Lie Low

Megan Graves (she/her) is delighted to return to Solas Nua after appearing in 2016's Wild Sky. Other DC credits include Round House Theatre: The Tempest, Arena Stage: The Great Society, The Little Foxes, Olney Theatre Center: Dance Nation, The Thanksgiving Play, Oil (US premiere), Folger Theatre: Love's Labor's Lost, King John, The Second Shepherd's Play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Gloria, Studio Theatre: Translations, Mosaic Theatre Company: Marys Seacole (regional premiere). Megan is a proud company member of Only Make Believe, a non-profit arts organization that creates theatre with children in hospitals, care facilities, and special education settings. IG: @onlymakebelievedc

Cody Nickell is thrilled to make his Solas Nua debut with this wonderful team of artists. Most recently he was seen in the Lehman Trilogy at Gulfshore Playhouse. Other recent credits: Prayer for the French Republic at Theater J, The Winter’s Tale at the Folger Theater, and Ink at Round House Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Performance in a Lead Role). Regional credits: work at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member), Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Capitol Repertory Theatre, and more. Cody was the Artistic Associate at Gulfshore Playhouse, he is a 5 time Helen Hayes Award nominee, and the recipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award. Cody is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Upcoming projects include Appropriate at Olney Theatre Center and Sally and Tom at Round House Theatre.

Mary Myers is thrilled to be working with Solas Nua for the first time! Select credits include: Faction of Fools: The Moors, Love Like Tuesday; Constellation Theatre Company: Orlando, Melancholy Play (Helen Hayes Nomination: Ensemble); Round House Theatre: Jennifer, Who Is Leaving (u/s); NextStop Theatre Company: 45 Plays for 45 Presidents (Helen Hayes Award: Supporting Actress); Pointless Theatre Company: Rhinocéros, King Ubu; Nu Sass Productions: Marx in Soho (Helen Hayes Nomination: Lead Actress). She also performed Marx at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. BA in Theatre: The College of William & Mary; Physical Theatre Intensive: St. Mary's University, Twickenham. (she/her)

Jared H. Graham is a DMV based performer, educator, administrator, and director. Jared holds an MFA in Physical Theatre from the Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy and a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Memphis. He is the Director of Production and Education at the Keegan Theatre and has appeared on several local stages. Previous credits in the DMV area include Solas Nua: The Honey Trap; Keegan Theatre: Noises Off, N, An Irish Carol; NextStop Theatre: Frankenstein; 4615 Theatre: Macbeth, Dinner, Betrayal; Adventure Theatre: The Fisherman and his Wife; PG County’s Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing; Chesapeake Shakespeare: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet; Olney Theatre Center/ National Players: Othello, The Great Gatsby, Alice in Wonderland; Brave Spirits: As You Like It, The Changeling, The Duchess of Malfi; and more.

Rex Daugherty (Director/Producer) is an internationally recognized director, theatre maker, and Artistic Director. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as the Artistic Director of Theatre at Solas Nua, where he has earned multiple awards and nominations. 

His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Irish Times, The Scotsman, Edinburgh Guide, and more. Additionally, his work has been seen at The Kennedy Center, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The National Theatre, The Warner Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Signature Theatre, and more. 

Rex’s solo performance in The Smuggler was named by The New York Times as “the year’s best theatre.” As a writer and playmaker, his plays have received over 20 professional productions. Represented by Michael Moore Agency in NYC. More info and upcoming projects at Rex-Daugherty.com. 

Robert Bowen Smith (Choreography) is an actor and choreographer based in the DC metro area. Bowen Smith teaches movement and acting at University of Maryland and has received two Helen Hayes Nominations for Outstanding Choreography. Select theater credits include: A New Brain, Fly By Night (1st Stage); The Raid (Theater Alliance), Hurricane Diane (Avant Bard); Wonderland: Alice's Rock and Roll Adventure, Davy Copperfield, Pelligro's Island, Jungle Book, New Kid (Imagination Stage); Night of the living Dead (Rorschach Theater); The Dragon, Frontiers Sans Frontiers (Spooky Action Theater). In the Spring Bowen Smith will co-choreograph Once at Next Stop Theater with Solas Nua's artistic director Rex Daugherty. This is Bowen Smith's first collaboration with Solas Nua.

Gisela Estrada (Scenic Design) is a Salvadoran passionate artist, designer and storyteller who loves to collaborate and bring a new and fresh perspective to the table. Gisela’s recent credits include Covenant (Theater Alliance, Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Scenic Design), Botiquín de Boleros (Gala Hispanic Theater), Faithless (Washington Stage Guild), Twelfth Night (Prince George Community College), The Trans-Atlantic Time Traveling Company(Theater Alliance), Passing Strange (Portland Playhouse), Orlando Paladino (A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute), Saturday Night Fever, Chicago (Onstage – El Salvador), Aladdin Ballet (Macholah – El Salvador). She holds an MFA in Scenic Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. www.giselaestrada.com 

Kenny Neal (Sound Design) is a Helen Hayes Award-winning sound designer and composer. DC area credits include: Signature Theatre: Strategic Love Play, Job, The Upstairs Department, Daphne’s Dive, Heisenberg, John, The Gulf; Studio Theatre: Downstate, English, Straight White Men, Jumpers for Goalposts, Choir Boy; Round House Theatre: Sojourners, The Seafarer; The Kennedy Center: She a Gem, Digging Up Dessa; Olney Theatre Center: A Nice Indian Boy, Dance Nation, The Royale, Oil; Mosaic Theatre: Precarious, Private; 1st Stage: The Last Match, Airness, columbinus, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Well, Floyd Collins, Old Wicked Songs, Bat Boy; Faction of Fools: How the Sausage Gets Made, The Moors, and more.

