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May 17 - 19, 2018 , The Helen

Hi, Are You Single?

by Ryan J. Haddad

Do you have a high sex drive? Ryan does. He also has cerebral palsy. No, those things are not mutually exclusive. Join writer/performer and Parma, OH native Ryan J. Haddad on a roller coaster through New York’s gay dating scene, where the highs are high and the lows are lonely. For Mature Audiences.

Artists

Derek Green

Derek Green

(Sound Designer) is a Cleveland-based technical director and scenic designer. At Cleveland Play House, Derek serves as a Site Coordinator with the Education Department. Scenic Design Credits include The Elephant Man, Children of Eden, I’m Not Rappaport, Bonnie & Clyde, Willy Wonka, and Our Town (French Creek Theatre); The more(Sound Designer) is a Cleveland-based technical director and scenic designer. At Cleveland Play House, Derek serves as a Site Coordinator with the Education Department. Scenic Design Credits include The Elephant Man, Children of Eden, I’m Not Rappaport, Bonnie & Clyde, Willy Wonka, and Our Town (French Creek Theatre); The Tempest and Richard II (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival).

Ryan Haddad

Ryan Haddad

(Playwright, Actor) is an actor, playwright, and autobiographical performer based in New York. His acclaimed solo play Hi, Are You Single? was presented in The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and continues to tour across the country. Ryan has performed original work at La MaMa E.T.C., The New more(Playwright, Actor) is an actor, playwright, and autobiographical performer based in New York. His acclaimed solo play Hi, Are You Single? was presented in The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and continues to tour across the country. Ryan has performed original work at La MaMa E.T.C., The New Museum, and The LGBT Center of New York City. His acting credits include The Maids and Lucy Thurber’s Orpheus in the Berkshires at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Noor and Hadi Go To Hogwarts for Theater Breaking Through Barriers, and television appearances on Bull, Madam Secretary, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Ryan is a 2017-18 Queer/Art Performance and Playwriting Fellow, under the mentorship of Moe Angelos, and a member of The Public Theater’s 2018-19 Emerging Writers Group. ryanjhaddad.com.

Kelsey Garrett

(Scenic Designer) began working at Cleveland Play House in 2016 as a scenic painting apprentice. She currently works full-time with CPH and freelances as both a designer and painter in the Cleveland area. This fall she will continue her studies and pursue a MFA in scenic design at more(Scenic Designer) began working at Cleveland Play House in 2016 as a scenic painting apprentice. She currently works full-time with CPH and freelances as both a designer and painter in the Cleveland area. This fall she will continue her studies and pursue a MFA in scenic design at Carnegie Mellon University. Recent design credits include Annie (French Creek Community Theatre), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Case Western Reserve University), and Bonnie & Clyde (Collaborative Theatre Project).

Annie Garrett-Larsen

(Lighting Designer) is currently based in New York City and is thrilled to be returning to Cleveland Play House after spending the 2017-18 season as the Cleveland Play House Lighting Apprentice. Previous CPH design credits include: Hi, Are You Single?; Aunt Leaf; Junie B. Jones: the Musical; and Ghost more(Lighting Designer) is currently based in New York City and is thrilled to be returning to Cleveland Play House after spending the 2017-18 season as the Cleveland Play House Lighting Apprentice. Previous CPH design credits include: Hi, Are You Single?; Aunt Leaf; Junie B. Jones: the Musical; and Ghost Party. Additional design credits include CRACKED (Theatre at 14th St. Y), Mamma Mia! and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stagedoor Manor), MAIDS and These Young Men and Women (Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts), FEST, Making a Man, Into the Woods, and Miranda (Old Gym at Bard College), and How to Eat the Thing that Eats You (Dixon Place). She is a graduate of Bard College.

Jessie Higgins

(Stage Coordinator) (she/her) is a freelance stage manager based in Cleveland and is excited to return to Cleveland Play House. Favorite Stage Management credits include Hay Fever and Hi, Are You Single? (Cleveland Play House), Young Frankenstein (Thin Air Theatre Company), Heathers: High School Edition and Beauty and the more(Stage Coordinator) (she/her) is a freelance stage manager based in Cleveland and is excited to return to Cleveland Play House. Favorite Stage Management credits include Hay Fever and Hi, Are You Single? (Cleveland Play House), Young Frankenstein (Thin Air Theatre Company), Heathers: High School Edition and Beauty and the Beast (Stagedoor Manor). Favorite Assistant Stage Management credits include Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Cleveland Play House), Groundhog Day and Legally Blonde (Slow Burn Theatre Company). Touring credits include Liars (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival WillPower Tour).

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.

Laura Savia

(Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she will direct the world premiere of James Anthony Tyler’s Artney Jackson this summer. Directing credits include The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (City Theatre); Once Upon a Time in the Berkshires and Orpheus in more(Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she will direct the world premiere of James Anthony Tyler’s Artney Jackson this summer. Directing credits include The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (City Theatre); Once Upon a Time in the Berkshires and Orpheus in the Berkshires by Lucy Thurber and Heather Christian (for Williamstown); Hi, Are You Single? (The Public’s Under the Radar Festival); The Recommendation (IAMA – Ovation Award, Best Production); Bareknuckle @ Gleason’s Gym (Vertigo); Unstuck (59E59); Red Flamboyant (Firebone); The Mnemonist of Dutchess County and Heads (Theatre Row); Red Light Winter (Itself Festival in Poland); Letters to Santa (Naked Angels); House Strictly Private (1st Irish); The Color of Justice (Theatreworks); The Lover (The Drama League); Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Strasberg Institute). Short plays for Labyrinth, Ars Nova, Partial Comfort, and 24 Hour Plays; Workshops at the Public, Roundabout, Atlantic, Second Stage, Primary Stages, Playwrights Realm, and Ma-Yi. Assistant director of Broadway’s The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino. On faculty at Fordham University, NYU/Strasberg Institute, and The New School. Alumna of Northwestern University and the Drama League Directing Fellowship.

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