At Zoo - Playground 1
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Performances August 2 - 25
Every Day at 15:15
(no performances August 12 or 19)
A/Park Productions and
K Prentice Enterprises
present
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UNSEEN
Written and Performed by
Kimberly Prentice
Directed by
Misti B. Wills*
Sound Josh Liebert
Lighting Rebecca Mahar
Costumes Alice Bee
Choreography Laurena Barros
Stage Manager Ruby Sevink-Johnston
Producers
Kimberly Prentice & Allison Parker
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BIOS
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Kimberly Prentice (writer / performer / producer) is a writer / actor / singer / dancer / producer who has also been a dresser on Broadway for over 25 years. She wrote, produced, and starred in "Unseen" at the United Solo Festival winning “Best One-Woman Show”. Performing credits include “Grace” 9/10 (Gene Frankel Theater), Afterlight (Cherry Lane Theater), Under the Overalls: Stories of a Dresser Unraveled (PIT & Estrogenius Festival), Big Girl, Little World (NY International Fringe Festival), Yet Another Fairy Tale (Spotlight On Festival), A Chorus Line (Downtown Cabaret), Cosi (Cassowary Theatre), Brigadoon (Fireside Theatre) and West Side Story (Merry Go Round Theater). Kimberly has a B.A. in Dance and Choreography from UCLA.
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Misti B. Wills (director) is thrilled to debut at Edinburgh with Kim Prentice, her longtime collaborator from their NYC theatre company Threads. Select credits include Off-Broadway: Brilliant (Broadway Bound Festival), My Real Mother (New York Musical Theatre Festival, Signature Theatre, Winner Best Performance for Elena Shaddow), and Tempest at La MaMa Etc (Assistant Director, NY Times Critics Pick). Regional highlights: The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Ovation Recommended Sister Act (5 Star Theatricals) in Los Angeles, Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Greenville Theatre, SC), My Fair Lady (Forestburgh Playhouse, NY). Other Notable NYC credits include NYC premiere of A Pound in Your Pocket (by Charles Strouse/Lee Adams), Floyd Collins, Shake the Earth (Solo Show in the 2015 NY Fringe Festival, Theater is Easy Best Bet Award), The Drunken City (NY WorkshopTheatre), Afterlight (Cherry Lane, NYC Fringe Festival), The Winter's Tale at Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Songs for a New World, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Sister Co.), and Elvira: The Immigration Play (national tour). Misti holds an MA in Theater Education from Emerson College and has been on the acting faculties of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the New York Film Academy. Proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, SDC. mistiwills.com​​
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Laurena Barros (choreographer) had the privilege of dancing as a Radio City Rockette at the world famous Radio City Music Hall. She has toured extensively as a musical theater performer throughout the US and abroad. Currently, she serves as the Academic Department Director in Theatre Dance at AMDA in NYC. As a choreographer, her work includes: the 25th Anniversary Los Angeles and New York premiers of the film Dirty Dancing; Children of Eden at Stagedoor Manor in NY; multiple dance projects and musicals for AMDA, Horace Mann School in NY, and American Dance Training Camp in VT. Laurena has an MFA in Dance from Montclair State University.​
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Alice Bee (costume designer) is honored to be involved with Unseen, having known Kim for many years, often working side-by-side on a dark Broadway backstage, and witnessing the hard work and dedication it has taken to bring this show to fruition. It is especially gratifying to see the show travel to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a place close to Alice’s heart: she received her degree from Edinburgh College of Art, and designed for many Grid Iron Theatre Co. productions including Decky Does a Bronco (2002/2010, Fringe First) and Fermentation, (2003, Fringe First). Further US credits and projects include The Gilded Age, HBO; The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Amazon; Fosse/Verdon, FX; The Greatest Showman, 20th Century Fox; and Severance, Apple TV.
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Josh Liebert (sound designer) is NYC based and his work has been heard across North America, Europe, and Asia. He recently designed the world premieres of Maggie in Canada and The Jerusalem Syndrome Off-Broadway. Other notable projects include: Regional Theatre: Come From Away (Gander, Newfoundland); Frozen, Anastasia, Hunchback, Tarzan, and Mary Poppins (Tuacahn); Jersey Boys, Once (Casa Mañana); Part of the Plan (TPAC); Story of my Life, South Pacific (Delaware Theatre Co.). International: Wiesenthal (Edinburgh Fringe 2023); Central Avenue Breakdown (Daegu, ROK), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (European Tour). Off-Broadway: Powerline Road; We are the Tigers; The Other Josh Cohen (2012). Broadway: Associate / Assistant for 20+ productions. joshliebert.com
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Rebecca Mahar (lighting designer) is an Edinburgh-based lighting designer and multi-hyphenate theatre artist, scholar, and educator. She has been designing professionally for theatre, dance, and opera for fifteen years, as well as working extensively as a head electrician and light board operator. Notably, she previously served as President of IATSE local 918 and Master Electrician for Anchorage Opera. Previous lighting design clients include: Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, Ohana Arts, Peiling Kao Dances, Anchorage Concert Association, Out North Theatre. She is delighted to be joining the team of Unseen this Fringe, shining light (literally) on the offstage heroes of the theatre industry, and the conflict that exists inside every artist with a survival job. Rebecca is a proud member of IATSE, Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and UCU. Find more of her work online at: rcmahar.net
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Ruby Sevink-Johnston (stage manager / technician) is a theatre maker, pervious credits include: Before I Go by Tobi King Bakare at Brixton House, Obsessed by Lauren-Nicole Mayers and Fade by Alice Christina-Corrigan at the Lowry, Manchester. Heart by Jade Anouka and Kabul Goes Pop by Waleed Akhtar at Brixton House. Musicals such as Lizzie: The Musical (UK Tour) for Hope Mill Theatre. Claus: The Musical, Aria Entertainment. Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella for Hope Mill Theatre. Other productions include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vagina Cake, Vignettes 2 & 3 for Her Productions. Alice Through the Looking Glass for Stolen Thread. Dark Days Luminous Nights for Manchester Collective.
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Allison Parker, A/Park Productions (producer) A/Park Productions was founded by Allison Parker in the summer of 2023 from a passion for producing works, specifically for the Edinburgh Fringe, a festival she fell in love with in 2016. Allison has both stage managed and produced several shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and has worked with all of the Big Four venues. Past Edinburgh Fringe productions include: THE SISTER (2016, Paradise Green), THE PROVIDENCE OF NEIGHBORING BODIES (2018, Underbelly Cowgate), TRUMP LEAR (2018 & 2019, Pleasance Courtyard), SOLITARY (2019 @ Assembly Rooms), INTELLIGENCE (2022, Assembly Roxy - Upstairs), 17 MINUTES (2023, Gilded Balloon Teviot), YOGA WITH JILLIAN (2023, Pleasance Courtyard). A/Park is excited to be presenting DO THIS ONE THING FOR ME at Bedlam Theatre, as well as UNSEEN (Zoo Playground) and FUNNY GUY (Greenside George Street), at this upcoming Fringe! a-parkproductions.com
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VOICEOVERS
Regional Theatre Director V.O. - Josh Samuels
Director V.O. - Misti B. Wills
Audiobook Detective V.O. - Robert Z Grant
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SPECIAL THANKS
Phoebe Dudley
Erin Layton
CS Global
John Galgano
Erik Liberman
Rebecca Stuard
Karen Kohlhaas
A+LWG
Robert Z Grant
Diana Varco
Tim Becker
April Bartlett
All of our amazing donors
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