CAST

ANNIE HOGAN 
HATTY in F.U. AIR

Annie (she/her) is thrilled to revisit Hatty, having originated the role in GoTo Production’s short film this year. Annie is an ensemble member at The Artistic Home, where her acting credits include Grace in Requiem for a Heavyweight (Jeff nomination, Performer in a Supporting Role), The School for Lies (Celimene), The Time of Your Life (Mary L) and Summer on the Patio: The Sugar Wife (Hannah). Other Chicago acting credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) with Midsommer Flight, The Mark of Kane (Portia) at City Lit, and 42 Stories (Alice), also by Douglas Post, at City Lit. Many thanks to Scott, Doug, and most of all, Jeff.

TRICIA ROGERS 
GWEN in A PASSENGER’S BILL OF RIGHTS

Tricia (she/her) debuts her Go To Productions show. Additional credits include: Trap Door; Organic Theatre; Idle Muse Theatre; Broken Nose Theatre; Pride Films & Plays; Chemically Imbalanced Comedy; Stage Left Theatre; Collaboraction Theatre; The Annoyance Theater and several others.

PRODUCTION TEAM

JUSTICE FORD 
DIRECTOR of TALK! and LET IT SEAR, BLISTER, AND BURN

Justice (she/her) is an actress, arts educator, writer and so much more hailing from the Southside of Chicago. In Bronzeville, she grew a passion for the arts that lead her down the halls of ChiArts, as a student in their inaugural class (2013). After high school, college life wasn’t too promising so she tried her hand as a teaching artist and fell deeply in love with it. Justice has worked with a local organization that teaches theatre to youth impacted by the juvenile justice system, the August Wilson Outreach Program, and is currently an acting teacher at her alma mater. She also has been a finalist in Complex Magazine’s “Good Looking Out” series for her podcast “unapologetic.” (2018), a recipient of the Golden Key Award from the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards (2010), regional winner of the Goodman Theatre’s “10-Minute Play Festival” (2012), and most recently has been invited to direct a number of shows across the city, including The Artistic Home Theater and Congo Square Theatre. Justice believes wholeheartedly that art saves lives, and as she continues to allow that to manifest in her life she hopes that she is allowed continually opportunities to live out her purpose: to share stories and heal through art.

RACHEL SLAVICK 
DIRECTOR of BOUNCE! and TUM TUM & MABEL

Rachel (she/her), GoTo Productions board president, is a TTS alum (MFA Acting) and adjunct professor, is also a founding teacher at The Chicago High School for the Arts (Chiarts). As a director and actress in the Chicago Theatre community, she is most proud of her work with playwright Hannah Ii-Epstein, having directed the mainland premieres of the first two of the North Shore Trilogy; Not One Batu and Pakalolo Sweet. She is also the board chair at Jackalope Theatre, where she has been privileged to both act and direct. She is the mother of two adult children, Isabelle Ruby and Leo Isaiah.

SCOTT WESTERMAN 
DIRECTOR of F.U. AIR, NUMBER 163, and A PASSENGER’S BILL OF RIGHTS

Scott (he/him) is the founding Artistic Director of Go To Productions. He created and directed the web series Hamlet & Ophelia which won Best Picture at the New York Film Awards, Best Web Series at the LA Film Awards, and Best Mobile Series at the 2022 New Media Film Festival. He has directed stage productions for Citadel Theatre, The Artistic Home, City Lit, ChiArts, Chimera, beyond this point, Barter Theatre, Stage Left, The Smithsonian Institution, and Reverie Theatre Company. Scott is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, an ensemble member with The Artistic Home, represented by Gray Talent Group, a professor of Acting at Elgin Community College, and a teaching artist with Lookingglass and Writers Theatre. He has an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Academy. As an actor, Scott has worked with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Lookingglass, Northlight, The Shakespeare Theatre and Ford’s Theatre in DC, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, the Warehouse Theatre in South Carolina, and the Barter Theatre in Virginia to name a few. On Camera credits include Chicago Fire, Machine Gun Preacher, and Prison Break. www.ScottWesterman.org

FRANK NALL 
PRODUCTION MANAGER

Frank (he/him) is ecstatic to be working with all the fine folks involved in Go To Productions. He was last seen as Dr. Wertham in The Seduction of Innocence at City Lit Theater. A member of the Artistic Home Ensemble, Frank was in their production of Malapert Love as Phischbreath (nominated jeff for best supporting). Other Chicago credits include: Giles Corey in the Crucible at Invictus theater (nominated for ensemble); Elder Jay in Citadel’s The Christians; Jay in Lookingglass Theater’s production of Her Honor Jane Byrne, Frankenstein (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Jeff Award winner) and Traitor as Howard (A Red Orchid Theatre, Jeff Award winner). Film and TV credits include: the CNN reporter from Spygame, Transplant surgeon on Empire, Carlisle on Boss, and assorted commercials. Frank has an MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.

