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Performers

Charlotte Black

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Marie Curie/Clerk

Mariann Burgos-Ramirez

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Dr. Von Sochocky

Julia Clemmons

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Photographer/ Customer/ Dialpainter/ Resident of Orange, New Jersey

Chase Croft

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Aaron Schultz

Ava Curtis

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Irene Rudolph

Elliott Davidoff

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Society Woman/ Ms. Middleton/ Dial Painter

Anderson Davies

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Tom Krieder

Rachel Dowling

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Mrs. MacNeil

Aly Elsonbaty

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Raymond Berry

Kamden Feth

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Mrs. Fryer/Ensemble

Mariana Oliveira Gandin

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Grace Fryer

Sophia Gegg

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Kathryn Schaub

Daniel Goebel Guzmán

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Arthur Roeder

Sarah Jordan

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Sob Sister

Amelia Lusk

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Dr. Drinker/Judge/Dialpainter

Jaxon McCormick

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Charlie Lee

Carrington Meyer

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Serena

Noor Nawaz

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Ensemble/Willamina Bailey

Saavan Ohri

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Reporter Jack Youngwood

Thor Reed

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Dr. Knef

Caroline Schools

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Harriet Roeder/ensemble

Dominic Tarantino

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Edward Markley

Kendyl Taylor

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Stage Manager

Abby Walsh

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Mrs. Michaels

Setting

RADIUM GIRLS is a work of historical fiction. Although it is based on events that occurred in and around Orange, New Jersey, between 1918 and 1928, the characters and incidents portrayed have been shaped to serve the drama. Certain characters are entirely fictitious and others are based on multiple individuals.

Songs & Scenes

Act I
Scene 1
U.S. Radium Plant, 1918
Scene 2
Streets of Orange, New Jersey
Scene 3
U.S. Radium Plant
Scene 4
Fryer’s Residence
Scene 5
Roeder’s Office
Scene 6
Streets of Orange, New Jersey
Scene 7
Health Department
Scene 8
Roeder’s Residence
Scene 9
Dr. Knef’s Dental Office/Roeder’s Office
Scene 10
Fryer’s Residence/Roeder’s Office
Scene 11
Woman’s Club of Orang
Act II
Scene 1
Streets of Orange, New Jersey, 1927
Scene 2
Berry’s Office
Scene 3
Hospital
Scene 4
U.S. Radium Boardroom
Scene 5
Berry’s Office
Scene 6
Streets of Orange, New Jersey
Scene 7
Roeder’s Residence
Scene 8
Streets of Orange, New Jersey
Scene 9
Fryer’s Residence
Scene 10
U.S. Radium Plant
Scene 11
Fryer’s Residence
Scene 12
Von Sochocky’s Residence
Scene 13
Courtroom
Scene 14
Streets of Orange, New Jersey
Scene 15
Cemetery in Orange, New Jersey

Production Staff

Director
BambiEllen Fadoul
Technical Director
Nick Prowse
Lighting Designer
Grant Key
Wig Design
Marylou Neal
Stage Manager
Lily Redman
Assistant Stage Manager
Maria Fernanda Franck Braga
Light Board Operator
Crispin Caines
Spotlight Operators
Hiyada Bakeer Rogerio Szuster
Audio Board Operator
Riley McKenzie
Audio 2 Que Lab Operator
Neela McLein
Prop Master
Keira Beggrow
Media Crew
Avni Patil Vitoria Sampaio Zainab Shamim
Costume Crew
Zara Lwin Camila Couto Montenegro Brandão Tavares Truc Thanh Tran
Deck Crew
Keira Beggrow Maria Julia Appolonio Rocha Evangelina Gourevitch Nicolas Humphrey Zara Lwin

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Credits

Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting, sound equipment from Sound Associates, rehearsed at The Public Theater’s Rehearsal Studios. Developed as part of Irons in the Fire at Fault Line Theatre in New York City.

Special Thanks

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

“Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an International organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org

United Scenic Artists ● Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E represents the Designers & Scenic Artists for the American Theatre

ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (IATSE Local 18032), represents the Press Agents, Company Managers, and Theatre Managers employed on this production.

Message from Director of Fine Arts

Thank you for joining us here in our Cypress Center for the Arts. We are grateful for your presence in our beautiful Dr. Thomas L. Marcy Theater. By being here today, you graciously show your support for our students, directors, technicians and for the arts as a whole. Our productions are an extension of the classroom and display the excellence that our students are being exposed to each day at Windermere Preparatory School. We hope you are able to truly experience the magic of theatre and thank you again for being an advocate of the arts!

Rosemarie Redman

Director oF Fine Arts

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Meet the Cast

Charlotte Black

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Marie Curie/Clerk
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Charlotte Black is currently a sophomore at Windermere Prep. Performing on the high school stage for the first time, she is excited to be a part of Raduim Girls as Madame Curie this semester and is looking forward to taking part in Legally Blonde next semester. She is also looking forward to competing in the District Five Thespian competition as a member of the one-act crew and also being a part of the large group musical along with other events she plans on taking.

