WHO’S WHO: CAST

Namesake (Mira Nair); Salt (Philip Noyce); Renaissance Man (Penny Marshall); I’ll Do Anything (James L Brooks). Favorite TV: “Little America,” “The Good Fight,” “Elementary,” “The Path,” “Prodigal Son” “Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter,” “Star Trek: Deep Space 9,” and “Law & Order SVU.” Founder of LA’s Evidence Room Theatre Project; member of the Yale Whiffenpoofs; Brooklyn born; currently in Brooklyn with Elyse, Eleanor and Nicky.

GINA

Daniels

(Tessie) Broadway: Network, All The Way. Selected other theatre (NY, International and Regional): Park Avenue Armory, CSC, New World Stages, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, Portland Center Stage, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Arden Theatre, TheaterWorks, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Delaware Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Geva Theatre Center, and Pittsburgh Public Theater. In 10 seasons as a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Gina appeared in over 30 productions, originated roles in a dozen world premieres and ran Shakespeare’s gamut from Perdita to Portia to Puck. She can be heard in the Next Chapter podcasts of King Lear and The Winter’s Tale as well as the narrator of many an audiobook. Film/television credits include “The First Lady,” “FBI,” “Manifest,” Lapsis, and “Orange is the New Black.” www.gina-daniels.com

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L a VECCHIA (Ma Nolan, u/s Woman)

Broadway: Torch

Song, A View From The Bridge. Off-Broadway: The Portuguese Kid (MTC), Two Point OH (59E59), Mamma Roma & How to be a Good Italian Daughter... (Cherry Lane), String of Pearls (Primary Stages), Kimberly Akimbo (MTC), Magic Hands

Freddy (Soho Playhouse). Regional: Secondo (TheaterWorks), The True (Capital Rep), Ah Wilderness (Hartford Stage), Project Dawn (People’s Light), The Blameless (Old Globe), A Comedy of Tenors (McCarter Theatre/Cleveland Play House), I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti (TheaterWorks, George St. Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Asolo Rep), Electric Baby (Two River), Tough Titty (Williamstown). TV: “Mad About You” (reboot), “Bull,” “The Deuce,” “FBI,” “Blindspot,” “L&O: SVU,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Sopranos.” Film: Team Marco, Deliver Us From Evil, Delirious. Education: MFA Tisch/ NYU, Moscow Art Theatre, Philippe Gaulier. Member: Dramatist Guild, Drama League Fellow. Awards: Fox Fellowship, The Anna Sosenko Grant, CT Critics Circle Award, BroadwayWorld. com CT Best Actress Award.

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JILLIAN LOUIS

(Woman, u/s Tessie, Florry, Flapper) is thrilled to support this beautiful show, team and company.

Broadway: It Shoulda Been You; Tour: Cheers; Off-Broadway: Soul Doctor, Chick Flick, Midnight Street; Regional: Walnut Street, North Shore, Denver Center, Cape Playhouse, Casa Manana, Florida Rep, Florida Studio, many many more; Concert/Cabaret: Town Hall, Buxton Opera House, Symphony Space, Cabaret 313, 54 Below. TV/ Film: “Law & Order: SVU,” “Show Me A Hero,” “Mount Joy.” Jillian teaches through a number of organizations, has an album and solo concerts coming soon and has participated in the development of roughly 200 new works. IG: @jillian.louis.nyc JillianLouis.com

JACK MASTRIANNI

(Johnny Nolan, Second Man, u/s Jimmy O’Neil) is very excited to be making his debut at the Mint Theater.

Broadway/New York: A Christmas Story (Scut Farkus, OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Patrick), The Butcher Boy (Irish Rep). Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Lou Adler, Neil Sedaka), A New Brain (Gordon), Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), Into the Woods (Jack), Altar Boyz (Abraham). Jack is a graduate of the Musical Theatre program at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Many thanks to Stephanie Klapper, Britt Berke, John Mara/Mara Entertainment, and Corbin Balzan. Love to mom, dad, and Matt. For Grandma Lawton. Jackmastrianni. com @jackmastrianni

JASON O’CONNELL (Max) Off-Broadway: Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory), Pride and Prejudice (Primary Stages), Happy Birthday, Wanda June (Wheelhouse Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Pearl), Sense and Sensibility (Gym at Judson), The Seagull (Sheen Center), The Saintliness of Margery Kempe (Duke on 42nd St), and Jason’s own solo show, The Dork Knight (Abingdon Theatre Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, Joe’s Pub, etc.). NYIT Award - Outstanding Lead Actor (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble’s Don Juan in Hell ). Regional: Syracuse Stage, Hartford Stage, Two River Theater, Cape Playhouse, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Kansas City Rep, Arkansas Rep, American Players Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Great Lakes Theater, and others. TV: HBO’s “Search Party,” “Law & Order: SVU,” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” In addition to The Dork Knight, Jason’s writing credits include the solo show Fat and Scant of Breath, or Stabbing at Hamlet and a small cast adaptation of Cyrano , co-written with Brenda Withers. Directing credits include Cyrano’s World Premiere at Amphibian Stage. www.jason-oconnell.com

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Emma Pfitzer

PRICE (Francie Nolan) is thrilled to be making her Off-Broadway debut with Mint Theater Company. Emma appeared in productions of Major Barbara, Black Snow, A Bright Room Called Day, As You Like It, and The Cherry Orchard among others at The Juilliard School, where she received her B.F.A. in Drama. Other theatre includes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Yale Repertory) and Steel Magnolias (Virginia Theatre Festival). She recently appeared in Showtime’s “American Rust.” Originally from Kentucky, Emma is a Governor’s School for the Arts Scholar of Drama. She is beyond grateful to be bringing Betty Smith’s powerful work to life.

