WHO’S WHO CAST

BAILEY BLAISE (Honey) Bailey is ecstatic to be here working on this iconic bucket list play! Fulton credits: White Christmas, The Play That Goes Wrong. She was awarded the 2022 Finlayson Award for Acting Excellence at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, credits include: Clue, Trouble in Mind, Ragtime, Julius Caesar. Other theatres: Arrow Rock Lyceum, Musical Theatre West, Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Rubicon Theatre. University of Alabama alumni (roll tide). Gratitude to Marc, Joey, Kevin, & my family! www.baileyblaise.com

KIM CARSON (Martha) Kim is thrilled to be back at the Fulton Theatre after last appearing in Other Desert Cities, and Gypsy! Some favorite credits include: Arden Theatre, Delaware Theater, People’s Light, John W Engeman, Virginia Stage Co, Philadelphia Theatre Co, 59 E 59, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Bristol Riverside, and Azuka Theatre. Love and thanks to my John, Annie, and Matt!

JEFFREY COON (George) Very pleased to be back on stage at the Fulton, especially in the Groff Series. Previously in the Tell Studio, director of Doubt, appeared in the Fulton Holiday Cabaret, Blackbird, 4000 Days. Many thanks to Marc, Joey, and Kevin for the opportunity to work on this titanic piece of American theatre. Many thanks to our Fulton audiences for all of their support of live theatre. Special thanks to Linda W. for her inspirational note about Albee. Love, as ever, to P, J, & J.

SHANNEN MICHAEL DOYLE (u/s Honey) Shannen Michael Doyle is thrilled to make her Fulton debut! Most recently, Shannen played Wendla in Spring Awakening at the Milton Theatre. Regional Credits include: Rent at the Algonquin, Little Women (Jo) at Holmdel Theatre Company! When not auditioning, Shannen is a singing server at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square. Shannen wants to thank Joey, as well as the cast and creative team for this opportunity. Eternally grateful for the support of my family, friends and Aaron. This one’s for Uncle Al! @shannenmichaeldoyle

JORDAN ECK (u/s Nick) Jordan is a 2022 BFA graduate of the University of the Arts. Past credits: Walnut St. Theatre’s Cinderella (Jean Michele u/s). EPAC’s Spongebob the Musical (Spongebob), Pippin (Lewis), West Side Story (A-Rab). Reading Theatre Project’s Grave Concerns (Tony) and Everybody Hates This Place (Barista). 1st St. Players’ She Kills Monsters (Miles). UArts’ A Public Reading...Disney (Roy Disney), Fuente Ovejuna (King) Much love and gratitude to teachers, family, and friends. www.jordanparkereck.com

SPENCER DAVIS MILFORD (Nick) Spencer made his Broadway debut as the titular role in The Winslow Boy. 1st National Tours: Billy Elliot; The Grinch. World Premieres: Buzz (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Nibbler (Rattlestick), Con College (STL Fringe). Regional: Georg in She Loves Me (Link Theatre), Barnaby in Hello, Dolly (Marriott Theatre), Davey in Newsies (The Muny), Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher (STL Rep). He recieved his Masters in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

TIMOTHY RIGGS (u/s George) Tim is delighted to make his Fulton debut. Long a teacher with the Fulton’s education program and a local actor, he is also a teacher of Performing Arts at La Academia Partnership Charter School in Lancaster. Favorites include EPAC’s The Crucible (Proctor), The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Nighttime (Ed), The Elephant Man (Merrick), Hand To God (Pastor Greg), Hamlet (Hamlet), The Pillowman (Katurian). He is a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe Happy Time Explosion Show.

HANLEY SMITH (u/s Martha) Hanley is so honored and grateful to return to The Fulton where she has been seen in Les Miserables, Venus in Fur, Murder on the Orient Express, The Sound of Music, and White Christmas. She is also an arts educator and a member of the folk trio, A Band Called Honalee. Love to W, family, and everyone at The Fulton.

WHO’S WHO PRODUCTION

EDWARD ALBEE (Playwright) was born on March 12, 1928, and began writing plays 30 years later. His plays include The Zoo Story (1958), The American Dream (1960), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961-62, Tony Award), Tiny Alice (1964), A Delicate Balance (1966, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award), All Over (1971), Seascape (1974, Pulitzer Prize), The Lady From Dubuque (1977-78), The Man Who Had Three Arms (1981), Finding The Sun (1982), Marriage Play (1986-87), Three Tall Women (1991, Pulitzer Prize), Fragments (1993), The Play About The Baby (1997), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2000, 2002, Tony Award), Occupant (2001), Peter and Jerry: Act 1, Homelife; Act 2, The Zoo Story (2004), and Me, Myself and I (2007).

He was a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and President of The Edward F. Albee Foundation. Mr. Albee was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980, and in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005 he was awarded the special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.

JOEY ABRAMOWICZ (Associate Casting Director) This is Joey’s fifth season as the Fulton’s Associate Casting Director. He contracts the actors, directors and choreographers for all Fulton productions! He works alongside Executive Artistic Producer Marc Robin to cast actors from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Lancaster, and beyond. He’s also a frequent Fulton performer, and was most recently seen as Bob Crewe in last seasons Jersey Boys. Thanks to Marc for the endless opportunities and love always to Jeff, Piper and Jackson. @joeytumble

GRIFFIN ALLEN (Lighting Designer) is excited to be making his design debut here at the Fulton! Griffin is a Lexington, Kentucky native who graduated from Northern Kentucky University with his BFA in Lighting Design and Technology. Over the years, he’s had the opportunity to work in four states spanning over 2,500 miles including multiple seasons at the Lexington Theatre Company and Tuacahn Amphitheatre. Thanks to everyone here at the Fulton, his family, his partner Kennedy and their dog Ripley for their continued support.

GWENDOLYN COX (Scenic Designer) received her BFA in Scenic Painting from UNC School of the Arts and has painted scenery for theatre companies up and down the east coast. Gwen sometimes teaches at Cobalt Studios and does freelance set design including Frozen, Matilda, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Riverside Theatre; The Glass Menagerie, An Act of God, and Fun Home at the Fulton. She would like to thank her parents for always supporting her creative endeavors.

KEVIN EARLEY (Director) Excited to be back at Fulton Theater after directing Changing Channels, The Glass Menagerie and *The Whipping Man. Kevin was just seen as Robert/Thomas Colleymore in The Play That Goes Wrong and previously as Sky in Guys and Dolls. Other directing projects include The Wonder, by Susan Ferrara, (NY United Solo Festival Best Production of 2014 Winner, Co-Directed/Produced with Julie Ann Emery) and The Fantastics at his alma mater, Webster Conservatory. More info at KevinEarley.com

TYLER HORN (Sound Designer) Tyler is the audio engineer for the Fulton and most times you can find him mixing audio for the mainstage shows. He is ecstatic to be designing his first play for the studio series. Other shows Tyler has mixed in the studio are Five Guys Named Moe and Next to Normal. Tyler has been a proud member of The Fulton family since 2018.

VICTORIA LAYSER (Costume Designer) Victoria normally designs for the Family Series shows, and is very grateful and excited for this opportunity for her first Studio Series show, especially one of her favorites! Thank you to everyone for getting her here, especially her special assistant Finn!