Monday March 2, 7pm
SAMARITANS
written and directed by Jeff Talbott
Monday March 2, 7pm
Samaritans
written and directed by Jeff Talbott
Is there such a thing as an actual good deed? Or even a good person?
Samaritans is an exploration of the nature of a good deed and its effects on those it touches - is a good deed still a good deed if the giver can’t let it go? And even more importantly: how can we possibly ever actually know each other?
A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018, Monday at 7PM
RSVP@GroundUPproductions.org
Jeff Talbott/Playwright: Jeff's play The Submission was the inaugural recipient of the Laurents/Hatcher Award and was produced off-Broadway by MCC Theater; it went on to receive the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award for New American Play. Other produced works: The Messenger, The Gravedigger’s Lullaby, i, Civics and Humanities for Non-Majors and A Public Education. Other plays: Samaritans; Joseph Cook; Not-For-Profit; Three Rules for the Dragon, How to Build a City, Elliot and All the Stars in the Midnight Sky. He writes musicals with composer Will Van Dyke, the latest of which, fuzzy, received its world premiere in 2025 at Barrington Stage Company and went on to win Outstanding New Work from the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association. Their musical Ten Brave Seconds premieres in February 2026 at Pioneer Theatre Company. Other musicals from the team: Seven Broken Hearts, The Circle and the Wheel, Wintersong, and Imagine Harry. They have released multiple EPs and singles and together were finalists for the 2019 Fred Ebb Award and the 2021 Kleban Award. Jeff graduated with honors from the Yale School of Drama. www.jefftalbott.com
Corey Allen/Ash: Corey is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and storyteller whose work spans theater, film, voice, and visual art. As an actor, Corey’s television credits include The Blacklist (NBC), Mindhunter (Netflix, dir. David Fincher), Madam Secretary (CBS), Power (STARZ), Manhattan (WGN America/Hulu), and The Breaks (VH1). He has appeared on stages across the country. Select credits include Twelfth Night (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Macbeth, An Oresteia (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and A Raisin in the Sun (Huntington Theatre), Alabama Story (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), and the world premiere of Sea Concerto with Flux Theatre Ensemble. His film credits include Where the Shadows Feast. Corey’s directing credits include The African Company Presents Richard III at Great River Shakespeare Festival, Macbeth at Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and the experimental installation Methods in Madness at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn. In addition to his work on stage and screen, Corey is an accomplished voice artist, with daudiobook narrations including Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk and Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy. His voice work is also featured in the Apple Original documentary Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues. He serves as Assistant Professor of Acting at The University of Texas at Austin and is a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble in New York City. Corey holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. in Drama from the University of California, Irvine.
Kate Middleton/Greer: Upcoming Summer 2026: 6-Episode Miniseries, "Perfect Sundays". Broadway/Off-Broadway: Music City (Ground UP Productions), Women Without Men (Mint Theatre), Shear Madness, New York City Premiere (New World Stages), The Other Place (MTC), The Late Christopher Bean (TACT), Asymmetric (59E59), Pratfalls (Abingdon). Select Regional: The Goodman Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, The Huntington, St. Louis Rep., GEVA, Cape Playhouse, Dorset Theatre Festival, The Fountain Theatre, Triad Stage, Playmakers Rep.The Kennedy Center, , NJ Shakespeare, Weston Playhouse, Warehouse Theatre, Bickford Theatre. TV: “Chicago Fire”, “Elementary”, “Blacklist”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Blue Bloods”, “Mercy”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order: SVU”, and Comedy Central. Film: The Boston Strangler, The Tender Bar, Spoiler Alert, Set It Up, Noah Wise, 40th, Obits, Showing Up, T.I.C., April Flowers. Producing Artistic Director of Ground UP Productions.
