A DP TV Program Checking In Aine Griffiths

Checking In by Aine Griffiths

Samuel Harold checks into a hotel located in the afterlife without realizing that he’s died. For the Concierge and longtime resident Edward, this is a first, and they realize the man’s soul is missing. They must break the news to their new guest, but that begs a new question: can Samuel check out?

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Half of the proceeds for this performance was donated to the Black Trans Travel Fund, a mutual aid organization that provides Black trans women with financial resources for travel. The Venmo to make additional donations to the fund is @BlackTransTravelFund and the cashapp handle is $BlackTransTravelFund.

About the Artists

Aine Griffiths (Writer/Director) is a recent graduate of SUNY Purchase who loves to write all manner of things. This is their first collaboration with Dixon Place. Another play of theirs, ‘Mr. Electric’, will be performed at The Tank in March. Many thanks to Dixon Place for this wonderful opportunity.

Erica Schnitzer (Director) is a director, producer, and lighting designer, specializing in creating work that reflects the needs of her peers, specifically intersectional women, in the modern era. Her interests include new work development, devised theater, and classic adaptation, spanning across all genres. Select professional credits include What The Constitution Means to Me (NYTW), Mile Long Opera (The Office Arts), and Black Light (The Public). Favorite directing projects include Two Man Show by RashDash (North American Premiere) and Things We Both Like and Why (Creator/Director). Erica is a founding member of 3DaysPrior Productions. For full directing and design credits, visit her website, ericaschnitzer.com

Shea Leavis (Christopher) is a Brooklyn-based performer and director. Most recently he has performed with Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble in The Art of Luv Part 6: Awesome Grotto! (Abrons Arts Center), in Annie Dorsen’s The Slow Room (Performance Space New York), and in Dylan Guerra’s  Let’s Have A Seance (HERE Arts). Shea is also member of the resident acting company at The Flea. He worked as Movement Director for the premiere of Playdate by Kallan Dana (Dixon Place). Assistant directing credits include Joe Diebes’s original opera Oyster (dir. Phil Soltanoff), and Who Will Carry the Word by Charlotte Delbo (dir. Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly). He has also worked on productions at Drop Forge & Tool, The Tank, The PIT, Mass Live Arts, The Bushwick Starr, and Roulette Intermedium. Shea trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School through the National Theater Institute, and holds a B.S. in Theater from Skidmore College.

Danielle Phillips (V) is an NYC-based writer and actor. She is an alum of the National Theater Institute’s Fall ’17 semester and Spring ’18 Advanced Performance semester, where she performed in both devised works OVER/UNDER and Channeling. Credits also include: Kallan Dana’s Playdate (Dixon Place), The CrucibleVanya and Sonya and Masha Spike, Dead Man’s Cell Phone and Helvetica

Cameron Silliman (Belle) received a BA in Theater and Spanish at Muhlenberg College in 2018.  Their most recent professional credits include Maria in Twelfth Night (Hamlet Isn’t Dead) and Louise in Ghost, The Musical (Winnipesaukee Playhouse).  Other credits include For Colored Girls… (Lady in Red), Hair (Sheila), and Avenue Q (Gary Coleman).  When Cameron isn’t performing they are marathoning Lord of the Rings (again) or practicing a foreign language.

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Estimated Runtime
25 minutes

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Credits

Writer & Director
Aine Griffiths

Cast
Matteo Boyd as The Concierge
Derek Sherry as Samuel Harold
Duane Joseph Olson as Edward

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