Who's Who
ALEX EDELMAN (Writer/Performer) is a comedian and writer whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing has informed his critically and commercially acclaimed work for the stage, screen and – weirdly – radio. His first solo show, Millennial, won the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, the first American show to do so since 1997. He is a Herald Award Angel winner, a Melbourne Comedy Award nominee, the host of BBC R4’s Peer Group and has two differently sized feet. At the start of the pandemic, he served as the head writer and executive producer of Saturday Night Seder, a star-studded 70-minute special, posted on YouTube, that has so far raised $3.5 million for the CDC Foundation (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund. He’s so very grateful you’re here.
ADAM BRACE (Director) is Associate Director at Soho Theatre, London where he works across Comedy, Theatre and Performance Art. In comedy he has developed a varied range of work including 6 Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated shows, 2 Herald Angel Award-winners, 2 nominees for the Melbourne Barry Award and 2 nominees for the Southbank Sky Arts Awards. He first met Alex Edelman in 2012 and has directed all of his shows, including the Best Newcomer Award-winning MILLENNIAL. Other credits include Ahir Shah’s HBO Max special DOTS and Janine Harouni’s 2021 sold-out run at Union Hall, NY. He is Creative Supervisor on two series of Soho Theatre Live on Amazon Prime and has been Live Director on a number of filmed specials for HBO, Amazon Prime and BBC. He is also a playwright who has been produced by The Almeida, The National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse; his plays are published by Faber and Faber.
AMINA ALEXANDER (Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer/assistant based in New York City. She has worked in my areas of lighting design from fashion, theatre, dance and live music for many years. Recently graduated from Western Illinois University with her MFA in lighting design, she has gone on to design shows such as Colin Quinn’s The Last Best Hope (Off-Broadway), Stick Fly at St Louis Rep Theater, Superhero at The Sheen Center (Off-Broadway). She is the lighting designer/programmer/assistant production manager for Simple Solutions Production Group NYC. She is the lighting fellow for Black Theatre Coalition 21/22.
MARGARET MONTAGNA (Sound Designer) is a New York City based sound designer, originally from Brooklyn. Select design credits include: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Collision/The Martyrdom (59E59 Studio C), Decomposed Theater (The New School), Family of Lear (Stella Adler Studios), Unstuck (The Tank), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The New School), A Woman of the World (59E59 Studio C), Raw Pasta (The New Ohio Theater), Queen (Astoria Boys and Girls Club), Williston (IATI), Holy ghosts (Urban Stages), They Promised Her the Moon (Theatre at St. Clements) margaretmontagnasd.com
RANDALL PARSONS (Scenic Consultant) served as Scenic Artist for Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes, and as designer for Neil Brennan’s Three Mics. Currently he is Resident Scenic Designer at the Berkshire Theatre Group, where recent seasons have included White Christmas, Godspell, Nina Simone: Four Women, Shrek, Tarzan, At Home at the Zoo, Arsenic and Old Lace, Lost Lake, Finnian's Rainbow, What the Jews Believe, and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?. Other recent designs include Talley’s Folly, Tinker to Evers to Chance, and Home of the Brave, Merrimack Repertory Theatre; As Resident Designer, he has designed over 100 shows including Gypsy, Big River, The Bridges of Madison County, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Mamma Mia, and Jekyll and Hyde, at Theatre Three, Port Jefferson, NY. Art Direction: Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style (Bravo), The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS). MFA: NYU Tisch.
BRYAN BAUER (Production Coordinator) Broadway: Slave Play. Off-Broadway: Richard III (The Public); Tambo & Bones, Selling Kabul, Dance Nation, Miles for Mary, Bella: An American Tall Tale, The Light Years, A Life (Playwrights Horizons); Enemy of the People (Park Avenue Armory); Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie, KPOP (Ars Nova); Slave Play (NYTW); The Things That Were There (The Bushwick Star); We’re Gonna Die, King Liz (2ST). Regional:Tambo and Bones (CTGLA); The Black Clown (A.R.T/Lincoln Center); Skeleton Crew (Westport Country Playhouse); A Christmas Carol (Lyric Theatre); Bernstein’s MASS (Canterbury Chorale Society). Dance: Oklahoma City Ballet, Vail Dance Festival. OCU Alum.
MELANIE MCSWEENEY (Company Manager) is a stage performer turned arts administrator. She originally hails from Canada where she received her undergraduate education before moving to New York City. She is currently working towards her masters degree while living in Astoria. When she is not reading or attending theater, she enjoys baking, farmer’s markets and spoiling her dog.
LIBBY J'VERA (Production Manager) Recent credits include: Get On Your Knees (Lucille Lortel), DirectorFest (Drama League), Colin Quinn's Red State, Blue State (Minetta Lane), Mike Birbiglia's The New One (Cherry Lane), A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages) and Turn Me Loose (Westside Theater). Resident Production Manager at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and AfterWork Theater. Love to T.Rex and River. libbyjvera.com
MIKE BIRBIGLIA (Executive Producer) is a comedian, writer, director, and producer. His solo shows Sleepwalk With Me, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Thank God For Jokes and The New One enjoyed successful Off Broadway runs. My Girlfriend’s Boyfriendwon the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show and The New One moved to Broadway where he received the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle award for outstanding solo performance. Birbiglia is also an author and filmmaker who wrote, directed and starred in the films Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice. As a producer he worked on Jacqueline Novak’s Get On Your Knees. He is currently touring his next solo show The Old Man and The Pool.
