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JAMAL ABDUNNASIR (Kevin Magee) makes his Wilson Mainstage debut in Superior Donuts, having read in several previous Hornets’ Nest presentations in the Fielding Nextstage. Originally from Williamson, NY, he is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo where he received a B.A. in Theatre, focusing on acting and directing. Recent acting credits include Tex/Dank in The Lipstick Massacre, Bartley in The Cripple of Inishmaan, John Jo in Bedtime Story (Excellence in Acting award, TANYS festival), Mark in Dublin Carol (Outstanding Acting award, TANYS festival; Best Supporting Actor, Acting Irish International Play Festival), and Alex in The Little Dog Laughed.

CHRISTOPHER BURNS (Luther Flynn) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts. Mr. Burns appeared in the London production and U.S. tour of Stones in His Pockets. New York credits include Leduc in Incident at Vichy with TACT at the Samuel Beckett; Middlemen at Walkerspace; Boise and Suburban Motel: Problem Child at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; Prides Crossing at Lincoln Center; Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Longacre, Sexual Perversity in Chicago at Common Ground; A Question Of Mercy at NYTW and Fool For Love at Studio Tisch. International credits also include Extremities at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Regionally, Mr. Burns has appeared in Captors at the Huntington Theatre; The Crucible at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and the Cincinnati Playhouse; Night of the Iguana at the Dallas Theater Center; The Glass Menagerie at the Intiman Theater; A Christmas Story at The Cleveland Play House, The Great Game at Broadway at Duke University and others at New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, The Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, Clarence Brown Theater, Virginia Stage Co., Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Film & TV credits include Rubicon, You Don’t Know Jack, Kings, Rescue Me, “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Important Things” with Dimitri Martin, “Guiding Light,” and “All My Children.” Mr. Burns received his M.F.A. at NYU. He is also a photographic artist and his work has been shown at galleries in New York: www.cburnsmontage.com

SKIP GREER (Arthur Przybyszewski) serves as Artist in Residence and Director of Education at Geva Theatre Center. For Geva he has acted in The Music Man (Mayor Shinn), Evie’s Waltz (Clay), Hamlet (Ghost, Player King), 1776 (John Hancock), House and Garden (Giles), Art (Serge), Twelve Angry Men (Juror #1), A Girl’s Life (Ken), Every Good Boy Deserves Favor (Alexander), The Illusion (Alcandre), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Sagot) and State of the Union (Spike McManus). Directing credits at Geva include On Golden Pond; Over the Tavern; Almost, Maine; the world premiere of The House in Hydesville; American Buffalo; the world premiere of Key West; Death of a Salesman; Lobby Hero; Below the Belt; The Weir; Women Who Steal; Beast on the Moon; The Triumph of Love and Geometric Digression of the Species (for the Nextstage opening). Regional credits include seven seasons in the resident acting company of Sacramento Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. Film and TV credits include “Bloodhounds,” “LA Law,” and “VR5.” Mr. Greer has toured Europe, Africa, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia and the Cook Islands teaching and performing.

DARYLL HEYSHAM (Max Tarasov) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts. He spent the last three years in Pittsburgh where he performed a variety of roles. At the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Mr. Heysham originated the role of Sammy Carducci in the world premiere of Harry’s Friendly Service. He also appeared at the Public as Gil Marshall in The Royal Family and as Luther in Superior Donuts, all directed by Ted Pappas. He played Bishop Constantus in the world premiere of A Child’s Guide to Heresy at the REP, where he also appeared as Phil Romano in That Championship Season. He played Monsieur Pierre in the U.S. premiere of The Clockmaker for City Theatre. Work with the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre includes Inspector Lestrade in The Mask of Moriarty for and Jimmy in The Pitmen Painters. Off-Broadway credits include roles in Tony ‘n' Tina's Wedding and Much Ado About Nothing. Mr. Heysham played opposite George Peppard and Susan Clark in a national tour of The Lion in Winter and he logged over 1,000 performances of Shear Madness in the original Philadelphia production. Favorite roles include Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman (opposite Harold Gould), Milo Tindle in Sleuth, Bernard Nightingale in Arcadia, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. Mr. Heysham has also appeared at the Walnut Street Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Florida Stage, and Iowa’s Riverside Shakespeare Festival. He has taught acting and voice and speech at Cornell University, Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, and AMDA in New York City. He holds a B.F.A. from Ohio State University and received his M.F.A. from Point Park University. He resides in Manhattan with his lovely wife, Christine.

