Julia (she/her) is an actor based in New York. Theatrical credits include the the world premiere of Café Utopia (Notch Theatre Co), Macbeth (Trinity Rep), Fools' Paradise (Thrown Stone), and her one-woman show, At Home with Fleetwood Mac (Dixon Place). Television: The Good Fight (Paramount Plus), Bull (CBS). MFA: Brown University/Trinity Rep.

Julia Atwood

Octavia Chavez-Richmond is an actor/writer/storyteller who uses theater and film to disrupt hierarchy, imperialism, racism, and misogyny. Selected TV/Film: The Diplomat, Free Guy, Knives Out, From Nowhere (SXSW). Selected Theater: Maestra, Clubbed Thumb; Give Me Carmelita Tropicana, Soho Rep; Fuente Ovejuna, Theatre for a New Audience; Mary Gets Hers, The Playwrights Realm; Pride and Prejudice, Long Wharf Theatre; Between Riverside and Crazy, SpeakEasy Stage Company; Yoga Play, Syracuse Stage/Geva Theatre; Last Ship to Proxima Centauri, Portland Stage Company; Marisol, Trinity Repertory Company. Training: Brown/Trinity MFA Acting.

Octavia Chavez-Richmond

Monica is an actor, musician, visual artist, Krav Maga enthusiast, and ice cream witch. She is delighted to take part in Whatever. Monica grew up in the SF Bay Area where she graduated from the American Conservatory Theater MFA program and is now based in Brooklyn. Off-Broadway credits: IN CORPO (The Assembly/Dutch Kills Theater). Broadway nat'l tour credits: A Christmas Carol (BroadwaySF). Regional credits: Canton Waterfront (Baltimore Center Stage); The Great Leap (San Jose Stage); The Song of Summer (SF Playhouse); Top Girls (American Conservatory Theater); and The Good Person of Szechuan (California Shakespeare Theater). She is immensely thankful to her friends and community for their support. @Monica_Gardeningtool

Monica Ho

Sinclair Mitchell (David) is thrilled to be a part of this new work.  Broadway: The Lion King (Low Antelope). Off-Broadway: The Emperor Jones (Witch Doctor, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Soho Playhouse), Harlem Song (Ensemble, Apollo Theater). National Tour: Life of Pi (Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin, 1st National Original Cast), The Prom (Mr. Hawkins, 1st National Original Cast), School of Rock (Snake/Mr. Mooneyham, 1st National Original Cast), The Producers (O’Houlihan), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Starring Ann-Margret (Ensemble). Regional: Shout Sister Shout! (Reverend Tharpe, Ford’s Theatre), The Wiz (The Wiz, Arkansas Rep).  Graduate of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Olympic Torch Bearer, Atlanta Games. Thank you to Scott Brooks and About Artists Agency. Love to his fiancé Joey.  “All glory to God for your many blessings.”

Sinclair Mitchell

J. Richey Nash

J. Richey Nash is an award-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker. NYC theatre credits include Burning (Rattlestick), Boy Meets Girl (Playwrights Horizons), Joe Fearless (Atlantic), The Taming of the Shrew (The Duke on 42nd), Black, White and Blue (Primary Stages), Here We Are (Women’s Project). Regional: Clybourne Park (The Warehouse), The Shark is Broken, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Lean Ensemble), The Cake, Moonlight and Magnolias (Mill Mountain), FIT (White Heron), Mr. Shaw Goes to Hollywood (Laguna Playhouse), Inherit the Wind (GTC-Burbank), Heads (The Blank). TV: Sirens, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Law & Order: SVU, Diarra from Detroit, Criminal Minds, George Lopez, Big Dogs, Still Standing, Kitchen Confidential. Film: Live-Evil, Stay Alive, The F Word, Fabled, The Unborn. Richey also wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the indie feature Hitting the Cycle, featuring Oscar nominee Bruce Dern. A native of Kentucky, he is a graduate of Princeton University and a former professional baseball player. www.jricheynash.com

the Cast

The Crew

  • Ashley Olive Teague

    DIRECTOR

    Teague is the Founding Artistic Director of notch Theatre (www.notchtheatre.org) and recipient of the Embark Award for Social Innovation in Entrepreneurship. As a creative content producer, Teague worked on such films as Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, Paul Haggis’ The Next Three Days, Gus Van Sant's Promised Land, and Tina Chism’s Peeples. Teague has received numerous awards, including Broadway World awards for Best Director/Choreographer and Best Musical.

  • Scott Brooks

    PLAYWRIGHT / PRODUCER

    Scott is a playwright and novelist. Some stuff on stage; Lump Sum, Soho Playhouse; Cotton Club Confidential, 54 Below;  ScreenPlay; 59E59th St;  Bag Fulla Money, Harold Clurman Theatre. His novel And There We Were and Here We Are is available on Amazon and Audible (Blackstone Publishing.) His novel The Gist is serialized on Substack for all and sundry. Scott’s column The Broadway Outsider can be found on www.TawkofNewYawk.com alongside other cutting edge New Yorky reportage. Raising two children has failed to make him a morning person or cause him to mature in any discernible way. He’d rather read than do almost anything else.

    Dislikes: magicians, beets, leaf blowers.

  • Lorien Bibb

    STAGE MANAGER

    Lorien is a rising senior at Marymount Manhattan College, working on her BFA in Stage and Production Management. Previous production stage management credits include The Idiot Savant and Play On! Previous ASM credits include Bright Star, A Thousand Years, and West Side Story. She wishes all cast and crew a great show, break legs!

  • Z Wechsler

    SCENIC DESIGNER

    Z Wechsler (he/him) is a fourth-year student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the Production & Design studio. Previous credits include props design for The Typist, Scenic Design for TISCH DRAMA STAGE’s Sweat, Associate Scenic Design for 5 Sessions, Assistant Scenic for TISCH DRAMA STAGE’s Sweeney Todd, and Co-Scenic Design for Eurostar & Tete a Tete. zwechsler.com

  • Oliver Dare

    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

    Oliver is a graduate from NYU Tisch (Playwrights Horizons Theatre School). He has been a part of productions at Ars Nova, SoHo Playhouse, The Tank, and is excited to add Midtown International Festival to the list. He is primarily a playwright and actor, but he is thrilled to be contributing to this project as a producer.