NEENA BOYLE (she/her) (OLYMPE DE GOUGES) is thrilled to be a part of the revolution! Previously at SCTC: The Toxic Avenger, How The Light Gets In, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Good Farmer. Select regional credits: Dachau For Queers (The LAB for Philly Fringe), Fellowship! (SideQuest Theater) Beirut (Casabuena Cultural Productions); Moon Over Buffalo, Hello, Dolly, Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, Escape to Margaritaville (Candlelight Theatre); Billy Elliot (BToP); Rocky (Walnut Street Theatre). BFA from UArts. Huge thanks to Dawn, August, and all of the fierce, fabulous Revolutionists, and love, as always, to Billy and Rita. More at www.neenaboyle.com

TASHA HOLMES (MARIANNE ANGELLE)
(she/her) is a Philly-based actor and writer originally from Virginia. Recent Credits include Dot (Shelly) with South Camden Theatre, Secrets (Lisa) at the Plays and Players Theatre, Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Beverly) with Theatre in the X, Ghetto Gods in Divineland (Geikyla) with Passage Theatre; & Say it Ain’t So (Voice of Renny) with Revolution Shakespeare. Currently, she is working on a web series called A Song for Nia. Tasha is excited to be returning to South Camden to share space with these talented artists.

EMMA FRIEND (CHARLOTTE CORDAY) This is Emma’s debut show with South Camden Theatre Company! After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, they worked in Boston and Western Massachusetts with the new, traction-building theater company Plays in Place. Since moving to Philadelphia in August, she has been working on film sets and tackling the acting industry with the coolest people in the world by her side, her four phenomenally driven and wonderful roommates and their collective THREE cats. She is thankful to her family for supporting her on this unexpected and insane journey, her friends for keeping her grounded, and her cat, Milton, for being weirder than she will ever be.

RACHEL DEMASI (MARIE ANTOINETTE)
Rachel is so happy to be making her SCTC debut with such fiercely funny and talented women at her side! A St. Louis native, Rachel is happy to call the Northeast her home. She is a performer based in South Jersey and the proud owner of a small singing business that entertains residents at assisted living, memory care, and retirement communities in the area. She has performed with various local theatres, including The Walnut Street Theatre, 11th Hour Theatre Co., The Ritz Theatre Co., The Broadway Theatre of Pitman, Haddonfield Plays & Players, and as an understudy at The Eagle and The Arden Theatres. Favorite credits: Fiddler on the Roof, Chess, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Christmas Carol, Spring Awakening, and Something Rotten! the Musical. Thank you to Dawn and August for having faith in me to take on this role and to tell this funny, poetic, and relevant story. And finally, squeezes and kisses to my twin daughters and so much adoration & gratitude to Jim – I love you so much! www.racheldemasi.com

Lauren Gunderson — Playwright

Lauren has been one of the most-produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list three times, including 2022/23. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theatre Award, the Lanford Wilson Award, and a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is a playwright, screenwriter, musical book writer, and children’s author who lives in San Francisco. She graduated from NYU Tisch as a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. LaurenGunderson.com

Dawn Varava — Director/Artistic Director

Dawn has produced and directed over 30 plays and musicals. As the Artistic Director for SCTC, she is thrilled to work with this amazing cast and crew of “The Revolutionists”.  Dawn has also appeared on our stage in “Hollywood, Nebraska,” “Lettuce and Lovage,” “Terminus,” “Savannah Sipping Society,” and “Gemini.” Regionally, Dawn has worked with the Arden Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Eagle Theatre, Allens Lane Theatre, Steel River Playhouse, and the Ritz Theatre, and participated in staged readings for the Playmate Playwrights of Bucks County. TV credits include “Do No Harm,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Philadelphia, the Great Experiment,” and various local commercials and PSAs. As always, she sends her eternal gratitude to Alisa for her support and patience – and, of course, for her laughter and love!

Meet the Creative Team for this production

Melody G. Moore (she/her) (Production Manager)

Melody (she/her) relocated to Philadelphia after spending over 20 years in Key West, Florida. With her husband Bob, she founded TheatreXP, which the two built into one of the Keys’ leading companies, producing, directing, and acting in plays ranging from the comic to the serious, as well as creating several successful theatrical events. Both were directly involved in all aspects of the thriving theater community, including Stage Manager, Box Office Manager, Actor, Set Dresser, Costume Designer, Prop Designer, Writer, Director, and Producer. Locally, she has SM’d for Fever Dream Repertory, TheatreXP, and First World Theatre as well as South Camden Theatre Company’s most recent productions, which include God of Carnage; Hollywood, Nebraska; How The Light Gets In; and A Good Farmer. As the new Production Manager, she is looking forward to helping bring this production together, with all of the amazing talent we have. Break a leg, everyone!

