Robin is the author of 28 full-length plays and tons of one-acts and shorts. Productions worldwide (currently in Ukraine and Denver). NYC productions 2025: Pecking Order (59E59 Theatre, American Bard, dir. Basil Rodericks); This Dream Has Teeth (The Tank, Theatre for the Greater Good, dir. Kenny Wade Marshall); Bigger Than Pretend (New Circle Theatre Co., dir. Allie Moss). Published plays at The Drama Book Shop in NYC and links at www.RobinRicePlaywright.com. Designated lifetime member of The Dramatists Guild. Thank you, Morningside and New Ambassadors Theatre Companies.

Kenny recently directed Robin Rice’s This Dream Has Teeth which ran this past July at The Tank. Select NYC directing credits include Love Song for Playhouse Creatures Theatre, Much Ado and Comedy of Errors for Fools and Kings. Readings: Top Load (Gym at Judson), Lust & Lies. (29th St Playwrights), Four Old Broads (Cherry Lane). Kenny is also an actor having appeared Off-Broadway and regionally across the country. Proud AEA member. 

David Adam Gill, Co-Artistic Director; Jeffrey Checkley, Co-Artistic Director

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Mary Powelson is an actor, director, playwright, dramaturg, teacher, and producer.  NY stage credits include Goddess of the Hunt (Diana). CA stage credits include: God of Carnage (Veronica); Hello From Bertha (Goldie); The Crucible (Elizabeth), Beyond Therapy (Charlotte), and Air(self, original script). 15 years as founding artistic director of Salesian Theatre (SF); 25 years of new play development in LA (Actors Studio West PDU);  SF(Will Dunne); and NYC (NATC). Training/Study:  Jean Shelton, Susan Peretz, Karen Kohlhaas, and Lyle Kessler. Mary is a passionate steward for the Theatre and its impactful place in all communities. Member: SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild. B.A./M.A., San Francisco State. marypowelsonsf.com. marypowelson@NPX.

Meghan Duffy is an actor/director/playwright who has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1975. She has performed in every venue from Broadway to boats.  Recently, her play, "The Most Heinous Sin," was presented by The Tank Theater as part of Limefest.  “Choice," a short film for which she wrote the screenplay, will be coming out at the end of the year.

Michael Gnat* appeared this year in King Lear (as Gloucester; dir.J.Jarosz) and Bill Rogers’s Breaking the Trust (dir. G.vanHeerden), followed by two excellent short plays: Joe Hamel’s The Pow Wow (dir. C.Goutman) and Cate Allen’s Aftermath of a Dinner Party (dir. E.Nightengale) at New Circle. He’d earlier livestreamed in George Pfirrmann’s Vincent (dir. K.Hilbe), and costarred in Dave Doster’s Guardian Angel Blues and Marc Weiner’s Hidden. AEA, SAG–AFTRA. (Thxoxox, Linda!)

Has been acting, singing, dancing, writing & directing for most of her life. It started, in San Francisco, with a broken collarbone and a lisp. Her credits include Off-Broadway, Indie Films, Television, Live Industrials, Cabaret, Commercials, Voice Acting, Skit Comedy and Rap Songs. Her heart belongs to the theatre, but recently she’s been having a love affair with film. Her latest, ROCKAWAY, and LUNCH WITH LESLIE, are currently in festivals. She loves creating a character. AEA/ SAG-AFTRA

Recent NYC stage credits include Interlude (Chain Theater); In the Garden of the Hesperides (written by David Adam Gill) and Back to You (The Secret Theater); Honor (A.R.T./New York Theaters). Some other favorite NYC theatre roles include Marat/Sade, bunkerbaby, and The Rise and Fall of the Farewell Drugs. He also acts in films and television, is a co-founder of Blue Plumbago Productions, and a graduate of Fordham University. www.brianreillyactor.com

Basil Rodericks trained with John Basil at the American Globe Conservatory Theatre, then with companies including AGT, unShout the Noise, Hedgepig Ensemble, and SoHo Shakes. Favorite classical roles: Othello, Iago, Claudius, the Ghost, Lord Capulet, Oberon, and the King of France. Recent work: Langston Hughes in Harlem to Moscow: A Soviet Film on Negro LIfe as Told by Langston Hughes, Bill in PINK (Alle Mims under David Henry Wang), Klaude in 2nd Murderer (Kanika Vaish), as well as directing Pecking Order (Robin Rice) at 59E59. Basil served as a play evaluator for Expand the Canon and American Bard’s Cornerstone Series, and as a Drama League nominator, and is an accomplished theatrical photographer.

Benjamin began his acting career in high school before producing for a small black box theater at home, in Montana. Upon moving to New York, he continues to act, write, and produce for local theaters and encourages others to as well.

Recent stage credits include Robin Rice's THIS DREAM HAS TEETH with Theater For The Greater Good (The Tank), THE BOWL with New Ambassadors Theatre, THE GREAT BLUFFER, THE VILLAGE BEAUTIFUL (staged reading) and LEDA’S CHILDREN (staged reading) with The New Perspectives Theatre Co. She is an award winning filmmaker and the proud co-founder of Blue Plumbago Productions. She is a theatre graduate of The Catholic University of America. www.sammysmedley.com