Theater 46: WE FILL THEATERS
Writer
Kay Phillips
Kay Phillips is an internationally produced playwright and award-winning screenwriter whose plays have been performed across the United States and around the world, including London, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg and Off-Off Broadway productions in New York. She is a graduate of the Writer’s Guild Foundation’s 2015 Veteran Writers Retreat in Los Angeles, California. Most recently, she won Best TV Pilot at the Creative World Awards 2021 Best Short Screenplay in Los Angeles, CA. Kay is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and lives in Arizona.
Kay Phillips
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:
Anne Cooper as Dixie Rae
Anne Cooper, a member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA for over thirty years, has acted under the direction of many talented Film and TV directors. She is in the upcoming movie MARRY ME with Jennifer Lopez. She is a theatre consultant to LA GOAL, which provides services for adults with developmental disabilities. She is a big fan of Bernadette Armstrong as a writer and director, and was in her production of SIMPLE LIVES and feels lucky to again be working with Bernadette.
Anne Cooper
Chris Lucchi as Justin
Chris Lucchi started acting in highschool when his best friend convinced him to audition for the drama club and never looked back. He is fresh to the acting world, just graduating from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in NYC. Shortly after graduating, he moved to LA feeling ambitious to get his career started. He loves making people laugh, video games, going on adventures, and his dog Ozzie!
Chris Lucchi
Brandon Lamberty as THE HEAD
Brandon Lamberty has been acting for five years and also is a stand-up comic. You can see his work in comedic commercial spots all throughout the country. You can see him in the film "Chinese Speaking Vampires" which comes out this month! He love animals, rescues dogs and has a rescue pitbull named Annie.
Brandon Lamberty
Sound Production:
Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA.
Recorded and Mixed by Jon Fredette
Sound Editor: Jon Fredette
