Zori: Hannah Freund

Hannah Freund (she/her) is an EMC actor, playwright, and director based out of Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of the BFA - Acting program at Illinois Wesleyan University, as well as an alum of the London Theatre Program at the British American Drama Academy. Credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Hero, Verges), The Theater at Monmouth; Much Ado About Nothing (Hero U/S, Seacoal), Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Twelfth Night (Viola U/S), Door Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Theater at Monmouth; Gruesome Playground Injuries (Kayleen), Illinois Wesleyan University. Represented by Lily’s Talent Agency. @hannahfreund 

Danielle: Madeleine Moderhack

Madeleine Moderhack (she/they) is an actor, artist, and cat parent born and raised in Chicago. Previous credits include Antigone at Redtwist and Dial M for Murder at Northlight. Her agent dropped her last year when she told them she didn’t want to submit for hand modeling gigs anymore. So if you’re an agent … feel free to reach out… She is honored to have been a part of this wonderful process and hopes you enjoy the show!

Rebecca: Margaret Rogers

Margaret Rogers (she/her) is thrilled to be part of this world premiere! This summer, Margaret played Mary Bennet / Mr. Collins in Pride & Prejudice with Inkwell Arts. She also spent the last year performing as Piggie in Elephant & Piggie: We are in a Play! with Alphabet Soup Productions. Other notable credits include: This Random World (Claire) and The Lightning Thief (Luke) with Steel Beam Theatre, James & The Giant Peach (Miss Spider) and Alice in Wonderland (The Dormouse) with Alphabet Soup Productions, and The Humans (Aimee) with STC. The thought provoking themes throughout the play mean a lot to Margaret, and she’s incredibly honored to help bring these nuances of life to the stage with this creative team. IG: itsme_margaret

Swing: Olivia Wheeler

Olivia Wheeler (she/her) is a Chicago-based actor and director. Her most recent acting credits include The Bear (Chekhov), Jump Scares (Bump in the Night), and Me…Jane: The Life and Dreams of Jane Goodall (Deerfield Family Theater). Olivia is also the Director of Finance with Essential Invisible Productions, a new theater company in the city. Thank you for your support of this show and Chicago theater! olivia-wheeler.com

Director: Emily Arthur

Emily Arthur is a director, actor, and writer hailing from Picayune, Mississippi. She is endlessly excited to be making her debut with Odds and Ends, and would like to thank the whole cast and crew for all the hard work and collaboration that has been put into this project. Emily would like to extend a special thanks to Lily for trusting her with bringing this new work to life.

Playwright: Lily Kerr-Jung

Lily Kerr-Jung (she/her) is a theatrical jack of all trades, a lesbian, and whatever the opposite of a doomsday prepper is. Most recently she directed Odds and Ends production of Gruesome Playground Injuries. She is so grateful to be putting up her first full length show with such a wonderful team. You can see her perform her original writing at venues all over the city, or catch her as an improviser with her indie team Pyramid Funnel and/or iO house team Fizz. 

Intimacy Consultant: Celine Berger

Celine Berger (they/them) recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with their BFA in Acting. In the past they have worked as an intimacy choreographer and consultant on Gruesome Playground Injuries, Percentages and RENT. Some of their on-stage appearances include Witch, Orlando and Feathers and Teeth. Celine is grateful for the team at Odds+Ends Theatre Co and are looking forward to share everyone's hard work. Enjoy the show!

Stage Manager: AJ Reinhardt

AJ Reinhardt is a theater-agnostic flaneuer & the operations director for Odds + Ends. He loves to send and recieve emails.

Lighting Design: August Tiemeyer

August (he/him) is a theatre designer and educator. He loves his children's theatre and TYA work with the Northbrook Theatre, as well as his work with various independent companies in the Chicago area. He most recently designed for Gruesome Playground Injuries with Odds+Ends and Ride the Cyclone with Wittenberg University. He loves his dog, CC, and Lily's cats, Ham and Sandwich. Full of love, this guy.