JAMES HOLLOWAY (Franco Wicks) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts. New York theatre credits include Macbeth at Theatre Row-The Lion; They Think Our Favorite Color is Green at Kraine Theater; Hope’s Arbor at Gallery Players and at Manhattan Theatre Source; ClassyAss at Center Stage; Kissing Scene at The Barrow Group; and Ride the Rhythm at the Hip Hop Theatre Festival. Regional credits include Fences at Bristol Riverside Theatre; History of the Word at Crossroads Theatre; A Few Good Men at Flat Rock Playhouse; Romeo and Juliet at Tivoli Memorial Park; and A Walk Through Time at Freedom Theatre (Receiving a writing credit for his rap lyrics while working with Lynn Nottage). TV and Film credits include “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order: SVU,” recurring role on “One Life to Live,” “Freedomland,” “The Roe Effect” and “The Cycle” on HBO, “Jackson Parish” on BET (Craft Award for Best Actor at First Run Film Festival), “Music City” on PBS, and “Hero” on YouTube (Directorial debut). Mr. Holloway is a graduate of the Conservatory of Acting at SUNY Purchase. Connect with him on Facebook at ilikejamesholloway, and on Twitter at jamesholloway12. Visit www.iamjamesholloway.com

PATRICIA LEWIS (Lady Boyle) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she has appeared in Amadeus, Pride and Prejudice, Antigone, and many new play readings. Ms. Lewis has been a part of Rochester's vibrant theatre community since returning to the area some thirty years ago. She has acted and directed at the former Shipping Dock Theatre, Blackfriars Theatre and CenterStage at the JCC among others. Favorite roles include: Elsa in The Road to Mecca, Vivien in Wit, Sally in Talley's Folly, and Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. She teaches in the theatre departments at Nazareth College and the University of Rochester. She is a member of "Unleashed!" a long form improv troupe, and the author of a one woman play about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Film credits include Cherry Crush and After.

Mary Jo Mecca (Officer Randy Osteen) makes her Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts. Regional credits include Active Theater’s premiere of Bridgeboy; Tess at the 2010 NYMF; The Rink; Sweeney Todd at Casa Mañana; Guthrie Theater’s production of Little House on the Prairie; A Christmas Carol at Westport Playhouse; Death of A Salesman, Sganarelle, The Jealous Husband and As Bees in Honey Drown at Interact Theater; Man of La Mancha at Alabama Shakespeare; Amour at Goodspeed; Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Seven Angels; Jekyll & Hyde at Alley Theater; Stand-up Shakespeare at Odyssey Theater; Jerry Herman’s Showtune at the Pasadena Playhouse; Into the Woods at Connecticut Rep; Jesus Christ, Superstar Walnut Street; Bingo! at Hermosa Beach Playhouse, Jonathan Larsen’s Blocks at Westbeth Theater, Funny Girl at UMT; and Passion, Nine and Lucky Stiff at MTG. Film credits include Holes. Television credits include “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Trial by Jury,” “Frasier,” “Guiding Light,” and “Oh Baby!”

RON SCOTT (Officer James Bailey) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts. Off-Broadway credits include Waiting for Lefty, and Waitin’ 2 End Hell (47th Street Playhouse) Regional credits include Fences at Weston Playhouse; The Piano Lesson at Arkansas Rep; Crumbs from the Table of Joy at Capital Rep; And Then They Came For Me at George Street Playhouse; A Soldiers Play in Frankfurt Germany, I Hate Hamlet at the Frankfurt Playhouse, Germany; Strange Snow at the Flatiron Theatre NYC, Hedda Gabler for Harold Clurman NYC. TV/Film credits include “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns” and The Greatest with Pierce Brosnan. Mr. Scott is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio and a native of Dayton, Ohio. He would like to thank Geva Theatre Center for this wonderful opportunity. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

JEFFREY EVAN THOMAS (Kiril Ivakin) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut in Superior Donuts and he is thrilled to be a part of such a terrific cast. Broadway credits include Tiny Naylor in The Ritz at Studio 54/Roundabout; and Off-Broadway credits include Henry Bolingbroke in Richard II at York Shakespeare/Theatre Row, Bill in 365 Days/365 Plays at the Public Theatre), and Poet/Player #2 in Three Seconds in the Key at New Georges, Regional credits include Lennie in Of Mice and Men at Cleveland Play House/Studio Arena/Northern Stage), and Slender in Merry Wives of Windsor at the Denver Center. Film credits include August (with Josh Hartnett) and Warner Bros. upcoming CGI feature The Prodigies.

