JAY BRECKENRIDGE (Producer) has just retired from his position as Professor of Theatre Arts at Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, where he developed and directed student productions each term for oh-somany years. He still performs throughout the region as a juggler, storyteller, and stilt walker. CAROL SCHAFER (Director) is Associate Professor of Theatre, Integrative Arts, and Women’s Studies at Penn State Beaver. She has previously worked in Texas and Virginia as a director, a producer, a dramaturge, and a playwright. CHRIS GAVALER (Playwright) is a four time winner of the Outstanding Playwright Award with Pittsburgh New Works Festival. He has published two novels, School For Tricksters (SMU 2011) and Pretend I’m Not Here (Harper Collins 2002), and his short fiction appears in over three dozen national journals. He teaches at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA and blogs about pop culture at thepatronsaintofsuperheroes@wordpress.com.
SUMMER COMPANY presents
SOME GUY AT THE AIRPORT by
Patrick Rutledge
Cast: Dawn Rob
Jessie Cadle Sean David Butler
Producer Director
John Lane Jacob Wadsworth
Synopsis: It doesn’t take a genius to recognize that there’s something weird about Rob. That much is clear to Dawn from the moment she meets him at the airport terminal and he starts to show a talent for telling the future. There’s something strange about the man—and, as it turns out, the truth of the strangeness may intertwine her life with his in ways she could never imagine.
Heritage Players Upcoming Productions Little Women (the musical)
October 17-19, 24-26, 2014
Children’s Holiday Show
December, 2014
TBA
March, 2015
TBA
May, 2015
MISSION STATEMENT Formed in 1997 to bring live theater to the Bethel Park community, The Heritage Players provide opportunities for local actors, directors and designers—of various ages and levels of expertise—to develop their skills. They offer year -round theater workshops for children and adults as well as a season of theater productions. While maintaining storage and rehearsal space in the historic School House Arts Center, the group currently performs just up Park Avenue in Bethel Park Community Center.
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JESSIE CADLE (Dawn) is honored to be a part of the New Works Festival. When not acting with a script, you can find Jessie making up words as she goes at the Arcade Comedy Theater downtown where she produces and performs improv comedy. From 9 to 5, she works as a copywriter for an advertising agency — though she's probably not proving she can write successfully with this bio. She'd like to thank the cast, director and writer for this opportunity and her friends and family for their love and support. SEAN DAVID BUTLER (Rob) is thrilled to be making his fourth appearance with the Pittsburgh New Works Festival, and his debut with the Summer Company. In last year’s festival, he worked with McKeesport Little Theater and their production of Dinner Theater for the Absurd (Eugene). Most recently, he was seen on and behind the MLT stage as both the understudy for Jebadiah and Assistant Director in Brian Edward’s Amish Burlesque. Some of his favorite credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Chief Bromden; MLT), 12 Angry Men (Juror #11; Prime Stage Theater), 110 Degrees in the Shade (Noah Curry; MLT), Romeo and Juliet (Capulet and Fight Captain; COPA of Point Park University), The Nerd (Rick Steadman; South Park Theater), and Spectator in The Dark Knight Rises. Sean would love to thank all those connected with the Festival for another amazing opportunity, The Summer Company for the chance to work with them, and his friends and family for their love and support.
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