JENNIFER WELCH is the arti sti c director and co-creator of StoryWorks, a groundbreaking project launched by The Center for Investi gati ve Reporti ng in 2013 that transforms inves- OVERNIGHTERS IS OVER ti gati ve journalism into theater. Welch focuses on new play development and theater for impact, social conversati on and change. She also is a member of Tides Theatre, executi ve producer of the Des Voix Festi val and a founding member of the Howells Transmitt er Arts Collaborati ve. Her directi ng credits include Distant Future Symposium, Justi ce in the Embers, North by Inferno, Alicia’s Miracle, This Is Home, Headlock, A Guide to the Aft ermath, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Sweet Bird of Youth, Waiti ng for Godot, The Litt le Foxes, 5 Lesbians Eat- ing a Quiche, The Grapes of Wrath, Glengarry Glen Ross, Buried Child, The Trip to Bounti ful, A View From the Bridge, The Rose Tatt oo, The Night of the Iguana, Lysistrata, The Real Inspec- tor Hound and Killer Joe. Her most recent stage credits include Margaret in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, for which she earned a 2014 Bay Area Theatre Criti cs Circle best actress award. ALICIA GRIFFITHS has been the Producti on Coordinator and Producti on Designer for Story- Works since its incepti on in 2013. Since then, she has had a creati ve hand in helping to defi ne the aestheti c and support producti ons around the country. Her design credits include A Guide to the Aft ermath, Headlock, This Is Home, and North By Inferno, 5 Lesbians Eati ng a Quiche, The Litt le Foxes, It’s a Wonderful Life: Radio Play, Gruesome Playground Injuries andTennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth, among many others. She is a founding member of Fur Ball Collecti ve, a female photographer/curator collecti ve based in San Fran- cisco JESSE MOSS is a director and cinematographer. His fi lms include THE OVERNIGHTERS (Sundance Special Jury Prize, DGA Nominati on); FULL BATTLE RATTLE (Berlinale Panora- ma, SXSW Special Jury Prize); and SPEEDO: A DEMOLITION DERBY LOVE STORY. Recent work includes THE BANDIT, for CMT; PROTECT & SERVE, a short fi lm for the New Yorker Playwright Director Filmmaker Presents series on Amazon; and one segment of KILLING THE COLORADO, an omnibus JON BERNSON JENNIFER WELCH JESSE MOSS feature for Discovery, with contributi ons from some of America’s leading documentary fi lmmakers. He is a creati ve adviser to the Sundance Documentary Film Program, and a member of the Academy of Moti on Picture Arts and Sciences. Based on The Overnighters by Jesse Moss, this unique storytelling experience will explore the intersecti on of documentary fi lm, investi gati ve journalism and live theater. Created by Story- JENNIFER GOLLAN is a reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investi gati ve Report- Works director Jennifer Welch and playwright Jon Bernson, Overnighters is Over will be pre- ing, covering labor issues, including worker safety and corporate malfeasance. She won a sented as a workshop producti on that shares ongoing stories of the fi lm’s principal subjects, nati onal Emmy Award for her investi gati on “Deadly Oil Fields,” showing how major ener- sheds light on Moss’s 18 month fi lmmaking process and explores the contenti ous forces that gy companies dodge accountability for workers’ deaths. She is the winner of the Society conti nue to place the Bakken at the center of internati onal energy debates. Live performances of American Business Editors and Writers’ Best in Business Award, a Nati onal Headliner by actors will be layered with footage and cut scenes from the fi lm. The script will incorpo- Award and a two-ti me Gerald Loeb Award fi nalist. Her work has appeared in various media rate recent interviews with the fi lmmaker and subjects, as well as investi gati ve reporti ng by Reveal’s Jennifer Gollan on the oil fi elds of North Dakota. The original fi lm depicts the lives of outlets, including The New York Times, Guardian US, Politi co Magazine and PBS News- people chasing the dream of high salaries in the North Dakota oil boom, only to discover that Hour. Before joining CIR in 2012, Gollan covered corrupti on, fraud and waste in state and aff ordable housing is almost impossible to fi nd. Much of the focus is on local pastor Jay Reinke, federal government, including as a reporter for the South Florida Sun Senti nel and The Bay who allowed over 1,000 people to stay at his Williston, North Dakota church over a two year Citi zen. She received a master’s degree from University of Southern California and began period. This experimental multi media performance is the result of a collaborati on between her reporti ng career at The Los Angeles Times before covering county government for the the Internati onal Documentary Associati on, the Academy of Moti on Pictures and StoryWorks, Santa Barbara News-Press. a project of Reveal from The Center for Investi gati ve Reporti ng, which merges investi gati ve reporti ng with live theater to change the way we experience journalism. OVERNIGHTERS IS OVER JOHN TERRELL is honored