4 girls the first letter e - Kings Head Program

In 2014, two girls stabbed their friend 19 times at Slenderman’s instruction.

This play is loosely inspired by these real events. Evie and her friends are obsessed with the video-game world of The King. As reality and gameplay blurs, how far will they go to save themselves from each other? This show explores how we teach young girls to grow up and who we should really be afraid of. Its run at the Edinburgh Fringe was described by critics as “dark, elusive, and powerful” (Lexical Lunacy), “a revelation” (Binge Fringe), a “sunlit horror” that “swings for the fences with some bold strokes and hits hard” (The Scotsman), and “an unforgettable, beautiful nightmare” (FringeBiscuit).’

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Evie Zoe Bourdin The Man in the Window Louis Hill Esther Anna Marks Pryce Emaline Alyssa Virji Elise Martha Wrench

PRODUCTION TEAM

Playwright Director Producer Animation Designer Sound Designer Lighting Designer Vocal Coach

maguire wilder Maiya Pascouche Missing Rib Collective Liv Pratt Nick Webster Angelo Sagnelli Cassidy McCartan

CA ST Zoe Bourdin (Evie)

is a London and Paris based actress, writer and producer.

She trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and RADA. Recently, she worked on an Amazon Prime series and has been doing voice over for a Ubisoft video game. A bit of a nomad, Zoe grew up between France, the US and Canada and speaks fluent English, French and decent Spanish. When Zoe isn’t taking her career very seriously in London, she can be found gallivanting across Europe with friends or frolicking in the French countryside with her family. Zoe believes in a balanced life.

Louis Hill (The Man in the Window)

was born and raised in London and has been acting professionally since he was sixteen. He graduated Rose Bruford’s acting course in 2018 and has gone on to work on a wide range of projects, from nationwide commercials to plays in the UK and abroad. He is also a voice actor on numerous audiobooks, adverts, and narrations. Louis is delighted to be playing attached to 4 girls the first letter e.

Anna Marks Pryce (Esther)

is a 2024 Actor Musicianship graduate from Mountview Academy and represented by Cowley, Knox & Guy. Credits Include: Recorded Voice Over in ‘Alma Mater’ (Almeida Theatre), Madge Gill in ‘The Inside/Outside Life of Madge Gill’ (Art In The Docks), Arabella in ‘Inertia’ (Short Film), Grusha in ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ (Mountview), Debbie in ‘Junkyard’ (Mountview), Olivia in ‘Twelfth Night’ (Mountview), Fraulein Schneider in ‘Cabaret’ (Mountview)

Alyssa Virji (Emaline)

is an actor and comedian who you can find bopping about London telling silly stories and launching into theories you never knew you needed. She trained at NYU Tisch (BFA Drama) and is an alumni of Soho Theatre’s Comedy Lab and if you have a sharp eye you may have even seen her pop up in a show or commercial here and there. She is super excited to be a gruesome girl with Missing Rib this summer in Edinburgh!

Martha Wrench (Elise)

is a London-based actress of Scottish, Italian, and Pakistani heritage. She graduated from ALRA/Rose Bruford College at the end of 2022 with a first class degree in Acting.

From there, she has continued to hone her craft through workshops with GoHub and various casting directors.

In her spare time, Martha likes to explore other creative outlets, and is a highly skilled dancer and musician.

She is also currently working on her first short film.

Martha is represented by Sharon Henry Management.

PRODUCT I O N TE AM maguire wilder (Playwright)

is a Southern writer born and raised in the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. her playwriting and production work has been seen at the Spark Theatre Festival, Almeida Theatre (London), Bernie Grant Arts Center (London), the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Playwrights Horizons Downtown, Theaterlab NYC, Dixon Place, The Tank, the Smock Alley Theatre (Dublin), and digitally at LimeArts Theatre and Little & Fierce Theatre Company. her work has been a finalist for the Papatango Prize, Pipeline’s PlayLab, and the Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series. maguire holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch and an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge.