Mariann Burgos-Ramirez

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Dr. Von Sochocky
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Mariann is a junior at Windermere Prep who developed a passion for performing since fourth grade. In addition to being an IB Diploma student, Mariann is a member and elected secretary of Thespian Troupe 6902 and the junior class Student Government as well as vice president of the Health Occupation Students of America club at WPS and a member of the Girl’s Weightlifting team. Past credits at WPS include: Ensemble in Curtains and Bye Bye Birdie as well as Mrs. Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice.

Julia Clemmons

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Photographer/ Customer/ Dialpainter/ Resident of Orange, New Jersey
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Julia Clemmons, a freshman at Windermere Prep, is excited to be a part of Radium Girls. She has been in the WPS theatre program since 2nd grade and hopes to continue acting through high school. Julia was also an officer of the middle school thespian troupe and is looking forward to getting involved with Troupe 6902 this year. Some of her past roles at WPS include ensemble in Mary Poppins and Rock of Ages. She was also in a production of Mean Girls at Theatre South Playhouse, as an ensemble member.

Chase Croft

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Aaron Schultz
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Fritz
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Chase is a Sophmore at Windermere Prep and is thrilled to be a part of Legally Blonde. Chase has loved the stage ever since he first stepped on at the age of 7. He was recently seen on stage at Windermere Prep as Oscar in Curtains and Charley in Charley's Aunt. He is excited to see what the future has in store and plans to enjoy every second he gets to spend on stage.

Ava Curtis

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Irene Rudolph
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Ava Charlotte Curtis is sophomore at WPS and is thrilled to be back on the stage. Past credits at WPS include Georgiana Darcy in PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Ela Delahay / Kitty Verdun in CHARLEY'S AUNT, and ensemble in CURTAINS. She received top honors for her duet scene at Thespians districts, and Third Place at the ESU Shakespeare Competition. Ava is also a member of Thespian Troupe 6902 and the WPS ModelUN Club. She is grateful for the amazing BambiEllen Fadoul and the WPS Fine Arts department, and also Sarah Dobbs, Matt Morgan, Lauren Langa and Britney Noltimier. Thanks to her family and friends for their love and support. 

Elliott Davidoff

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Society Woman/ Ms. Middleton/ Dial Painter
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Elliott is a sophomore at Windermere Prep and is excited to participate in Radium Girls! She is a proud member of Troupe 6902 and has been a part of the WPS Theatre Program since 2016. Some shows she has been in include The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, 13 The Musical, Pride and Prejudice, and Curtains! She will also be in the cast for this year's competitive one-act, The Servant Of Two Masters!

Anderson Davies

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Tom Krieder
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Anderson Davies is a senior at WPS and excited to finish his final year through theater. He is involved in Troupe 6902, being the treasurer, and is the Executive Board president of SGA. In the past, he has played roles such as Mr. Green in Clue, Bobby in Curtains, and Jack in the one act Charley's Aunt.

Rachel Dowling

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Mrs. MacNeil
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Rachel is in her sophmore year at Windermere prep and is so excited to be a part of the cast of Radium Girls. Last year she performed as ensemble in the school's musical Curtains, and in the play Pride and Prejudice. She is also in the school's Thespian Honor Society and has performed outside of school as well.

Aly Elsonbaty

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Raymond Berry
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Aly is a sophomore at Windermere Preparatory School and a proud member of Thespian Troupe 6902. His love for the arts extends from theater to playing piano, digital arts, and photography, painting the world with creative hues. Past WPS theatre experience includes an ensemble role in “Pride and Prejudice,” and a crew role in the award-winning “Charley’s Aunt.”

Kamden Feth

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Mrs. Fryer/Ensemble
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Kamden is a senior at Windermere Prep and is thrilled to be apart of this years production of RADIUM GIRLS! Although only coming to WPS her junior year, Kamden has since been inducted into Thespian Troupe 6902 and is an IB Theatre student. Her past WPS roles include: Ensemble in CURTAINS! and Mrs. Bennet in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Kamden wants to thank everyone who made RADIUM GIRLS possible and is so excited for everyone to see the show!

Mariana Oliveira Gandin

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Grace Fryer
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Mariana is a Senior at Windermere Prep and is excited to be a part of this show as her last final play at WPS. She is a historian for Troupe 6902, and has been an active member of the theatre at WPS for years in the ensemble for BYE BYE BIRDIE and CURTAINS, as well as playing Lydia Bennett in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Currently, she is also cast as Clarice in the upcoming WPS one-act THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS. Aside from school, Mariana also does professional work in film and TV.

Sophia Gegg

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Kathryn Schaub
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Sophia (Soso) Gegg is a senior at Windermere Prep and is excited to participate in her final fall play at WPS. This year, Sophia is president of Troupe 6902 as well as the Executive Marketing Director of Student Government. She has been previously seen in other WPS productions playing Georgia Hendricks in CURTAINS and Ursula in BYE BYE BIRDIE. She will also be playing Smeraldina in the upcoming WPS one act THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS.

Daniel Goebel Guzmán

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Arthur Roeder
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Daniel is a seventeen year old junior at Windermere Prep and is happy to be back on the stage for Radium Girls. As a part of the Residential Life program at Windermere Prep, Dan is also a member and Vicepresident of Thespian Troupe 6902, a member of Tri-M Music Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. Past credits at WPS include: Harvey Johnson in Bye Bye Birdie. Christopher Belling in Curtains. Ensemble in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Pride and Prejudice. He also played Young Simba in The Lion King at Teatro del Parque Interlomas in Mexico City.

