Directed by Cheryl Faraone
Standing on the Edge of Time begins by calling the ghosts of a vanished theatre to life. As Mac Wellman’s characters say in Crowbar:
‘What exactly is a theater again?
Kinda big place. Red walls.
Like the inside of a human heart.
Only bigger, and not as empty.’
All theatres are haunted – by history as well as the immediate life outside their doors. The door of our theatre tonight opens to look at meanings – home, the Internet, community, no community, power, loss, love. The experiences of our company come from many different decades, many different Americas, many different life trajectories. All of these stories in some way illuminate our present.
Alex Draper is a founding member and the Associate Artistic Director of PTP/NYC, appearing most recently in their productions of The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir for the Stage, Arcadia, No End of Blame, Judith: A Parting from the Body, Pentecost, Gertrude-The Cry, Serious Money, and Plevna: Meditations on Hatred. Theatre credits include the New York premieres of Terrorism (New Group/Play Company); Get What You Need (Atlantic); Rose’s Dilemma (MTC); Endpapers (Variety Arts); Saint Crispin’s Day (Rattlestick); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light); and Oedipus(CSC/Blue Light); revivals of Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy (Blue Light); and Scapin and The Triumph of Love (CSC); and regional productions at Yale Rep, Williamstown, Arena Stage, the Westport Playhouse, The McCarter, The Huntington, George Street, and The Berkshire Theatre Festival. Film: The Witch in the Window, No Pay, Nudity, Yellowbrickroad, Joshua, Hysterical Blindness, Simply Irresistible, The Photographer, Kalapani and Hard Shell. TV: Chicago Med, Taken, The Good Wife, John Adams, Sex and the City, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Law and Order: CI, Suddenly Susan and Ed. Alex trained at the Yale School of Drama and Middlebury College, where he is currently Chair of the Department of Theatre.
Stephanie Janssen is an actress and a playwright. Her most recent work includes the world premiere of Map of Heaven at the Denver Center Theatre, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession at the Roundabout Theatre. She also authored and appeared in The Umbrella Plays, which received the award for Outstanding Play at the New York International Fringe Festival. Other theatre credits include No End of Blame, Sarah Kane’s Crave (Potomac Theatre Project), P.T.S.D. (Ensemble Studio Theatre) Beirut Rocks (Barefoot Theatre and Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York Innovative Theatre Awards – Best Actress Nominee), Absalom (by Zoe Kazan, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville/ Human Festival), Against the Rising Sea (w/ Elizabeth Franz at Queens Theatre in the Park), The Secret of Madame Bonnard’s Bath (Gloucester Stage Company). TV and Film credits include: Law & Order, Everything is Ordinary. Stephanie has a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.F.A. from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Christopher Marshall is an actor, director, and teacher. Off-Broadway: No End of Blame, Pity in History, The Possibilities, The Havel Plays, Cahoot’s Macbeth (PTP/NYC Atlantic Stage 2). Regional: All My Sons (Milwaukee Rep), A Christmas Carol (ACT Theatre Seattle), Betrayal (Aurora Theatre, *Best Cast SFGuardian); The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Love’s Labors Lost, A Penny for a Song (American Players Theatre), Copenhagen (Tampa Rep), Hedda (Jobsite), three seasons at The Utah and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals.
Tara Giordano is a proud 15-year company member of PTP/NYC, with previous credits including Vinegar Tom, Serious Money, Lovesong of the Electric Bear, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Cigarettes and Chocolate, Experiment with an Airpump, Perfect Pie, The After-Dinner Joke, and Plenty. A Helen Hayes nominated actor, she has performed at Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre Co., Two River Theater, Lincoln Center Education, New Victory Theatre, Folger Theatre, and others. Her work can also be seen & heard in national commercials, audiobook recordings, and feature films. Ms. Giordano received her BA in Theatre from Middlebury College and her MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University
Sheyenne Javonne Brown is an actor/writer with an MFA in acting from Columbia University School of the Art. Her theatre training started at Middlebury College, where her love for stage acting blossomed. Past credits include Miranda in The Tempest (Classic Stage Company), her one-woman show Shower Me (Fringe NYC festival), and her solo piece, Fluid, presented as part of Changing Perceptions Theater’s Happy Birthday Malcolm & Lorraine (The Schomburg). She has most recently started venturing into the horror genre of writing with the debut of her first radio play Cooking With My Sister, featured on the Black Women Are Scary Podcast, and a visual poem titled “Come With Me.”
Aubrey Dube holds a B.A. from Middlebury College in Theatre. Past PTP Off-Broadway credits; Pentecost (Antonio), Serious Money (Nigel Ajibala, T.K). Middlebury performance credits include Major Barbara (Peter), Big Love (Leo), The Europeans (Jamal, Arst), Road (Eddie, Bisto), The four of us (Benjamin). Work in France includes L’intervention (Edmund), Hernani (Hernani), Marie Tudor (Lord Clinton). Hong Kong credits; After Juliet (Benvolio), The Birthday Party (Nat). Aubrey is also a Sound Designer based in Boston.
