Introducing the Cast & Creatives for
I Keep Leaving Parties Early
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
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
Vivian Belosky (LIVIA - she/her) is a past and present NJ local by way of London. Selected credits include the Sam Wanamaker Festival (The Globe, London), The Great Hunger (The Tank, NYC) ,One Giant Leap (The Brockley Jack, London), Her Way (The Tristan Bates Theatre, London), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire). Vivian is also a professional software designer, and has worked theatrically with The Tank, New Light Theater Project, and Pocket Universe on I'm So Hot, an app-daptation.
Michelle Markarian (FAYE - she/her) is an actor, fiction writer and playwright A collection of her plays, The Unborn Children of America and Other Family Procedures, is available through Fomite Press or Amazon.