MICHAEL SAMUEL KAPLAN* ‍(Director) has performed in theatres across the United States and directed and coached across the U.S., Canada, and Singapore. Previously onstage at FUSION: THE NIGHT ALIVE and LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER. He recently played Lord Montague in the Hartford Stage production of ROMEO AND JULIET. Previous directing credits include THE EXECUTION OF JUSTICE, THE OTHER SHORE, and THE POLYCULE. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. http://michaelsamuelkaplan.com

JACQUELINE REID*^ (The Other Woman) is a founder of FUSION. Lead roles include ONE FLEA SPARE, WITCH, TWO-CHARACTER PLAY, A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2, HEISENBERG, OLD TIMES, THE 39 STEPS, THE HOMECOMING, THE OTHER PLACE, CLYBOURNE PARK, OTHER DESERT CITIES, TIME STANDS STILL, GOD OF CARNAGE, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, PARLOUR SONG, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, HEDDA GABLER, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, CLOSER, and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Film/TV: HEAT LIGHTNING (Best Actress Oregon Film Fest), DOC WEST, TRIGGERMAN, PLUGGED (festival Best), IN PLAIN SIGHT, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, and TRUE CONFESSIONS. Directing credits include the national, regional premieres of DOUBT, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, RED, DISGRACED, and FULFILLMENT CENTER. Regional premieres: THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER, ESCAPED ALONE, THE UNEXPECTED MAN, THE NIGHT ALIVE, TRIBES, and FREUD'S LAST SESSION. She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.

ARRON SHIVER* (The Man) is an actor, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter from Taos, New Mexico. For the last twenty years, he has played a wide variety of roles in film and television, notably “Dean O’Banion” on HBO’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and a recurring role on the Netflix hit LONGMIRE. In the feature world, most recently he appeared in James Mangold’s FORD V. FERRARI, and the Searchlight picture HOLD YOUR BREATH, opposite Sarah Paulson. He received his BFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts in 2001. Previous roles for FUSION include “Stanley” in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (2002) and “Bunce” in ONE FLEA SPARE (2025).

TIFFANY COLE (The Woman). Born & raised in Los Angeles, Tiffany’s theatre resume includes her "hauntingly vivacious" turn as “Fefu” in Maria Irene Fornes' FEFU AND HER FRIENDS (Charles McNulty's “Top 10 [National] Productions of 2019” at the Odyssey Theatre, LA), the award-winning productions of PUNCH & JUDY (LA Drama Critic's Circle) andVERY STILL & HARD TO SEE(LA Weekly Award), and FUSION’s own MS. HOLMES AND MS. WATSON – APT. 2B. An actor and director in film, as well as a graduate of the School of Theatre at USC, Tiffany’s is following her award-winning shorts, APPLE TREE and MARGE & RITA, by EP-ing and acting in a Canadian Sci-Fi Thriller, IMPULSE CONTROL, and is set to direct her feature film, SOS PAPERCLIP, based on her directing-debut short of the same name.A former faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts, Tiffany hopes to one day fuel her feminist drive with an official coffee sponsorship.