Jessamyn Fiore - Writer / Producer

Jessamyn is a twenty-four year old American playwright raised in the New York City art world. She attended Sarah Lawrence College where she studied under playwright Edward Allen Baker. In January 2003 she moved to Galway, Ireland, and founded the Road Show Theater. She wrote, directed, and produced the company’s first production The Mysterious World of Birds which was performed in Galway and Dublin as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2003 where it received a four star review from The Irish Times. She directed and produced the company’s second production Keep by New York playwright Meghan Kennedy which was performed in Dublin and Galway in the spring of 2004. In the fall of 2004 she worked for the Dublin Fringe Festival alongside Sarah Smyth; their collaboration started the process which eventually culminated in SANDWICH.

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Rachel Krause - Actress

Rachel obtained a degree from SUNY Purchase School of Art and Design. She has acted in numerous theatre productions since she was young; roles she has played include Sooze in Suburbia (1995), Casandra in The Women of Troy (1996), and Gursha in Caucasian Chalk Circle (1998). She is a member of Howard
Meyer’s Axial Theater Company and has performed in their original plays SWIM (1998)
and Billy Bubble Head (2004). She has also performed in numerous short films including
Extended by Jessica Bruneto, Absolution by Sadya Lashua, and Future Fist by James
Roche which was shown at the International Film Festival in Russia.

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Sarah Smyth - Director

Originally from Birmingham, Sarah’s initial training was as an actor. She is currently studying drama at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin, in order to pursue a career in directing. Acting credits include: Promenade (GYT), Rhymes & Misdemeanours (Cuirt Festival 2002), Flying High, (Conemara
Theatre Company), Cold Storage (Trident Theatre Company) and Bar & Ger (Churchmouse Theatre Company).

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Kiva Murphy - Actress

is a full time actress who recently quit studying at Trinity College Dublin to dedicate her time exclusively to acting. She has been acting since the age of 10 when she attended classes in NPAS. It was there she was first
introduced to live performance. Since then she has trained at the Gaiety School, the
Abbey, and The Irish Film Actors Studio. She has been lucky to receive parts in TV dramas such as Proof and Prime Time and has a current part in the TV series Fair City.
Her film credits include Laws of Attraction and Omagh. She has performed on stage in
Ireland but SANDWICH is her first play to travel outside the country.

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John Lambert - Musician

Dubliner John Lambert performs and releases electronic acoustic music under the title Chequerboard. John also recently won a Best Soundtrack in the Canadian "Avec le Twiste" Film Festival for scoring a short film by Canadian Film maker Kester Dyer titled Call Girl. John has worked on many collaborative sound projects with other artists and recently scored a Historical documentary by Dainne McGee about Donegal.
website : http://www.chequerboard.net

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