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“Seed is a gripping, genre-blending drama that masterfully intertwines tension, horror, and poignant human connections. Bradley's sharp writing pulls you in as Bud and Holler navigate a dark, dangerous path, with vivid imagery and a compelling, unpredictable climax.”-Danielle Wirsansky

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"A wrenching, unsettling piece that keeps you on your toes! What begins as a gritty, sharply written, and at times poignant examination of two characters with an inescapable tether to one another slowly and surely acquires horror and sci-fi elements that organically emerge and progress to a startling climax."-Nick Malakhow

SCOTT BRADLEY

PLAYWRIGHT

Scott Bradley is a writer, performer, and stage director. His solo play Packing premiered with About Face Theatre in 2019. His musical We Three Lizas (book, lyrics) also premiered with About Face Theatre and has enjoyed multiple productions nationally.As co-founder of The Scooty & JoJo Show, he wrote books for, directed, and performed in Chicago’s long-running "cult" musicals Alien Queen and Carpenters Halloween, as well as the acclaimed Mollywood, Tran: The Atari Musical, the comedy/variety programs The Scooty & JoJo Variety Hour, Thank God! It's The Scooty & JoJo Show, and weekly entertainment Diva Brunch.Regional credits include Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, New Works Project, adobe theater company, Next Stage Theater, HOME for Contemporary Theatre & Art, BACA Downtown, About Face Theatre, Metro Chicago, The Hypocrites, Walkabout Theatre Company, BigTop JoJo, Hell In A Handbag Productions, Washington Shakespeare Company, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, UMO Ensemble, Open Circle Theater, AHA! Theatre and Bald Faced Lie. Bradley is a 2019 Iowa Arts Fellow, an Artistic Associate of About Face Theatre, alumnus of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and a member of Dramatists Guild, AEA and SAG/AFTRA.

DR. WENDY-MARIE MARTIN

DIRECTOR, CO-PRODUCER

Wendy-Marie Martin is a director, playwright, and dramaturg with an international theatre career spanning over thirty years and four continents. Currently serving as Undergraduate Theatre Department Chair and Assistant Director of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Hollins University in Virginia, Dr. Martin holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts/Theatre from Ohio University and an MFA in Playwriting from Hollins University.Dr. Martin's recent directing work includes Love Letters in North Hollywood, featuring South Park voice actor April Stewart (Mrs. Cartman and over 100 other characters) and produced by Emmy Award-winning voice artist Grey DeLisle Griffin. Her university directing credits include SEVEN, which she co-directed with Delhi-based theatre activist, Anuradha Marwah. Other university credits include: Clue: On Stage, Goodnight Moon: the magical musical, To the Mountains the Musical, Skriker and It Can’t Happen Here as well as staged readings of How to Host a Sleepover in Ten Easy Steps, Eurydice, The Seven Loves of Audrey Munson, and Frankenstein.Her professional career includes extensive work with Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) in California—where she trained as an actor, later taught theatre history, and directed/wrote plays for educational outreach tours. Her international directing experience extends to Germany where she directed/devised women solo artists in Aber Morgen at the Console Theatre in Essen, Ich hab’s Sat zu Ihnen zu Kommen…at Die Simplon in Bochum and Nimmersatte Liebe at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. Dr. Martin has led multiple student delegations to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, fostering international theatrical engagement.As a playwright, Dr. Martin's award-winning work has been produced across Germany, The Netherlands, India, Australia, Japan, Ireland, and throughout the U.S. She was a finalist for the Jane Chambers Award for Excellence in Feminist Playwriting and participated in playwright residencies with Tesseract Theatre Company in St. Loius and SkyPilot Theater Company in Los Angeles as well as solo feminist residence with Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Washington. Her plays are published by Smith & Krauss, Theatrefolk, and YouthPLAYS. Dr. Martin maintains active international collaborations, including recent artist residencies with pandies' theatre company in New Delhi and Look First Buffalo Theatre Company in New York.

MAGGZ DAY

PRODUCER

Maggz (She/He) is currently a Sophomore at Hollins University in Roanoke VA (USA), and is pursuing a Bachelors in Theatre and Film. She grew up in Williamsburg, VA and graduated high school a year early to further her higher education. Her acceptance to Hollins University at 16 has pushed her to learn and grow more than ever in the past two years.Maggz'z focus is mainly in Stage Management and Production. Since starting at Hollins she has had the opportunity to work as an organizer at the Virginia Theatre Association Conference as well as intern at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke. She's won awards in playwriting with the Virginia Theatre Association and was also a State Qualifier in the 2024 Virginia High School Forensics League (public speaking). Her play Ghastly Alibi was produced in Williamsburg and debuted on stage in 2023. She is also proudly a member of the Hollins Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega.Her passions for production stand alongside her love for acting. Most recently Maggz has performed in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney), Matilda (Trunchbull Understudy), A Charlie Brown Christmas (Charlie Brown), Eurydice (Nasty Man/Child/Ruler of the Underworld), Clue (Cook Understudy), Dunegon'd: Burglars, Bastards, and Benny (Hedical Halpractice), The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Ted), Seven (Abused Woman), and Seed (Holler).In 2025 she went with members of the Hollins Theatre Department to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she found a desire to produce her own fringe piece. With help from peers, faculty, and industry professionals she has created Great Dayne Productions and will be returning to Scotland in 2026 with Seed.

GWYN LLYOD

STAGE MANAGER

Gwyn Lloyd (he/they) is a student at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and is set to graduate in May 2027 with a B.A. in both Theatre and English. Originally hailing from Newport News, VA, Gwyn is a budding theatre artist with interests in both Stage Management and Directing, and has been able to explore both disciplines deeply at Hollins. His stage management credits at Hollins include Eurydice, The Power Project, 10 Minute Play Festival 2025, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast, and Twelfth Night. He was also the stage manager for Frieda as an intern for the Hollins Playwright’s Lab Winter Festival of New Works.He recently made his directorial debut in directing The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals in partnership with Too Many Hats, a senior thesis theatre company at Hollins, and will be directing Ride The Cyclone in the Fall of 2026 for their own thesis work. Gwyn recently completed an Arts Administration and Production Management internship with Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, VA.Before discovering a love (and knack) for Stage Management and Directing, Gwyn engaged in theatre mostly as a performer. Their acting credits include Legally Blonde (Ensemble), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius), and Almost, Maine (Deena) at Warwick High School, as well as Clue (Chief of Police, Colonel Mustard U/S), Dungeon’d: Burglars, Bastards, and Benny (Philip), and staged readings of The Seven Loves of Audrey Munson (Kitty) and Our Family In The Stars (Basil). As part of Gwyn’s continued undergraduate education with Hollins Theatre, he and two other students attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time in August 2025.Both including and outside of Theatre, Gwyn's other leadership roles include acting as the Historian Chair for the Newport News Mayor’s Youth Commission, President of the Warwick High School Theatre Club, Secretary for The Hollins Columns, Hollins Student Government Association Secretary, and Vice President of the Hollins Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega.

FAITH SMITH

COSTUME DESIGNER

Faith is an award-winning costume designer and costume constructor. She has been making and designing costumes for 10 years, starting at the age of just 12 years old. Since then, she has collaborated with 4 different video game companies for her costume work over the course of these years. Her costumes have also been published in various news outlets, magazines, and newspapers. Over the course of her journey, she has won eleven awards for her costume construction with titles ranging from Best Novice to Best in Show. In her junior year of high school, she became the youngest contestant to compete as a finalist in an international costume construction contest organized by a well-known video game company.In her academic career, she is currently a Junior student at Hollins University working towards her BA in Theatre with a Minor in Film. She has been working on multiple projects focusing on her craft in both theatre and film. She has made a costume shop documentary for Hollins University and has created two short films. In the spring of 2025, Faith graduated from Virginia Western Community College with an AS General Studies transfer degree with the title of Summa Cum laude. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is a recipient of the CCAP scholarship.Faith started her acting experience at Hollins University where she had the opportunity to play the role of Chorus 1 in Medea. She was the choreographer and soloist dancer for the opening number of this play. She then went on to play the role of Bugbear and Evil Tina in She Kills Monsters. While acting in She Kills Monsters, Faith worked on several costumes for the play at the same time. She would attend rehearsals and build armor for the show the same day. Faith has 10 years of dance experience and has performed as a soloist dancer in the color guard for shows such as Dia De Los Muertos: A Day of Remembrance and Escape the Mind.During her time working on the set of Seed as a costume designer, Faith worked with Great Dayne Productions to design the costumes for Bud and Holler. She is incredibly honored to be a part of the artistic vision and process for Seed. She thanks her friends, family, and the Great Dayne Production team for all their support on her journey!

