Milo de Venus at The Glitter Box Theater

Milo de Venus is a world premiere play by Brian Pope, featuring local Pittsburgh actors Joanna Getting, Hazel Leroy, Jalina McClarin, Max Reusing, and Mike Zolovich, directed by Shannon Knapp and stage managed by Sarah McPartland. A young artist (McClarin) spends money she doesn't have to pay for an art class from a famous local visual artist (Getting) only to find out that the man (Reusing) she has been messaging on Tinder is the class's model.

This is the inaugural production of Non-State Actors, a laboratory for creating risky performances that are entirely new, devised, and local. For more information email nonstateactorspgh@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/nonstateactorspgh/

Brian Pope (Playwright) is a Philadelphia-born and Pittsburgh-based playwright and theatre critic. His plays Paper Trail and The Elephant Walkhave been produced by Pittsburgh Playwright Theater (11th Annual Festival in Black and White, WinnerBest Play Silver), Yinz Like Plays?! (Pittsburgh Original Short Play Series), and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (Variety Hour: Multiple Choice Locally Sourced). His work has also been seen as assistant director (#ViralContentGenerator), stage manager (Alarum Theatre), co-lyricist (MTAP), and English Writing/Theatre Arts student (University of Pittsburgh). Currently, you can read his coverage of pop culture and local theatre at (Pop) Culturally Informed https://popculturallyinformed.com/ and Pittsburgh in the Round http://www.pghintheround.com/

Shannon Knapp (Director) is a local director, producer, and sound designer who works as the Volunteer Coordinator for Throughline Theatre (sknapp@throughlinetheatre.org) and the Production Manager for folkLab: in our voices (folklabseries@gmail.com). Selected credits include The Grand Duke (Assistant Director, Pittsburgh Savoyards) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Sound Design Assistant, Pittsburgh Public), Belfast Girls (Sound Designer, Ghostlight Theatre), Cloud 9 (Sound Designer, Throughline Theatre), In the Next Room (Assistant Director, Throughline Theatre), Ciara (Assistant Director, Quantum Theatre), How the Other Half Loves (Dramaturg, PICT), Measure for Measure (Creator/Director, Cincinnati Fringe), #ViralContentGenerator (Creator/Director, Pittsburgh Fringe), Iphigenia & Other Daughters (Director, Alarum Theatre), Waking Dream (Director, Between Us Productions).