New Relic Theatre Presents
THE GOO
A World Premiere Play by K. Rose Dallimore
Featuring
ANNA RUDEGEAIR
DANIEL ISON
KALEB BAKER
KAT QUIÑONES
KELSEY MALANOWSKI
NICOLE ALBANESE
VENA HOWARD
Directed by ELIZA PALTER
Produced by CHRIS PHILLIPS
Stage Managed by ELLERY CORDES
Set Design by GEORGE TSOUROUNAKIS
Lighting Design by EMMA WILLS-UMDENSTOCK
Sound Design by NATE DALLIMORE
Costume Design by LILY DOZER
Asst. Direction by ELIJAH LEVI-DABBY
Marketing Direction by OMAR KHAN
Multimedia Photo & Video by JENNIFER LOO
Community Engagement by NICOLE ALBANESE
Made Possible with Support From...
PRODUCERS
Kathleen Palter, Richard Battista, Billy Crockett, Ron & Kathleen Malanowski
PATRONS
Michael Quinn, Heather Reynolds, Matt & Donna Phillips
SUPPORTERS
Michael Donnay, Maria Martinez
THE GOO is presented as part of The Factory Series @Chain Theatre, which provides renters with production support which may include subsidized space, rehearsal studios, and equipment and the overarching marketing, publicity, and technology enhancements for the theater. For more information, visit chaintheatre.org.
Cast
ANNA RUDEGEAIR is a NYC-based actor and content creator. She is excited to return for her 5th NRT production, with past roles including Rosalind (As You Like It) and Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet). Anna was recently seen in a pilot reading with UCB’s “Table Ready” and can be found online (@annaredhair_ ) where she creates comedic sketches for over 1 million followers on Instagram and TikTok. Thanks to NRT and K. Rose Dallimore for this wonderful opportunity.
DANIEL ISON is thrilled be a part of The Goo! He's spent most of his creative adult life in Philadelphia, acting, sound designing, and writing music for theatre. He's looking forward to his first show with New Relic Theatre. As an actor you can see him in M Night Shyamalan's Old, and When We Grow Up on Amazon prime.
KALEB BAKER is an actor, filmmaker, middle school teacher, and aspiring New Yorker originally from South Dakota. While studying Theatre and Film at the University of Minnesota, he had the honor to perform with The Guthrie Theatre (Shane, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V), Frosted Glass Creative (Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mary Poppins), Theatre in the Round (The Seagull), Pillsbury House Theatre (Breaking Ice), etc. Kaleb recently made his New York theatre debut with back to back productions with Murmuration Theatre (A Very Different Kind of Truth), and The Drilling Company (Midsummer Night’s Dream.) He’s so excited to be making his New Relic debut with the incredible cast of The Goo! Say hi at @kalebjb on instagram or kalebjb.com!
KAT QUIÑONES (She/They) is a Manhattan based actor and artist! Their recent credits include Steps (Epheverie Theatre Co), Romeo and Juliet (938 Collective), The Goblin Woman (Reverie Arts Collective), Wizard of Oz (LaChat Town Farm), Romeo and Juliet (Warehouse Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Starling Shakespeare), and 7 months at sea as The Artist in Virgin Voyage’s Happenings Cast! They’re forever grateful to the friends and family who put up with their cheesy jokes! Check out KatQuinones.com to keep up with them! @kat.quinones
KELSEY MALANOWSKI is a New York City based classical, contemporary, and film/tv actor. Originally from South Florida, Kelsey moved to New York to obtain her BFA in Theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has also trained with the Atlantic Acting School, Stonestreet Studios, and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Recent NYC credits include The Goo (New Relic Theatre), Manfred (New York Society Library), Femme Fantasies (Strangegirlzz NYC), The World’s on Fire Let’s Talk about Love (Fishwife Productions), Antigone (NRT), and As You Like It (NRT). @kelseymalanowski, https://kelseymalanowski.com
NICOLE ALBANESE is a Brooklyn-based actor, writer, and proud founding member of New Relic Theatre. Recent theatre credits include Laurey in Remember Oklahoma? (Columbia University), The Oracle in Incels and Other Myths (New York Theater Festival), and Lady Happy in New Relic’s The Convent of Pleasure. She portrayed Hélène in Hulu’s Castle Rock and played a recurring role in the AMC limited series, Invitation to a Bonfire. Nicole also performs regularly with Moms Against Sketch Comedy at Caveat and Brooklyn Comedy Collective. Follow her @nicolejalbanese or check out nicolealbanese.com. Endless thanks to Eliza and Rose!
VENA HOWARD is a Chicago-born actor recently graduated from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. On screen, Vena has illuminated the stories of missing girls in Chicago’s West Side on The Chi, explored the tender love story of queer Black women in The Funnel, and embodied the courage of frontline nurses on Chicago Med and 7:11. Committed to telling untold stories, Vena approaches every role with integrity, empathy, and truth.
