Jered McLenigan* (INSIDE BROTHER/OUTSIDE BROTHER) (he/him) is pleased to return to InterAct, where he last appeared in 2017’s How to Use a Knife. He is a Lead Artist of the Tony Award-winning Wilma Theater’s HotHouse Company, where his productions include Good Person of Setzuan, Twelfth Night, Mr. Burns (A Post-Electric Play), Constellations (Barrymore Award, Outstanding Leading Actor/Play) and the digital Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Year 2020, Drama League Award nomination), among others. He has appeared on numerous local and regional stages, recent favorite appearances include as Don Pedro/Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (Lantern Theater), King Arthur in Camelot (North Coast Repertory Theatre & Laguna Playhouse), The Aviator in The Little Prince, The Musical (Quintessence Theatre) and Tartuffe in Tartuffe (Lantern Theater). Jered is a 3-time Barrymore Award recipient. Many thanks to you for joining us today!

Matteo Scammel* (INSIDE BROTHER/OUTSIDE BROTHER) (he/him) Very grateful to make his InterAct debut, Matteo is a Barrymore Award-winning performing artist based in Philadelphia. He is a company member of The Wilma’s HotHouse and of New Paradise Laboratories’ experimental theater ensemble. Matteo has performed in over 45 theatrical productions. Credits Include: Streetcar Named Desire (Arden), Empathitrax (PTC), Good Person of Setzuan (Wilma), Escape to Margaritaville (Walnut St), Wolf Play (Exile), Comedy of Errors (Lantern), 27, Hello Blackout! (NPL), Gentlemen Volunteers (Pig Iron), How I Learned to Drive (Theatre Horizon), The Hairy Ape (EgoPo). Huge congratulations to the whole RIFT team. To Lee and family, love you! BFA - University of the Arts. Independence Fellow. Up Next: Roger in RENT at Arden Theater.

Gabriel Jason Dean (Playwright) (he/him) Dubbed “feisty as hell” by the New Yorker and “a great modern American playwright” by Broadway World, Gabriel Jason Dean is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose critically-acclaimed plays include Rift, or White Lies (Venturous Theatre Foundation Plays for Now Grant Recipient, National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere);  In Bloom (Risk Theatre Model Modern Tragedy Prize, Kennedy Center Paula Vogel Award, Laurents / Hatcher Award Finalist, Princess Grace Award Runner-Up); Qualities of Starlight (Broadway Blacklist, Kesselring Nomination, Essential Theatre New Play Prize, B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Comedy & Best Original Script); Terminus (James Tait Black Prize Finalist, B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Drama & Best Original Script, Austin Critic’s Table Award Best Production, PlayPenn) Heartland (National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, InterAct 20/20 Commission, Austin Critic’s Table David Mark Cohen New Play Award, B. Iden Payne Award for Best Original Script, PlayPenn), Entangled (co-written with Charly Evon Simpson; New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination Best Full Length Script), The Transition of Doodle Pequeño (American Alliance for Theatre & Education Distinguished Play Award, Kennedy Center TYA Award, New England Theatre Conference Aurand Harris Award); and others. He has written book and lyrics for the musicals Mario & The Comet (NYU Plays for Young Audiences) and Our New Town (Civilians R&D Group). His TV Pilot, We Belong was a Humanitas New Television Writer Award Finalist. His plays have been produced or developed at places such as New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, The Cherry Lane Theatre, Araca Group, The Lark, The Flea, The Civilians, Oregon Shakespeare, The Kennedy Center, The Amoralists, Geva Theatre Center, Luna Stage, PlayPenn, Interact, The Playwrights’ Center, The VORTEX, Seattle Children's Theatre, Dallas Children’s Theatre, People’s Light and Theatre, Actor's Express, Horizon Theatre, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and others. Gabriel received the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, Dramatist’s Guild Fellowship, and the Sallie B. Goodman / McCarter Theatre Fellowship. His scripts are published through Samuel French, Dramatic Publishing, and Playscripts. He is an Assistant Professor of English Literatures and Writing & Theatre at Muhlenberg College, an Affiliated Writer at The Playwrights’ Center, and a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop. MFA: UT-Austin Michener Center for Writers. He grew up in Chatsworth, GA, a mill town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

Seth Rozin (Director, Producing Artistic Director) (he/him) co-founded InterAct in 1988 and has directed over 60 productions for InterAct, including The Last Yiddish Speaker, Eureka Day, The Great Leap, How to Use a Knife, The Nether, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, Permanent Collection, It’s All True, Lebensraum, and 6221. He has also directed at the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, Blue Heron & 45th Street Theaters in New York, and across the Philadelphia region. Seth is the recipient of two playwriting fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the National New Play Network’s 2007 Smith Prize, a commission from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and two Barrymore Award nominations. He co-founded Philadelphia Scenic Works (PhiladelphiaScenicWorks.org), a nonprofit scenic fabrication shop, and MusiCoLab (MusiCoLab.org), dedicated to the development of new musical theatre works. Seth has twice served as President of the Board of National New Play Network, as well as Philadelphia Artists Collective, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and New Paradise Laboratories.

Hunter Smith (Stage Manager) (he/him) is a Philadelphia-based AGMA/AEA Stage Manager, Production Manager, Props Master, and all-around theater lover! He graduated from Rutgers University of Camden in 2019 with concentrations in Stage Management and Lighting Design.

His previous stage management credits include InterAct Theatre Company (Resident SM), Azuka Theatre (Resident SM), Passage Theatre Company, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, South Camden Theatre Company, and the Woodstock Playhouse (50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Concert). His production management credits include work with Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, Three Oaks Opera, and Rutgers University. Hunter has also worked with Avista Custom Theatrical Services, served as an Assistant Stage Manager for Opera Philadelphia, and worked as a Freelance Production Manager for Ensemble Arts. When not working in the arts, he is the award-winning Activities Director at Four Seasons Family Campground in Pilesgrove, New Jersey.

