Candis C. Jones (Director) Upcoming: Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater). Selected Credits: 53% Of (Alliance Theatre), Trapt (Joe's Pub), House of the Negro Insane (Bay Area Playwrights Festival), Pipeline (Detroit Public Theater), shadow/land (Faultline Theater), Nike (A.C.T. New Strands Festival), Gloria (American Academy), The Wolves (American Academy), Brother Rabbit (New Black Fest), Name Calling (Kennedy Center), New Shoes (The Drama League), Morning in America (Primary Stages), TEMBO! (Zanzibar International Film Fest). Awards and Fellowships: Lilly Award, WP Theater’s 2018-2020 Lab, Drama League Alumni. candiscjones.com

Daryl Fazio (U/S PJ/RJ) is happy to be back at the Alliance after developing and appearing in the showcase of her new play Safety Net for the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab. Atlanta: Bull in a China Shop (Out Front Theatre), Safety Net (Theatrical Outfit world premiere), Boy (Theatrical Outfit), Split in Three (Aurora Theatre), Beulah Creek (Found Stages), In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Synchronicity Theatre). Regional: Alabaster workshop (Florida Rep). As playwright, she’s been produced by theatres from Atlanta (Actor’s Express, Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre) to off-Broadway. B.A. Theatre: Northwestern University. darylsplays.com 

Meg Harkins (U/S Vicky/Victor/Vivan) is thrilled to make her Alliance debut! Recent credits: Ella Enchanted (Synchronicity Theatre), Cinderella the Remix, Goosebumps the Musical (Aurora Theatre), The Threepenny Opera (7 Stages). B.A Theatre and Performance Studies, B.S. Journalism and Citizen Media from Kennesaw State University. Lots of love to her parents for their constant support!

Clare Latham (Sue/Stan/Sasha) An Atlanta native thrilled to make an Alliance debut. Until recently, based in London: Off-West End Award-nominee for major UK revivals of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Doubt, A Parable (Southwark Playhouse). Select UK/Int’l theater: My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Lebanon Premiere, EU Theatre Festival, Beirut); UK Premieres of Blue Surge and Don’t Smoke In Bed (Finborough Theatre), and Tennessee Williams’ Green Eyes (Hotel Plays). Made NY debut onstage in Soho Rep’s Fairview at TFANA. TV: “Mr Robot,” “Suspicion.” Core Ensemble member of UK theater company The Faction. Training: NYU-Tisch (B.F.A.); Drama Centre London (M.A.).

Rhyn McLemore Saver (Vicky/Victor/Vivian) is thrilled to return to the Alliance, after appearing last season in Ever After (Suzi nomination, Best Supporting Actress). Other Atlanta credits: Fun Home, Stupid F*cking Bird, Company (Actor's Express), Safety Net (Theatrical Outfit), The Cake (Horizon Theatre) Dot (Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre), The Bridges of Madison County, Split in Three (Aurora Theatre). Off-Broadway: Dot, directed by Kenny Leon (Billie Holiday Theatre); Sheldon Harnick’s A World to Win (York Theatre). Favorite regional credits: Violet (title role), The Crucible (Gallery Players), The Sound of Music (Sierra Repertory), The Spitfire Grill (Cape Fear Regional Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Our Town (WV Public), The Crucible, The Comedy of Errors (NC Shakespeare Festival). B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University. rhynmclemoresaver.com

Emily Nedvidek (U/S Sue/Stan/Sasha) is ecstatic to be making her Alliance Theatre debut! She is an Atlanta native with a BA from Wake Forest University and a Masters from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). Select Atlanta credits include MAC|BETH (Synchronicity Theatre), Christmas with the Crawfords (Out Front Theatre), Bullets Over Broadway (GET). Upcoming: 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Stage Door Players). Thanks to her friends and family for their constant love and support, and to Jody and Candis for this wonderful opportunity. Enjoy the Green Stuff! @enedvidek

Mary Ruth Ralston (PJ/RJ) is very excited to make her Alliance debut. She is an Atlanta native and an Artistic Associate with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company. Recent credits around town include Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte and Romeo and Juliet with ASC, and Working, the Musical with Out of Box. 

Melanie Sheahan (U/S Denise/Derek/Dana) is a graduate of the University of Georgia and of Aurora Theatre’s 2019 Apprentice Company. Recent credits include: Indecent (Theatrical Outfit), La Cage Aux Folles (Out Front Theatre), Frankenstein’s Ball (Found Stages), Max Makes a Million (Alliance Theatre), Newsies, Beat Bugs: A Musical Adventure, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Aurora Theatre). Melanie is represented by People Store Talent Agency. Lots of love to her friends, family, and the wonderful team behind this show.

Ali Skamangas (Leslie/Larry/Lucy) is thrilled to make her Alliance debut. She recently appeared at the Delacorte Theater in the ensemble of Coriolanus (The Public Theater). She holds an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program (Class of 2019), where some of her favorite credits include Hamlet, Brainpeople, Three Days in the Country and The House of Blue Leaves.