Wynn McClenahan is a recent Middlebury College graduate from Montclair, NJ. Her acting credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Quincy), Dinner with Friends (Beth), Project Y’s Women-in-Theatre Festival and Tiny Barn Festival, PTP’s Standing on the Edge of Time, Writer’s Block (Alvin Miller), Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar), Giants Have Us in Their Books (Lizzy), and American Idiot (St. Jimmy). This past summer, she performed in a YouTube series called The Deli People and in PTP/NYC’s Standing on the Edge of Time. She is so grateful to finally perform with PTP in New York.
Becca Berlind is happy to be returning for her second online season with PTP. Becca is a native Vermonter, and currently lives in the Bay Area of California. She attends Middlebury College, and trained in theatre performance at the Eolia Academy of Dramatic Art in Barcelona. In 2019 she was the assistant producer for the Women in Theatre Festival with Project Y and A.R.T/NY Theatres in New York City. Most recently, Becca has performed at Middlebury College in Julius Caesar as Marc Antony and in Mercury with the Rorschach theatre company in D.C. This fall she will be playing Catherine in Orphan Muses by Michel Marc Bouchard at Middlebury College.
Gabrielle Martin is a senior theatre major and music minor at Middlebury College. In addition to her acting credits, they recently directed a devised multimedia theatre piece, I Like You (A Lot) at Middlebury College. In 2018, she held a Shakespeare artist in residency position at Berridge Programs in Normandy, France, teaching original practices and text work to high school students. They were also a literary intern and assistant to the producers with Project Y Theatre Company’s 2020 season of their Women in Theatre Festival and she is currently working on Project Y’s 2021 Tiny Barn Theatre Festival in Vermont. They are so excited to finally make their PTP debut!
Maggie Connolly is a senior at Middlebury College, joint majoring in Theatre and Philosophy. She debuted with PTP in Standing on the Edge of Time during the summer of 2021. At Middlebury, Maggie most recently performed in She Kills Monsters as Tilly Evans and is looking forward to playing Daisy in Rhinoceros this coming fall. Her other Middlebury acting credits include Giants Have Us In Their Books (Jennifer Leigh), Julius Caesar (Metellus Cimber, Lepidus, Poet) and Jump! The 2019 Annual First-Year Show.
Madison Middleton is delighted to be making their official PTP debut! They are a Theatre and Music joint major at Middlebury College. Middlebury acting credits include Brutus in Julius Caesar, Margaret in The Light in the Piazza, Andrea in Giants Have Us in Their Books, and Tattooed Woman in Bacchae 2.1. Some DC/Maryland acting credits include Kate Monster in Avenue Q, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Catherine in Proof, Orpheus in Polaroid Stories (The Theatre Lab), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Theatre Lab), Children of Eden (Young Artists of America at Strathmore). Madison is interested in LGBTQIA+ theory and aesthetics, musical and theatrical world-building, puppetry, magic, and environmental justice through art-making.
Francis Price is a graduate from Middlebury College with a degree in Theatre and English. Francis is incredibly excited to be returning for his second season with PTP. Middlebury credits include The First Year Show, She Kills Monsters (Miles), Dinner With Friends (Tom), and Botticelli in the Fire (Savonarola), as well as the 2021 season of PTP/NYC Standing on the Edge of Time. Huge thanks to the company for this exciting opportunity, and endless appreciation to his fellow cast mates.
Gibson Grimm is a Theatre and Film double major at Middlebury College from Jacksonville, Florida. His Middlebury acting credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, She Kills Monsters, Giants Have Us in Their Books, The Bacchae 2.1, Untitled Romantic Comedy, Working, and the First Year Show. He recently directed I and You. Outside the department, he is a member of Middlebury Discount Comedy, is a Social Activities Co-Chair for MCAB, and co-hosts a radio show.
Cheryl Faraone is a co-founder of Potomac Theatre Project and has produced all of PTP/NYC’s 35 seasons. She has directed many shows for the company, including Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; Serious Money, Vinegar Tom, After-Dinner Joke, Mad Forest and Far Away (the last online) by Caryl Churchill; Sarah Kane’s Crave, Territories, Lovesong of the Electric Bear, Politics of Passion: the Plays of Anthony Minghella, An Experiment with an Air Pump, Perfect Pie, Stanley and many more. Previously, she directed and produced for eight seasons with the New York Theatre Studio. For the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland she directed King of the Jews, The Real Thing and Anna Karenina. She worked on the Broadway productions of The American Clock and An Evening with Comden and Greene with producer Arthur Cantor and also worked at the Public Theatre, and the Folger Theatre . Her work at Middlebury College, where she is professor emeritus, teaching Theatre and Women and Gender Studies for 35 years, includes the direction of 30+ productions, including Julius Caesar, Men on Boats, Enron, Stupid Fucking Bird, As You Like It, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Jumpers, Arcadia, The Real Inspector Hound,The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem, An Experiment with an Air Pump, Top Girls, Way of the World, and numerous others.
