written & directed by SUZANNE BACHNER
starring ANNA BRIDGFORTH & BOB BRADER
NATHAN FAUDREE • assistant director & associate producer
CHRIS KATEFF • technical director
KATIE CHAI • lighting design
MICHAEL KOCH • graphic design & website design
SHAR ADRIAS • video producer
ANDREA ALTON/ALTON PR • press representative
JENNA LE BLANC • Front of House Manager
LINDA MOVISH • associate producer
JMTC THEATRE • producer
BIOGRAPHIES
Suzanne Bachner • Playwright & Director
is an award-winning playwright and director and native New Yorker. Her trio of long-running NYC hit plays includes CIRCLE, which ran for five months Off Broadway, won Most Daring Show of the London Fringe in its Sold-Out International Tour, and was called “ingenious” by The New York Times. She created and directed two cult hits: Icons & Outcasts, which transferred to The Duplex for a six-month run, and BITE, the choose-your-own-adventure comedy with 968 unique scripted permutations, which had a five-month NYC run and international tour. Other playwriting and directing credits include the 14-actor San Diego commission and marriage equality epic, Brilliant Mistake, and her celebrated kaleidoscopic memoir play, We Call Her Benny. Suzanne’s totally true solo show, The Good Adoptee, which won the Best Autobiographical Script Award at the United Solo Theatre Festival, has toured to the London International Fringe Festival and across the U.S., has been part of law and life-changing adoptee rights advocacy, and connected with global audiences in its virtual presentations. Suzanne studied playwriting with Romulus Linney and Adrienne Kennedy and holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School University. She is a four-time OOBR Award winner and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Broadway World called her work “the future of theatre.”
Anna Bridgforth • Actor
Ahas lived and worked in New York City since 2004. Her early work includes a series of independent horror films and Off-Off Broadway productions, including BITE and We Call Her Benny, both written by Suzanne Bachner. In 2015, Anna premiered the one-woman show The Good Adoptee—also written and directed by Bachner—at the United Solo Theater Festival, where she won the Best Actress award. She performed Bite and The Good Adoptee at the Orlando International Fringe and London International Fringe festivals, respectively. In 2008, Anna began performing burlesque under the stage name Boo Bess. As Boo, she has performed at venues across the U.S. and internationally, including The Slipper Room, House of Yes, City Winery and Soho House and she has been the resident emcee at Bathtub Gin NYC since 2013. In 2018, she received the Most Innovative award at the Burlesque Hall of Fame for her duet with Jenny C’est Quoi. In 2017, Anna wrote and directed a trailer for a series concept titled By Night, exploring the duality of life as a nightlife performer. The project led to a television development deal with MadGene Media. As an emcee, Anna (aka Boo) has hosted Mavericks at The Plaza Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas and currently serves as the host of The Miss Behave Show for Virgin Voyages. She is currently developing and workshopping her own one-woman show titled Skin Hungry.
Bob Brader • Actor
is an award-winning writer, actor, storyteller and monologist. Spitting In The Face Of The Devil, Bob’s acclaimed solo show, has toured all over the U.S. and Canada and won 7 Best of Awards including Best Show of the London Fringe, and Best Script and Best Encore at the United Solo Theatre Festival. Bob’s new retelling of the story on the RISK! Podcast was called by RISK! creator and host Kevin Allison: "An absolute stunner. Bob Brader's story ‘Spitting in the Face Of The Devil’ is one of our best episodes ever." Bob made his international debut at the London Fringe Festival with his second solo show, Preparation Hex, a hemorrhoid tale and love story, which toured Canada and played in NYC at the Directors Company and the United Solo Festival. His monologue, Smoker, had its world premiere on Theatre Row as part of United Solo, where it won the Best Autobiographical Show Award and went on to a highly acclaimed Canadian tour. Bob’s numerous acting credits include headlining the two-actor NYC run as well as the sold-out international tour of CIRCLE (Most Daring Show, London Fringe). He was in the original cast of We Call Her Benny and performed in both the recent tour and original five-month NYC run of BITE with JMTC Theatre, for which he is Executive Director. Other New York Theatre credits include Bryan Enk and Matt Gray’s supernatural theatrical serial, Penny Dreadful, at the Brick Theater (Teddy Roosevelt) and numerous DMTheatrics’ productions: Girls School Vampire, Bitch Macbeth, Who in the Hell is the Real Live Lorelei Lee? and Antony and Cleopatra(Caesar, OOBR Award). Film credits include Eat Me and DelanoCelli Productions’ award-winning Brooklyn in July. Bob trained with the Stella Adler Conservatory at the Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of the United Solo Academy, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild.