SCOTT REDMOND

(Collegiate Youth, u/s Max, Agent, Leonard Kress Jr.) is a New York-based actor, most recently seen on the national tour of Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!. Additional recent credits include Ride the Cyclone (Alliance Theatre, original cast recording), Freedom Riders (NYMF, original cast recording), Bayard (El Museo Del Barrio), Fat Kid Rules the World (Theatre Row), and “After Forever” (Amazon Prime). BFA Acting, UConn. scottredmondactor.com @notscottredmond. Endless thanks to friends and family!

PEARL RHEIN (Florry, u/s Ma Nolan) is an actor, writer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in New York. She was in the original Broadway cast of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and in The Public/Shakespeare in the Park’s The Taming of the Shrew directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Other theater highlights include playing Jo March in Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Little Women at The Dallas Theater Center, and the NYC revival of Nightclub Cantata by Elizabeth Swados. Pearl has also originated characters in new musicals at Irish Rep and People’s Light Theater in Malvern, PA. TV: “Succession” (HBO), “Bull” (CBS), “The Blacklist” (NBC), “Younger” (TVLand). Pearl plays over 15 instruments, and is currently writing a musical (or something) about Amelia Earhart. Big thanks to Avalon Artists Group and Forte Artist Management. Proud member of Ring of Keys & Maestra. Follow @pearlrhein, pearlrhein.com.

MADELINE SEIDMAN (Flapper, u/s Francie Nolan) Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Christians, One Man, Two Guvnors (Chautauqua). New play development with Rattlestick, Clubbed Thumb, and New York Theatre Workshop. TV: “A League of Their Own.” BA: Williams College. MFA: Yale School of Drama, 2022.

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PHILLIP TARATULA

(Mr. Malloon, Agent, u/s Pa Nolan, Solitary Man) Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth (LCT). National tour: What the Constitution Means to Me. NY theatre credits include: Empire Travel Agency (Woodshed Collective); The Lily’s Revenge (HERE Arts Center); Riddle of the Trilobites (New Victory). Regional: Two River, Humana Festival, Portland Stage, Tuacahn, Gulfshore Playhouse, Huntington, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Williamstown Theatre Festival, more. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera); The Soldier’s Tale (Castleton). Film/TV: Almost Love “And Just Like That,” “Dr. Death,” “High Maintenance,” “FBI,” “For Life,” “The Outs.” BFA, Boston University School of Theatre.

Peterson

TOWNSEND (Leonard Kress Jr.) is happy to be returning to Mint Theater Company, where he was last seen as Freddy Tennant in their production of Chains. He has also performed in various productions at the Metropolitan Opera such as Fire Shut up In My Bones, Porgy & Bess, Rigoletto, and Turandot. Other credits include America 2.1The Sad Demise… (Barrington Stage); Antigone (Baltimore Center Stage); A Christmas Carol, Ms. Bennet - Christmas at Pemberley, Satchel Paige & the KC Swing (St. Louis Rep); Swimming in the

Shallows (Kitchen Theatre); Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, Cinderella, Our Town, History Boys (Arden Theatre); Hospital (Axis Theatre); A Lesson Before Dying, North Star (Triad Stage); and The Lost Colony (Waterside Theatre). TV/film credits include: “Invasion” (Apple TV+); “Prodigal Son” (Fox); “Law & Order SVU,” “L&O: CI,” “L&O: Prime” (NBC); “The Good Fight,” “Elementary,” “The Code” (CBS).

TIM WEBB (Frankie Nolan, First Man, u/s Colligate Youth) OffBroadway debut! Tim is so honored to be in this incredible company. Recent credits include: Newsies at the Gateway Playhouse (Morris Delancey), Grumpy Old Men at Plaza Theatrical (Lo), and the National Tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas (Swing: U/S Charlie Brown). Tim would like to send big hugs and thanks to Britt, Jonathan, BWA, and all his family and friends that continue to support him along the way. Pace MT 2020.

ARTHUR ATKINSON (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back with the Mint Theater family! Prior Mint productions: The Daughter-in-Law, The Fatal Weakness, The New Morality. Traveled this past fall to Tottori, Japan for the Bird Theatre Festival with Theatre Breaking Through Barriers’ production of Brecht On Brecht . Recent NYC theatre productions: The Year of Magical Thinking (Keen Company), Liz Swados’s Nightclub Cantata at the Cell Theatre, Paradise Lost (FPA), Cagney - The Musical at