How to not save the

world with mr. bezos

by Maggie kearnan
Directed by Clay Hopper

Playing June 5-june 22, 2025
the Liebowitz blackbox theater

It’s illegal to be a billionaire, and Jeffrey Bezos has agreed to give an interview in exchange for information on the federal case against him. But there’s something off about journalist Cherry Beaumont, a crowd is forming outside, and the onstage Fact Checker has a few important clarifications to make. The fall of capitalism is about to get very messy. 

Note: This Show Contains Graphic Depictions of Violence and References to Drug Use.

Eliza Fichter and Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja with Playwright Maggie Kearnan in the background. Photo by Sophia Acquista
Shai Vaknine, Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja, and Stage Manager Kaleigh Cerqua Photo by Sophia Acquista
Fight Director Ryan Winkles and Costume Designer George Veale Photo by Sophia Acquista
Eliza Fichter and Maggie Kearnan Photo by Sophia Acquista
Director Clay Hopper and GB Public Artistic Director Jim Frangione
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Cast and creative team

  • Eliza Fichter

    Cherry Beaumont

    Eliza Fichter Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Noises Off (Lyric Stage Company); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Servant of Two Masters (Lanes Coven Theater); Morning, Noon and Night (Company One); The Minutes (Umbrella Stage Company); Kill the Magistrate (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); The Crucible (Nora Theatre/Bedlam); The Revolutionists (Central Square Theater); Matchless & The Happy Prince (Underground Railway Theater). A multidisciplinary artist from Massachusetts, Eliza also works as a printmaker. B.F.A. Boston University, M.Ed. Harvard University. elizafichter.com.

  • Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja

    Bezos

    Noah Ilya Alexis Tuleja  is excited to be working with Great Barrington Public Theater for the first time. Selected Regional: Gray in The Broken Machine, Nicodemus/Lady Enid in The Mystery of Irma Vep (Silverthorne Theater); Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Saratoga Shakespeare Company); Claudius in Hamlet (ArtFarm); Clown #1 in The 39 Steps (New Century Theatre); Hamel in Out of Sterno (Gloucester Stage Company); Sicinius in Coriolanus (Actors Shakespeare Project); He is Chair of the Film Media Theater Department at Mount Holyoke College and Founding Director of The Players Project at the UMass Amherst, Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.

  • Shai Vaknine

    Fact Checker

    Shai Vaknine is incredibly excited to be working on his first professional production this summer! Shai is a recent graduate of Boston University’s School of Theatre, where he received his BFA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in acting and directing. Previous theatre credits include: La Bête (Prince Conti),Three Sisters (Kulygin), and Uncle Vanya (Yefim). Previous TV credits: Homeland (Gabi). Education: LaGuardia High School (Drama Studio) Accademia Dell’Arte (Semester in Physical Theatre)

    Instagram: @shai.vaknine

    Website: shaivaknine.com

  • Maggie Kearnan

    Playwright

    Maggie Kearnan (she/her) is a Boston-based playwright, and member of the Boston University MFA playwriting class of 2025. How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos was produced in the Boston Playwrights' Theatre Fall Rep Festival in November 2024. Her plays have been produced at Boston College, Newton Theater Company, and the Boston Theater Marathon. Maggie is also a director, performer, educator, and scenic artist with a small TikTok following, sharing tips for painting theatrical sets for theater educators with limited resources.

  • Clay Hopper

    Director

    Associate Artistic Director Olney Theatre Center 2019-12 Director of the National Players, Summer Shakespeare Festival at OTC 2006-12 Selected Directing credits: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Ceaser, Romeo and Juliet, and Amadeus. Farragut North, Triumph of Love, The 39 Steps, Call of the Wild by Jon Lipsky. Director of Classic Repertory Company New Rep Theatre from 2012 – 2016: Great Expectations, 1984, Animal Farm, Juilius Ceasar, Midsummer, Of Mice and Men. On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning: CATF Actor’s Lab, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot: Emerson Stage, Much Ado: CSC Stage II, King Lear: College of Wooster. Off-off-Broadway: A Home Without Clarke Studio Theatre Different Zen Third Eye Rep, Earthworms The Working Group, Triage, The Interrogation The Miranda Theatre.Senior Lecturer in Directing at BU’s College of Fine Arts School of Theatre Member SDC