If Found, Please Call by Shannon Deep (Act Two)

Sponsored by Haley Shibble

Helena’s OCD has kept her from getting close to very many people, but when she meets chronically delinquent Joey, the two connect. As Joey's destructive behavior begins to drag down the people around him, Helena must confront her expectations for her own life and decide what it means to find the "right" person.

Cast

Shannon Deep - Playwright

Shannon is a professional writer and dramaturg in New York City. Partnering with the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Education Department, she acted as a dramaturg and co-writer for PROSPECT HIGH: BROOKLYN, a semi-finalist at the 2015 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Center and published by Smith & Kraus. Conceived by a Fox Foundation Fellowship recipient and a team of urban high school students, the play brings their lived experiences to the stage with an honesty rarely seen in theater for young audiences. PROSPECT HIGH: BROOKLYN had rolling world premiers at 23 high schools across the U.S. and one in London in 2016, culminating in its New York premiere in the Roundabout's Underground blackbox theater.

Deep has served as dramaturg/script supervisor for Kathy Najimy’s one-woman show in development, LIFT UP YOUR SKIRT, and is currently working in the same capacity for Yuval Boim and Darren Katz’s SEXCURITY, a one-man movement-based show premiering at the Cleveland Public in March 2016. She has worked as a dramaturg on new and evolving work with such theater makers as The Representatives and Rady & Bloom Collective Playmaking, and is a script reader for the Roundabout.

As a playwright, librettist, and lyricist, her work has been showcased in readings, festivals, and cabarets (Identity Theater Company, The Triad, Scotch’n’Soda Theatre), and she can be heard with her writing partner, composer Scott Wasserman, on their weekly comedy songwriting podcast, Song Salad, available on iTunes.

In conjunction with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Center for Deliberative Democracy, she developed Deliberative Theater, a method of policy discussion and community polling that combined scholar Jim Fishkin’s principles of Deliberative Democracy with theatrical performances. Two Deliberative Theater events, both written and organized by Deep, were held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including one televised (live and rebroadcast) event in conjunction with WQED Studios, PopCity Media, and the League of Women Voters.

She holds her Bachelors in Humanities and Arts in Drama and Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, and went on to earn her masters in Arts Management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon a year later.

Carolyn Holding - Helena

Carolyn is thrilled to be included in the inaugural episode of ‘At the Table.’ Her theater credits include “Comedy of Errors,” “Troilus and Cressida,” “Henry VI Part 2,” “Cymbeline” (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), "As You Like It" (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), "The Scene" (Dorset Theater), "Philadelphia Story," "Mine," "As You Like It," "Dracula" (Chautauqua Theater Company), "Long Division" (Portland Center Stage JAW Festival), "Macbeth," "Restoration," "The Cherry Orchard," "Arms and the Man," "All's Well that Ends Well," "Freedom House," "The Humans Are in Trouble" (NYU/Tisch). Training: MFA, NYU; BA, Harvard University.​

Michael Izquierdo (Joey)

Michael is a producer of four feature films, the cult-favorite, The Weekend, the award-winning The Last Day of August, and international hit horror film, Antidote, all with multi-platform distribution. Fireworkers is making the festival circuit. He has appeared on TV and in such films as Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Meet Dave, Fireworkers, 11.22.63 as Bobby Oswald, Heterosexuals, “Blue Bloods” and “Elementary.” Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include The Liquid Plain at The Signature, King Lear at The Public, Go Back to Where You Are at Playwrights Horizons, New Jerusalem at CSC, Mother Courage with Meryl Streep, and The Miracle Worker, among others. He has an MFA from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Acting Program. He has also produced and starred in the hit web-series iChannel (Fox), and numerous shorts and web-shows, and has directed music videos. His voice can be heard on many TV commercials, narrations, and networks. He is the founder of Sunnyside Films, and a native New Yorker.​

Originally from Alaska, Jenny was last seen as Eva Peron in Kansas City Rep and Opera North's productions of Evita and Arista in Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl. Off-Broadway & Regional: Sleep No More, Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Ovation Award Nom), Rosalind in As You Like It, Penny in Romance Language (World Premiere), Meg in Little Women and Rhoda in A New Brain. Upcoming: Bea Stein in J.D. Salinger biopic, Rebel in the Rye (directed by Empire creator Danny Strong). Jenny is a graduate of UCF Conservatory Theatre. www.jennyashman.com

Jenny Ashman (Chelsea)

Andy Ingalls (Noah)

Andy is thrilled to appear on the podcast! Andy works regularly on new work with companies like The Directors Company, Clubbed Thumb, Naked Angels, Hamlet Isn't Dead, and the Workshop Theater. He has recently played Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night" for the Glass Eye, a nanotechnologist in the indie film "How He Fell in Love" with Amy Hargreaves and Matt McGorry, and he can be seen in December 2016 as Georgio and several others in "The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit" at the Workshop Theater.

Michelle Duffy (Magda - Act One)

Michelle made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated Alan Menken musical "Leap of Faith" and her off-Broadway debut in 2014 in "Heathers: The Musical" originating the roles of Ms. Fleming and Veronica's Mother. She's on the original soundtrack recordings of both shows. She also originated the roles of Cynthia in "First Wives Club: The Musical" at The Oriental Theater in Chicago earlier this year and Dani in "Gettin' The Band Back Together", directed by John Rando, at George Street Theater. Having worked extensively in Chicago and the west coast before finally coming to NYC (Goodman, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, to name a few...) she has been the recipient of Ovation, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, Garland, and Wilde Awards and is a three-time nominee for the Joseph Jefferson.

The short film "The Atlantic Motel" in which she co-starred in a cast of 6 just earned the Best Short Drama-Ensemble award at it's debut in the Atlantic City Cinefest, and another film, "The Hudson Tribes", previews November 20. Recent tv credits include the HBO miniseries "The Night Of", "The Good Wife", and "Elementary". Michelle is currently developing her own show, "Tenn O'Clock Cocktails", portraying several of Tennessee Williams' most intriguing women.

Valerie Stack Dodge (Magda - Act Two)

Valerie Stack Dodge has worked as a professional actress, singer, choreographer, and theater arts educator. Recent roles include Lily in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at Ivoryton Playhouse, Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy, and Sarah in Table Manners with the Garage Theatre Group, and Rivkeh & Anna in My Name is Asher Lev with the Palisades Players. She has also performed in several radio plays, most recently in It’s a Wonderful Life with the Theater Project. Television credits include Billions, The Big C, and Breaking Vegas. Valerie earned her BFA in Theater at The Boston Conservatory, where she also served on the faculty. AEA, SAG-AFTRA