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The Cast:

BRANDON McMILLEN is an actor based in NYC. He received his MFA from the Pennsylvania State University, and his BA from Western Washington University. Credits include The American Globe Theatre: Henry V and Henry IV Part II; Room6 Theatre, Philly: Tape; PSU: As You Like It, Speaking in Tongues, Parade, Twelfth Night, Push, Mother Courage, and The Rivals.

JAMES SAVAGE, JR. is an actor and educator based in NYC. He received his MFA in Acting at Penn State University and his BS in Arts Education from Ashland University. Credits include; NYC: Henry V and Richard II (The American Globe); Cleveland, Ohio: Julius Caesar (Great Lakes Theatre Festival), Boy Gets Girl (Beck Center), The Sweepers (Ensemble Theatre at The Cleveland Playhouse), and Murder Once Removed (Karamu); Julius Caesar (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). James is an Adjunct Lecturer in speech at Queensborough Community College/CUNY.

We challenge you...

An event occurred the night of three friends' high school graduation party that affected them profoundly. They reunite in a shabby motel room 10 years later and battle over the haunting details from that in-erasable evening.

JESSIEE DATINO*- Off Broadway: The Late Christopher Bean (TACT), Sin (BPAC). Regional: Hay Fever, The Dining Room, Lend Me A Tenor (PACS), Moon Over Buffalo (Cape Playhouse), Romeo and Juliet (HASF), A Christmas Carol, Love, Janis u/s (KC Rep), Talley's Folly, Talley and Son (Actor's Theatre KC). A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (LTR). Training: MFA Penn State University.

* This actor appears courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association.

JIM WISE (Director) is a director and educator. He joined the Penn State Acting faculty in 2002 after serving thirteen years as Head of Graduate Acting and Director of the SERIES X program at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory in Sarasota, Florida. A native of Chicago, Jim began his acting and directing career in 1973. In 1976 he joined the St. Nicholas Theatre Company (founded by David Mamet, William H. Macy and Steven Schachter) where he served as Artistic Director of its New Works Series, taught acting, and directed and acting in the company’s acting ensemble. In 1980 he co-founded the New Haven Playhouse in Chicago and joined the faculty at Purdue University where he headed the MFA graduate-acting program from 1984-1989. He has directed over 80 productions at the professional and university levels, including 12 world premieres. He has taught over 100 acting workshops throughout the United States, and his continuing professional work brings ongoing contributions to his teaching and directing at the university level.

ERIC BROADWATER (Designer) is currently an Assistant Professor of Scene Design at the California State University Stanislaus. He has maintained a professional career as both a Scenic Designer and Scenic Artist in small and regional theaters all over the country including the Barrington Stage Company, Lyric Theatre of OKC and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has designed over 30 shows, including musicals, opera, and ballet in both the academic and professional environments. Samples of his work can be seen at www.BroadwaterDesigns.com.

This production of TAPE is registered with the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. We are eligible for several awards: Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Director of Play,

Outstanding Set Design, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role, Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role. You can vote for us at www.nyitawards.com. Just click “Cast Your Vote”.

We participate in TDF’s Voucher Program and Off Off @ $9.