A graduate of Catholic University and Florida State University’s School of Theatre, and officer and board member for OOBA (early ART/NY, the League of Washington Theatres, Athe and TCG. She is a member of the National Theatre Conference.
Courtney Smith is a scenic, media designer, and technician for live performance. He is currently the Production Designer for the Department of Theatre at Middlebury College. Courtney’s designs have received several Meritorious Achievement Awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Additionally, his work received a “Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design” from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Credits include Potomac Theatre Project (NY), Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (MT), Southwark Playhouse (UK), The Bushwick Starr (NY), Roundabout Theatre Company (NY), New York City Opera (NY), Playwrights Horizons (NY), Classic Stage Company (NY), Cedar Lake Dance (NY), Marvel Repertory Theatre (NY), Mount Baker Repertory Theatre (WA), Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MT), Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre (ID), and Idaho Repertory Theatre (ID).
Courtney is a member of United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) and received his MFA in scenic design from the University of Idaho.
Brianna Beach is excited for the opportunity to join the PTP team this summer! Brianna is an English and Theatre double major at Middlebury College. Previous acting credits include The Crucible, The Pussygrabber Plays, Working, Until I Do, and Everybody. Design and production credits include Julius Caesar, Giants Have Us In Their Books, and Writer’s Block.
Madison Middleton is delighted to be making their official PTP debut! They are a Theatre and Music joint major at Middlebury College. Middlebury acting credits include Brutus in Julius Caesar, Margaret in The Light in the Piazza, Andrea in Giants Have Us in Their Books, and Tattooed Woman in Bacchae 2.1. Some DC/Maryland acting credits include Kate Monster in Avenue Q, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Catherine in Proof, Orpheus in Polaroid Stories (The Theatre Lab), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Theatre Lab), Children of Eden (Young Artists of America at Strathmore). Madison is interested in LGBTQIA+ theory and aesthetics, musical and theatrical world-building, puppetry, magic, and environmental justice through art-making.
Devin Wein is thrilled to be a part of her sixth PTP season. Off-Broadway credits include: The Havel Plays, The After Dinner Joke, No End of Blame, and Pity in History (Potomac Theatre Project), Two By Friel, Three Small Irish Masterpieces, Rebel in the Soul, and The Dead, 1904 (Irish Repertory Theatre), Ironbound and Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Women’s Project and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Phalaris’ Bull (Theatre Row), Allegro (Classic Stage Company), Scenes From a Marriage (New York Theatre Workshop), Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theatre Company). Regional: The Underpants, The Whale Song, and Devilfish (Perseverance Theatre), Legacy and The Visit (Williamstown Theatre Festival).
Victoria Keith is a theatre major at Middlebury College. Middlebury acting credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Jenny), She Kills Monsters (Evil Gabbi), and Ophelia Underwater (Nanny). Tech credits include PTP/NYC’s Standing on the Edge of Time (Assistant Director/ASM), Big Fish (Choreographer), Dinner with Friends (Scenic Designer), I and You (ASM), and Happy (Wardrobe). She has performed in three world premiere plays: Sloppy Firsts, Hear. Eye. Stand., and Beach Week as part of the Teen Performance Company at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland.
A professional patternmaker/draper, Carol Wood has been teaching costume cutting and construction through her custom costume business and at design schools in California and Vermont. She is known for recreating, wearing, and writing about historical garments. For the past two decades, her work has been honored with awards, shown in galleries, worn to period events, appeared on the stage, and escorted down the wedding aisle. Carol also worked as an assistant cutter in San Francisco Opera’s Costume Shop and is currently Costume Shop Director in Middlebury College’s Department of Theatre. Her motto: Cinch it tighter!
Caroline Armour is excited to participate in her first season of PTP. She has performed in A Monster Calls, Mamma Mia, Find Me, Alice in Wonderland, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Caroline went on to become the Assistant Director for A Midsummer Nights Dream, In The Heights, Spring Awakening, Lord of the Flies, Puffs, and Matilda. Previously she wrote and directed a production of Something Wicked This Way Comes, and a stage interpretation of The Office. Caroline is currently working on her BA in Theater and French at Middlebury College.
Gibson Grimm is a Theatre and Film double major at Middlebury College from Jacksonville, Florida. His Middlebury acting credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, She Kills Monsters, Giants Have Us in Their Books, The Bacchae 2.1, Untitled Romantic Comedy, Working, and the First Year Show. He recently directed I and You. Outside the department, he is a member of Middlebury Discount Comedy, is a Social Activities Co-Chair for MCAB, and co-hosts a radio show.
◊ member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
º member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829