and excited to be in his second StoryWorks production. His re- cent credits include; North by Inferno StoryWorks’ exploration of work related deaths and inju- CAST PRODUCTION TEAM ries in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota,Plan 9 from Outer Space a multimedia production with Berkeley’s Impact Theatre based on the famous film from the 1950’s. Originally from the Jay Reinke....................................... Christian Phillips Assistant Director ............................. Alicia Griffiths southeast, John has called the Bay Area home for over 10 years. He will be featured in Finn Concordia Choir...................................... Sally Dana* Reporter............................................. Jennifer Gollan Taylor’s film, Unleashed premiering at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12th and 13th. Brandon Mears* Video Editing / Sound Design .......... Jon Bernson He can also be seen on Investigation Discovery’s’ showI Almost Got Away With It episode 801 John Flanagan Video Colorist.......................................... Sean Wells / Got to Pretend to be a Cop which is currently airing on the Investigation Discovery channel John Terrell (ID). John would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support. Jesse Moss........................................ Brandon Mears Shelly Shultz.............................................. Sally Dana BRANDON MEARS is honored to return to this talented group of compassionate, conscien- Todd Phoenix........................................... John Terrell tious artists. Credits: StoryWorks from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Tides Theatre, Alan Mezo........................................... John Flanagan California Shakespeare Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Impact Theatre, Stage *actors appearing courtesy of actors equity association Bridge, Gallery Players, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, 42nd Street Moon, San Jose Stage Company, Marin Shakespeare Company, Richmond (VA) Shakespeare Festival, and Hale Centre Theatre. MFA: Shakespeare Theatre Com pany’s Academy for Classical Acting (George The mission of The Center for Investigative Reporting is to engage and empow- Washington University). When not on stage, Brandon guides bicycle adventures around San er the public through investigative journalism and groundbreaking storytelling in Francisco. order to spark action, improve lives and protect our democracy. CIR is among the most innovative, credible and relevant media organizations in the country. Reveal SALLY DANA* has been performing as an actor, singer and voiceover artist for over 25 years. – our website, public radio program, podcast and social media platform – is where She recently appeared as Kate in the San Francisco Playhouse’s Rolling World Premiere of we publish our multiplatform work. Visit us at Revealnews.org On Clover Road and Dogfightalso with the San Francisco Playhouse. Regina in Tides Theatre’s production ofThe Little Foxes, Central Work’s world premiere of William Bivin’s The Education of a Rake, the world premiere of Naomi Iizuka’s The Language of Angels with Campo Santo for StoryWorks would like to thank the following contributors and collaborators: which she received a Dean Goodman’s choice award, A Common Vision at Magic Theatre, IDA, The Academy of Motion Pictures, Jesse Moss, Ken Jacobson, Simon Kilmurry, Something in the Air at the B Street and a 2 year run in the comedy Shear Madness. Sally was John Logan, Randy Haberkamp, Jay Reinke, Alan Mezo, Shelly Shultz, Jay Palmer, an ensemble member in Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal’s Obie award winning and Tony Julie Gumpert, Marshall Gitlitz, Rose Wilson, Nancy Aubry, Moray Greenfield, nominated production of Juan Darien. Sally received her theatrical training from Seattle’s Tracy Dillon Cornish College of the Arts. She is a proud member of SF PlayGround, AEA and SAG/AFTRA. CHRISTIAN PHILLIPS is a student of Stella Adler, Wendell Phillips and Jean Shelton. He has received many awards for his acting, directing and designing and is a veteran of close to 200 JON BERNSON is a playwright, musician and interdisciplinary artist from San Francisco. He stage productions. He has been a member of the Playhouse Company, StageGroup Theatre, was a 2015 artist-in-residence at the de Young Museum and is currently in residence as a the One Act Theatre Company and for 23 years he served as a member and the Artistic Di- playwright at the Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco. Benson writes site-specific, inter- rector of Actors Theatre of San Francisco. He has worked in film and television, and has been disciplinary works that combine mediums in experimental ways. In 2015’s Distant Future Sym- a member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA. He taught acting with Jean Shelton for many years and is posium, he incorporated elements of the pseudo-documentary format into a live performance currently holding private classes at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco.