SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2025—7PM
Synopsis
A lonely queer artist, untethered from history and searching for purpose, connects with the lingering spirit of a forgotten sapphic writer, still corded to the world, seeking one last chance to protect the stories she once dared to tell. Bound by a longing for connection, moon magick, and a shared companion, the two women navigate the space between past and present—anchoring in each other, they discover the parts of themselves needed to step into their next transformation.
MEET THE CAST
Marina Kerekes - Oakie
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Marina is honored to have been a part of this production and to have witnessed firsthand the magic that is Laura's writing process. It has been so rewarding to walk in Oakie's shoes and tell this hopeful and increasingly urgent story in direct opposition to the silencing of Queer voices happening in the world outside this theater. Marina has enjoyed playing women finding their voice throughout her acting career, most recently as Margaret Dashwood in Laura Thoma's play "Miss Margaret's Barton Cottage Christmas Surprise," Claudia Draper in Tom Topor's play "Nuts," and Emily in Fiamma Piacentini's film "Goodnight, Gracie." She will next appear as Anna Carole in Gary Fierro's film "Mightyclaw" and as Madame Xena in Brandon Golden and Samuele Bergamini's film "New York Mouse." Her cat, Darcy, is a goddess who tolerates most mortals but cannot suppress her eye roll at being forced to cohabitate with Lizzie, a "bichoodle."
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Cassidy is very excited to be a part of this amazing cast. They graduated from CCSU in 2023 with a BA in Theatre where they were involved in a number of productions. Favorite roles at CCSU include This Random World (Claire), The Wolves (#2), To Kill A Mockingbird (Scout), Lend Me A Tenor (Maggie), and Sense and Sensibility (Fanny Dashwood/Lucy Steele/Gossip). They’ve also been in a number of productions and short films since graduating, including Miss Margaret’s Barton Cottage Christmas Surprise, Drama Works Theatre (Lavinia), Much Ado About Nothing, Valley Shakespeare Festival and The One Who with Art Farm.
Bridget Fidler - Vic
Cassidy Phelps - Max*ine
Bridget Fidler - Vic
Bridget is delighted to perform in Letter to my Soul! Acting since her teens, Bridget has played a variety of roles from the Black Cat in Pinocchio (Arena Players) to Golda Meir in Golda (Charter Oak Cultural Center) with her most recent performance in the History of Now Part II (Theater for the New City). Bridget has directed productions of House of Blue Leaves and The Virginia Monologues (Charter Oak Cultural Center). With deep gratitude to her family especially her mom, Gloria, who started it all and her grandfather, William Israel, who saw something from the very beginning.
MEET THE CREATIVES
CARIN JENNIE ESTEY Director
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
Carin is a Theatre Artist based out of Southeastern Connecticut. In addition to working as a director Carin also works as an intimacy director/consent forward arts educator, stage manager, playwright, producer, performer, and teaching artist. Favorite productions include Without God As My Lover (Intimacy Director)
the CT workshop and subsequent New York premiere of gerstl took the easy at the New Ohio (Intimacy Director, Production Manager, Associate Producer) The original residency for Artreach, Inc.’s The Waiting Room (Production Stage Manager, intimacy consultant) and the subsequent 2023 workshop at The Eugene O’Neill, and Stir Crazy: Comedy from the Pandemic (Co-writer/co-director). Carin is the Event Coordinator for Artreach, Inc. | carin-jennie-estey.com
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
Douglas is a Connecticut Native and Central Connecticut State University alumni who holds a B.A. in Media Studies and a Minor in Theater. He is delighted to be working on Letter to my Soul! Select Credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Ivoryton Playhouse); Fool's Paradise (Thrown Stone Theater Company); The Wolves, Island Song, Constellations (Central Connecticut State University); Shrek the Musical, West Side Story, and Mamma Mia (Trumbull Youth Association). He would like to thank his family for all their support in his endeavors.
LAURA THOMA Playwright
DOUGLAS BISCIGLIA Stage Manager
LAURA THOMA Playwright
Laura Thoma is an award-winning playwright and recipient of the 2024 GreenStage Artists' Award Grant in Drama, who grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. When the first half of her career as a dancer and choreographer ended abruptly due to injury, she found herself drawn to the page and is thrilled to have found her way back to her sacred space of theatre through writing. Laura is an alum of THE OUTRAGE: A Queer Writers' Residency, The Desert Playwrights Retreat, The Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, and the National Playwrights' Symposium. Her play, Magpie, is published by Next Stage Press, and her work has been developed by a wide range of organizations including Theatre Artists Workshop, Chicago Dramatists, Cape May Stage, The Bechdel Group, Marist College, the
North American Cultural Laboratory, Chestnut Street Playhouse, and Drama Works Theatre. Her monologue turned short film,
Me, Myself, and I, has earned awards from film festivals around the globe. When she's not writing, Laura can be found driving backroads with her bookish wife, Chris, and their dog, Buddy Fitzwilliam.