ABOUT THE PROJECT

Performed by Annie Lareau (as herself), Brenda Joyner (as Theo, Miriam, Luann, Nicole, and others), and Peter Dylan O’Connor (as Jeffrey, Turhan, Hank, Daniel, and others)

Directed by Makaela Milburn

Designed by Ahren Buhmann (Lighting & Video), Peter Dylan O’Connor (Set), and Rob Witmer (Sound)

Support by Andy Sharp (Technical Director & Stage Manager), Amy Thone (Text Coach), Erin Marguerite (Props & Assistant Stage Manager), Carter Grose (Rehearsal Stage Manager & Script Supervisor), Judith Shahn (Dialect Coach & Voice Over), Alyssa Keene (Voice Over), Joe Osier (Voice Over), Malcolm Ingram (Voice Over), Madi Kolb (Voice Over for herself)

SYNOPSIS

Annie Lareau adapts her memoir* of witnessing the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland into an ensemble theater piece with humor and compassion. Meant to be on the flight with 35 Syracuse University classmates, through a twist of fate she was left behind in London. This production weaves the lives of young artists with the voices of Lockerbie locals who responded to the tragedy, set against the backdrop of prophetic nightmares and a terrorist plot. Through grief, media scrutiny, and self-punishment, Lareau’s journey becomes a poignant tribute to treasuring relationships in an unpredictable world.

* If you happen to be a literary agent, publisher, or booking agent and are interested in this intellectual property, please contact us here.

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS

ANNIE LAREAU (Writer and Actor)

Annie Lareau has been a theatre artist in the Seattle and nationally for over 30 years. Recently she served as Artistic Director of Seattle Public Theater for eight years (Gregory Award for Theater of the year 2018) and Interim Artistic Director at ArtsWest (2015). (2004-2013).  She began her career performing improvisational comedy in Seattle, Orlando, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam and New Zealand. Her favorite acting roles include Mistress Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor (Seattle Shakes 2019), Elizabeth in Richard III (Seattle Shakes 2009) Antonia in My Antonia (Book-It 2008 Footlight Award)) and Maggie in Plainsong (Book-It 2005), and Nadia in Vertical Hour (ArtsWest 2008, Footlight Award). Her directorial work has been seen at the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Asian Community Theater of the Sierras, ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theater, Seattle Public Theater, On the Boards, Theater Schmeater and Annex.

BRENDA JOYNER (Actor)

Brenda Joyner is honored to help Annie tell this story with such a remarkable group of people. Seattle credits include: Snow Queen (Seattle Children’s Theater); Arms and the Man, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet (Seattle Shakespeare Company); As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing (Wooden O); The Call (Seattle Public Theater); Blues for Mister Charlie (The Feast);Crimes of the Heart (Village Theatre); The Glass Menagerie (Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Realistic Joneses, Festen, On The Nature of Dust(New Century Theatre Company); Bring Down the House, Titus Andronicus (upstart crow collective). Regional credits: King John, Bring Down the House (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); King John (Actors Theatre of Louisville).

PETER DYLAN O’CONNOR (Actor and Scenic Designer)

Peter is an actor, teacher, choreographer, director, scenic designer, technical director, producer, sculptor and ceramicist. As an actor, his favorite roles include: Sir Andrew Auguecheek in Twelfth Night, Blake in The Walworth Farce, Joe Mitchell in Waiting for Lefty, Charlie Conlin in Stones in his Pockets, Randy Rage in PileDriver!, Caliban in The Tempest, and Eric Bogosian’s one person show Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. Peter was a Co-Founding Member of New Century Theatre Company. He was also the Production Director for The 14/48 Projects. Peter taught in the production and theatre departments at Cornish College of the Arts for ten years and at Freehold Theatre for three years. In his off hours he builds houses in the Seattle area and looks for the next opportunity to travel.

MAKAELA MILBURN (Director)

Makaela Milburn is a director and program leader, specializing in stylized plays, new play development, and inclusive processes. Her work has been seen on the stages of New Century Theatre Company, ArtsWest, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Village Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Trinity Repertory, Intiman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Seattle Public Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts. Credits include: The Bed Trick (world premiere by Keiko Green), Cymbeline, The Big Meal, Really Really, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Legally Blonde, Sense & Sensibility, Figaro (new musical adaptation), Godspell, Love Horse, Eclipsed, What Once We Felt (by Ann Marie Healy), Frank Wildhorn’s The Civil War, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, The Learned Ladies, A Mouthful of Birds, Waiting For Godot, Marat/Sade and Bruise Easy by Dan Le Franc. She holds a BA from Vassar, and a MFA in Directing from Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium.

Based in Seattle, Makaela has been the Producing Associate at ArtsWest, New Works Associate and Writers Group facilitator at The 5th Avenue Theatre, and the founder of the Pipeline reading series at New Century Theatre Company. Most recently she served as the Associate Artistic Director at Seattle Shakespeare Company, driving EDI and anti-racist work through inclusive casting, care-centered practices, and a community-focused interrogation of how the classics matter today. More info & contact at www.makaelamilburn.wordpress.com

AHREN BUHMANN (Lighting and Video Designer)

Ahren Buhmann is a Lighting and Video designer based in Seattle. His previous shows include Swan Lake with the Honk Kong Ballet, Beautiful, Miss Step and Eastbound with Village Theatre, Disney Descendants and Legally Blonde: The Musical with Village Kidstage, The Moors, Hometown Boy, This Bitter Earth, Pipeline, Mala, Dry Land, Fade, Grounded, and Vanishing Point with Seattle Public Theater, Or, Nonsense and Beauty, White, The Revolutionists, Burn This, The Pride,and Annapurna with Theatre22, The Angel In The House with Café Nordo, Dear San Francisco with 7 Fingers, Solaris and My Antonia with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Parliament Square with Pony World, Cyla’s Gift with Samara Lerman, Out of Character, Angels in America, White Noise, and The Good Book with Berkeley Rep, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree with Chicago Opera and Opera Philadelphia, Earnest Shackleton Loves Me at the Tony Kiser,  Every Five Minutes with WET, The Who’s TOMMY with Seattle G&S Society, and Carefree with NJPAC. Ribbet.

ROB WITMER (Sound Designer)

Rob Witmer is a composer, musician, and sound designer from Seattle, Washington. He performed in “Broken Wide Open” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. His award winning compositions and sound designs have been heard at theaters such as Seattle Opera, ACT Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theater and Laguna Playhouse. His work has also been featured with Spectrum Dance Theater and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Rob performs regularly with several musical groups, including the Toucans Steel Drum Band, Carrie Clark, and the Love Markets. 

ANDY SHARP (Technical Director and Stage Manager )

A lifelong theatre artist, Andy graduated with a BFA in Design and Technical Theatre from the University of North Carolina in 1988. After pursuing a career as a home designer/remodeler and raising a family, Andy is excited to be back in the theatre where he belongs. He has been involved at The Fringe since 2022 serving as Technical Director for Doktor Kaboom (Pleasance Beyond).  He is a founding member of Actorcraft Productions in Tacoma, Washington performing both onstage and off-stage roles, most recently scenic designer and technical director for Mauritius.