - New York and takes Private Acting and Voice Lessons. Padmini truly enjoys continuing to train in Acting and Musical-Theatre; and believes from the bottom-of-her-heart that training is a lifelong endeavor! She also deems that Drama is a beautiful vehicle for channeling our Psychological-Vulnerability: both the light and the dark.Shirley King's plays and monologues have been produced in the US, The UK, Canada, Scotland and Korea. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and The International Center for Women Playwrights.

Mary Tierney started her professional acting career in 1971 in Dublin at Ireland’s National Theater, The Abbey’s experimental wing, The Peacock and from that continued to work for five years in Ireland; culminating in Dublin’s first rock musical, Stephanie by Emerson college graduate, Russell Mason. Upon returning to New York, her role as Josie, in Walter Macken’s Home is the Hero which ran for six months as the Irish Arts Center. The success of that play has a ripple effect; Moss Cooney, Cork city immigrant restaurant entrepreneur, built a theater above his BillyMunk restaurant on 45th Street just off Second Avenue for the play; redirected by Barbara Loden, thus starting the BillyMunk, non-for-profit resident company.At the suggestion of Barbara, Mary started directing there; a Sean O’Casey One Act Play Festival. From there she branded out to create New York’s first Lunchtime Series at the Quaigh with The Sea Plays of Eugene O’Neill starring William Hickey, Brian Dennehy and Jim DeMarse. Lunchtime continued until 1982 with the highlight being Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape with Billy Hickey. Also at the Quaigh, Mary earned her Actor’s Equity Association membership with British author David Pownall’s Livingston & Sechele in 1983.On a personal note marriage to Dublin born UN peacekeeper in 1985 created a nearly 20 year hiatus in theater as Life became visiting war zones and having the privilege of being in the historic dismantling of apartheid in South Africa; where she lived on and off for two years while the UN sponsored elections made Nelson Mandela President 1994. To witness the effect of post war and democratic elections; 1989 -1990 in Namibia, then South Africa and finally in 1999, East Timor’s struggles and a dramatic defeat, by the UN election team, of Indonesia’s attempt at total sabotage was well worth intermittent acting/directing work. The UN world & the theater world happily collided with her husband’s final mission, UNFICYP, in Cyprus. There, Mufflon Bookshop and The Weaving Mill, brought the newly discovered and published Tennessee Williams collection of short plays, Mister Paradise; a series of one act plays handwritten by a young author, found in the Greek section of a library in Virginia by a Cypriot scholar. A performance of several plays by the British Young Vic Shakespearean touring company in Nicosia 2005. Returning to NYC full time and working with the City of New York’s Department for the Aging Time Banks NYC brought theater work full circle. Theater for the New City (TNC) produced the artistic side of Time Banks NYC and led to today’s Tierney TNC Theater Workshop sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies since 2013. Unencumbered by war zones; theater life has been abundant with TNC Workshop as a base she’s been able to work in independent films and showcase productions of new plays these last half a dozen years.NEW YORK, NY