www.KateMiddletonActress.com
Jessica Money/Nadia: Jessica is a Philadelphia based actor and a graduate of Temple University’s musical theatre and acting programs. Favorite credits include: Gabby (Ten Brave Seconds, Pioneer Theatre Company. World Premiere), Olive Ostrovsky (Spelling Bee, Arden Theatre Co.), Nettie (The Color Purple, Theatre Horizon, PSF), Cordelia(Falsettos, Arden Theatre Co.), Sarah (Ragtime, Duluth Playhouse), Emily Webb(Our Town, New Light Theatre), Miranda (The Tempest, Delaware Shakespeare Company), Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors, People’s Light). @money226156
Kodi Lynn Milburn/Stage Manager
Dubbed as the "Swiss Army Knife of Theater," Kodi embodies a fusion of creativity and activism. As a mixed indigenous neurodivergent queer, Kodi’s artistry resonates with a commitment to justice, harmony with nature, amplifying lost voices, and reflecting contemporary issues, echoing the ethos of the Jester's Privilege. Kodi’s work has been described as “inspired” (Alix Cohen, Women Around Town), “amazing” (Travelanche), “sound designer, Kodi Lynn Milburn deserve(s) much credit for the show’s aesthetic” (David Shengold, Opera News), “lush compositions and evocative soundscapes…a fantastic collaborator: creative, proactive, generous, organized, versatile, and indispensable” (Nathan Davis, Drama Desk Nominated Sound Designer) Cross-discipline credits include: Sylvia Milo’s The Other Mozart (Hong Kong, Edinburgh Fringe, NYC, U.S. Tour, Canadian Tour), Treaty (The Foundry), Funny Guy (59e59, London, Edinburgh Fringe), Talking With Angels (TheaterLab), Faust (Baruch Performing Arts), Salome (Irondale Theater), Orgy & Bess (Judson Church), AMP (HERE), Tussaud/Antoinette (IRT), Good Samaritans (The Tank), Big Wave (TaDa!, The Tank), Enjoy your Meal (Edinburgh Fringe), Tiffany Caputo (Edinburgh Fringe), Anime-Zing Gameshow! (Edinburgh Fringe), Empty NeXt (TheaterLab), Vice & Virtue (NYTF), My Onliness (The New Ohio), Chess (American Theater for Actors), Uta Hagen Centennial Salon (Lincoln Center), Heart Strings (Atlantic Theater Co), 7 Magdalenes (Baryshnikov Arts Center, TheaterLab, HERE), Sparkle Spa (BMI), Ewalt & Walker (54 Below), Bananas (The Rat), Mary & Max (Bobby Cronin & Crystal Skillman), Voyage en Chanson (National Sawdust), L’autre Mozart (Fringe North, Halifax Fringe), Rhinoceros (Atlantic Acting School) and more. Kodi is a New York Foundation for the Arts Music Fellow. Kodi has an album available on all streaming platforms under Kodi the Composer called "Sound the Alarm"!
Josh Evans/Producer/Stage Directions:
Favorite credits include - Chris in Ground UP's new education outreach program TREATY, currenlty touring, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (The Barnstormers Theatre), Post Concussive Syndrome (Abingdon Theatre), Rubber Ducks and Sunsets (Ground UP Productions), Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight Pictures), “Gotham” (Fox), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Video), “FBI” (CBS, Dick Wolf), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix), “The Blacklist” (NBC). He is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and Michael Howard Studios, and a company member of Ground UP Productions. The work is dedicated to his parents and his wife. joshlevans.com
Jordan Ahnquist/Producer/Stage Directions: NYC credits include Shear Madness, When Pigs Fly, and Battles of Richmond Hill. Regionally Jordan has worked with Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, The Barnstormers Theatre, Lyric Stage, Speakeasy Stage, Central Square Theatre and The Gamm among others. Film/tv credits include Ella McCay (2025), and Gilded Lillies. Jordan holds a BA in theatre from Muhlenberg College. Jordan currently serves as Artistic Director of The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, NH. barnstormerstheatre.org
