content warning: discussion of violence, sexual abuse, and use of a gun onstage
Special Thanks to this year’s Sponsors:
THEATER ACCIDENT
Eric Cotts
Tom Murphy
Sarah Groustra - Playwright
Sarah Groustra (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based, Massachusetts-born playwright and theatermaker. Sarah's work has been produced off-Broadway at the SheNYC Festival (Winner, Best Script 2023), Soho Playhouse, and at regional theaters across the country. She was awarded the 2024 Austin Film Festival Stage Play Award, was a finalist for the 2023 Jane Chambers Award, and was named a 2022 Ascending Playwright by Yonder Window Theater Company. Sarah has developed new work with the Valdez Theatre Conference, Under Construction Playwright's Group (the Road Theater), Purple Light Palette Cohort, the Parsnip Ship, Forager Theater Company, and Historically Close Friends. Sarah is an alumna of Kenyon College (2022), the 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (2022), and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. sarahgroustra.com // @ladypoachedegg
Mackenna Goodrich - Director
Mackenna Goodrich (she/they) loves Big Girl Explosion Fests and plays of and about the body. Selected directing credits: small town icons by SMJ (Off the Lane), Gross! by Emma Schillage (Ten Toes), The Station by Maggie Cregan (SheNYC), Cockroaches by Emma Schillage (Breaking and Entering), Straight Icons by SMJ and Anne-Marie Pietersma (Ars Nova/Second City NYC), American Girl Doll Horror Play by Jasmine Sharma (The Brick), An Axemas Story (The Players Theatre/54 Below), WO[MAN] by Alyssa Haddad-Chin (The Brick), Radio Man by Sarah Groustra (SheNYC), Bogeyman by Allison Merkel (The Road Theatre Company). Mackenna is also an associate producer for SciShow and runs The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction playwriting group. BA: Kenyon College // mackennagoodrich.com
Laurel Anderson
Laurel Andersen (JANE) (they/them) is so thrilled to be here! NYC includes: MERE WATERS (SheNYC), SLEEPY HOLLOW (Players Theatre), ROMEO AND JULIET (Match: Lit); and originating roles in THE OTHER OTHER WOMAN, (Turn to Flesh Prod.), ALL ONE FOREST (Barefoot Shakespeare); THE COWARD, THE TRAGICAL HISTORIE OF MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE (The Fled), THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU (Forager Theater Co), the new musical LADIES' LADY. Regional includes: INTO THE WOODS (Playhouse on Park); THE RESOLUTE (Wyoming Theatre Festival), two seasons with Adirondack Shakespeare, and the In the Works in the Woods program at the Forestburgh Playhouse. More info: laurelandersen.com. Socials: @laurelmrc
Chameli Belk-Gupta
Chameli Belk-Gupta is a Brooklyn based actor. She studied English and Drama at Kenyon College, where she graduated in 2021. Since moving to New York, she has performed at the Connelly Theater, the American Theatre of Actors, and with the 24 Hour Plays, Lime Arts Productions, First Kiss Theatre, and 938 Collective.
Emma Mineo
Emma Mineo is an actor/singer based in NYC. Recent credits include The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] [revised] (again) (Methexis Productions), Lorena: A Tabloid Epic (Boston Playwrights Theatre), and Radio Man (SheNYC Festival, Award for Best Actor in a Play) - also by the amazing Sarah Groustra! When she’s not onstage, she’s most likely forcing someone to watch videos of her cats, Kevin & Doug. BFA: Boston University. Rep: Gregg Baker Management. @emmawoops
Lisa Naso
Lisa Naso is an actor and writer from Long Island who has wanted to play Joan of Arc ever since they got this haircut. Favorite theatre credits include Fun Home (SPAC) The Wolves (Zoetic Stage) Radio Man (SheNYC) and The 24 Hour Plays Nationals (Theatre Row). TV/Film: Etoile, Drive-Away Dolls. Lisa is currently a writer/performer on The People's Sketch Revue, a monthly sketch comedy show at The PIT. BFA Point Park University. @lisa_naso
tess walsh
tess walsh (they/them) is a theatre artist born and based in brooklyn. they have shown work/done dramaturgy/performed at the tank, the brick, haul gallery/electronic arts intermix, trove (trinkets), and columbia school of the arts. they previously worked as a producing assistant at en garde arts, and currently teach in the NYC DOE. they studied theatre and anthropology at purchase college.
emily/BUBECK - Executive Producer
Emily (or Bubeck, whatever name is easiest for you) is a Queer, Catholic, Appalachian Theatre Fiber & Performance Artist. She’s a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, and by day she’s the Development Associate at New Dramatists. Bubeck has been producing this series since 2019, and she’s so thrilled to have you here. emilybubeck.com
Molly Van Der Molen -
Lead Producer
Molly Van Der Molen (she/her) is a playwright, director and creative producer based in NYC and the SF Bay Area. She’s a proud Co-Artistic Director of Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective and the Company Associate at Shotgun Players in Berkeley, CA. Molly is dedicated to curating opportunities for emerging artists and envisions a sustainable future for theatre that is radically collaborative, equitable and doesn’t shy away from what’s true. She’s a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and a die hard lover of ice cream.
Stage Directions: Christine Pollnow
Today’s Breaking & Entering Producers:
Henry Lombino, Michael Ortiz
Special Thanks to THE MAKERS ENSEMBLE
for partnering with us on this series