The Glorious and Stunning Death of a Faithful Mormon
CAST
* These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
EZRA BARNES* (Tom) Brave New World: Atticus (Mockingbird), Prospero (Tempest), Walt Whitman (Brooklyn Ferry), Harpagon (Miser). NY Theater: Breakfast With Mugabe (Signature Center Theatre Row), English Bride (59e59), Far & Wide (Mint), Richard II (Pearl), In White America (New Federal), Transparent Falsehood (directed by Richard Caliban). Film: Group-The Schopenhauer Effect, The Last Day, Motherless Brooklyn, Birth/Rebirth, Noah, Joshua, Once More With Feeling. Television: Jessica Jones, The Sinner, New Amsterdam. Ezra is the Founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Sound and runs Brooklyn’s Young Actors Workshop ( www.youngactorsbrooklyn.com ).
ERIN TREADWAY* (Carla/ Producer) is a frequent collaborator with playwright/director Leegrid Stevens and their company Loading Dock. With Loading Dock: Keeley in The Trojans (the cell), Molly in Spaceman (Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance), Jesse in War Dreamer (Wild Project), Kailey in A Peregrine Falls (Wild Project), Julie in Miss Julie, Asian Equities (The Dock at Loading Dock), Cleo in The Twelfth Labor (Gene Frankel), and Clara in The Dudleys! (HERE). She is company member of Brave New World, where she played Julie in a site-specific production of Leegrid Stevens' Miss Julie, Asian Equities, Therese in The Hook (Arthur Miller premier), and most recently Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Nathan Repasz (The Guide) Nathan Repasz is a New York-based drummer, vocalist, improviser, actor, theatre-maker, composer, and Foley artist. Recent projects include, on drums: Blood/Love (Off-Broadway); The Best You Can, film by Michael Weithorn starring Kevin Bacon, now streaming. As vocalist: We Don't Need the Sea to Drown by Coco Karol + Sxip Shirey; The Marble Choir (staff tenor). As Foley artist: No One Is Forgotten, opera by Paola Prestini and Winter Miller; Lone Wolf with SMPL MCHN (NYC and Luxembourg). As music director/multi-instrumentalist: "The Four Lives" by Theodora Skipitares. His solo language+percussion practice explores liminal spaces between sense/nonsense and groove/noise and his piece “National Hot Dog Day” was featured in the 2024 “Emergency Index”.
Bradley Cashman (David) Off-Broadway: The Trojans (Loading Dock Theatre, the cell); Me The People (The Triad Theatre). Regional: Newsies, Tecumseh, Welcome to the Moon (And Other Plays), Three Cis-ters (The Tank). Fight choreography: The Trojans. Film: Te Llevo Conmigo (Heidi Ewing, Sundance), The Bird Who Could Fly (Dir. Raphael Sbarge), Joan v. Talbot, Shot Sparrow (Cannes Short Film Corner). TV: “The Blacklist” The Hawaladar (No. 162). Bradley is currently writing the music, lyrics, and libretto of a new musical Occupied (working title) in preparation for a second workshop in fall 2026. IG: @bradleycashman. Agent: FireStarter Entertainment.
ALCORN MINOR (Stephen) is a New York-based actor originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. A downright nuisance, Alcorn’s chief artistic objective is to create as much drama as possible for Erin and Steven for as long as they can tolerate him. Forever. Recent stage credits include Father Anonymous (AMT Theater) as Sam Adams and The Trojans (The Cell) as Tark. Film and television credits include National Lampoon’s The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell and the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He is a proud graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
NADIA SEPSENWOL* (Deborah) is an actor, writer, and singer. Some favorite theatre credits include The Third Reich of Dreams (The Tank), Complicity (New Ohio), The Winter's Tale (Rude Grooms), and Romeo and Juliet (CSC). She was a Resident Actor with The Mercury Store (2021–2022), and has acted in about a gamillion workshops at places like the Public, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Cell, and MTC. Film credits include Sandbox, for which she won Best Actress at the Long Island International Film Expo. MFA: Columbia. Upcoming: Very Fine People with LaMama Etc.
