Fuselage by Annie Lareau
A Guest Event at Bainbridge Performing Arts
Written by Annie Lareau and Directed by Makaela Milburn
CAST
Annie Lareau, Brenda Joyner, and Peter Dylan O’Connor
Designed by Ahren Buhmann, Peter Dylan O’Connor, and Rob Witmer
Ticket Prices vary allowing guests to choose their own price in support of this production. All seats are general admission and this event takes place in the Cynthia Sears Studio at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
Actor and playwright Annie Lareau combines humor and compassion to reflect on her experience surrounding the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. Meant to be on the flight with 35 Syracuse University classmates, she was left behind in London. Her narrative weaves the lives of young artists with the voices of Lockerbie locals who responded to the tragedy, set against the backdrop of prophetic nightmares and a terrorist plot. Through grief, media scrutiny, and self-punishment, Lareau’s journey becomes a poignant tribute to treasuring relationships in an unpredictable world.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest arts festival, is a beacon for performers, showcasing thousands of shows across genres—from comedy and theater to music and dance. Held every August in Scotland’s capital, it offers unparalleled exposure for artists and the chance to be discovered by critics, agents, and global audiences. The Fringe can be a launchpad for projects and careers as it is known as a hub of artistic innovation.
However, the Fringe comes with steep costs for performers. Venue hire, accommodation during the peak tourist season, travel, and marketing add up to tens of thousands of dollars. The Fuselage team are working to raise $50,000 to support the production.
ANNIE LAREAU (Writer/Actor)
Annie Lareau has been a theatre artist in the Seattle and nationally for over 30 years. Recently she served as Artistic Director of Seattle Public Theater for eight years (Gregory Award for Theater of the year 2018) and Interim Artistic Director at ArtsWest (2015). (2004-2013). She began her career performing improvisational comedy in Seattle, Orlando, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam and New Zealand. Her favorite acting roles include Mistress Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor (Seattle Shakes 2019), Elizabeth in Richard III (Seattle Shakes 2009) Antonia in My Antonia (Book-It 2008 Footlight Award)) and Maggie in Plainsong (Book-It 2005), and Nadia in Vertical Hour (ArtsWest 2008, Footlight Award). Her directorial work has been seen at the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Asian Community Theater of the Sierras, ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theater, Seattle Public Theater, On the Boards, Theater Schmeater and Annex.
PETER DYLAN O’CONNOR (Actor)
Peter is an actor, teacher, choreographer, director, scenic designer, technical director, producer, sculptor and ceramicist. As an actor, his favorite roles include: Blake in The Walworth Farce, Joe Mitchell in Waiting for Lefty, Charlie Conlin in Stones in his Pockets, Randy Rage in PileDriver!, Caliban in The Tempest, and Eric Bogosian’s one person show Sex, Drugs Rock-n-Roll. Peter was a Co-Founding Member of New Century Theatre Company. He was also the Production Director for The 14/48 Projects. Peter taught in the production and theatre depts at Cormish College of the arts for ten years and at Freehold Theatre for three years. In his off hours he builds houses in the Seattle area and looks for the next opportunity to travel.
BRENDA JOYNER (Actor)
Brenda Joyner is honored to help Annie tell this story with such a remarkable group of people. Seattle credits include: Snow Queen (Seattle Children’s Theater); Arms and the Man, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet (Seattle Shakespeare Company); As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing (Wooden O); The Call (Seattle Public Theater); Blues for Mister Charlie (The Feast);Crimes of the Heart (Village Theatre); The Glass Menagerie (Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Realistic Joneses, Festen, On The Nature of Dust(New Century Theatre Company); Bring Down the House, Titus Andronicus (upstart crow collective). Regional credits: King John, Bring Down the House (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); King John (Actors Theatre of Louisville).
MAKAELA MILBURN (Director)
Makaela Milburn is a director and program leader, specializing in stylized plays, new play development, and inclusive processes. Her work has been seen on the stages of New Century Theatre Company, ArtsWest, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Village Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Trinity Repertory, Intiman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Seattle Public Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts. Credits include: The Bed Trick (world premiere by Keiko Green), Cymbeline, The Big Meal, Really Really, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Legally Blonde, Sense & Sensibility, Figaro (new musical adaptation), Godspell, Love Horse, Eclipsed, What Once We Felt (by Ann Marie Healy), Frank Wildhorn’s The Civil War, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, The Learned Ladies, A Mouthful of Birds, Waiting For Godot, Marat/Sade and Bruise Easy by Dan Le Franc. She holds a BA from Vassar, and a MFA in Directing from Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium.
Based in Seattle, Makaela has been the Producing Associate at ArtsWest, New Works Associate and Writers Group facilitator at The 5th Avenue Theatre, and the founder of the Pipeline reading series at New Century Theatre Company. Most recently she served as the Associate Artistic Director at Seattle Shakespeare Company, driving EDI and anti-racist work through inclusive casting, care-centered practices, and a community-focused interrogation of how the classics matter today.
