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May 13, 2018 , The Helen

2018 Roe Green Award Winner

Cicada

by Nick Gandiello

Benedetta is trying to ride a wave of political optimism into the seat of her northern New Jersey district’s County Executive. At the same time, she has to prepare for her daughter’s wedding and balance out her volatile son. When a long past family trauma is used to smear her campaign, she and her family must decide how they will present themselves on the public stage. A comedic drama about new American politics and new American families.



2018 Roe Green Award Winner

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Gregory James

Gregory James

(Billy) is excited to be making his CPH and Equity debut. He is a member of the Cleveland sketch comedy duo Flamingo City and is a sketch writing student of Michael Busch. Stage credits: Male Understudy in Clue (Cleveland Play House); Lucio in Measure for Measure, Mercutio in Romeo more(Billy) is excited to be making his CPH and Equity debut. He is a member of the Cleveland sketch comedy duo Flamingo City and is a sketch writing student of Michael Busch. Stage credits: Male Understudy in Clue (Cleveland Play House); Lucio in Measure for Measure, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Brooke in Little Women (Oberlin Summer Theater Festival); Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, David in Hay Fever, Trigorin in The Seagull, and John in Fifth of July (CWRU/CPH). LA theatre credits include Summer and Smoke, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Lend Me a Tenor (Actors Co-Op Theatre Hollywood), and Some Girl(s) (LA Fringe). Gregory was a founding member of the Whitefire Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Film credits include Jilted for Glamour Magazine, Slow Clap Comedy, and the Actors Co-Op Series, The Fur is Gone. All my love to Molly. GregoryJamesActing.com @GregoryJamesActing

Mahira Kakkar

Mahira Kakkar

(Mytri) is excited to be back at CPH. Select New York credits include The Winter’s Tale (TFANA), Against the Hillside, When January Feels Like Summer (EST), Romeo and Juliet (Public Mobile Unit), Clive (New Group), Opus (Primary Stages), Harper Regan (Atlantic), Miss Witherspoon (Playwrights Horizons). Select regional theaters include more(Mytri) is excited to be back at CPH. Select New York credits include The Winter’s Tale (TFANA), Against the Hillside, When January Feels Like Summer (EST), Romeo and Juliet (Public Mobile Unit), Clive (New Group), Opus (Primary Stages), Harper Regan (Atlantic), Miss Witherspoon (Playwrights Horizons). Select regional theaters include Huntington Stage, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, McCarter Theater. Film and TV includes Hank and Asha, Bite Me (upcoming), The Big C, Louie, Blue Bloods, Blacklist, Law and Order: CI. Training from Juilliard, Harold Guskin, SITI, Public Shakespeare Lab. Proud member of EST, Hero Theater Company, and The Actors Center.

Joseph Masi

Joseph Masi

(Scig) is very proud to be part of the New Ground Theatre Festival and the Cleveland Play House. He is a graduate from the MFA program at Brooklyn College where he was also an adjunct professor of acting. Joe can be seen on the “Beautiful Frame” episode of Law more(Scig) is very proud to be part of the New Ground Theatre Festival and the Cleveland Play House. He is a graduate from the MFA program at Brooklyn College where he was also an adjunct professor of acting. Joe can be seen on the “Beautiful Frame” episode of Law & Order: SVU and has worked regionally and in New York City on stage, TV, and in film. When Joe is not acting he can be found raising his 8 year old son whom he adores. Joe also works as a corporate communication and presentation coach for Graceworks Inc.

Esau Pritchett

Esau Pritchett

(Gregory) Originally from Saginaw, MI, Esau earned a BA in performing Arts/Theatre from Oakland University in Rochester, MI in 1998. Esau first appeared at The Cleveland Play House playing John Proctor in 2016's production of The Crucible. He has worked in many regional theatres across the country over the more(Gregory) Originally from Saginaw, MI, Esau earned a BA in performing Arts/Theatre from Oakland University in Rochester, MI in 1998. Esau first appeared at The Cleveland Play House playing John Proctor in 2016's production of The Crucible. He has worked in many regional theatres across the country over the past fifteen years. His theatre credits include many Shakespeare productions as well as contemporary plays. He has been featured on the long running crime dramas Law and Order, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Law and Order: SVU. He is also featured in HBO’s crime drama The Night Of, has made appearances on Netflix series Orange is the New Black and Marvel’s Iron Fist. In 2017 Esau appeared as a guest star on NBC's Chicago PD and appeared as a guest star on NBC's The Blacklist in 2018.

Jessica Wortham

Jessica Wortham

(Benny) is thrilled to be returning to Cleveland Play House for the New Ground Festival after last appearing here in Informed Consent. Regional theatre highlights include Twelfth Night, A Christmas Story, Crime and Punishment, and the Humana Festival premieres of Marginal Loss and The Ruby Sunrise with Actors Theatre more(Benny) is thrilled to be returning to Cleveland Play House for the New Ground Festival after last appearing here in Informed Consent. Regional theatre highlights include Twelfth Night, A Christmas Story, Crime and Punishment, and the Humana Festival premieres of Marginal Loss and The Ruby Sunrise with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Outside Mullingar with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Second Girl with Contemporary American Theater Festival, A Servant to Two Masters and Othello with Pittsburgh Public Theater, An Enemy of the People with Gulfshore Playhouse, Henry VIII with Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, The Book Club Play with Geva Theater Center and The Understudy and Black Pearl Sings! (BATCC Award for Best Leading Performance) with San Jose Rep. Internationally, she has performed with Vienna's English Theatre and the English Theatre Frankfurt. She has also appeared on the FX series “The Americans” and holds an MFA from Brown University/Trinity Rep. jessicawortham.com

