Alex started Starna Productions in the early 2000s, named after his great-grandfather’s original name before it was changed to Stern (the immigration officers couldn’t understand what his grandfather was saying) when he came over to the U.S. from Eastern Europe in the early 1900s. His early projects were “Love Scenes and War Games,” a night of rock bands, and a puppet show called “Band Fights”. Starna held several screenplay and play readings, one at Oregon Shakespeare, and co-produced the ninety-nine song soundtrack for the occupy movement “Occupy this Album”. Starna co-produced the award winning independent feature film “The Incoherents”, now available on Amazon, for which a script is being adapted for episodic television. He's currently working on a documentary project by Starna about his father, legendary illustrator Robert Grossman. 2019 brought a book launch event at the Society of Illustrators for his father’s Eisner nominated graphic novel “Life on the Moon” and a handful of music videos for various artists. Last summer Alex's one-act play “Hallucy” enjoyed a sold-out extended run at the Chain Theatre. He plans to make a short film entitled “Runglish” later this summer and a short film adaptation of “Hallucy” soon after.

Philip Cruise is a New York-based actor, writer and director who formed Thin Duke Productions in 2003. His directorial credits include TWELFTH NIGHT (or WHAT YOU WILL), the political comedy KING GEORGE II, BRIGHT DAY, Mac Wellman"s 7 BLOWJOBS, two by Dean Haspiel: THE LAST BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD, and THE WAR OF WOO, and Adam Szymkowicz's THE SEX WRITER, all produced by Thin Duke. Philip was a staff writer and Voice Artist on the Gemini CollisionWorks Sci-Fi Podcast LIFE WITH ALTHAAR for three seasons. He served as Associate Producer on Sparkplug Productions award-winning CLOWN BAR 2 and last years' FAT CAT KILLERS, both directed by Andrew Block and written by Adam Szymkowicz. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Bernadette, and daughter Catherine.

Ed has worked consistently as an off-off Broadway actor/producer in NYC with The Habitual Theatre Company, The Attic Show, Sparkplug Productions, and Thin Duke Productions. He has also worked at ArtsConnection for almost as long fighting for and supporting arts programming in the NYC public school system. He is a graduate of the SUNY Purchase Acting Program. Thank you for joining us for this production and thank you for fostering new work.

Seth has produced with Thin Duke Productions since the world premiere of The Last Bar at the End of the World in 2018. Seth's stage credits include Othello, King Lear, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Antony and Cleopatra, Girl Gone, The Maids, and Richard III. Film: Starship Troopers, TAR, Courage Under Fire, Still Alice, Teen Wolf:The Movie, Lady of the Lake, Joey Breaker. TV: Oz, Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead, The Wire.

Thomas Gordon is the owner and Artistic Director of The Gene Frankel Theatre and the Artistic Director of The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company. Before moving to New York Thomas worked as a director, actor, lighting designer, sound designer and theater teacher in both Virginia and California. He is the leader of the motley crew of artists at The Gene Frankel Theatre and a fighter for love and art in New York City.  With each new project he challenges himself to be artistically dangerous & fearless… to push his limits further than they have been pushed before.  If you want to see some action, attraction & passion then just watch!  Thomas is a storyteller and a master of love, blood & rhetoric…  & The Gene Frankel Theatre is his home. Directing credits include You Are Not Alone, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The House of Bernada Alba, Of Mice & Men, Medea, Arsene Lupin VS Sherlock Holmes, Let's Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and more. 

Melinoe Elizabeth has been a professional stage manager in New York since 2019, working throughout the five boroughs and the state on a variety of new and established works. Selected credits include: The Sex Writer, The War of Woo, The Vagrant Trilogy, and SITP's production of As You Like It. Outside of theatre, they are completing the process of becoming a licensed mortician. FDT, free Palestine.

Karl Bourke is a creative director, content producer, writer and sometime, painter. He has worked most extensively as a Creative Director for linear television, conceiving, managing and executing national cross-platform promotions and marketing campaigns for many of TV’s signature brands, most recently for Comedy Central, Paramount+.“Art’s Break” for Bravo and “Independent Focus” with Elvis Mitchell for IFC.  He is the director of the feature-length documentary “Andrew Geller:  A Spatial Encounter”.  His commercial work includes national campaigns for Edge Creative, Campbell, Mithun, Esty, Door #2 and McCann Erickson As a painter he has work in both public and private collections in the US and UK, most notably the collection of His Royal Highness, King Charles III. He enjoys film, art, travel, gardening, soccer, running, literature, music, interior design and cooking, but not all at the same time.

Abby Citarella is a New York-based costume designer. She is delighted to work with The Milford Theatre! Her recent productions include Costume designer, Fiddler on The Roof (Milford Theater) Costume Designer, Jekyll and Hyde (Old Library Theatre), Assistant Costume Designer Waiting for Godot (Colonial Theatre), and Assistant Costume Designer Cabaret (Surflight). She would like to thank her family and friends for their support!

Jeff Kushner is a Sound Designer and Editor whose work spans film, television, and live performance. His notable screen credits include Sling Blade, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Young Sheldon, and Orange Is the New Black. Jeff’s roots in NYC live sound began nearly four decades ago, mixing Front-of-House for Jerry Herman’s 1989 revue at The Rainbow Room. Also a classically trained actor, Jeff studied at RADA in London and HB Studio in NYC, and was a resident ensemble member at Arena Players Repertory Theatre. He is a member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).

Cat Cruise is a dancer/choreographer from Brooklyn, NY. She started training at a pre-professional level at age 8 at Peridance Center in NYC, before going on to major in dance at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts. By her senior year, she joined MOVE|NYC|’s Young Professionals Program, in hopes of expanding her performance experience to supplement her career. Her ambition and curiosity led to her pursue a BFA in Dance at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, where she has had the privilege of performing works by JA Collective, Shahar Binyamini, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. Within her time at USC, she began zeroing in on choreography, creating numerous works for the stage and student films. Post graduation, she continues to navigate the intersection between dancer and choreographer and establish a versatile artistic identity through many forms and styles of work.

David is a Brooklyn-based photographer and designer. He loves photography and design, chess, yoga, cooking, and baking. A video game and anime enthusiast, student of 日本語, Português, Français, and Italiano, and an avid reader and cruciverbalist.