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THE COMPANY
RICHARDA ABRAMS * (Statue of Sojourner Truth and others) 4X AUDELCO award-winning performer/playwright: Big Mama and
Me, Bethune: Our Black Velvet Rose, and First By Faith: The Life Of Mary McLeod Bethune. Other Performances include:
Crossroads Theatre Co., Ivoryton Playhouse, Public Theater, Cherry Lane, 2ndStage, La Mama (director Estelle Parsons) and New
Federal Theatre (director Woodie King, Jr.) Film/TV: I Am Here, The Subject, The Riverside Bench, Oreos With Attitude (Showtime)
CBS, ABC, LIFETIME, Sesame Street. Singing: with her father Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams’ CD (Song For All), and Amina Claudine
Myers' Generation IV. She holds a B.F.A. with honors in Acting (New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts) and M.A. in
Educational Theatre (NYU’s Steinhardt). www.RichardaAbrams.com
BRANDON CURRY * (Libby) Brandon is thrilled to be making his WHAT debut as Libby in Liberty Talks. Brandon has been recently
seen in Harlan Cobens “Shelter” on Prime Video playing the enigmatic Agent. Additionally; SHOUT Productions full length feature:
“The Kill Room”, starring Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson playing earnest art critic Alan. Other notable credits include. TV:
“Law & Order SVU”
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“WeCrashed”
,
“Happiest People in NY”. Theater: The Legend of Georgia McBride, Teen Dad, The Inheritance I &
II, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Ghost the Musical 1st Natl Tour. Follow on social media: @iambrandoncurry
PEDRO GONZÁLEZ * (A Teacher and others) is a Puerto Rican actor and writer based in New York City. He is so excited to be
back at WHAT for the second time for Liberty Talks. Recent Work: Angel (Jesus Hopped the A Train), Actor 5 (El Tratamiento), Rat
(Can’t Ignore the Rat) Many thanks to his parents, Dylan, Cason, Victoria, and Orlando.
MIRIAM KULICK * (Statue of Blind Justice and others) TV/Film highlights: “Night School” with Kevin Hart, “Superstition” on SyFy
directed by Mario Van Peebles, HBO “Ballers” with Dwayne Johnson. Miriam produced, wrote, and starred in “The Rock” a short
indie film. Theatre highlights: playwright and actor Open Hearts, solo show directed by Obie-award winner Gretchen Cryer, Off-
Broadway Theatre Row, Cherry Lane, (excerpt only) DC Capital, and Ft. Lauderdale Fringe Festivals. Three Angels Dancing on a
Needle, (Best Actress New Times Miami,) Brick Theater (NYC). Hunka (readings) at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Primary Stages, (NYC).
Zoom trilogy acted and wrote Sunday Conversations a Family Gathering. Miriam is working on a new play; On Becoming – A
Retreat – a dramedy with a smidgen of magical realism. Member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, LPTW (NYC board member & CT
chapters) Dramatists Guild and an Initiating Artist of The Jewish Theatre Circle, NYC. www.miriamkulick.com
EILEEN SUGAMELI * (Emma Lazarus and others) is thrilled to make her Wellfleet theater debut! She was in the ensemble of
TFANA's Obie Award-winning production of The Skin of Our Teeth with Tony Award-winner Kecia Lewis, performed in Vertigo
Theater’s Bareknuckle with Tony Award-winner Kara Young, and was an understudy for Studio Theatre's Helen Hayes Award-
winning production of The Wolves. Her film credits include one of four roles in The West Virginian Starfish, which was named Best
Short at two International Film Festivals. Eileen also played a lead role in Voorhees, a Friday the 13th fan-made feature with over
5 million views on YouTube, and a featured role in We Only Know So Much with Jeanne Tripplehorne, Donal Logue, Robert John
Burke and Noah Schnapp. She is also a magician and Tik Toker with over 10 million views and a million likes. NYU/Tisch- BFA in
Drama with honors. www.eileensugameli.com
SAM PERWIN * (Frédéric Bartholdi) Sam is thrilled to be returning to WHAT for his third production and second world premiere!
He was previously seen in Marry Me a Little and The Empaths. Other recent credits include Head Over Heels (Basilius) at Theatre
SilCo and Assassins (Booth) at Playhouse Stage Company. Check out www.samperwin.com and @samperwin on Instagram for
more info!
GREGORY FLETCHER * (Production Stage Manager) is happy to be making his WHAT debut and reuniting with Christopher
Ostrom and Carol Sherry after 21 years at the former Provincetown Repertory Theater. Fletcher has stage managed 17 Off-
Broadway productions, nine regionals, five workshops, and one national tour. A native of Dallas, Texas, a resident of New York
City, and a graduate with three theatre degrees from Cal. State University at Northridge, Columbia University, and Boston
University, Fletcher is also a playwright, author, director, and former theatre arts professor. Check out his 2-book series Other
People’s Crazy, and Other People’s Drama, and his latest novella Tom and Huck Sitting in a Tree. www.gregoryfletcher.com
JANICE L. GOLDBERG (Director) directs a lot of new plays and sometimes she wins awards, like The Kennedy Center Gold
Medallion Award for her work with original scripts. Based in New York, Janice has directed over 80 original works that have been
seen uptown and down, across the country, from university to Off-Broadway. Recent Off-Broadway: Emma Goldman
Sherman’s FUKT, “staged by Janice L. Goldberg who deserves more attention” …nytheatre-wire; I Of The Storm, “a spectacular
show”…Broadway World and Remembrance Day; “executed with glorious finesse”... NYTheatre Guide; Rose Colored Glass (co-
written with Susan Bigelow) is published by Samuel French, Inc. and has had productions all over the US and Europe. Here on the
Cape, she directed That Dorothy Parker at the Provincetown Playhouse last summer. Janice served as Producing Artistic Co-
Director of AND Theatre Company in NYC, overseeing the development of over 100 new plays. And AND’s signature series
“Without A Net”. 1 play, 25 performances, 25 different casts. Member: SDC, Dramatist’s Guild, New Circle Theatre Company,
Honor Roll. Faculty member of the Dramatists Guild Institute. She is grateful to all the folx at WHAT - the cast, crew, and staff! A
special shout out to extra special people: Susan Darrow, Carolyn Eck, Gary Weber, Todd Crosby, Gary Garrison, Nicholas Ward,
and Christopher Ostrom. And extra extra shout out to Fermin Rojas, who she absolutely adores! Oh, Janice is a licensed New York
City Tour Guide and has been to the Statue of Liberty too many times to count. And “Libby” never fails to impress!
www.JaniceLGoldberg.com
*Appearing through an agreement between this theater and Actors' Equity Association,
the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.