Max Pendergast founded The Brouhaha Theatre Project with Nick Auer, and co-directed its first three productions: Tunnel Odyssey, Wrestling with Lesbians, and Research & Development. Other Directing credits include The Castle of Perseverance, The Pirates of Penzance, and Black Cat Lost by Erin Courtney. Stage Management credits include MYTHO? (Abrons Art Center), BLDZR the musical (The Triad), I’m Bleeding all over the Place: A Living History Tour (La Mama), And That’s How the Rent Gets Paid (The Kitchen), The Egg Progect (Fringe NYC), and Billy the Kid (Mount Tremper Arts).

Nick Auer is a director, stage manager, performer and sound designer. In 2015, he co-founded The Brouhaha Theatre Project with Max Pendergast and has co-directed Brouhaha's first three productions: Tunnel Odyssey (Prospect Park), Wrestling with Lesbians (The Tank), and R&D (Dixon Place, The Keep). Other directing highlights include an immersive adaptation of Apollinaire's early surrealist play The Breasts of Tiresias, staged in a suburban home. He also works with experiential dance-theater company Third Rail Projects and has been an Assistant Stage Manager on The Grand Paradise, Ghost Light (LCT3), and Behind the City. He has a BA in Theater with a focus in Directing from Bates College.

Sam Myers grew up on the scrubby plains of central Wyoming, studied English at Bates College, spent a semester developing a screenplay at FAMU in Prague, and then landed in Brooklyn. He did dramaturgical work for the Public Theatre in Lewiston, ME, and has since worked as a playwright's assistant in New York City and as the Literary Fellow at Playwrights Horizons. He is currently Terrence McNally's assistant. He appeared in and wrote Brouhaha's R&D: a nightmare in three flowcharts.

Mary Anne Bodnar is a dancer, choreographer and writer based in New York City. Her work combining standup comedy and modern concert dance has been shown throughout New England, most recently at the Estrogenius Festival in NYC. After graduating from Bates College, she trained with the Vertigo International Dance Program in Jerusalem, Israel where she performed works by Rina Wertheim and Shizuka Yamaguchi. She is thrilled to be working with Brouhaha Theater Project’s summer production of Heydays.

Dan Kuan Peeples is an actor and a writer. He most recently appeared in Brooke O'Harra's I'm Bleeding All Over the Place (2016, La MaMa), John Jesurun's Shadowland (2015-16, La MaMa), Jeff Weiss and Richard C Martinez's And That's How the Rent Gets Paid (2015, The Kitchen), and Brouhaha Theatre Project's Tunnel Odyssey (2016). Writing credits include: Wrestling with Lesbians (2015, La MaMa) and Tunnel Odyssey (2016). He is a graduate of the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Program and the recipient of an Honors Thesis in Theatre at Bates College.

Hanna Allerton is a performer from New York City who majored in Theater and Environmental Studies at Bates College. She recently performed in The Brouhaha Theatre Project’s R&D: a nightmare in three flowcharts and Tunnel Odyssey. Before that, she appeared in Jeff Weiss’ And That’s How the Rent Gets Paid at The Kitchen. Other stage performances include The Summer in Gossensass, The Castle of Perseverance, Big Love and A Doll’s House. She currently works at Success Academy and is a member of the Friend’s Committee at the non-profit New York Cares.

Daina is a Kenyan born actress, living in New York City. After graduating from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she has had the pleasure of working on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta); This Changes Everything (Klara), Much Ado About Nothing (Don John) and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Mary Magdalena). Daina is glad to be a part of this production and grateful for the opportunity to work with such a talented company.

Ciaran Walsh is an actor and an impressionist from Washington D.C. He has performed in shows including Jeff Weiss and Richard C. Martinez's And That's How the Rent Gets Paid (2015, The Kitchen), The Aliens (2015), and Brooke O'Harra's The Summer at Gossensass (2014). Ciaran is excited to work with Brouhaha in his first performance in New York City since returning from South America, where he was living between 2015-2017. Ciaran is a graduate of American Conservatory Theater's Summer Training Congress, and holds a BA in Theater with a focus in Acting from Bates College. He is currently studying with Austin Pendleton.

Annette is a New York based actor and teaching artist. She is a company member with Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, NJ. Recent credits include: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (upcoming), Circle Mirror Transformation and Core Values (Mile Square Theatre); In the Middle of Nowhere and Changed (documentary theatre series created with The Omaha Theater Co); Ed & Mo (Dixon Place/Rat Queen Theatre Co); Metamorphoses (The Arsht Center), as well as numerous short films. BFA: University of Miami. www.annettehammond.info

Tom Mezger is a Brooklyn-based actor and improvisor. Originally from Sacramento, he graduated from Boston College in 2014 (Theater Arts and Psychology). He was most recently in Pip's Island, an immersive children's theater experience. Tom regularly performs with his improv team dangertown! and is a fiercely proud yet humble member of poHa.

Alexandra is a dancer/choreographer/arts administrator. She received her BA in Dance from The George Washington University and her MA in Arts Administration from Columbia University. She currently works in the Dance Division at The Juilliard School. This is her third production with The Brouhaha Theatre Project, having previously choreographed Research & Development and R&D. She is looking forward to performing in her first show with the company.

John Goodman is a performer and web developer currently living in Brooklyn. His performing background is mostly in comedy and improv, and he's worked with the Brouhaha Theatre Project since the first iteration of Research & Development. As a performer his previous shows include the Castle of Perseverance and Twelfth Night, and as a developer he focuses on visually-rich interactive experiences, including this, the promotional website for Heydays.

Lydia O'Brien graduated from Bates College with a degree in English and a minor in Theater, with a brief hiatus studying Italian food culture during her semester in Rome. Since Bates, she has worked as an assistant to Julia Sherman, author of Salad for President: A Cookbook Inspired by Artists; taken courses at the Institute of Culinary Education; and launched her own website, Little Manhattan Kitchen. Lydia now works in cookbook publishing as part of the editorial team at Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, imprints of Penguin Random House. She has designed the menus for Brouhaha's 2017 Benefit, the May 2018 Soiree, and the Immersive Farm Dinner, an ongoing project.