E2E: Who We Become: One Act Plays by Lanford Wilson

Producing Company

Deep Flight Productions

Lanford Wilson (Playwright) was a pioneer of the Off-Off Broadway and regional theater movements. His plays are known for experimental staging, simultaneous dialogue, and deferred character exposition. He won a 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Talley’s Folly (1979). Wilson attended schools in Missouri, San Diego, and Chicago before moving to New York City in 1962. From 1963 his plays were produced regularly at Off-Off Broadway theaters such as Caffe Cino and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. Home Free! and The Madness of Lady Bright (published together in 1968) are two one-act plays first performed in 1964. Balm in Gilead (1965), Wilson’s first full-length play, is set in a crowded world of hustlers and junkies. The Rimers of Eldritch (1967) examines life in a small town. In 1969, along with longtime associate Marshall W. Mason and others, he founded the Circle Theater (later Circle Repertory Company), a regional theater in New York City. Wilson remained involved with Circle Repertory until 1996, when it closed. Wilson achieved commercial success with The Great Nebula in Orion (1971), The Hot l Baltimore (1973; adapted for television 1975), and The Mound Builders (1975). He also wrote a cycle of plays about the effects of war on a family from Missouri; these include The 5th of July (1978; televised 1982), Talley’s Folly, A Tale Told (1981), and Talley and Son (1985). His other plays include The Gingham Dog (1969), Lemon Sky (1970; televised 1987), Angels Fall (1982), among others. Some of Wilson’s plays are gathered in Four Short Plays (1994) and Collected Plays, 1965–1970 (1996).

Mark Cirnigliaro (Director) NY world premieres: The Net Will Appear by Erin Mallon starring Richard Masur (59E59), The Hounds of War by Bill Holland (Abingdon Theatre), The Little Princess by Jennifer Bowen (June Havoc Theatre), The Judgment of Fools by Bernardo Cubria (INTAR Theatre), Comfort Women: A New Musical by Dimo Kim (Peter Jay Sharp Theater – associate director). He directed the award-winning production of Honour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan by Dipti Mehta and took JJ Pyle’s How to Find A Husband in 37 Years (or Longer) for a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe. Mark directed the first academic productions of Annie Baker’s The Aliens and Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He was formerly the associate artistic director of Mile Square Theatre, resident director of InViolet Theatre, and co-founder of Wee Man Productions. Mark currently works with Jersey City Theater Center as part of their new play development, and is on faculty at The Peddie School. He graduated from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts with his MFA in Directing, earning the Dean John I Bettenbender Award for Artistic Excellence.

Margaret Curry (Actor) is an award-winning actress, producer, director, and singer. She has starred in over 300 performances as Titania in Fools in Love, The Musical, toured nationally with Church Basement Ladies, and recently performed Off Broadway in At Liberty (Three by Tennessee, White Horse Theater Company). She will reprise her role in Lanford Wilson’s The Moonshot Tape at 59E59 Theater’s East to Edinburgh before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. On screen, Curry is known for Starfish, Diamond Ruff, and the holiday feature Merry Good Enough. A celebrated vocalist, she has performed at Lincoln Center and is currently touring her 2024 Bistro Award-winning, 2025 MAC Award-nominated solo cabaret show, The Space InBetween. She is also co-writing and starring in an upcoming original dark comedy series.

Geoff Stoner (Actor) is an actor, cabaret performer, and director. As an actor, Stoner appeared as the title character in a theatrical adaptation of Lois Lowry's novel The Giver, directed by Wynn Handman and performed in New York City schools as part of the American Place Theatre's Literature To Life series. Other New York productions include Tom in the New York premiere of Nightsweat by Robert Chesley, and Rupert in Booth Tarkington’s The Trysting Place at the St. Peter's Theater. He also appeared in Yoko Ono's video "Sky People" as the Leading Man. As a cabaret performer, Geoff's solo shows include A Short Visit Only, based on the life and songs of Noel Coward, You're The Top, featuring the songs of Cole Porter, and Words With Music, his slice-of-life account of growing up Episcopalian and randy in small-town Connecticut. Stoner studied acting with Uta Hagen, Hal Holden, Wynn Handman, Phillip Gushee, and Ron Stetson. He has also studied improvisation at The Pit. As a director, he has worked on numerous cabaret solo shows and workshops around New York City.