Kevin O’Rourke (Martin) has performed on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Spoils of War, and Alone Together, as well as The City of Conversation at Lincoln Center, Outside Mullingar at The White Heron, The Night Alive at John Drew, and productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, Roundabout, Long Wharf, Primary Stages, and Baltimore’s Center Stage. Locally, Kevin has both directed and performed with Williamstown Theatre Festival and has appeared in several Barrington Stage Company productions. Roles on television include Madam Secretary, Law and Order, The Sopranos, Outsiders, Elementary, and Veep. He also won a SAG Award for his role as Edward Bader on Boardwalk Empire and was nominated for his role on AMC’s Remember Wenn. His film credits include The Irishman with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, American Pickle, Vice Versa, The Aviator, Tattoo, and Freeheld. As a director, Kevin staged the NY premiere of Abi Morgan’s Tender, Jonathon Draxton’s Soldier at HERE Arts Center, and The Physicists at Williamstown Theatre Festival. In 2005, he founded the Williams College Summer Theatre LAB and for 10 years served as its Artistic Director. In 2021, Kevin appeared in The Christopher Boy Communion and he is thrilled to return to GBPT.

Peggy Pharr Wilson (Sarita) GBPT: Public Speaking 101, Dad. Barrington Stage Co (Associate Artist): Boca, America v2.1, Gas Light, His Girl Friday, The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, Guys & Dolls, Carousel, Laramie Project: Epilogue, 10x10 New Play Festival (2012-2023). BAT: Aloyisius in Doubt (nominated Best Actress Broadway World). Shakespeare & Co: Leap Year. New York: Six Women with Brain Death (co-author; performed in Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City). Regional: 10 seasons with Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado performing over 50 roles, including Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Best Actress Ovation Award Denver Post), Shirley Valentine, Josie in Moon for the Misbegotten, and Mac in 3 Viewings. Several readings at BPL. Many other regional credits, including Dallas Theatre Center, Theatre 3, Kansas City Rep, Unicorn, KC Lyric Opera, White River in Vermont, and Rose Theatre in Chicago. Married to GBPT Managing Director Tristan Wilson.

Brenda Withers (Playwright) is a writer, actor, and founding member of the Harbor Stage Company on Cape Cod. Her plays include The Kritik, Matt & Ben, JORDAN, and Northside Hollow as well as commissioned adaptations of Cyrano, Ubu Roi, and The Lodger. They have been developed and produced at places like 59E59, Portland Stage (Clauder Prize, Edgerton New Play Award), Northern Stage, the Kitchen, Two River, and Amphibian Stage. Recent onstage credits include the Guthrie, Actors Theatre of Louisville, A.R.T., McCarter Theatre, the Folger, and Hartford Stage. Brenda studied drama and religion at Dartmouth College, is a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, and was a playwright- producer with The Pool (The Ding Dongs). She has enjoyed playwriting residencies with New Georges, the Camargo Foundation, and the Huntington.

James Warwick (Director) has been a resident US theatre director since 2000. He trained as an actor in his native England at the Royal Central School in London and played leading roles in London’s West End and on national tour. The Rocky Horror Show, On the Spot, Pride and Prejudice at The Old Vic, The Family Dance, the title role in Dr. Faustus, Secret Life of Cartoons, The Rivals, A Winter’s Tale, The Real Thing, etc. James first came to the US to play Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband on Broadway. He then played King Arthur in Camelot on national tour. He has been featured in many UK TV series, including Lillie, Dr. Who, and Tommy Beresford in Partners in Crime for BBC/ PBS Masterpiece Theatre. Back in the U.K.: Dr. Who and a four-part series of The Bell by Iris Murdoch. In the US, Murder She Wrote, Babylon 5, Civil Wars, Home Improvement, and the voice of Qui Jon Jinn in Star Wars. In 2018, he directed Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally for Shakespeare & Company, followed by The Children by Lucy Kirkwood, Ionesco’s The Chairs, and Lee Blessing’s A Walk in the Woods, which received Top Production of the Year in The Berkshire Eagle. Earlier this year James directed Native Gardens for the Majestic Theatre in West Springfield and later this year, he will direct the world premiere of Donald Margulies’ new play at S&C, Lunar Eclipse.