ARNE JOHNSON

TECHNICIAL DESIGNER

Johnson has worked in theatre for 35 years in prop shops, scene shops, and design studios, where he drafted, designed, and constructed, most recently for Tantrum Theater and the School of Theater at Ohio University. He’s an accomplished scenic sculptor specializing in large carved forms and specialty construction projects. He has also worked in construction shops learning building techniques including decorative Victorian millwork, 3D printing and silicone mold making, bronze casting, and 3D modeling for virtual and augmented realities.Johnson earned his B.A. in studio art in sculpture at Humboldt State University and his M.F.A. in studio art in sculpture and digital media from University of California at Santa Barbara. His recent artistic works are investigating 3D printing, laser cutting, and experimenting with biodegradable and recycled materials.

NEIL DAVID SEIBEL AS BUD

Neil David Seibel (he/him) is a multifaceted artist with a career spanning acting, directing, playwriting and education. His directorial work has been showcased at venues such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Mill Mountain Theatre, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Teatro Prometeo in Miami and MiniTeatern in Stockholm, Sweden.A proud member of Actors Equity, he has appeared Off Broadway in New York City and nationwide on such stages as the Denver Center Theatre Company, the Alley Theatre in Houston, Actors Theatre of Louisville and six seasons in the Rocky Mountains as a company member of Theatre Aspen.Onscreen credits include the role of Lewis in the TV musical Passages: Lewis & Clark, the award-winning indie film Unspoken, and the dance-theatre film Clown at War.Seibel is a playwright whose works, including The Normal Giant, Paternity Leave and The Daughters of Abraham, have been staged across the country and abroad. His solo show, My Appalachia, was recorded at the LA Improv and featured on PBS.A Kentucky native who now resides in Alabama, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. He currently serves as a Distinguished Teaching Professor at Auburn University at Montgomery.

MAGGZ DAY AS HOLLER

Maggz (She/He) is currently a Sophomore at Hollins University in Roanoke VA (USA), and is pursuing a Bachelors in Theatre and Film. She grew up in Williamsburg, VA and graduated high school a year early to further her higher education. Her acceptance to Hollins University at 16 has pushed her to learn and grow more than ever in the past two years.Maggz'z focus is mainly in Stage Management and Production. Since starting at Hollins she has had the opportunity to work as an organizer at the Virginia Theatre Association Conference as well as intern at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke. She's won awards in playwriting with the Virginia Theatre Association and was also a State Qualifier in the 2024 Virginia High School Forensics League (public speaking). Her play Ghastly Alibi was produced in Williamsburg and debuted on stage in 2023. She is also proudly a member of the Hollins Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega.Her passions for production stand alongside her love for acting. Most recently Maggz has performed in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney), Matilda (Trunchbull Understudy), A Charlie Brown Christmas (Charlie Brown), Eurydice (Nasty Man/Child/Ruler of the Underworld), Clue (Cook Understudy), Dunegon'd: Burglars, Bastards, and Benny (Hedical Halpractice), The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Ted), Seven (Abused Woman), and Seed (Holler).In 2025 she went with members of the Hollins Theatre Department to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she found a desire to produce her own fringe piece. With help from peers, faculty, and industry professionals she has created Great Dayne Productions and will be returning to Scotland in 2026 with Seed.