Two-Way Glass Presents:
Walter Schlinger's
Romeo and Juliet
Written and Performed By Sean Gordon
Directed By Dixie O'Connell
April 3rd - 9:50pm
April 11th - 8:40pm
April 13th - 6:30pm
April 19th - 2:00pm
The Rat NYC X NYC Fringe
The Village
Stage Manager
Sadie Kalinowska-Werter
Costume Design
Ali Caruso
Set & Projection Design
Reed Gordon
Producer
Lainey Helmers
Bio's and Histories
SEAN GORDON (Writer/Performer) (he/him) is an actor and writer based in Brooklyn. His work focuses on blending old stories with new ideas. He was a three-time resident at the Phoenix Residency with the Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford and Mighty Quinn Foundation. He is also a co-founder of Glow-Worm Theatre Company. Other plays include: Temporary Dissonance (POV Festival selection), Chicken Sexer, and Maybe This Will Fix Me. He can be seen in the web series “Why Try,” out now, and in the short film “Bird Flu,” out later this year. He’s a graduate of the Theater Arts Conservatory at Purchase College and has a Minor in Playwriting, in addition to being an avid reality TV fan. www.sean-gordon-actor.com (the website you're CURRENTLY on.)
DIXIE O'CONNELL (Director) (she/they) is a director and theater artist living in Brooklyn. Dixie hails from the Jersey Shore and is a graduate of the Theater Arts Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. Recent directorial credits include: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Shadow Cast at Wonderville, Rocky Horror Picture Show at Father Knows Best, Mirrorball with STRANGEGIRLZZ, and Walter Schlinger's Romeo and Juliet with FRIGID New York’s Little Shakespeare Festival. Dixie likes magical realism and believes in sitting in the dark with people, preferably strangers.
SADIE KALINOWSKA-WERTER fellow SUNY Purchase Theatre and Performance alumnus is thrilled to help bring Walter Schlinger’s Romeo and Juliet to NYC Fringe after stage-managing its previous iteration at Frigid’s Shakespeare Festival. They are also pleased to return to The Rat since directing Danny and the Deep Blue Sea last Summer
REED GORDON (Set & Projection Designer) is a recent graduate from SUNY Purchase. Past credits include, 'As You Like It' (Purchase, Scenic Designer) 'Judy's House' (Producer, Scenic Designer) and Eurydice (Purchase, Assistant Scenic Designer.)
ALI CARUSO (Costume Designer) is a Brooklyn based costume designer and seamstress with a BFA from SUNY Purchase. She is thrilled to be working with her wonderful friends on this production!
Playwright's Note
WSR&J was developed through many conversations with emerging artists across various mediums. Regardless of background or discipline, their stories were similar. They painted the picture of someone hungry, frustrated, ambitious, and perhaps even scared. The very first draft consisted of three distinct monologues by seperate faceless characters. But what quickly became apparent was that these voices, much like my conversations with other creators, all spoke from the same place. That amalgamation eventually formed into 22-year-old Walter Schlinger-- a character who interrogates the questions he faces and implores the audience to search with him. Walter calls his recitation “the workshop of a literary experiment.” And in one way, that’s true of the show itself. Through Walter, we see if Sincerity can be a source of entertainment value.
Playwright's Note
Founded in 2025, Two-Way Glass Productions is an independent production company with one goal: remember the audience. We seek to emphasize the ever-shifting relationship between spectator and spectacle. Whether it’s live performance or on film, stories aren’t truly told until they have a Watcher. Because of that, we see the audience as the final and perhaps most influential collaborator on our projects.
