Alice Yorke (Lightning Rod Special) describes the process of devised theatre, Liz Filios (Actor/Musician) gives an oral history of Singin’ in the Rain, and Tai Verley (Revolution Shakespeare) tells us why Shakespeare should not be put on a pedestal. 

ABOUT ALICE YORKE: Alice Yorke is an original theatre-maker, a director, and a Barrymore-nominated actor. Co-Director of Lightning Rod Special and lead artist on LRS’s The Appointment, a “thoughtful and profoundly imaginative” abortion musical (NYTimes Critics Pick). Philadelphia Magazine named her Philly’s Best Theatre Talent in 2019. Proud grad of the inaugural class of the Pig Iron School. She loves the beach.

ABOUT LIZ FILIOS: Liz Filios is an actor, musician and teaching artist. She studied Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan, and has performed with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Inis Nua, Theatre Horizon, DelShakes, Delaware Theatre Company, the Wilma, the Arden, Act II Playhouse, People’s Light, PTC and the Walnut Street Theatre.

ABOUT TAI VERLEY: Tai Verley is an actor and teaching artist who moved to Philadelphia over 3 years ago from New York, where she was born and raised. She holds a B.A. in Drama from Vassar College and an M.F.A. in Acting from The New School for Drama. As an actor, she has worked professionally all around the US with companies like Elm Shakespeare Co., The Shakespeare Forum, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, Arden Theatre Co. and across the pond with the UK’s Old Vic New Voices program. As a teaching artist, she has taught students – young and old – under the aegis of Theatre Horizon, Delaware Shakespeare, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Thankfully and proudly, she is also member of Actor’s Equity Association and SAG-AFRA. She is also the Artistic Director of Revolution Shakespeare.

CAST: Rob Alesiani, Sarah Clemency, Keane Cobb, Frank Farrell, Marcely Jean-Pierre, James Knight, Lora Magaldi, Brenden Manklang Kingston, and Mike Marbach.