someone (else)
someone (else)
by E Quinn
Directed by Raina Jackson
PRODUCTION TEAM
E Quinn (Playwright)(they/she) is Senior Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Past UArts credits include family undone (playwright), This Beautiful City (dramaturg), Fun Home (dramaturg), The Sweet Hereafter (assistant director), Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea (assistant director), and Lilith and her Demons (assistant stage manager). See more at www.thevowele.weebly.com. Endless thanks to everyone involved!
Raina Jackson (Director)(she/they) is a Senior Directing, Playwright, Production major. Past UArts credits include AD'd Hot Cold Shower; Co-directed Wanting, Only To You, The Future; Directed Non-monogamy
Spencer Boyce (Stage Manager)(he/him) is a Sophomore Directing, Playwriting, and Production major with a Musical Theater minor. Past UArts credits include Equinox New Play Festival 2024 (Artistic Producer), Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 (Assistant Director), Delivery Boy (Assistant Director) and My Mother Once Read...(Assistant Stage Manager). Other credits include My Son Pinocchio Jr. (Director) and Singin' In The Rain Jr. (Director), among others. Thanks to Emma, Mom, Dad, Matthew and the cast and crew of someone (else) for an amazing process!
Daylin Ryer (Assistant Stage Manager)(she/her) is a Freshman Musical Theater major, Business minor, and sometimes DPP. Past UArts credits include First Year Event and The Doctor is Dead (Swallow). Huge thanks to Amy Dugas Brown for supporting my sometimes DPP ventures and the entire someone(else) team for making my first ASM experience a beautiful one!
Jordan Neff (Dramaturg)(she/they) is a Junior Acting and DPP major. Past UArts credits include Untitled JesusXJudas Lesbian Play (Playwright), The Untitled Cherry Orchard Musical written by Emily Xu Hall (Assistant Stage Manager), and Family Undone written by E. Quinn (Dramaturg).
Nick Embree (Set Designer)(he/him) has designed sets for over 150 productions in Philadelphia and the region, and more than 20 for UArts – most recently, THINGS LEFT UNWRITTEN in Fall 2023 and HORSE GIRLS and HOT / COLD SHOWER in Spring 2023. Nick teaches a range of design courses for the Theater Design-Tech and Film Design programs at UArts and has been a full-time faculty member at the University since 2004. Nick is currently working on the set design for a new touring ballet for the Nashville Ballet, opening in October 2024. He is a member of the professional theater designers’ union, USA Local 829.
Samantha Herb (Assistant Set Designer)
Miles Ellis Novotny (Prop Head)
Laila Padilla (Prop Assistant)
Krista Smith (Lighting Designer)
Anna Ryabova (Assistant Lighting Designer)
Ethan Paone (Lighting Programmer)
Jeannette Christensen (Costume Designer) is a Baltimore based designer. She has most notably designed costumes for the Broadway national tour of On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan 2022-2024 and the world premier in Spanish with Gala Hispanic Theater in DC (Helen Hayes win - Outstanding Costume Design 2022). She also designed the world premiers and national tours of Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2019) and Show Way (2024) with the Kennedy Center among other new musicals with KCTYA. She has designed regionally for American Players Theater WI, Oklahoma City Rep, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Theatre Festival, Folger Theater DC, American Stage FL and Olney Theater Center MD to name a few. She has been an associate designer with The Muny MO, Roundhouse Theatre MD, Wolf Trap Opera VA, and Studio Theater DC. She has worked as a costume designer/mentor with Arizona State University, University of Maryland, Bowie State University, American University, George Washington University and now Uarts. Education: BA in Design & Production from Arizona State University, MFA in Design from the University of Maryland, MPS in the Business of Art & Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art (Graduating Sept. 2024). United Scenic Artists - USA 829 Local Find more of her work at jchristensendesign.com.
Sharese Salters (Sound Designer)
Troy Martin-O'Shia (Production Electrician)
Joe Fasciano (Technical Director)
Anna Sorrentino (Costume Shop Manager)
V Perlah-Hard (Wardrobe Supervisor)
Holly Fasciano (Scenic Artist)
CAST
Kai Scott (someone)(they/them) is a Senior Acting major and Photo minor. Past UArts Acting credits include I Want A Country, Woyzeck, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Kai wants to thank their family and UArts faculty and staff for their guidance and support during their time here.
Gwendolyn Marie (someone else)(they/them) is a Senior Acting major at UArts. Past UArts credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander), JesusxJudas Lesbian Play (Judy), Felipillo (Francisco Pizarro) and Woyzeck (Andres). Gwendolyn is very grateful to be apart of this show as their final UArts production. All love and gratitude to the Brind School community.
RUN CREW
Meredith Trzaskawka
Cassidy Summerville
Stevie Reynolds
Paige Mullen
Ella MacLaren
Noah Haren
Hazel Foley
Alexis Castro
Osyrus Brewer
Soph Rowland
About: After losing her lover in a fatal car crash, someone (else) follows a woman’s journey through her grieving process and her healing. We travel through the memories, good and bad, to find healing at the end. someone (else) captures the imperfect nature of grief and the importance of learning to forgive oneself.
Content Disclosures: Coarse language, loud noises, depiction of a panic attack, death
University of the Arts
Kerry Walk, President
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Aanika Allen, Assistant Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Madison Claus, Senior Administrative Assistant
Krista Apple, Program Director, Acting
Amy Dugas Brown, Program Director, Directing, Playwriting and Production
Thom Weaver, Interim Program Director, Theater Design & Technology
Jacob Brent, Interim Program Director, Musical Theater
Quinn Bauriedel, Program Director, Pig Iron School MFA in Devised Performance
Nick Embree, Associate Professor
Sarah Sanford, Assistant Professor
Issac Byrne, Visiting Assistant Professor
Kyle Metzger, Visiting Assistant Professor
Lindsay Cram, Director of Production
Joe Fasciano, Technical Director
Troy Martin-O’Shia, Production Electrician
Anna Sorrentino, Costume Shop Manager
Larry Fowler, Sound Practicum Instructor
Chris Haig, Technical Practicum Instructor
Rebecca Kanach, Costume Practicum Instructor
Juliana Luber, Audience Services Coordinator