Susan is not only a single struggling NYC actress but struggling at life and she has even just lost her Mom. Will her visit to a renowned psychicseeking employment bring her much more than she planned and change her fate forever? Can Madame Lily get Susan to trust herself and allow her spirit to rise, so that Susan can overcome her fear of rejection, follow her heart, and finally find true love?BIOS: MARY ELLEN ASHLEY (Madame Lily): Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Producer of Broadway, Television, and Film, Mary Ellen Ashley has been recognized as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. where she was featured in their 2016 edition. Born and presently living in the Big Apple of New York City, Mary Ellen Ashley has spent time living and working throughout the United States, including Los Angeles, California, as well as in Europe. Performing in her very first theatrical role at the age of four on Broadway, playing Laura Thornton in the original cast of 'The Innocent Voyage', she was then cast in 'Annie Get Your Gun' and in the original Broadway cast of 'Yentl'. Ashley has since dedicated her entire career as an Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Producer of Broadway, Television, and Film. Her resume includes many Off-Broadway credits and, most recently, filmed two pilots: 'The Bunny Hole' and 'Americanos'. She's also spent many years in regional theaters, including playing Dolly Levi in 'Hello Dolly' 11 times, and was in 'Music Man', 'Funny Girl', 'Cabaret', 'Best Little Whore House', '42nd Street', 'Fiddler', and 'Gypsy', to name a few. Ashley has been seen on children's television shows on ABC, has headlined in Las Vegas with Eddie Fisher and Andy Williams, opened in New York City for comics Jackie Mason, Rodney Dangerfield, and George Burns, made television appearances on 'Saturday Night Live', and has guest starred on the hit dramas 'Law and Order' and 'Law and Order: SVU'. She's also worked on radio for a variety of soap operas and weekly episodes. Ashley was also featured in the Mel Brooks feature film 'The Producers', as well as several shorts and indie films. As a Producer, she's been involved with 11 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including: 'High Rollers'; 'Angels in America'; 'Marlene'; 'Grace and Glory'; 'Christmas Story'; and the revival of 'Godspell'. Extremely well-known in the community, especially in the theatrical venue, Ashley said that she has relied heavily on being well prepared for each and every job opportunity and through lots and lots of study. "The wonderful reception I've received and the adoration for what I do has motivated me to continue doing what I do," Ashley said about her wonderful career in entertainment. "My rewards have been in the constant work I've been blessed to do in a field that is so ultra-competitive." The wife and mother of two, who is now very successful, credits her family for much of her good fortune in her career. Although she had to make adjustments in order to raise a family and still be able to work, she wouldn't have changed a thing. For more information, visit: www.maryellenashley.comCARRIE WESOLOWSKI (Director/Susan Sanders): Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and Off Broadway/theatre productions (at venues such as The Players Club, Theatre for the New City, Expanded Arts, Julia’s Reading Room). Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie film actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting and performing on AirPlay, acting and directing various pieces. Carrie’s recent credits include Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS as Director/Actor (Destiny) which was 1 of 15 finalists in Playbill’s VTF Live. SIMON SAYS can currently be seen streaming worldwide until February 28, 2021 as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival where you can purchase an online festival pass and vote for SIMON SAYS: https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-film-festival-online...JUAN PEREZ (Dr. Matthew Michaels) Juan studied film, theatre, and acting at New York University, Brooklyn College, and Michael Howard Studios. He has performed in theatrical and cinematic productions for over a decade. Theatrically, he has performed in productions including 'A View from the Bridge,' "Wait Until Dark,' and 'Pulp Shakespeare.' In video productions, Juan parlayed his memorable performance of Bernardo in 'Jose's Place' into the uniquely manic lead in 'La Casa Loca' (Maverick Entertainment). Juan currently produces videos for corporate clients and artists in Los Angeles.

Would Lucy prefer seeing a doctor for cosmetic enhancement or hooking up with Mervyn, a time-traveler eager to transport her back to the forties?Bios:Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. As always, she’s happy to be reunited with Tim on the virtual stage.Tim -A seasoned TV, film, and stage actor Timothy now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms! Tim is extremely excited to, once again, join forces with Christy on this piece.CARRIE WESOLOWSKI (AirPlay Co-Host): Born and raised in NYC, Carrie is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and Off Broadway/theatre productions (at venues such as The Players Club, Theatre for the New City, Expanded Arts, Julia’s Reading Room). Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie film actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. It's always a joy for Carrie co-hosting AirPlay and performing on AirPlay in various projects as an Actor/Director. Carrie’s recent credits include Coni Koepfinger’s SIMON SAYS as Director/Actor (Destiny) which was 1 of 15 finalists in Playbill’s VTF Live. SIMON SAYS can currently be seen streaming worldwide until February 28, 2021 as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival where you can purchase an online festival pass and vote for us:https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-film-festival-online-2021%20

A feisty Emmaline chases the elusive dollar.Bios: Playwright: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Brandy Chapman is an actress and singer from Kentucky, having performed in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. Her experience draws from the teachings of Chekov and Stanislavski, as well as her own independent devising of pieces and projects throughout the past ten years. With an MFA from the National University of Ireland in Galway, she has appeared in several Irish television shows including An Klondike and Jack Taylor (both available on Netflix). Recent stage performances include Harvey and South Pacific.