Nathan Faudree • Assistant Director & Associate Producer
Nathan Faudree is an award-winning writer/director and actor with roles ranging from Macbeth to Bigfoot. He is a co-writer of the critically acclaimed theatrical production 4PLAY which enjoyed sold out runs in NYC, Chicago and LA. He also wrote and hosted over 26 episodes of the weekly cult-hit comics education web series MEANWHILE. He is the creator and co-writer of A WOUNDED FAWN, which premiered at TRIBECA 2022 and is distributed by AMC+ on SHUDDER. It made numerous top ten lists for the year including ROTTEN TOMATOES, SLASH FILM and the AV CLUB. It was also nominated for a FANGORIA Chainsaw Award. His feature film debut as a director, SITE 13, won BEST HORROR FILM at the MONTREAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL and BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR at the 8 ½ FILM FEST in Italy. Distributed by TERROR FILMS, it is currently available. His feature film script PENITENT is in pre-production with BARBHOUSE PRODUCTIONS and is scheduled to film in 2024 with VIRGINIA MADSEN in the lead with director BRAD REGO
Chris Kateff • Technical Director
Chris is the Resident Projection Designer at JMTC Theatre. Virtual: Conversations with My Divorce Attorney, Smoker (JMTC Theatre); Betwixt & Between (Maggie Gallant Productions); Emma: a Pop Musical Stay at Home Version (Lafayette College). Off-Broadway: Hamlet, Medea (Titan Theatre Company), Off the Meter On the Record, Rebel in the Soul (Irish Repertory Theatre), Sheila's Day (Lincoln Center Institute); Rated P For Parenthood (Westside Theatre); The Road to Qatar (York Theatre); Wine Lovers (Triad Theater and international touring); Die Mommy Die (New World Stages). Off-Broadway associate design: Assassins (Classic Stage Company). Off-Broadway assistant design: Forever Dusty, Now. Here. This (Richard DiBella, designer). Broadway assistant design: Ring of Fire, Jersey Boys (Michael Clark, designer).
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Katie Chai • Touring Lighting Design
A stage manager and technician originally from Dallas, TX and a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, she has worked with many companies in New York City, including American Globe Theatre, Horse Trade Theater Group, Playwright's Realm and others. She has also worked with the New York Musical Theatre Festival, NY Frigid Festival and the NYC Fringe Festival, NY Frigid Festival, the NYC Fringe Festival and five years with the United Solo Festival.
John Tees, III • Off Broadway Lighting Design
has designed many shows for JMTC including the OOBR award winning Circle, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and When I was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout. Other NYC design credits include productions at The Atlantic Theatre Co., Vineyard Theatre, American Opera Project, Triad Theatre, National Shakespeare Co. Pulse Ensemble and Queens Theatre in the Park. Regional Theatre Designs include The Madison Repertory Theatre, Florida State Opera, Dayton Opera, N.C. Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Live Bait Theatre (Chicago), New American Theatre, Helen Hayes P.A.C., and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. His Assistant credits include shows on Broadway and in more than 20 cities and throughout the country. John has recently been working on many Fashion Shows, Trade Shows and Live Corporate Events, and is the Production Electrician for off Broadways 2econd Stage Theatre. John is a member of United Scenic Artist Local 829 and NABET Local 16.
