THE UNKNOWNS Written & Directed by Kacie
Devaney
Time: Modern. Twenty first century. Place: A home in San Diego California.
Characters in order
of appearance
Scarlett
Edith Bukovics
Jeb
Gavin Haag
Isabella
Alissa Simmons
Clive Will Lund
Who’s Who . . .
Edith Bukovics
(Scarlett) graduated with an English
MA from Cambridge University and has since starred in numerous
critically-acclaimed theatre productions in the UK. Her first leading screen
role was in the Greek-Cypriot film ‘Secret Paths’ and she has gone on to work
with BAFTA and FIPRESCI award-winning film directors such as Vadim Jean and
Julian Kemp. Since moving to New York she has collaborated with NY Shakespeare
Exchange for “The Sonnet Project,” and will next appear alongside Amber Tamblyn
and Jackie Cruz in the feature film “Cleveland.”
Gavin Haag (Jeb) can be seen in ‘People, Places, Things’
(2015) opposite Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords). Recent closing of
Hemingway stage adaptation of ‘The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.’
He trains at the Barrow Group Theater, and the Wynn Handman Studio. He is a
graduate of the William Esper Studio. B.A. from UCLA School of Theatre, Film
and Television in Theatre. Gavin was born in Manhattan, and raised in San
Francisco, CA.
Will Lund (Clive) is an emerging theater and
film actor in NYC. He first started his career at 18 by performing comedy
improv for the Upright Citizens Brigade and their theaters. Will then began to
study acting at H.B Studios and was connected and began working privately with
renown acting coach Alice Spivak. Will has acted in and has worked closely in
films with many students from NYU Tisch and various independent filmmakers.
Will played the role of "Trey" in the award winning play Stuck
in the Venus Theatre Festival last year. Will is very excited to be a part
of the Strawberry Theatre Festival for the first time.
Alissa Simmons (Isabella) is excited for the The
Strawberry One-Act Festival after performing at the NYC Fringe Festival last
summer. She starred recently in indie film, Thorns for Flowers (Hoboken
International Film Fest). In between film gigs she performs with Love Creek
Theater and Cranky Cabaret. In the past she achieved her BFA in Musical
Theater, won multiple International Thespian competitions, and performed in
London and Tokyo. Her favorite part played was Marian from Music Man. She
dreams of singing jazz and wearing sparkly things.
Kacie Devaney (Playwright/Director) holds
a degree in Comparative Literature from the American University of Paris,
France. Since moving to New York two years ago, her plays have been accepted
and fully staged in; The Thespis Theatre Festival, The Down Town Urban Theatre
Festival, The New York City International Fringe Festival, and now, The
Strawberry One-Act Festival. When Kacie is not writing plays, she works as an
actor, dancer and choreographer. Her dance works have been featured in Jennifer
Muller’s “The Works” and “The Elisa Monte symposium” for emerging
choreographers.
THE UNKNOWNSBy Kacie Devaney
Can an unexpected visit from the new next door neighbors save a crumbling marriage between Scarlett and Jeb? Everything is about to change. Or is it?
Monday, July 25th at 9pm
Thursday, July 14th at 7pm
Sunday, July 17th at 7pm
For tickets go to https://www.therianttheatre.com/item.php?id=252
At the Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street, NYC
The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival
The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival
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