About the Playwright:

Caridad Svich’s honors include induction into the College of Fellows of American Theatre, Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Drama, an Obie for Lifetime Achievement, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, the National Latine Playwriting Award, and the American Theatre Critics Primus Prize. Their work has been seen across the US and abroad. Key plays: 12 Ophelias, Iphigenia Crash Land Falls…, Red Bike, and The House of the Spirits (based on Isabel Allende’s novel). A collection of her Latine Shakespeare-inspired plays is forthcoming from Methuen Drama. Feature Film debut as co-screenwriter with Fugitive Dreams, based on her play, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival, is now on Apple Tv. A workshop of her performance piece Minotaur, collaborating with Scott Shepherd, Joshua Willliam Gelb and Rory Willats, was seen with CultureHub and Theater in Quarantine in 2025. 

About the Director:

Jackson Gay Upcoming: Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s DRACULA (Hartford Stage); DECEIVED (Dorset Theater). Selected: Lauren Gunderson’s LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S LITTLE WOMEN (Guthrie); Nashville-inspired new musical HARD ROAD TO HEAVEN–Willy Holtzman, David Spangler and Marty Dodson (Bucks County Playhouse); KING LEAR (REP); HEDDA GABLER (Juilliard); Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Berkeley Rep, Goodman Theatre); Rolin Jones’ THESE PAPER BULLETS! (Yale Rep, Geffen, Atlantic); Lucy Thurber’s TRANSFERS (MCC). Other: Co-AD New Neighborhood (first 24-hour reading of the Mueller Report; interactive sound installation ENDLESS LOOP OF GRATITUDE). MFA Directing Yale School of Drama. Private Coach for actors and directors: jacksongracegay.com.

About the Cast:

Gregg Mozgala (Quinn/Esra) has an extensive acting career with appearances on Broadway and at renowned theaters such as Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop Pasadena Playhouse and the Old Globe. He received a Lucille Lortel Award for his role in “Cost of Living” and a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination for “Teenage Dick.” Mozgala is featured in M. Night Shyamalan’s music video for Grammy-winning recording artist Andra Day’s song, “Rise Up” and stars in the award-winning documentary “Enter the Faun.” He founded The Apothetae, a theater company focused on exploring and illuminating the “Disabled Experience;” which was recently awarded a 2026 OBIE for significant contributions to Off-Broadway theater.

Alfredo Narciso (Rowan) Broadway: Time and the Conways, A Streetcar Named Desire (Roundabout), The Motherf@#er with the Hat (Public/LAByrinth) Off Broadway: Measure for Measure, Chair, The Merchant of Venice (TFANA), Moscow x 6 (MCC), Red Dog Howls, Misanthrope (New York Theater Workshop), Tiny Beautiful Things (The Public), Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons), Chimichangas & Zoloft (Atlantic), The Ugly One (Soho Rep/Play Company), The Good Mother (New Group), among others. Film/Television: Our Son, A Stage of Twilight, Demolition, The Dark Tower, “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, “Manifest”, “Star Trek: Discovery”, “Elsbeth”, “Homeland”, “House of Cards”, “Jessica Jones”, among others. Proud member of LAByrinth Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater & The Actor’s Studio. www.alfredonarciso.com

Scott Shepherd (Morgan)  has worked with both Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group since the late 20th century. ERS: Gatz (Obie Award), Ulysses (co-director). Wooster Group: Hamlet, Poor Theater (Obie, Bessie Awards). Off-Broadway: The Village Bike with Greta Gerwig (Lortel Nomination), Blood Knot with Colman Domingo. TV/film: The Lowdown, The Last of Us, Killers of the Flower Moon, Bridge of Spies. He has previously collaborated with Caridad Svich on the film Fugitive Dreams and a workshop of Minotaur.

About the Sound Designer:

Matthew M. Nielson (Sound Design) is a five-time Helen Hayes Award-winning composer and sound designer whose work spans regional theater, film, television, and podcasting. Over a 25-year career he has designed and composed for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arena Stage, and the Public Theater/NYSF, among many others He is represented by Bret Adams Ltd.