By Steve Yockey
DIRECTED BY Melissa Foulger
April 4 – April 28, 2024
90 minute run, no intermission
A bloody funny revenge thriller! Getting even has never been more fun!
SYNOPSIS
Revenge is a dish best served…bloody. In this savagely hilarious comedy-thriller, three different stories converge through a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Joining in on this crazy thrill ride of a play is a nosy neighbor, a bickering couple, a missing dog named Mr. Bundles, a guy with the worst job in the underworld and a housewife who is not handling the end of her secret affair very well. From the creative mind behind AE hits
Octopus
and
Pluto
and TV’s “The Flight Attendant” and “Dead Boy Detectives.”
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
SUEHYLA E. YOUNG
PAMELA
KATE DONADIO MACQUEEN
heather
DONNA LOBELLO
alicia
CAROLYN COOK
olive
TYSHAWN GOODEN
nick
MATTHEW BUSCH
brian
LOUIS KYPER
sam
KYLIE GRAY MASK
heather u/s
KENDALL FELIX
PAMelA U/S
NAIYA ALEXIS
ALICIA u/S
CAROLINE GAMMAGE
OLIVE u/s
JACOB CRAIG
NICK U/s
ZACH TELLEZ
BRIAN u/s
EDWIN NAVARRETE
SAM U/S
DIRECTOR
MELISSA fOulger
STAGE MANAGER
BREA WALKER*
SCENIC DESIGNER
kAT CONLEY**
COSTUMER DESIGNER
JORDAN JAKED CARRIER
LIGHTING
DESIGNER
DAVID REINGOLD
SOUND
DESIGNER
DAN BAUMAN
PROPERTIES DESIGNER & SET DECORATOR
NICK BATTAGALIA
FIGHT & INTIMACY DIRECTOR
KRISTIN STORLA
PRODUCTION MANAGER
SEAMUS m. BOURNE
TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR
ENGLISH BRACKETT
CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST
ASH BINGHAM
PRODUCTION CARPENTER
ZACH GEORGIAN
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
D. CONNOR MCVEY
ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
CONNOR P. MAGUIRE
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
KATIE HURST
CASTING
DIRECTOR
Justin Khalin
*Denotes AEA member
**Denotes USA829 Member
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
Revenge is a dish best served…bloody. In this savagely hilarious comedy-thriller, three different stories converge through a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Joining in on this crazy thrill ride of a play is a nosy neighbor, a bickering couple, a missing dog named Mr. Bundles, a guy with the worst job in the underworld and a housewife who is not handling the end of her secret affair very well. From the creative mind behind AE hits Octopus and Pluto and TV’s “The Flight Attendant” and “Dead Boy Detectives.”
Revenge is a dish best served…bloody. In this savagely hilarious comedy-thriller, three different stories converge through a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Joining in on this crazy thrill ride of a play is a nosy neighbor, a bickering couple, a missing dog named Mr. Bundles, a guy with the worst job in the underworld and a housewife who is not handling the end of her secret affair very well. From the creative mind behind AE hits
Octopus
and
Pluto
and TV’s “The Flight Attendant” and “Dead Boy Detectives.”
Revenge is a dish best served…bloody. In this savagely hilarious comedy-thriller, three different stories converge through a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Joining in on this crazy thrill ride of a play is a nosy neighbor, a bickering couple, a missing dog named Mr. Bundles, a guy with the worst job in the underworld and a housewife who is not handling the end of her secret affair very well. From the creative mind behind AE hits
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
PAMELA
PAMELA
sam
sam
PAMelA U/S
PAMelA U/S
CAROLINE GAMMAGE
CAROLINE GAMMAGE
SAM U/S
SAM U/S
SEAMUS m. BOURNE
SEAMUS m. BOURNE
ASH BINGHAM
ASH BINGHAM
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Atlanta: Alliance Theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts, OnStage Atlanta, Red Phoenix Theatre Company, School Street Playhouse. Regional: Argyle Theatre, John W. Engeman Theatre, HERE Arts Center, CM Performing Arts Center, College Light Opera Company. Education: BFA in Musical Theatre and BA in Technical Theatre, Manhattanville University. Kevin is excited to begin his journey with Actor’s Express with Girl from the North Country. He would like to thank his family and friends for always being in his corner.
Atlanta: Alliance Theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts, OnStage Atlanta, Red Phoenix Theatre Company, School Street Playhouse. Regional: Argyle Theatre, John W. Engeman Theatre, HERE Arts Center, CM Performing Arts Center, College Light Opera Company. Education: BFA in Musical Theatre and BA in Technical Theatre, Manhattanville University. Kevin is excited to begin his journey with Actor’s Express with
Girl
from the North Country
. He would like to thank his family and friends for always being in his corner.
