What The Constitution Means to Me at Vanguard Theater

Doreen Oliver is an actor and writer whose work illuminates the beauty, heartbreak, and unpredictability of life, often through the lens of parenting. Her critically-acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show about raising a child with autism, EVERYTHING IS FINE UNTIL IT’S NOT, won the Backstage/United Solo Audience Award and broke a record for the fastest sell-out of a production in the New York International Fringe Festival's 20-year history. Some of her favorite roles include Soccer Mom (The Wolves), Ms. Gardner (Carrie: the Musical), Mariah (Blood Orange), Betsy Foster/Featured Dancer (Tuck Everlasting), and Electra (Gypsy). A former development executive and film producer for Lee Daniels Entertainment, Doreen helped bring to the big screen such independent films as the Oscar-winning Precious, Shadowboxer, and The Woodsman. Her essays about race, autism, and parenting have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Audible, The Root, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the conservatory program at Atlantic Theater Company, Yale University, Stanford Graduate School of Business (where she was a Charles Bonini Fellow), and a Head Start pre-school in Newark, New Jersey.

Mychal Leverage is a writer, performer, and citizen of the United States. Training: AMDA New York. Tours: Little Women the Musical (Professor Bhaer). Off-Broadway: Sleepy Hollow the Musical (Ichabod Crane). Regional: A Streetcar Named Desire (Mitch), Legally Blonde (Callahan), Daddy Long Legs (Jervis), Shrek (Shrek), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Monty). He lives in Clifton with his lovely wife, Heidi, and their dog, Atticus Finch. Instagram: @MychalLeverage

Dana Iannuzzi is a New York based Actor/Director. Dana is so happy to be back at Vangaurd this season after Directing "FADE" last year. Dana served as the American Associate Director for "SiX" the Musical on Norwegian Cruise Lines. Other directing credits include: Young Frankenstein (Forestburgh Playhouse), Blue Stockings (Muhlenberg College), Say Goodnight (WaterTower Theatre), Escape to Margaritaville (Forestburgh Playhouse), Murder for Two (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), Steel Magnolias (Timerlake Playhouse), A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline - Starring Felicia Finley (Timerlake Playhouse), and The Vagina Monologues (Players Theatre) @thedanaiannuzzi / danaiannuzzi.com

Thomas Sherman (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is a freshmen at Montclair State University. They are excited to be apart of their first Vanguard production! What The Constitution Means To Me is an incredible play and he is overjoyed to have the opportunity to make it come to life with such a talented cast and crew. Past directing projects include New Play Festival at MSU and You Can't Take It With You at Paramus High School. They would like to thank their director Dana Iannuzzi, stage manager Darby Blum, artistic director Janeece Freeman Clark, the rest of the cast and crew at Vanguard theatre, and his friends and family.

Darby Blum, Production Stage Manager, is returning to Vanguard, having previously worked on Fade and Tuck Everlasting. Other credits include Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Illinois Shakespeare Festival, And a Nightingale Sang… and The Rose Tattoo at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Entropics with Full Steam Ahead. They are a graduate of Purdue University.

He is thrilled to return for WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. Previous credits include JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH JR., HAIRSTORY, LITTLE WOMEN, and INTO THE WOODS with Vanguard Theater Company; THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, PRIVATE LIVES, TIGERS BE STILL, WINTER TALES, SEX WITH STRANGERS, DOUBLEWIDE (Rolling World Premiere), and FUN HOME with Vermont Stage; SPONGEBOB MUSICAL: YOUTH EDITION, BEETLEJUICE JR., SISTER ACT JR., OLIVER JR., WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY JR., MOANA JR., and PETER PAN JR. (Pilot) with Teaneck Community Charter School; and M.BETH with M.Beth Productions. A graduate of The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Craig is grateful to collaborate with such dedicated artists and extends sincere thanks to his friends and family for their continued support.