Campbell O’Hare* (Cassie) is pleased to make her InterAct debut! Campbell is a member of the Wilma HotHouse Acting Company, appearing in A Summer Day, The Good Person of Setzuan, Twelfth Night, The Cherry Orchard, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Drama League Nomination), Dance Nation, Blood Wedding (Barrymore Nomination, Leading Performance) and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Barrymore Award, Supporting Performance). Recent regional credits include: Annie in The Real Thing (Lantern Theater Company), Effie in Iphigenia in Splott (Inis Nua Theatre Company) and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (Arden Theatre Company). She has also worked with Theatre Exile (Barrymore Nomination, Ellie in The Whale), Center City Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, Act II Playhouse, Commonwealth Classic Theatre and On the Rocks. Campbell plays Winnie on the D&D podcast Critical Fayle DM & The Goons: The Strahdcast! www.campbellohare.com @redhandedjill14

ALICE YORKE* (Stella) is an actor, theatermaker, and Co-Artistic Director of Lightning Rod Special. She is the lead creator of LRS’s highly lauded musical satire of the abortion debate, The Appointment (WP Theater: Best of 2023 Theater, The New Yorker; “Should Have Been Nominated for a Tony,” New York Times. NYTW Next Door: Best of 2019 Theater, New York Times, Time Out New York, and New York Magazine). With LRS: performer/creator: Nosejob (Barrymore nomination), SPEECH, Sans Everything, Let the Dog See the Rabbit and Hackles; creative producer: Underground Railroad Game (2015). Select performance credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Lantern Theater), Franklin’s Key (Pig Iron Theatre Company), Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua), The Gap (Azuka Theatre, Barrymore nomination). She directed and developed Baby Everything and White Feminist (Ars Nova Ant Fest, Sick of the Fringe - London) with her collaborator Lee Minora. Alice and LRS are current Next Forever fellows at Princeton University. “Best Theatre Talent in Philadelphia” – Philadelphia Magazine. www.aliceyorke.com

Newton Buchanan* (Bryan) (he/him) is a five-time Barrymore Award-nominated actor and producer based in Philadelphia. He is the co-founder of New Light Theatre Company, a home for illuminating stories of the human experience, and the Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia, which uplifts and unites Black theater artists in the Philly region. A 2023 finalist for the F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist Award, Newton's work is driven by a deep belief in the power of theatre to connect, challenge, and restore. Beyond the stage, he works in pediatric simulation education technology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, blending tech and his skill with suspending disbelief to improve the care provided for the most vulnerable. He’s honored to be making his InterAct Theatre debut with a piece as intimate and timely as On My Deen, a story that vibrates with questions about identity, faith, and belonging. Selected Regional: Derek, Holy Grail of Memphis (Arden Theatre); Writer/Performer, This Is The Week That Is: 2024 Election Special (1812 Productions),  Pavel, Children of the Sun (Philly Artist Collective); FleshLumpEater, The Big Friendly Giant (Arden Theatre); Collins, RENT (New Light Theatre); Lloyd Boating, One Man, Two Guvnors (Delaware Theatre Co.); Sir Toby Belch, 12th Night: O Lo Que Quieras (Delaware Shakespeare); Othello, Othello (New Light Theatre); Lord Capulet, Romeo & Juliet (Delaware Shakespeare); Master Page, Merry Wives of Windsor (Delaware Shakespeare); Mitchel, Cry It Out (Simpatico);  Bullfrog/Turkey, HONK! (Delaware Theatre Co.); Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice (Delaware Shakespeare); Dr. Madden, Next to Normal (New Light Theatre); Pisanio, Cymbeline (Revolution Shakespeare); Mitch, A Streetcar Named Desire (Deep Blue Theatre); Lloyd Dallas, Noises Off (Curio Theatre Co.); Leroy/Herb, By The Way Meet Vera Stark (SST Co.)”

Amy Berryman (Playwright) is a writer and teaching artist originally from Seattle by way of West Texas. Her play Walden had its world premiere in the West End in 2021, produced by Sonia Friedman and directed by Ian Rickson. Walden was also produced at Theaterworks Hartford, directed by Mei Ann Teo, before its Off-Broadway premiere at Second Stage in 2024, directed by Whitney White, where it was nominated for the John Gassner Award from the Outer Critics' Circle and Outstanding Production of a Play from the Drama League. Her play Alien Girls will have its world premiere at The Old Globe in 2026. Other plays include The Treatment, God's Flesh (O'Neill Finalist 2025), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Three Year Summer and Epiphany, Or What Would You? (Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries Finalist, O'Neill Semi-Finalist, 2020). Amy is a recent MacDowell Fellow, Sewanee Fellow, a new Core Writer at the Playwrights Center, and is developing film and television work in LA. You can find more about Amy's work and her ongoing playwriting class, Intuitive Playwriting, at amy-berryman.com.

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.

Lisi Levy (Assistant Director) (she/her) is overjoyed to be making her Interact debut this fall as the Assistant Director of Walden! Originally from St. Louis, MO, Lisi graduated from Oklahoma City University with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Directing. Lisi's favorite recent directing and assistant directing credits include: John Proctor is The Villain (Out of the Box), Eleanor (Act II Playhouse), The Wolves and The Bleeding Heart Academy for Girls (Steel River Playhouse), and Shrek Jr. (Gateway Center for Performing Arts). Lisi is currently the Artistic Associate at Quintessence Theatre Group in Mt. Airy. You can also catch her this December directing a new one-act play for The Strides Collective's New Strides Festival. 

