Brendan: Cast and Creative Team

BRENDAN CAST

Nancy E. Carroll and Dashiell Eaves

The cast of “Brendan” includes new-to-Boston actors and returning faces from previous Huntington productions. In alphabetical order:

• Nancy E. Carroll (Woman) is an Eliot Norton Award-winning actress who has appeared at the Huntington as Miss Erickson in “Present Laughter,” the Strega in “The Rose Tattoo,” and Mrs. Martin in “Dead End”;

• Ciaran Crawford (Steveo) appeared in two Ronan Noone plays in New York and was seen in the Breaking Ground Festival reading of “Smiler Becoming Yank”;

• Dashiell Eaves (Brendan) was in the Huntington’s “Observe the Sons of Ulster,” and appeared on Broadway in “Coram Boy,” “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” “James Joyce’s The Dead,” “The Sound of Music,” and “1776”;

• Natalie Gold (Rose), a TV regular, was seen on Broadway in “Festen” (understudy) and Off Broadway in productions of “Howard Katz,” “Twelfth Night,” and “Unfold Me”;

• Kelly McAndrew (Maria et al) appeared in the recent Broadway production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” She’s worked Off Broadway and in regional theatres;

• Kathleen McElfresh (Daisy, et al) graduated from Yale Drama School, appeared Off Broadway in “The Frugal Repast,” and has several regional credits, including Dallas Theatre Center’s “Pride & Prejudice”;

• Cliff Odle (Fred) understudied two August Wilson productions for the Huntington including “King Hedley II,” during which he performed seven shows;

• Tommy Schrider (Josh) previously appeared as Costard in the Huntington’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” His Off Broadway credits include “Acts of Mercy”; and

• Bradley Thoennes (Bum) was seen in “King of the Jews” at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and in New Repertory Theatre’s “The Pillowman.”

CREATIVE TEAM

Director Justin Waldman is the Huntington’s Artistic Associate and the producing artistic director of Next Stages, which he founded. He recently directed Ronan Noone’s “The Atheist” starring Campbell Scott for the Huntington. Other Huntington credits include assistant director of “Present Laughter,” “Persephone,” “The Cherry Orchard,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” “Sonia Flew,” and “The Rose Tattoo,” and director of readings “Alexandros,” “The Cry of the Reed,” “Mauritius,” “Persephone,” “Two Days at Home, Three Days in Prison,” and “Stabbing.”

Waldman’s other recent directing credits include productions at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, and the Summer Play Festival in New York.

The “Brendan” creative design team includes Scenic Designer Alexander Dodge ("Present Laughter", "Love's Labour's Lost", "The Rivals", "Butley"), Costume Designer Mariann Verheyen ("Present Laughter", "Love's Labour's Lost), Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter ("Kiki and Herb", "Trumbo", "A Month in the Country"), and Sound Designer Fitz Patton. Eileen Ryan Kelly is Production Stage Manager, Kelly Beaulieu is Stage Manager.

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