Theater 180: TATTOO A Tale of Terror
Summary
For reasons he can't explain, Stephen feels compelled to enter a sketchy-looking tattoo parlor that any reasonable person would avoid altogether. Once inside, he encounters a peculiar old woman, who Stephen enlists to become the artist of his baptismal ink job. At the first prick of the needle, Stephen decides to make a move for the door, but the old woman bars his way with a terrifying plan in store.
Writer
Greg Burdick
A graduate of Slippery Rock University, his previous plays include Accommodation, Insert Token, Secret’s Out, Sign Here for All That Remains, Monessen Falls, and I’ll Love You ‘Til the Cows Come Home. Also a director, he’s helmed nearly one hundred productions.
Greg Burdick
Director
Miranda Stewart
Miranda Stewart is a freelance film and theater director based in Los Angeles. Her directing credits include Pick Your Battles (Fierce Backbone), The Chocolate Affair (Scribe Stages), Raise Your Hand (Acting Out INK Fest), Vital Records (GLO), Eleemosynary (Hollywood Fringe Festival), Catalyst (Loft Ensemble), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Archway Theatre, LA Weekly's Pick of the Week), A Part and Funeral Party (Hollywood Fringe Festival), Old Times (Occidental College), The Ash Girl, Little Shop of Horrors, and Metamorphoses (all at Caltech). She has also directed a feature film, Fishbowl, and several short films. Currently, Miranda is attending CalArts, pursuing an MFA in Film Directing.
Miranda Stewart
Kevin Carr as Stephen/Storyteller
Kevin Carr has acted professionally since the age of fifteen. Television credits include Beverly Hills 90210 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, among others. He wrote and directed the film, Sine Zen Non (Nothing Without Zen), and his next effort, a HAMLET in progress, is due out at the end of 2025. Shakespeare is his first love, and he has written a dozen plays as Kevspeare, including The Impro Lear and Twelfth Night Andronicus. Kevin has also had a successful commercial career, which has enabled him to visit forty countries in forty years.
Kevin Carr
Anne Cooper as the Parlor Owner
Anne Cooper has acted under the direction of influential Film and TV directors such as Sam Raimi, Paul Schrader, and Kat Coiro. She has performed with Angela Lansbury, Mary Beth Hurt, William Hurt, Danny DeVito, Lee Remick, and Geraldine Page, and most recently in the new film MARRY Me with Jennifer Lopez and John Bradley of House of Thrones. Anne studied acting under Uta Hagen, Herbert Berghof, and Michael Schurtleff, and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She has a BA from EMU. In addition to her acting career, She has directed and developed plays both in NYC and LA. She is a theatre consultant to LA GOA, which provides services for adults with developmental disabilities. Anne is on the summer acting faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She has dual citizenship from USA and Italy and speaks fluent Italian. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. She is a big fan of Bernadette Armstrong as a writer and director, and was in her production of SIMPLE LIVES and feels lucky to again be working with Bernadette.
Anne Cooper
Paul Sohm as the Doctor
I’m from Austria and I came to LA to be an actor. I grew up in a small village with a younger brother and moved to Vienna when I was 19 after finishing my service as an EMT with the Red Cross. I worked a bunch of jobs including a small movie theater and picking up electric scooters to charge after dark. I studied theater, film and media science for a while, but didn’t enjoy the course so I applied to film school. During the last round of admissions I came to the realization that this also wasn’t right and that I wanted to try acting. I met up with a director I found on google and we had a lesson together. I asked her if she thought I had any talent, she said yes and I decided to make this my new pursuit.
Paul Sohm
Ashley Law as Mrs. Dudley
Ashley Law
