Lungs by Duncan Macmillan Program

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Mac Welch Presents

LUNGS BY DUNCAN MACMILLAN January 22 - 25, 2026

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MAC WELCH PRESENTS

LUNGS BY DUNCAN MACMILLAN A Regional Premiere

CREW Director ��Mac Welch Movement Director �� Emily Bernet Stage Manager ��Emily Mordecai Lighting Designer �� Aaron Johansen Costume Designer �� Breianna Bairrington Carpenter �� Justin Locklear Intimacy Coordinator �� Claire Fountain

CAST M �� Thomas Magee W ��Alyssa Carrasco

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CAST & CREW

Emily Bernet

Mac Welch

Thomas Magee

Alyssa Carrasco

Aaron Johansen

Emily Mordecai

DIRECTOR’S NOTE I am writing this Director’s Note as I’m sitting with my wife on our honeymoon. We just finished talking with a waitress about how she fled from Argentina as half the Argentinian population is now officially below the poverty line. We are debriefing in our room as we look out over a Mediterranean hit by La Niña, resulting in a lack of incoming warm air/water from the Equator and one of the coldest years for Europe in roughly 40 years. This seems to be the perfect setting to consider our play. Not only all these little reminders of catastrophe (past, present, and future), but the challenge of balancing these things while looking at the woman I am meant to spend the rest of my life with. As we get older and time seems to blow by faster and faster, my wife and I are continually met with two dilemmas: experiencing personal victory while the world crumbles, or experiencing personal loss while those around us thrive. Although this isn’t directly what the play talks about, it definitely reminds me of the play. It is what we are bringing to the play as we rehearse. Practicing balance amidst chaos. We have debated for years whether or not we think the play has a “happy ending”. Of course, it’s subjective and we know that you will decide for yourself, but we sincerely hope you have a fight about it on the ride home. Those debates have been some of the most productive and enlightening conversations of our relationship and of our lives. But a few undeniable truths have conquered our conversations. The solution is not to dwell on righting the wrongdoings of the generations before you. The solution is not to dwell on what you owe the generations that follow you. The solution is not to forget the world around you in order to be with your loved ones in the present. Life is too complicated to have one lesson. It’s balance and awareness and breath. When experiencing Lungs, we would like for you to consider these things. Thank you so much for your time and attention, we know it’s expensive these days. Thank you so much to the Elevator Project and to Hector Garcia. Thank you to the Cedar Ridge Preserve and the City of Dallas for agreeing on the importance of this piece now. Thank you so much to our small group of brilliant artists that we are lucky enough to call our best friends. Enjoy!

Mac Welch, Director

BIOS Emily Bernet (Movement Director) is a Dallas native and the Co-Artistic Director of Bombshell Dance Project alongside Taylor Rodman. Her work, which bridges dance and theater, has been presented at festivals across Texas and beyond, including the Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival, and as part of AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project. As choreographer and movement director she has had the opportunity to create with several Dallas theaters including Theatre Three, Fair Assembly, Watering Hole Collective, and Cry Havoc Theatre Company, as well as for the 2024 Festival of Independent Theatres alongside Mac Welch. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and was a founding member of Joshua Peugh’s Dark Circles Contemporary Dance USA.

Mac Welch (Director) is an actor, director, producer, writer, and filmmaker, and he serves as the Artistic Producer of Teatro Dallas. He has worked locally with Dallas Theater Center, Second Thought Theater, Undermain Theatre, Theatre Three, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Fair Assembly, Echo Theatre, and Teatro Dallas. Most recently, he was seen in Fair Assembly’s King Lear (Edmund) and in Second Thought’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Kevin). Nationally and beyond, he has worked with theaters such as the WP Theater in NYC and The Estates Theatre in Prague. On-screen, he has worked with Grammy Award-winning director Joseph Kahn, Joe Harris, Frederick Ezeala, Raashi Kulshrestha, Pearce Chadwick, and many commercials. He is most recently the recipient of the Best Screenplay award for his writing work with the Paris International Film Festival. He is a former instructor at the Booker T. Washington HSPVA. He is a Co-Founder of the Watering Hole Collective, a company member of Fair Assembly, and is represented by Engage Artists Agency.

Thomas Magee (M) is excited to be back in Dallas for this production of Lungs! He is based in Southern California but is from DFW and graduated from Southern Methodist University with his BFA in 2020. Locally, he has

appeared in Kitchen Dog Theater’s The Grown-Ups (Aidan), Second Thought Theatre’s World Premiere of Sweetpea (He/Buddy), Echo Theatre’s in a word (Man/Tristan), and Fair Assembly’s Macbeth (Donalbain/Murderer). A big thank you to Madison for her infectious strength and kindness, to Mac for always trying to make this show happen, and to the Elevator Project for allowing this dream to come true.

Alyssa Carrasco (W) is excited to be making her debut with the Elevator Project. Recent credits include Teatro Dallas’ El Otro (Director), Time Stands Still (Assistant Director) and Cloud Tectonics (Celestina del Sol); Watering Hole Collective’s I Am An Island (April) and All the World Was Made for You (Georgia); Second Thought Theatre’s Is Edward Snowden Single? (April) and Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Assistant Director); Oklahoma Shakespeare’s Emma (Emma) and Pride and Prejudice (Kitty); Goodrich Players’ What is Your Name? (Bianca); and The Williamstown Theatre Festival - Director’s fellowship: Lasthunter (ensemble). She is signed with Linda McAlister Agency for film and commercial. She has a BFA in acting from the University of Oklahoma.

Aaron Johansen (Lighting Designer) is a Dallas-based lighting designer for theater and live events. Aaron is thrilled to be a part of this production! Previous collaborations have included: Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Children’s Theater, Second Thought Theatre (artistic associate), Kitchen Dog Theater (Company Member), Theater Three, Circle Theatre, Stage West, Uptown Players, Cry Havoc Theater Company, Cara Mía Theatre Co. and Sweet Tooth Hotel Art installation. By day, Aaron is the resident lighting director for The Dallas Opera. Follow my work and me on Instagram @Famoustrendywizard. Enjoy the show!

Emily Mordecai (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on Lungs with this stacked team of artists. REGIONAL CREDITS (Select): Dallas Theater Center A Christmas Carol (’23, ’24, and ’25), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Little Mermaid, The Rocky Horror Show, The Odyssey; Circle Theatre Macbeth; Kitchen Dog Theater The Grown-Ups; Fort Worth Opera

L’Elisir d’Amore; Theatre Three Venus in Fur; Teatro Dallas Cloud Tectonics, Nuevo Mundo; Lyric Stage Sweeney Todd; Rec Room Arts Wolf Play, Theatre Under the Stars The Secret of My Success, and His Story: The Musical (Asst. Company Manager). BFA: Stage Management, University of Houston. Love always to her family and Dylan. @emily_mordecai

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