
BACKYARD BOYS
A Pack Play
Written by HANSOL JUNG
Songs by CHRIS BANNOW, BRIAN QUIJADA, and MITCHELL WINTER​
Directed by TIFFANY NICHOLE GREENE
Fifteen years after the height of their boy band popularity, the Backyard Boys are making a comeback! Or so they are told by producer Dianca Prescott Carter Jr, from the Prescott Carter Media Dynasty. She claims to be their biggest fan and wants to produce their new demo – but there are some stipulations to this welcome interest. The comeback album will be accompanied by a Behind the Scenes Documentary … which the Boys learn is actually a reality competition show, in which just one of the four will get to debut as a solo artist.
Let the games begin.
Sunday, July 13 at 2pm
Marist University, Poughkeepsie NY

HANSOL JUNG (Playwright) is a playwright and director from South Korea. Productions include: MERRY ME (New York Theatre Workshop), WOLF PLAY (Soho Rep, NNPN Rolling Premiere: Artists Rep, Company One), WILD GOOSE DREAMS (The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse), CARDBOARD PIANO (Humana Festival at ATL), AMONG THE DEAD (Ma-Yi Theatre), and NO MORE SAD THINGS (Sideshow, Boise Contemporary). Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play 2023, Obie Award for Playwriting 2024, Herb Alpert Award, Steinberg Award, Whiting Award, and Helen Merrill Award. Commissions from The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, National Theatre in the UK, Playwrights Horizons, Artists Repertory Theater, Ma-Yi Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her work has been developed at the Royal Court, New York Theatre Workshop, Hedgebrook, Berkeley Repertory, Sundance Theatre Lab, O’Neill Theater Center, and the Lark. Hansol is the recipient of the Hodder Fellowship, Page 73 Fellowship, Lark’s Rita Goldberg Fellowship, NYTW’s 2050 Fellowship, MacDowell Artist Residency, and the International Playwrights Residency at the Royal Court. Hansol has written for the Netflix series TALES OF THE CITY and Apple TV+ series PACHINKO, and has developed new projects for film and television with Bad Robot, Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, Fifth Season Production, and Kindred Spirit, among others. She is a proud member of NYTW's Usual Suspects, The Kilroys, and a founding member of the new play collective THE PACK. https://www.thepackcompany.org/. MFA: Yale.

BRIAN QUIJADA (Music / Bechdel) is a playwright, actor, and composer. His original work includes WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? (Jeff Award, Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Nomination, Regional Emmy Nomination), KID PRINCE AND PABLO (Developed at New York Stage and Film, 2018), SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER (Jeff Award), and MEXODUS (Helen Hayes Award, Developed at New York Stage and Film, 2021). As an actor in New York City, Brian has been seen in BOBBY CLEARLY at Roundabout, OEDIPUS EL REY at The Public Theater/Sol Project, MY MAÑANA COMES at Playwrights Realm, and WOLF PLAY at MCC (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Nomination).

CHRIS BANNOW (Music / Kieferk) is an actor and songwriter. Recent credits include: THE COUNTERFEIT OPERA (Little Island), THE PRIDE BEFORE (Playwrights Realm), MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Little Island), WOLF PLAY (MCC and Soho Rep), ROMEO AND JULIET (NAATCO/Play On), Daniel Fish’s OKLAHOMA! (Broadway), SLEEP NO MORE (Punchdrunk), THE HAIRY APE (Park Avenue Armory), and THE ELEPHANT MAN (Williamstown, Broadway, West End). He received a Lortel Award for his work in WOLF PLAY, and is a member of The Pack. Regionally he has worked at Hartford Stage, Huntington, Center Theater Group, Kennedy Center, McCarter, Berkshire Theater Group, Yale Rep, and developed new work at Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor and the O’Neill Theater Center. Film: FIDELITY, THREE CHRISTS, SCREAMERS, NOT FADE AWAY. TV: THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN. Chris also wrote music for The Pack’s new play COCK TALES, being produced later this year with En Garde Arts in NYC. Training: Boston University, Yale.

MITCHELL WINTER (Music / Merino) is an actor living in New York City. Theater credits include: HAMLET (dir. Kenny Leon, Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park), WOLF PLAY (dir. Dustin Wills, MCC & Soho Rep; Lortel Award for Best Ensemble), DRACULA and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (dir. David Auburn, Berkshire Theatre Group), FRONTIERES SANS FRONTIERES (Bushwick Starr), REDEMPTION STORY (ART/NY), A WINTER’S TALE, A DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, AMERICAN NIGHT (Yale Rep), SLEEP NO MORE (Punchdrunk), Cameron Mackintosh’s MISS SAIGON (Australian National Tour), THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (The Production Company), MISS JULIE, TARTUFFE, and DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU (Yale Summer Cabaret), NORMATIVITY (NYMF), DIE FLEDERMAUS (Australian Opera Studio), and JOSEPH… DREAMCOAT (Really Useful). Film/TV credits include: MR. ROBOT (USA Network), OH JEROME NO (FX), and IF NOT LOVE (official Sundance selection). He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