JOSEPH BIRBIGLIA (Producer) has run Reality Testing Inc. since 2006, writing and producing on Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me for theatre and film, theatrical productions of My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Thank God for Jokes, the film Don’t Think Twice, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One on Broadway, and The Old Man and the Pool, currently in development. Joseph also produces Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out, a comedy podcast.
CARLEE BRIGLIA (Producer) is one half of Mike and Carlee Productions. Selected credits include Colin Quinn: The Last Best Hope (Lucille Lortel Theatre), Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees (Cherry Lane Theatre), Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State (Minetta Lane Theatre) Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s Oh Hello On (Off) Broadway (Cherry Lane Theatre), Chris Gethard Career Suicide (Lynn Redgrave Theater), Neal Brennan 3 Mics (Lynn Redgrave Theater) Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional (Cherry Lane Theatre), Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Barrow St Theatre). Film: Crown Heights (Sundance Audience Award), Love Beats Rhymes, Other People’s People (HollyShorts Award Winner). Carlee wants you to know that she stayed in Brooklyn during the pandemic and she did get a new cat but was otherwise fine. mikeandcarlee.com
MIKE LAVOIE (Producer) is the older, grayer half of Mike and Carlee Productions. Credits include Oh Hello On (Off) Broadway, Get On Your Knees, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, Thank God For Jokes, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Sleepwalk With Me, Colin Quinn’s The Last Best Hope, Red State Blue State, New York Story, Unconstitutional, Chris Gethard’s Career Suicide. Film: Other People’s People (Austin Film Festival). Mike lives in Brooklyn with his chaise lounge and lots of Advil. mikeandcarlee.com
PETER SALOMONE (Associate Producer) is a writer and producer for Reality Testing, Inc. He is a producer and editor of Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast and was a creative consultant on Mike Birbiglia’s The New One on Broadway. For better or worse, Peter may be best known for his series of online videos entitled The Walk of Life Project.
GRAPEVINE PR (Publicity) is a full-service boutique P.R. firm specializing in theatrical talent. Founded by longtime press agents Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman, grapevine has worked with a myriad of Award-winning Broadway actors, composers, playwrights, directors and more. Before starting grapevine in 2017, the duo worked as a team at DKC/O&M, one of the industry’s leading firms. There, they helped spearhead more than forty campaigns for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning productions of Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots, Beautiful, Fun Home and many more. To learn more, visit grapevineprny.com or follow them on Instagram @grapevineprny. (And while you’re at it, give their personal handles a follow too – @mollybarnett / @chelseanachman)
GREENWICH HOUSE was founded in 1902 with a mission to help New Yorkers lead more fulfilling lives through social and health services and cultural and education programs. Annually, nearly 15,000 people are served at our Senior Centers, Music School, Pottery, After-School and Summer Camp, Nursery School and clinics addressing behavioral health for seniors, adults overcoming addiction and for victims of child abuse. greenwichhouse.org
JUST FOR US STAFF
Add’l Stage Manager Taylor Jo Poer, Amber Riggle, MC Mangum
Add’l Company Manager Claudia McCoy
Production Associate Sam Lane
Production Electricians Dan Mullins, John Anselmo
Scenic Charge Lauren Page Russell
Scenic Painters Aubrey Weeks, Franny Sebastiano
Original Artwork Tristan Eaton
Add’l Graphic Design Adam Jeffers
Production Photography Monique Carboni
SPECIAL THANKS
Hannah Einbinder
Tristan Eaton
Jenji Kohan
Bridget Christie
Benj Pasek, Rachel Sussman, Adam Kantor, Jen Snow, Sas Goldberg, Erich Bergen and the Saturday Night Seder team
Allysa Mahler
Danielle Esparza
Mike Berkowitz
Michael Finkle
Andreas Valhouli
Dave Rath
Tara Beppel
Kara Welker
Danny Jolles
Shane Kosakowski
Chloe Ifshin
Josie Long
David Burstein
Jack Whitehall
Haley Zoller
Elazer, Cheryl, Austin, Julian and especially AJ Edelman
Dan Smith, Sophie Foster and everyone at Oswin
Amy Clear, Ellika Heribertson, Emilie Brittain, Ed Smith and everyone at Phil McIntyre Ent.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Beth Lapides and Uncabaret
Chris Lander and Kate Watson
Stephen Fry
Alfie Brown
Guy Garvey
Chris Harris
Ross MacDonald, Matty Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hahn
Sarah Hurwitz
Michael Solomonov
Gary Gulman
Mel Brown and her team at Impressive
Katherine Ryan, Violet Ryan and Bobby Kootstra
Steve Lock and the Soho Theatre
Sh!t Theatre
Susan Provan, Rebecca Austin and their Melbourne Comedy Festival team
Generous audiences in Melbourne, Edinburgh, Montreal, and across the UK
Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter & all the friends we made at the legendary Barrow Street Theatre