A man takes an ancestry test as part of his initiation into a white supremacist group and gets an unsettling surprise.
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We talk about it in our cast interviews, and here it is, Linda's Fudge Cake as eaten by Alex Breaux after closing Red Speedo.
I would like to eat that cake. That is all. |
Playwright
Chisa Hutchinson
Born in Queens, New York to young, irresponsible parents, Chisa spent majority of her formative years under the care of a much more responsible, but chronically broke woman who was technically her godfather’s mother, but who would later—in the fine, it-takes-a-village tradition of the broken family—simply become “Ma.” Chisa grew up in the company of what seemed like hundreds of unofficially adopted brothers and sisters in Newark, New Jersey, where she excelled in school and philosophized with cockroaches about the ultimate merits of poverty. Her favorite six-legged pest, who called himself Swifty on account of his uncanny ability to elude the bottom of any shoe, once told her with a wistful chuckle, “One day, you will be able to look back and romanticize all this crap.”
Having never even seen a play until high school, Chisa caught up mighty fast by earning a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from Vassar College and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has since been commissioned to write several plays and has even written a few just for kicks, including DIRT RICH (SummerStage), SHE LIKE GIRLS (the Lark Play Development Center, the Ohio Theatre, NJPAC), THIS IS NOT THE PLAY (Mad Dog Theater Company, Cleveland Public Theater), SEX ON SUNDAY (the Lark Play Development Center, the BE Company, Trustus Theatre), TUNDE’S TRUMPET (SummerStage, BOOM Arts), THE SUBJECT (Atlantic Theater Company, Playwrights’ Foundation, Victory Gardens, Partial Comfort, and Rattlestick Theater) , MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU (WorkShop Theater Company, Inge Center for the Arts), SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER (Cherry Lane, Second Stage), ALONDRA WAS HERE (the Wild Project), and DEAD & BREATHING (the Lark Play Development Center, Contemporary American Theater Festival, National Black Theatre).
Chisa has been a Lark Fellow, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Humanities Fellow, a Resident at the William Inge Center for the Arts, a staff writer for the Blue Man Group and an ensemble member of the New York NeoFuturists. She has been a two-time finalist for the Weissberger Award, a finalist for the Heideman and a finalist for the highly coveted PONY Fellowship. She actually wins awards sometimes, too, like the GLAAD Award she got for her play, SHE LIKE GIRLS, the John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting, a Lilly Award for Most Outstanding Playwright at the Beginning of Her Career, a New York Innovative Theatre Award, the Paul Green Award, a Helen Merrill Award, a Lanford Wilson Award, and most recently a Thom Thomas Award.
Currently, Chisa is finishing her residency as a Tow Fellow at Second Stage Theatre where she's premiering her play, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER. She is a proud fourth-year resident at New Dramatists, teaches creative writing at the University of Delaware, and is about to delve into the world of TV on a project for A&E/Lifetime.
Having never even seen a play until high school, Chisa caught up mighty fast by earning a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from Vassar College and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has since been commissioned to write several plays and has even written a few just for kicks, including DIRT RICH (SummerStage), SHE LIKE GIRLS (the Lark Play Development Center, the Ohio Theatre, NJPAC), THIS IS NOT THE PLAY (Mad Dog Theater Company, Cleveland Public Theater), SEX ON SUNDAY (the Lark Play Development Center, the BE Company, Trustus Theatre), TUNDE’S TRUMPET (SummerStage, BOOM Arts), THE SUBJECT (Atlantic Theater Company, Playwrights’ Foundation, Victory Gardens, Partial Comfort, and Rattlestick Theater) , MAMA’S GONNA BUY YOU (WorkShop Theater Company, Inge Center for the Arts), SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER (Cherry Lane, Second Stage), ALONDRA WAS HERE (the Wild Project), and DEAD & BREATHING (the Lark Play Development Center, Contemporary American Theater Festival, National Black Theatre).