August DeLuca (Stage Manager)

August (they/them) is thrilled to be the stage manager and assistant director for this production! They are so excited to be back at SCTC for another season. Some past stage management credits at SCTC include: Dot (2025), The Toxic Avenger: The Musical (2024), Alabama Story (2023), and The Legend of Georgia McBride (2023). Other recent credits include stage managing Heathers: the Musical and appearing in a non-speaking role in Dracula, both at The Ritz Theatre Company. August would like to thank Dawn and Bob for this opportunity to learn the ropes as an assistant director for the first time, as well as their family, for all their support.

Hunter Mountz (Lighting Designer)

Hunter is a Philadelphia-based theatre and dance lighting designer whose previous design credits include The Lightning Thief (Triple Threat Theatre Company), Who’s Holiday, The Toxic Avenger – The Musical, God of Carnage, Hollywood Nebraska, How The Light Gets In, and A Good Farmer, and DOT (@South Camden Theatre Company) Into the Woods, The Laramie Project, Bedroom Farce (Salem State University) Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia! , The SpongeBob Musical (Panthers-on-Parade) Dare to Dream, and When Worlds Collide (SSU Repertory Dance Theatre). Hunter also received the Excellence in Lightning Design award from the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. 

Jairous L. Parker Sr. (Sound Designer) 

Jairous is thrilled to be part of The South Camden Theatre Company’s Creative team for The Revolutionists. He is returning for the second time after his work on DOT for SCTC. Jairous is a Philadelphia-based sound designer and audio engineer. He most recently designed and mixed sound for The Philadelphia Dramatists’ Center’s 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival,‘Steering Wild’, ‘Happy Enough’, ‘Kulkalcan’, and Storybook Musical Theatre’s 2024/25 theater season. Mr. Parker has designed and mixed sound for a diverse group of performing arts organizations, Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre, ‘Ladysitting’ Lantern Theater, ‘The Royale’ Quintessence Theatre, ‘Flyin West’, Hedgerow Theatre, ‘Good Grief’, NYC’s Manhattan Theater Club, and Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Highlights of Mr. Parker’s career include serving as Senior Sound Designer and engineer for several seasons at New Freedom Theatre and engineering sound for more than 1100 performances of ‘Menopause The Musical’ at the Society Hill Playhouse. Jairous dedicates his work on ‘DOT’ to the joyous memory of his beloved mother, Gloria Lyon-Parker Harris, uncle Freddie Gary Sr., dear friend and colleague, Actors Equity PSM, and actor, William ‘Chris’ Whalen, who most recently succumbed to Alzheimer’s and Dementia. “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – James M. Barrie

Louise Gareau (Costume Designer)

Louise recently joined SCTC’s creative team after working as a costumer for her daughter’s music teaching productions. She’s delighted to be spreading her wings with our work on stage. Starting out with the recent production of The Toxic Avenger was quite an effort. She’s also costumed How The Light Gets In and DOT for the theatre’s 20th Anniversary Season of Love. We’re excited to have her working with us here at SCTC.

Pam Staley (Props Master)

Pam is delighted to work in the theatre with her friend, Artistic Director Dawn Varava, at SCTC. Her past experiences included managing props and all things backstage for Dawn during many of her school productions. She has been jumping in to help SCTC be the best we can be for all of our shows.

Robert Bingaman (Scenic Designer)

Robert is deeply grateful for the support he receives from the creative staff and the South Camden Theatre Company board of directors. He has been SCTC’s board president and resident scenic designer since 2010. His favorite sets include The Brothers Size, By The Water, The Toxic Avenger, Exorcism (A Play in One Act), The Legend of Georgia McBride, and How the Light Gets In (Thanks to Deb and the crew for all their help), among more than 40 other productions here. He knows that he couldn’t do any of this work without the incredible support of so many volunteers here at the theatre. Thanks to each of them for bringing theatre magic to our stage. Love to my husband, Steve.

Meghan Malloy (she/her) (Dialect Coach)

Meghan recently returned to the industry after a 11-year hiatus raising her children. Before this, Meghan was a full-time actor and teaching artist. Meghan received a Barrymore nomination for her work at the Wilma Theater in Athol Fugard’s My Children! My Africa!  It was a joy to share the stage with legendary actor Glynn Turman (HBO’s The Wire, Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and Yaegel Welch (Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird) in that incredible three-hander play.  

Meghan has worked across genres, from children’s musical theatre to Shakespeare and new works. Meghan is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork-trained accent and dialect coach, specializing in accents from Delaware County and Philadelphia. She zooms with actors across the country for auditions and training daily. She recently voiced a PA Lottery Powerball Commercial. Meghan currently teaches acting for the camera at The Actors Lab in Montgomery County, PA, and at Lights, Camera, Acting! in Bucks County, PA—Point Park University and Upper Darby Summer Stage alum. Visit www.MeghanMalloyCreates.com, IG & YouTube:  @meghan.malloy.creates to learn more about her work—heartfelt thanks to Dawn and Bob.