MAIN STAGE
WORLD PREMIERE
FIERCE SATIRE AND MEDIOCRE SEX
by
Edith Weiss
February 13-28, 2026 (Thursday-Saturday)
Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver 7:30 pm
Trying to figure out what is real in an increasingly surreal world? What you need is the kind of laughter that comes not at someone else's expense, but from exploring human foibles - like landing in a life you didn't want, or extortion, or political correctness, religion, Shakespeare, suicide, PBS… and of course mediocre sex. ‘Cause that's life in this big shared boat we're all in, and that’s just funny.
Directed by Susan Lyles
Set/Sound Design/SM Darren Smith
Rehearsal Stage Manager Carol Timblin
Light Design Miriam Suzanne
Starring Edith Weiss, Chris Kendall, Jeff Jesmer, Sophia Badia and Meredith Young
*Seating is General Admission Buntport has accessible seating please let us know when purchasing a ticket about needed accommodations.
PLAYWRIGHT
EDITH WEISS
Edith Weiss the playwright writes children's plays, funny murder mysteries, and short plays. Her work has been produced on every continent except Antarctica. Her plays have been in juried competitions in NYC, California, Chicago, Boston, among others. In Denver And Toto too and the Denver Center have produced her work. She loves her adaptation of Moliere's The Miser, called "The Tightwad"; so hopefully someone will produce that before I kick the bucket. (back to 3rd person) Actor wise, she's worked for the Denver Center, Arvada Center, Miner's Alley, Square Product Theater, Benchmark, Colorado College, Catamounts, Country Dinner Playhouse, Backstage Breckenridge, Littleton Town Hall, and other theaters that regretfully no longer exist. So thank you for your patronage of this small theater independent production. Thank you to Susan Lyles of And Toto too for taking a chance on this. And thank you to Buntport, whose work I have loved for many years.
DIRECTOR
SUSAN LYLES
(SHE/HER)
Susan Lyles is an award winning Actor, Director and Producer, and holds a BA from Wichita State University, and certification from The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Shakespeare. Credits: Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell (Gertrude-Denver, Edinburgh, Scotland and Edmonton,Canada), Whacking the Turkey (Hildegard); The Playground (Omni, Rachel); Ordering Lunch (Sarah); Hay Fever (Sorrel); Present Laughter (Daphne); Swimming in Seuss (Fox, Cindy Lou Who, The Lorax. Ensemble) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator).
Film Credits: 5 Minutes (Best Supporting Actor-Denver 48HFP), Tea Party, Down the Drain, Chasing Christmas, Solemates (3rd place Best Film-London 48 HFP 2024), PrimogenIture, Outed, How Ariel Got Her Muse Back (Best original screen play-Solaris Film Festival-Helsinki, Finland), Among Us, Blameless, Shattered, Second String Villains; Son of Spies and Whispers, B.O.B. and Night Screams. Susan is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of And Toto too Theatre Company, and has directed more than 20 plays, including the award winning Naked in Encino, Car Talk, and Heads. She has designed costumes for more than 50 plays, including Lion in Winter,12th Night (Denver Victorian Playhouse), and Greater Tuna and Christmas Tuna (Denver Victorian Playhouse, Town Hall Arts Center). Susan is also producer and occasional screenwriter for the award winning film production company Ruff, Ruff, Dog Productions. insta: ruff ruff dog productions IMDB for representation and full film credits.
CAST
SOPHIA BADIA
(MISTRESS QUICKLY, SHIRLEY, ELIZABETH, SYRINGE, KATE)
Sophia Badia (She/They) is excited to make her debut with And Toto Too and is thrilled to work with a great team on this exciting new piece of theatre. Sophia currently works in the Denver area as a performer, Director, and Teaching Artist. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre arts, she has continued her theatre education through training with AMHC, with the goal of attaining her mental health coordination certification for theatre and film. She would like to thank her friends and family for their constant support, and she hopes you all enjoy the show.
