Playwright

Anna Watts is a Minnesota born playwright. She received a BFA in Acting from Hofstra University and an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA. Anna’s playwriting credits include Below Zero (Reading at B. Street Theater), A List of Happenings at 1016 14th St. (Not Necessarily in Chronological Order) (Workshop at UCLA), Girls Will Be Girls: Gorgeous, Manic Pixie Nightmare Bitch, The Feminine Urge to Disappear (Workshop at UCLA), You Up? (reading at UCLA), Two is a Prime Number (workshops at Dixon Place and Theater for the New Audience), Plowing Through (reading at Theater for the New City), The One Minute Play Festival (full production at LIC One Act Festival, nominated for “best play”), Stalling (workshop at Hudson Guild, Readings at The Nest Brooklyn, Theater for the New City, and Hofstra University). Anna’s screenwriting credits include, “Tits, Ass, and Brains” (produced by UCLA). In 2021, Anna won the Fine Arts Trust Award which will fund research in Nepal for her play Because It’s There. Anna is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Psi Omega honors societies.

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New York: Regretfully, So the Birds Are (Playwrights Horizons & WP Theatre), Peerless (Primary Stages), Once Upon a (Korean) Time (Ma-Yi), Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi & The Public), Bobbie Clearly (Roundabout), Significant Other (Broadway), Kentucky (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and others. Television credits include: Mystic Christmas (Hallmark), The Equalizer (CBS), Bull (CBS), New Amsterdam (NBC), NCIS: New Orleans (CBS), Magnum: PI (CBS), Tommy (CBS).

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Talene Monahon is a playwright and actor. Plays: Off-Broadway: The Good John Proctor (Bedlam Theater), Jane Anger (New Ohio; 2022 Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Nominee), How to Load a Musket (Less than Rent; TheaterMania’s “The 10 Best Theater Productions of 2020”), and Frankie & Will (MCC). Regional: The Good John Proctor (Trinity Rep), Jane Anger (Shakespeare Theater of D.C.), All in Good Fun (Peterborough Players). As an actor, Talene has performed in plays at Roundabout Theater, The Atlantic, MCC, Playwright’s Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, and Red Bull, as well as selected film and television. B.A. Dartmouth College. Upcoming: The Good John Proctor at the Jermyn St Theater in London, January 2024.

Stage Directions

Ryan was in the original off-Broadway casts of Merry Me, Good Enemy, Jane Anger, Mr. Toole, How To Load A Musket, Daniel's Husband, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Still at Risk, Exit Strategy, Gloria, and the revival of Summer & Smoke. He got his BFA from Juilliard.

Stage Manager

Broadway: A Strange Loop, Slave Play. Off-Broadway: This Land Was Made (Vineyard Theatre), Toros (Second Stage Theater), Man Cave (Page 73), What To Send Up When It Goes Down (The Movement Theatre Company, BAM, Playwrights Horizon). Regional: Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) (En Garde Arts / La Jolla Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), La Egoista (Actors Theatre of Louisville.) Virtual: American Dreams (The Working Theater) International: Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Festival de Mujeres En Escena Por la Paz

Moderator

is an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and memoirist. Her plays, including Hunting and Gathering (Primary Stages), Smashing (The Play Company, The O’Neill) and A Model City (Stacey Mindich Productions), have been produced across the US and internationally at theaters including 2nd Stage and Naked Angels. Brooke has written films for Natalie Portman, The Mark Gordon Company, Vox, Fugitive and Red Crown. Brooke’s debut feature as writer/director, Ramona At Midlife, is currently on the festival circuit. Brooke’s memoir, No Place Like Home, is available on Audible.

More info: brookeberman.net and ramonatmidlife.com

Director

Directing credits include The Woodsman (Off Broadway, streaming on BroadwayHD), Steel Magnolias (Virginia Theatre Festival), Moscow Moscow... (Columbia), Trewlaney of the Wells (Juilliard). As an actor, Claire has worked on/Off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. She is currently guest faculty at Juilliard, where she also trained, and is a proud Councilor of Actors’ Equity Councilor. She is thrilled to be supporting A is For and its mission. clairekarpen.com