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has written and produced 16 cabarets in venues throughout London and New York City. Highlighted credits include Thea Elvsted in Hedda Gabler (Etcetera Theatre), Hygienist Jill in Dentorama (Royal Institution Mayfair), Titania/Hippolyta in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Bread and Roses Theatre), Constantia in Creed (Workshop with Creative Structure).
KEVIN R. FREE (Bob Shaye, Brando, Skip The Warlock)
Kevin R. Free is a multidisciplinary artist whose work as an actor, writer and director have been
showcased and developed in many places, including the Moth Radio Hour, Portland Stage,
the New York International Fringe Festival, The Fire This Time Festival, Alabama Shakespeare
Festival, and the Historic Apollo Theatre. In 2014, He became the 昀椀rst African-American to
play the role of Bellomy in The Fantasticks Off-Broadway. He has worked as an actor and
director across the United States and internationally. He is an accomplished voice actor, as
well, having recorded over 500 audiobooks, and he is the voice of Kevin from Desert Bluffs
on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. This is his third collaboration with the Farringtons,
having played Curtiz in their Drama Desk-nominated CasablancaBox and Big Daddy in their
昀椀lm, Mendacity. www.kevinrfree.com; IG: @kevinrfree
ABE GOLDFARB (Ed Pressman, John Frankenheimer)
Abe Goldfarb is an actor, writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. He studied at the Bristol
Old Vic Theatre School. He's been on Broadway (in Beetlejuice), voiced Pokémon (several)
and emceed burlesque shows all over the world (seriously). His multiple award-winning 昀椀lm
First Time Caller is now streaming. All of my love and gratitude to Rosebud, Mom and Chloë.
SARA LINGER (Musical Director)
NYC based musical director, pianist, and singer. Recent credits: A Chorus Line; Side Show;
Pirates of Penzance; An Axe-mas Story; Urinetown; Bloom, A New Musical; Audrey, A New
Musical; Pippin; Rent. Linger is passionate about new work, frequently collaborating with organizations like SheArts Festival, 24 Hour Musicals, and Moxie Arts NY.
DAVID VAN TIEGHEM (Composer, Dr. Uncanny)
Award-winning composer, sound designer & percussionist in NYC, recipient of a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition. He has created original music & sound design
for over 100 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Pulitzer Prize-winning
plays Doubt, Wit and How I Learned to Drive, as well as The Gin Game, The Normal Heart,
Burn This, Inherit the Wind, A Man for All Seasons, Judgement at Nuremberg, Frozen, The
Good Body, Reckless, Three Days of Rain, The Grey Zone, and Crowbar. He has composed
dance scores for Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones, Pilobolus, Elizabeth Streb, Michael Moshen, Doug
Varone, the Boston Ballet, and the Pennsylvania Ballet, as well as numerous 昀椀lm and television
soundtracks. Van Tieghem has worked as a percussionist with Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson,
Robert Ashley, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Arthur Russell, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, Ryuichi
Sakamoto, Nona Hendryx, Merce Cunningham, Michael Nyman, and Peter Gordon. He has
performed his solo percussion-theater work throughout the USA, Europe and Japan in
