Playwright

Christopher Johnston is a playwright, director, and freelance journalist. His plays have appeared at Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama Theatre, convergence-continuum theatre, Notre Dame College, Playwrights Local, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, and the West 78th Street Theater in New York. He has directed productions for several theaters throughout Northeast Ohio. Johnston completed his playwriting internship at the Cleveland Play House during the 1989-90 season, and he occasionally teaches playwriting and creative nonfiction workshops at Cleveland State University, Lit Cleveland and The William N. Skirball Writer’s Center. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and serves on the Board of Directors of convergence-continuum theatre and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Director

Rachel Zake is a director, writer, and actor. She has published three books: Two People are Coming out of a Building (2014, fiction), The Nomad Diaries (2017, nonfiction), and Pants Off/Dance Off: A Gentleman’s Guide (2019, nonfiction). Her plays have been seen onstage at Playwrights Local and other Cleveland venues. Rachel has been acting for over 29 years (Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Cain Park, Playwrights Local, and Halle Theatre among others). She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Dobama Theatre’s Playwrights’ GYM, and The Dramatists Guild of America. She also served as Artistic Director of Playmakers Youth Theatre in Beachwood, OH, having directed 47 productions in her time there.

Robert Hawkes (Alexander Wheatstone, Ph.D.) acted on many Cleveland area stages from 1978-1992 and 2001-2020. His last appearance was at Clague Playhouse as Gustav in Gérald Sibleyras’s Heroes, Jan./Feb., 2020. 

Benjamin Gregg (Frank Drake, V, Ph.D.) is excited to collaborate on Playwrights Local and Radio on the Lake Theatre’s recording of The Ghost Ship Hunter. He has worked at many theatre companies in Northeast Ohio, including Seat of the Pants Productions, none too fragile, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Blank Canvas Theatre, Beck Center for the Arts, Ensemble Theatre, Talespinner Children’s Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, convergence-continuum, and more. Ben would like to thank Chris and Rachel and his fellow castmates for the opportunity. Ben can be seen next in Our Country’s Good from Seat of the Pants Productions in summer of ’22.

Erin K. Moran (Cadence Wheatstone, M.D.) is the Cultural Arts & Nature Programmer for French Creek Theatre/Nature Center for the Lorain County Metro Parks. Formerly, Erin has worked for The Mandel Jewish Community Center’s Playmakers Youth Theatre and The Francine and Benson Pilloff Family Performing Arts Camp as the Assistant Director. She has taken on roles as an actor, production assistant, and director in her hometown area of Northeast Ohio. Credits include The Bog of Cats “Caroline Cassidy” (Ensemble Theatre), Marilyn Bianchi Kids Playwriting Festival “Vicky Velocity” (Dobama Theatre), Shrek the Musical “Donkey” (Silhouette Productions), and The Conners “Jess” (YouTube series). This is her first radio play and she has thoroughly enjoyed the process. Thank you for supporting!