TRACY LETTS (Playwright) is the author of the plays August: Osage County, Killer Joe and Man from Nebraska (named one of Time Magazine’s Top Ten Plays of 2003). He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His appearances there include Homebody/Kabul; The Dazzle; Glengarry Glen Ross; Three Days of Rain, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Film appearances include Guinevere, U.S. Marshal and Chicago Cab. TV appearances include “The District,” “Profiler,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Home Improvement,” and “Seinfeld.” Mr. Letts made his directing debut at the Lookingglass Theatre with Glen Berger’s play Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22.

MARK CUDDY (Director) is in his seventeenth season as Artistic Director of Geva Theatre Center. This season, in addition to this production of Superior Donuts, he directed A Christmas Carol (which he also adapted) and will be directing Company. Last season, he directed the premiere of A Christmas Carol and a landmark production of The Music Man. Mr. Cuddy is well known for his staging of premieres, contemporary comedies and musical theatre. Among his Geva Theatre Center productions have been the Mainstage and Nextstage productions of Five Course Love, Fences; Sweeney Todd; A Christmas Story; Pride and Prejudice (which he also co-adapted); Bad Dates; Our Town; Tuesdays With Morrie; Urinetown; Splitting Infinity; Vigil; A Chorus Line; Hamlet; That Was Then (American premiere); Convenience (world premiere musical); 1776; Proof; the world premiere of Thornton Wilder’s Theophilus North which was also seen at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.; The Miser; the East Coast premieres of both House and Garden; Quilters; Art; Famous Orpheus (world premiere musical) with Garth Fagan Dance; Every Good Boy Deserves Favor with the RPO; Golf With Alan Shepard; Picasso at the Lapin Agile and State of the Union. Prior to his tenure at Geva Theatre Center, Mr. Cuddy directed a number of world and American classics while Artistic Director of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company.

JACK MAGAW (Scenic Designer) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he previously designed Evie’s Waltz and Bad Dates. Other Chicago and regional theatre credits include I Just Stopped By To See The Man at Alliance Theatre, the world premiere of Disgraced for American Theatre Company, Circle Mirror Transformation for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Gee's Bend for Cincinnati Playhouse, The Whipping Man and Cabaret for Kansas City Repertory, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and Home at the Court Theatre, Black Pearl Sings and Eclipsed at Northlight Theatre, A Few Good Men at Peninsula Players Theatre, In the Next Room at Victory Gardens Theater, She Loves Me and The Caretaker for the Writers Theatre, and Radio Golf at Pittsburgh Public Theatre. He received Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for Picnic and Bus Stop at the Writers’ Theatre, Fences at Court Theatre and Seven Guitars at Congo Square Theatre. Upcoming projects include Big: The Musical at First Stage Milwaukee and Jitney at Court Theatre. Mr. Magaw lives in Evanston with director Kimberly Senior and teaches design at both DePaul and Northwestern universities. www.jackmagaw.com

CHRISTINA SELIAN (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for Evie’s Waltz, Tuesdays with Morrie, Below the Belt and Art at Geva Theatre Center and served as assistant director for Beast on the Moon. She graduated from Emerson College and began her professional career in New York City working for the Riverside Shakespeare Company, Theatre for the Open Eye and The Actor’s Outlet. Ms. Selian later became an artist-in residence with the Boston-based TheatreWorks, where she met her husband Mark Cuddy. For three seasons, she was associate producer of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, where she established and directed the apprentice program and was assistant director for Othello, The Comedy of Errors and Sherlock Holmes. When not designing Ms. Selian teaches craft sewing classes to children out of her Highland Park home.

