David Bryan Jackson* (Dillwyn Knox & John Smith) is pleased to be making his acting debut at CST, having previously designed sound and composed music here for The Hound of the Baskervilles, Cloud 9, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He recently appeared in Cold Country at ExPats Theatre in Washington D.C., where he has acted in many productions, including A Number (with his son Max Jackson), The Caretaker, and Entertaining Mr. Sloane at Edge of the Universe Theater, Birds of North America at Mosaic Theater, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, Henry IV and Henry V at The Shakespeare Theatre, All’s Well That Ends Well, Henry IV Part 1 and Much Ado About Nothing at the Folger Theatre, An Unbuilt Life, Endgame, Candida, The Old Masters, Magic, The Best of Friends, and Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime at Washington Stage Guild, The Two-Character Play (with Lee Mikeska Gardner) at Spooky Action Theater, and Martha, Josie, & the Chinese Elvis at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. Other credits include House and Garden at Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, and David Hare’s one-man play Via Dolorosa, which he has performed on several occasions across the country, including an IRNE-nominated run at New Repertory Theatre. On-screen credits include the independent films Dinner with the Alchemist and Her Tango, as well as episodes of AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies. His Song for the Earth can be heard on Zoe Ravenwood’s album The Problem Might be Me, and he wrote the title track on her forthcoming Welcome to the World.
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Whitney Brady-Guzmán (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer and associate based in Boston. She is a recent graduate of Vassar College, and an incoming phD student in Theatre & Performance Studies at Tufts University. Selected design credits include: Machinal, A Little Night Music (The Experimental Theatre at Vassar College); Chicago (Massasoit Theatre Company); Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical, The Mayor of Baltimore (The Powerhouse Theatre). Recent associate credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest (Portland Stage); Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Whitney currently serves as part of the production staff in the Theatre Department at Suffolk University.
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Allison Olivia Choat, they/ them; (Intimacy and Violence) is tickled pink to return to CST for The Mystery of Irma Vep. Prior credits with the company include Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Assistant Director/ Assistant Fight Captain); Cloud 9 (Assistant Director/ Dialect Coach/ Scenic Design) and The Rocky Horror Show (Scenic Design). Allison is a Boston-based theatrical storyteller, educator, and advocate who enjoys working where voice and movement meet directing and design. Recent credits: When Santa Fell to Earth (Director; Moonbox Productions Boston New Works Festival; World Premiere), Legally Blonde, Jr. (Director; Arlington Children’s Theatre), Shrek (Director/ Scenic Design; Arlington Children’s Theatre), A View from the Bridge (Intimacy/ Violence; Apollinaire Theater), and Blood Brothers (Intimacy/ Violence/ Dialect/ Dramaturgy; Theater UnCorked). Allison is Founding Partner and Associate Artistic Director of Cambridge-based theatrical nonprofit Moonbox Productions and is the grateful recipient of multiple Elliot Norton nominations/ awards. Offstage, they are an academic administrator and diversity advocate at Harvard University, a beginner ukulelist, and an expert coffee drinker. Thanks to Lee, Catherine, and the CST team; to David for the highest possible compliment (inviting me back!), and to Gabe and Paul for being willing to do literally anything with a chair.
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Aislinn Brophy (Ellen/Ms. Saunders/Cathy) is an actress and arts administrator based in the Boston area. She is excited to be performing in her first show with The Nora Theatre Company at Central Square Theater. Aislinn graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Theater, Dance & Media, and is proud to have been a part of Theater, Dance & Media’s very first graduating class. Recent theater credits include A Story Beyond (Liars and Believers), Heritage Hill Naturals (Fresh Ink Theatre) and Red and the Wolf (Fresh Fruit Festival).
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Marge Dunn (Joshua/Lin) is making her debut with with The Nora Theatre Company at Central Square Theater. Recent Boston credits include Cardboard Piano (The New Repertory Theatre); Miss Holmes, It’s a Wonderful Life (Greater Boston Stage Company); Three Sisters (IRNE nomination), Dancing at Lughnasa, And A Nightingale Sang (IRNE nomination) (Wellesley Repertory Theatre); Dog Act (IRNE nomination) (Theatre On Fire); Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (Boston Theater Company); and has been seen on stage with Sh!t-faced Shakespeare as Beatrice, Benvolia and Katharina. Offstage she fills her days as a teaching artist, director, fight choreographer, tech director, and yoga instructor.
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