Will McInerney, Tom Hayes, and More to Star in BROTHERHOOD Off-Broadway

Executive Producer Joel Edwards, Director Andrew Koenig and Playwright Jon Tlapek make their off-Broadway debut with the play BROTHERHOOD. Performances will take place in The American Theatre of Actors' John Cullum Theatre as a double feature with the play RUINS. The shows open Tuesday, September 26, 2017, and closes Saturday, September 30, 2017.

What happens when you throw four young people in a basement and give them weed, alcohol, video games and a machete? BROTHERHOOD is a suburban dark comedy that wrestles with dynamics and power plays between young people desperate for validation and identity-even if it means finding it in the most toxic relationships.

Produced by Joel Edwards, directed by Andrew Koenig, and written by Jon Tlapek, BROTHERHOOD features set designs by Trevor Dotson. The cast includes Will McInerney, Tom Hayes, Kaitlyn Sacco and Jon Tlapek. The production team, creative team and ensemble all make their off-Broadway debuts with this production. The show will be performed at The American Theatre of Actors' John Cullum Theatre.

BROTHERHOOD is one of seven shows chosen to be sponsored this year by The Araca Project, an initiative of The Araca Group (producers of Urinetown, Wicked and A View From the Bridge) to foster young entrepreneurs from Syracuse University, University of Michigan, Florida State University, Yale University and Northwestern University. Each year, The Araca Project selects artists to participate in a producing intensive which culminates in a New York production. The BROTHERHOOD team earned their BFAs from Abilene Christian University and completed the Tepper semester at Syracuse University, qualifying them to apply for The Araca Project.

Tickets for BROTHERHOOD can be purchased for $15 on TodayTix or on www.brotherhoodoffbroadway.com. Tickets for BROTHERHOOD as a double feature with RUINS are $20.

Performances for BROTHERHOOD will begin at 8:15pm each night.

For more information, visit www.brotherhoodoffbroadway.com.

BIOGRAPHIES

Kaitlin Sacco (Miriam) is from Houston, Texas, and thrilled to be making her NYC debut with BROTHERHOOD. Recent credits: Grease (Bigfork Summer Playhouse), 42nd Street (BSP), Shrek (BSP), Ghost: The Musical (ACU). She enjoys drinking coffee, eating french fries and climbing mountains-in no particular order. BFA Musical Theatre from Abilene Christian University. Endless love to family and friends.

Tom Hayes' (Wyatt) previous New York credits include Den of Thieves (Little Tuna) at The Medicine Show Theatre, 28 Years Later (Marcus) at The 13th Street Theatre and Cymbeline (Cloten) at Cap 21. Other credits include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Danny), Measure for Measure (Lucio), Speed-the-Plow (Bobby) and Translations(Doalty) at Syracuse University. He would like to thank the entire Brotherhood team and The Araca Project for giving him the opportunity to be a part of this very talented cast.

Will McInerney (Dean) is thrilled to be in a production with some of his best friends! He graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2016 where some of his favorite shows included Les Miserables (Marius) and Ghost: The Musical (Carl). Will has spent the past year auditioning for a variety of theatrical and film productions as well as participating in films for Colombia's MA of Film Studies program. He also recently participated in a web-series headed by Funny or Die and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon writer Cirocco Dunlap.

Jonathan Tlapek (Reed) is excited to make his off-Broadway debut! Jon is a Chicago native who recently graduated with a BFA from Abilene Christian University. He would like to thank The Araca Project for this opportunity, as well as the producers, all his friends, family and his wonderful wife for their constant support.

Joel Edwards (Executive Producer) is ecstatic to bring this show to life alongside such an amazing team of young artists! Joel was general manager for a reading of The House of...Poe at NYMF this summer, executive producer for 24 HR Musical's High School Musical at Abilene Christian University and has experienced theatre as an actor, director, stage manager, music director, dramaturge and choreographer. Joel is a proud graduate of Abilene Christian University and the Tepper Semester through Syracuse University. Special thanks to Araca, my ACU family, my Edwards Family and (of course) to the Brotherhood. www.joelsedwards.com

Andrew Koenig (Director/Assistant Producer) is excited to be creating theatre with such a talented team. A recent Acting/Directing BFA graduate of Abilene Christian University and the Tepper Semester, Andrew has spent his first year in New York auditioning and making time to pursue his other lifelong passion: making rent. Andrew is unspeakably grateful to Araca and his family for giving him the opportunity to pursue theatre in NYC.

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