DEVON CARSON 
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Devon (she/her) has served as editor for several of Go To Productions film projects including “Hamlet & Ophelia,” “F.U. AIR,” and “@ben.volio” (unreleased). She is also an actor and director, and has been a member of the Artistic Home Ensemble since 2016. Most recent directing credits include “Witch” (Director), "The Pavilion" (Assistant Director). Recent acting credits include Mary in “Bad People” at Artistic Home Summer on the Patio, Elizabeth Proctor in "The Crucible" at Invictus Theatre, Martina in "Refuge," at Theo Ubique (NE Jeff Winner - Best Ensemble), and "The Woman" in The Artistic Home's Summer on the Patio production of "The River." As a professional recording artist, she was recently featured in the show “Work in Progress," S2 E3. Her punk band, Airstream Futures released their final record, "Armer L'harmonie" in 2022. She'd like to thank her husband, Tom, for making her life better every single day.

LUKE STEADMAN 
STAGE MANAGER

Luke (he/him) is a Senior at NorthEastern Illinois University. He is majoring in Communication, Media and Theatre. Luke has been a part of live theater for as long as he can remember. His most recent credits include performing as The Boy in Black Bear Island by Karissa Murrell Meyers (Stage Center Theatre), Kyle/Jo in Holler River by Caridad Svich (Stage Center Theatre), and P.J in Kindred Spirits (Artistic Home). Luke has stage managed for the 2022 Summer On The Patio run of Malapert Love (Artistic Home), and even directed a play called You Don't Know Me for The Artistic Home’s 2019 Cut To The Chase play festival. From acting, directing, and even building the sets you see, Luke has been proudly achieving his theater dreams, and he hopes you enjoy the shows tonight, and that you take something away from the beauty you see unfold. Shout outs to his friends and family!

CATALINA NINO 
SCENIC DESIGNER

Catalina (she/her) is proud to be designing the set for the 2024 Go To New Play Fest. Currently, she is designing Dear Elizabeth for Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. and Seussical for Shakespeare Napa Valley. Recent credits include: Es Una Vida Maravillosa, Shakespeare Napa Valley; The Mousetrap, Citadel Theater Co.; Dot and The Kangaroo, Bravo Performing Arts; St. Sebastian, Refracted Theatre Co.; and Water By The Spoonful, San Francisco Playhouse. Regional work includes Fiddler On The Roof, The Berkeley Playhouse; In A Word, San Francisco Playhouse; Emperor Jones, New City Company at the Cyclone Warehouse, SF.; The Fantastic, Los Altos Stage Co.; and Pirates Of Penzance, San José Children’s Musical Theater, among others. Catalina grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. She earned her BA in Visual Arts in France, then relocated to the Bay Area where she received her MFA in Set Design before moving to the Chicago area. Visit: www.catalinanino.com

BRYAN BACK 
LIGHTING DESIGNER

Bryan (he/him) is excited to be working with Go To Productions on this New Play Fest. A multi-faceted designer and technician, Bryan can be found working around Chicago across multiple disciplines. His home base is the Theatre School at DePaul University, where he works as the Sound Shop Supervisor. He also enjoys working with high school students to nurture the next generation of theatre artists; working at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, and the National High School Institute at Northwestern University.

PETTER WAHLBACK 
SOUND DESIGNER

Petter (he/him) is an award-winning Swedish composer and sound designer working out of Chicago. Petter’s main areas of focus are music for media and performing arts. Recent theater sound and music credits include Eurydice, Requiem for a Heavyweight, By the Bog of Cats, Ada and the Engine, and Vanya on the Plains by the Artistic Home, and Defacing Michael Jackson and The Book of Merman (Flying Elephant Productions), and The My Way Residential (The Irish Theatre). Petter also composes music for film and dance.

JULIA FARRELL DIEFENBACH
PR

Julia (she/her) is the Director of Marketing and Community Engagement for Shattered Globe Theatre and the Managing and Marketing Director for Artemisia Theatre, Chicago's Feminist Theatre. She previously served as the Director of Marketing and Social Media for Haven Chicago and as the Associate Artistic Director of The Halogen Company, an award-winning immersive theatre company in Los Angeles. A graduate of Columbia College of Chicago with a degree in directing and a minor in stage combat, Julia has collaborated with numerous Chicago theaters, including Victory Gardens, Collaboraction, Broken Nose Theatre, Citadel Theatre, and Firebrand Theatre. Certified as an Intimacy Captain by the ICC, she also freelances as a director and dramaturg, bringing her expertise to a variety of theatrical projects.