The pressure is on when you’re a red-nosed reindeer and no one wants to play with you. Who WOULDN’T want to run away and hide for a bit? But then, when Christmas comes, and Santa can’t ride without him, Rudolph needs to trust in his friends to get the help he needs to get back to the North Pole in time.Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. When not acting Christy enjoys other creative pathways, such as mixed media, collage art, and wreath making. An animal advocate, she has 2 rescue cats and a rescue dog and loves being home with them and her husband.Katherine Elliot (SAG-AFTRA) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy’s Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer...,45 Coffee Dates, The Deed Is Done). Serves on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.Claude Isbell-Claude was a child actor doing commercials and theater. He has since gotten the acting bug back, while studying acting and directing with Austin Pendleton. He is in pre-production of his autobiographical web series “CYRUS.”Timothy Regan. You may have seen Timothy on tour, in NYC, or perhaps more recently in the comfort of your own home via zoom.Brandy Chapman is an actor recently seen in productions of South Pacific and Harvey at the Francis Wilson Playhouse, though her acting credits include Irish language productions for TG4: An Klondike, and Jack Taylor (available on Netflix). Currently she has been pursuing other creative outlets in writing and craft-making, and spending more time with her two rescue pets. Artist and Educator, Coni Koepfinger is the host of AIRPLAY, a weekly virtual theatre program now in its 12th season that brings the voices of artists, actors, playwrights from all over the world together. Also via new media, Koepfinger has created DETERMINED WOMEN, a monthly feature that interviews women who share stories to encourage and inspire. In addition to teaching theatre and composition at prominent universities like Carnegie Mellon, Penn State and Point Park University, Koepfinger is an internationally published and produced playwright, theatre theorist, and librettist. Coni is a Media Advisor for the Lifeboat Foundation who recently published her play, Get the Message in their Visions of the Future anthology 2016; a contributing writer for the Center of Conscious Creativity in LA; a Member of The Dramatists Guild, and ; a former board member of the International Center for Women Playwrights; and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Recent work includes three new powerful pieces with her writing partner Joe Izen: including Eve of Beltane -a fresh look at political corruption in the face of ancient Celtic mythology that was given a 29 hr AEA staged reading at Broadway Bound Festival (2019),; Schoolhouse -an ultramodern musical that takes the young victim of a school shooting through a magical journey into an imaginary schoolhouse to find compassion and joy; and the new age musical, Kingdom Come, where technology meets its match in matchmaking with TED, the world's first transhuman who falls in love with boss only to reveal a bigger, brighter picture for all humanity. She has written well over 40 plays, short stories , books and commissions such as Takin’ It Back a ten-minute play for THE ME TOO PROJECT in Harlem, and Playing House a commissioned one-act about Bella Abzug for the UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH WOMEN and Playing Fate which was accepted for New Blood Series at Theatre for the New City. In 2020 Koepfinger work virtually all over, with a new full-length, My Dinner with Mary, which was read online for The Producer’s Circle in March, and will be produced in the Dream Up Festival in 2021 at Theatre for the New City. Simon Says, won placement in PLAYBILL’S Virtual Theatre Festival .