SHEILA ANOZIER (Nimo) Sheila Anozier is a Haitian-American multidisciplinary performing artist combining storytelling, dance, songs, and visual art into her work. As an actor, Sheila has a leading role as Esperance in the full-length feature film, Mountains, directed by Monica Sorelle and produced by Robert Colom. Nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, Mountains made its national debut at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Mention, “A deeply emotional and empathetic portrait of a family in a changing world with brilliant leading performances.” The film went on to premiere internationally at the Toronto Film Festival and won numerous awards in festivals both nationally and internationally. TRANPE is Sheila's collaboration with Rufus Cappadocia. The duet released an album entitled, Twa Fèy, Twa Rasin - a convergence of Sheila's deep relationship with Haitian Folk and Vodou melodies and Rufus’ mastery of modal music and polyrhythm on cello. Together, they create a transcendent version of the "Mizik Rasin." TRANPE toured the album at Les Suds à Arles festival and Festival Aux Heures d'été in France in 2024. Notable dance performances have taken Sheila to venues and festivals across the America, Asia, and Europe. She served as dancer/choreographer in Leyla McCalla's Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever and for Brave New World Repertory Theatre. -sheilaanozier.com
CRAIG GRANT (Elohim) B.N.W. Credits include: THE PLANTATION an adaption by Claire Beckman of Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Lopa), THE HOOK (Darkeyes) by Arthur Miller, stage adaptation by Ron Hutchinson; The Immortals. Van Gogh by Charles L. Mee (Artist #2), STREET SCENE by Elmer Rice (George Jones), ON CAMER: Colonial Penn (coin jar). V.O.: Grand Theft Auto IV, Malibu Rum, Amalgamated Bank. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335325/
CAROLINE RYBURN* (Occultist) NYC theater credits include Tony-nominated Largely New York w/ Bill Irwin, Letter to the World, No Song of An Ingenue, Under the Cross, and The Glass Menagerie, working with companies at City Center, The Lambs, Abingdon, Atlantic, 92 nd St Y, BRIC, The Tank, and Piper Theatre. As a Brave New World Rep company member: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Miser, The Crucible, The Plantation, and The Hook. Featured screen credits include mini-series, Life Sucks, web series, Lords of the Bowery, psycho-thriller feature, Mouse, short films -- Now You See Us, Finding Jane, Rivka?, and 4th Dementia.
EMMA IMHOLZ (Gnome, Spirit) is a non-union performance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. They are very passionate about developmental theatre and are stoked to be making a return to such a compelling project. Professionally, they were most recently seen in Mercutio at The Tank as Juliette. They're also often out and about Figure Modeling for classes at The Art Students League of New York. Many thanks and endless gratitude to their friends and family for their unwavering support. It does indeed take a village. Thanks, y’all! IG - @emmaimholz
KP SGARRO they/them (Bishop Mansfield) is a trans nonbinary actor, musician, and emcee. Loading Dock debut. Select NYC: Love’s Labor’s Lost (Smith Street); Coriolanus (Nocturne); Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello, As You Like It, Macbeth (Match: Lit); Slaughter City (Small Boat); Little Egg, Big World, The Catamite (BBTF); haircut play :€, Circus Trick (ExpoFest); Storm Still, This Is Not…, Romeo & Juliet (No Exit); Holy Ghost People, Dangerous Games (The Brick); Under Woodside (Original Cast); Mirrors (NYC Premiere Cast). KP is also a recurring actor in Barefoot Shakespeare’s UNREHEARSED and SERIALS at The Tank. Select Music: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Queens College); As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Othello (Match: Lit); Blood on These Hands, Scar Tissue (The Tank/SheNYC). As an emcee, KP has hosted trivia nights and more all over NYC, including GR42 and QED. "The best time to do it was yesterday; the second best time is now." [09.04.2020] IG: @oksgars / kp-sgarro.com Shakespeare Reel: https://youtu.be/AQfXPxam1-M
ALYSON BROWN (M.C.). Brooklyn-born Jamaican American actress Alyson Brown, also known musically as Silhauette, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans theater, voiceover, dance, and community arts throughout New York City. She has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall and National Black Theatre, bringing vibrant creativity and energy to every stage. Alongside performing, she is a dedicated children’s arts educator and community builder, creating spaces that inspire connection, self-expression, and joy through the performing arts.
