Andy Sandberg is a director, writer, actor, and Tony Award-winning producer.  He recently directed the New York premieres of The Last Smoker in America, a new musical by Tony nominee Bill Russell and Drama Desk nominee Peter Melnick (Westside Theatre), and P.H. Lin’s Zelda at the Oasis (St. Luke’s Theatre).  He previously directed the world premiere of The Last Smoker in America at CATCO in Columbus, Ohio. He has been represented on Broadway and London’s West End as a producer of HAIR (2009 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards) and the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (2012 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Nominations). Other New York directing credits include R.R.R.E.D. and Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (NYMF), Into the Woods and A Funny Thing…Forum (Blue Hill Troupe),  “Eli’s Comin’ to Broadway,” a BC/EFA benefit hosted by Nathan Lane (Lincoln Center) and multiple benefits, workshops, and readings. Upcoming directing projects: Beyond the Music (also librettist), Shida, Straight, and Summer Schlock.  Sandberg is also co-authoring a new comedy with Greg Edwards called Application Pending.  As producer: A Perfect Future by David Hay (Cherry Lane Theatre, dir. Wilson Milam); Paradise Found (Menier Chocolate Factory, London; dir. Hal Prince and Susan Stroman); and Vigil (DR2 Theatre). In 2007, Sandberg worked with Hal Prince on the Broadway production of LoveMusik. B.A. Yale University.  Proud member of the SDC and AEA. Alumni Boards: The Yale Dramat, Alley Cats, and Whiffenpoofs.  AndySandberg.com / Twitter: @Andy_Sandberg

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.