Sarah Jordan

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Sob Sister
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Sarah is sophomore at Windermere Prep and a member of troupe 6902 and has been so excited to participate in Radium Girls! Sarah Jordan has been a part of the theatre community starting at 3 years old and loves every second on stage. Most recently, she played Niki Harris in CURTAINS here at Windermere Prep. Other favorite roles include Elle Woods in LEGALLY BLONDE and Amy March in LITTLE WOMEN. She continues to work in various film/tv projects and can't wait to do more. 

Amelia Lusk

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Dr. Drinker/Judge/Dialpainter
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Amelia is a sophomore at Windermere Prep and is so excited to be making her highschool acting debut! She is also a member of Troupe 6902 and a Student Ambassador. Previous credits include: Crew for CURTAINS and Ensemble in ROCK OF AGES.

Jaxon McCormick

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Charlie Lee
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Jaxon McCormick is a senior at Windermere Prep who loves acting. More specifically, the characterization process where he aims to hit not only the directors ideals but his own with each role played and enjoys the process. Jaxon is also a part of the National Honor Society as well as being part of Thespian Troupe 6902. Past WPS credits include: Track and Field, Weightlifting, Soccer, and Pride and Prejudice.

Carrington Meyer

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Serena
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Carrington is currently a sophomore at Windermere Prep and is so excited to participate in the beginning of this years theater season. Carrington is currenlty a member of Troupe 6902 and is the Founder and President of Windermere Prep's Black Student Union. Past credits at WPS include: Ensemble in CURTAINS and Waitress Kylie in ROCK OF AGES.

Noor Nawaz

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Ensemble/Willamina Bailey
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Noor is a junior at Windermere Prep and is so excited to be apart of Radium Girls. Noor is a full IB diploma student as well as a member of Thespian Troupe 6902, NHSDA, and treasurer of National Honor Society. Past credits at WPS include: Ensemble in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Bye Bye Birdie, and Curtains. She also played Kitty Bennett in Pride and Prejudice.

Saavan Ohri

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Reporter Jack Youngwood
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Saavan Ohri is 15 years old, he goes to Windermere preparatory and is a proud member of troupe 6902. He is an all honors student, and is also apart of the Lend a Paw club, President of the student government, and Lakerthon. His past credits include ensemble in Curtains and Pride and Prejiduce, Loki in Hammered, and Bernard the mime in Nobody to murder. 

Thor Reed

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Dr. Knef
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Thor Reed: Thor is a returning student at Windermere Prep and is excited to be on stage for the first time in his Junior year. Along with joining the full IB Diploma Programme this year, Thor remains a member of Thespian Troupe 6902 and the overall National Thespian Honor Society. Previous theater involvements include: Deck Crew in CURTAINS and Light Board Operator in CHARLEY'S AUNT. Alongside being a Thespian, they have also been a participant in the Junior Classical League.

 

Caroline Schools

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Caroline is a junior at Windermere Preparatory School and is excited to start off the theatre season with this production. She is a full IB diploma student and an inducted member of Thespian Troupe 6902. She is very involved in the fine arts department in both the dance and theatre programs. At WPS, she has been in the ensemble of "Sleepy Hollow", "Bye Bye Birdie", "Pride and Prejudice", and "Curtains". She was also the Assistant Dance Captain for "Curtains".  

Dominic Tarantino

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Edward Markley
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Dominic is a junior at Windermere Prep and is excited to be back on the stage! As an IB Certificate student including Dance and Theater, Dominic is also a member and historian of Thespian Troupe 6902 and the National Honor Society for Dance arts. Credits at Windermere Prep include: Mr. Whickham in Pride & Prejudice, Randy/Ensemble in Curtains, and he will be playing Pantalone in The Servant of Two Masters, the troupe's upcoming competitive one act. 

Kendyl Taylor

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Stage Manager
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Kendyl is a senior at Windermere Preparatory School and is the stage manager calling the show! She is co-president of Troupe 6902 and has previously stage-managed: CURTAINS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, and CHARLEY'S AUNT. Her last role was stage-managing the one act, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS. Kendyl will head to NYU in the fall to study all things theatre. 

Abby Walsh

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Mrs. Michaels
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Nurse, dial painter
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Abby Walsh is a senior at Windermere Prep and is excited to participate in the fall play. This is her first High School production. She is proud to be Class Representative of senior SGA (student government). She is also an active memeber of troupe 6902. She plays basketball (she's the female Troy Bolton) and is an active member of National Charity Leauge.

Meet the Team

BambiEllen Fadoul

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BambiEllen Fadoul is proud to be the Director the High School Theatre Department at Windermere Prep. As a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a degree in Musical Theater, Fadoul spent many years on the stage touring the world in numerous productions before relocating to Central Florida to perform with the Walt Disney Company. While working at Disney she began to teach with Disney Performing Arts as well as direct and choregraph numerous youth productions across Central Florida. Fadoul is thrilled to share her love for the theatre with her wonderful students and watch them grow daily in the classroom and in after school rehearsals. Favorite director/choreographer productions include: Footloose, Chicago, Curtains, and the award-winning play, Charley's Aunt. Huge thank you to the amazing Fine Arts team at WPS, and to my wonderful family, Jonathan and Cooper, who ensure I have dinner during tech and performance weeks. You two are my favorite!

