Sarah Newhouse (Annie Jump Cannon) is delighted to be working with such a stellar group of women here at The Nora. She is a founding company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project; some ASP favorites include King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Taming of the Shrew, The School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors, and most recently, Exit the King. Other local appearances include A.R.T.,  Boston Playwrights, Charles Playhouse, Gloucester Stage, Lyric Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, and Stoneham Theatre. She has performed regionally in a variety of venues, and has been very fortunate to have travelled as far and wide as Belfast, Moscow and Taiwan. Her NYC credits include the Kraine Theatre, Manhattan Punch Line, Theatre for a New City, and LaMama Etc. Sarah’s recent film credits include The Legend of Lucy Keyes,  Beneath Contempt, Bleed For This, and the upcoming I Feel Pretty, with Amy Schumer.  She currently serves on the board of the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, and lives in Watertown, MA with her husband and son.

Nael Nacer* (Praed) he/him, has previously appeared at CST in Angels in America, Constellations and Distracted. Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic (Manhattan Theatre Club) Off-Broadway: The Orchard (Arlekin Players/B.A.C) Regional: The Triumph of Love, Leopoldstadt, Prayer for the French Republic, A Doll’s House, Bedroom Farce, and David Cromer’s production Our Town (The Huntington), The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.); The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Equivocation (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); People, Places & Things, Small Mouth Sounds, A Future Perfect, Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage Co.), The Seagull (Arlekin Players Theatre); Tiny Beautiful Things, True West, Bank Job, The Flick (Gloucester Stage Co.); The Return (Israeli Stage); Tiny Beautiful Things, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Merrimack Rep); Calendar Girls (Greater Boston Stage Co.); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, Intimate Apparel, Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage Co. of Boston); A Number, Lungs, The Kite Runner, Pattern of Life (New Repertory Theatre); Rhinoceros, Windowmen (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse). Nael is the recipient of multiple Elliot Norton and IRNE awards for his work. He is a resident acting company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project, as well as a private monologue coach with My College Audition.

Michelle Dowd is thrilled to be working with Ms. Gardner, Ms. Braha, cast, and crew at The Nora Theatre Company. Ms. Dowd has performed with many Boston Theater companies over the years. For regional mainstage experience, she has worked on productions of The Amen Corner, Nomanthemba, and A Streetcar Named Desire (The Huntington Theater); she has also understudied  for Seven Guitars, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, and From the Mississippi Delta. She has performed in Crowns (Lyric Stage); the Brother Sister Plays (Company One); and Violet (SpeakEasy Stage Company). In addition, she has worked with the Zeitgeist Theater Company, winning an IRNE Award for Best Actress in Edward Albee’s New England premiere of the three-act version of Seascape, and Best Supporting Actress for The Story. She was also part of the cast for IRNE award winning productions of Brother Sister Plays and Spring Awakening. She was last seen in Distracted (Underground Railway Theater), and in a stage reading of Danny Bryck’s new play The River and The Sea (New Rep). Ms. Dowd also provides voice-over talent in the Boston area.  When not on stage, Ms. Dowd is a seasoned Boston banker and avid traveler (38 countries and counting). Michelle thanks her father, Fred, and mother, Anne, for her lifelong passion for play.

Kerry A. Dowling Boston credits: Clybourne Park; Next to Normal; The Drowsy Chaperone; Nine; The Great American Trailer Park Musical; Reckless; Jerry Springer – the Opera; The New Century; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Parade; The Women; Bat Boy: The Musical; Company (IRNE Award); Elegies; A New Brain; Triumph of Love; Floyd Collins; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Songs for a New World (SpeakEasy); Nicholas Nickleby, Follies (Lyric Stage); Into the Woods (New Rep); A Man of No Importance (Súgán/SpeakEasy); Steel Magnolias, Pal Joey (Stoneham);The Most Happy Fella (Gloucester). Kerry is the recipient of the 2010 SpeakEasy Stage Company Outstanding Artist Award.

Brandon Barbosa is honored to be making his debut at Central Square Theater  with Distracted, and so excited to be a part of this amazing cast that brings this unique, funny, and poignant story to life. Brandon is a fifth grader in Revere and would like to thank his teachers for their ongoing enthusiasm and support. His past performances has included the North Shore Music Theatre production of A Christmas Carol (2010-2012), The King and I, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Speakeasy Stage Company’s Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; and Boston Children’s Theatre’s Legally Blonde and HONK!