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Birthday Candles
By Noah HaidleBirthday Candles
Birthday Candles
By Noah HaidleSoutheastern Premiere
Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 107th. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century.
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Cast
Freddie Lee Bennett*
Rod Brogan*
Sarah Colt*
Susan Haefner*
Peter Kendall*
Rachel Moulton*
Freddie Lee Bennett is excited to make their return to Florida Studio Theatre for their 5th production. Regional credits include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest; Shakespeare Theatre Company, City of Conversation; Arena Stage, The 39 Steps; Rhinoleap Theatre, Twelfth Night; Pioneer Theatre Company FST; Ruied, Shotgun, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Cancellation of Lauren Fein. TV; Harlem- Prime, Inventing Anna, The Watcher- Netflix, Law&Order- NBC/Peacock. Freddie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Instagram @freddieleebennett
Rod Brogan | FST— The Lehman Trilogy; Network; My Lord, What A Night; American Son. Broadway—MTC: Mauritius. Off-Broadway—Irish Rep: Beyond The Horizon; Burial At Thebes; Mint: Mary Broome; Irondale: Treasure Island. National Tour—Doubt. Select Regional— Guthrie, Old Globe, Palm Beach Drama Works, Riverside Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Ivoryton Playhouse, Contemporary American Theater Festival. Film/TV—The Winning Season; Major Dad (series regular); Homeland; Manifest; Unforgettable; Oz; Third Watch; One Life To Live; Law & Order. Video Game: Grand Theft Auto 5. Education—MFA: Old Globe. IG @rodbrogan
Sarah Colt is grateful to be back! FST: Troubadour, Take It to the Limit, Divas. Recent regional: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Engeman Theatre) Wizard of Oz (Arizona Broadway), Jersey Boys (Mill Mountain Theatre) along with productions at Moonlight Stage, Weathervane Theatre, Westchester Broadway, and many more. She can be seen performing all over NYC with her band, retro grade. Follow @retro_grade_music and @sarahthecolt on instagram for more updates! Marymount Manhattan, BFA. Rep: Tiera Ashley/FSE.
Susan Haefner is honored to be back at FST, having last appeared in The Prima Donnettes at Court Cabaret. Recent regional: Come From Away and Beauty and the Beast at Northern Stage, White Christmas at Weston Theater Company, The Wedding Binder at Seven Angels Theatre, and The Effect at Shaker Bridge Theatre. Broadway credits: State Fair, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and 42nd Street. Tours: Billy Elliot and Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. FSU/Asolo Conservatory, MFA. Member: AEA.
Peter Kendall | Off-Broadway: SMILE (J2 Spotlight), SLAM FRANK (The Asylum), PERFECT CRIME (Theatre Center). Regional: CRAZY FOR YOU (Ogunquit Playhouse), MAMMA MIA! (OAT), ALIBI (Bristol Riverside Theatre), PERFECT ARRANGEMENT (Hippodrome Theater), DRACULA (Centenary Stage Company), VANYA, SONIA, MASHA & SPIKE (Half Moon Theatre). National/International Tour: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS, PADDINGTON GETS IN A JAM, THE ILLUSIONARIUM. Film/TV: The Girls on the Bus (HBO), Hotbed of Hate (Discovery).
Rachel Moulton | With this production, Rachel and Kate Alexander celebrate their 10th collaboration together. Since 2012, 17 productions (including 5 world premieres) at FST. Rachel is in her 7th Season as an Associate Artist and her 3rd Season FST’s Director of Education. NOTABLY AT FST: Ugly Lies the Bone, Grounded, Maytag Virgin, Paralyzed, Heisenberg, Honor Killing, Alabama Story, and Curious Incident of the Dog…. SELECT REGIONAL: Pioneer Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage, and Florida Rep. OFF-BROADWAY: The Mint, Theatre 777, and Zelda Fitzgerald in the world premiere of This Side of Paradise (Theatre at St. Clement’s). TRAINING: Syracuse University, B.F.A., Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Shakespeare & Company (trained under Dennis Krausnick and Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer). Proud union member of AEA (20 yrs). RACHELMOULTON.com
Creative
Director | Kate Alexander
Scenic Design | Isabel & Moriah Curley-Clay
Costume Design | Madison Queen
Lighting Design | Andrew Gray
Sound Design | Nicholas Christensen
AEA Stage Manager | Shira Lebovich*
Stage Management Interns | Carissa Ater & Kate Johnson
* Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Tremendous humor and energy