Become the Supraconscious Actor of your life. The one for whom life springs from spiritual intuition.Learn everything you need to become an authentic actor and experience multiple breakthrough transformations in your life.PAD Method - a special workshop with acclaimed Greek Director, Maria Olonwith our On Air Players Zoe Anastassiou and Claude Isbell Introduction andd dad endorsement by NYC Theatre veteran and award-winning director, Jak Prince.BiosZoe Anastassiou -Zoe is a Greek-Aussie British theatre/TV/film/voiceover actress. She was last seen physically on stage in Thomas Walters’ (Julie Walters’ brother) new play Help a Handicapped God Trot Across the Universe at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in NY, and can next be seen physically (once quarantine has lifted) in various new works she is helping develop; British Emma Gibson’s Water in my Hands as part of Miranda Theatre Company’s Liz Smith Reading Series at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, and Jamie Ramburg’s Castles in the Air with Midtown Direct Rep in NJ. In the interim, in Quarantine, Zoe shot a short role in a play adaptation of Emily Bohannon’s Virtue with Cowboy Bear Ninja productions which is soon to be released later this month, and is featured in Howard Pflanzer’s short play Space with Crossways Theatre that just premiered on YouTube. Zoe has been collaborating with various other projects for development and future engagement both for the stage and screen. Zoe can currently be heard as audio drama regular Maddie the 8 yr old CEO on How We Manage Stuff, which was selected and is now featured in the Hear Now Festival online, and, she can be seen daily in her longstanding 365 Blog video series. Learn more at www.zoeanastassiou.comClaude Isbell-Claude was a child actor doing commercials and theater. He has recently gotten the acting bug back, while studying acting and directing with Austin Pendleton. He is in pre-production of his autobiographical web series “CYRUS.Director / Author BioΜaria Olon Tsaroucha is a pioneer in researching philosophical systems that study human nature, personal development and consciousness. She studied theater at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York (AADA) and sociology at Deree College, the American College of Greece. Sher specialized in Shakespearean repertoire and Stanislavsky method at the “Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts” in London. She has attended acting and film directing seminars with Mikhail Ilyenko, dean of the Kiev University of Cinema.She is a member of the NAMA group of the Epi Kolono theater. For nine years she systematically participated in a group of creative writing, literature and Theory of Philosophy at the “Center for Creative Writing and Theater for Conflict Resolution” by the author and activist Christiana Lambrinidis. At the age of thirteen she had published her first book “First steps, first thoughts”. She was awarded by Antonis Samarakis and Costas Tachtsis, as the “youngest Greek writer”. He is the author of the book “Clear empty head” (Eridanus Publications).She created the Magic Room Theater, a group of artists who have inspired and based on the musical-theatrical performances “this is a duck”, “a suspicion on stage”, “Lola΄s Cabaret”, “Reunion”, “Maria in Abundance “,” It’s a Wonder Full World “produced and directed by her.She has worked as an actor in the performances “Trainspotting”, “Bug”, “Sakura”, “The Lunch”, “Mala, the music of the wind”, “Adam and Halima” for the National Opera, “La nonna”, “The janitor of the night”, “Missing people, an interesting life”. Adapted and directed Elena Ferante’s “Days of Abandonment” entitled “The Poor of Naples”, directed “IRAQ, 9 Places of Desire” under the auspices of the Iraqi Embassy, ​​”A to n, when the soul meets the universe “and the performance” Phenomena “under the auspices of the Union of Greek Physicists, the” Dorian Gray Frames “and the presentation of the files” ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS FILE “for the arrival of the ancient Parthenon in Greece, at the Acropolis Museum. He collaborates with the Tango Acropolis Festival and the consulate of Ivory Coast in Greece for charitable purposes.She starred and participated in feature films for the cinema and has worked for Greek television.She participated in TEDXAUEB with the performance “Knowing thyself, the eternal process”. She has been working as an acting coach for twenty-two years. She teaches PAD and Method Acting to professional and amateur actors and performers.She is an assistant member and a collaborator in the Science and Art platform of the Union of Greek PhysicistsShe is a Founding member with Golden membership of the Actors Society of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) and in the advisory board of Lifeboat thinktank as an Artist and Futurist.She is a mother.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maria Olon, the originator of Perceptual Acting and Directing, introduces the use of quantum physics, new trends of psychology, self-awareness, neurolinguistics programming, meditation, empathy, Ethos value system, and acting as tools for a substantial difference and evolution in human consciousness. During her years as an actor, director, and acting teacher, she developed her philosophical and practical approach to a new interpretation of what it means to be an actor in life and on stage. She wrote her first book at the age of thirteen and is acclaimed to be the youngest Greek author ever. She is a founding member of the Actor’s Society of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, a member of the Hellenic Physicist Association and of the Advisory Futurist and Media and Arts Board of Lifeboat foundation. She participated in TEDXAUEB, presenting her work through the performance “Knowing Thyself: The Eternal Process.” She works on helping the vulnerable groups of women and children at war. Her research and study on the supraconscious actor began seventeen years ago and is in progress. Website Info: www.mariaolon.comMaria Olon TsarouchaActor, Director, Educator, AuthorFounder of PAD theory and methodwww.mariaolon.cominfo@mariaolon.compad@mariaolon.com

