Ken Tirado has been associated with SVPT since its first season in 1979. He has acted, directed, and designed for over 45 years. Ken, for over a decade, directed “Ferry Plays” for Sundog Theatre, and last year directed and designed “Tally’s Folly” here at Sea View. Ken hosts “Staten Island Arts Talk” for MakerParkRadio and is currently on the Board of the Staten Island Arts.

Gabrielle Canci is a Staten Island/NYC–based actor, director, and writer. Her recent directing credits include Suddenly Last Summer at Sea View Playwright's Theatre, The Elevator Game by Helene Montagna (Women’s Playwright Collective’s Sixth Annual Not Forgotten Play Festival, Winner, Audience Pick), and Jesus Burger: A Radio Play with Sundog Theatre. She will next direct Sylvia by A.R. Gurney at Seaview in 2026. As an actor, Gabrielle has appeared in The Cherry Orchard, Intimate Apparel, Once Upon a Time: A Radio Play, Angels in America, Parts One and Two, The Rose Tattoo, All My Sons, Emporium: A Radio Play, and A View from the Bridge. Her performance work informs her directing, grounding it in physicality, rhythm, and the lived experience of the actor. Her original play, The Property of Dr. Lana Lee Lewis, will be presented in the Women’s Playwright Collective with Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company as part of the Not Forgotten Play Festival in August 2026.

McKenna McQueen is a New York City based theatre artist and arts administrator with a degree in Theatre Arts from Flagler College. McKenna is excited to be working with Sea View Playwright's Theatre again. Recent productions include Ace in the Hole (Director), The Imaginary Invalid (Assistant Stage Manager), Separate Loads (Director), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Assistant Stage Manager), About What Matters (Stage Manager), We’re Still Standing or Whatever Elton John Said (Artistic Director/Director), Rice Water (Stage Manager), Cabaret 2023: The House We Live In (Assistant Director/Performer), Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Assistant Director(ACTF Region IV Student Director Nominee)) Folktails (Assistant Director), Suddenly, Last Summer (Co-Stage Manager), Lights Over Kansas (Stage Manager), Stop Kiss (Assistant Director/Stage Manager), You Exist Too Loud (Director/Producer), Limefest 2025 (Associate Producer), The Blind Date (Director), Summer is Temporary (Director), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Stage Manager). The Seagull (Stage Manager). She would like to thank Gabrielle Canci and Ken Tirado for this experience.

Michael Somogyi is SVPT's Master Electrician and resident Lighting Designer. He has designed lights for many shows here over the past years and is always happy to be involved and a part of the Sea View Playwright's Theatre team.

Nora Shvartsberg is ecstatic to be a part of this talented production as the lead costume designer as she is incredibly passionate about vintage fashion/period pieces. Nora is also a professional model, local actor, and stylist. She dabbles in many mediums and when she’s not performing, she owns her Brand by Nora.s offering services in styling, wardrobe and modeling coaching. Recent costume design and assistance includes Once the Musical (Little Victory Theatre) assistant on Vita & Virginia (Sea View Playwright’s), Pinkalicious the musical (Illuminart), Suddenly Last Summer (Sea View Playwright’s), and assistant costume designer The Rise and Fall of Falstaff (Ghostlight Players). She is grateful to be a part of assisting this production and cultivating a fashionable vision come to life! Thank you Gabrielle and Ken, cast and crew for your creative trust! @by.nora.s

Vincent Lane is an instructor with New York Combat for Stage and Screen (NYCSS) and is thrilled to help bring this production to life! He loves to blend his wealth of martial arts training and experience with physical storytelling. Most recently he has worked on: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (SIST,) Romeo and Juliet (Wagner College Theater,) She Kills Monsters (Brooklyn Poly Prep,) City of Angels (Wagner College Theatre,) As You Like It (SIST,) Patriots (Sonia Friedman Productions, Weapon Safety Director,) The Cherry Orchard (SIST,) Come Here, Sweet Boy (SOOP Festival 2023), Macbeth (The Meade School), She Kills Monsters (SIST,) Man in the Iron Mask-(Hudson Classical Theatre,) and The Addams Family (Bedford Community Theatre.)