june 13 - 23, 2024

PRODUCER / CO-AUTHOR

(he/him) Besides Tomorrow We Love, Jeffrey has authored the following works, all in various stages of development: Aloha Oy!, The Marriage Equality Plays, Cocktails And Cruellers, Bill, Reservations, Typhoid Murray & Working My Nerves (an early version of Aloha Oy!). Founder of Proud Image Theatre Company and member of The Windowpane Theatre Company, The PlayGround Experiment, The Village Playwrights and The Dramatists Guild. www.jeffreyvause.com

DIRECTOR / CO-AUTHOR

(he/him) Steve Hauck has directed in NYC at Newstages Theater, Dixon Place and Theater for the New City; and regionally at Geva Theater and the Red Barn Playhouse. As an actor he has appeared on Broadway in The Velocity of Autumn and Irena's Vow. Off-Broadway credits include Pay The Writer (Signature Theater), One Arm (The New Group) and The Screwtape Letters (Westside Theater). Film: “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize), “The Eyes,” “Collateral Beauty,” and “Ocean’s Eight.” TV: Dawes on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Judge Bad on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and many others. Steve is featured in the Spike Lee Joints “Oldboy,” “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” and “She’s Gotta Have It.”

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

(he/him) Austin is a Grammy-nominated new works enthusiast. He was a 2024 directing apprentice with PlayGround(NY), and has since continued to direct new play readings with them. As a Boston Conservatory-trained actor, his stage credits include the International/Broadway Tour of Chinglish; the Off- Broadway productions of Soft Power (Public Theater), Dead Outlaw (standby, Audible Theater) and Pacific Overtures starring George Takei (Classic Stage Company); and many acclaimed regional performances (LAStageScene and WISE Awards; Barrymore, BroadwayWorld and IRNE nominations). Film/TV credits include Netflix’s The Bubble and upcoming Kinda Pregnant, “Inventing Anna”, “Bull”, “Shades of Blue” and the streaming pandemic concert Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration. Austin is also an accomplished audiobook narrator and food lover. | Austin-Ku.com | @secretaustinman

CHOREOGRAPHER

(he/him) Don W Philpott has performed and choreographed for over 30yrs both on Stage and on film and tv. He has trained at schools such as Juilliard School of Arts, Dance Theater of Harlem and danced with companies such as Contemporary Ballet Theater, Eglevsky Ballet Theater, New Jersey Ballet Company, Danny Sloan and more. He has trained with teachers such as Anna Sokolow, Arthur Mitchell & Tanaquil Le Clercq. Don has studied acting at HB Studios under teachers such as, Trudy Steibl, Jim Boerlin & Theresa McElwee and has performed in musicals such as, West Side Story, Raisin, and Guys And Dolls, Pippin and in plays such as, True West, Downstate, and Somewhere Between Mars and Venus.

SCENIC DESIGN

(he/him) Evan is thrilled to be working on Tomorrow We Love. He got his start in Chicago where he designed for Black Ensemble Theater, Strawdog Theatre Company, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble and Refuge Theatre Project where he was a company member. Recent work includes the Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s 2022 and 2023 seasons (Wilde Award for Macbeth in ‘23), Poolsides with The Pebble Collective and Pride House with TOSOS where he is the resident scenic designer. Upcoming work includes Romeo and Juliet with Oak Park Festival Theatre and Street Theater with TOSOS. MFA, CMU efrankdesign.com

LIGHTING DESIGN

(she/her) Sasha is a New York based lighting designer. Her design credits include Body Language (Governors State University), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (St. Patrick’s Catholic Academy), As You Like It (Carnegie Mellon University), and An Intervention (Eggtooth Productions). She holds a BA in English and Theatre from Smith College and an MFA in Lighting Design from Carnegie Mellon University. She enjoys cats, coffee, and knitting. Follow her work at sashafinley.com.

SOUND DESIGN

(he/him) Morry Campbell is a singer/songwriter/sound designer/music producer. He’s written music and/or designed sound for several NYC theatre companies, including TOSOS Theatre Company (Resident Sound Designer), Articulate Theatre Company, and MAD Company Theatre, on shows including Romeo and Juliet (MADA), Secret Identity, Pride House, Deadly Stages, Leaving the Blues, Sarah B. Divine!, Waiting for Giovanni, Listen! The River, and Satan in High Heels. Examples of his music can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/perpetrators-undisclosed

COSTUME DESIGN

(he/him) Since 1988, Jimmy has consulted, designed and constructed costumes for Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet, Workshop Theatre, Town Theatre, Columbia Lyric Opera, Columbia Dance Theatre and PGE Stage Experiments (not to mention 12 consecutive sets of Halloween costumes for his niece and nephew).