Theo Herghelegiu is a theatre director, playwright, scriptwriter, lyricist, drama tutor and translator resident in Europe – Romania, Bucharest.She graduated the University of Bucharest - Philology in 92 and the National University of Theatre and Film – Theatre Directing in 98. She also has a MFA in Film Aesthetics, 2013.She directed over 55 shows and she wrote many plays, some of them being staged, either by her or by other Romanian, or foreign directors. She also performed in films and on stage, being awarded for Best Feminine part in The Angel, by Radu Dragomir, 1998. She worked in the field of journalism, acting coaching, scriptwriting and literary translations from English. In 1998 she founded the TEATRUL INEXISTENT private theatre company, which was the first and most active (at the time) independent company in the Romanian post-communist era. She led the company in partnership with a couple of colleagues until 2011 and directed over 20 performances with this company, which were a true avant-garde artistic statement of the decade. She also directed plays by important contemporary authors, like Sibylle Berg, Ronald Schimmelpffening, Lukas Baerfuss, Thomas Bernhardt, Claudine Galea etc, but also Shakespeare, or John Cromwell.She is a fun of Tim Roth and Glenn Close. She loves interacting with people and always considered the performative arts to be about sharing joy – the joy of the togetherness; of discovering those truths that last for maximum 2 seconds… J

Three Women Various By Brian McAvera Three Women Various By Brian McAveraNow. Imagine.Three women, all of whom have been friends since schooldays.Further imagine that each of these three women exists in three separate but parallel universes. In each universe any given woman retains her basic emotional baggage but the circumstances of her life, in terms of job, partner, culture, decisions taken, and so on, will have changed her.Carrie Wesolowski ("Three Women Various" Director/Amelia/Abby/Anne) is a NYC-based actor, director, host, and singer who has appeared in numerous community theatre and off-Broadway productions (at venues such as The Players Club, Theatre for the New City, Expanded Arts), independent film productions, television and international news programs. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie film actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. Carrie's recent projects include acting in and directing “Love, The TV, and Me" at Julia’s Reading Room and directing and acting in Coni Koepfinger’s “Simon Says, “ a finalist in Playbill VTF Live: You can still view "Simon Says" On Demand until December 31, 2020 at; https://vtf.live/simon-says/Recent AirPlay 2020 directing projects include "It Ain't No Sour Cherries for Dinner." Carrie is always happy to be part of AirPlay 2020--this time acting in and directing this all female cast in Brian McAvera's "Three Women Various" exploring the camaraderie of female friendships that make life worth living. Zoe Anastassiou is a Greek-Aussie-British theatre/TV/film/voiceover actress. She was last seen physically on stage in Thomas Walters’ (Julie Walters’ brother) new play Help a Handicapped God Trot Across the Universe at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in NY, and can next be seen physically (once quarantine has lifted) in various new works she is helping develop; British Emma Gibson’s Water in my Hands as part of Miranda Theatre Company’s Liz Smith Reading Series at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, and Jamie Ramburg’s Castles in the Air with Midtown Direct Rep in NJ. In the interim, in quarantine, Zoe shot a small role in a play adaptation of Emily Bohannon’s Virtue featuring Margaret Colin with Cowboy Bear Ninja productions which is currently playing on Broadway on Demand, and has been collaborating with various other projects for development and future engagement both for the stage and screen. Zoe can currently be heard as audio drama regular Maddie the 8 yr old CEO on How We Manage Stuff, and she can be seen daily in her longstanding 365 Blog video series. Learn more at www.zoeanastassiou.com Katherine Elliot (SAG-AFTRA) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy’s Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer...,45 Coffee Dates, The Deed Is Done). Serves on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian Byron’s highlight’s and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development. byroncsaunders2020@aol.com