Nick Prowse

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Technical Director
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Nick Prowse continues to dazzle Windermere with his Scenic Designs and Technical Direction for Windermere Preparatory School. Radium Girls marks his sixth show for the High School Thespian Troupe 6902, and his fourteenth for Windermere Prep's Theatre Department. This show was unique being his first drama design. He is eager to see the audiences reaction to true, unexpected story.

Crispin Caines

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Light Board Operator
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Crispin is a junior and is happy to make his Light Board Operator debut! He has been at WPS since 2018, being a part of most of the productions since. He was part of Peter Pan and Little Mermaid asProperties Master, Addams Family as Pugsley Addams, Charley's Aunt, Frozen Kids and Mary Poppins as Sound Board Operator, Pride and Prejudice as Assisstant Stage Manager, and Curtains (Assistant Technical Director). He's not sure about what he wants to do for a career, but theater will continue to hold a special place in his heart.

Hidaya Bakeer

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Spot Op
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Hidaya is a Junior at Windermere Prep on Crew. An IB Certificate student who is a member of Thespian Troupe 6902, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, and Tri-M Music Honor Society. Past credits include Deck Crew on Alice in Wonderland and Bye Bye Birdie, Sound on Hammered and Pride & Prejudice, Flight Op on Mary Poppins Jr, and Head of Stage on Frozen Kids! She will be participating on Lighting Crew for the first time on Radium Girls. 

Keira Beggrow

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Props Master + Deck Crew
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In the past few years Keira has served in a variety of positions in Windermere Prep's theater department. She has been involved with Props and Deck Crew for Bye Bye Birdie, Pride & Prejudice, and Curtains, Costume Crew for Frozen Kids, and Flight Crew for Mary Poppins Jr. Outside of theater, she is enrolled in many IB classes and takes pride in her academics. Keira is thrilled to be Props Master and a part of Deck Crew for this year's play, Radium Girls. 

Maria Fernanda Franck Braga

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Assistant Stage Manager
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Maria is a High School Junior and a proud member of Thespian Troupe 6902 and the National Art Honors Society, participating in shows since her Freshman year. Not only is she backstage for shows like BYE BYE BIRDIE, LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, and CURTAINS, she also participated in other grade level shows such as MARY POPPINS and FROZEN. Maria has covered many areas of the crew, such as Sound, Lights, Deck, Flight, and now Managing.

Evangelina Gourevitch

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Deck Crew
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Evangelina is a freshman in Windermere preparatory school, which she has also joined in for the first time, who has joined the National Thespian honors society. This is her first experience in doing backstage work for a play and is excited to discover and be in future shows and plays in this school.

Nicolas Humphrey

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Grant Key

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Lighting Designer
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Grant Graduated with a B.A. in Theatre from Brenau University in 2020. While there he studied both Lighting Production/Design and Acting. His recent shows with Windermere Prep include Frozen KIDS and Curtains. He also work as a Lighting Technician for live entertainment at Universal Orlando Resort. When he isn't wokring on something lighting related, you can find him at home with his dog Louie or trying to complete his Shiny Pokédex in Pokémon Scarlet. He hopes you enjoy looking at his design as much as he enjoyed creating it!

Zara Lwin

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Costume Crew
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Zara is a dedicated junior at Windermere Prep. She as a full IB Diploma student, proud member in Thespian Troupe 6902, Vice President of Enviormental Club, and a member of National Honor Society, she strives to be active in school and in theatre. Her theatrical journey started at WPS with ensemble for Ledgend of Sleepy Hollow, Deck Crew for Bye Bye Birde, Spotlight for Pride and Pregiduce, Costume Crew for Curtains! She is eagear to be apart of Radium Girls to support the production from backstage.

Kaylee McDougall

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Video Director
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I am excited to be apart of another Windermere Prep Production. I became apart of the WPS Family 4 years ago with capturing Clue and have been recording productions ever since. Having a degree in film and live production I have been able to bring my skills and knowledge to WPS to train camera operators for each Fine Arts Production. Looking forward to another great show! Break a leg cast and crew!

Riley McKenzie

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Soundboard Operator
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Riley McKenzie is Sophomore at Windermere Prep and is excited to be a part of the technical crew for this production of Radium Girls. Riley is also a member of Thespian Troupe 6902. She has been a part of the Tech Crew at WPS for LITTLE MERMAID, 13 THE MUSICAL, ROCK OF AGES, HAMMERED, FROZEN, MARRY POPPINS and CURTAINS.    

Neela McLein

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Que-Lab operator
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Neela McLein is a freshman at Windermere Preparatory School. This will be her first year at WPS, and her first show in the Cyprus Center; she is looking forward to continuing and working on many more shows. However, she also has previous experience working on tech, being the lighting operator and designer for two non-WPS related shows: CInderella and Addams Family. 

