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Who’s Who

                  Darin F. Earl II (Dylan)   Directing credits include I Am The
                  [he/they] is a first-gen,   Gooseking by Ben Firke (The Tank),
                  queer artist based in   Valentine’s Day Cabaret: Kindred Spirits
                  New Jersey. As a stage &   (Vivid Stage), Portrait of the Widow
                  screen actor and voice-  Kinski (Vivid Stage), and Contagious
                  over artist, Darin is   Drama’s 2022 evening of short plays.
                  represented by Reinhard   Daria wrote a one-act play (Somewhere
                  Talent in Philadelphia.   in Between), which was produced at the
                  Recent stage credits
      include: Ferdinand (Love's Labour's   University of Pittsburgh as well as
      Lost, Scranton Shakespeare Festival);   several short plays for Contagious
      Fool #1 (The Giant Void in My Soul,   Drama’s 2022 evening of short plays.
      Luna Stage); & Happy Loman (Death   She enjoys traveling and collaborating
      of a Salesman, Somerset Valley      with artists from diverse backgrounds
      Players.) Recent screen credits     and is especially invigorated by stories
      include: The Devil's Playground (Dir.   centering Black women. You can learn
      AJ Ciccotelli); The Dennis Boys (Dir. S.   more about Daria on her episode of
      Schaffer); and 825 Forest Road (Dir.   Vivid Stage’s Local podcast (Season 3;
      S. Cognetti.) Affiliated organizations   Episode 6). Want to create together?
      include: The New Jersey PlayLab, The   Shoot her an email at
      New Jersey Creative Arts            DariaMSullivan@gmail.com. Training:
      Collaborative, The Shakespeare      BA, University of Pittsburgh.
      Theatre of New Jersey, North Corner
      Theatre, and Beta Gamma Chi,                    Jason Szamreta (Mark
      Fraternity Inc. A special thanks to the         Miller) has been a proud
      Vivid Stage family, Memo Esposo, and            member of Vivid Stage for
      you for supporting the arts. To keep up
      with Darin's journey, visit:                    nearly 10 years and is
      darinearlthesecond.com                          grateful to collaborate and
                                                      convene with the Vivid
                  Daria M. Sullivan                   community of artists and
                  (Rebecca Stinger) - she/            supporters. Notable roles
                  her/hers - is a NJ/NYC              with Vivid and beyond
                  based actor, director,   include: Luke in Next Fall, John in Sister
                  writer, teaching artist,   Play, Balkie in Together Apart (web
                  and virtual assistant.   series), and John Proctor in The
                  She is a member of Vivid   Crucible. Jason dedicates this
                  Stage’s acting ensemble   performance to Carol Ann and Daniel,
                  and young playwrights’   whose resilience and grace have
      group (Dreamweavers), a member of   inspired his work.
      Burn It Down/BiD (NYC film collective),
      and a Humanity in Action Senior                 Emaline Williams
                                                      (Emily) is an Ohio born
      Fellow. She co-produced and art                 but NJ based Equity actor.
      directed BiD’s short films, Variations          She is thrilled to be
      and A Cure (respectively). Theatre              making her Vivid Stage
      credits include Water in My Hands               debut! Her theatrical
      (Vivid Stage), Everything Is Super              credits include NYC:
      Great (Vivid Stage), Be Here Now                Vampire Cowboys Theater
      (Vivid Stage), and Unveiling Liberty            Co (Alice in Slasherland,
      (Speranza Theatre Company). Daria   GEEK!) NJ: Centenary Stage Co (Meteor
      originated the role of Samantha     Shower, Turning, The Sunshine Boys,
      Friedman in Lia Romeo’s The         Dracula, Hitler’s Tasters), Shakespeare
      Presentation. She also co-stars in VS’s   Theatre of New Jersey (A Child’s
      web series (Together Apart) and guest   Christmas in Wales), Vivid Stage (Ways
      stars as AMINATA/CUSTOMER for       to be Happy: a radio play), The Bickford
      season two of Cocotazo Media’s audio   Theatre (Accomplice), The Growing
                                          Stage (Tales from the Garden) &
      fiction series, Timestorm           Alliance Repertory (Bluff, Trying).
      (TimestormSeries.com). Assistant/   Emaline holds a BFA in theater
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