The Brutal Fucking Death of the Drunkard, the Immigrant, the Durable, the Juggernaut; "Iron" Mike Malloy by Klae Bainter Creative

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Playwright
Klae Bainter
Klae Bainter (he/him) is a Seattle based playwright & essayist who is currently in the final year of his playwrighting MFA at Ohio University. His plays use poetic language to examine the grotesque nature of people, their values, and the spaces they hold sacred. He’s developed work with Cleveland Drafts Literary Festival (2018), and even did a little performing with Manhattan Project (Cleveland, Ohio). His play “Bullshit” was part of the 2019 NEOMFA Playwrights’ Festival at Convergence Continuum (Cleveland, Ohio). He has had essays and poetry published with Barnhouse Journal, Piff Magazine, Signal Mountain Review, and others, with work forthcoming from Invisible City Journal.  Klae received his BA (cum laude) in English Literature, with a Creative Writing focus from the University of Washington. Currently, he lives in Athens, Ohio, with an obnoxious orange cat. His thesis play is dedicated to the memory of James Livingston & Willy Hoffmannbeck.
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Director
Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson (Director) is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Boise, Idaho. He is currently a PhD Student at Ohio University’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts on the Scholar/Artist track. Sam holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Alabama and a BA in Theatre Arts from Furman University. www.sam-nelson.net
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Dramaturg
Tyler Everett Adams
Tyler Everett Adams (he/they) is a scholar/artist pursuing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts, who proudly considers himself a theater generalist. He is also directing Steven Strafford’s The Model Congressman in this PlayFest. Tantrum Theater: Spring Awakening (Dramaturg), This is Not What I Expected When I Imagined a Republic (Assistant Director), Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Director). Ohio University: Book of Ruth (Director), Vibrancy Improv Show (Co-Director). Other Directing: Night Vision (Brooklyn College), The God of Hell (Montgomery College). Recent acting Work: Mister/Ossifer in PassOver, The Man in Bike Wreck, Yeffim in Uncle Vanya, and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Other favorite previous roles: Actor Five in BootyCandy (Montgomery College), Jason McConnell in Bare: a Pop Opera (Clandestine Arts), The Young Collector in A Streetcar Named Desire (Little Theater of Alexandria), Willard in Footloose!, Leo in The Producers (Sandy Spring Theater Group), The Emcee in Cabaret (Schultz Theater), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Schultz Theater), and Will Thomas in Unto These Hills: A Retelling in Cherokee, North Carolina. Tyler holds a MA in Theater with a focus in Dramaturgy from Ohio University, and a dual BFA in Acting/ BA in Theater from CUNY-Brooklyn College.
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Stage Manager
Kyrsten Mazzaferro
Kyrsten Mazzaferro (she/they), Stage Manager. 4th year BFA Stage Management Ohio University. Deck Manager: 13 things I Love/Hate about you and Shower Thoughts, both Ohio University ASM: Spring Awakening, Tantrum Theatre. People, Places and Things, Ohio University. She Kills Monsters, Ohio University. Sunny Days, Ohio University
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Assistant Stage Manager
Rylee Lee
Rylee Lee is a second year Choral Music Education student minoring in Stage Management. This is her first show as an ASM, and she has faced the challenges that come with it head on. Break legs folks!
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Assistant Dramaturg
Hannah Rutkowski
Hannah Rutkowski (she/her), Assistant Dramaturg. BFA Acting, Certificate in Entrepreneurship. Ohio University '23. Ohio University Theatre: (Principal Miller/Ensemble) Blood at the Root by Dominique Morrisseau dir. Tiffany Nicole Greene; (Girl/Time) Everybody by Branden Jacob-Jenkins dir. Roberto Di Donato. Other: (Amalia Balash) She Loves Me dir. Robert Burns; (Tina/Hurt/Garreth/Deputy) Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nyugen dir. Avery McDonald.
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Sound Designer
Angela Joy Baldasare
Sound Design Credits: Alice in Slasherland at Ohio University dir. Heather Harris & Avery McDonald, Stupid Fucking Bird at Columbus State Community College dir. Frank Barnhart. Co-Sound Design Credits: The Martha Mitchell Effect at Ohio University dir. Andrea J. Dymond. Acting Credits: You Can't Trust the Male Laura Spivey at Ohio University dir. David Haugen, Margaret May Alice in Slasherland at Ohio University dir. Heather Harris & Avery McDonald, Marty Mitchell The Martha Mitchell Effect Ohio University dir. Andrea J. Dymond, Mash Stupid Fucking Bird at Columbus State Community College dir. Frank Barnhart, Critic #1 Puss in Boots at Actors Theater of Columbus dir. Adam Simon & Phillip Hickman
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Costume Designer
Mandy Casterline
Amanda "Mandy" Casterline is an MFA Costume Design first year student at Ohio University who has worked on both theatre and film productions. Recent credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Costume Design & Box Office Manager), She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (Costume Design, Original Art, & Box Office Manager), Dead Mans Cell Phone (Costume Design & Box Office Manager), I Pagliacci (Costume Design), 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress (Costume Design), Bodies of Water (Film, Effects makeup), The Fantasticks (Costume Design), Guys and Dolls (Costume Design), Violet (Costume Design), Turandot (Makeup & Wigs), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Design), Stop Kiss (Makeup effects and Wardrobe Supervisor), Hansel and Gretel (First Hand), and Mining for Ruby (Feature Film, Costume Assistant).
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Assistant Technical Director
Jaxon Meadows
MA, Theater Management, Ohio University Technical Directing: Iron Mike Malloy, Big Love, Pluto. Assistant Technical Director: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Absentia, Everybody, Men on Boats, Cosi fan tutte. Carpenter: In the Next Room, Cabaret, She kills Monsters, Mamma Mia, 365 Days/365 Plays, The Wolves, Romeo & Juliet, Failure: A Love Story, Top Girls, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Silent Sky. Other: River City Players, Ohio Valley Summer Theater. Jaxon has a BFA from Ohio University.