TIFFANY NICHOLE GREENE (Director) Tiffany Nichole Greene is a recent Obie Award recipient and three-time New York Times Critic’s Pick. She’s also a Lincoln Center Directors Lab alum, a Soho Rep Directors Lab alum, and a member of SDC. She holds an MFA from Brown University/Trinity Rep and is thrilled to be working with The Pack and New York Stage and Film. Recent credits include JOSEPH … DREAMCOAT, Dallas Theater Center; FROZEN, Children’s Theatre Company; THE SCENARIOS, a world premiere, Studio Theatre; MRS. HARRISON, Portland Center Stage; BAD KREYÒL, a Dominique Morisseau world premiere, Signature Theatre (NYT Critic’s Pick); BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU, a world premiere by Kristen Adele Calhoun, Geffen Playhouse; COVENANT, a world premiere by York Walker, Roundabout Theatre Company (NYT Critic’s Pick, Obie Award for Direction); RENT by Jonathan Larson, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; HAMILTON (National Tour Resident Director); 53% OF, a world premiere, Second Stage Theater; INVINCIBLE, a new musical at The Wallis Annenberg, working alongside Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo; Adrienne Kennedy’s OHIO STATE MURDERS, Goodman Theatre; Lydia R. Diamond’s WHITERLY NEGOTIATIONS and Lynn Nottage’s WHAT ARE THE THINGS I NEED TO REMEMBER, Octopus Theatricals(NYT Critic’s Pick). www.tiffanynicholegreene.com

SARA GAMMAGE (Stage Manager) Broadway: ALL IN: COMEDY ABOUT LOVE, HAMILTON. National Tours: SIX, HAMILTON, MOTWON. Many regional credits throughout Chicago. Graduate of Northwestern University; also holds a MLIS from Kent State University and a Paralegal Certificate from the University of California, San Diego. Enjoys chocolate chip cookies, scary movies, and air hockey.

LEXY LEUSZLER (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, literary manager, and educator specializing in new work. She has developed works with Melis Aker, Florencia Cuenca, Georgina Escobar, Jaime Lozano, Eliana Pipes, Hansol Jung, Lina Patel, Brian Quijada, Tatiana Pandiani, and Jacinta Clusellas, among others. She served as the Literary Manager for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for four years, establishing the NMTC Incubator residency. She has taught with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Court Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, the National Theater Institute, Connecticut College, and the Kennedy Center. Member of The Pack, the 2023 Kilroy’s Web and American Theatre Magazine's Role Call: People to Watch list. She is the Co-Artistic Director of the WildWind Performance Lab at Texas Tech University. Current projects include: FLY ME TO THE SUN (1st Stage),AZUL: A BILINGUAL MUSICAL. LITTLE DUENDE (NAMT, Rhinebeck), and SILUETAS (Temple University, Power Street Theatre). @leuszler @the_pack_company

GENEVIEVE BELLAVANCE (Production Assistant) is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley pursuing stage and general management. They are ecstatic to join the team at NYSAF after interning at RCI Theatricals in the spring! Stage management credits include NONE: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY (NYSAF), MOTHER ROAD (Berkeley Rep), and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Santa Cruz Shakespeare). They have also served as a Catering Manager and Production Assistant for The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep. Genevieve is a proud member of Baseline Theatrical’s Beyond the Stage Door and the Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program’s 2024 cohorts.
CAST

NYGEL D. ROBINSON (Adama) is a composer/ lyricist based in Chicago, IL. Nygel is the co-creator of the new live looped musical MEXODUS which started development through New York Stage and Film in early 2020 and had its world premiere at Baltimore Center Stage/Mosaic Theatre in D.C and a run at Berkeley Rep last fall. Nygel is thrilled to be back in one of his favorite places with one of this favorite companies!

SHANNON TYO (Dianca & Ally (VO)) Broadway: YELLOW FACE. Off-Broadway: THE COMEUPPANCE (Signature Theatre; OBIE AWARD, Special Citation – Ensemble), REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE (Playwrights Horizons), THE FAR COUNTRY(Atlantic Theater Company), PEERLESS (Primary Stages), THE CHINESE LADY (Ma-Yi at The Public; LORTEL AWARD, THEATRE WORLD AWARD, DRAMA DESK nomination), KENTUCKY (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Select regional: BERKELEY REP, BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE, BARRINGTON STAGE, THE OLD GLOBE, MT WICHITA, PIONEER THEATRE. Obie Award for Sustained Achievement.