francisca da silveira (Playwright, she/her) is a Cape Verdean-American playwright and Boston native who holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MSc in Playwriting from the University of Edinburgh. She has been featured in ArtsBoston, The LA Times, The Boston Globe and American Theatre Magazine. Her plays have been developed with Theatre503 (London), The Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), Company One Theatre (Boston); La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego) and The Playwrights’ Center (Minneapolis). New York development: The Fire This Time Festival, The Playwrights Realm, The Public Theater, The New Group, and Colt Coeur. Fran’s play’s include: NOT-FOR-PROFIT (OR THE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLAY), featured in The Playwrights’ Realm’s INK’D Festival in April 2021 and in La Jolla Playhouse’s DNA New Works Series in July 2021; CAN I TOUCH IT?, featured in the National New Play Network’s 2020 National Showcase of New Plays and currently receiving a 2022-2023 Rolling World Premiere at Company One Theatre (Boston), Rogue Machine Theatre (Los Angeles) and Cleveland Public Theatre (Cleveland); PAY NO WORSHIP, a finalist for the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and receiving a World Premiere production at InterAct Theatre Company (Philadelphia) in Spring 2023; MINOR·ITY, commissioned and developed by Colt Coeur; and THE MERRY WIVES OF GRENOBLE, featuring in The Public Theater’s upcoming 2023 Spotlight Series. Fran was a 2020-2021 Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow and is currently a member of The Public Theater’s 2020-2023 Emerging Writers Group, a 2022-2023 Jerome Fellow with the Playwrights’ Center, and member of The Apollo Theater’s New Works initiative 2023 Cohort. https://frandasilveira.com/home-1

Tyrone L. Robinson (Director, he/him) is honored to return to InterAct after directing last season’s This Bitter Earth, and he thanks Seth, Ann, and the InterAct Staff for this opportunity. Director: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (The REV), Un{H}armed (short film screened nationally). New York City directing credits include the new musical Letters From May (Kaufman Music Center), Faces of America Festival (Playground Experiment), Owen and Mzee (Theatre Row), and Love, Uncensored (Concert) presented at The Triad Theatre as part of the “Just A Piano” Series produced by Lee Summers and featuring special guest Joshua Henry. Associate Director (all with director Sammi Cannold): Sunset Boulevard starring Stephanie J. Block (The Kennedy Center), Joy the musical (NYC Workshop), Private Gomer Jones (NAMT), Private Gomer Jones (Goodspeed Musicals Workshop with director Marshall Pailet). Tyrone has had an eighteen-year career on stage and on screen, including Broadway (Disney’s Frozen), national tours (The Lion King and The Book of Mormon), and television (HBO’s Lovecraft Country and a recurring role on NBC’s New Amsterdam). He holds a M.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is represented by The Gurman Agency in New York City. Thank you and love always, Gordon. For David Berlin Eye: actor, writer, poet, teacher, friend.

Troy D. Wallace* (Jose, he/him) is ecstatic to be making his Philly and InterAct Theatre debut! He was most recently seen as the title character in Julius X: A re-imagining of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare at The Folger Theatre’s inaugural Reading Room Festival. Other regional Credits include: Husky Miller in Carmen Jones at Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara, Duke Henderson in Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream at Sierra Repertory Theatre; Willard Hewitt in American Stage in the Park’s production of Footloose; Fish in The Royale at TheatreSquared; John Hunter/Ensemble in Treasure Island (Maine State Music Theatre); George Murchison in A Raisin in the Sun (American Stage Theatre Co); and Sonny in In the Heights (Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe). Film and TV credits include: Jeff in “Kevin Can F*ck Himself” on AMC; Grown Noah in “Mandingo” (Sundance), Damon in “Laugh Now, Cry Later”; He is a proud member of Actors Equity Association with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University. He thanks his family, chosen family, and loving partner Ashley for their constant support. Follow him on instagram: @troydwallace!

Saiir Foy-Coles (Martin, he/him) is an actor from Philadelphia, PA. He recently moved back to Philadelphia after graduating from Greensboro College in North Carolina. Some of his favorite past productions include The Meeting and Detroit '67. He would like to give a special thanks to Star, Shizzy, Dragon, and Roslyn.

Colin McIlvaine (Senic Designer he/him) Colin is a Philadelphia-based, Barrymore nominated scenic designer named as one of American Theatre Magazine's 20 People to Watch. Recent credits include: School Girls (Arden Theatre Company); One Man, Two Guvnors (Delaware Theatre Company). Colin’s recent associate design credits include: A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater); Le Roi Arthus (Bard SummerScape); Pipeline (Lincoln Center). In addition to his freelance career, Colin is adjunct faculty for Villanova University. B.A. University of Maryland; MFA Scenic Design Temple University. www.colinmcilvaine.com

Ryk Lewis (Sound Designer, he/him) Ryk spent three seasons as sound designer for the Walnut Street Theater’s main stage in Philadelphia designing sound for the Walnut’s productions of Les Miserables, Hairspray, Of Mice and Men, 42ND Street and other shows. He is a former faculty member at the University of the Arts in its School of Theater Arts. His directing credits include Little Shop of Horrors, The Breakfast Club, David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, Man of La Mancha and others. Having a personal interest in community involvement, Ryk has spent time as a technical director and scenic designer/builder at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cherry Hill West High School, Voorhees Theater Company, Langhorne Players, and Nice People Theater Company. He has done sound design for Gloucester County Institute of Technology and Cherry Hill East’s performance of Beauty and the Beast. He has also conducted recurring theatrical workshops for The Voorhees Theater Company’s summer camp program and at the Katz Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill NJ.

