Brenda Withers / Playwright

Brenda Withers is a writer, actor, and founding member of the Harbor Stage Company. Her plays have been developed and produced at places like Northern Stage, Urbanite Theatre, Two River Theatre, Portland Stage, and Amphibian Stage Productions. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, a recipient of the Clauder Prize and an Edgerton New Play Award, and a recent Huntington Playwriting Fellow.

Rebecca Bradshawº / Director

Rebecca Bradshaw built her career in Boston as a theatre director, producer, educator, casting director, and advocate. She has directed productions for the Huntington Theatre Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Lyric Stage, The Nora Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage, Greater Boston Stage Company, A.R.T. Institute, Emerson College, Bridge Rep of Boston, Central Square Theatre/MIT, Weston Drama Workshop, The Umbrella Center for the Arts, Fresh Ink Theatre, among others. Bradshaw spent eight seasons producing at the Huntington Theatre Company, where she handled line producing, casting, and developing new work. She is a part of the Affiliated Faculty of Emerson College teaching directing and producing, and has taught casting seminars at Harvard University, Suffolk University, Boston University, Brandeis University, Lesley University, and Boston Conservatory. She comes to Gloucester Stage after acting as the Producing Artistic Director at the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY. Bradshaw is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers union. 

Karl Gregory* / Joe

Karl Gregory is an Award-Winning Actor, as well as an Award-Winning Bartender. Go figure. NYC Theater: From White Plains (Fault Line Theatre, GLAAD Media Award), FROGS (Fault Line Theatre), Mother’s Day (FringeNYC), BecauseHeCan (Personal Space Theatrics), The Servant of Two Masters (PS122). Regional Theater: Ever So Humble, The 39 Steps (Hangar Theatre), Testosterone, The Wetsuitman (Cherry Arts) The Taming of the Shrew (SFSTL), The Importance of Being Earnest (Trinity Rep). Karl has been seen in over 50 productions with Kitchen Theatre Company, favorite shows include: Every Brilliant Thing, Buyer & Cellar, Peter and the Starcatcher (SALT Award), Gutenberg! The Musical!, Fully Committed (SALT Award), SantaLand Diaries, Swimming In The Shallows, as well as title roles in A Perfect Ganesh, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Servant of Two Masters. TV: ALPHA HOUSE, NIGHTCAP. He recently wrapped a feature film in Provincetown titled “Best Place In The World”. BFA- Syracuse University, MFA- Brown/Trinity Rep. Karl splits his time between Ithaca and Provincetown with his husband, Andrew.  www.karlgregory.com

Nael Nacer* / Redelmo

Nael Nacer returns to The Ding Dongs after performing in it at the Kitchen Theater Company in Ithaca, NY this past winter. Previous GSC credits include: Tiny Beautiful Things, True West, Bank Job, and The Flick. Other recent credits: The Orchard w/ Jessica Hecht and Mikhail Baryshnikov, directed by Igor Golyak (Arlekin Players/B.A.C), Angels in America (Bedlam/CST), Macbeth, The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Equivocation (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); People, Places & Things, Small Mouth Sounds, A Future Perfect, Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage), Romeo and Juliet, A Doll’s House, Bedroom Farce, Come Back, Little Sheba, Awake and Sing!, The Seagull, David Cromer’s production Our Town (The Huntington); The Seagull (Arlekin Players Theatre); The Return (Israeli Stage); Tiny Beautiful Things, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Merrimack Rep); Calendar Girls (Greater Boston Stage Company); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, Intimate Apparel, Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage); A Number, Lungs, The Kite Runner, Pattern of Life (New Repertory Theatre); Rhinoceros, Windowmen (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse). Nael is the recipient of multiple Elliot Norton and IRNE awards for his work, and is a resident acting company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project, as well as a private monologue coach with My College Audition.

Erica Steinhagen* / Natalie

Erica Steinhagen (she/her) is thrilled for the opportunity to work with Rebecca again, and to bring this play to Gloucester audiences, along with two of her favorite actors and humans. Regional Theatre: Most recently, Heidi in What the Constitution Means to Me (Kitchen Theatre and Hangar Theatre). At the Kitchen Theatre: The Ding Dongs, Hurricane Diane, Cry It Out, Hand to God, The Drunken City, Dario Fo’s We Won’t Pay!, Nora, Bed and Sofa, The Servant of Two Masters, among others. At the Hangar Theatre: Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Kinky Boots, Ever So Humble, The Sound of Music, Cats, Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, and her one-woman cabaret Imagine My Surprise. With The Cherry Arts Collective (founding member): White Rabbit Red Rabbit, George Kaplan, title role in The Snow Queen, A Day, and What Happens Next. Other select Regional Theatre: Stage Kiss (Cider Mill Playhouse), The Best of Kathy and Mo, Wider than the Sky, Antigone, (Civic Ensemble) The Drowsy Chaperone (Human Race Theatre Co.), and the one-woman play The Unfortunates. Erica also runs the Erica Steinhagen Voice Studio out of Ithaca, NY. For Matthew, Summer, N&N, WF, and her chosen family, all. ericasteinhagen.com