Actor’s Express: Blues for an Alabama Sky, Mercury, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Cullud Wattah, Sunset Baby, Desire Under the Elms, Lizzie, Bootycandy, Intimate Apparel, Heathers the Musical, Fun Home, Head Over Heels. Upcoming with Actor’s Express: The rest of Season 36! Atlanta: Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Horizon, Pinch N Ouch, Out Front Theatre. Outside of that, Nick is a vintage seller when not decorating shows – check out the goods at www.thatvintageguy.com
Actor’s Express
: Blues for an Alabama Sky, Mercury, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Cullud Wattah, Sunset Baby, Desire Under the Elms, Lizzie, Bootycandy, Intimate Apparel, Heathers the Musical, Fun Home, Head Over Heels. Upcoming with Actor’s Express: The rest of Season 36!
Atlanta:
Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Horizon, Pinch N Ouch, Out Front Theatre. Outside of that, Nick is a vintage seller when not decorating shows – check out the goods at
www.thatvintageguy.com
:
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Mercury, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Cullud Wattah, Sunset Baby, Desire Under the Elms, Lizzie, Bootycandy, Intimate Apparel, Heathers the Musical, Fun Home, Head Over Heels
. Upcoming with Actor’s Express: The rest of Season 36!
Ramey Ward currently serves as the Technical Director at Actor’s Express. Her recent technical direction credits include A Third Way and Topdog/Underdog. Additionally, Ramey was a Scenic Apprentice during the 2023-2024 season, contributing to the productions of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mercury, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Cabaret (Asst. Scenic Designer), and The Cycle Breakers (Scenic Designer).
Looking ahead, Ramey will take on the roles of both Scenic Designer and Technical Director for The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath, which will close out Season 37 at Actor’s Express.
Ramey holds a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology from the University of West Georgia.
Ramey Ward
currently serves as the Technical Director at Actor’s Express. Her recent technical direction credits include
A Third Way
and
Topdog/Underdog
. Additionally, Ramey was a Scenic Apprentice during the 2023-2024 season, contributing to the productions of
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
,
Mercury
,
Blues for an Alabama Sky
,
Cabaret
(Asst. Scenic Designer), and
The Cycle Breakers
(Scenic Designer).
Looking ahead, Ramey will take on the roles of both Scenic Designer and Technical Director for
The Thin Place
by Lucas Hnath, which will close out Season 37 at Actor’s Express.
Ramey holds a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology from the University of West Georgia.
Claire Quinn received her BFA in Acting from CCPA at Roosevelt University in Chicago and her MA in Business of Creative Enterprises from Emerson College in Boston. Her recent credits include Rooted at Horizon Theatre and Flame and Filament at the Atlanta Fringe Festival. Claire is thrilled to be a part of the Actor’s Express team!
Claire Quinn received her BFA in Acting from CCPA at Roosevelt University in Chicago and her MA in Business of Creative Enterprises from Emerson College in Boston. Her recent credits include
Rooted
at Horizon Theatre and
Flame and Filament
at the Atlanta Fringe Festival. Claire is thrilled to be a part of the Actor’s Express team!
Amanda Washington currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director at Actor’s Express. She joined Actor’s Express as the National New Play Network Producer in Residence from 2020 to 2022. Her AE directing credits include,
Crossroads
,
Sunset Baby
,
cullud wattah
, and
Blues for an Alabama Sky
. Amanda guides the apprentice company during their one-year sojourn with AE. Other areas of her work include Community Engagement and assisting the playwrights for the AE Playwrighting Commission Program. Amanda received her MFA in directing from the University of Southern Mississippi and her BA from Brenau University. To learn more about Amanda, visit her website at
www.washingtonamanda.com
.
Marysa Sutton joined Actor’s Express in July of 2021. She has previously worked in the world of campaign finance and public service. Her theatre credits begin and end with Switzer Elementary School’s production of Santa, You’ve Got Mail where she starred as Ms. Walker.
Marysa Sutton joined Actor’s Express in July of 2021. She has previously worked in the world of campaign finance and public service. Her theatre credits begin and end with Switzer Elementary School’s production of
Santa, You’ve Got Mail
where she starred as Ms. Walker.
Seamus M. Bourne (Director of Production) has worked in production management for over ten years, the last several with Actor’s Express. He has designed scenery at AE for a number of productions including: Topdog/Underdog, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Urinetown, Red Speedo, Skintight, Wolves, Next Fall and Spring Awakening. He has designed scenery or worked in other production capacities throughout Atlanta, including The Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare and Theatre in the Square. Seamus is a four time Suzi Bass Award nominee. When not working, Seamus is Dad to Maddie & Holden, a home chef, and is a player/manager on an amateur baseball team in Atlanta. www.smbourne.com
Seamus M. Bourne (Director of Production) has worked in production management for over ten years, the last several with Actor’s Express. He has designed scenery at AE for a number of productions including:
Topdog/Underdog, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Urinetown, Red Speedo, Skintight, Wolves, Next Fall
and
Spring Awakening
. He has designed scenery or worked in other production capacities throughout Atlanta, including The Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare and Theatre in the Square. Seamus is a four time Suzi Bass Award nominee. When not working, Seamus is Dad to Maddie & Holden, a home chef, and is a player/manager on an amateur baseball team in Atlanta.
www.smbourne.com
Freddie Ashley has been Artistic Director of Actor’s Express since 2007. He has directed around 50 AE productions, including Doubt, Fun Home, The Crucible and Prayer for the French Republic. Locally, his work has been seen at Dad’s Garage, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Jewish Theatre of the South, Theatre Gael and numerous projects with Aurora Theatre. Regional credits include The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, as well as many new play projects with the Playwrights’ Center, Kennedy Center, New Group, Page 73 and the Alliance Theatre, where he was Literary Manager and served as dramaturg for some 30 productions.
