90039: Frogtown - Anaxyrus Boreas

Written by: Daniel Hirsch
Directed By: Sara Lyons
Episode Available: December 2, 2021

First time home buyers Isa and Hannah are thrilled to be moving into their updated Craftsman style bungalow, but a near-Biblical plague of unexpected intruders pushes the couple to really get to know all of their neighbors in this environmental parable of city dwellers learning to share space.

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* This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement

CREATIVE TEAM:

Series Host – Ramón de Ocampo
Audio Producer, Sound Designer, and Foley Artist – Jeff Gardner
Co-Designer – Andrea Allmond
Original Music – Ellen Mandel
Production Stage Manager – Ben Altman
Audio Editor – Neil Wogensen

Cast

Carolyn Ratteray*
Isa
At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure. Other Theatre: Gem of the Ocean, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Imaginary Invalid, Tartuffe (A Noise Within); Father Comes Home from the Wars (Mark Taper Forum); The Cake (Echo Theatre Company and The Geffen Playhouse); Pygmalion (Pasadena Playhouse); The Mountaintop (Garry Marshall Theatre); How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Theatre@ Boston Court). TV/Film: Grey’s Anatomy, Lincoln Lawyer, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, The Young and the Restless, Seasons of Love, Riley Parra. Training: BFA, New York University; MFA, The Old Globe, USD.
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Rebekah Tripp
Hannah
At ANTAEUS: Uncle Vanya, MacBeth, Peace in Our Time. Other Theatre: A Moon for the Misbegotten (Rubicon Theatre), Nice Things (Rogue Machine), Andronicus (Coeurage Theatre Company),Belfry (Malibu Playhouse), The Liar (The Ensemble Theatre), RII (Boston Court). TV/Film: Why Women Kill, Pretty Boy, Can You Take My Picture. Member: AEA. www.rebekahtripp.com.
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Alex Alpharaoh
Bernard
Alex’s recent credits include Cesar in Lolo (Company of Angels), Anner in WET: A DACAmented Journey (Kirk Douglas Theatre Digital Stage), Creon in Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus El Rey (Kirk Douglas Theatre Digital Stage), Puppet in the world premiere of Always Running, based on the national best selling book by Luis J. Rodriguez (Casa0101 Theatre), Eye-G in O-Dogg: An Angeleno Take on Othello (REDCAT’s NOW Festival). Recent film credits include Huehueteotl in Andrew Vasquez’ El Llano En Llamas. Social Media handles - FB/IG/TW: @alpharaoh www.dacamentedjourney.com  
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Production Team

Daniel Hirsch

Writer
DANIEL HIRSCH is a playwright, screenwriter, and journalist based in Los Angeles. His theatrical work has appeared at the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival (a 2019 winner), Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Theatricum Botanicum, Great Plains Theatre Conference, and as part of Antaeus Theatre’s Playwrights Lab. He is a two-time recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation screenwriting prize and is in development on a feature film with MarVista Entertainment. His journalism has appeared in Slate, Matter, The Bold Italic and has been the recipient of a Society for Professional Journalism award. MFA: Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.

Sara Lyons

Director
SARA LYONS is a Los Angeles-based director. Their work has been presented nationally and internationally by REDCAT (BBC, BigBlackOctoberSurprise), Los Angeles Performance Practice (I’m Very Into You), Coeurage Theatre Company (Vendetta Chrome), The Wattis Institute, OUTsider, SFX Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, HERE Arts Center, LaMaMa, Edinburgh Fringe, and more. MFA: Carnegie Mellon University. Sara teaches at UCLA and Sarah Lawrence College, and their critical writing is published by Contemporary Performance and riting.org. www.Sara-Lyons.com
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
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