Killer

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center

Written by: Steve Apostolina

Directed by: Gregg T. Daniel

Set in south Texas where Jesus and football rule, Dixie home cares for her wheelchair-bound son Randall, who has suffered a traumatic brain injury. “Reaction Sports” is coming to interview Dixie, her family and Randall’s best friend and high school football teammate, Devonté, for possible inclusion in a future episode. National exposure could spark donations to help with Randall’s astronomical health care costs, so it is imperative that the interview goes well. But with exposure comes truth - and truth can be filled with killers.

Cast

At ANTAEUS: The Crucible, Top Girls, Uncle Vanya, Diana of Dobsons, The Winter’s Tale. Other theatres (select): La Mirada Theatre, L.A.T.W., EST/LA, New Canon Theatre Company (Monterey), Book-It Rep (Seattle), Harlequin Productions (Olympia), MainStreet Theatre, Will Geer Theatricum, and the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, where Shannon recently performed in the American premiere of the new musical Bluebeard’s Castle. Film credits include The Dangle (Best Short at the CA International Film Festival), The Unknown, and the upcoming shorts Seasons and When You Sleep. As a writer, Shannon has made the Top 50 List in the Nicholl Screenwriting Competition and been a finalist for fellowships from Stowe Story Labs, among others. Thanks to years spent living an alternate life at sea, Shannon holds a Merchant Marine license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Education: LAMDA and Princeton University.
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Mark Doerr

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PASTOR
A member since 2000, Mark has been seen on the Antaeus stage in The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Malcontent and Peace In Our Time. Los Angeles area work includes: Grail Project, Big Shot, TRACK 3 & The Treatment (Theatre Movement Bazaar); Little Black Shadows (South Coast Rep); Mirette (MainStreet Theatre). Broadway: The Visit w/Jane Alexander and Harris Yulin, Off-Broadway: Sharon:The Musical, adapted/directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald. A Juilliard School graduate, Mark has studied Shakespeare in Oxford, Chekov in Moscow and musical theatre in Ann Arbor. Proud Equity member since 1992. More delicious tidbits: markdoerr.com
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At ANTAEUS: Picnic, You Can’t Take It With You, The Autumn Garden, Tonight at 8:30, and many ClassicsFest readings and workshops. Regional: Berkeley Rep, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Laguna Playhouse, The Public Theatre, Trinity Rep, Indiana Rep, Actors’ Theatre Of Louisville. Stages throughout Los Angeles including work with Evidence Room, Rogue Machine, East West Players, Boston Court, Actors’ Gang, Padua Playwrights, and Odyssey Theatre. Her work has garnered nominations and awards from LA Weekly, Backstage West, and LA Stage Alliance Ovations. Film and tv credits include Seinfeld, ER, The Marc Pease Experience and Love, Liza.
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At ANTAEUS: Twelfth Night, The Little Foxes, The Hothouse, The Liar, Macbeth, Peace in Our Time. Other Theater includes: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, New World Stages, Boston Court Pasadena, Fountain Theatre, Moving Arts, Rogue Machine Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Skylight Theatre Company and The Troubadour Theater Company. 

Film credits include: The Wolf and the Lamb, Alien Vacation, Sisters, Paper Marriage, Blonde, The 11th Green, Bad Samaritan, Fishing Naked, New Year’s Eve and The Soloist. TV includes: Good American Family, Suits LA, Good Trouble, NCIS: Los Angeles, Batwoman, Mom, Dynasty, Little Fires Everywhere, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Mad Men, Eli Stone, Everwood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson’s Creek. Education: Northwestern University. Spouse: Heather Allyn. Pug: Houston. robnagle.com @nagdoggie
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Production Team

Gregg T. Daniel

Director
Gregg T. Daniel most recently directed, “End of the Line” by Peppur Chambers (Antaeus, Zip Code Plays, Season 2), The Road Theatre Co’s. season premiere of Harrison Davis Rivers,”This Bitter Earth”(recorded on multiple cameras). Other credits include August Wilson’s, “Gem of the Ocean” A Noise Within (2020 Ovation Nominee-Best Production of a Play), Lanie Robertson’s, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” & Katori Hall’s, “The Mountaintop” Garry Marshall Theatre. West Coast premieres of Mfoniso Udofia’s, “Her Portmanteau” Boston Court Theatre & Tearrance Arvelle Chisolm’s,”Br’er Cotton” Lower Depth Theatre. With Rogue Machine, Lorraine Hansberry’s,”Les Blancs” (Ovation-nominated, Best Director), the L.A. premiere of Greg Kalleres’, “Honky” (nominated Best Director, Comedy), Lorraine Hansberry’s, ”A Raisin in the Sun” at A Noise Within (Ovation nominated, Best Director) & a revival of Alice Childress', “Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White” Antaeus Company (Winner Stage Raw Award–Best Revival, Best Ensemble). Gregg is the Artistic Director/Founding member of Lower Depth Theatre (Lower-Depth.com). He is married to actress, Veralyn Jones.

Steve Apostolina

Playwright
Steve Apostolina (Playwright) Antaeus Theatre: Broken (Lab Results with Laura San Giacomo). Other Theatre: Forever Bound - Atwater Village Theatre (Ovation Award Nomination), Flight of the Penguin (Drama-Logue Award), T.N.T. and Cold in Hand (2x Neil Labute Playwright Festival finalist), Elevator Repair - Open Fist, Embroiled – NJ Rep and dozens more. Dramatists Guild, Antaeus Playwright’s Lab and Under Construction. Forever Bound was read at Williamstown Theatre Festival with Amanda Seyfriend and Tommy Sadoski. New plays include Killer and Derelict in Fairville. Also an actor/director, he has made his living as a VO actor for over 30 years. See IMDB.
*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