HAIR / WIG DESIGN

(he/him) James is delighted to be designing this incarnation of the show, having designed the previous version. Most recently, James was a hairdresser on the Broadway musical, Some Like It Hot. In addition, he has worked on The Lion King, Jersey Boys, Motown & Phantom of the Opera, to name a few! Other design credits include multiple shows for NCL cruises including Legally Blonde.

STAGE MANAGER / PROPS DESIGN

(she/her) Emma grew up in NYC and went to a performing arts school in the city. She received her bachelor’s degree from Marymount Manhattan College in Stage Management and Production, but has always loved and been interested in all parts of theater. Emma has most recently worked on a production at La Mama Theater Company, and is always looking forward to working on new shows, and trying new experiences.

MAKEUP DESIGN

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Akyiaa has been an actor for a good long time and a HMUA for nearly as long! She has designed and executed makeup for independent films, music videos, commercials, portraits, headshots, weddings and theatrical events. Akyiaa believes wholeheartedly in the power of makeup to transform, and is thrilled to be working on this production as she had in its previous version in 2020. Find her at www.akyiaa-wilson.com/mua.

STAGE MANAGEMENT

(they/them) Cat is a Brooklyn-based actor, writer, and stage manager. After graduating from AMDA NYC in 2019, they earned a May 2023 BFA at the New School. Their work includes stage-managing The Moonshot Tapes & A Poster of the Cosmos(Deep Flight Productions), Summertime(TNS), The Outside(TNS), The Moors(TNS), and Forever After(The Other Side of Silence) and assistant stage managing Maiden Voyage(Cayenne Douglass) House of Chavis(TOSOS), Rock the Line(TOSOS), Pride House(TOSOS) Sex Work/Sex Play(Emerging Artists Theatre), Anne Being Frank(EAT), and Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo(Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance!), as well as playing Marcy in DOG SEES GOD(AMDA), Gabriel in Lot's Wife(TNS), Sarah Smith in r/sarahsmithisdead(TNS), and more. They are honored to be part of the Tomorrow We Love team, and look forward to whatever comes next.

PHOTOGRAPHER / VIDEOGRAPHER

Kevin Cristaldi is an actor and photographer. His actor headshot clients have appeared on and off Broadway, and in numerous films and tv shows. His production photos have appeared in Haute Living Magazine, Southern Theatre Magazine, and other publications. He is pleased to be working with Jeffrey and Steve and this terrific gang! www.KevCrisPhoto.com

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Paul Siebold (press representative) is the managing director of OFF OFF PR, a firm dedicated to publicizing developing theatrical productions. A marketing, promotions and public relations executive for over 20 years, Paul has achieved significant pre-production press coverage, reviews and post-production success for his clients. Paul has publicized NYIT Award-winning productions and winners of FringeNYC & NYMF Awards for Excellence. He represents a variety of theatrical genres. www.offoffpr.com

HOUSE MANAGER

Tony hails from Kane’ohe, Hawai’i and is so happy to witness another Hawai’i boy’s passion project coming to fruition again. Hana Maika’I Jeffery! He holds a theater degree from the University of Hawai’i, studied with CAP 21, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and Maggie Flanigan Studio. Tony currently works for Ripley Grier Studios, is an avid connoisseur of the performing arts, and is thrilled to be contributing in any capacity on this project!

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

BENNETT THEATRICALS is an award-winning New York City based production and general management company whose credits include Off-Broadway, concerts and special events. Currently in development is the upcoming Off-Broadway premier of MADDIE at Players Theatre (Spring 2025), previously seen on London’s West End and the New York Theatre Festival. Recent and upcoming projects include: TOMORROW WE LOVE (Chain Theatre), BOUND FOR BROADWAY (monthly residency at the Triad Theatre), THE LESBIAN PLAY (Triad Theatre), MADDIE (Feinstein’s/ 54 Below; AEA Staged Reading), OFF THE LINE (Green Room 42; Feinstein’s / 54 Below), ANDY DARLING (Triad Theatre) and FINDING HELENA (AEA Staged Reading). Bennett Theatricals cultivates new works and revivals and is committed to the practice of diversity, equity and inclusion.