May 8 - May 31, 2026
After captivating audiences nationwide with Born with Teeth, playwright Liz Duffy Adams returns to the Alley in her thought-provoking world premiere. An isolated advice columnist races the clock to make one last deadline before facing financial ruin. In this existential comedy, we ask ourselves: What will we do when it all becomes too much?
The run time is 1 hours and 30 minutes, with no intermission.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the design process.
Join us for post-show Alley Chats with the cast and Alley Theatre Artistic Staff.
Dylan Godwin
Dylan Godwinis a Resident Acting Company Member and recently appeared in Alley Theatre’s Dear Alien, The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff), The Da Vinci Code (Rémy), Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d (Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Actor 2), The Glass Menagerie (Tom). National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof. Regional: Born with Teeth (Guthrie Theatre and Asolo Rep); Miller, Mississippi (Dallas Theatre Center).
Brandon Hearnsberger
Brandon Hearnsberger 27 Alley Theatre productions, including Dear Alien, The Body Snatcher, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Dial M for Murder, Cowboy Bob, The Servant of Two Masters, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, Othello, The Farnsworth Invention, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. More at brandonhearnsberger.com.
Melissa Molano
Melissa Molano is a Resident Acting Company Member. Recent Alley shows include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Other previous roles include: The River Bride (Belmira), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), I and You (Caroline), The Book of Maggie (Maggie). She’s also a voice and film actor featured on streaming platforms HiDive, Netflix and Prime. Instagram/X: @melissacmolano.
Liz Duffy Adams
Liz Duffy Adams’ work includes Born with Teeth (UK premiere: Royal Shakespeare Company on London’s West End, 2025. World premiere: Alley Theater, 2022, a production which moved to the Guthrie Theater, Asolo Rep, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Or, (over 80 productions including Off Broadway at WP Theater); and Dog Act (over 30 productions; Will Glickman Award for Best New Play). Adams is a New Dramatists alumna and has received two Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards, Women of Achievement Award, Lillian Hellman Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship.
Shelley Butler
Shelley Butler has over 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional credits to date working extensively with writers on new plays and musicals at theaters across the country. Notable productions include the world premieres of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House Part 2 at South Coast Repertory, Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir in a Geffen Playhouse, Alliance Theater and Denver Center co-production, along with The Reservoir’s off-Broadway premiere at the Atlantic Theater, and Kate Hamill’s The Scarlet Letter for Two River Theater. She currently serves as Artistic Director for the newly created South Carolina New Play Festival. Learn more at: shelleybutler.com & SCNPF.org
Sara Ryung Clement
Sara Ryung Clement Off-Broadway: The Reservoir (Atlantic Theatre Company) Golden Shield (Manhattan Theatre Club), Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage Uptown), Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi Theater Company). Regional: Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Boston Lyric Opera, Center Theatre Group, Arena Stage, Children’s Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Folger Theatre, Seattle Rep, East West Players, and others. Set design faculty, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Education: M.F.A. Yale School of Drama; A.B. Princeton University. sararyungclement.com @sararyung
Curtis Craig
Curtis Craig is a sound designer/composer for musicals, plays, and immersive experiences spanning Regional & Off-Broadway theatre, theme parks, and haunted attractions (and even an episode of The Simpsons with Billie Eilish). He has designed shows at the Old Globe, Steppenwolf, Signature Theater, People’s Light, Guthrie, Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, Centerstage, Philadelphia Theater Company, Lantern, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, & Cleveland Playhouse. Classical music producer and engineer for Neuma, Parma, Ravello, CRI, Albany, Gasparo, and Chandos. World Stage Design Gold Medal, Frankenstein, Calgary. Barrymore Award – Sound Design & Original Music for Bonez. AUDELCO, Confederates. Global Music Award 2023 – Percussion Concerti, Ravello Records. Professor of Sound Design, School of Theater, Penn State University. curtiscraig.com
Alan C. Edwards
Lighting Design
Alan C. Edwards Off-Broadway: My Joy Is Heavy (NYTW); Sally & Tom (Public); Monte Cristo (York), Fires In The Mirror [Lortel Nom.], Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Signature NYC); Harry Clarke [Lortel Award] (Vineyard); Kill Move Paradise [Drama Desk nom] (National Black Theatre). Regional: Gatsby: An American Myth [Norton Award]; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (A.R.T.); Sally & Tom (Guthrie); Appropriate (The Old Globe); Paradise Blue, (Geffen Playhouse). West End: Harry Clarke. Education/Training: MFA, Yale School of Drama. alancedwards.com
Michael Locher
Michael Locher is Alley Theatre’s Director of Design and made his Alley debut with Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Recent regional credits include productions for the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Yale Repertory Theatre, and more. Michael’s designs have been seen Off-Broadway and at venues throughout New York and the Northeast. Michael served as a professor at San Jose State University for six years. Graduate: University of California San Diego, Yale School of Drama.
Kaylee Sarton Mccray
Kaylee Sarton McCray returns to Alley Theatre after many other productions, a selection of which include: Dear Alien, English, The Night Shift Before Christmas, The Da Vinci Code, The Glass Menagerie, The Janeiad, Jane Eyre, and Little Comedies. Kaylee has also stage managed at other organizations in Houston such as Houston Symphony, A.D. Players Theatre, and Queensbury Theatre. BFA from Sam Houston State University. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Bradley Michalakis
Bradley Michalakis is currently Head of Dramaturgy at the Alley Theatre, where he produces the annual Alley All New Festival. Before relocating to Houston Bradley worked as Director of Literary Development at the Foxboro Company, the producing office behind the recent Broadway productions of for colored girls… by Ntozake Shange, and John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. His work has been seen at Alley Theatre, Rec Room Arts, Catastrophic Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, The Acting Company, Resident Ensemble Players, and Delaware Shakespeare Festival. Bradley has also produced live music and comedy events in NYC since 2014.
Bill Muñoz
Bill Muñoz For over 36 years, Bill has worked professionally as a Stage Manager, Actor, and Fight Choreographer. Working mainly in the Southeastern part of the US, and a couple of jobs in the Midwest, this is his first venture in the Southwest! Originally from Bogota, Colombia, he could not be more thrilled to be working on this project. Many thanks to all the Alley Theatre family for welcoming him aboard.