With  Steven Patterson, Molly Parker Myers and Caedmon Holland
Directed by John Sowle

Performed April 14 - 24, 2016

DICK D. ZIGUN (Playwright) is 5'10", 175lbs. Born in 1953. Brown hair and eyes with a graying goatee and heavily tattooed arms. He owns a variety of outfits including an antique wool bathing suit, a three-piece plaid suit, straw, derby (red, gray or black), or opera hats. Vintage sunglasses in choice of blue or orange. Optional cane or cigar, megaphone, bass drum or snake. Known to many as the “Unofficial Mayor of Coney Island”, Dick is an authority on amusement parks, American popular theater and the history and tradition of the American sideshow.  An excellent public speaker with many TV appearances to his credit, he lectures college classes and other groups.  Dick not only produces Sideshows by the Seashore, but the Mermaid Parade (America’s Largest Art Parade), Acts and Arts at Astroland (including Airshows and Fireworks), and a Tattoo Festival. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and is the author of ten full-length original plays. He is also a legal Marriage Officiant in New York (Yes, Dick can perform your wedding ceremony! 100 Percent Guaranteed True!).

MOLLY PARKER-MYERS (WOMAN) is an actor and singer based in the Hudson Valley.  Molly appeared in Kaliyuga Arts’ productions of KILL ME NOW (Robyn), TRUE LOVE LIES (Carolyn), and THE MOUND BUILDERS (Cynthia) at the Cross Street Theatre Center in Hudson and has graced Bridge Street Theatre’s Speakeasy stage in LARK EDEN (Mary) and her own COMEBACK! A TRAGICOMIC CABARET. Other recent credits include HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES (Bananas) for Wellesley Repertory Theatre, TALLEY’S FOLLY (Sally) and LOST IN YONKERS (Bella) at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, INTO THE WOODS (Baker’s Wife) and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Desiree) at Rhinebeck Theatre Society, THE LADIES MAN (Marie) at Shadowland Theatre, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Elsa) at TriArts Sharon Playhouse.

STEVEN PATTERSON (MAN) has performed regionally and in New York City with theaters such as South Coast Repertory, freeFall Theatre, TheatreWorks/Silicon Valley, Capital Repertory, Kaliyuga Arts, and with the Oregon, Orlando, Tennessee, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals. Favorite roles have included Lear in KING LEAR, Jean Genet in BEAUTY, Austin Wiggin in THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, David in POOR SUPER MAN, Judi Boswell in HOW TO PRAY, and Jake Sturdy in KILL ME NOW. Steven also serves as Bridge Street Theatre’s Associate Director.
 
CAEDMON HOLLAND (KID) is a 25-year-old actor from Delmar NY. He grew up learning theater, and at the age of six started attending The New York State Theater Institute's summer theater program. He continued with this until the age of 14, where he started focusing more on film in high school. At 19, Caedmon transferred to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It was there that Caedmon was part of the only Western Theater school performance in the world to be invited to participate in the First International Asian Theater Festival in 2010. After directing a very successful play his senior year, Caedmon graduated UNM with a BA in Theater in December 2014. Since then, Caedmon has been back home in Upstate NY, participating in local theater and trying to earn enough resume credentials for a move to NYC or LA.

JOHN SOWLE (Director) is Managing Director of Bridge Street Theatre. He founded Kaliyuga Arts in 1986 with his partner Steven Patterson and has received multiple awards for his directing and design work on their Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York productions. In Manhattan, John directed and designed Samuel Beckett's ALL THAT FALL and Dan Carbone’s KINGDOM OF NOT at the Cherry Lane and the Al Carmines/Gertrude Stein musical IN CIRCLES at Judson Church. In 2012 he directed and designed THE MOUND BUILDERS and in 2013 directed and designed two Brad Fraser plays, TRUE LOVE LIES and the U.S. premiere of KILL ME NOW, all at the Cross Street Theatre Center (Stageworks) in Hudson, NY. Last year he directed and designed the Bridge Street Theatre productions of THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH, THE KILLING & THE LOVE DEATH (late plays of William Inge), and GRINDER’S STAND by Oakley Hall III. John has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from M.I.T and a PhD in Dramatic Art from UC Berkeley.

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