Andy Sage White (Production Assistant) (they/them) is thrilled to be a 24-25 Season Apprentice at InterAct! Recent work includes Celebrity Dream Date (Stage Manager) at PlayPenn’s New Play Development Conference, Much Ado About Nothing (Assistant Director) at Rider University, and House Manager at Bristol Riverside Theatre. Currently, they are the Assistant Director of Project 206 (working title), a devised play in development with Passage Theatre Company. They are a graduate of Rider University with a BA in Theatre Making.

Nick Embree (Scenic Designer) (he/him) is a set designer with over 150 professional productions, including several for InterAct.  Last year he designed moveable scenery for a new ballet at the Nashville Ballet.  Nick taught design courses for film and theater at the University of the Arts (in Philadelphia) from 2004-2024, helped create two BFA design programs there, and served as Associate Dean for the University's College of Performing Arts (Dance, Music, and Theater).  He is currently a visiting Associate Professor at Cornell University, teaching Scenic Design and Production Design.  MFA - Temple University,  BA - Dartmouth College.  Scenic Design Member of USA 829.

Julia Gerbino (Assistant Set Designer) (she/her) is a scenic and experience designer making her InterAct debut.  She is a senior Design student at the University of Pennsylvania with minors in Mechanical Engineering and Consumer Psychology.  Her recent set design credits include Circle Mirror Transformation, The Children’s Hour, Dry Land, and The Haunting of Hill House (Quadramics Theatre Company).

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Kyra Zapf (Costume Designer) (she/her) Teaching Artist and Dress Historian with a Masters in Art History from the University of Glasgow. Experience in museum curation, costume design, appraisal, and arts education. Watson fellowship recipient, Fulbright graduate semi-finalist, and Coolidge Otis Chapman Honors recipient. Weaver and professional seamstress.

Christopher Colucci (Sound Designer) Recent work: Tuesdays With Morrie (Delaware Theater Company); Hay Fever and Driving Miss Daisy (Walnut Street Theater); Red (Theatre Exile); The Lehman Trilogy (Arden Theater); The Comedy of Errors (Lantern Theater Company) and The Last Yiddish Speaker here at InterAct. Next up: The 39 Steps at the Lantern and Square Go! with Inis Nua/Tiny Dynamite. 2016 Pew Fellowship in the Arts; 8 Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Original Music and Sound Design; Independence Fellowship in the Arts (2012, 2019); MA in Philosophy from Western Kentucky University. BA in Philosophy/Theology from Eastern University. https://soundcloud.com/cmsound  https://www.instagram.com/christopherm_colucci/

Drew Billiau (Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer based in the Philadelphia area. Recent designs include the Much Ado About Nothing at the Lantern Theater, Samsung Electronics booth at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Rutgers-Camden University.

Drew has designed numerous shows for such companies as Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jacobs’ Pillow, New York Theatre Workshop, The Joyce, Vail International Dance Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Vancouver Opera, BalletX, Pennsylvania Ballet, Wilma Theater, Portland Ballet, Lucidity Suitcase, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions and The Lantern Theater Company.

Art installation designs include – The Electric Street, Electric Toronto, Electric Alley, Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens, Blood Moon at the Fabric Workshop and Museum and the Los Angeles Ice Cream Museum. Drew is currently the Director of Design & Technology at Opera Philadelphia and an Associate Designer with the corporate/industrial lighting firm Fine Design Associates,inc.

Emily Schuman (Props Designer) is a prop designer, actor and musician and has been working in Philadelphia theatre and regionally for over 10 years. This show marks her 30th production in prop design! Emily is also the resident props artisan at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Recent credits: Poor Judge, Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Last Yiddish Speaker, InterAct. Other collaborators include: 1812 Productions, Delaware Shakespeare, Theatre Exile, Applied Mechanics, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, and Theatre Horizon. Emilyschuman.net

Nick Wacksman (Master Electrician) (he/him) is excited to be returning to InterAct Theater Company this season. His past shows with ITC include Moreno, Quixotic Professor Qiu, The Last Yiddish Speaker and The Climb. For the past 3 years, Nick has been studying theatrical lighting design and electrics at Temple University. He enjoys working in educational environments where he can help young adults see the artistic values and expression in theater production.

John Kolbinski (Audio Engingeer) (he/him) Past Sound Design Work: Always…Patsy Cline (Delaware Theatre Co) The Winter Wonderettes (Hampton Arts, The American Theatre); Beautiful, Always…Patsy Cline, Civil War Voices, The Winter Wonderettes, Baskerville, Souvenir, The Gift, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, (Walnut); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Basic Witches (Robert Hager); Behold Her (FringeArts/Half Key Theatre Co); Mort (New Paradise Laboratories); Every Brilliant Thing (Arden). Sound Supervisor at Arden Theatre Company and Chautauqua Theater Company. Audio Engineer at InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre and Lantern Theater Company. Sound Systems Designer, InterAct’s Drake Theater. 

Philadelphia Scenic Works (Scenic Fabrication) are the nation's only independent, non-profit (501c3) scene shop. They work with arts organizations all over the Greater Philadelphia area to build projects that advance their missions. At the same time, they are invested in building a healthy, sustainable workforce, and innovative resource sharing.

Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

Equity is governed by its own members through an elected Council, representing principal actors, chorus actors and stage managers living in three regions: Eastern, Central and Western. Members at large participate in Equity’s governance through a system of Regional Boards and committees. Equity has 28 designated Geographically Based Communities, metropolitan areas with a concentration of more than 100 members.