Cast and creative

biographies

Catherine Buxton (Actor) is a theater maker from Portland. She would like to thank the METRO Breez bus and Tom Handel for getting her to and from Brunswick each night.

Thomas Ian Campbell (Dorian Gray) is a graduate from the University of Southern Maine’s Theatre program - some of his past roles at USM include "Tom Wingfield" in The Glass Menagerie and “Eilert Loevborg" in Hedda Gabler, as well as “Young Charlie” in AIRE Theatre’s production of Da and “Jeff” in Kimberly Akimbo at Madhorse. He also starred in the Off-Broadway premiere of ACT ONE and The May Queen at Good Theater. Thomas is also an award-winning local film director/writer, co- founder of The Campbell Bros. He thanks his friends and family for all their support, and hopes you enjoy the show!

Andrew Elijah Edwards (Actor) is an artist living and working in Brunswick, Maine. He has been performing with Al Miller for the past two years since moving to Maine from Colorado, depicting Sir Toby and Orsino in Twelfth Night and Ebenezer Scrooge in The Theater Project's recent production of A Christmas Carol. Andrew is an artist mentor at Spindleworks, a non profit art center for adults with developmental disabilities where he brings a fascination with the moving image to facilitating an environment for animation, video, immersive installation, and performance.

Tom Handel (Actor) has studied acting at Colby College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts East and Columbia University. He has acted and/or directed plays for River Company, Lincoln County Community Theater, Heartwood, Snowlion Repertory Company, Footlights Theatre and Lyric Theater. His favorite roles include Charlie and 7 other roles in Stones in His Pockets, Jerry in Zoo Story, Billy in Carousel, Erie in Hughie, Howie in Rabbit Hole and Mr. Rice in Molly Sweeney. This is his first show with The Theater Project and he has enjoyed it immensely. He is from New Jersey and currently lives in Portland.

Al Miller (Director) is the founder of The Young People's Theater and Theater Project. He moved to Maine from the Middle East a long time ago and is grateful to live here, to collaborate with old and young creative people and to have an exciting and loving family and a bright supportive partner.

Anna Mikušková (Actor) is a fine art photographer with a penchant for travel, adventure and martial arts.

Oscar Wilde (Writer) Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wilde’s plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play. Unconventional in his writing and life, Wilde’s affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of "gross indecency" in 1895. He was imprisoned for two years and died in poverty three years after his release at the age of 46.

cast

Thomas Ian Campbell Dorian Gray

Andrew Elijah Edwards Basil Hallward, Duchess of

Harley, Mr. Isaacs, James Vane,

Mr. Hubbard, Servant 1, Gamekeeper

Tom Handel Lord Henry Wotton, Mrs. Vane,

Victor, Adrian Singleton

Catherine Buxton Lady Agatha, Alan Campbell, Lady

Henry, Mrs. Leaf, Servant 2, Opium

Seller, Duchess of Monmouth

Anna Mikušková Sybil Vane, Hetty Merton

Creative Staff

Director

Scenic Consultant

Technical Director

Costume Designer

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

Stage Manager

Production Manager

Photographer

Theater Manager

Box Office Manager

Poster Designer

House Manager

Special Thank You To:

Nina Roth-Wells, JP Gagnon, Opie Dehahn, Sarah Wilbur, Karin Baard, Jason Rogenes, Tessa Price, Taverna Khione, Joanna Patterson, Amanda Dehahn, Nick Caruso, Anne Sturm, Christopher Price, Maine Theater Fund, Bryanna Alley, Nelson Mallory

thank you to our sponsor:

Nina Roth-Wells, LLC

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