CREATIVE TEAM Production Directed By Matt DiCarlo Original Broadway Direction By Mark Bell Written By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields Scenic Design Nigel Hook Original Lighting Design Ric Mountjoy Costume Design Roberto Surace Original Sound Design Andrew Johnson Original Music Rob Falconer Production Lighting Design Jeremy Cunningham Production Sound Design Beth Lake Produced ByKevin McCollum J.J. Abrams Kenny WaxStage Presence Ltd.Catherine Schreiber
Ken Davenport Federman-Batchelder / deRoy-Brunish
Damian Arnold / TC Beech Greenleaf Productions / Bard-Roth
Martian Entertainment / Jack Lane / John YonoverLucas McMahon
BARTLEY BOOZ (Dennis)
Broadway: Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theater Company), Hamlet, Oresteia (Park Avenue Armory), The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages). Film and Television: “The Good Fight” (CBS), “Bull” (CBS), “Happy” (SyFy), “TURN: Washington’s Spies” (AMC), and Here and Now (Tribeca Film Festival).
JOSEPH ANTHONY BYRD (Jonathan)
Joseph Anthony Byrd is excited to be returning to DC where he was recently seen as Cab Calloway in SHOUT SISTER SHOUT at Ford’s. Broadway/touring: Kinky Boots, The Lion King, The Play That Goes Wrong (Chicago). TV: “4400,” “Proven Innocent,” “Boardwalk Empire.” BFA: CMU. Catch him in “Justified: City Primeval” on FX. IG: @josephanthonybyrd
PEYTON CRIM (Robert)
Peyton was most recently featured in Warren Carlyle’s remounting of The Secret Garden (Center Theatre Group). Selected Theater: A Little Night Music, Brigadoon (City Center Encores!), Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Rep), Beauty and The Beast, Sweeney Todd. He has done extensive work in commercial, animation, and video game voiceover.
MARA DAVI (Sandra)
Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Dames at Sea, White Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, Chorus Line. NY/Regional: Death Takes a Holiday, Into the Woods, My Paris, Ever After, Beaches, Kiss Me Kate, Animal Crackers, The Toxic Avenger, Millie, 42nd Street. TV: “FBI,” “Smash,” “Blue Bloods.” Broadway Green Alliance steering committee member.
MATT HARRINGTON (Chris Bean)
Broadway: Leopoldstadt, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical, Twelfth Night and Richard III (Shakespeare’s Globe), Harvey. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Happy Birthday, Wanda June. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Path,” “Instinct,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Bored to Death,” “The Good Wife,” “Gravity.” Training: MFA, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. @mattoverthere
KAI HEATH (Annie)
(she/her) Kai hails from Harlem NYC. This is her Kennedy Center debut. Off-Broadway: “Kofa” in Amani (National Black Theater), “Leticia” in Blooms (Ensemble Studio Theater), “Dawn” in Bodies They Ritual (Clubbed Thumb), “The Rowdy” in On Sugarland (New York Theater Workshop) “Messenger” in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. @harlemkai
ALEX MANDELL (Max)
Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, Hand to God, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Hand to God (MCC), Sleep No More. Regional: Clue (Paper Mill Playhouse), Bad Jews (Studio Theatre – Helen Hayes nomination), Awake and Sing (Olney Theatre Center), Never the Sinner (1st Stage). Training: Boston University, LAMDA. Instagram: @Mandellovich. For Mr. Krikstan.
AKRON WATSON (Trevor)
returning from KC’s latest Helen Hayes-winning Guys & Dolls. Broadway: The Color Purple (revival), The Play That Goes Wrong, Hamilton. Off-Broadway: Fortress of Solitude, Black No More. Regional: Mr. Holland’s Opus: The Musical, Hang Time. Film: “Miss Juneteenth.” TV: “Empire,” “Chicago Med.” Voiceover: “One Piece,” “Borderlands,” “The Walking Dead.”
BRETT CASSIDY (u/s Robert, Trevor, Jonathan)
Brett is thrilled to be making his Kennedy Center dayboo! REGIONAL: 1st Stage: Columbinus – Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, The Old Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Trouble in Mind, Scrooge, NextStop: Matilda. MFA, The Old Globe/USD. All my love to my family, Corrieanne, Doc, Mabel, & Lady.
KULLAN S. EDBERG (u/s Sandra, Annie)
Kullan is thrilled to be making her Kennedy Center debut. A DC-based actor, teacher, and amateur baker, she is a proud graduate of Stella Adler Studios through NYU Tisch. Favorite credits include Puffs (New World Stages), Clybourne Park (Hangar Theatre), and William Wallace in an all-female Braveheart (Broadway Theatre Project).
BRANDON HAAGENSON (u/s Chris, Max, Dennis)
Honored to be going wrong. DC: Angels in America (Arena); The Merchant of Venice, Our Town (STC). NY: Afterglow, My Big Gay Italian Wedding. Tours: Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. TV: The Other Two, Food That Built America. MFA: STC’s Academy, BFA: Millikin. All my love to my family.