CAST PLAYBILL FOR "GRADUATION"

CAST for “GRADUATION”

As part of the 2019 International Human Rights Art Festival

At the Wild Project

AARON ……………………………………………………………………………………………. JJ PARKEY *

LUCAS………………………………………………………………………………………….CHASE NAYLOR

* Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

DIRECTED BY
Rachael Langton

WRITTEN BY
Eugene Grygo

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

RACHAEL LANGTON (Director) recently directed Blithe Séance by Grygo at the Little Victory Theater as part of a short play festival. Other New York directing credits include Fable from An Unstable Table by Susan Goodell, performed at The Rising Sun Performance Company, and a/in/the/of, which won the 2018 Sugartown Shorts Festival of 10-minute plays. Langton is also the digital marketing associate at the Classic Stage Company. Education: BA Theatre Studies, Ithaca College. View her work at RachaelLangton.com. Follow @Rachael_Langton.

JJ PARKEY (Aaron) JJ is thrilled to be working on Graduation! His previous credits include Hair, Angels in America (Parts One and Two), Cabaret, Fugitive Songs, A Little Night Music, RENT, and The Rocky Horror Show. A graduate of WSU’s acting program and member of AEA, JJ resides in NYC with his marvelous, supportive, and incredibly Irish husband, James. Many thanks to his dear friends and family. www.jjparkey.com Instagram: @jjparkey

CHASE NAYLOR (Lucas) Chase is an actor/writer born and raised in Austin, Texas. Since moving from Austin to NYC, he has been represented by The Roster Agency. Past performances include: Rodolpho in A View From a Bridge, Tournel in A Flea in Her Ear, Thomas in Venus and Fur. Chase has been fortunate enough to train under the tutelage of Lauren Lane, Michael Costello, Nadine Mozon, Neil Patrick Stewart, and Melissa Grogan. He received his BFA in Acting from Texas State University.

CALLIE CONSIDINE (Stage Manager) was raised in Hopewell, N.J., and studied directing and playwriting at Ithaca College, where she developed a taste for the abstract and serendipitous. Her most recent credits include director of Morning by Simon Stephens and assistant director of Twelfth Night. She was part of the Blithe Séance team at the Little Victory Theater short play festival on Staten Island.

EUGENE GRYGO (Author) Grygo has worked in musicals, theater, comedy, fiction, nonfiction and journalism. Grygo is continuing to pursue his dream of creating theater while he explores television and movie opportunities and, yes, coming full circle, musicals. More about him is at: https://eugenegrygotv.com/  (Off the Ground Productions) and @ugenegod