Olivia Swasey

Olivia Swasey is an NYC-based actor and Texas native. Theatre: Trojan Women (NYC – Shakespeare Workshoppe), Alice in Wonderland (Lachat Town Farm), Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company), This Bitch: Esta Sangre Quiero (Stages Theatre), A Texas Carol (World Prem. – A.D. Players). Comedy: Training Center Showcase, The Sober Show NYC (Upright Citizens Brigade), Main Character Energy (Second City), Identity Crisis (The RAT, The PIT). Voiceover: 7Seeds, Vinland Saga (Netflix), Kakegurui, I’m Quitting Heroing, Eminence in Shadow, Oshi No Ko (Sentai Filmworks), One Piece, SpyxFamily, and E-Stab Life (Crunchyroll), Starbites (Ikina Games). She thanks her family for their forever (y’all promised!) support.

Maddie Nguyen

Maddie Nguyen (she/her) is an actor, playwright, and poet based in NYC. Previous roles: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia, Inner City Shakespeare Ensemble); Troy, USA (Cressida, Bag&Baggage Theatre); bradtopia (Trust Fund Brad, Floorwork Arts Collective); The Last of the Son (Julie, Garden of Voices). Original works include the moon play, like this, The Guest, and A High Lonesome Sound. She is also an alumnus of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute. Much love to her family, her dog Cordelia, and Stevie Nicks.

Siena D’Addario

Siena D’Addario is thrilled to be amongst this family of witches! She is an NY-based actor, writer, producer, and singer. Select theatre credits: Medea: Re-Versed (Off-Broadway & Hudson Valley Shakespeare – Red Bull, HVS & Bedlam), Much Ado About Nothing (HVS), As You Like It (VSF), The Winter’s Tale (VSF), The Importance of Being Earnest (VSF). Select film & VO credits: The Space Within starring Jessica Chastain (Audible), Semper Fi (Lionsgate), Wild Fire (Apple TV), Wellwood (Apple TV), Ranch Water (Austin FF Official Selection), Mac N Beth (Actor & Producer), K2 TOG (Actor, Producer & Writer). BFA: NYU Tisch. Classical Training: RADA. Lots of love my wonderfully loud and devoted family, and of course, Cooper.

Timothy Beaton

Tim is an experienced improviser, writer, and sketch comedian. For years, he performed weekly at Improv Asylum’s Boston theatre as a member of their House Teams. He was also a part of IA’s inaugural sketch team, and regularly featured in their monthly programming. He’s performed in numerous independent venues, character showcases, and comedy festivals across Boston and New York. Those in the New England area may recognize Tim from his appearance in a Connecticut State Lottery commercial, in which he shouted, “She’s got this!”.

Jim McMahon

Jim McMahon (He/Him) is an Actor/Writer based in NYC. He is excited to be joining this cast of Pilgrims and ne’er-do-wells. How often do they do well? Ne’er. Recent credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (VSF), As You Like It (VSF), All’s Well That Ends Well (Underground Theater Alliance). He is also an alumnus of Syracuse University’s BFA acting program—all the love in the world for his family and friends for their support and help.

Kelly F. Burr

Kelly F. Burr (She/her) is an award-winning playwright, producer, director and actor. She is the producing artistic director of Scene 24 Productions, a non-profit company that prioritizes training, coaching, showcasing and empowering women/folx in production.

She’s worked on stage and screen since the age of six and utilizes her lifetime of experience in her work. She holds a master’s degree in Shakespeare and Theatre from The Shakespeare Institute (with a concentration on protofeminism in Shakespeare) and was awarded the Vermont Playwrights Award in 2022.

She tackles hard subjects with comedy because “If they’re laughing, they’re listening.” She’s a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. She wouldn’t be here (or funny) without the traumatically avid support of her family and her little black cat familiar, Ms. Leela F. Burr. Speaking of:

Eleanor O’Meara

Eleanor is an actor, writer, & director from Montana who studied at Webster Conservatory and LAMDA. Some favorite credits include Troilus (T&C), Romeo (R&J), and Marianne in Constellations. She’s passionate about making theatre that is accessible and female-led, and is grateful for the adventurous theatre community she’s found in NYC & beyond!

Rachel Franke

Rachel is thrilled to be a part of If We Really Were Witches! Traditionally a musical theatre performer, she is excited to be able to dip her toes into production management and technical operations with this show. She was recently the creative manager for Seattle’s immersive
Haunted Soirée, and has performed regionally at theatres in Montana, Los Angeles, and New Mexico. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, skiing, painting, time with loved ones, and eating pancakes. She wants to thank Kelly and Eleanor for involving her in this production, and the
cast of Witches for their eternal spunk.

Glen Chitty

Our gorgeous orange “Witches” hat flyer was designed by Glen and we hope you’ll contact him for all of your design or actor needs!

Glen Chitty(He/Him) is an actor and graphic designer based in New York City. After a long fight with his right hand about its ability to draw, he turned to the Adobe Creative Cloud to finally have input on his creative output. He has teamed up with artists across NYC to provide their shows with polished graphics that effectively capture the core of their show. An eagerness to pause the scroll, invite viewers to look closer, and get curious about their next theatrical experience. You can contact him at [email protected] or @glen.chitty!

Alie Mahoney

Alie is a Hadley, MA based artist who HAND-CARVED our black and white “Witches” woodblock logo! That’s right, it’s a real deal original woodblock in the same style as some of the witches prints in Daemonologie.

Please visit her social media and give her a like/follow, or find her at Western Mass/Southern Vermont artist markets!

Leela F. Burr

Leela is a Vermont-born rescue cat who decided to show up and live with Kelly on Halloween. Make of that what you will.

Her hobbies include laying on things, judgmental glaring, and hair ties. She loves tuna and hates when her human is out past her bedtime. She’s known for her comedic timing and focus-pulling antics.

Her name comes from the Hinduistic concept of “Lila” meaning “the divine play”; that creation is the outcome of the playful nature of the divine. In Arabic, the name “Leela” means “night” or “black beauty.” Also, the Doctor Who companion, and clearly her human is an overthinking writer.

She hopes you’ll adopt, not shop.

Producing Company

Scene 24 Productions is a production company run primarily by women/folks that creates empowering, diverse, and positively-focused content. 

We are a fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) production company. We use every opportunity of our productions and content creation to train people of all ages in production jobs, skills, and technology that gives them invaluable production hands-on experience and a professional reference.

The content we create always offers plentiful roles for women and folx, particularly for those who fall outside of the traditional casting “norms.” We create more opportunities for these actors to play roles that are inspiring, challenging, expansive, and fun.