Taylor Hadsell - Emily 

ITW Festival Debut! Taylor is a Brooklyn based actress & singer. Select theatre credits include: Woke(The Actors Studio), La Ronde(IRT), The Wizard of Oz(Actors Temple), and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds(Open Eye Theatre). Television: Evil Lives Here(HBO Max), Murder in Nashville(Lifetime Network). Proud Ball State University Alum. Bright Artist Management. All her love goes to Louis the shichon, C, & her family. Follow along @TayHadsell on Instagram. 

Chandler Hubbard - Playwright 

Chandler Hubbard (he/him/his) is an actor and playwright in Richmond, Virginia. Written works produced include: ANIMAL CONTROL (2019 Martha Hill Newell Playwright's Fund, Richmond Theatre Community Circle Best Original Work nomination, 2020 American Theatre Critics' Association / Steinberg New Play Award Citation) (Firehouse Theatre; American Lives Theatre); MOLLY HOUSE (Richmond Triangle Players); THE MINOTAUR (Rumput/Firehouse); MAN: The Live Podcast (Firehouse/Jackleg Media); ROMAN A CLEF (RTCC Best Original Work Winner 2024) (The New Theatre at Firehouse); and SHANIDAR (Wild Imaginings). Readings/Workshops: TELLING OF THE BEES (5th Wall Theatre; Barter Theatre; College of Charleston; Forestburgh Playhouse In the Woods); AKELDAMA (IATI), SMALL QUIET GOOD (Firehouse Theatre; Dragonfly Theatre Company; Clamour Theatre Company; Brightpoint Community College), SUNDAY THE THIRTIETH 3AM RAINING SLIGHTLY DRUNK (Wild Imaginings; Richmond Triangle Players), CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE (Fulton Theatre) and YOUR SON (Firehouse Theatre). His screenplay SHANIDAR (Remember Tommy Productions, Mudroom Films and SideXSide Productions) is currently in post-production. He received the Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University's Fair Play Commission in 2025 for his play, THE LAST QUEEN OF SAN DOMINO. Chandler is a graduate of the University of Virginia (2012) and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. 

Scott Keyes - Parker 

Scott is thrilled to be spending the week in the Catskills bringing this incredible play to life! Originally from London, Ontario, he is a Canadian-born queer actor and creative now based in NYC. A graduate of the Tom Todoroff Conservatory, Scott has continued his studies while working across theatre and film. Favorite roles include David in The Rhetoric of Us (NYC Premiere), Paul in War Dance! (NY Theatre Festival), The Archivist in Perish in the Flood, and Young Man/F*g in Moi, Moi, Moi (both at Columbia University). Upcoming: Alex in the feature film Timings (fall 2025). 

Lou Liberatore - Egg 

2nd season at Forestburgh (Palimpsest by Alix Sobler) Broadway: Burn This (TONY, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Award Nominations), As Is. Off-Broadway: Inspired by True Events (Out of the Box Theatrics/Theatre 154), Preparedness (Bushwick Starr/HERE Arts Center), Bruise & Thorn (Pipeline Theatre/A.R.T./NY), Daniel’s Husband (Westside Theatre, Primary Stages, Penguin Rep), Orpheus Descending (Bartley/Glezos Productions), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Masterworks Theatre Co.), Rocket to the Moon (St Clement’s), others. Regional: Angels in America, Pts 1 & 2 (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (Berkeley Rep, Theatre J), The Diary of Anne Frank & That Championship Season (Westport Playhouse), others. London: Burn This. Romania: Listen to Me (w/ Kathleen Turner, Sibiu International Theatre Festival). TV: The Affair, Law & Order, Law & Order, SVU, Sex and the City, Nurse Jackie, others. Film: The Philosophy of Dress (upcoming – w/ Sydney Lemmon, Eric Roberts), Relay (upcoming – w/ Riz Ahmed), Barrio Boy (Apple TV, Peacock, Prime Video), It’s My Party, Blood from a Stoner, Mary & Louise, others. Education: Fordham University (Lincoln Center), William Esper. Member Artist: Ensemble Studio Theatre, (also Board Member), The Actor’s Center, Circle Repertory Company (1985-1996) 

Frank Lombardi - Production Stage Manager 

Broadway: A Doll’s House, Betrayal, The Cher Show, Torch Song, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, A Behanding in Spokane, Hamlet (w/Jude Law), Spamalot, Disney’s Tarzan, Hairspray, The Sound of Music, Footloose, Side Show, Steel Pier, The Phantom of the Opera, Hamlet (w/Ralph Fiennes), Passion, The Red Shoes, The Secret Garden. Off Broadway: Plenty (Public Theatre). Regional: Truman Capote’s A Thanksgiving Visitor & A Christmas Memory (Park Theatre, Hudson, NY), The Lion King (original L.A. Company), Camelot (Westport Country Playhouse, CT), Idaho! (Smith Center, Las Vegas), The Will Rogers Follies (Maltz Jupiter Theatre, FL); World Premieres: Catch Me If You Can (Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, WA) and Randy Newman's Faust (La Jolla Playhouse, CA). He is also the former Head of the Stage Management Program at the University of NC School of the Arts. 

