Bro's Night
By Jordan Richards
Bios
JORDAN RICHARDS - Playwright, Director, Dave
Jordan Richards is never afraid to take big risks and he talks about what happens when you die all the time. He is South Floridian, part iguana, and got his Acting BFA from Florida State. He wants to thank The Chain for having him back for his 3rd production with them, and thank you for coming to see the show. IG: @jordanrichardsactor
BENJAMIN LANG - Greg
Benjamin Lang is a proud native of Queens, New York. He holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and studied dance at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. He is represented by ATN Entertainment.
EYTHEN ANTHONY - Voice
Eythen Anthony (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based comedian, playwright, and actor. He’s an Emory University graduate, cohost of the comedy podcast “That Trackz,” and writer for “The Limbo Talk Show.” You can see Eythen on comedy shows all over Brooklyn, especially at the BCC, Telephone Room, and Pine Box Rock Shop. IG: @eythen_anthony
EMMA PILLOW - Assistant Director, Voice
Emma Pillow (she/her) is a Manhattan, NYC-based performer. She recently appeared in indie short “Pauline + Mary,” and Investigation Discovery’s “Mean Girl Murders.” BFA: University of the Arts, Musical Theatre. IG: @el_pillow
How to Trap a Cockroach
Written by Isabel Mehta
Directed by Isabel Mehta and MIRANDA SIMON
Bios
ISABEL MEHTA (Playwright, Co-Director)
Isabel Mehta is a writer based in NYC, and How to Trap a Cockroach is her first play. Her writing can be found on her Substack "Everything is Copy" and in The New Critic, where she is also an assistant editor. She graduated from Harvard in 2024 with an A.B. in English. She'd like to thank anyone who has ever read or spoken her words, and especially her parents, who never cut short the bedtime stories.
MIRANDA SIMON (Co-Director)
Miranda Simon is so excited to co-direct How to Trap a Cockroach. Recent credits include directing Desert Animals and Hand to God at Gallery Players, The Seagull at St. Lydia's with Solid Flesh Company, and serving as a PA intern for Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks. @miranda.sim / @mirandasimondirects
JIA DIXIT (Stage Manager)
Jia Dixit is an actor and rising senior at Columbia University where she is studying Theatre and History. Her recent credits include Trojan Women (Barnard Theatre Department), Footloose (Columbia Musical Theatre Society), and The Puritan Widow (British American Drama Academy). This is her first time stage managing!
ANUKA SETHI (Tara)
Anuka Sethi is an India-born, Dubai-raised, and New York City–based actor. Recent credits include The Thousand and One Nights (La MaMa, directed by Ghina Fawaz), Alexandria (Pop Up! Productions/Dixon Place), The Wolves (SoHo Playhouse), Sightings (Philipstown Depot Theatre, directed by Traci Mariano), and the award-winning short film Hide & Seek (streaming on TasveerTV). BFA: NYU Tisch. anukasethi.com
JAY ARORA (Sanath)
Jay Arora is newly based in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to that, he spent three years in Washington, DC. He is thrilled to be part of this diverse, collaborative production. Past credits include King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Tom Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
MALINI SINGH MCDONALD (Sudha)
Malini Singh McDonald, a native New Yorker, holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School and an MPA and BA in Theatre Arts and English Literature from Baruch College. Select directing credits include the award-winning Notes from a Narcissistic Negro, the award-winning Daphne and Lakshmi Counts Her Arms and Legs, Torch Song Trilogy, The Colored Museum, and The Wiz (Liberia). Recent acting credits include Alien Anchors and Excavating My Family. Founder of Theatre Beyond Broadway, Malini promotes independent artists and produces works. She is a Woman of Distinction honoree for contributions to media, arts, and culture.
PRIYAL SAHAI (Indira)
Priyal Gupta Sahai is a New York City–based actor and director. Recent credits include Nina in The Seagull (Playwrights Horizons), Casca in Julius Caesar (SITS), and Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina: a riff (Notch Theater Co.). She is honored to be a part of this South Asian story and beautiful cast. BFA: NYU Tisch '26.
SHAMAR JAMES (Mookie Wilson/Vin Scully)
Shamar James is an actor and screenwriter based in NYC. His recent theatre credits include Last Days of Downtown at the Center for Theatre Research and Henry IV, Part I for the Foul Fiend Theatre Troupe in Brooklyn. His upcoming credits include a starring role in the short film Giant Hearts, releasing later this year. He would like to thank the entire cast and crew of How to Trap a Cockroach for a wonderful experience.
In A Blind
Written by Eric Conger
Directed by Youlim Nam
SYNOPSIS
Two brothers in Indiana in 1967 lie in a hunting blind on the eve of the younger one’s departure for college.
Bios
Eric Conger(Playwright) has had plays produced at the York Theater Company in New York, the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Center Theater in South Carolina, and numerous stock and regional theaters. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater’s Playwrights Unit. ericcongerwriter.com
Youlim Nam (Director & Producer) is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist from Seoul, Korea, working across theater, film, and performance as an actor, playwright, producer and director. Her original work has been presented at NYC venues including Chain Theatre, HB Playwright Theatre, Gene Frankel Theatre, and Theatre Row. In 2026, she was selected as a Resident Artist at HB Studio with her bilingual full-length play New Year's Day (Sae Hae), and was thereafter invited as an Artist-in-Residence at the Six Viewpoints Institute Residency at Salisbury University. Nam is a member of Actors' Equity Association, the Dramatists Guild of America, and Axial Theatre.youlimnam.com
Tom Ryan(Sean). Native to Seattle, Tom has been active in theatre since 2016. Studying at Michael Howard Studios from 2019, he continued working in film and theatre, most recently as Nils Krogstad in an off-Broadway production of A Dolls House, and in film projects such as the MGM+ series Let the Devil In.
Justin Dusenbury (Ryan) is an NYC-based actor. Theater credits: Macbeth (Shakespeare on The Sound), Banksy (Schimmel Center), Blackout (Columbia University). Film credits: The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd (Tim Blake Nelson), Awakening of Edwin Lorde (Brian J. Carter), Keturah (Ellie Gravitte). Training: BFA in Acting (Film/TV), Pace University; Michael Howard Studios. @justin.dusenbury