emilie krause (sarah)
is a Philadelphia based theatre artist. Recent work includes Charlotte's Web (Arden Theatre) and Wayfinding (PlayPenn). Emilie is a proud company member of New Paradise Laboratories, and has performed with many others: Arden, Wilma, Studio Theatre (DC), People's Light & Theatre, Theatre Exile, Theater Horizon, Lantern Theater, Inis Nua, EgoPo, Simpatico, Delaware Shakespeare & many others. Emilie was nominated for a Barrymore's for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Theatre Exile's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and is a recipient of the 2017 Independence Fellowship in the Arts. Up next: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Arden Theatre. www.emiliekrause.com.
is a Philadelphia based theatre artist. Recent work includes Charlotte's Web (Arden Theatre) and Wayfinding (PlayPenn). Emilie is a proud company member of New Paradise Laboratories, and has performed with many others: Arden, Wilma, Studio Theatre (DC), People's Light & Theatre, Theatre Exile, Theater Horizon, Lantern Theater, Inis Nua, EgoPo, Simpatico, Delaware Shakespeare & many others. Emilie was nominated for a Barrymore's for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Theatre Exile's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and is a recipient of the 2017 Independence Fellowship in the Arts. Up next: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Arden Theatre. www.emiliekrause.com.
harry watermeier (rex, others)
Harry is absolutely thrilled and honored to be working with rail's cast, crew, and creative team, and would like to wholeheartedly thank Rachel and Zac for this incredible opportunity. As a teaching artist and actor, Harry has worked with The Lantern Theater Company, Azuka Theatre, Theatre Exile, Commonwealth Classics, Simpatico, and Tiny Dynamite, among others, and he recently recorded a performance for Dipsea: a narrative-based audio platform.
Thanks, Mom! Thanks, Sam!
Harry is absolutely thrilled and honored to be working with rail's cast, crew, and creative team, and would like to wholeheartedly thank Rachel and Zac for this incredible opportunity. As a teaching artist and actor, Harry has worked with The Lantern Theater Company, Azuka Theatre, Theatre Exile, Commonwealth Classics, Simpatico, and Tiny Dynamite, among others, and he recently recorded a performance for Dipsea: a narrative-based audio platform.
Thanks, Mom! Thanks, Sam!
zac kline (playwright)
is a playwright, screenwriter, and producer based in New York City. Along with Blair Baker, he is the co-artistic director of Missing Bolts Productions, an independent production group devoted to new work with stage and film. As a playwright, his work has been presented at Finborough Theatre, Chaskis Theatre at Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Vaults, Prospect Theater Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and The New Group - in association with Urban Arts Partnership, among others. His films have been screened across the United States. For Missing Bolts, he co-produced After Orlando (with NoPassport Theatre Alliance & Press), an international theatre action in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub. www.zackline.net.
is a playwright, screenwriter, and producer based in New York City. Along with Blair Baker, he is the co-artistic director of Missing Bolts Productions, an independent production group devoted to new work with stage and film. As a playwright, his work has been presented at Finborough Theatre, Chaskis Theatre at Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Vaults, Prospect Theater Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and The New Group - in association with Urban Arts Partnership, among others. His films have been screened across the United States. For Missing Bolts, he co-produced After Orlando (with NoPassport Theatre Alliance & Press), an international theatre action in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub. www.zackline.net.
rachel dart (director)
is a New York City-based director and educator whose work aims to democratize and depathologize gender and sexuality. She is a sexuality and intimate partner violence educator and the founder of Let Us Work, an advocacy group that combats sexual harassment in theater by effecting change in policy and culture.