Maiya Pascouche (Director)

is a theater director-songwriter-adaptor living between New York City and London. Her work strives to challenge cis, hetero-normative narratives by placing women and queer characters at the forefront of her pieces. She believes in collaboration first and foremost, cultivating communities of brilliant makers from all walks of life, with a collective unquenchable need for truth and empathy. It is the vulnerable act of making theater that keeps her alive.

Maiya’s work has been seen at Playwrights Downtown, The Center at West Park, New Ohio Theatre, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, and digitally for The Homebound Theater Project.

Missing Rib Collective (producer)

is a multi-media production company started by maguire wilder and Maiya Pascouche, two theatre makers who met at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and fell deeply into collaborative love. We are interested in the relentless pursuit of story and strive to make work that is challenging, breathtaking, and engages the impossible. We tell stories about young, queer women that ask big questions and juxtapose delight with discomfort. Our work is primarily theatre, but we hold a robust interest in transmedia, invoking animation, video, dance, music, and video games in an attempt to further dream into worlds bigger than our own.

Liv Pratt (Animation Designer)

is an illustrator, animator, and filmmaker from Massachusetts with a heart for the whimsical in the everyday. They graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film & Television. As a child, Liv spent their time in lively conversation with nature and eager observation of their brother’s video games.

They have spent years bringing a meticulous eye, unique creative voice, and compassionate spirit to screenwriting, producing, and animating in a wide spectrum of mediums and genres. Their thesis film, a live-action & stop-motion hybrid called “Peaches,” was awarded the Thomas William Gidro-Frank Production Award from NYU and is currently in post-production. Liv loves trees and hates toothpaste. They are currently based in Brooklyn, NY.

Cassidy McCartan (Vocal Coach)

is an actor and voice and dialect coach from Minnesota, USA. Her acting credits include Julius Caesar, Edward II, MacBeth, Shakespeare in Love, This is Our Youth (Burbage Theatre Company), Henry IV Part 1 & 2 (Praxis Stage), Judy Moody and the Mad Treasure Hunt (GAMM Theatre), Get Out the Vote (Central Square Theatre), Waiting to Begin (Rose Bruford College), Cymbeline (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co), Eurydice, Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde the Musical, Measure for Measure, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Equus, The Trojan Women. She has voice coached at the Turbine Theatre, the Hope Theatre and will be coaching on various Fringe shows this summer. Cassidy is trained classically as an actor, and enjoys clowning, movement theater, puppetry, applied theatre, and devising.

Nick Webster (Sound Designer)

is a Brooklyn, NY based sound designer and musician.

A graduate from NYU, he has sound designed numerous theatre productions and has also contributed music to many projects including ‘no no no please no god no, nevermind I’m fine’ here at the Edinburgh Fringe. Nicholas has also sound designed, scored, and mixed short films.

He releases solo music under the name ‘Nick from the Net’.

Angelo Sagnelli (Lighting Designer)

is a theatrical lighting designer, based between London UK and New York City USA. Angelo has an MA in Theatre Production & Design from Guildhall School of Music & Drama and a BFA in Lighting Design from Marymount Manhattan College. Angelo designs for plays, musicals, dance, circus, puppetry, and devised theatre.

Recent productions: - Award Winning Show, A Letter To Lyndon B Johnson Or God Whoever Reads This First (Edinburgh UK, 2024).

- Award Winning Show, What If They Are The Baby (London UK, 2024).

- Award Winning Show, And The Rodeo Burned Down (London UK, 2024).

- Cutting The Tightrope (London UK, 2024).

SPECIAL THANKS to Our Donors Level 1 - The Bird

Jacob Anderson Thelma Beck Kristin Campbell Sue Collins Leah Dryden Kendra Williams Chrissie + Ezra Ripple

Level 2 - The Heart

Kerry Campbell Tom Pascouche Porsha Williams

Level 4 - The King Renata Hayes Laurie Wilder

Other Special Thanks

Zoe Weldon David Ralf + Esther Hallas Smith at Theatre Deli Bella Cavicchi Zoë Wells Jordan Dawson Brian Donaldson + Aashna Sharma at The List Donald Makin at K107 FM ChewBoy Productions Dawn Seal Marcus Van Vleiman