REGINA RENÉE RUSSELL (Swing, Rehearsal Cover, ASM) is a native New York based actress, playwright and director. Born and raised in the Bronx and a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. Theatre Arts) and East 15 Acting School in London (M.F.A Acting), Regina's favorite recent roles onstage and behind the microphone include: Benedick: Much Ado About Nothing, Storm: Marvel Move, Paulina: Winter’s Tale, Cassie/Blackout: Blackout and Trainee: Brimstone Valley Mall. Regina also proudly serves as Director of Diversity and Inclusion with Barefoot Shakespeare Company. Upcoming Work: Regina is finishing her latest edits to her reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing titled Some Ado About Hero, so help her God.
CREATIVE
LEEGRID STEVENS (Writer, Composer) is a Texas raised, Brooklyn based playwright, composer, and sound designer. Leegrid’s recent productions include The Trojans (2025 @thecell), War Dreamer (2023 @wild project), A Peregrine Falls (2020 @wild project), Spaceman (2019 @wild project), The Dudleys! (2018 @herearts), Mesquite, NV (2017 @workshop theater), and The Twelfth Labor. Leegrid is the co-founder with Erin Treadway of Loading Dock Theatre which has received multiple awards over their history including two Drama Desk nominations for their production of Spaceman and 6x Henry Hewes design nominations for their most recent production, The Trojans. Leegrid is also an award-winning sound designer (B. Iden Payne Award & NYIT Award for The Dudleys, NYIT sound design for Spaceman). Hailed as “hugely gifted” by the New Yorker’s Helen Shaw, Leegrid is also the co-author of a fantasy novel series, FALL, with Craig Bridger.
FOREST ENTSMINGER (Set Design)
CHRISTINA TANG she/her (Lighting Designer) is a theater maker, lighting designer, and creative technologist based in Queens, NY. She experiments at the intersection of theater, games, food, and humor to explore themes of power and agency within public infrastructure and hidden systems. As a lighting designer for performance, her work has been seen in theaters, bars, and basements across NYC, regionally across the US, and internationally in Scotland, Cuba, South Korea, and Romania. Recent design credits include Meat Suit (2ST), The Mutables (Kat Mustatea), and Psychic Self Defense (Normandy Sherwood). She is one-third of the interactive theater collective SOUR MILK, whose work spans FEAST (a hypertext fiction game), TRAFFIC and DIRT (works of playable theater), and BIRTHDAY (a work-in-progress project for dinner parties). She is currently a research resident at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, where she holds her MPS. Her work has been supported by NYSCA, NYFA, and the Queens Art Fund. christinaftang.com // sourmilk.xyz
ASHLEY SOLIMAN (Costume Designer) Ashley is a NYC-based costume designer and visual artist. This is her second collaboration with Loading Dock following The Trojans (2025 Henry Hewes Design Award “Best Costumes” Nomination.) Upcoming: Bequeathed (Dixon Place), Elizabeth Cree (Music Academy of the West), Falstaff (Minnesota Opera). Selected credits: PARCHED (Official Puppet Business), Rusalka (Manhattan School of Music), Carmen (Wolftrap Opera), Bonnie & Clyde (Bay St. Theater), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Opera Omaha), I AM (Camille A. Brown & Dancers), Angel Island (BAM & Beth Morrison Projects), Sweet Potato Kicks The Sun (Santa Fe Opera). USA Local 829. www.terribleboogie.com
WILL WATT (Sound)
JESSE ITSKOWITZ (Video Design) is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist based in NYC. Recent credits include: S P N T D (the cell, direction); Jackie O (Opera Theater Rutgers, video design); Carmen (Opera Theater Rutgers, video design); BIRTHDAY (Sour Milk, food design); Vile Isle (The Tank NYC, video design); DIRT (Sour Milk, video design). In his spare time he manages a concert hall.
