Friday, January 31st | 7:30pm 

The Dramatists Guild 

The Mary Rodgers Room 

1501 Broadway, Suite 710 

Meet the Cast

Amy Berryman (Sheila)

Amy is a New York based actor and writer originally from Seattle by way of West Texas. As an actor, she was recently seen off-Broadway as Bertie in THE CONVENT by Jessica Dickey (Rattlestick/Rising Phoenix Rep). Her full-length plays include WALDEN (upcoming production with Flat Earth Theatre; Premiere Play Festival Runner-Up 2019), THE NEW GALILEOS (O’Neill Finalist 2019), and THREE YEAR SUMMER. Her play EPIPHANY was a finalist for Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries and is a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill 2020. Rising Phoenix Rep commissioned her play THE WHOLE OF YOU for Cino Nights in LA, directed by Daniel Talbott. The short film she wrote, co-produced, and starred in “You Are Everywhere” won Best Drama in the LA Short Film Festival 2018. amy-berryman.com

Jordan Gwiazdowski (Teddy)

Jordan is a television and commercial actor best known this football season for shoving a truly foul amount of hot dogs into his mouth for comedic effect. Theatrical credits include Burns in MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY (Luminous),  Yakov in SVELYATCHKI (IVP), Winston Puppet in CARTOON (YoungBlood), and  Hedwig in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Smithereens). jorgwi.com

Paco Lozano (Jack)

Paco has shared the stage with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Pedro Pascal, and many others, including Jonathan West! He has been directed by Morgan Freeman and Josh Charles. He can be seen on season 3 of Jessica Jones(NETFLIX), and has recent appearances on ‘God Friended Me’ and ‘Elementary (CBS). He is a super proud husband to Maiken and even prouder father to Galileo, his greatest accomplishment. pacolozano.weebly.com

Allie Babich (Reader Extraordinaire)

Allie is chuffed to bits to join in the fun this evening. Recently returned stateside after touring Japan with Disney on Classic, she has previously appeared with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the American Shakespeare Center, First Stage, Milwaukee Opera Theater, and Skylight Music Theater, among others. alliebabich.com

Alex Raby (Marla)

Alex is a Hoosier-born, New York based actress and writer with her MFA from the University of California, Irvine. Alex has been seen onstage at Chautauqua Theatre Company, The Pit Underground, Upright Citizens Brigade, the New Harmony Project, and the Indianapolis Fringe Festival. Favorite theatre credits include: CORIOLANUS (Aufidia), IN THE NEXT ROOM (Annie), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Beatrice), and BOEING BOEING (Berthe). alexraby.com 

SPECIAL THANKS TO…

The Dramatists Guild, Sam Van Hallgren, Kevin Rich, Elizabeth Audley, Carrie Murphy, Matt Daniels, Callan Suozzi-Rearic, Madeleine Emerick, Turk and the wisdom he possessed to buy a house like the one he did and help earlier iterations take form, the PU gang for helping me push a lot of things uphill, Arlene Hutton, The Barrow Group, P Suozzi for basically everything, D & C for keeping it real and reminding me “No one will hire you!”, and Coach Judy Bridges for giving my ass the kick it needed some years ago.

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

Thanks for coming to the NYC reading of SPOONING. You’ve heard the play, now I want to know what you think so I can make it better in a way where someday you are clamoring to see it again in a full production. I appreciate your honest feedback, and if you want to have coffee and talk about this in more detail be sure to check the correct box below (I’ll totally respond).

Oh, and if you find it helpful to refer to the play while you’re giving feedback, you can download your own copy HERE.