Abby Sturgis (Stage Manager) headshot needed Abigail is thrilled to be back at InterAct for a second time, having previously worked on The Last Yiddish Speaker. Select stage management credits: Walnut Street Theatre: Hay Fever; Driving Miss Daisy; Jersey Boys; Groucho: A Life in Revue; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Moana, Jr.; Media Theatre: Rent; Quintessence Theatre Group: Flyin' West; The Skin of Our Teeth; Opera Philadelphia: 10 Days in a Madhouse; Act II Playhouse: A Couple of Swells; Really Good Tidings. Proud graduate of Temple University. Love to Jon and Minnie.

Chris Haig (Scenic Designer) (he/him) A proud University of the Arts alum and former professor, Chris has designed sets and props throughout Philadelphia for 25 years earning five Barrymore nominations and a Barrymore Award for Best Scenic Design: Playboy of the Western World Inis Nua Theatre Company, Torch Song 1812 Productions, Man of La Mancha Delaware Theatre Company, Alice in Wonderland People’s Light and Time Is On Our Side Simpatico Theatre. He has also designed sets and/or props for Spiegelworld’s The Hook in Atlantic City, Disco Show in Las Vegas and Lady Magic at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Desaparecidas con La Familia, Milwaukee Rep, Constellation Stage & Screen, Power Street Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, Philadelphia Theatre Company, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Theatre Exile, Gunnar Montana Productions, Bristol Riverside Theatre, University of the Arts, Arcadia University, Villanova University, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Tribe of Fools, and Delaware Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a proud member of the Society of Prop Managers and the Executive Board of Philadelphia Scenic Works. www.chrishaigdesigns.com

Katherine Fritz (Costume Designer) (she/her) Previously at InterAct: many favorite past designs, including Eureka Day, Heartland, Sensitive Guys, and We Are Proud to Present. Katherine is a costume designer, theatre artist and educator who balances work as a costume designer on Philadelphia’s regional stages with her work as a professor and educator. Work history includes Arden Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Theatre Exile, Temple University, University of the Arts, and the education programs at McCarter Theatre Center. As a writer, her work has been featured in American Theatre Magazine, Washington Post and the New York Times. She is the co-founding director of Pennsylvania Theatre Institute, a summer performing arts program at West Chester University. www.katherinefritz.com  

Natali Merrill (Sound Designer) is a sound and technology designer and engineer excited to return to InterAct Theatre Company! Based in Philadelphia, she has been the sound designer for productions including Young Americans (Theatre Horizon), Ghost Ride (Agile Rascal Bike Theatre), Siluetas (Power Street Theatre), Broads (1812 Productions), Spring Awakening (Bryn Mawr College), High Noon (Ninth Planet), Shakespeare’s R&J (New Light Theatre Company), Fucking A (Swarthmore College), Riot Antigone, and Cabaret (Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges). She has worked with Theatre Exile, 11th Hour Theatre Company, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, New Century Theatre Company in Seattle, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. A graduate of Haverford College with a major in physics, she researched and wrote a thesis on acoustics in performance halls with RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany. She is also a singer and composer. www.nmerrill.com 

Lindsay Alayne Stevens (Lighting Designer) (she/her) is excited to a returning to InterAct for a fourth show as the lighting designer of Quixotic Professor Qiu. A multidisciplinary designer, artist, and writer, She holds an MFA in Theater Design from UCSD ('21) and BFAs with High Honors from Marlboro College in Theater, Photography, and Writing ('17). Previous designs with InterAct include Selling Kabul ('23) and The Last Parade ('23). She has designed for Pig Iron School, La Jolla Playhouse (PopTour and WOW Festival), Scripps Ranch Theatre Company, Snowy Range Summer Theatre Festival, terraNOVA Collective, Fever Dream Repertory, Milburn Stone Theater, Surflight Theatre, SheNYC Theatre Festival, and Universities/ Colleges across the country. She has been the resident lighting designer at her hometown theater, Bootless Stageworks, since 2017 and the SheNYC Festival Designer since 2022. More information can be found at lastevensdesign.com.

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Hannah Anderson (Production Assistant) Texas Born and Raised, Hannah received her degree in theatre at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi with a focus in acting and directing. Her senior capstone project A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET WRITING A PLAY ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN informed Hannah a great deal about the type of theatre she loves to tell. Since graduating, she has moved to Philadelphia to expand her horizons and find her footing in the world of creating impactful theatre. She considers herself a Jack of All Trades and loves to wear many different hats, whether that be as a performer, stage manager, production assistant, etc.. When she’s not at the theatre, you can catch her Maitre’D-ing in Rittenhouse, bartending at a local dive bar, or exploring all the many different avenues of art in Philadelphia. She doesn’t always know where she’s going but she hopes to see you when she gets there!

Clare Wislar (Props Designer) is an artist for film, theatre, and real life, based in Philadelphia PA. Clare creates work that's meant to be interacted with, each detail positioned with purpose and intention.

website: clarewislar.cargo.site instagram @missxprint

Leo Mock (Intimacy Coordinator) (they/he) is a theatre-maker, clown, and intimacy choreographer. He most recently appeared onstage with Shakespeare in Clark Park’s A Bottom’s Dream (Starveling/Demetrius) and has provided intimacy choreography for theatres across Greater Philadelphia, including The Wilma, The Lantern, UPenn, and Delaware Shakespeare. You can find Leo at the Clown Slam, or read their writing on intimacy and Trans representation, advocacy, and performance in The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook and Queering the Stage.

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.