Three Women Various By Brian McAvera Three Women Various By Brian McAveraNow. Imagine.Three women, all of whom have been friends since schooldays.Further imagine that each of these three women exists in three separate but parallel universes. In each universe any given woman retains her basic emotional baggage but the circumstances of her life, in terms of job, partner, culture, decisions taken, and so on, will have changed her.Carrie Wesolowski ("Three Women Various" Director/Amelia/Abby/Anne) is a NYC-based actor, director, host, and singer who has appeared in numerous community theatre and off-Broadway productions (at venues such as The Players Club, Theatre for the New City, Expanded Arts), independent film productions, television and international news programs. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted “Movie Talk Show” from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, giving indie film actors, writers, and directors a platform for their work. Carrie's recent projects include acting in and directing “Love, The TV, and Me" at Julia’s Reading Room and directing and acting in Coni Koepfinger’s “Simon Says, “ a finalist in Playbill VTF Live: You can still view "Simon Says" On Demand until December 31, 2020 at; https://vtf.live/simon-says/Recent AirPlay 2020 directing projects include "It Ain't No Sour Cherries for Dinner." Carrie is always happy to be part of AirPlay 2020--this time acting in and directing this all female cast in Brian McAvera's "Three Women Various" exploring the camaraderie of female friendships that make life worth living. Zoe Anastassiou is a Greek-Aussie-British theatre/TV/film/voiceover actress. She was last seen physically on stage in Thomas Walters’ (Julie Walters’ brother) new play Help a Handicapped God Trot Across the Universe at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in NY, and can next be seen physically (once quarantine has lifted) in various new works she is helping develop; British Emma Gibson’s Water in my Hands as part of Miranda Theatre Company’s Liz Smith Reading Series at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, and Jamie Ramburg’s Castles in the Air with Midtown Direct Rep in NJ. In the interim, in quarantine, Zoe shot a small role in a play adaptation of Emily Bohannon’s Virtue featuring Margaret Colin with Cowboy Bear Ninja productions which is currently playing on Broadway on Demand, and has been collaborating with various other projects for development and future engagement both for the stage and screen. Zoe can currently be heard as audio drama regular Maddie the 8 yr old CEO on How We Manage Stuff, and she can be seen daily in her longstanding 365 Blog video series. Learn more at www.zoeanastassiou.com Katherine Elliot (SAG-AFTRA) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy’s Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer...,45 Coffee Dates, The Deed Is Done). Serves on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian Byron’s highlight’s and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development. byroncsaunders2020@aol.com

An elderly and hard-of-hearing couple is visited by the Grim Reaper, complete with the usual accouterments of hood, scythe, and imminent death.They mistake him for (variously) a magazine salesman, a Jehovah’sWitness, a Weight Watchers associate, a shepherd (due to the “shepherd’s thingy” he carries), an escort service representative, a car salesman, and a gangster hit man, but offer him oatmeal cookies and tea as they continue to misunderstand everything he says. In total frustration, the Grim Reaper gives up, wishes them a long life, and departs.Bios –Claude Isbell Claude started out as a child actor, doing both TV commercials and theater from the age of 4. He and his sister did model work as well al over NYC. Appearing in the New York Times magazine and many others. He was a musician and songwriter in NYC, before going into business. After studying acting with teachers such as Austin Pendleton he has recently gotten the Theater and Film bug back, and is making a Web Series called CYRUS that is in pre-production. During the Strawberry One-Act Festival his “Making-Of” film garnered him a “Best Director” nomination.Brandy ChapmanBrandy is from Kentucky and currently producing in Florida as an actor. Recent credits include South Pacific, and Harvey during the 90th season at Francis Wilson Playhouse. Christy DonahueChristy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream. Timothy ReganTim is a graduate of Kean University, has done several Airplay readings and is always excited to return. You may have heard him most recently on Judging Quilts. Other Airplay appearances include Unspoken Acts, Down with the Kindle, and Bad House. Hope you enjoy tonight's reading of In The Garden.

