In 2012, 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 sold-out London reading was described by audiences as ‘truly gripping,’ ‘a beautiful balance of light and dark,’ and ‘as strong as (it was) understated.’
CAST (in alphabetical order)
Evie
Zoe Bourdin
Esther Charlie Hansen
The Man in the Window
Louis Hill
Emaline Alyssa Virji
Elise Martha Wrench
PRODUCTION TEAM
Playwright maguire wilder
Director Maiya Pascouche
Producer Missing Rib Collective
Animation Designer Liv Pratt
Sound Designer Nick Webster
Lighting Consult Chris Voegels
Vocal Coach Cassidy McCartan
CAST
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.
Charlie Hansen (Esther)
is very much looking forward to making her Edinburgh Fringe debut with 4 girls the first letter e!. Prior theatre credits include Phyllis Wheatley (Trailblazers), Octavia (My Life With The Wave), Avis (Come In, Oxford), Sylvia Pankhurst (Emmeline), Olivia (Twelfth Night), and Nell Gwynn (Nell Gwynn). Other credits include playing Rose in upcoming period film Water Cure and dancing on London Pride’s Trafalgar Square main stage as part of the Netflix Heartstopper x Pride team. Later this year, Charlie will be staging the play she co-created (Phoney) at the Bread and Roses Theatre.
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.
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.
PRODUCTION TEAM
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’.
Chris Voegels (Lighting Consultant)
is a New York based Lighting Designer and Programmer who loves lighting new works from his friends. He is excited to be working on two such productions going to Fringe this year. Recent credits include Pretty Delusional at The Tank, Cryptochrome at The Cell Theater, Cowgirl Summer as part of Fresh Fruit Festival, and various events and installations for The Whitney Biennial. @chrisvoegels
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
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Marcus Van Vleiman
