MICHAEL GOLDSMITH (Dennis)

New York theatre: Tales From Red Vienna (Manhattan Theatre Club), Final Analysis (winner, Outstanding Lead Actor at the Midtown International Festival). Regional:  Mama’s Boy (George Street), Long Lost (Illinois Theatre), 4000 Miles (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre), Awake and Sing! and Now or Later, both at the Huntington Theatre. London credits: Olivier-winning production of Clybourne Park (West End and Royal Court), Six Degrees of Separation (Old Vic), Brooklyn (Cock Tavern), The Shape of Things (Courtyard). Film and Television: Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, Gotham, Doctor Who, Netflix’s upcoming Who in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Several plays for BBC Radio. Training: The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Interlochen.

JOHN EVANS REESE (Warren)

John Evans Reese is a rising second year Acting MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama. Off-Broadway: A Taste of Honey (The Pearl Theatre Company) directed by Austin Pendleton. Regional: Lord of the Flies (Barrington Stage Company); An Inspector Calls (Pioneer Theatre Company); The History Boys (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Shakespeare’s R&J  (Cygnet Theatre); The Way of the World (Franklin Stage Company); Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (NRTC, Kennedy Center PTSF); New York: Way to Heaven (NYTimes Critic’s Pick). Theatre: Master Harold…and the Boys; St. Joan; On the Razzle; Twelfth Night; The Importance of Being Earnest. Film: Do Not Disturb (score by Danny Elfman); Play House (SxSW). Training: UNCSA. SCGSAH.  Thanks to Zoe for everything. Insta: johnevansreese

RUBY WOLF (Jessica)

RUBY WOLF received her B.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. New York Theatre: Mozelle in The Goree All-Girl String Band (New York Musical Festival / New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series), Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (Lincoln Center Education / Psittacus) and Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in the Square). Recent regional credits include Miranda in The Tempest (Lantern Theatre Company), Marina in Pericles (Delaware Shakespeare Festival), Celia in As You Like It (Lantern Theatre Company; Barrymore Award Nominee), and Miriam in The Parade (Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival / Peregrine Theatre Ensemble). She is delighted to be returning to W.H.A.T. where she was last seen as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (LCE / Psittacus co-production) and Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera.  Special thanks, as always, to Danny. rubymwolf.com

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KENNETH LONERGAN (Playwright)

Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His film, You Can Count on Me, which he wrote and directed, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, won the Sundance 2000 Grand Jury Prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the NY Film Critics Circle, LA Film Critics Circle, Writers Guild of America and National Board of Review awards for Best Screenplay of 2001, the AFI awards for Best Film and Best New Writer. He co-wrote the film, Gangs of New York which garnered a WGA and Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. As writer and director of Manchester by the Sea, he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Golden Globe nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Director. As a playwright, he has been represented in New York by Lobby Hero , The Waverly Gallery (2001 Pulitzer Prize runner-up), and This is Our Youth (Drama Desk Best Play nominee).

KATHERINE M. CARTER (Director)

Katherine M. Carter is a director of theatre & opera. Previous work includes; Westport Country Playhouse, Boston Lyric Opera, Playwrights Horizons, On Site Opera, 54 Below, Boston Opera Collaborative, The Little Orchestra Society, New York University, and University of Maryland School of Music.  She has been awarded fellowships and residencies with New Georges, Wolf Trap Opera, The Drama League, and Playwrights Horizons. Alumna of the Directors Lab of Chicago, and The Playwright Directors Studio.  She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and a proud member of SDC and AGMA. Katherine is the co-founding Artistic Director of The MITTEN Lab a theatre residency in Northern Michigan providing time, space, and support for artists.  Up Next: SONATA 1962 at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Visit www.KatherineMCarter.com for more information.

EDWARD MORRIS (Scenic Design)

Edward Morris has designed for Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Company, LaMama, The Barrow Group, Goodspeed Opera House, Cherry Lane Theater, Opera Memphis, Princeton University and Columbia University, among many others. Education: B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. Lecturer: New School for Drama. Member: United Scenic Artists Local #829 and Wingspace Theatrical Design. Portfolio: edwardtmorris.com.

CAITLIN CISEK (Costume Design)

Caitlin Cisek is a freelance designer and visual artist based from New York and Resident Costume Designer with 3 Day Hangover, The Davis Shakespeare Ensemble and Dreamscape Theater. She was recently featured on “Jezebel’s Clothing Whores.” Favorite credits include Mirror Alchemy, a design-motivated editorial project she created and co-produced with The Other Mirror; In Fields Where They Lay about the Christmas Day Truce of 1914; and Drunkle Vanya with Three Day Hangover. She is currently producing a design focused editorial project on the American Immigrant Legacy called Huddled Masses. She has designed regionally with Case Western University, Boston Opera Collaborative, The Shakespeare Theater of Maine, Burning Coal Theater and the Yale Drama. caitlincisek.com.

CONOR MULLIGAN (Lighting Design)

Conor Mulligan is excited to make his design debut with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater for This Is Our Youth. Other credits include New York: Lady with a Lapdog, The Three Sisters, Crime and Punishment (The Russian Arts Theatre
& Studio); The Commuters (Calendar Boys Productions); Do You Dream In
Spanish (Fresh Fruit Festival). Regional: Fly By Night (1st Stage); All She Must
Possess, The Other Place (REPStage); The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Fool for Love, True West (Cygnet Theatre); Lesson 443
(MOXIE Theatre). Conor is a proud member of USA 829. Conor has an M.F.A. in
lighting design from SDSU. More at conormulliganld.com.

BETH LAKE (Sound Design)

Beth Lake is a freelance sound designer and theater practitioner based in NYC. She has a particular fondness for creating new, literature-based experiences. She is often working with Broadway’s top designers as an Associate Designer. Recent projects include 1,000 Splendid Suns (The Old Globe), My Fair Lady (Lincoln Center Theater), Sex with Strangers (Westport Country Playhouse), The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway) and The Wolves (Lincoln Center Theater). Education: M.F.A. UC-Irvine. Member USA829.

NICKY CARBONE (Stage Manager)

is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, working primarily as a stage manager and mentor in the Boston and South Shore region. Favorite credits
include Cabaret (Moonbox Productions); Gypsy (Lyric Stage Company); 42nd Street, Show Boat, Crazy for You, …Millie, Carousel (Reagle Music Theatre); In The Heights, Mary Poppins, A Year with Frog and Toad (Wheelock Family Theatre); She Loves Me, The Mystery of Irma Vep (MMAS); Eurydice, Our Town (ACT); August: Osage County (CCT). Mentor credits include Eris’ Chain, Macbeth, A Raisin in the Sun, The Trial of Madeline Gee, As You Like It and
The Laramie Project (MCC).