Avni Patil

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Media Crew
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Avni Patil is a freshman at Windermere Prep. With a passion for social media and marketing, she is working with her fellow media crew members to promote the show. She is also very involved in theater, having been in the cast & crew of various productions since elementary school. She hopes to continue pursuing her love of theater throughout high school!

Lily Pilar Redman

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Stage Manager
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Lily Pilar Redman is a Senior at Windermere Prep and an active member of the theatre department. She has played both performing and technical roles in (almost) every performance since 9th grade, including Sleepy Hollow, Bye Bye Birdie, and Curtains. This is her first time Stage Managing, but she is so excited to be a part of Radium Girls and perform this new role to the best of her ability. She is also an officer of the Thespian Troupe and looks forward to competing at districts this year. Lily sends her love to her family, especially her parents who have always been her biggest supporters, no matter what she does. Love ya to Pluto ❤️

Maria Julia Appolonio Rocha

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Costume crew
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This is Maria Julia's first time in the theater environment and she is excited that it is at Windermere Prep. She is currently in both the COSTUME crew and participates in the DECK crew for RADIUM GIRLS. Maria Julia has been entrusted with the Head of Stage Left position, where she organizes the changes and ensures things move smoothly. 

Zainab Shamim

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Media Crew
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Zainab Shamim is is a senior at Windermere Prep and is excited to be media crew. As an IB certificate student, Zainab is also a member of the Thespian troup 6902. Past credits at WPS include: Chef in The Tale of Desperaux and ensemble in Clue. She also played Lady Catherine De Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice.

Rogerio Villaca Szuster

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Spot Operator
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Roger is a senior at Windermere Preparatory School. For his second year in this school, he's enthusiastic to return to Light Crew for the fourth time (Pride and Prejudice, Mary Poppins, Curtains, and Radium Girls). Additionally, he's a part of Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Honor Society, Thespian Honor Society, and National Honor Society. He is devoted both to his extracurricular and academics, participating in many higher education classes, amongs IB HLs, APs and Dual Enrollments. 

Camila Tavares

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Costume crew
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Camila is an 11th grader at Winderemere Prep. She is a full IB diploma student and this is her first WPS production. She is excited to help the cast and crew succeed. 

Nancy Tran

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Nancy, a senior at Windermere Preparatory School, is thrilled to be a part of the Performing Arts program this year. In addition, she is also a member of the Residential Life Program, the Lakers' Navy Sideline Cheerleading team, the National Honor Society, and the French Honor Society.

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A Relevent BENEVOLENT Off-Broadway — Review
Joey Sims
August 21, 2026

After impressing with the surrealist cunicularii in 2024 and the tragi-comic Road Kills last year, Good Apples Collective have delivered another winner with benevolent, a moving and carefully wrought new work making its world premiere at IATI Theater through September 5. 

Set in a New York reformatory home in 1917, benevolent marks the latest collaboration between playwright Sophie McIntosh and director Nina Goodheart, who co-founded Good Apples. The play is more starkly naturalistic than McIntosh’s previous works, and does feel constrained at times by the solemnity of its period setting. But Goodheart’s sensitive production confirms this company’s precision in bringing tonally tricky, women-led stories to the stage. 

Set in a dismal basement laundry, benevolent follows four “fallen” young women forced to live and work in the oppressive Inwood Benevolent Home. Three longtime residents, Sarah (Rachel Ravel), Margaret (Chani Reese) and Emma (Mia Fowler), are joined by newcomer Abby (Livvy Marcus), a privileged girl sent temporarily to the home as punishment—and also, she cheerfully announces, to see “how the other half lives.”

The play’s drab set makes for a worrying first impression, suggesting we might be in for a chore-like history lesson. (Designer Junran “Charlotte” Shi does what she can with this black box space, drawing our focus to the ever-growing mound of laundry at its center.) But despite its setting, benevolent actually proves a warm and humorous work. The four women bicker and tease enjoyably as they scrub away at their washboards, each of them gradually dropping their guard and revealing subtly textured backstories. 

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Photo: Nina Goodheart

McIntosh lets the cruel indignities of a misogynistic society, along with the routine abuse in the benevolent home itself, live naturally in each woman’s lived experience. References to parental abandonment and assaults by male staff are almost tossed off, with a sigh and a forced smile. This is a relevant play, but never a didactic one. 

Two extended moments of surprising intimacy—a pair of scenes that elegantly mirror one another—elevate benevolent beyond the familiar beats of its narrative. In the first, the camaraderie of Margaret and Sarah, the two troublemakers of the group, develops touchingly (no pun intended) into a more intimate bond. The scene is beautifully played by performers Ravel and Reese, most especially in the genuine delight that both women take in this shared moment of discovery. 

In the second scene, the comparatively discreet Emma reveals her own closely-guarded history to the open-hearted Abby. Both moments see these wary personalities opening themselves up; in both, there is a physical closeness unique to the bond of womanhood. Goodheart guides these parallel moments expertly—the performances are wrenching, and always truthful. 

The plot developments in benevolent are heavily telegraphed, and mostly unsurprising. The physical production is also disappointing in some respects, though it scarcely matters with performances of this caliber. Goodheart does get a huge assist from sound designer Max Van, who lays in distant screams and disturbing soundscapes (playing over scene transitions) that tell us everything we need to know about life on the floors above. For all its dreariness, this laundry is actually an escape—a refuge, of a kind. And when it is ultimately lost, we share in these women’s pain at the unique cruelty of the injustice.

