Introducing the Cast & Creatives for
I Keep Leaving Parties Early
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Amelia Kennedy (Playwright - she/her) is a British born actor and playwright based in Brooklyn. Her play ‘Ask For Bukowski At The Counter’ was workshopped in New York in 2023 under the direction of Allen Macleod. In March 2024, Amelia was chosen to have her work produced as a part of the EstroGenius Short Play Festival, where her play ‘I Keep Leaving Parties Early’ premiered, directed by Heather Bildman. This is Amelia’s debut play with HARP Theatricals and she is beyond thrilled to be sharing ‘Why Must We Pray Screaming?’ with such a wonderful group of artists. ameliakennedyart.com IG @ameliackennedy
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Heather Bildman (Director - she/her) is a Director and Actor based in NYC. She has recently directed several new plays including “I Keep Leaving Parties Early” (Estrogenius Festival), “Her Resting Place,” “Rhetoric,” “Sweet Pea,” (New York Theatre Festival), and "Evelyn: A New Musical” (Dixon Place). Other directing credits include “Dog Sees God” & “Cell” (Marymount Manhattan College). Recent acting credits include “Sit For Me” (New York Theatre Festival), “I Have Friends” (The Tank) and American Dynasty (Fox Nation). B.A. Theatre Arts (Performance & Directing) Marymount Manhattan College. heatherbildman.com IG @heather_bildman
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Julia Corrin Coffey (CASS - she/her) is an actress who writes and boogies in her spare time. After completing Atlantic Acting School's Full Time Conservatory, Dec '22, she has been seen in "Horse Girls" at the Vino Theater, “SERIALS” at the Tank, “The Idiot Savant” at the Theatre Under St.Marks, and her debut screenplay “Elsewhere: A Place for Girls Like You and Me” with Tomato Tomato Pictures!! Looking for representation xxx juliacorrincoffey.com
Siobhan Carroll (LIVIA - she/her) is an Irish-American actor and writer who received her B.F.A. in acting from Boston University. On screen credits include: co-star on Amazon Prime’s MR. & MRS. SMITH, series regular (Petra) in the Black Oak TV series MS/MANAGE, Laura in PERFECT PARTY, etc. On-stage credits include: The Thin Place (Gloucester Stage), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Blue Kettle & Here We Go (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Romeo & Juliet (New Repertory Theatre CRC tour), It's A Free Country (SheNYC), and Macbeth (The Cutting Room), etc. Siobhán's one-woman show Is This You was part of DQT's American Women playwrighting fellowship. Siobhán is the co-founder of Next Minute Productions. @siobhancarroll Upcoming: Siobhán is co-directing Sunset, Eclipsed by Seagulls at The Tank. siobhancarroll.com;
Melodie Wolford (FAYE - she/her) is so pleased to be working with director Heather Bildman once again. She has toured with 42nd STREET and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and has been seen Off-Broadway in THE BAKER'S WIFE, SUMMER AND SMOKE and MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL. Many regional credits - her favorite being Bea Asher in the revival of BALLROOM. You can see her on TV in numerous shows including LAW AND ORDER, FBI MOST WANTED and BILLIONS. She most recently performed at The Triad Theatre in her one woman show called WAITING IN THE WINGS.
Jen Leno (Lighting - she/they) is an MFA-holding Lighting Designer, Photographer, Educator, and Generative Artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent lighting designs include: Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra (Brooklyn Opera House), Mercury (Theater Row), Sophie Blanchard's High-Flying Rock n' Roll Extravaganza (IRT Theater, Nominated for Best Off-Broadway Lighting Design Broadway World), A Drag is Born (Frigid Festival- Nominated for Best Off-Off Broadway Lighting Design- Broadway World), Sasha Velour's Nightgowns the Musical (The Connelly Theater), When Jesus Divorced Me (Carnegie Stage- Pittsburgh) Is My Microphone On (Center at West Park). You can see her work at: jenlenodesign.com or on instagram @jdl.lxd
Sid "SD" Diamond (Sound Designer ) is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in composition and sound design. With a long history of theatrical and musical training, SD combines all his interests regularly in his solo work as postmortemdemon and in his collaboration with others. Recent works and collaborations include sound design for Advanced Beginner Group.
Quenton Ellis (Sound Board Operator - he/him) is a music director/producer/arranger living in Brooklyn. A proud graduate of Marymount Manhattan College (2019) with degrees in Musical Theatre and Playwriting, he has music directed and arranged music for various productions, including "The Drowsy Chaperone", "Disney's The Little Mermaid", and his original musical, "Evelyn", at The Dixon Place. His most recent project was Music Directing the short lived "Little House On The Ferry" which premiered at The Duplex in 2024. In addition to theatrical work, he is also a DJ/Music Producer under the name QWNTYN. He can be seen spinning at his residency every Wednesday night at Industry bar in Hell’s Kitchen.