Recent credits include Dance Nation (Nashville Story Garden) and IVANKAPLAY (Theatre503, Edinburgh Fringe). Rachel has developed new plays and existing works at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood, EST/Sloan, Ma Yi, Culture Project, #serials at The Flea, The New Collectives, and The Atlantic Alumni Workshop and Acting School. Rachel is an alumna of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company, the Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps, and DirectorsLabChicago. She has assisted at The Vineyard, BAM, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Roundabout Theatre Company, among others. BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Rachel recently assisted Daniel Sullivan on The Nap on Broadway as a Samuel J. Friedman Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. www.racheldart.com.
is a New York City-based director and educator whose work aims to democratize and depathologize gender and sexuality. She is a sexuality and intimate partner violence educator and the founder of Let Us Work, an advocacy group that combats sexual harassment in theater by effecting change in policy and culture.
Recent credits include Dance Nation (Nashville Story Garden) and IVANKAPLAY (Theatre503, Edinburgh Fringe). Rachel has developed new plays and existing works at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood, EST/Sloan, Ma Yi, Culture Project, #serials at The Flea, The New Collectives, and The Atlantic Alumni Workshop and Acting School. Rachel is an alumna of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company, the Williamstown Theatre Festival Directing Corps, and DirectorsLabChicago. She has assisted at The Vineyard, BAM, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Roundabout Theatre Company, among others. BFA, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Rachel recently assisted Daniel Sullivan on The Nap on Broadway as a Samuel J. Friedman Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. www.racheldart.com.
carsen joenk (sound design)
is a director, sound designer, and Brooklyn-based Chicagoan. She is the co-artistic director of Rat Queen Theatre Company, the 2019-2020 Wingspace Directing Mentee, and a 2019-2020 SDCF Observer. She was a member of the 2018 NAMT Directing Observership Class and a 2018-2019 resident artist at Access Theatre. Carsen is the 2017 recipient of the CAA Alumni Grant and the 2015 recipient of an Artistic Development Grant awarded by her alma mater Sarah Lawrence College and La MaMa Umbria. Select Sound: Select Sound: For all the Women Who Thought They Were Mad (asst. Soho Rep, upcoming), "DADDY" (asst. The New Group), Bright Room Called Day: Revisited (assoc. Juilliard), An Illiad (asst. Long Wharf Theatre), The Virtuous Fall… (Spicy Witch), Mary Stuart (Hedgepig), Something for the Fish (CPR), Fiction. (600 Highwaymen.) Directing credits include Judy Doomed Us All (Ice Factory // New Ohio), Unboxing (Dixon Place), The Bench (Secret Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Women’s Naked Shakespeare), and multiple projects with Rat Queen. Short plays/readings with La MaMa ETC, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Art House Productions, Fresh Ground Pepper, and Exquisite Corpse Co. www.carsen-jewell-joenk.com.
is a director, sound designer, and Brooklyn-based Chicagoan. She is the co-artistic director of Rat Queen Theatre Company, the 2019-2020 Wingspace Directing Mentee, and a 2019-2020 SDCF Observer. She was a member of the 2018 NAMT Directing Observership Class and a 2018-2019 resident artist at Access Theatre. Carsen is the 2017 recipient of the CAA Alumni Grant and the 2015 recipient of an Artistic Development Grant awarded by her alma mater Sarah Lawrence College and La MaMa Umbria. Select Sound: Select Sound: For all the Women Who Thought They Were Mad (asst. Soho Rep, upcoming), "DADDY" (asst. The New Group), Bright Room Called Day: Revisited (assoc. Juilliard), An Illiad (asst. Long Wharf Theatre), The Virtuous Fall… (Spicy Witch), Mary Stuart (Hedgepig), Something for the Fish (CPR), Fiction. (600 Highwaymen.) Directing credits include Judy Doomed Us All (Ice Factory // New Ohio), Unboxing (Dixon Place), The Bench (Secret Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Women’s Naked Shakespeare), and multiple projects with Rat Queen. Short plays/readings with La MaMa ETC, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Art House Productions, Fresh Ground Pepper, and Exquisite Corpse Co. www.carsen-jewell-joenk.com.
