Happy Merry
Michael P. Adams, Writer
Michael P. Adams is a performer, writer, and producer. She is the creator/performer of solo shows Modern Love, and Polly Polly. Her full-length plays include Next to Him, I Will Miss You When You’re Gone, Cam Baby, A Girl Lives Alone and others. Her work has been developed or presented at Great Plains Theatre Conference, Roundabout Theatre, Premiere Stages, Kitchen Dog Theatre, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Canadian Stage Festival of New Ideas and Creation, among others. As an actor, she has appeared in shows with Necessary Angel/Luminato, Tarragon Theatre, SummerWorks, Sudbury Theatre Centre, the NAC, and many times at the Toronto Fringe. She went to Juilliard.
Chris Millar, Director
Chris is a native Texan freshly returned and replanted from many years in Los Angeles. Chris studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Rick Podell, Chick Vennera, and Milton Katselas, and trained in improv at I0 West of Hollywood. He has acted, directed, and produced theater in Los Angeles and is a member of Sacred Fools Theater Co. In addition to stage work, Chris has written and directed short films, one of which progressed to final jury in USA Film Festival's National Short Film competition.
Meet the Cast
Olivia Cinquepalmi, Nell
OLIVIA CINQUEPALMI (Nell) is so grateful to be a part of A Light in Dark Places and the mission that surrounds it. She has always believed in the power of the arts to heal, connect, and create conversation, and this beautiful collection of plays does that and more. Olivia's recent credits include The Cake (Theatre Arlington), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (The Classics Theatre Project), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Theatre3), The Last Wide Open (Circle Theatre), and Everybody & Romeo and Juliet (Stage West Theatre). Olivia is a proud OCU alum and is represented by the Kim Dawson Agency. All the love to this incredible team and everyone in her corner.
"There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it." -Amanda Gorman.
Stephen Brodie, Ezra
Stephen Brodie is an actor, a writer, and a filmmaker. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, such as FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, acting alongside Lenny James, Disney's THE LONE RANGER, acting alongside Johnny Depp and William Fichtner, and PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, as well as the horror-thriller THE RAKE and recently-released horror-drama THE LAST POSSESSION. As a filmmaker, he has produced featured films, as well as written, directed, and produced a number of short films. He was also once beaten up by Gary Coleman. This is Stephen's second appearance in A Light In Dark Places, and he's very grateful for being invited back.