Chisa has been a Lark Fellow, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Humanities Fellow, a Resident at the William Inge Center for the Arts, a staff writer for the Blue Man Group and an ensemble member of the New York NeoFuturists. She has been a two-time finalist for the Weissberger Award, a finalist for the Heideman and a finalist for the highly coveted PONY Fellowship. She actually wins awards sometimes, too, like the GLAAD Award she got for her play, SHE LIKE GIRLS, the John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting, a Lilly Award for Most Outstanding Playwright at the Beginning of Her Career, a New York Innovative Theatre Award, the Paul Green Award, a Helen Merrill Award, a Lanford Wilson Award, and most recently a Thom Thomas Award.
Currently, Chisa is finishing her residency as a Tow Fellow at Second Stage Theatre where she's premiering her play, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER. She is a proud fourth-year resident at New Dramatists, teaches creative writing at the University of Delaware, and is about to delve into the world of TV on a project for A&E/Lifetime.
Cast
Alex Breaux (Jeff Browning)
Bio Coming Soon
Dustin Sullivan (Poot Spangler)
Dustin Sullivan is a writer and performer living in NYC. His acting credits include Heathers: the Musical (New World Stages), Little House on the Prairie (National Tour) and Shakespeare’s R&J (London’s West End). As a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, he has toured the US and Ireland extensively. For the past five years, he has participated as a lyricist with the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. His current musical collaboration (with composer Jonathan Reid Gealt) is an adaptation of the award-winning novel Dust and Shadow, which tells the tale of Sherlock Holmes in his quest to hunt down Jack the Ripper. His play Parched was an O’Neill semifinalist.
Mikaela Izquierdo (Michelle Browning)
Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac (Roundabout Theatre Company) Off- Broadway/Other: Perfect Arrangement (Primary Stages), Stay (Rattlestick), 10x25, The New York Idea (Atlantic Theater Company), Yours Unfaithfully (The Mint), Lone Star Spirits (Crowded Outlet),The Cloud (Slant/HERE Arts), L(y)re (ArsNova ANTfest), West Lethargy (59E59/Edinburgh Fringe/FringeNYC), Unrequited (Public Theater Shakespeare Lab) Training: B.F.A NYU Tisch, Public Theater Shakespeare Lab Alum.
Calvin M. Thompson (Gerald Lamott)
Calvin M. Thompson A native of Aiken, South Carolina, he is an alum of University of South Carolina-Aiken and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He recently appeared in American Stage's production of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come And Gone. He would like to thank God for all blessings and thanks to family and friends for love and support. Off-Broadway: Couriers & Contrabands. NY Theatre: A Soldier's Play, AT BUFFALO, Two Roberts, Split Second, Sweethearts Of Swing, Flambeaux. Regional: Voodoo Macbeth, Seven Guitars, A Lesson Before Dying, Mary Stuart. Film/TV: Ophelia, Ying-Yang, City of Dreams.
Christine Verleny (Alma Tillery)
Recent highlights – Mistress Quickly - Verona Walls (Workshop), Pya – Keep On Truckin’ – It’s War (Oberon - MITF – nominated for best actress), Joyce – Daughters of the Sexual Revolution (Workshop), Mrs. Bennett – Moonlight and Love Songs (Gayfest NYC) and Bianca – Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief (Other Side Productions). Can also be seen in the following short films making the festival circuit - Panic at the Pole, Legit (also Co-producer) and If Only.
Latoya Edwards (Chris Lamott)
A 2015 graduate of Pace University's Musical Theater Program, Latoya is honored to be apart of Kin! Thanks to Chisa, the Charging Moose Team, and the cast who made this experience so special.
Ned Donovan (Dylan Hoffenberger)
Originally from Portland, ME, Ned now resides as an actor in NYC. He is also a fight director and stunt coordinator, and a co-founder of Charging Moose Media. NYC: Angel on my Shoulder (MITF), Renewal (Write Act Rep) REGIONAL: All Shook Up, Once Upon a Mattress (Fireside), My Fair Lady, Damn Yankees (Merry-Go-Round), Of Thee I Sing (Theater at Monmouth), White Christmas (Jenny Wiley) FILM/TV: Night of the Living Deb (Stunt Coordinator/Featured), The Hunted: Encore. BFA Ithaca College. www.neddonovan.com "Everything I am is thanks to the love, support, and countless opportunities afforded me by my amazing parents Debba Curtis and Michael Donovan It's a debt I'll never repay. Rest in peace."
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