Setting
Time:
Now and in the past
Place:
A fancy hotel near Newark Airport
Cast
| Mark | A.J. SHIVELY* |
| Carol | STEPHANIE GIBSON* |
| Stage Manager | LAUREN GOLDMAN* |
(In order of appearance)
The Actors and Stage Manager in this production designated with an asterisk (*) are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Bios
A. J. Shively
Mark
Broadway: Bright Star (Drama Desk Nomination); La Cage aux Folles. National Tour: Bright Star; The Sound of Music. Off Broadway/New York: February House (The Public); Brigadoon (Irish Rep); The Suitcase Under the Bed (Mint); Unlock’d (Prospect); A Contemporary American’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (Cherry Lane); Things To Ruin (Second Stage); Little Airplanes of the Heart(Ensemble Studio Theatre); ReWrite (Urban Stages); NYMF; Fringe NYC. Regional: Berkeley Rep.; Kennedy Center; Old Globe; CTG; McCarter; Pioneer; CenterStage; TUTS; George Street Playhouse; Long Wharf; TheatreWorks - Silicon Valley. TV/Film: “Hunters”; “Homeland”; “Madam Secretary”; “The Blacklist”; “Younger”; “The Daily Show”; Nobody Walks In LA; From Nowhere; Syrup; HairBrained. Training: University of Michigan; RADA.
Stephanie Gibson
Carol
Broadway: Cinderella (Gabrielle), Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Cherry), Addams Family, Spamalot. National Tour: Chorus Line (Judy) NY: Glitter, Goblets & Gatos & GGG2-Electric Boogaloo (Original One Woman Shows-Feinstein’s/54 Below), Anyone Can Whistle (Encores!), Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical (Town Hall). Regional: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie, Dir Judith Ivey; Baltimore Center Stage), Crime and Punishment (Old Globe), Into the Woods (TUTS), Cabaret (Cape Playhouse), Murder on the Orient Express (Papermill) Young Frankenstein (MUNY), Guys & Dolls (Arkansas Rep Theatre), Rocky Horror Picture Show (Bucks County), Robin & the Seven Hoods (Old Globe), Film/TV: “Happy!” (Pixley) “Run the World”, “Andy Warhol Diaries”, “Person of Interest”, “Up All Night” CCM grad. @StephGib1
Joe Ricci
Writer/Director
Joe came to writing and directing though his work as an actor. With a career spanning over 30 years as a director, writer, and performer, Joe’s work has been seen On Broadway acting in A View from the Bridge, and Off-Broadway in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, He also performed in National Tour including Saturday Night Fever and International Tours including Jesus Christ Superstar. In fact, he has performed in every state except Alaska and South Dakota. As a writer, in addition to his latest play, The Chrysalis, he's written everything from burlesque (Broadway Varietease) to musicals (Third Party Ruling, Frankie & Debbie Live at the Martini Lounge) to television where his Hallmark movie In the Key of Love, had the highest single day premiere viewership of any movie on Hallmark's streaming platform. www.StoryManNYC.com
Lauren Goldman
Stage Manager
John Carpentier (he/him) is thrilled to be a part of the early stages of Behind the Curtain with this incredible team! Most recently he was an ASM on the pre-broadway, out of town production of BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical. Other credits include the first national tours of Mean Girls, Hadestown, The Spongebob Musical and Les Misérables.