Theater 48: Little Black Dress
Writer
Bara Swain
Bara Swain’s plays have been staged in 165+ venues abroad, and 25 of the states in the US. These venues include those in New York City (Urban Stages, Abingdon, Barrow Group, Symphony Space, Sam French, NY Madness, Westside Theatre, Artistic New Directions and T.A.R.T.E.). Recent releases include the following: Choose! (Artistic New Directions, NYC); The Wonder of You (The Barrow Group, NYC). Turn! Turn! Turn! (Tom Mann Theatre, Sydney); Responsible (The Junction, Dubai); Pandemonium (Open Fist Theatre, L.A.), and Yearning for Peace (Articulate Theatre). She recently received a Standing Ovation Award for I Love Lucy and Can You Hear Me Now?, and City Theatre 2019 National Award Finalist for Short Playwriting for Extraordinary (FL). Bara serves as the Creative Consultant at Urban Stages.
Bara Swain
Director
Bernadette Armstrong
Bernadette moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990s and after her first two films went to festivals she took a short hiatus from writing until she fell in love with small theater. Since 2008 she has had several successful theater projects produced in No Hollywood. Her play The Reading Group was named Pick of the Week by LA Weekly Magazine and in 2017 her play Simple Lives was nominated for Outstanding Writing of an Original Play or Musical by the Valley Theater Awards (the only woman nominated.) Bernadette is also the producer and founder of Open Door Playhouse Podcast!
Bernadette Armstrong
Cast:
Noelle Evangelisti as Kathy
Noelle received her MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts. She was cast in the following major motion pictures: Terminator Two, LA Confidential, and Pacific Heights. Noelle has performed in numerous theaters in Los Angeles and one of her favorite and most memorable roles as Liz in The Philadelphia Story. She loves working on commercials and voiceovers and had a great time doing a radio play pre-Covid with the Screen Actors Guild. Enjoy and stay safe and healthy everyone!
Noelle Evangelisti
Gloria Tsai as Lilly
Gloria Tsai is a Taiwanese-Texan actor/voice actor originally from Austin. After leaving a corporate career in 2015, she decided to pursue her childhood passion for performing and in late 2018 relocated to LA. In the Fall of 2019, Gloria was cast in “The Joy Luck Club” at Sierra Madre Playhouse (SMP), directed with LA Arts Commissioner & former East-West Players Artistic Director, Tim Dang. She returned to SMP in July of 2020 for a virtual production of “Yellow Face” by D.H. Hwang. And this past December, she played Clara Stanton in "Sex" by Mae West. Gloria’s VO career is just beginning! She completed her demos and narrated 2 romance novels in 2020. She has trained with famous vocal coaches: David Sobolov, Steve Blum, Bob Bergen, and Eliza Jane Schneider. Learn more at GloriaTsai.com or check out @glowtsai on all socials.
Gloria Tsai
Christine Uhebe as Nina
Christine Helena Uhebe started her training at Scuola di Cinema Immagina, where she graduated after 4 years. Still, in Italy, she was cast for Cattedrale, film finalist at Capri Art Film Festival and Taormina Film Festival 2011, among others. She then came to Los Angeles for a Summer Program at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and moved, once again, to Los Angeles, looking for new depths in her acting. Since then, she has starred in more than a dozen short films, was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" in 2013 at The London International Film Festival for her performance in "Early Summer" and had her theatre debut in Beverly Hills in 2014 with her lead role in the World Premiere of Affluence.
Christine Uhebe
Sound Production:
Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA.
Recorded and Mixed by Jon Fredette
Sound Editor: Jon Fredette
