TEAM BIOS

PAIGE ESTERLY (Playwright/Producer - she/her) is an NYC based playwright, producer, director, and educator. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dramatic Writing, Paige’s plays includes The Torso (Theater for the New City), “Eve & Adam” (Equity Library Theater), “No Comment” (The Little Theater of Alexandria), Val & Archie Seize the Day!  (Secret Loft), Whitter, Alaska (American Lore Theater), “Mixed Nuts” (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), “The Origin of Love” (The Chain) and The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams (The Space at Irondale). Selected directing credits include Missionary Person by Meg Rosensweet (SERIALS @ The Fled Collective) and a workshop of demolition extreme by Jenny Jarnagin (The Fled Collective). She is the creator and publisher of A Little Bit of Drama, a collection of 1-minute plays by femme and non-binary playwrights, which is available at a selection of independent bookstores throughout NYC. She is additionally the creator of Fucked-Up Play Fest, a recurring festival showcasing 10-minute plays by emerging playwrights, all performed as a drinking game for the audience. She is a proud member of The Fled Collective. Instagram: @poutywriter

JENNY LESTER (Director/Producer - she/her) is a director, writer, actress, producer, and the co-founder of Shallow Graves Productions. In 2019, she produced, wrote, and starred in the feature film What She Said, now available wherever you can rent movies. In addition to creating her own work, Jenny has assisted across the industry in a variety of roles; including writer's assistant to Steven Sater (Broadway's Spring Awakening), Literary Manager for BEDLAM, and Festival Coordinator for the Lower East Side Film Festival. Directing credits include: Picasso at the Lapine Agile (Pittsburgh Playhouse), Ten Days (Alexis Scheer/IRT Theatre) Small Packages (WEG/Little Egg Studios), The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams (Irondale On Women Festival) Close Talkers (Alto Entertainment), & Kate Hamill’s Sense & Sensibility (Pittsburgh Playhouse - 2023). Read more at www.jennyluisalester.com.

BRITTANY MARTEL (Director/Producer - she/her) is an NYC based actor and director. She is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and an alumna of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's 2016 Apprentice Program. Brittany is a co-founder of Shakespeareholics Anonymous. Acting Credits: Sara Jane Moore in Assassins, Lina Lamont in Singin' In The Rain, Logainne in The 25th...Spelling Bee (PLAYHOUSE STAGE CO), Courtesan in The Boys from Syracuse (CSC). Associate Director Credits: The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams (IRONDALE), Resilience: The Donner Party (DTDC), Noises Off (CAPE PLAYHOUSE), An American in Paris (MUSIC THEATRE OF WICHITA). 

KATHRYN CUNNINGHAM (Dialect Coach - she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of Acting at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she specializes in voice, speech, and dialects. She is the resident voice, text, and dialect coach and a long-time member of the acting company at Clarence Brown Theatre (LORT). Her teaching, coaching, and acting credits include NYC’s TACT/The Actors’ Company Theatre and Resident Acting Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Rep, McCarter Theatre Center, Nashville Rep, Southwest Shakespeare Company, and more. Kathryn is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and has extensive experience in Miller Voice Method. Her writing and peer-reviewed research have been published in the Voice and Speech Review, The Conversation, and The International Dialects of English Archive. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training and a graduate certificate in vocology from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Lamar University. www.kathryncunningham.net

EMILY/BUBECK (Stage Manager, she/her) is a Queer, Catholic, Appalachian theatre practitioner who enjoys facilitating the development and consumption of new works by traditionally underrepresented artists. She is especially drawn to projects that allow us to expand our ideas on how we tell stories and who those stories serve. Bubeck is a co-founder of Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective. Recent stage management credits include WHAT ELSE IS TRUE (Egg & Spoon Theater Collective) THE TROUBLE WITH DEAD BOYFRIENDS (Players Theatre) SWAY (The Fled Collective), ERASTES (Fresh Fruit Fest) and LOOK OUT SHITHEAD (La Mama). She’d like to thank Paige for bringing her onto the EVE team, and Henry for his constant support. Much love always!

LILY LESTER* (Eve) is an actor and stand up comic — most notably at NY Comedy Club and Stand Up NY. She produces a weekly comedy show (Mishegoss Comedy) and makes videos about bagels and being Jewish for @NYJewishWeek. Recent credits: The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams (On Women Festival - Irondale), Through the Frame (Berklee NYC), Reb+Vodka+Me (The Civilians). BFA in Musical Theatre from NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway. @thelilylester - lilylester.com

MORGAN MEADOWS (Margaret) is a recent LA-based NY transplant and is thrilled to reprise her role after the Irondale production of “Eve” last summer. Favorite credits include: Dike (NYTW & Urbanite Theatre), House of Joy (Atlantic Theatre), Ragtime on Ellis Island (Jerome Robbins Theatre), Jupiter's Lifeless Moons (Performance Space NY). Morgan is a voice actor having recently been nominated for Voice Over Artist of the Year by the One Voice Awards. If you're reading this, you are loved. 

PRINCESS VICTOMÉ*(Viola) is more than thrilled to be joining the cast of The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams yet again! The past year has been a whirlwind for Princess as she took a small break from *the biz* and traveled the globe. She is more than honored to be welcomed back to the stage with this production. Recent credits include Six (Norwegian Cruise Lines) and Ride The Cyclone (McCarter Theatre Center). IG: prin_victome

JAKE WALLACK (Danny) is a Brooklyn-based queer, Jewish performer. Favorite credits: Buyer and Cellar (Alex, Northwestern), A Chorus Line (Bobby, Northwestern). Training: Northwestern University, Atlantic Acting School. Thank you Rachel, Dad, Celeste, Olivia, and Connor. Instagram: @jakewallack. Like everything, this is for Mom.