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THE FLEA THEATER NIEGEL SMITH, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CAROL OSTROW, PRODUCING DIRECTOR PRESENTS SINCERITY FOREVER BY MAC WELLMAN DIRECTED BY DINA VOVSI FEATURING THE BATS CHARLY DANNIS, NATE DECOOK, VANESSA GUADIANA, ALEX HAZEN FLOYD, AMBER JAUNAI, PETER MCNALLY, TASHA MILKMAN, NEYSA LOZANO, MALENA PENNYCOOK, ZAC PORTER, JONATHON RYAN, VINCE RYNE FRANK J. OLIVA SCENIC DESIGNER BARBARA ERIN DELO COSTUME DESIGNER BECKY HEISLER MCCARTHY LIGHTING DESIGNER EMMA WILK SOUND DESIGNER PATRICIA MARJORIE PROPERITIES MASTER EMMA SONRICKER STAGE MANAGER WILLIAM STEINBERGER AssISTANT DIRECTOR CAST Molly............................................................................Charly Dannis Hank / Melvin (U/S) / Tom(U/S) ........................................Nate DeCook Melvin / Lloyd (U/S) / Hank (U/S) / George (U/S) ..............Alex Hazen Floyd Jesus H. Christ ............................................................ Amber Jaunai George ......................................................................... Peter McNally Furball #2.....................................................................Neysa Lozano Judy ......................................................................Malena Pennycook Furball #1..........................................................................Zac Porter Lloyd...........................................................................Jonathon Ryan Tom ..................................................................................Vince Ryne Furball #1 & #2 (U/S) .......................................... Vanessa Guadiana Molly / Judy (U/S) ........................................................Tasha Milkman SPECIAL THANKS Kyle Chepulis, Tyler Thomas, Yuriy Pavlish, Ania Upstill, Rita Wolf, Ran Xia, Jim Simpson A special shoutout to Steve Mellor who helped us rediscover and embody the truth in Mac’s plays. THE FLEA THEATER Sincerity Forever THE FLEA THEATER ABOUT THE PLAY In the fictional southern town of Hillsbottom, a place with a prominent community of young Ku Klux Klan members, a furball has been sighted. But the teenagers still hang out in their cars on serene nights with their friends and crushes, and question, as teens do, absolutely everything. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 23 CREATIVE TEAM Playwright....................................................................................Mac Wellman Director.............................................................................................Dina Vovsi Scenic Designer.............................................................................Frank J. Oliva Costume Designer..................................................................Barbara Erin Delo Lighting Designer...........................................................Becky Heisler McCarthy Sound Designer................................................................................Emma Wilk Properties Master ....................................................................Patricia Marjorie Stage Manager.........................................................................Emma Sonricker Assistant Director................................................................William Steinberger FLEA STAFF Artistic Director ............................................................................Niegel Smith Producing Director ........................................................................Carol Ostrow Director of Production & Facilities .......................................Karl Franklin Allen Company Manager & Producing Associate ....................................Emilie Pass Development Manager .............................................................Charlie Madison Sincerity Forever Audience Development Associate ............................Aurie Ceylon Satterthwaite General Management Associate ..............................................Shannon Buhler Marketing Associate ....................................................................Jamie Brewer Company Dramaturg ...................................................................Drayton Hiers Technical Directors ..................................... Michael Hernandez & Dan Hoskins Costume Shop & Wardrobe Manager ........................................Adrienne Smith Box Office Coordinator ..............................................................Austin Sanders THE FLEA THEATER Director of Music Programming ...................................................... Jason Cady Directors of Dance Programming .........................Jeffrey Kazin & David Parker Graphic Designer .......................................................................Eleanor Philips Videographer ...... ......................................................................Crystal Arnette Photographer................................................................................Allison Stock Attorney ...........................................................Carol M. Kaplan/Loeb and Loeb Development Consultant ..........................................................Melissa Sandor Theater, Technical & Production Consultant ................................Kyle Chepulis Press Representative .......................................................Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle Interns.................................................................... Emily Alm, Haley Glickman 33 Jack Lavey, Kalei Tischler CAST CHARLY DANNIS (Molly) Charly is delighted to be heading back to The Siggy for Sincerity Forever. She was last seen on The Siggy stage as All-Licks in LOCKED UP BITCHES. Select New York/Regional credits include: Fatty Fatty No Friends (NYMF 2018 Winner), Jack of Hearts (HERE Arts), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), The Rocky Horror Show (Janet), RENT (Maureen). Charly has also performed at local hubs such as Joe’s Pub, Feinstein’s 54/Below, and Green Room 42. A Dallas native, Charly is a proud graduate of CAP21 and British American Drama Academy. www.charlydannis.com | @charly.dannis NATE DECOOK (Hank / Melvin (U/S) / Tom(U/S)) is an NYC based actor from Holland, MI who is thrilled to bringing Mac’s words to life at this year’s festival at Sincerity Forever The Flea. Past roles include: Horace in Lily Dale, Laertes in Hamlet, Henry V in Henry V, and Will Bloom in Big Fish. You can also find him in the upcoming filmWhiskey Kills the Hunger. Nate received his BFA from the University of Evansville. www.natedecook.com ALEX HAZIN FLOYD (Melvin /Lloyd (U/S) / Hank (U/S) / George (U/S)) Originally from Nashville Tennessee, now a Brooklyn THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER based actor with a BFA from NYU Tisch, Alex is thrilled to be making his Bat debut! Credits include: Babel by Sevan K Greene, (dir. by Tom Costello), The Church of Luke in the Field (Fringe Fest), Season 8 of BLUEBLOODS, Hey Charlie (LIADD), Mercutio in Romeo Juliet (Atlantic Acting School). www.alexhazenfloyd.com AMBER JAUNAI (Jesus H. Christ) Credits include: Not My Monster! (The Flea), How Color Brave...? (The Flea), Lava (Exponential Festival), Kaspar (International 3 Festival-Sibiu), Polaroid Stories (Pace University), An 4 Octoroon (Pace University). TV: Law and Order: SVU, In Pursuit. Film: The Girl in the Camera, I’m Fine, Fuse and Match, Beyond Bone (shorts) BFA Pace University ‘17. PETER MCNALLY (George) is an actor and theater maker. He’s been seen in and worked on shows at Judson Church, The Wild Project, The Kraine, and Access Theater. In 2017, he played drums in Sibyl Kempson’s Sasquatch Rituals at The Kitchen. He hosts and produces SERIALS, the late night short play competition at The Flea. NEYSA LOZANO (Furball #2) is an alumni of NYU TISCH. Recent credits include: Ome in Hurricane Sleep with the Box Collective at the IATI Theater, The Untold Story of the War with Newts, Sonia in Life Sucks with Company of Fools, Spy in the House of Love, and The Slow Room. Check out her website www.neysalozano.com MALENA PENNYCOOK (Judy) grew up in a place where they only teach abstinence based sex-ed. Now she lives Sincerity Forever in Brooklyn where she works as a multidisciplinary theatre artist and teacher. Recent NY and Regional credits include: ms. Estrada (The Flea), Peter and the Starcatcher (Cape Fear Regional Theatre), Candide (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Burg), AFTER (The Public/Under the Radar). She is a member of Shakespeare in the Square and a recipient of the Richie Jackson Artistic Fellowship. BFA NYU/Tisch. @malenapennycook | malenapennycook.com THE FLEA THEATER THE FLEA THEATER ZAC PORTER (Furball #1) was born in Sacramento and raised in a military family. 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