IAN MERRITT
GRAPHIC ARTIST, WEB DESIGN

Ian (he/him) is an artist and a high school visual arts educator with over thirty years of filmmaking, photography, graphic design, and advertising experience. He is currently a Photography & Filmmaking teacher at the Latin School of Chicago and the Evanston Arts Center. Select clients have included Infiniti Motor Company, CNN, Workshoppe Chicago, MINI USA, Absolutely Kosher Records, uni-ball, Cars.com, Spool Marketing, JagJaguar Records, Hefty & Reynolds Consumer Products, Fast Company, D&W Law Group, Passport Global Flavors, Sharpie, KMart, Subaru of North America, Sears, Mercedes-Benz of North America, Yahoo, Gawker Media, Road & Track Magazine, Bentley Motors, Boeing, Hot’ Doug Sohn. www.ianmerritt.com

LARRY GENI
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Larry Geni has designed, built and been a scenic artist for stage productions including City Lit Theatre’s Pigs Have Wings and The Belle of Amherst; the Savoyaire’s Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, Yeomen of the Guard, Ruddigore, Thespis, and The Sorcerer; Reverie Theatre Company’s Wintertime; Ars Viva’s Amahl and the Night Visitors; Piccolo Theater’s The Artful Widow and Mr. Punch; Evanston Chamber Opera’s Hansel and Gretel, Joseph’s Gift, and Those in Peril; Parigas Theater’s Iolanthe; and The Artistic Home’s Macbeth.

ALEX TRINH
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Alex (he/him) is an Audio Engineer and Sound Designer in Chicago. He studied at Tribeca Flashpoint with an AFA in Sound Design. His most recent works include: First Date (Oil Lamp), Romeo and Juliet (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Baby (Citadel), She Loves Me (Citadel). He has also worked and appeared in films and commercials such as The Tsunami (AMP) and Glitter Card (GKoh and Cash App)  

JASON CLARK
CARPENTER

DARREN CANADY 
PLAYWRIGHT of TUM TUM & MABEL and LET IT SEAR, BLISTER, AND BURN

Darren’s (he/him) work has been produced at Sound Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Aurora Theatre, the Alliance Theatre, Congo Square Theater, Horizon Theatre, London’s the Old Vic Theatre, M Ensemble, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American Blues Theater, and others. His awards include the Alliance Theater's Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award, Chicago’s Black Excellence Award, the Black Theatre Alliance Award, and the American Theatre Critics Association’s Osborn Award. His work has been developed at the Fremont Centre Theatre, Premiere Stages, and Playwright’s Realm. He is an alum of Carnegie Mellon University, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, The Juilliard School. He is also an alum of Primary Stages’ Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, the Playwright’s Center’s Core Writer Group, and Midwest Dramatists Center. He is an artistic affiliate with American Blues Theater. He currently teaches playwriting at the University of Kansas.

STUART A. DAY 
PLAYWRIGHT of TALK! and BOUNCE!

Stuart (he/him) is an alumnus of Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and Cornell University. He is an award-winning teacher, mentor, and playwright, who currently leads the KC Metro campus of the University of Kansas, a satellite that serves first-generation students, transfer students, and working adults. Day is an advisor to higher education leaders across the US, Dean of the School of Professional Studies, and Managing Editor of the Latin American Theatre Review. In his role as Professor of Spanish, he has taught and published extensively on Mexican and Latin American political performance; recent books and editions include Outside Theater: Alliances that Shaped Mexico (University of Arizona Press) and Performances that Changed the Americas (Routledge). He also disseminates theater through the publication of numerous anthologies that are used widely in teaching Latin American theater, and through play productions.

DOUGLAS POST
PLAYWRIGHT of F.U. AIR, NUMBER 163, and A PASSENGER’S BILL OF RIGHTS

Douglas’s (he/him) plays, which include Bloodshot, Cynical Weathers, Drowning Sorrows, Earth and Sky and Murder in Green Meadows, and musicals, which include God and Country, The Real Life Story of Johnny de Facto and The Wind in the Willows, have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Canada, England, Wales, Germany, Austria, Russia, China and South Africa. He has also been commissioned to write screenplays for Warner Bros. and NBC, teleplays for WMAQ-TV, and several radio adaptations of his scripts. On three occasions, he has been selected to develop his work at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and once at the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference. He has received the L. Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Award, the Midwestern Playwrights Festival Award, the Cunningham Commission Award, the Blue Ink Playwriting Award and three Playwriting Fellowship Awards from the Illinois Arts Council, and has been nominated for three Joseph Jefferson Awards, a Suzi Bass Award and an Emmy Award. Mr. Post lives in Chicago where he has composed songs and incidental music for over twenty-five productions, teaches playwriting and theatre appreciation at the University of Chicago Graham School, and serves on three committees for the Dramatists Guild of America.

MISSION: Go To Productions develops projects that explore the nexus between live theatre and film, making and producing art that is broadly accessible, both practically and intellectually, and which connects a wide community of audiences and artists.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Rachel Slavick - Chair, Justice Ford - Vice Chair, Julia Zuniga - Secretary, Ian Merritt - Treasurer, Abby Geni - Trustee

STAFF: Scott Westerman - Artistic Director