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Heidi Blickenstaff Returns To The New York Stage; Full Company of THE HEART Announced
Alan Koolik
August 20, 2026

It seems The Heart has found its company. Today, it was announced that the New York premiere production of The Heart with book and additional lyrics by Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby), music and lyrics by Anne Eisendrath (aka electronic music artist Anniee) and Ian Eisendrath (KPop Demon Hunters), music supervision by Ian Eisendrath, choreography by Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) and direction by Tony Award-winner Christopher Ashley (Come From Away) based on Maylis de Kerangal's novel Réparer les vivants has found the cast. 

As previously announced, the new musical will begin preview on Thursday, October 8, 2026 with an official opening set for October 29 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The engagement runs through Sunday, December 6, 2026. 

The production will feature Heidi Blickenstaff (Jagged Little Pill, Something Rotten!) as “Claire,” Lincoln Clauss (Fly, Bat Out of Hell) as “Thomas Driscoll,” Nick T. Daly (MJ: The Musical) as “Simon Lamar,” Drew Gehling (& Juliet, Almost Famous) as “Dr. Breva,” Bre Jackson (The Book of Mormon, MJ: The Musical) as “Cordelia Owl,” Tony Award-winner Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square, Slave Play) as “Marianne Lamar,” Max McKenna (Rent, Cabaret) as “Juliette Brooks,” Wren Rivera (Jagged Little Pill, Teeth) as “Marthe,” and Jason Tam (Be More Chill, If/Then) as “Sean Lamar.” Daniel Brackett, Gareth Keegan, Q. Smith and Emily Somé round out the cast as the understudies. 

Roundabout is also pleased to announce additional creative and design team for the production which will include music direction by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett (Come From Away), scenic design by Robert Brill (Hell’s Kitchen), costume design by Sarafina Bush (The Outsiders), lighting design by Amanda Zieve (Proof), sound design by Gareth Owen (BOOP! The Musical), video design by Lucy Mackinnon (All Out: Comedy About Ambition), hair and wig design by Drama Desk Award-nominee Alberto “Albee” Alvarado (The Rocky Horror Show), and music production by Juan Ariza and Elin Sandberg. Casting is by The TRC Company - Tara Rubin, CSA. Associate direction by Jacole Kitchen and associate choreography by Ashley Andrews.

Heidi Blickenstaff Returns To The New York Stage; Full Company of THE HEART Announced
Alan Koolik
August 20, 2026

It seems The Heart has found its company. Today, it was announced that the New York premiere production of The Heart with book and additional lyrics by Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby), music and lyrics by Anne Eisendrath (aka electronic music artist Anniee) and Ian Eisendrath (KPop Demon Hunters), music supervision by Ian Eisendrath, choreography by Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) and direction by Tony Award-winner Christopher Ashley (Come From Away) based on Maylis de Kerangal's novel Réparer les vivants has found the cast. 

As previously announced, the new musical will begin preview on Thursday, October 8, 2026 with an official opening set for October 29 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The engagement runs through Sunday, December 6, 2026. 

The production will feature Heidi Blickenstaff (Jagged Little Pill, Something Rotten!) as “Claire,” Lincoln Clauss (Fly, Bat Out of Hell) as “Thomas Driscoll,” Nick T. Daly (MJ: The Musical) as “Simon Lamar,” Drew Gehling (& Juliet, Almost Famous) as “Dr. Breva,” Bre Jackson (The Book of Mormon, MJ: The Musical) as “Cordelia Owl,” Tony Award-winner Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square, Slave Play) as “Marianne Lamar,” Max McKenna (Rent, Cabaret) as “Juliette Brooks,” Wren Rivera (Jagged Little Pill, Teeth) as “Marthe,” and Jason Tam (Be More Chill, If/Then) as “Sean Lamar.” Daniel Brackett, Gareth Keegan, Q. Smith and Emily Somé round out the cast as the understudies. 

Roundabout is also pleased to announce additional creative and design team for the production which will include music direction by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett (Come From Away), scenic design by Robert Brill (Hell’s Kitchen), costume design by Sarafina Bush (The Outsiders), lighting design by Amanda Zieve (Proof), sound design by Gareth Owen (BOOP! The Musical), video design by Lucy Mackinnon (All Out: Comedy About Ambition), hair and wig design by Drama Desk Award-nominee Alberto “Albee” Alvarado (The Rocky Horror Show), and music production by Juan Ariza and Elin Sandberg. Casting is by The TRC Company - Tara Rubin, CSA. Associate direction by Jacole Kitchen and associate choreography by Ashley Andrews.

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EXCLUSIVE: Watch A Clip From THEATER CAMP Starring Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, and Molly Gordon
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READ: An Excerpt From Sean Hayes Debut YA Novel TIME OUT
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"Reframing the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Stage Manager’s Eyes"
EXCLUSIVE: Watch A Clip From THEATER CAMP Starring Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, and Molly Gordon
By: Maia Penzer
14 July 2023

Finally, summer has arrived, which can only mean one thing: it's time for camp! Theater Camp, that is. Theatrely has a sneak peak at the new film which hits select theaters today. 

