The Binge Free Festival at Santa Monica Playhouse returns for its Tenth Anniversary Season, showcasing a variety of free performances and workshops from October 14 to November 16. After renovations to the Main Stage, the festival highlights local and international artists with a focus on engaging storytelling. Featured performances include Sonja Marie's Free Bricks, which examines the emotional journey of a character named "Bricks," seeking self-acknowledgment as she navigates personal hurdles. With a commitment to diversity and creativity, the festival promises something for everyone in the community.
Cast and Creative Team for FREE BRICKS at Santa Monica Playhouse
Cast
PINA
MAFIA: The Women Speak
Marilyn Anderson
How to Live Like a Millionaire, When You’re a Million Short
Carmen Scott
Dream Role
Rheagan Wallace
STAGE MAMMA
Pina
Mafia Anonymous: The Women Speak
Maria Fagan Hassani
Atypical Grace
Lauri Fraser
The Hairdresser…your therapy session or mine?
Cynthia Spierer
A Crack in Everything
Pattie Fitzgerald
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Wendy Hammers
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Susan Landon
Wise Ass Women from the Westside
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Trust Me, I’m From Essex
The California Shakespeare Company
Will Power Shakespeare Hour
Becca Beberaggi
I’m Not Here Right Now
Phil Stewart
John Huston: The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of
Sonja Marie
FREE BRICKS
Janora McDuffie
Earth, Wind & Car Fire
Zach Ring
The Advocate
Rob Nagle
The Advocate
William Duffy
The Advocate
Reina Guthrie
The Advocate
Clarissa Park
The Advocate
Darrell Goss
Black Don’t Crack
Jeff Keller
Black Don’t Crack
Mz. REKA
Black Don’t Crack
Zuleika Moreno
Black Don’t Crack
Andrew Searles
Black Don’t Crack
Alia Atkins
Black Don’t Crack
Maegan Mandarino
Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair.
Tanya Thomas
Naturally Tan
Rosie Byrne
The Best of Constance & Florence
Kate Huffman
The Best of Constance & Florence
Berry Under Your Bed
Cruel Landlord
Celine Athan
Cruel Landlord
Emmet Sempek
Cruel Landlord
Jackie Brehiman
Cruel Landlord
Venessa Verdugo
HOOLIGANI
Jenn Brown
If Truth Be Told
Ian Michael Scheller
My Unexpected Journey Into Magic
Natasha Mikha
Marilyn Monroe, Unknown Letters
Madeleine Lemay
The Six at Ten
Hilary Kang Oglesby
The Advocate
Isabel Lindley
Absolutely Halloween
J.T. Melaragno
Absolutely Halloween
Cydne Moore
Absolutely Halloween
Joseph Perez
Absolutely Halloween
Charlotte Robinson
Absolutely Halloween
Graham Silbert
Absolutely Halloween
Megan Wright
Absolutely Halloween
Jane Ellen Stern
Jane and the Magic Album
Aubrey Clyburn
Jane and the Magic Album
Marcello Padilla
Jane and the Magic Album
Tara Parker
Jane and the Magic Album
Shelley Cooper
Rag Doll on a Bomb Site
Paul Linke
The Summer I Got Old
Theda Weston
The Six at Ten
Tim Torre
The Six at Ten
Misha Kofman
The Six at Ten
Ruthie Danziger
My Great Turnaround
Daniel Ledesma
My Great Turnaround
Anne DiGiovanni
EXES: The musical
Olivia Facini
EXES: The musical
Joseph Lewczak
EXES: The musical
Jeannette Lawler
EXES: The musical
Rahvaunia Johnson
tHis Is Very IMPORTANT
Paulina Combow
Adopted by Appalachians
Dee Freeman
Poison Gun
Albie Selznick
Letter From David
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Trans Mom vs Family court: Justice Sees No Gender
Miles Otway
Black Don’t Crack
Creative Team
Becca Beberaggi
Writer
Aaron Wilson
Music
Lindsay Perry
Director
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Producer
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Writer
Susan Landon
Performer
Wendy Hammers
Performer
Pattie Fitzgerald
Performer
Suzanne Bressler Zoltan
Associate Producer
Eric Scott Golovan
Director
Becca Beberaggi
Producer
Mz. REKA
Producer
Maegan Mandarino
Writer
Tanya Thomas
Producer
Madeleine Lemay
Director
Madeleine Lemay
Writer
Venessa Verdugo
Producer
Venessa Verdugo
Writer
Lee Costello
Director
Jenn Brown
Performer
Jenn Brown
Writer
Tim Swiss
Director
Heidi Jo Scheller
Director
Ian Michael Scheller
Writer
Natasha Mikha
Producer
Natasha Mikha
Writer
Zuleika Moreno
Co-Producer
Darrell Goss
Performer
Alia Atkins
Performer
Miles Otway
Host
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Producer
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Writer
William Duffy
Performer
Rob Nagle
Performer
Zach Ring
Director
Joseph Megel
Director
Janora McDuffie
Writer
Ernie Silva
Director
Sonja Marie
Writer
Leslie Stewart
Producer
Paul Linke
Director
Phil Stewart
Writer
Jen West
Director
Cynthia Spierer
Writer
Christinna Chauncey
Acting Coach
Jessica Lynn Johnson
Producer
Heather Dowling
Director
Maria Fagan Hassani
Writer
Pina
Presenter
Heather Dowling
Character Coach
Jessica Lynn Johnson
Director
Rheagan Wallace
Producer
Rheagan Wallace
Writer
Carmen Scott
Producer
Carmen Scott
Writer
Marilyn Anderson
Writer
Tanya Thomas
Writer
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