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Jordan Matthews would be fine, if her mother could hold down a decent job, or if her mother hadn't been arrested on another DUI, or if her mother's boyfriend wasn't a skeevy bastard. But things aren't fine, and Jordan's life is falling apart. The adults in her life are either incompetent or uninterested, and the only solace comes from out of the blue.

Press

"Former Columbus resident’s play tells of struggling teens bonding on street" by Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch

Review by Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground

Review by Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch

Cast

Erynn Robe
Jordan
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Erynn is delighted to be a part of this production of And Then They Fell. She would like to thank Anne Diehl as well as her fellow castmates and all those behind the scenes for a wonderful collaborative effort. She is a Columbus resident and her most recent roles here in the theatre community include Gertrude (Hamlet) and Shelby (Steel Magnolias). 

Jay Stonerook
Cal

Jay is excited to make their professional acting debut at MadLab! Jay is currently a student at Columbus State, and has previously been involved at MadLab as part of the Young Writer's short play festival in 2015. They also have been a member of the Dramatists Guild for the last two years. They would like to thank their mother and their partner for being the best unconditional support group, and their acting teacher Frank Barnhart for reminding them that there is a place for them in theatre. A big thanks also to Anne, Tamara, the fan-freaking-tastic cast, and everyone working behind the scenes on this production!

Scott Douglas Wilson
Dwayne Scott

Scott is thrilled to be back at MadLab, where he has appeared in the 2017 Theatre Roulette, The Star, and The NSA’s Guide to Sex and Love. He graduated with a BFA in Acting from Otterbein University, an MFA in Acting from The Ohio State University, and has worked extensively throughout the country as an artist-educator. Recent central Ohio credits include Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (CATCO); Dracula (SRO Theatre Co.); and The Shadow Box (Adrenaline Theatre Group). He wishes to thank the cast & production team; and his best friend & love, Ella! www.scottdouglaswilson.com.

Charles Wright
Chorus 1

Charles is a 23 year old recent graduate of Ohio University and new to the city. Having graduated with a BFA in Theater Performance, this is the first production he has been a part of. Luckily for him he was provided an opportunity to have such a range of characters. He thanks Anne, for casting him and MadLab providing a space and opportunity to create magic.

Emma Farrenkopf
Chorus 2

Emma is a current Vocal Performance and Theatre student at the College of Wooster, but is taking a semester to plan her longterm goals while becoming involved in the Columbus theatre community. Some of her favorite roles have been Rhonda (Almost Maine), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), and Morticia Addams (The Addams Family Musical). She wants to thank Anne for allowing her to be a part of this show and process, her teachers in Wooster for supporting her choice for experience, and her family for supporting her passions for performing and exploring.

About the Director

Anne Diehl began her career producing and directing new playwrights and cabarets Off-Broadway. As a performer, Anne began as an improvisation artist and as a classically trained actor and received her actors equity card in 1988 in NYC. She studied acting with Uta Hagen and founded the Columbus Actors Studio to share her passion for method acting. Anne was founder and Artistic Director of The Irish and American Repertory Theatre and most recently founded The Women in Theatre Collective. Anne has taught acting at Ohio State, Kenyon College, Otterbein and Ohio Dominican University and performs locally with professional theatre companies. She holds a BFA from Marymount Manhattan College and MFA from The Ohio State University.

About the Playwright

Tira Palmquist's plays include Overburden, Two Degrees (Denver Center), Ten Mile Lake (Serenbe Playhouse), Age of Bees (MadLab Theater, Tesseract), And Then They Fell (Brimmer Street, New York Film Academy). Two Degrees will have its World Premiere in the Denver Center’s 2016/17 Season and was also listed in the 2016 Kilroys Honorable Mention List. Ten Mile Lake, which premiered in 2014 at Serenbe Playhouse just outside of Atlanta, GA, was a finalist for the 2015 Primus Prize. Her work as a director and dramaturg includes several seasons at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and the New Territories Playwriting Residency, a program she developed with Brian Clowdus at Serenbe Playhouse in Georgia. More info at www.tirapalmquist.com. ​