susanne houstle (costume designer)
Selected Design Credits Include: NYC: The Triumphant (Target Margin Theater), Cracks (NY Fringe), Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night (Gallery Players), Go Get the Axe (Fig Productions), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Starting 5 Productions) Where Does It All Go When It Goes? (2nd Ave Dance Company). Regional: Be More Chill (Playhouse Square), Once (Beck Center for the Arts). International: Ivankaplay, directed by Rachel Dart (Edinburgh Fringe). Upcoming: US Premiere of Decky Does a Bronco (Starting 5 Productions, NYC), Anna Karenina (Notch Theater Company, NYC) MFA, NYU-Tisch. www.susannehoustle.com
Selected Design Credits Include: NYC: The Triumphant (Target Margin Theater), Cracks (NY Fringe), Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night (Gallery Players), Go Get the Axe (Fig Productions), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Starting 5 Productions) Where Does It All Go When It Goes? (2nd Ave Dance Company). Regional: Be More Chill (Playhouse Square), Once (Beck Center for the Arts). International: Ivankaplay, directed by Rachel Dart (Edinburgh Fringe). Upcoming: US Premiere of Decky Does a Bronco (Starting 5 Productions, NYC), Anna Karenina (Notch Theater Company, NYC) MFA, NYU-Tisch. www.susannehoustle.com
amanda jensen (lighting designer)
is a Philadelphia based lighting designer. She has designed for The Arden (Treasure Island, Snow White), Inis Nua (The Monster in the Hall, Love Lies and Taxidermy, The Swallowing Dark, Radiant Vermin, Spine), Almanac Dance Circus Theatre (Communitas Five Years Later, Jeanne/Jean/John/Jawn, XOXO Moongirl), Theatre Exile (Really), The Lantern (The Heir Apparent), and Gunnar Montana Productions (Kink Haus, Wroughtland). Her work for the 2017 production of Kink Haus was exhibited at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial this past June as part of the USITT/USA exhibition of professional designers. www.amandajensen.net.
is a Philadelphia based lighting designer. She has designed for The Arden (Treasure Island, Snow White), Inis Nua (The Monster in the Hall, Love Lies and Taxidermy, The Swallowing Dark, Radiant Vermin, Spine), Almanac Dance Circus Theatre (Communitas Five Years Later, Jeanne/Jean/John/Jawn, XOXO Moongirl), Theatre Exile (Really), The Lantern (The Heir Apparent), and Gunnar Montana Productions (Kink Haus, Wroughtland). Her work for the 2017 production of Kink Haus was exhibited at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial this past June as part of the USITT/USA exhibition of professional designers. www.amandajensen.net.
tom macagnone (production manager
is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia and studied Theater at Temple University. After graduating he joined Cape May Stage as Production Manager and Technical Director for several years. He most recently worked as Technical Director and Facilities Manager for Theatre Horizon. He is thrilled to be working on this project and with it's beautiful space.
is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia and studied Theater at Temple University. After graduating he joined Cape May Stage as Production Manager and Technical Director for several years. He most recently worked as Technical Director and Facilities Manager for Theatre Horizon. He is thrilled to be working on this project and with it's beautiful space.
eleanor safer (production stage manager)
is a freelance, Philly-based stage manager. Management credits include: The Rivals [Bristol Riverside Theatre], Egoli, The Lydie Breeze Trilogy [EgoPo Classic Theatre], Hello Blackout [New Paradise Laboratories], Hir, Ironbound [Simpatico], Sans Everything [Lightning Rod Special], Animal Farm to Table [Renegade], Avenue Q, Peter and the Starcatcher [Bristol Valley Theatre]. Eleanor produced A New Kind of Whole, a new play for the the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, as well as After Last Call...or How To Make A Play In 24 Hours, a 24-hour play festival that donated hundreds of dollars to The Rainbow Railroad. She was the assistant producer of the 2018 International Fringe Festival in Be’er Sheva, Israel. www.eleanorsafer.com.