JEFF JESMER
(DESIGNATOR, OPHELIA, FATHER GANDER, ST. LAURENCE, CRICKET)
Jeff Jesmer (he/him) (Master Carpenter) is very excited to share this experience with a live audience. Thank you for supporting live theatre in our community. Jeff works around Denver as a Set Builder/Designer and as an Actor. He hopes you enjoy the evening and wishes that you spread the word of this and other live theatre around Denver. Jeff would like to thank Julie and our fur-baby for the most love any one person could handle.
CHRIS KENDALL
(PAT, DAVID, OLIVER, GOD, AXEL OTTO UNTERSCHEFFLENZ)
Chris Kendall has appeared in some Play Crawl shows, and now makes his mainstage debut with And Toto too. A recipient of three Henry awards for acting, he is an ensemble member with BETC and has often appeared at Miners Alley and Cherry Creek Theatre, and with The Catamounts. Some favorite roles include Picasso in A Picasso, Shylock in District Merchants, Prospero (at Telluride), The Poet in An Iliad, Tony Reilly in Outside Mullingar, Hogan in Moon for the Misbegotten. Today he is delighted to be working here on another Edith Weiss opus, with the playwright herself!
MEREDITH YOUNG
(YOUNG WOMAN, TAMORA, TIFFANY, SAMANTHA, CHLOE)
Meredith is truly thrilled to work with And Toto too, Susan, and Edith and this incredible group of actors! Colorado credits include: A Christmas Carol and Helen in The Cripple of Inishmaan (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center), Maria in Twelfth Night and Ruth in The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (The Three Leaches), Janie in The Never Summer (Feral Assembly) and Lauren in Circle Mirror Transformation (Curious Theatre Company). She received her BFA in Theatre from the University of Colorado. Meredith would like to thank her amazing family for truly everything.
EDITH WEISS
(THERAPIST)
As an actor Edith's favorite roles have been at the Arvada Center, Backstage Breckenridge, Benchmark, Boulder Ensemble, Bonfils, Buntport, Catamounts, Country Dinner Playhouse, DCPA, Littletown Town Hall, Local Theater Company, Miner's Alley, Nomad, Paragon, and Square Product Theatre, and Town Hall Arts Center. Yes, they have all been my favorite.
SET& SOUND DESIGN
DARREN SMITH (HE/HIM)
.Darren Smith is a successful business owner, stage designer and filmmaker. Darren has more than 30 years of experience both on-stage and in almost every capacity behind the scenes, and is responsible for the technical operations for And Toto too. Since 2015 he has directed more than 31 short films, garnering awards including winning 3rd Place for Best Film at the London 48 Hour Film Project in 2024. His aim with storytelling - whether on screen or stage - is to immerse the audience in situations that feel familiar to them, even if they have never personally experienced the exact scenario that is unfolding. They should see themselves or someone they know reflected back to them, and through these stories gain a little more insight into the beautiful, inevitably flawed, human condition. Originally from Birmingham, England, Darren has made Denver Colorado his home for the last 29 years
LIGHT DESIGN
MIRIAM SUZANNE
Miriam Suzanne is a cross-media artist based in Denver, CO. She often makes music with Teacup Gorilla, hybrid performance with Grapefruit Lab, pottery at Kinship Studio, and web software with OddBird – but sometimes she gets to play with other people as a freelance lighting designer. Miriam is the author of a novel, Riding SideSaddle* (SpringGun Press, 2015), and won the True West Award for its stage adaptation 10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products (Buntport Theater, 2016). Recent productions include Jane/Eyre (Grapefruit Lab, 2025), Whiskey From Strangers (Grapefruit Lab, 2024), Strange Bird, Queer Bird (Grapefruit Lab, 2023) and Letters of Suresh (Curious Theater, 2023).
CAROL TIMBLIN
REHEARSAL STAGE MANAGER
A graduate of Loretto Heights College, Carol has acted and production managed for many Denver theater companies over the past 30 years including The Changing Scene, Aurora Fox, And Toto too, and Germinal Stage. Most recently she Stage Managed Stonewall for Benchmark Theatre. When not hanging around the theater, she can be found outside with the new puppy or indoors playing with fiber or clay