PSYCHEDELIC SPECTACULAR is an analog projection duo, Simon & Natalie Cleveland, creating immersive psychedelic light experiences using vintage slide, overhead, film projectors and a mix of modern technology. Inspired by 1960s counterculture, circus sideshows, and experimental theater, Simon & Natalie Cleveland celebrate the beauty of imperfection and real-time creation. Their projects blend handmade visuals, found objects, and experimentation to transform spaces into vibrant sensory environments.
DEENA KAYE (Music and Vocal Consultant) Deena Kaye is a noted music director, composer, arranger, and music and sound designer, with credits in NYC, regionally and internationally. Her work includes productions at Lincoln Center, The New York Public Theater, The Acting Company, NY Theatre Workshop, NY Shakespeare Festival, Circle Rep, 9 years as resident sound designer for the National Shakespeare Company, Williamstown Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Westport Playhouse and Dublin’s Trinity Theatre. She is also a dialect coach in New York City and regionally, and has privately coached many hundreds of performers in audition preparation, text, music, dialects and accents for more than forty five years. Deena has frequently coached voiceover talent for NPR and Amazon/Audible, and is referred to as 'The Voice Whisperer’ or 'The Queen of Voice Acting’ for her success in strengthening vocal quality and presence for all speakers. In 2020, Deena was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award in Sound by the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) as part of their annual conference, in recognition of decades of work contributing to and influencing the art of theatre, sound, and music. The 5th edition of her book, Sound and Music for the Theatre, which she co-authored with James LeBrecht, was just released this year.
PRODUCTION
RABIAH ROWTHER (Assistant Director) is a director and screenwriter based in NYC. She has served on the Screening Committee for the Hamptons International Film Festival since 2022, and recent directing credits include: Hillsdale (CTR), Astronauts Wanted (The Tank, Assistant Director), The Trojans (Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre, Assistant Director), and Five Times In One Night (LTV). Rabiah has a BS in Film & Television from Boston University, an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and an MFA in Theatre Directing from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. rabiahrowther.com | @rabiahrowther
MADIE WINNINGHAM (Stage Manger) This is Madie’s first show with Loading Dock Theatre, and she is thrilled to be here! She has previously worked on Don't Vape: A Grease Parody, Slackjawed, and serves as the Deputy Director of The Autistic Theatremakers Alliance. She is a recent BFA graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, where she worked on a variety of projects, including Fame and Blackout Wednesday. Thanks to her community at Advent Lutheran Church and Peggy for all their continued support. Extra thanks to her favorite TV show, Elsbeth, and energy drinks for keeping her alive!
CELESTE MUÑIZ (Producing Associate) Celeste is an actress/writer born and raised in the Bronx. She has a B.A. in Theater from Fordham University at Lincoln Center. Celeste has performed with many theater companies in NYC including Brave New World Repertory, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and The Civilians. Recent film credits include: Poorly Executed (Gorilla Ocho Productions), …But A Dream (Mwhaha Laugh Productions). BNW credits: Street Scene, The Hook, Brave New Works: Daughters of the Sexual Revolution. She has performed her original work at Bowery Poetry Club, Harlem Arts Festival, and Salon BKLYN. Celeste is interested in creating work that sheds light on unity despite our perceived individuality. celestemuniz.com
Brave New World Repertory Theatre is a Brooklyn-based theatre company co-founded by Claire Beckman and John Morgan in 2003, dedicated to creating bold, inclusive, and accessible theatre for diverse communities. Through immersive productions, staged readings, and outdoor performances, BNW reimagines classics and develops new works that reflect the spirit and diversity of Brooklyn. BNW has produced site-specific theatre throughout Brooklyn and beyond, staging productions at venues including the Old Stone House of Brooklyn, the Waterfront Museum Barge in Red Hook, Flatbush, Prospect Park, Governors Island, and many other community spaces. Notable productions include A Moon for the Misbegotten (2025), The Hook (2023), A View From the Bridge (2018), Ms Julie Asian Equities by Leegrid Stevens (2017), The Plantation (2016), and Street Scene (2013) To Kill a Mockingbird (2005).
Actors' Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wagesand working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org
SPECIAL THANKS
Anna Larson von Muehlen
The Residents of 170 Tillary
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Jacob Titus
Liz Peterson
The Mercury Store
Zeynep Akca
Kristiana Priscantelli
Desi Brown Luch