is a freelance, Philly-based stage manager. Management credits include: The Rivals [Bristol Riverside Theatre], Egoli, The Lydie Breeze Trilogy [EgoPo Classic Theatre], Hello Blackout [New Paradise Laboratories], Hir, Ironbound [Simpatico], Sans Everything [Lightning Rod Special], Animal Farm to Table [Renegade], Avenue Q, Peter and the Starcatcher [Bristol Valley Theatre]. Eleanor produced A New Kind of Whole, a new play for the the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, as well as After Last Call...or How To Make A Play In 24 Hours, a 24-hour play festival that donated hundreds of dollars to The Rainbow Railroad. She was the assistant producer of the 2018 International Fringe Festival in Be’er Sheva, Israel. www.eleanorsafer.com.
paige zubel (assistant stage manager)
is a Philadelphia-based playwright, dramaturg, and producer. Her plays have been developed and produced internationally with companies including Berridge Conservatory (AMOS AND THE STARS, France), Normal Ave Productions (DEAD MEAT, NYC) and What If? Productions (A STRING BETWEEN MAN AND THE WORLD, NC). Her plays and prose have been published by houses including Smith & Kraus, One Act Play Depot, and Hashtag Queer. She is the Artistic Associate of Shakespeare in Clark Park, Resident Dramaturg of Paper Doll Ensemble, and a member of the Foundry, an emerging playwrights' lab partnered with PlayPenn. paigezubel.com.
is a Philadelphia-based playwright, dramaturg, and producer. Her plays have been developed and produced internationally with companies including Berridge Conservatory (AMOS AND THE STARS, France), Normal Ave Productions (DEAD MEAT, NYC) and What If? Productions (A STRING BETWEEN MAN AND THE WORLD, NC). Her plays and prose have been published by houses including Smith & Kraus, One Act Play Depot, and Hashtag Queer. She is the Artistic Associate of Shakespeare in Clark Park, Resident Dramaturg of Paper Doll Ensemble, and a member of the Foundry, an emerging playwrights' lab partnered with PlayPenn. paigezubel.com.
shayna freed (general management)
has spent the past seven years working in theater administration in Philadelphia, most recently as the Managing Director of EgoPo Classic Theater. In addition to providing General Management support for rail., she is currently the Grants Manager at Project HOME.
has spent the past seven years working in theater administration in Philadelphia, most recently as the Managing Director of EgoPo Classic Theater. In addition to providing General Management support for rail., she is currently the Grants Manager at Project HOME.
bryan buttler (media relations/press representative)
provides full-service public relations services for a wide variety of clients, with a specialization in the arts and entertainment industries. Select clients include Cirque du Soleil, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Arden Theatre Company, and others. They are thrilled to join Missing Bolts with this unique production. More information at bryanbuttlermediarelations.com.
provides full-service public relations services for a wide variety of clients, with a specialization in the arts and entertainment industries. Select clients include Cirque du Soleil, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Arden Theatre Company, and others. They are thrilled to join Missing Bolts with this unique production. More information at bryanbuttlermediarelations.com.
missing bolts productions (producer)
led by co-artistic directors Blair Baker & Zac Kline Missing Bolts Productions is an independent production group devoted to new work for stage & screen that explores characters searching for missing pieces in their lives. Past work includes: After Orlando: an international theatre action in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, performed at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in collaboration with Philadelphia Theatre Company and The Hour of All Things by OBIE-Winning playwright Caridad Svich at the Philadelphia International Women's Theatre Festival, featuring Blair Baker. Other work has been stage, developed and screened in New York, London and across the United States. www.missingbolts.org.
led by co-artistic directors Blair Baker & Zac Kline Missing Bolts Productions is an independent production group devoted to new work for stage & screen that explores characters searching for missing pieces in their lives. Past work includes: After Orlando: an international theatre action in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, performed at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in collaboration with Philadelphia Theatre Company and The Hour of All Things by OBIE-Winning playwright Caridad Svich at the Philadelphia International Women's Theatre Festival, featuring Blair Baker. Other work has been stage, developed and screened in New York, London and across the United States. www.missingbolts.org.