Regional credits include: English at Barrington Stage (MA), Becoming Dr. Ruth at Theatre J (DC), Cleveland Playhouse (OH), The Village Theatre (WA), and The Maltz Jupiter Theatre (FL)

Alberto Segarra's (Lighting Design) DC credits include: Andy Warhol in Iran at Mosaic Theater, Your Name Means Dream at Theatre J, The Scenarios at Studio Theatre, Romeo & Juliet at Folger Theatre, The Nance at 1st Stage (Helen Hayes nomination), The Honey Trap (Helen Hayes Award) at Solas Nua, Look Both Ways at Kennedy Center/Theatre Alliance (Helen Hayes nomination), The Joy That Carries You (Helen Hayes nomination) at Olney Theatre Center, and Blood at the Root (Helen Hayes Award) at Theatre Alliance. Regional credits: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Alley Theatre, The Lehman Trilogy at Maltz Jupiter Theatre, What the Constitution Means to Me at Cleveland Playhouse, Business Ideas at Alliance Theatre, and Camelot: The Musical at Village Theatre.

Logan Benson (Costume Design) is a costume designer and technician based in the DMV. She was a recent Kenan Fellow with The Kennedy Center and MFA graduate of UNC School of the Arts. Some of her costume credits include Lizzie: The Musical, Hand to God (Keegan Theatre); Covenant (Theater Alliance); Dialogues of the Carmelites (Wolf Trap Opera); Akira Kurasawa Explains His Movies And Yogurt (Woolly Mammoth); Dancing at Lughnasa, Much Ado About Nothing, The Liar (American Players Theatre); Orlando Paladino, as televised on the PBS special "Opera in Space" (AJ Fletcher Opera Institute); Lydia (UNCSA). Please see more of her work at www.bensonlogan02.wixsite.com/lbportfolio

Isabel Simoes deCarvalho (Prop Design) is a scenic, prop and projection designer based in Washington DC. In the DC area Isabel has had the opportunity to work with Studio Theater, Theater Alliance, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and more. Check out more of Isabel’s work on her website: https://www.isabelsimoes.design/

Isabella Tapia (Stage Manager; she/her) is ecstatic to join Solas Nua as the stage manager for the North American premiere of Lie Low. DC AREA: Schmigadoon!, Finn (World Premieres, The Kennedy Center) | King John, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy) | American Fast, fire work (Theater Alliance) | The Woman in Black (Keegan Theatre) | Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival |  NEW YORK: In:Formation Festival (Lincoln Center) | Sequence Events OTHER: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival INTERNATIONAL: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Royal Ballet.  BFA in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. isabellatapia.com

Mekala Sridhar (Creative Producer) is a DC-based theatre director, playwright, and producer. Building community through theatre is central to her practice, and her artmaking is grounded in creating radically inclusive, collaborative work. In the past, she has worked in artistic and producorial capacities at theatres like Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Mosaic Theatre Company, Solas Nua, Studio Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage, among others. Mekala holds a BA in Theatre, Literature, and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and received additional training from Moscow Art Theatre School and Accademia dell’Arte. 

Lorraine Ressegger-Slone (Intimacy/Fight Coordinator) is thrilled to be making her debut with Solas Nua. Local Credits include - 1st Stage: The Piano Lesson, Hang, Laughs in Spanish, The Nance, The Rainmaker, The Phlebotomist. Washington National Opera: The R(E)volution of Steve Jobs, Fidelio, Grounded. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar. Baltimore Center Stage: The Garden, How to Catch Creation; Round House Theatre: Spring Awakening; Woolly Mammoth: Describe the Night, BLKS, Botticelli in the Fire, Oedipus el Rey, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play; Shakespeare Theater Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Our Town. Taffety Punk: La Salpêtrière, Our Black Death, Pramkicker. Rorschach Theater: The Figs, Sleeping Giant. Website: lorraineresseggerslone.com

Jen Rabbitt Ring (Dialect & Vocal Coach) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the Community College of Baltimore County, a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher and a dialect, text, and acting coach. Her most recent DC coaching credits include Dodi and Diana, Marys Seacole, and Monumental Travesties with Mosaic Theater Company, Twelfth Night at the Folger, Amm(i)gone, The Sensational Sea-Minkettes, Guac, Incendiary and Public Obscenities at Woolly Mammoth, Change Agent at Arena Stage, and Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy with Rorschach Theatre Company, among others. She is also currently affiliated faculty with Shakespeare & Company’s Actor Training program. Jen holds an MFA in Acting from Rutgers University. 

Jazzy Davis (Assistant Stage Manager) is a DC-based theatre artist, collaborator, and aries. Select credits: Romantic Fools (New York Deaf Theatre); Heroes of the Fourth Turning (BLUEBARN Theatre); Ain’t No Mo’ (regional tour); seven methods of killing kylie jenner (US tour); MONSTRESS (Flying V); The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Amm(i)gone (US tour); the dancefloor, the hospital room, the kitchen table (The Voxel); Merry Wives (Shakespeare Theatre Company).