Hosted by Coni Koepfinger and Brandy ChapmanJoan Kane (director/producer/dramaturg/writer/actor) is the founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus.Selected workJoan Kane directed Sycorax at HERE, Play Nice! at 59e59 theaters, I Know What Boys Want at Theatre Row, Six Characters in Search of an Author in Oslo, Norway and Kafka’s Belinda in Prague. She also directed both Safe and what do you mean at 59e59 theaters and in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, getting four star reviews for each.Awards and honorsJoan was awarded Best Director in the 2016 United Solo Festival where she has directed six pieces. Joan was named lone of the 2011 People of the Year in honor of her contributions to the NY theatre scene and inducted to the Indie Theatre Hall of Fame by nytheatre.com. Her shows have been nominated for 61 awards, winning 21Selected other workJoan has also directed plays and readings at the Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Urban Stages, Workshop Theater, Nylon Fusion, Articulate Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Oberon Theatre, the Samuel French Short Play Festival, the Actors Studio, T. Schreiber Studio, the Broadway Bound festival and many others.EducationJoan graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse and has an MFA in Directing from The New School and an MS in Museum Education from Bank Street College. Career ArcEarly in her career she was an Equity, AFTRA and SAG actress. She later became a teaching artist for Henry St Settlement, Young Playwrights and Theatre for a New Audience. Joan went on to teach in New York City Public Schools where she was also a staff developer and at Fordham University as an adjunct professor for both under graduate and graduate classes.MembershipsJoan is a member of The New York Madness Company, Rising Sun Performance Company, The Episcopal Actors’ Guild, the League of Independent Theatre, the Dramatists Guild, New York Women In Film and Television and the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers. She is a voting member for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards Artistic Achievement committee and a Nominator for the Kilroys List. Joan is also an ex-officio Vice President for Programming on the Executive Board of Directors of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, presents the 185th episode of THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST. Episode Topic:  “Interview with Playwright Coni Koepfinger" https://www.howtowriteplays.com/playwriting-coaching https://www.howtowriteplays.com/script-consultation https://www.howtowriteplays.com/how-to-selfproduce-your-own-play https://www.manhattanrep.com/stories-film-festival-online-2021 Email: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com

A play about choices, knowledge, and being careful what you ask for.Bios –Claude IsbellClaude started out as a child actor, doing both TV commercials and theater from the age of 4. He and his sister did model work as well al over NYC. Appearing in the New York Times magazine and many others. He was a musician and songwriter in NYC, before going into business. After studying acting with teachers such as Austin Pendleton he has recently gotten the Theater and Film bug back, and is making a Web Series called CYRUS that is in pre-production. During the Strawberry One-Act Festival his “Making-Of” film garnered him a “Best Director” nomination.Brandy ChapmanBrandy is from Kentucky and currently producing in Florida as an actor. Recent credits include South Pacific, and Harvey during the 90th season at Francis Wilson Playhouse. Christy DonahueChristy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings - in person, online, and via livestream.Timothy ReganTim is a graduate of Kean University, has done several Airplay readings and is always excited to return. You may have heard him most recently on Judging Quilts. Other Airplay appearances include Unspoken Acts, Down with the Kindle, and Bad House. Hope you enjoy tonight's reading of In The Garden.