Luba Mason - Beatrice 

Has starred in 9 Broadway shows: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY / Mrs. Burke (Lucille Lortel nomination), CHICAGO/ Velma Kelly, JEKYLL & HYDE/ Lucy Harris, HOW TO SUCCEED.../ Hedy LaRue (first revival), THE CAPEMAN/ Mrs. Krezinski, SID CAESAR & COMPANY, SUNSET BLVD.,THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES/ Ziegfeld’s Favorite, Betty Blake and LATE NITE COMIC. Off Broadway: LOS OTROS, PRETTY FILTHY (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations), UNEXPECTED JOY. Film : Tonya Pinkins’ RED PILL. TV Guest- star’s: THE WALKING DEAD/The Ones Who Live, PERSON OF INTEREST, FOREVER and LAW & ORDER. Luba has released 4 critically-acclaimed solo albums : TRIANGLE (2020) MIXTURA (2016), KRAZY LOVE (2009), and COLLAGE (2006) all available on all streaming services. Graduate of NYU’s Tisch SOA (Drama)/ Circle In the Square. Upcoming : a one-woman show titled LOVE, LUBA. Lubamason.com IG : luba_mason 

Jared Reinfeldt - Eric/Nick 

Jared Reinfeldt is an actor based in NYC. Upcoming films include Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite (opposite Jared Harris and Kaitlyn Dever) and Bookends, starring F. Murray Abraham and Caroline Aaron. Additional onscreen work includes FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans under Gus Van Sant, Soderbergh’s COMMAND Z, Gretta Gerwig’s Little Women, The Flight Attendant, American Horror Story, and Gossip Girl (in a role written for him). Onstage, he’s starred in contemporary epics (The Inheritance), Shakespearean dramas (Measure for Measure), fast-paced drag comedies (The Legend of Georgia McBride), psycho-horrors (Rules of Desire), reimagined classics (Frankenstein), and smash-hit musicals (Beautiful). His developmental work is extensive, and includes documentary theatre with Tectonic Theater Project, virtual-reality Shakespeare for Google, "Animal Farm"-style satire with Tye Blue (of Titanique), and a murder mystery podcast for Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. He’s thrilled to be here, making a play in the woods. 

Sarah Sirota - Gracie 

Sarah Sirota is a NY-based actress, singer, and teacher. She earned rave reviews for her portrayal of Carla Tortelli in the national tour of Cheers Live, which opened at the Shubert Theater in Boston. New York credits include Cut Throat (Abingdon Theater, dir. Mark Waldrop), Two September (Flea Theater, dir. Loy Arcenas), The Revenants (Cherry Lane), and The Laramie Project (dir. Jesse Berger), among others. Film and television credits include award-winning pilot "Patient", "A Scientist's Guide… (with Jay O. Sanders), “Small Miracles” (with Judd Hirsch), “Precious Cargo” (NYC Web Fest.) as well as several award-winning comedy shorts (FOX network, Friars Club Comedy Fest., Chicago Comedy Fest.). Sarah recently played recovering cult-member Grace Kessler on the podcast Deathless, is a member of Playwrights Gallery, and taught acting at Rutgers University. B.A. Dartmouth College, M.F.A. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. AEA/SAG-AFTRA. www.sarahsirota.com 

Casey Stangl - Director 

Casey Stangl is an award-winning director based in Los Angeles. Recent projects include a workshop of Jennifer Maisel’s Provenance at the Asolo Theater in Florida (slated for production in 26-27), Alabaster at the Fountain Theater, the world premiere of John Ross Bowie’s Brushstroke at the Odyssey Theater, and Bekah Brunstetter’s play Gentle Parenting for the 24 Hour Plays. Casey’s work has been seen at theaters across the country including South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse, American Conservatory Theater, Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Denver Center, Portland Stage and Cleveland Playhouse. Casey has developed work with numerous playwrights and directed at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Humana Festival, Pacific Playwrights Festival, and from 20155-22 was Associate Artistic Director for Ojai Playwrights Conference. In addition to her work for the stage Casey does script adaptation on foreign language dubbing projects for Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and Amazon. 

Ryan Stinnett - Domino 

Ryan Wesley Stinnett is thrilled to be back at Forestburgh. He made his debut here with the inaugural season of the ITW-ITW Theatre Festival in Gina Femia’s THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER (Kevin). Other new works he’s been a part of: Liza Birkenmeier’s THE HOLLOWER (Pigman), Catya McMullen’s Hip Hop musical LOCKED UP BITCHES (Bull), Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney’s musical THE NOMAD (Vava), and Niegel Smith and Todd Shalom’s performance piece TAKE CARE (Ryan). His NY theatre and wizard inspired credits include PUFFS (Narrator) at New World Stages as well as Feinstein’s/54 Below’s performance of 54 PAYS TRIBUTE TO A VERY POTTER MUSICAL (Dumbledore/Voldemort). Regional roles include SHREK THE MUSICAL (Farquaad) and ROCK OF AGES (Hertz). Ryan is now noticing that he has been in far more musicals than he ever realized. He thought he mostly did plays. Anyway, follow @ryanstinnett for so few posts.