MATT REINERT (Lighting Designer) has served as Production Manager at Geva Theatre Center since 2007 where his lighting design credits include The House in Hydesville. Design credits include The Home Place, Jane Eyre, Boats on a River, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Freezing Paradise, The Constant Wife, A Body of Water, As You Like It, The Sex Habits of American Women, Death of a Salesman, Three Sisters, Boston Marriage, Othello, Good Boys, All My Sons, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Side Man, Twelfth Night, Misalliance, Sweeney Todd, Gross Indecency and Simpatico at the Guthrie Theater where he was Resident Lighting Department Supervisor from 1994 – 2007; Death of a Salesman at the Dublin Theatre Festival and national tours of Othello and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other credits include designs for more than fifteen productions, many in the Humana Festival of New American Plays and Flying Solo Festivals at the Actors Theatre of Louisville where he was Lighting Department Supervisor for more than 100 productions; History Theatre; Florida Stage; Missouri Repertory Theatre; Pepsico Summerfaire; Kentucky Shakespeare Festival; Glimmerglass Opera; Chautauqua Opera; Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre; Purdue University/Indiana Public Television; University of Minnesota; Western Michigan University; University of Missouri, Kansas City; Iowa State University. Mr. Reinert holds an M.F.A. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City; and his B.A. from Iowa State University.

IAN HILDRETH (Associate Sound Designer) is a graduate of SUNY Brockport, and is in his fifth season as Audio Engineer at Geva Theatre Center. Past designs include Radio Golf, I’ll Be Geneseeing You, Carry It On, Two Trains Running, Underneath the Lintel, Fences and 3 Mo’ Divas.

DAVID S. LEONG (Fight Choreographer) makes his Geva Theatre Center debut with Superior Donuts. He has directed/choreographed fights and/or movement for sixteen Broadway productions including Billy Elliott, Carousel, The Civil War, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, King Hedley II, The Rainmaker, Macbeth, and Hamlet. London productions include the West End musical Napoleon, and Jitney at the National Theatre of Great Britain. David's work has been seen on the stages of nearly every major regional theatre in the United States including Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, ART, ACT, Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, and the Guthrie Theatre. Mr. Leong is Chairman and Producing Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre.

JENNI WERNER (Dramaturg) is in her first season as the Director of Literary and Artistic Programs at Geva Theatre Center. Previously, she served as the Director of Programming at Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the non-profit theatre field. From 2005-2011, Ms. Werner produced TCG’s annual National Conference, curating the content and organizing the logistics for the largest national gathering of professionals in the non-profit theatre field. For the past six years, she was adjunct instructor in the Program in Educational Theatre in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University, and is now an adjunct instructor at both SUNY Geneseo and RIT. Favorite dramaturgy credits include Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure and Midsummer Night's Dream, all produced by NYU’s youth outreach program; and productions of Marisol, She Stoops to Conquer, The Basset Table and Naga-Mandala. Ms. Werner has an M.F.A. in dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a B.A. in theatre and history from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

FRANK CAVALLO (Stage Manager) returns to Geva Theatre Center where he has stage managed numerous productions, including Perfect Wedding, On Golden Pond, The Music Man, A Raisin in the Sun, Anything Goes, Below the Belt, Five Guys Named Moe (twice), Vigil, several Reflections Festival premieres and the occasional production of A Christmas Carol. He has also worked as a stage manager at various other regional theatres, as the production manager for the Rochester Children’s Theatre at Nazareth College, and toured for Poetry in Motion with Ms. Salome Jens’ one woman show, About Anne…, featuring the poetry of Anne Sexton. Many thanks to the Geva Staff. It’s nice to be back.

VERONICA AGLOW (Stage Manager) returns to Geva Theatre Center where she last stage managed A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, On Golden Pond, Girls Night The Musical and assistant stage managed Perfect Wedding, The Music Man and Over the Tavern. Ms. Aglow recently stage managed the Philadelphia run of Girls Night at the Kimmel Center’s Innovation Studio, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Little Shop of Horrors at the Devon Theatre. Favorite credits include productions of Parade, Can-Can, and the world premiere of Broadway’s American Idiot. Ms. Aglow is a proud graduate of Point Park University. As always, she would like to thank her super-supportive parents, who have helped make her dreams a reality.

JULIE ANN MADONIA (Assistant Stage Manager) started at Geva Theatre Center as an Apprentice Stage Manager for the 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 Seasons. Her favorite shows during those seasons included Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Christmas Carol, Later Life, Five Guys Named Moe and Antigone. She is also honored to have been a part of the opening season of the Nextstage, for which she stage managed Stop Kiss and Women Who Steal. Ms. Madonia has previously stage managed three years of Hibernatus Interruptus as well as Stars of Geva in conjunction with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Thanks to Derek, Mom & Dad for their continued love and support. Love to Michael and Lilly.