Banya | October 3-12, 2024

Gracie Gardner (Playwright) is an American playwright. Her play Pussy Sludge was selected for Theatertreffen Stückemarkt in Berlin, and previously received the Relentless Award; it was developed by Less Than Rent at HERE Arts Center, and The Old Vic in London. Her play Athena (New York Times Critics’ Pick) was presented by The Hearth at JACK. Gracie is the recipient of the Theater of the Future Fellowship, McKnight National Residency and Commission, an Ensemble Studio Theater Sloan Foundation Commission, the James E. Michael Award, the James Stevenson Prize, and she is a Samuel French OOB Festival winner. She’s a proud member of New Dramatists, Ars Nova Play Group, Youngblood, and she has received commissions from Clubbed Thumb, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She’s also worked as a video game writer for Annapurna Interactive.

Claire Pruett (Director) is an early career director who is compelled to explore the forces we fear, how we cope, and where these efforts connect, overlap, and fracture. Elizabeth Egloff’s The Swan (Keys to the Kingdom) was her directorial debut, and she has tried to scratch the director’s itch since. As an actor, she is a recipient of NoHo Cinefest’s 2023 Best Actress award for her eponymous role in the indie feature film, “Polecat” (Brooklyn Film Fest, Riverrun Film Festival, NHCF). Stage credits include Mildred/The Ape in The Hairy Ape, Tour Guide, Middletown, Roz, Abortive (UNCSA); and Lady Montague in Romeo & Juliet (NC Symphony). She is a member of Triskelion Arts’ 2023 GLUE cohort of movement artists. She proudly holds a BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she serves as summer faculty for Theatrical Movement and Mask.

David Gow (‘Brian’) is NYC based actor with a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He’s appeared in TV shows Madam Secretary, The Good Fight, Jon Glaser Loves Gear, The Girls on the Bus and in Apple TV’s upcoming The Savant. Onstage he’s performed at The
Duke on 42nd St, Workshop Theater, Capital Rep, Soho Playhouse, 14th St Y, The O’Neill Center, Shakespeare & Company, Luna Stages, Hollywood Fringe Festival, Great Barrington Public Theater, 4th Wall Theater, and A.D. Players, as well as two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As a producer, he produced and starred in multiple theatrical productions in NY and LA including the U.S. premiere of Decky Does a Bronco. He’s also the creator of the web series “The Lip Sync Fables” on YouTube and actor/producer of the short film “Candice”, one of 6 films nominated for a Jury Award at Austin Film Festival.

Anna Tullis (‘Darlene’) was born in California and raised in Colorado. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School of Drama where some of her credits include Usher/God in Branden Jacob-Jenkinsen’s play Everybody directed by Danya Taymor, and Cassandra in Trojan Women, directed by Ellen Lauren. In addition to her studies in New York City, she has toured internationally in the award-winning play Why Do You Stand There In the Rain?, was seen as Petruchio in Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of The Taming of the Shrew, and studied Shakespeare at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Eric Berg (Stage Manager) recently relocated from Dallas to NYC, where he works as a director, actor, producer, and occasional stage manager. Stage management: Obama-ology (Jubilee Theatre); Footloose (Theater Arlington); Much Ado About Nothing; Music Man (Cistercian). Directing
credits: I and You; in a word (Echo Theatre); Eurydice (SMU) and over a dozen staged readings for Kitchen Dog Theater, Junior Players, IMPRINT Theatreworks, Echo, and SMU. He has served as associate/assistant director at Dallas Theater Center, AT&T PAC, Stage West, Jubilee, and Kitchen Dog. Select acting credits: Eugene, Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Theatre Arlington); Thurio, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare Dallas); Det. Parker, Split Second (Jubilee); Boy, US/THEM (Echo). While serving as Associate Producer for Echo, Eric produced 8 productions, 20 readings, and co-founded/produced the Echo Offstage Podcast, which is in its 7th season of interviewing women+ theatre-makers such as Lynn Nottage and Lauren Gunderson! He has worked as a teaching artist with the Playground Acting Program, Theatre Arlington, Broadway Dallas, and Amphibian Theatre. Upcoming: Eric will appear in CLAWS (Oct, Candle House Collective); Eric is in development for a directing project with Echo (Jan ’25). Training: BFA SMU.