Michael Koch • Graphic Design & Website Design
is an award-winning graphic designer and photographer. He is the Resident Graphic Designer for JMTC Theatre, having created and run print and digital campaigns from NYC premiere productions to international tours. Mike does freelance graphic design through his own company, M Koch Graphics, as well, serving many local Lehigh Valley privately owned businesses to creating spot on personal and family designs. As Graphics Coordinator at the digital billboard company, Digiview Outdoor Advertising, Mike lined the streets and highways with unique billboard campaigns ranging from Crayola to Whitehall Manor Senior Living to the Tilted Kilt. As a photographer, Mike specializes in portraits, nature, and post-apocalyptic landscapes. Mike is a cherished member of the JMTC family. He is a creative family-oriented individual whose interests include biking, hiking, camping, photography, cars, motorcycles, and traveling.
Andrea Alton/Alton PR • Press Representative
is thrilled to be working with JMTC Theatre again. She previously worked on their productions Spitting In The Face Of The Devil, Smoker, and The Good Adoptee. Alton PR was formed in 2011 and provides press services for off and off-off Broadway Theatre, comedy, and theatre/arts festivals. Past and current clients include the off-Broadway productions Love Quirks (AMT Theater), Anne Being Frank, Doris Day: My Secret Love, Sex Work/Sex Play (all with Emerging Artists Theatre), and the upcoming Clowns Like Us at DR2 Theatre. Andrea has worked on productions with La MaMa, SoHo Playhouse, Peculiar Works Project, Spark Theatre Festival NYC, Rising Sun Performance Company, Retro Productions, among others.
Shar Adrias • Video Production
is an award-winning filmmaker and visual storyteller whose work blends cinematic craft with human-centered narrative. She is the founder of Movements by Shar, a production company creating documentary, New Media TV, and branded content rooted in lived experience and emotional truth. Shar has served as Director of Photography on films officially selected for festivals including the Point Lookout Film Festival, Creation International Film Festival, Oasis Film Festival, and Southern Margins International Short Film Festival, where one project received the Grand Prix Award. These works were produced in collaboration with Calesita Films. She also brings extensive experience in red carpet and premiere coverage, having filmed high-profile cultural and entertainment events for the Writers Guild Awards, Peabody Awards, and press lines for major television productions including The Walking Dead and The Diplomat, alongside New York Fashion Week coverage. Her work further includes live theatrical performances for award-winning Fringe Festival writer-performers Bob Brader and Suzanna Bachner, as well as international music videos for global artists G-Deep and Osvaldo Supino. Grounded in a deep background in movement and performance, Shar brings a refined sense of rhythm, presence, and storytelling precision to every project.
JMTC Theatre • Producer
is an award-winning, independent, international, artist-driven NYC-based theatre company that transforms personal stories into powerful theatre. By partnering with national and international nonprofit organizations such as Safe Horizon and Adoptees United, JMTC Theatre combines Art and Advocacy to raise both funds and awareness, and invite engagement and social change. Founded in London in 1994 by Patrick Hillan, JMTC Theatre is based in NYC and has produced over 50 productions in New York City and collaborated with 100s of incredible theater artists. Past productions include Suzanne Bachner’s award-winning Off Broadway hit, CIRCLE; Thom Fudal’s daring production of Shakespeare’s Othello starring Patrick Hillan and Geoffrey Owens; Bob Brader’s acclaimed solo show, Spitting In The Face Of The Devil and Suzanne Bachner’s celebrated kaleidoscopic memoir play, We Call Her Benny. JMTC has presented work at PSNBC@HERE and 20th Century Fox at the Coronet Theater in LA, The Duplex, The National Arts Club, Flicks on 66 Wild West Digital Shootout (Finalist), the first-ever and 2nd annual FRIGID New York Festival, the Midtown International Theatre Festival (Best of the Fest), and the London International Fringe Festival, among many others. JMTC ran its own unique white box theater space in Chelsea for four years, has received four OOBR Awards, 14 Best in Fest Awards, and Spirit of the Fringe from the London Fringe.
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