Lily Fossner (Lighting Designer, she/her) Recently: Empathitrax at Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Pillowman at Hedgerow. Theatre Includes: Theatre Horizon, 1812, Azuka, People's Light, Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, Act II, Bryn Mawr, Public Theatre, NYU/Grad Acting, Chautauqua Theater Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, A Fierce Kind of Love for the Temple Institute on Disabilities. Dance Includes: Nichole Canuso, Doug Varone & Dancers, Monica Bill Barnes & Company. Opera Includes: Juilliard Opera Theatre, Glimmerglass Festival. Training: MFA, NYU/Tisch. Member, United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.lilyfossner.com

Ariel (Liudi) Wang (Costume Designer, she/her) a freelance Costume Designer living bicoastal. She came to the US from Beijing, China for graduate school and achieved her MS in Communication Management and MFA in Costume Design at Temple University. Her recent credits include Costume Designs for King of the Yees at Princeton University, The Raven at Opera Philadelphia, Wolf Play, Extreme Home Makeover, Babel, Among the Dead, at Theatre Exile, The Chinese Lady at InterAct Theatre Company, Reverie, Sunset Baby, Ready Steady Yeti Go at Azuka Theatre, Cry It Out at Simpatico Theatre, The Weir, Medea at Hedgerow Theatre, A Hundred Words for Snow at Inis Nua Theatre Company. Find more of her designs at www.arielwangld.com

Harbour Edney (Master Electrician, they/he) is a Lighting Technician who recently relocated here from Pittsburgh, PA. Since moving to town they have worked with companies like PlayPenn, Lightning Rod Special (FringeArts), The Bearded Ladies and The Neighborhood House. They received their BFA in Lighting Technology from Point Park University in 2018 and particularly enjoy working with new and devised work. Harbour is thrilled to be joining InterAct this season and is a technician and designer for hire www.hmedneydesign.com

Eli Lynn (Fight Director, they/them) is a Barrymore-nominated fight director in the greater Philly area. They have studied stage combat for over a decade and are a recognized Advanced Actor Combatant with 5 international stage combat organizations, a teaching apprentice with Fight Directors Canada, and an assistant to Broadway Fight Masters Ian Rose and J. David Brimmer. Recent FD credits: Head Over Heels (Theatre Horizon), Shakespeare's R&J (New Light Theatre), Shakespeare In Love (People’s Light), Man of God (InterAct), An Iliad; Indecent (Arden Theatre), QvK; The Sea Voyage; ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (Barrymore Nomination) (PAC). They are also a certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and an actor, as well as an Artistic Associate with Philadelphia Artists’ Collective. Up next: Eli will be directing the violence for and appearing in The Play That Goes Wrong with 1812 Productions. Love always to Vanessa. Soli Deo Gloria. www.Eli-Lynn.com.

John Kolbinski (Audio Engineer, he/him) Digital work: Beyond the Story: Wonderful Podcast; Sisters!, No Child…, Robi Hager: So Far, 74 Seconds to Judgement (Arden); Everybody, Water by the Spoonful, Uncle Vanya, Men on Boats (Fordham); It’s not a trip, It’s a journey (Chautauqua Theater Co); Live Theater: Popcorn Falls, Civil War Voices, The Winter Wonderettes, Baskerville, Souvenir, The Gift, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Always…Patsy Cline (Walnut Street Theatre); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in Clark Park); Basic Witches (Robert Hager); Every Brilliant Thing (Arden/Milwaukee Rep). He is also the Audio Engineer at Arden Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Vail Dance Festival; Sound Supervisor, Chautauqua Theater Company. Sound Systems Designer, InterAct’s Drake Theatre. beyondthestory.org

Philadelphia Scenic Works (PSW, Scenic Fabrication) is a fully outfitted theatrical scene shop, paint space and props shop that provides high-quality, affordable scenic and props fabrication, storage, and build space. PSW serves the Philadelphia region’s robust community of non-profit theatre companies and other cultural and educational organizations by maintaining the highest artistic standards, while embracing a more sustainable future through shared pools of recycled, reused, and repurposed stock and resources.

Kelly Palmer (Props Manager, she/her) is a Philadelphia-based props artisan and technical director. She is a graduate of Ithaca College, earning a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts. Her credits include Young Frankenstein and Shrek the Musical (Walnut Street Theatre), Saturday Night Fever and Singin’ in the Rain! (Maine State Music Theatre), Sacred Valley (NY Stage and Film), Il Trittico (Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre), Pericles (University of Rutgers-Camden), and The Ongoing Plight of the Ferryman (Brainchild Stageworksx). 72 Miles to Go... is Kelly's InterAct debut. She would like to thank her friends and family for their ongoing and unwavering support.

Andrew Beal (Production Assistant, he/him) is a 22-23 Season Apprentice at InterAct Theatre Company. He is a playwright, sketch writer (FST Mainstage), and performer. He is originally from North Carolina and is a graduate of UNC Greensboro.