Furlough's Paradise at Gil Cates Theater

Kacie Rogers

Two-time NAACP Award–winning actor and writer Kacie Rogers received her classical training at AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts. She is the face of the board game Disparity Trap and has appeared on hit TV shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grace & Frankie. Kacie has performed with prestigious Los Angeles theatres, including The Robey Theatre Company, the Getty Villa, A Noise Within, IAMA Theatre Company, Greenway Court Theatre, Skylight Theatre Company, and Geffen Playhouse. In 2021, she earned a writing fellowship that led to her acclaimed one-woman show, I Sell Windows, with successful runs in New York, Los Angeles, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Kacie is deeply grateful to God, her friends, family, and her agent/manager team for their unwavering support in her journey, and she’s honored to share her work with audiences everywhere.

DeWanda Wise

DeWanda is truly thrilled to be making her Geffen Playhouse debut with Furlough’s Paradise! Other stage credits include the world premiere of Fireflies at Atlantic Theater Company, originating the role of “Nina” in Dominique Morisseau’s Sunset Baby with LAByrinth Theater Company, Flight directed by Liesl Tommy at City Theatre, Race at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, In the Continuum at PlayMakers Repertory Company, Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things with Negro Ensemble Company, and As It Is In Heaven at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Recent film credits include the Sundance hit Love, Brooklyn, Blumhouse horror film Imaginary, and Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman. Previous credits include Jurassic World Dominion, Someone Great, The Harder They Fall, and Fatherhood, among others. TV: Three Women, The Twilight Zone, She’s Gotta Have It, Shots Fired, and Underground. Wise graduated with honors as the B.F.A. representative from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a recipient of the Scholar Award and the Atlantic Achievement in Studio Award. My nearest… thank you for being my Utopia.