Alan Brody is Professor of Theater Arts at MIT, where he served as Associate Provost for the Arts for ten years. His plays have won numerous awards and had productions at such theaters as The Aspen Playwrights Conference, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Live Oak Theater in Austin, Texas, The Berkshire Theater Festival, and The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. His works include The Housewives of Mannheim (59E59 Theatres in NYC; NJ Repertory Theatre), Five Scenes from Life, Greytop in Love, One-on-One, and Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman. His play, Invention for Fathers and Sons, was awarded the first annual Rosenthal Award at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in 1989.  He also received the 1990 Eisner Award from the Streisand Center for Jewish Culture in Los Angeles for Company of Angels, which had its world premiere at New Repertory Theatre in 1993. Mr. Brody is co-director of Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science-theater collaboration between Central Square Theater and MIT.

Dan Whelton is thrilled to share the stage at The Nora Theatre Company for the first time. Other credits include The History Boys (Dakin) at SpeakEasy Stage (Best Ensemble and Best Production, 2008 IRNE Awards); I Capture The Castle (Simon Cotton) at Stoneham Theatre; Take Me Out (Jason Chenier) at Hartford TheatreWorks; A Christmas Carol (Mr. Marvel/Xmas Future) and The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue (Butler) at Hartford Stage; Guys and Dolls (Milford/Paperboy) at Long Wharf Theatre; Arsenic and Old Lace (Mortimer) at the Ivoryton Playhouse; A Long Day’s Journey into Night (Edmund) and Bus Stop (Bo) at the Majestic Theater; and As Bees in Honey Drown (Evan Wyler) at Worcester Foothills. He has a BA in Theatre from Eastern CT State University, and he also studied at London Metropolitan University. “Special thanks to my wife, Isabelle, and our beautiful children, Lydia and Liam. Merci mes amour, je vous aime!”

Robert D. Murphy was recently seen in Sticks and Bones as part of the debut season of Harbor Stage Company in Wellfleet.  He has performed with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (King of the Jews, Miss Margaret Larue in ‘Milwaukee’, Child’s Christmas in Wales, Matter Familias), Speakeasy Stage (Fuddy Meers, Our Lady of 171^st Street), Fort Point Theatre Channel (The Time of Your Life, Hotel Cassiopeia), MoonBox Productions (Floyd Collins, Lucky Stiff), Zeitgeist Stage Company (Flesh and Blood), North Shore Music Theatre (Good News!, Guys and Dolls, Will Rogers Follies), and Stoneham Theatre (A Christmas Story).  Bob appeared as Blythe Danner’s steadfast butler in the ABC television pilot Gilded Lilys, and in several episodes of the SHOWTIME series Brotherhood, he appeared as the inscrutable Dr. Harden.  Bob has served on the Board of Directors for StageSource.  He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Allan Mayo is thrilled to be making his first appearance with The Nora Theatre Company. Other area credits include Reflections of a Rock Lobster and A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Boston Children’s Theatre); Arms and the Man and Legacy of Light (Lyric Stage); Oleanna (Contemporary Theatre of Boston); It’s A Wonderful Life, Grapes of Wrath, and Strangers On A Train (Stoneham Theatre); Inherit the Wind, Hobson’s Choice, and The Winter’s Tale (Peterborough Players); The Crucible (New Repertory Theatre on Tour); Romeo & Juliet (Publick Theatre); Richard III (Ghostlight Theatre); and Chapter Two (Salem Summer Theatre). Recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s 2006 VASTA Award for Vocal Excellence in Performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Ross MacDonald* (Ellery Forrestal) is delighted to take part in this reading for Song of Extinction and a return to Central Square Theater. It’s been a wee while since being involved in the New England Theater scene, but genuinely happy to be back. Ross has performed in both the UK and USA. He’s work in Massachusetts, included productions with, The Publick Theater Boston, New Repertory Theater, Actors Shakespeare Project, Hanover Theater Worcester, and has been a member of two MIT Catalyst CollaboratIves with The Nora Theater Company. Ross is currently the Theater Director at BB&N Upper School. Ross would like to thank his daughter Marin for all of her support and encouragement.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.