Theatre People,
or The Angel Next Door

by Paul Slade Smith
directed by Mark Shanahan

In this rollicking comedy, young Oliver Adams is on the brink of a major success. His novel The Angel Next Door is set to be published, and famed Broadway playwrights (and married couple) Charlotte and Arthur Sanders have already adapted his book for what is sure to be a huge stage hit. And who do they have their eye on as the leading lady? Margot Bell, of course, the very person Oliver adores and about whom he has written his novel (though he hasn’t told her yet). When they all converge for a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, the thin walls of the well-appointed mansion reveal that the angel may not be angelic, and only the power of theatre can save the play, Oliver’s novel, and perhaps most importantly, his heart.

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  • Jacqueline Antaramian

    CHARLOTTE SANDERS

    Broadway credits include DR. ZHIVAGO, SOUL DOCTOR, CORAM BOY, MASTER CLASS, MARY STUART, and JULIUS CAESAR with Denzel Washington. Other New York and Reginal credits span THE PUBLIC THEATER, THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, THE LINCOLN CENTER, THE MCCARTER THEATRE, THE KENNEDY CENTER, THE INTIMAN, BERKELY REP., THE DENVER CENTER, A.C.T., THE WILMA, and THE OLD GLOBE THEATRE. She received the 2006 BARRYMORE AWARD for Best Actress for NINE PARTS OF DESIRE. A veteran of over 100 regional productions, favorite roles include Hedda, Regina, Serafina, Masha, Elvira, Candida, Mary Stuart and over a dozen leading women in Shakespeare, including Cleopatra, Tamora, Emilia, Q. Elizabeth, Volumnia and Gertrude. TV & Film credits include THE OLD MAN (with Jeff Bridges), AHSOKA, HOMELAND, SUCCESSION, MANIFEST, AMERICAN GODS, COUNTERPART, ARCHIVE 81, SEARCH PARTY, THE TICK, JESSICA JONES, Law & Order, SIDE EFFECTS and THE SIEGE.

  • Joe Delafield

    OLIVER ADAMS

    has been seen on Broadway as Damis in TARTUFFE (Roundabout/American Airlines) and Off-Broadway in FASHIONS FOR MEN (Mint), A SHERLOCK CAROL (New World Stages), OUTWARD BOUND, THEOPHILUS NORTH, and THE BREADWINNER (Keen Company). Regional: AH, WILDERNESS! and DA at the Guthrie; JOURNEY’S END at the Alley; SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS, A SHERLOCK CAROL, and THE 39 STEPS at Westport Playhouse; THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES at Pittsburgh Public; DIAL M FOR MURDER and ROMEO AND JULIET at Virginia Stage Company; NOISES OFF at La Mirada; JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK at the Odyssey; PHOTOGRAPH 51 at the Fountain; THE DINGDONG at Florida Rep; THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES at Hudson Stage and the White Heron; and THE SEAGULL, THE CRUCIBLE, THE LIAR (LA Ovation Award nominee, Best Supporting Actor), MACBETH, and THE AUTUMN GARDEN at LA’s Antaeus Company. TV/Film: THE SOPRANOS, ALL MY CHILDREN, FILMIC ACHIEVEMENT, and COMPANY K. Joe holds a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.

  • Emily Fink

    MARGOT BELL

    So happy to be on the island! Broadway: DEAD OUTLAW. Tour: LES MISÉRABLES (u/s Fantine). Off-Broadway: DEAD OUTLAW. Select favorites: Joey in GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER?, Julia in BANDSTAND, Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Playwright of FALLING FORWARD, a new musical, and vocal coach certifying with IVA. Proud to hold a BFA from CCM. Thank you to Mark and the folks at NPAC, and to Nathan! @emilycelestefink
    @fallingforwardmusical

  • Richard R. Henry

    ARTHUR SANDERS

    Theater credits include TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MUSICAL at The Public NYC, DRIFT at New World Stages, STREETS OF NEW YORK at Irish Rep, and FIORELLO at Encores. Some regional credits include ASSASSINS at Yale Rep, OLIVER at Goodspeed Opera House, 1776 at Marriott Lincolnshire, RAGTIME and PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at the Old Globe, CYRANO and THE WINTER’S TALE at Folger Shakespeare, GUYS AND DOLLS at Milwaukee Rep, TWELFTH NIGHT at Pig Iron, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at Florida Studio Theater, THE MUSIC MAN at the Guthrie, THE TEMPEST at Roundhouse Theater, DOWNSTATE at Studio Theater DC, and DISNEY’S HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at La Jolla and Papermill Playhouse (cast recording). National tours include URINETOWN, SWEET CHARITY, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Television credits include SEARCH PARTY, YOUNGER, BUPKIS, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, GIRLS5EVA, THE OTHER TWO, LAW AND ORDER, and ADULTS.

  • Amy Jo Jackson

    OLGA

    Performer, playwright, composer/lyricist, kabarettist. NYC: Dirty Laundry (WP Theatre), The Triple Threat (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Nymph Errant (Prospect), Company XIV. Selected regional: Old Globe (Regency Girls), Weston, SpeakEasy Stage (Fun Home – IRNE nom; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – IRNE & Elliot Norton noms), Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Flat Rock, Syracuse Stage, and many more. Film/TV: Dicks the Musical (A24), And Just Like That, High Maintenance, and the singing voice of an animated crab in Under the Boardwalk. Their original musical Hatchetation was developed at the National Music Theatre Conference (O’Neill), and made the Kilroy’s List. Bistro Award Winner for her Tennessee Williams cabaret act, The Brass Menagerie. Their pop-history comedy Peggy (& Ben) was the inaugural play in Greenwood Lake Theater’s New Works Series. EST/Sloan Commission. Finalist for the Larson, Stanley, and Ashland New Play Fest.  BFA Boston Conservatory.

  • John Rapson

    VICTOR PRATT

    Broadway: Beadle Bamford in the 2023 revival of SWEENEY TODD, J.P. Morgan in Lincoln Center’s RAGTIME (upcoming in Fall of 2025), LES MISÉRABLES. Off-Broadway: WONDERFUL TOWN (NYCC), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, SWEENEY TODD (Barrow Street), BETWEEN THE LINES.Tour: The D’Ysquith Family in A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE… Regional: Asolo Rep, Paper Mill, Westport Playhouse, Goodspeed, Berkeley Rep, Broadway Sacramento, St. Louis Rep. John’s theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving’s THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE HOLLOW, premiered in 2022 at Amphibian Stage. TV/Film: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE BLACKLIST, THE GILDED AGE. Training: University of Michigan.