The new original comedy starring Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon we guarantee will have you laughing non-stop. The AdirondACTS, a run-down theater camp in upstate New York, is attended by theater-loving children who must work hard to keep their beloved theater camp afloat after the founder, Joan, falls into a coma. 

The film stars Ben Platt and Molly Gordon as Amos Klobuchar and Rebecca-Diane, respectively, as well as Noah Galvin as Glenn Wintrop, Jimmy Tatro as Troy Rubinsky, Patti Harrison as Caroline Krauss, Nathan Lee Graham as Clive DeWitt, Ayo Edebiri as Janet Walch, Owen Thiele as Gigi Charbonier, Caroline Aaron as Rita Cohen, Amy Sedaris as Joan Rubinsky, and Alan Kim as Alan Park. 

Theater Camp was directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman and written by Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman & Ben Platt. Music is by James McAlister and Mark Sonnenblick. On January 21, 2023, Theater Camp had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

You can purchase tickets to the new film from our friends at Hollywood.com here.

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READ: An Excerpt From Sean Hayes Debut YA Novel TIME OUT
By: Kobi Kassal
29 May 2023

Actor Sean Hayes is what we in the biz call booked and blessed. On top of his Tony-nominated performance as Oscar Levant in Good Night, Oscar, Hayes has partnered with Todd Milliner and Carlyn Greenwald for the release of their new YA novel Time Out. 

Heralded by many as Heartstopper meets Friday Night Lights, Time Out follows hometown basketball hero Barclay Elliot who decides to use a pep rally to come out to his school. When the response is not what he had hoped and the hostility continually growing, he turns to his best friend Amy who brings him to her voting rights group at school. There he finds Christopher and… you will just have to grab a copy and find out what happens next. Luckily for you, Time Out hits shelves on May 30 and to hold you over until then we have a special except from the book just for Theatrely:

The good thing about not being on the team the past two weeks has been that I’ve had time to start picking up shifts again at Beau’s diner and save up a little for college now that my scholarship dreams are over.

     The bad part is it’s the perfect place to see how my actions at the pep rally have rotted the townspeople’s brains too.

     During Amy’s very intense musical theater phase in middle school, her parents took her to New York City. And of course she came back home buzzing about Broadway and how beautiful the piss smell was and everything artsy people say about New York. But she also vividly described some diner she waited three hours to get into where the waitstaff would all perform songs for the customers as a way to practice for auditions. The regulars would have favorite staff members and stan them the way Amy stans all her emo musicians.

     Working at Beau’s used to feel kind of like that, like I was part of a performance team I didn’t know I signed up for. The job started off pretty basic over the summer—I wanted to save up for basketball supplies, and Amy worked there and said it was boring ever since her e-girl coworker friend graduated. But I couldn’t get through a single lunch rush table without someone calling me over and wanting the inside scoop on the Wildcats and how we were preparing for the home opener, wanting me to sign an article in the paper or take a photo. Every friendly face just made the resolve grow inside me. People love and support the Wildcats; they would do the same for me.

     Yeah, right.

     Now just like school, customers have been glaring at me, making comments about letting everyone down, about being selfish, about my actions being “unfortunate,” and the tips have been essentially nonexistent. The Wildcats have been obliterated in half their games since I quit, carrying a 2–3 record when last year we were 5–0, and the comments make my feet feel like lead weights I have to drag through every shift.

     Today is no different. It’s Thursday, the usual dinner rush at Beau’s, and I try to stay focused on the stress of balancing seven milkshakes on one platter. A group of regulars, some construction workers, keep loudly wondering why I won’t come back to the team while I refuse proper eye contact.

     One of the guys looks up at me as I drop the bill off. “So, what’s the deal? Does being queer keep ya from physically being able to play?”

     They all snicker as they pull out crumpled bills. I stuff my hands into my pockets, holding my tongue.

     When they leave, I hold my breath as I take their bill.

     Sure enough, no tip.

     “What the fuck?” I mutter under my breath.

     “Language,” Amy says as she glides past me, imitating the way Richard says it to her every shift, and adds, “even though they are dicks.” At least Amy’s been ranting about it every free chance she gets. It was one thing when the student body was being shitty about me leaving the team, but the town being like this is even more infuriating. She doesn’t understand how these fully grown adults can really care that much about high school basketball and thinks they need a new fucking hobby. I finally agree with her.

     [She’s wearing red lipstick to go with her raccoon-adjacent eyeliner as she rushes off to prepare milkshakes for a pack of middle schoolers. I catch her mid–death glare as all three of the kids rotate in their chairs, making the old things squeal. My anger fades a bit as I can’t help but chuckle; Amy’s pissed-off reaction to Richard telling her to smile more was said raccoon makeup, and her tolerance for buffoonery has been at a negative five to start and declining fast.

     I rest my arms on the counter and try not to look as exhausted as I feel.

     “Excuse me!” an old lady screeches, making me jump.

     Amy covers up a laugh as I head to the old lady and her husband’s table. They’ve got finished plates, full waters. Not sure what the problem is. Or I do, which is worse.

     “Yes?” I say trying to suppress my annoyance.

