PlayMakers Laboratory presents its annual Celebration of Authors Gala, a family-friendly interactive festival and brunch event featuring live performances of stories written by Chicago students throughout the 2025/26 school year, adapted and performed by PML company members. The event includes a brunch buffet, open bar, games, silent auction, and a 360-photo booth. The cast includes company members Jen Allman, Elijah Cox, Otto Anzures Dadda, Daniela Kreidler, Jonathan Lee-Rey, Robbin Major, Julie Matolo, Sam Nieves, Yongwoo Park, Erin Smith, Jacqui Touchet, Lex Mann Turner, and Myanne Zachary, directed by Brandon Cloyd. PML will also present its Storyteller of the Year Award to Isabella Wilhemy Sanchez, a special effects makeup designer and former PlayMakers Laboratory student.
Cast and Creative Team for Celebration of Authors Gala 2026: A Family Friendly FUNdraiser at National Museum of Mexican Art
Cast
Jonathan Lee-Rey
Ensemble
Jen Allman
Ensemble
Otto Anzures Dadda
Ensemble
Myanne Zachary
Ensemble
Lex Mann Turner
Ensemble
Jacqui Touchet
Ensemble
Erin Smith
Ensemble
Yongwoo Park
Ensemble
Sam Nieves
Ensemble
Julie Matolo
Ensemble
Robbin Major
Ensemble
Daniela Kreidler
Ensemble
Elijah Cox
Ensemble
Creative Team
Daniel Parsons
Stage Manager
Brandon Cloyd
Director
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