Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, adapted by Neal Bell

poster art for Six Characters in Search of an Author sets the silhouettes of six human figures against a bright yellow background with the title of the play in large font overhead. An illustrated pair of hands appears to write these figures into being.
Neal Bell (Adapter), Jonathan Cullen (Director), Ethan Eldred (Sound Design), Hannah Haverkamp (Costume Design)
Spring, 2026

Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello
Adapted by Neal Bell 

Directed by Jonathan Cullen

April 3 - 4 and 9 - 11 at 8 p.m.

April 5 and 12 at 2 p.m.

Sheafer Lab Theater

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CAST:
THE STAGE MANAGER: Leya Edwards-Headen
THE DIRECTOR: Maddie Dean
THE FATHER: Sawyer Grovogel
THE MOTHER: Claire Cullen
THE STEP-DAUGHTER: Jackie Park
THE SON: Charlie Ratterree
YOUNG BOY/LITTLE GIRL: Eileen Zhang
ALLY/PERCY: Larrabee Ellenberg
JASMINE: Skylar Dunn
HELEN: Nidhi Khiantani
JOE: Wade Hernandez
SOPHIA/LORETTA: Brooke Hira
JANITOR: Katja Hill
ENSEMBLE: Nevaeh Vazquez
ENSEMBLE: Malak Musabeh
 

UNDERSTUDIES
THE DIRECTOR, THE STAGE MANAGER: Malak Musabeh
THE MOTHER, HELEN: Brooke Hira
THE STEP-DAUGHTER, JASMINE: Nevaeh Vazquez
THE SON: Larrabee Ellenberg