​Rosemary McLaughlin (playwright) is a founding member of the Women Playwrights Circle @ Speranza Theatre Company. She’s been awarded multiple Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in both playwriting and poetry. She is currently writing Waiting for Caravaggio, an existential comedy about art, tourism and the arc of the moral universe. She received her MFA from Rutgers and directs the playwriting program at Drew University. 

 

Sara Farrington (Director) Playwright, director, sometime actor & co-founder of Foxy Films theater co. w/ Reid Farrington. The mind behind Theater Is Hard, her popular Substack. MFA: Brooklyn College w/ Mac Wellman. Sara’s plays have been nominated for two Drama Desk awards, called "dazzling" by The New Yorker and "brave, almost foolhardy" by NYT (CasablancaBox). Publications: The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde (53rd State Press), Look Out, A Trojan Woman, Mickey & Sage (all @ Broadway Play Publishing, Inc), Leisure, Labor, Lust (Next Stage). For more: www.ladyfarrington.com & https://substack.com/@theaterishard

 

Kathleen Macari (actor, KD) is an equity performer based in New York City. She has been working professionally as both a performing artist and makeup artist for the past decade. She has traveled the U.S. on National Tours, performed in regional theatres, and has been seen around the world on cruise ships and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. IG: @kathleenmacari

 

Rebekah Rawhouser, select credits: (Doris, Sister, Stevie) (stage) Diana Next to Normal, Mary Magdalene Jesus Christ Superstar, Persephone/Medea The Ladder, Gayle Sunday on the Rocks, Primordial; (film) Salome 15 to Sunrise.

 

Melissa Melendez (Maritza, Roommate 2, Operator) is a French-American actor and singer based in New York City. Favorite credits include Men on Boats and Victor/Victoria. She is passionate about new work and has spent the past two years as a regular cold reader for a weekly playwrights’ group.

 

Jennifer McClinton (Kendra, Roommate 4, Cinephile) is an actor and performer for both film and theatre. Originally from California, where she received a BA in Theatre and Dance from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, she now resides in New York City. Select credits include Capote (BrandoCapote), King Henry (Henry V), Yoonji (Hookman), Giri (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui), Amanda (4000 Miles). She wants to thank Sara for including her in this project and for her continuous support and guidance. 

 

Alissa Finn (Clarice, Angela, Diana, Lexi, Nurse Naomi) is a native New Yorker, actor, singer, and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music's MA in Musical Theatre program in London, with Settlement status in the UK, allowing her to live and work there. Highlighted credits include Dora Maar in Dora Maar (Luna Stage and Theater) Thea Elvsted in Hedda Gabler (Etcetera Theatre), Gracie in Dr Uncanny Presents: Moreau 96 (Foxy Films), Hygienist Jill in Dentorama (Royal Institution Mayfair), Titania/Hippolyta in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bread and Roses Theatre), and Constantia in Creed (Workshop with Creative Structure).

 

Nicholas Caycedo (Lloyd/Peter, Alan, Heather Roommate 1) Off-Broadway: The Great Gatsby Immersive Show, Good Morning New York, La Mama Cantata. Regional: John Leguizamo's Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage), America In One Room (Florida Studio Theatre), In The Heights (Seacoast Rep), Little Shop of Horrors (Creede Rep). Film: Seed, Villa Encanto. Training: Walnut Hill School, Ithaca College. @nicaycedo

 

Hannah Lehrer (Sally Roommate 1, Madame Sofia, Jackie, Marie Schram) (She/Her) is thrilled to be joining this kickass team of people on Rosemary McLaughlin’s wonderful new play! As a graduate of Molloy University's CAP21 Theatre Arts program, Hannah has always had a passion for the development process of new pieces of theater– whether her involvement takes place onstage or off. Most recently, she has had the privilege of joining Sara Farrington’s new play, Look Out!, for its first theatrical staging process, and worked as part of the stage management team for Broadway’s limited run of “Celebrity Autobiography” at the Shubert Theatre. As always, a massive thank you to everyone who comes out to support new plays; you keep this glorious art form alive and vibrant. Enjoy the show, and hi Diego.

 

Abby Sullivan (Stage Directions) is thrilled to be involved in this reading of Dykes of Hoboken! Abby is an interdisciplinary theatre artist who is interested in storytelling in any form. She is an undergraduate actor who studied Acting at Ithaca College and Theatre and Anthropology at Drew University. She is currently serving as an Education Fellow for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Recent credits include Anna in Baltimore Waltz at Drew University and Stupid F*cking Bird at the Hangar Theatre. 

 

Pandora Scooter (Event Producer) - playwright, director, actor and solo show performer.  She is very proud to present the first of what will hopefully be many readings of full length plays by the women playwrights of the Playwrights Circle, a group she founded in 2021 with the invaluable help of Heather Wohl and Jennie Contuzzi of Speranza Theatre Company.  This is a very special event since 27 years ago, Pandora and Rosemary founded The Hallie Flanagan Women’s Play Reading Series at Wings Theatre Company, NYC, producing approximately 12 staged readings of women’s plays over a few years.  Thanks to Speranza and their great crew.  And to the actors, Sara and Rosemary.  Big thanks to all the women of the Playwrights Circle: Toby, Gabby, Angelica, Johanna, Colleen, Rosemary, and Christina and to our newest members: Andrea, Adora, Mayumi and Emily!