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WHO’S WHO                                                                                                                             WHO’S WHO


                                                                                                                         Playwriting, the 2013 Global Age Project
                                                                                                                         Prize, and the 2010 Jane Chambers
                                                                                                                         Prize in Feminist Theatre MJ has held
                                                                                                                         residencies at the MacDowell Colony and
                                                                                                                         SPACE on Ryder Farm and is currently a
                                                                                                                         resident playwright at New Dramatists. MJ
                                                                                                                         has been a member of the Public Theater’s
                                                                                                                         Emerging Writers’ Group, WP Theater Lab,
                                                                                                                         a core playwright at InterAct Theatre and a
                                                                                                                         playwriting fellow at the Huntington Theater
                                                                                                                         An alum of Wesleyan University and Yale
                                                                                                                         School of Drama, MJ has taught playwriting
                                                                                                                         at Fordham University, Wesleyan
                                                                                                                         University, SUNY Purchase College, the
      RACHAEL LOGUE* (Diana/Danny) Stages:   EMILY NEVES* (Katie/Jordan/Jones) is     RAVEN JUSTINE TROUP* (Tyler/Tracy)   University of the Arts and as a teaching
      Grey Gardens (Young Little Edie), The   thrilled to return to Stages, having most   is thrilled to be returning for a second   fellow at Yale College. MJ curated the 2016
      Marvelous Wonderette Series (Cindy Lou),   recently appeared in Who Am I This   production with Stages! Stages: Little   and 2017 seasons of Trans Theater Fest at
      Yankee Tavern, Dollhouse (Nora, HP Best   Time (& other conundrums of love) as   Shop of Horrors (Crystal); TUTS: Elf the   The Brick and, along with Kit Yan, founded
      Actress Nominaiton), Steel Magnolias   Catherine/Helene/Paula; Other Stages     Musical (Jovie), Spring Awakening (Isle),   Trans Lab Fellowship, a program to support
      (Annelle); TUTS: White Christmas, The   roles include Margaret in Miss Teen,    Seussical the Musical (Gertrude), Mamma   emerging transgender theater artists They
      Shoemaker and the Christmas Elves; 4th   Nina in Stupid F*cking Bird, and Marie in   Mia! (Lisa), and The Wiz (Ensemble); Alley   were recently a staff writer on seasons 1
      Wall Theatre: Pride & Prejudice (Lydia/  Marie Antoinette, also directed by Leslie   All New: The Aves (Young Woman), When   and 2 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
      Lady Catherine); The Ensemble Theatre:   Swackhamer. Emily spent seven seasons   We Left (Avline), and Sophia (Xerxes); The   on Netflix Find out about upcoming shows
      Stick Fly (Kimber); Main Street Theater:   as a member of the resident acting   Alley Theater: Amerikin (Chris), Skeleton   by joining MJ’s mailing list at: https://
      Daisy (Louise), Machinal; Unity Theatre:   company at the Alley Theatre, where she   Crew (Asst Director), and A Christmas   tinyletter.com/mjkaufmanster
      Sanders Family Christmas (Denise); Texas   appeared in such shows as You Can’t Take   Carol (Martha); Obsidian Theater: For
      Repertory Theatre: Thoroughly Modern   it with You (Alice Sycamore), A Behanding   Colored Girls… (Orange); Art Factory:   LESLIE SWACKHAMER (Director)
      Millie (Millie); Rogue Productions: Matt   in Spokane (Marilyn), A Few Good Men   Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Yitzhak),   Stages: NSFW, My Mañana Comes, The
      & Ben (Matt Damon), Touch(ed) (Emma);   (Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway), Peter Pan   Funny Girl (Fanny), Heathers the Musical   Revisionist, Straight White Men, Marie
      Regional - Syracuse Stage: The Wolves   (Michael Darling), Boeing-Boeing (Gloria),   (Chandler), Disenchanted (Princess Who   Antoinette, Rabbit Hole, In the Next
      (#25); Repertory Theatre of St. Louis: The   Clybourne Park (Betsey/Lindsay), and   Kissed the Frog), Spelling Bee (Marcy),   Room or The Vibrator Play, The Andrews
      Wolves (#25); Geva Theatre Center: The   many more. Emily has also appeared in   The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Esmeralda)   Brothers, Failure: A Love Story, Man from
      Marvelous Wonderettes; Oregon Cabaret   The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily   Brooklyn the Musical (Paradice), Lizzie   Nebraska, The Great American Trailer
      Theatre: The Marvelous Wonderettes; As an   Cardew), at Classical Theatre Company; I   the Musical (Lizzie), and Jekyll & Hyde   Park Musical, Lady,Amy’s View. Regional:
      assistant director, Rachael has also worked   Carry Your Heart (Phoebe), at the Hangar   (Emma).                   Constellations (The Alley Theatre); ACT
      at TUTS, The Repertory Theatre of St.   Theatre. Most recently, Emily was Assistant                                Theatre (Seattle): A Christmas Carol,
      Louis, Syracuse Stage, and The Alley. BFA   Director to James Black on A Christmas   MJ KAUFMAN (Playwright) is a playwright   Avenue X, Old Wicked Songs, Later Life,
      Sam Houston State University. Much love   Carol at the Alley and assisted Leslie   and television writer from Portland, OR.    Going to St. Ives, The Nina Variations;
      to my fam. www.rachaellogue.com     Swackhamer at Theatre Three in Dallas       Their work has been seen at the Public   The Psychic Life of Savages (The Empty
                                          on The Armor Plays: Cinched and Strapped.   Theater, WP Theater, Huntington Theatre,   Space) Madison Rep: Wit, What Corbin
                                          Her short play, Pretty Little White Girls,   New York Theater Workshop, the New   Knew; Much Ado About Nothing (Seattle
                                          was featured in Mildred’s Umbrella’s        Museum, NAATCO, Clubbed Thumb,     Shakespeare); numerous Cleveland Play
                                          Museum of Dysfunction, directed by Peter    Playwrights Realm, Colt Coeur, Yale School   House productions including Reckless,
                                          Ton. Emily is a renowned voice actor,       of Drama, Lark Play Development Center   The Baltimore Waltz and The Butcher’s
                                          director, and script writer for English dubs   and InterAct Theater, among others. Their   Daughter; American Stage: Lost in Yonkers,
                                          of anime at Funimation Studios and Sentai   work has also been performed in Russian   Mrs. Klein; Tacoma Theatre Guild: Driving
                                          Filmworks. She holds a BFA in acting        in Moscow and in Australia. MJ received   Miss Daisy, The Whales of August; The
                                          from Texas State University, where she      the 2017 Helen Merrill Emerging Writers   Last Schwartz (Florida Studio Theatre).
                                          graduated cum laude.                        Award, 2013 ASCAP Cole Porter Prize in   Other theatres include Southcoast Rep,
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