Anne McEvoy

Laura Perrotta

(Claire) is a native New Yorker who has called Cleveland home for the last 21 years. She has appeared on television, Off-Broadway, toured nationally, and worked regionally. She’s appeared at Cleveland Play House as Mrs. van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, and as Miss Shields in A more(Claire) is a native New Yorker who has called Cleveland home for the last 21 years. She has appeared on television, Off-Broadway, toured nationally, and worked regionally. She’s appeared at Cleveland Play House as Mrs. van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, and as Miss Shields in A Christmas Story. Last Fall she was Emma Arkadina in Stupid F---ing Bird at Dobama Theater, and in the Spring had the great pleasure to open in KINDERTRANSPORT as Evelyn at Ensemble Theater before the world shut down. She looks forward to returning to the theater soon both onstage and off. laura-perrotta.com

Chuck Richie

Derdriu Ring

(Winnie) A graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin and University College Cork, Derdriu is honored to be a member of this wonderful ensemble led by Mary Zimmerman. Derdriu has been awarded best actress by Cleveland Critics Circle on multiple occasions. Memorable roles include; Maggie/ Dancing At Lughnasa more(Winnie) A graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin and University College Cork, Derdriu is honored to be a member of this wonderful ensemble led by Mary Zimmerman. Derdriu has been awarded best actress by Cleveland Critics Circle on multiple occasions. Memorable roles include; Maggie/ Dancing At Lughnasa (Asolo Rep.), Martha/ Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Beck Centre), Slippy Helen/ The Cripple Of Inishmaan (The Geffen Playhouse), Catherine/Proof (CPH), Josie/ Moon For The Misbegotten (Great Lakes Theater), Pegeen/The Playboy Of The Western (Irish Rep.Off-Broadway), Rosie Redmond/The Plough & The Stars (The Guthrie Theatre), Narrator/Wassail! (Apollo's Fire), Emma Brookner/ The Normal Heart (Ensemble Theatre), Charlotte/Something Clean (Dobama Theatre). Sister Aloysius/Doubt (Beck Center). TV: Law & Order CI, Hope & Faith. Film: The Yank, Magan’s Fare. Derdriu is excited to return to CPH in December as Miss Shiels for A Christmas Story. In loving memory of Diarmaid Ring; https://www.derdriuring.com.

Dorothy Silver

Eric Coble

(Playwright) is thrilled to return to CPH where his plays Bright Ideas, Fairfield, These Mortal Hosts, and others have premiered. His scripts have been produced on Broadway (Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated The Velocity of Autumn), Off-Broadway (Bright Ideas), in all fifty states of the U.S., and on several continents. more(Playwright) is thrilled to return to CPH where his plays Bright Ideas, Fairfield, These Mortal Hosts, and others have premiered. His scripts have been produced on Broadway (Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated The Velocity of Autumn), Off-Broadway (Bright Ideas), in all fifty states of the U.S., and on several continents. His plays for young audiences include award-winning adaptations of Lois Lowry’s The Giver and Gathering Blue, and have been produced throughout the U.S. and internationally including in Disney World (Jedi Training: Trial of the Temple), as well as The Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Habima Theatre (Israel), and Pentacion Productions (Spain). Thirty-three of his scripts have been published, and awards include three AATE Distinguished Play Awards, the Chorpenning Playwriting Award for Body of Work, the Cleveland Arts Prize, and the National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award. See www.ericcoble.com for more madness.

Laura Kepley

(Director) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world premieres of Tiny Houses, The more(Director) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world premieres of Tiny Houses, The Good Peaches, Fairfield, and A Carol for Cleveland. She joined CPH in 2010, having arrived from Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, where she was Resident Director and Artistic Associate for four seasons and Interim Director of the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. in Directing Program for one. She has also at Playhouse Square clevelandplayhouse.com 25 directed for The Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, Trinity Rep, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among others. A native Ohioan, Laura received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and her Master of Fine Arts from Brown University/Trinity Rep. She is a Drama League Fellow, a recipient of the 2009– 2011 National Endowment for the Arts/Theatre Communications Group Career Development Program for Directors, and a member of Leadership Cleveland’s Class of 2021. Locally, she has been recognized with multiple Outstanding Director commendations from The Cleveland Critics Circle, a Cuyahoga Community College Smart Business Smart Women Award, and a Crain’s Cleveland Woman of Note designation.