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When Willow returns home after her mother's funeral to clean out the family house, she finds herself at odds with her conspiracy-obsessed brother, who refuses to let the property go. Between uninvited visitors and sibling rivalry, the family must confront their past and present, and figure out if they can find closure and reconciliation.
Molly Breen (Charlotte) is the Director of Tennessee Playwrights Studio (TPS). As an actor, she has worked with Nashville-area theatre companies in over 40 productions, as well as performing in plays in New York, DC, Birmingham, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. She volunteers as a neurotypical actor with Tandem Troupe, an acting troupe for adults with disabilities at Friends Life Community and loves originating roles in new plays and working on projects that have social impact and/or contain challenging material. She is represented by the McCray Agency for film, tv, and commercial work. As a writer, she has received fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Mary Anderson for the Arts.
Jonah Burch (Sound Design) Credits include: Sound Designer, Fan Me with a Brick (Tennessee Playwrights Studio), Sound Designer, Love’s Labor’s Lost (Nashville Shakespeare Festival); Lead Audio Engineer, Shrek: The Musical (Williamson County PAC); Lead Audio Engineer, The Diary of Anne Frank (Williamson County PAC); Sound Designer, Aviator (Belmont University); Assistant Sound Designer, The Good Times are Killing Me(Belmont University); Assistant Theatrical Technician, Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center: Children’s-Theatre-in-the-Woods. Jonah currently works freelance sound for theatres throughout the Nashville-Area, including work with Belmont University, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, the Nashville Children’s Theatre, and Williamson County Performing Arts Center. He is also pursuing a degree in Audio Engineering Technology, with a minor in Video Production, at Belmont University.
Daniel DeVault (Lighting Designerl is a theatre professional, born and raised in Nashville, TN. His previous TPS credits include Maidens and Don’t Look Black. Daniel has designed lights for dozens of productions in the Nashville area, including for Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre, Verge Theater Company, Circle Players, Woven Theatre, Expression City, Humanity Theatre Project, Kenny Playhouse Theatre, and Sista Style Productions. He currently works full time as the Stage Manager on the General Jackson Showboat and as Associate Producer for Matt Davenport Productions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance and Design from Roanoke College.
Alicia Haymer (Veronica), a Nashville native and Fisk alum, has been a part of the Nashville arts scene for 20+ years. During that time, she’s performed at just about every professional and community house in the city. She last performed in Actor's Bridge’s production of Heavy, which was written by Haymer. In 2020, she became Co Artistic Director of Verge Theater. Alicia is always grateful for any opportunity to express herself with creative authenticity.
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LaTia Lewis (Understudy/Asst. Stage Manager) is a native of Nashville, TN. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2004. She has been in several stage plays with DTE, TPS, and SistaStyle Productions.
Mary McCallum received her B.S. and M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University. She is the founder of SistaStyle Productions (www.sistastyleproductions.com). Some of her favorite theater credits include THE MOUNTAINTOP, FLY, GIRL!, THE FACE OF EMMETT TILL, NEVER BEEN HOME, WAITIN’ 2 END HELL, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, THE STORY, LYSISTRATA, THE DESIRE, PRETTY FIRE, LONG TIME SINCE YESTERDAY, LOUIE & OPHELIA, HUNGER IN PARADISE, and THE DANCE ON WIDOW’S ROW. She has also appeared in several films & T.V. One’s “Fatal Attraction”. Her play “SingleVille” was a winner of the D.C. Black Theatre Festival One Act Battle and was a mainstage selection for the National Black Theatre Festival. Her play “Six Triple Eight” took top prize at the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival and Tampa Bay Theatre Festival. The movie “SingleVille” won several awards in 2018 including Best Feature at the Twin Cities Black Film Festival and IBFF. “Chasing Jeremy” was a screenplay winner at the British Urban Film Festival and a finalist at the Urban World Film Festival. Her screenplay "Six Triple Eight" also won Best Screenplay at the 2021 JNX Film Festival and British Urban Film Festival. In 2020, she was selected as librettist for Nashville Opera’s first mainstage commission “One Vote Won”, for which she received a Telly Award and a regional Emmy nomination. In 2022, she worked as a commissioned librettist on her second opera "Beatrice" for Portland Opera, and in 2023 her third opera “Charlie and The Wolf” for Cedar Rapids Opera. Her play “Why Goodbye” recently won “Best Playwright” at the 2023 Atlanta Black Theatre Festival.
Todd Seage (Set Designer) is a Murfreesboro based freelance designer/T.D., actor, and is currently the Production Manager for MTSU’s School of Music. He served previously as the Technical Director/Instructor for the MTSU Theatre and Dance Department and as a Technical Assistant for the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Seage’s acting experiences include work with Bravo Boro (Julius Caesar), Arts Center of Cannon County (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Murfreesboro Center for the Arts (Hamlet), Nashville Shakespeare Festival (Macbeth), and Actor’s Bridge Ensemble (Glengarry Glen Ross). Design credits include set design for Busie Body at MTSU Theatre and Dance, Set and Lights for ACT 1’s Stupid F@@king Bird, and set design for Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s A Comedy of Errors. Seage is originally from Battle Creek, Michigan and received his MA from Eastern Michigan University.
Nikki Staggs (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be here!
Tamiko Robinson Steele (Berta) is a lover of art! She holds a degree in Speech Communication & Theater from Tennessee State University. Robinson Steele has an extensive résumé on the Nashville theater scene as an actor, and also lends herself as a Director and Performance Coach. A few of her awards include: 2021 Best Local Actor, 2018/2019 Top 3 Best Nashville Actor, 2017 Best Nashville Theatre Actress, 2011 voted Best One Woman Show (Miracle In Rwanda); Nashville Scene. Also voted 2018 Best Actress at the International Black Film Festival. She was last seen on Nashville Rep’s stage as Margaret in POTUS. She is thrilled, to once again, be sharing the stage with some of her dearest friends. Tim, Micah & Juniper Robin hold her heart. vive les arts!
Amy Syvenson (Light Ops/Set Construction)
Shawn Whitsell (Michael/Director) is a playwright, actor, director, producer, poet and founder of the Destiny Theatre Experience. He has worked with Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Repertory Theatre, Dream 7 Productions, Monument Theatre Company, SistaStyle Productions and a number of theatre production companies. Shawn tours "23/1," his one-man show about solitary confinement, which the Nashville Scene called "The Best Blend of Theatre and Activism." When he isn't doing theatre, Shawn facilitates a variety of workshops, ranging from drama to spoken word to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with local nonprofit Southern Word. He serves as a member of Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board and as a leader with Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH). He is a board member for Rooftop Nashville and is an elder at the Village Church. Shawn is also the proud father of Destiny.
For updates, follow him on IG: @shawn_whitsell and @destinytheatreexperience
*Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.