Hanley Smith (Denise/Derek/Dana) is thrilled to return to the Alliance and her hometown! Previously at the Alliance: Fan/Martha in A Christmas Carol. Other favorites: Venus In Fur (Fulton Theatre); The Last Five Years (Syracuse Stage, directed by Jason Alexander); In The Next Room (Gulfshore Playhouse); She Loves Me, The 39 Steps (Gretna Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Pioneer Theatre), Major Barbara (Portland Center Stage). Hanley is also a proud member of the folk trio A Band Called Honalee, and she serves on the board of her comedy troupe, A Drinking Game NYC. B.A. Davidson College. Love to family and friends!

Dorcas Sowunmi (KJ) is excited to be making her Alliance Theatre debut! Select Credits: Tiny Beautiful Things (The Old Globe Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Indiana Repertory Theatre and Syracuse Stage), Nollywood Dreams (Cherry Lane Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Mary Stuart & Measure for Measure (The Stratford Shakespeare Festival), Macbeth SS! (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). TV: “Happy!”, “Modern Love”, “Search Party,” and “Chicago Code.” Training: M.F.A.  Acting, The University of Texas at Austin, The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Training, and The School at Steppenwolf. Love and thanks to my family, friends, and Kreindler/Super Management for their continuous support. dorcassowunmi.com / @sowunmi_the_queen

Gabrielle Stephenson (U/S Leslie/Larry/Lucy) feels so lucky to be working at the Alliance for the first time!  She has worked as a scenic artist, set designer and actor at a number of theaters in Atlanta and North Carolina, such as: Atlanta Lyric Theatre, The Legacy Theatre, Marietta Theater in the Square, Burning Coal Theatre Co., Temple Theatre and more. She is a proud graduate of Christopher Newport University.  Love and thanks to her husband, family and friends for their continuous encouragement. To view previous work, please visit gabrielleactor.com and gabriellescenicartist.com

Brittany Nicole Timmons (U/S KJ) is a native of Washington, DC. She received her B.F.A. in Theatre Acting from N.C. A&T State University. AGGIE PRIDE!!! Brittany is ecstatic to be working with Alliance. Recent credits: “Domestic Damages” (New African Grove), “The Rerooting” (Impact Theatre), Tapas Festival (Academy Theatre), “CountDown"  (Strand Theater, MD), "Our Christmas Dinner" (Blue Gate Theatre, IN), "The Wiz"  (Burning Coal Theatre, NC), "Hairspray"  (Temple Theatre, NC), "Showtime in Harlem"  and "Black Nativity" (Barn Dinner Theatre, NC). Brittany is grateful and humbled for what God has done and is doing; she believes His will over her life.

Lex Liang (Costume Designer) is delighted to be returning to the Alliance, where his past designs include Nick’s Flamingo Grill, Candide, Troubadour, Into the Woods, and many others. Other Regional: Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Asolo, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Geva Theatre, The Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Woolly Mammoth, and others. NYC/Off-Broadway: 50+ productions—recent work includes Antigone, Nine Circles, and The Bacchae. He is the founder and owner of LDC Design Associates, an experiential event design and production company in NYC. Recent projects include Ubuntu Pathways: Fight for Good, Operation Smile’s 35th Anniversary Gala, The Tony Awards Gala, and BCBG’s 30 Year Retrospective NYFW 2019. Member, United Scenic Artists-829. LexLiang.com

Steph Del Rosso (Playwright) is a writer based in New York. Her plays include: 53% Of (Alliance/Kendeda winner), The Gradient (Victory Gardens Ignition Festival), Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill (The Flea), Machinalia (JACK), Are You There? (UC-San Diego), You’re Crazy (a play with karaoke) (IAMA New Works Festival), and Life Savers. Her work has been developed at The Kennedy Center, The Lark, Ojai Playwrights’ Conference, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Colt Coeur, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, New York Stage and Film, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and others. She is the 19/20 Shank Playwright in Residence at The Public Theater and is an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and Clubbed Thumb's Emerging Writers' Group. She is commissioned by Studio Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse and teaches Playwriting at NYU.

Haddon Kime (Original Music & Sound Designer) is a composer, lyricist and sound designer. His rock musical co-adaptation of The Snow Queen (winner NYMF 2014) has been performed by over 40 theater companies worldwide. Off-Broadway: Ring Twice for Miranda, The Atheist (with Chris Pine), Haymarket, The Blowin of Baile Gall. Alliance: The Red Room: An Underworld Cabaret (Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab Winner), One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Managing Maxine. Regional: As You Like It, The Death of A Novel, Game On (San Jose Rep), Proof (George Street Playhouse). Atlanta: Music and Lyrics for Wicket: A Parody Musical (Dad's Garage), Richard III (Georgia Shakespeare), Resurgens & Blackberry Winter (Out of Hand), The Thrush and the Woodpecker (Actor’s Express). Haddon is a Theatre Bay Area and two time IRNE award winner. Hear more at haddonkime.com

Jayson T. Waddell (Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre for his tenth season. At the Alliance, he’s worked on such productions as Courtenay’s Cabaret: Home for the Holidays, Becoming Nancy, Approval Junkie, Ever After, Nick’s Flamingo Grill, Candide, Crossing Delancey, Troubadour, Moby Dick, Born for This, Tuck Everlasting, The Geller Girls, A Christmas Carol, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Broke, Sex and the Second City, Next to Normal, Holidays With the Chalks, and Bike America. At Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Oliver, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty, and Young Frankeinstein. At the Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare in Love, I <3 Juliet, Hamlet, Q Gents, Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and A Winter’s Tale. Jayson graduated from the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.