     “Could you be bothered to serve us?”

     Only five more hours on shift. I have a break in three minutes. I’ll be with Devin at Georgia Tech tomorrow. “I’m sorry, ma’am,” I say, so careful to keep my words even, but I can feel my hands balling into fists. “What would you—?”

     And suddenly Amy swoops in, dropping two mugs of coffee down. “Sorry about that, you two,” she says, her voice extra high. “The machine was conking out on us, but it’s fine now.”

     Once the coffee is down, she hooks onto a chunk of my shirt, steering us back to the bar.

     “Thanks,” I mutter, embarrassed to have forgotten something so basic. Again.

     “Just keep it together, man,” she says. “Maybe you’d be better off with that creepy night shift where all the truckers and serial killers come in.”

     Honestly, at least the serial killers wouldn’t care about my jump shot.

     It’s a few minutes before my break, but clearly I need it. “I’ll be in the back room.”

     Right before I can head that way though, someone straight-up bursts into the diner and rushes over to me at the bar. It’s a middle-aged dad type, sunburned skin, beer belly, and stained T-shirt.

     “Pickup order?” I ask.

     “You should be ashamed,” he sneers at me. He has a really strong Southern accent, but it’s not Georgian. “Think you’re so high and mighty, that nothing’ll ever affect you? My kid’ll never go to college because of you and your lifestyle. Fuck you, Barclay Ell—”

     And before this man can finish cursing my name, Pat of all people runs in, wide-eyed in humiliation. “Jesus, Dad, please don’t—”

      I pin my gaze on him, remembering how he cowered on the bench as Ostrowski went off, how he didn’t even try to approach me. “Don’t even bother,” I snap.

     I shove a to-go bag into his dad’s arms, relieved it’s prepaid, and storm off to the break room.]

     Amy finds me head in my arms a minute or two later. I look up, rubbing my eyes. “Please spare me the pity.”

     She snorts and hands me a milkshake. Mint chocolate chip. “Wouldn’t dare.” She takes a seat and rolls her shoulders and neck, cracks sounding through the tiny room. “Do you want a distraction or a shoulder to cry on?”

For more information, and to purchase your copy of Time Out, click here.

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Reframing the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Stage Manager’s Eyes
By: Kaitlyn Riggio
5 July 2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency in the United States in March 2020, Broadway veteran stage manager Richard Hester watched the nation’s anxiety unfold on social media.

“No one knew what the virus was going to do,” Hester said. Some people were “losing their minds in abject terror, and then there were some people who were completely denying the whole thing.”

For Hester, the reaction at times felt like something out of a movie. “It was like the Black Plague,” he said. “Some people thought it was going to be like that Monty Python sketch: ‘bring out your dead, bring out your dead.’”

While Hester was also unsure about how the virus would unfold, he felt that his “job as a stage manager is to naturally defuse drama.” Hester brought this approach off the stage and onto social media in the wake of the pandemic.

“I just sort of synthesized everything that was happening into what I thought was a manageable bite, so people could get it,” Hester said. This became a daily exercise for a year. Over two years after the beginning of the pandemic, Hester’s accounts are compiled in the book, Hold Please: Stage Managing A Pandemic. Released earlier this year, the book documents the events of the past two years, filtering national events and day-to-day occurrences through a stage manager’s eyes and storytelling.

When Hester started this project, he had no intention of writing a book. He was originally writing every day because there was nothing else to do. “I am somebody who needs a job or needs a structure,” Hester said.

Surprised to find that people began expecting his daily posts, he began publishing his daily writing to his followers through a Substack newsletter. As his following grew, Hester had to get used to writing for an audience. “I started second guessing myself a lot of the time,” Hester said. “It just sort of put a weird pressure on it.”

Hester said he got especially nervous before publishing posts in which he wrote about more personal topics. For example, some of his posts focused on his experiences growing up in South Africa while others centered on potentially divisive topics, such as the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Despite some of this discomfort, Hester’s more personal posts were often the ones that got the most response. The experience offered him a writing lesson. “I stopped worrying about the audience and just wrote what I wanted to write about,” Hester said. “All of that pressure that I think as artists we put on ourselves, I got used to it.”

One of Hester’s favorite anecdotes featured in the book centers on a woman who dances in Washington Square Park on a canvas, rain or shine. He said he was “mesmerized by her,” which inspired him to write about her. “It was literally snowing and she was barefoot on her canvas dancing, and that seems to me just a spectacularly beautiful metaphor for everything that we all try and do, and she was living that to the fullest.”

During the creation of Hold Please, Hester got the unique opportunity to reflect in-depth on the first year of the pandemic by looking back at his accounts. He realized that post people would not remember the details of the lockdown; people would “remember it as a gap in their lives, but they weren’t going to remember it beat by beat.”

“Reliving each of those moments made me realize just how full a year it was, even though none of us were doing anything outside,” he adds. “We were all on our couches.” Readers will use the book as a way to relive moments of the pandemic’s first year “without having to wallow in the misery of it,” he hopes.

“I talk about the misery of it, but that’s not the focus of what I wrote... it was about hope and moving forward,” Hester said. “In these times when everything is so difficult, we will figure out a way to get through and we will move forward.”

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