SYNOPSIS:Gerald Thomson, an ex-stuntman in his early 70s, is now the special client of a hospital facility, in Calabria region, South Italy. He is in a wheelchair, as a result of a work accident. Louis, his son, flies from N.Y. to Calanzaro in order to bring his father home--not only because he’s getting married, but also because the medical care in the Italian hospital is rather poor. Gerald stubbornly refuses to get back home.The funny, yet dramatic conflict which arises between the two, reaches a climax when Gerald tells Louis that he is not his biological father. A series of small unfortunate events takes place, culminating with an accident, when Louis kills Maria, his dad’s much younger and beautiful friend. Taking advantage of the fact that Gerald’s brain seems to have been a bit affected lately, Louis calls in the accident, telling the hospital’s personnel that his father is the one who killed Maria.SHORT BIOS:Joe Anania (Gerald Thomson) Joe Anania is a NYC-based actor who was trained as an acting teacher in the Sanford Meisner Technique by Philip Gushee who was one of the founding members of the Neighborhood Playhouse. His acting credits include work on the “Sopranos”, “Law and Order” as well as films, national commercials and theater, performing in contemporary plays, as well as plays by Ionesco, Chekhov and Moliere. Joe recently acted in two One-Act Plays in New York, “The Bear” by Anton Chekhov and “Penguin Blues” by Etan Phillips. Joe was the founding member of two theatre companies in New York City: “Performers Ensemble” and “Inner Visions Theater Company.” Joe’s recent One Man-Show “Split Decision” premiered at the Cherry Grove Theatre, He has maintained his own acting studio since 1993 (ananiastudio.com) PS I was one of his students. Juan Perez (Louis)Juan studied film, theater, and acting at New York University, Brooklyn College, and Michael Howard Studios. He has performed in theatrical and cinematic productions for over a decade. Theatrically, he has performed in productions including ‘A View from the Bridge,’ ‘Wait Until Dark,’ and ‘Pulp Shakespeare.’ In video productions, Juan parlayed his memorable performance as Bernardo in ‘Jose’s Place,’ into the uniquely manic lead in ‘La Casa Loca’(Maverick Entertainment). Juan currently produces videos for corporate clients and artists in Los Angeles.Christy Donahue (Maria/Carla)Christy’s acting credits span traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, commercial and film work, and staged readings (in person, online, and via livestream). Favorite credits include Carol Grady in Brooke and Carly (available on YouTube), Evy Meara in Neil Simon’s The Gingerbread Lady, Karen in Dinner with Friends, and Annette in God of Carnage.Playwright Theo HerghelegiuTheo is a theatre director, playwright, actress and translator, resident in Europe – Romania, Bucharest, with over 20 years experience in Performing Arts, 28 years experience in Creative Writing, Translations, Interpreting and Tutoring, and has had an interesting experience in Journalism. She is also a representative figure with the Romanian Independent Director Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based actor, director, host, and singer who has appeared in numerous off-Broadway, community theatre, independent film productions, television and international news programs. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio and did advanced work at the Anania Studio. She hosted “Movie Talk Show” for three years. Carrie recently acted in and directed “Love, The TV, and Me at Julia’s Reading Room. Carrie’s latest project is directing and acting in Coni Koepfinger’s “Simon Says, “ a finalist in Playbill VTF Live: https://vtf.live/simon-says/ Carrie is happy to be directing Theo Herghelegiu’s “Ain’t No Sour Cherries For Dinner” and guiding the actors in finding the comedy amidst the pathos.

udging Quits by Trish AyersHosted by Coni Koepfinger and Christy DonahueCarrie Wesolowski: Carrie is a NYC-based actor, director, host, and singer who has appeared in numerous off-Broadway, community theatre, independent film productions, television and international news programs. She hosted “Movie Talk Show” for three years. Carrie’s latest project is directing and acting in Coni Koepfinger’s “Simon Says, “ a finalist in Playbill VTF Live: https://vtf.live/simon-says/ Carrie is happy to be reading “Betty” —Trish Ayer’s character of Betty trying to help anyone in need clearly resonated with Carrie when reading the script. CHRISTY DONAHUE: Christy is excited, as always, to be performing with AirPlay. Her credits include traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, and some screen work.TIMOTHY REGAN: A regular with the AirPlay 2020 Players. Previous Airplay credits include Unspoken Acts, Down With Kindle, and Going Up

udging Quits by Trish AyersHosted by Coni Koepfinger and Christy DonahueCarrie Wesolowski: Carrie is a NYC-based actor, director, host, and singer who has appeared in numerous off-Broadway, community theatre, independent film productions, television and international news programs. She hosted “Movie Talk Show” for three years. Carrie’s latest project is directing and acting in Coni Koepfinger’s “Simon Says, “ a finalist in Playbill VTF Live: https://vtf.live/simon-says/ Carrie is happy to be reading “Betty” —Trish Ayer’s character of Betty trying to help anyone in need clearly resonated with Carrie when reading the script. CHRISTY DONAHUE: Christy is excited, as always, to be performing with AirPlay. Her credits include traditional theater, interactive dinner theater, and some screen work.TIMOTHY REGAN: A regular with the AirPlay 2020 Players. Previous Airplay credits include Unspoken Acts, Down With Kindle, and Going Up