Creative Team
K. ROSE DALLIMORE (Playwright) is a writer, restorative practitioner, and disability activist based in Washington, D.C. Her plays have been performed at The Quickening Room (2023) and the Kennedy Center, as part of the Open Doors Festival (2024). She was a member of Arena Stage's Barbara Walton Emerging Playwrights Roundtable (2020-21). Her writing has appeared in Rough Cut Press, Josephine Quarterly, Cripple Media, Anodyne, and Lenticular, among others. She graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 2022 with a degree in International Politics. Rose is originally from New York City and Chattanooga, Tennessee, but she is proud to call D.C. home.
ELIZA PALTER (Director) is a Texas-born director and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent credits include Manfred (The New York Society Library), To Tell A Story About The Earth (Franklin Performing Arts Company), In The Mouth of the Beast (World Premiere, New Relic Theatre) Antigone (NRT), The Convent of Pleasure (NRT), and LEAN OUT (Union Hall). She has worked with LubDub Theatre Company (NYC), Theatre J. (DC), Svandovo Divadlo (Prague), The Quickening Room (NYC), and Cherry Lane Theatre (NYC). Grateful to the NRT team, the cast, the crew, her mom, Parth, Leanne, Sam, and K. Rose Dallimore for her trust and friendship.
CHRIS PHILLIPS (Producer) is the managing director of New Relic Theatre and producer of The Goo. Additional production credits: Manfred (2025) (w/ New York Society Library), In the Mouth of the Beast (2024), Antigone (2024), Convent of Pleasure (2024).
ELLERY CORDES (Stage Manager) is a stage manager, producer, and playwright originally from London. Her play Bemused was presented as part of Vassar College’s Steerman New Play Festival. Stage management credits include Erase Erase (Harlot), Manfred (New Relic Theatre), Jason, Medea and the Tragedy at the PS19 Talent Show (Under St. Marks, spit&vigor), In the Mouth of the Beast (New Relic Theatre), Antigone (New Relic Theatre), poolsides (the pebble collective), and Underground Skill Exchange’s Speak Art Series. She is the Managing Director of Harlot, check out @prodbyharlot on Instagram to learn more!
GEORGE TSOUROUNAKIS (Set Designer) is a licensed architect born and raised in New York City (and is very excited to be part of another New Relic production) His full time work ranges from corporate lobbies to hospitality interiors. His latest interests in set design include hyper realism, sociopolitical context, and ephemerality. While he is not designing, he is cooking, taking slightly too long walks, and doing jigsaw puzzles. This is his third show with New Relic Theatre.
EMMA WILLS-UMDENSTOCK (Lighting Designer) is a NYC-based lighting designer happy to be working with New Relic again. Past credits include In the Mouth of the Beast (MITU580), tā 祂 (The Tank), The Danger of Hope (Goodlight Productions), Rubber (Theatre for the New City), and the North American Premier of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child High School Edition (Hoboken High School). BFA SUNY Purchase. emmawills-umdenstock.com.
NATE DALLIMORE (Sound Designer) (They/Them) is a Composer, Sound Designer and Actor based in New York. Recent Sound Design credits include: Grooming My Ass (The Tank; Theatre Under St. Marks; Edinburgh fringe), An ENBYS Guide to Clowning Around (The Tank); M4M (Purgatory Bar); and God Mode (Gene Frankel Theatre). Nate is so proud of their sister Rose for her NYC debut and grateful for the chance to work with her at long last.
LILY DOZER (Costume Designer) is a multidisciplinary artist currently working as a costume assistant at Arel Studio. She furthermore works as a designer creating pieces for personal projects. She focuses on fashion and textile work, with a strong emphasis on craft and storytelling. She received a bachelors degree from Parsons School of Design in 2024, working on costume based projects throughout her time in school as well as after. Lily thrives in DIY scenes and having the opportunity to work on The Goo has been a labor of love, going back to a world her work feels the most authentic in. @lilydozer
ELIJAH LEVI-DABBY (Assistant Director) is a born and raised New York based artist with a focus on theatre and writing. Elijah is thrilled to be a part of their sixth New Relic production. Working with the team is always a joy. Enjoy all the goo…
Elijahldabby@gmail.com
JENNI LOO (Multimedia Photo & Video Manager) is a filmmaker, performer and cinematographer from Chinatown, New York. Her work explores intimacy, care and emotional restraint, and has screened at the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival and the Chicago South Asian Film Festival. She has directed and collaborated on projects for Vogue, Spotify, Vice, NBCU, Puma and Paramount. Jenni is also a founding member of New Relic Theatre, where she serves as Multimedia Content Manager.
OMAR KHAN (Marketing Manager) Omar Khan is a New York-based graphic designer and video editor. His past work has included layout, illustration, design and video for clients including Strathmore, Studio Theatre, TDF, Signature Theater, DCTV, Washington Men’s Camerata, Wolf Trap, and more. He is currently the Design and Communications Manager at Lincoln Center Theater. Other interests include film criticism and theory and the semiotics of graphic design.
Special Thanks To...
Kathy Palter, Parth Viswanathan, Houghton Hall, and MOtiVE BK.
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