Elisabeth Yancey

Elisabeth Yancey

(Marina) was most recently onstage with Cleveland Play House as Yvette in Clue and Grace Richards in Into the Breeches!. Other credits with CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program include The Merchant of Venice, Hay Fever, The Seagull, and Fifth of July. Internationally, Elisabeth performed at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in more(Marina) was most recently onstage with Cleveland Play House as Yvette in Clue and Grace Richards in Into the Breeches!. Other credits with CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program include The Merchant of Venice, Hay Fever, The Seagull, and Fifth of July. Internationally, Elisabeth performed at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the world premiere of Call of the Void. Other favorite credits include CPH’s New Ground Theatre Festival in Cicada and Christina, and the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival in Romeo and Juliet and Little Women, as well as work with Wellesley Repertory Theatre. Elisabeth holds a BA in Theatre Studies from Wellesley College, a certificate of classical acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and a certificate of literature from Cambridge University. She could not be more delighted to join this ensemble in bringing this story to life. www.elisabethyancey.com Insta: @elisabethyancey

Nick Gandiello

Nick Gandiello

(Playwright) is a playwright and teaching artist based in NYC. His plays include Cicada (Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival), The Blameless (The Old Globe), Oceanside (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Wedge Horse (Fault Line Theatre), and Sunrise Highway (Ojai Playwrights Conference), as well as short plays featured more(Playwright) is a playwright and teaching artist based in NYC. His plays include Cicada (Cleveland Play House's New Ground Theatre Festival), The Blameless (The Old Globe), Oceanside (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), The Wedge Horse (Fault Line Theatre), and Sunrise Highway (Ojai Playwrights Conference), as well as short plays featured in Smith and Kraus's Best 10 Minute Plays of 2014 and 2015. Gandiello is a Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow at the Lark, was the 2015 Page 73 Productions Playwriting Fellow, received the 2016 Marin Theatre Company David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, and is an alum of the Ars Nova Play Group. His work has been developed or presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, The Flea, Keen Company, Samuel French’s Off Off Broadway Festival, Capital Stage, Premiere Stages, and Wide Eyed Productions, among others. Gandiello teaches Playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College, and has worked as a teaching artist with the New School for Drama, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Naked Angels, Young Playwrights Inc., and Dorset Theatre Festival, among others. MFA, The New School for Drama.

Tom Humes

(Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the stage more(Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the stage management teams with: Porthouse Theatre, Cain Park, Cleveland Play House, McCarter Theatre Center, Dobama Theatre, Beck Center for the Arts, Karamu House, Cleveland Orchestra and Opera Cleveland. He has been an assistant production manager, events production manager, and senior production manager/assistant to the general manager at Cain Park. He is also a member of the I.A.T.S.E. Tom is twice published, with a recent book review of Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice: Cultivating a Creative Approach featured in Theatre Topics and he contributed to the book, Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career with his essay, “Maximum Flexibility”.

Rachel Lerner-Ley

(Dramaturg) is in her ninth season at Cleveland Play House, where she is the literary manager and resident dramaturg. Dramaturgy at CPH includes Light It Up!, Clue, Our Dad is in Atlantis, Christina, The Hat Box, Egress, Cicada, Tiny Houses, Minton’s Place, Ghost Party, The Chinese Lady, The Nolan more(Dramaturg) is in her ninth season at Cleveland Play House, where she is the literary manager and resident dramaturg. Dramaturgy at CPH includes Light It Up!, Clue, Our Dad is in Atlantis, Christina, The Hat Box, Egress, Cicada, Tiny Houses, Minton’s Place, Ghost Party, The Chinese Lady, The Nolan Williams Project, CARE monologues, The Good Peaches, FEED, Little Row Boat, Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, and the Violins of Hope concert with the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program and the Cleveland Orchestra. Additional dramaturgy credits include Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Civilians, Actors Theatre of Louisville, WildWind Performance Lab at Texas Tech University and Girl Be Heard. She is a graduate of Smith College. Member LMDA.

Katie Lupica

(Director) is the current Cleveland Play House Artistic Directing Fellow. At CPH, she has served as assistant director for Shakespeare in Love and Macbeth and director for the 2018-19 Season Announcement. NYC directing includes work at Access Theatre, La MaMa (NYC Fringe), Ugly Rhino, Gallery Players, and NYU Steinhardt. more(Director) is the current Cleveland Play House Artistic Directing Fellow. At CPH, she has served as assistant director for Shakespeare in Love and Macbeth and director for the 2018-19 Season Announcement. NYC directing includes work at Access Theatre, La MaMa (NYC Fringe), Ugly Rhino, Gallery Players, and NYU Steinhardt. Regional directing includes the Hangar Theatre (Drama League Fellow), Williamstown Theatre Festival, SUNY Brockport (in assoc. with Geva Theatre), Cincinnati Fringe (Producer’s Pick Award), and the Roe Green Award reading of Cicada by Nick Gandiello as part of CPH’s New Ground Theatre Festival. She is a graduate of Columbia University (summa cum laude) and an associate member of SDC; more at katielupica.com.

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