Ashley has worked on new play projects with some of the most compelling and important writers working in the American theatre today, including John Patrick Shanley, Joshua Harmon, Lindsey Ferrentino, Jen Silverman, Kenneth Lin, Janine Nabers, Marco Ramirez and Michael Lew.
He has been a frequent guest artist or lecturer at such universities as Virginia Commonwealth University, Hendrix College, University of Georgia, Austin Peay State University, South Carolina School of the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Oglethorpe University. He served on faculty at Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University, where he taught for 21 years.
He is a four-time Suzi Bass Award winner for acting and directing, and he has been named Best Director in Atlanta three times by Creative Loafing. Other awards include the Elliott Hayes Award for Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Medallion of Excellence. He has been profiled in American Theatre magazine in 2016, 2018 and 2025. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National New Play Network and on advisory boards for Emigrant Theatre and Working Title Playwrights.
He holds an MFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Freddie Ashley has been Artistic Director of Actor’s Express since 2007. He has directed around 50 AE productions, including
Doubt, Fun Home, The Crucible
and
Prayer for the French Republic
. Locally, his work has been seen at Dad’s Garage, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Jewish Theatre of the South, Theatre Gael and numerous projects with Aurora Theatre. Regional credits include
The 25
th
Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, as well as many new play projects with the Playwrights’ Center, Kennedy Center, New Group, Page 73 and the Alliance Theatre, where he was Literary Manager and served as dramaturg for some 30 productions.
Ashley has worked on new play projects with some of the most compelling and important writers working in the American theatre today, including John Patrick Shanley, Joshua Harmon, Lindsey Ferrentino, Jen Silverman, Kenneth Lin, Janine Nabers, Marco Ramirez and Michael Lew.
He is a four-time Suzi Bass Award winner for acting and directing, and he has been named Best Director in Atlanta three times by Creative Loafing. Other awards include the Elliott Hayes Award for Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Medallion of Excellence. He has been profiled in American Theatre magazine in 2016, 2018 and 2025. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National New Play Network and on advisory boards for Emigrant Theatre and Working Title Playwrights.
Actor’s Express: Sheila has been involved with Actor’s Express off and on since 1992 serving as Casting Assistant, Assistant Director, Props, Stage Manager, House Manager, Dramaturg and Fund Raising Coordinator. Other: She has served in many capacities at many theatres in Atlanta as well as Directing. She joined Chris Coleman at Portland Center Stage where she was Manager of Corporate Giving. Education: Sheila majored in theatre at the University of Texas. Email Sheila at [email protected].
Actor’s Express:
Sheila has been involved with Actor’s Express off and on since 1992 serving as Casting Assistant, Assistant Director, Props, Stage Manager, House Manager, Dramaturg and Fund Raising Coordinator.
Other:
She has served in many capacities at many theatres in Atlanta as well as Directing. She joined Chris Coleman at Portland Center Stage where she was Manager of Corporate Giving.
Education:
Sheila majored in theatre at the University of Texas. Email Sheila at
[email protected]
.
Alex Scollon received his BFA from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama with a concentration in Production and Technical Management, and in 2005 received his Master of Arts Management degree from the Heinz School of Public Policy also at Carnegie Mellon. During the early phase of his career Alex has specialized in leading small theatres and multidisciplinary arts organizations to grow into important cultural centers in their communities while maximizing earned revenue, developing strong boards of directors, and creating partnerships with local government and community organizations. Passionate about community development and engaging the next generation of leaders, Alex has been involved in numerous boards and committees including, downtown associations, chambers of commerce and NEA sponsored emerging arts leadership networks. He is thrilled to join the team at Actor’s Express and looks forward to building on the theatre’s already amazing reputation. When not at the theatre you will likely find him trying a newly opened restaurant, at a terrible movie, or reading about space exploration.
Alex Scollon received his BFA from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama with a concentration in Production and Technical Management, and in 2005 received his Master of Arts Management degree from the Heinz School of Public Policy also at Carnegie Mellon. During the early phase of his career Alex has specialized in leading small theatres and multidisciplinary arts organizations to grow into important cultural centers in their communities while maximizing earned revenue, developing strong boards of directors, and creating partnerships with local government and community organizations. Passionate about community development and engaging the next generation of leaders, Alex has been involved in numerous boards and committees including, downtown associations, chambers of commerce and NEA sponsored emerging arts leadership networks. He is thrilled to join the team at Actor’s Express and looks forward to building on the theatre’s already amazing reputation. When not at the theatre you will likely find him trying a newly opened restaurant, at a terrible movie, or reading about space exploration.
