EastLine Theatre
in association with the
Babylon Citizens Council
on the Arts presents
Appropriate
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
April 11 - 26, 2026
BACCA Arts Center,
Lindenhurst
There will be one intermission.
Appropriate is presented
by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Please be aware this play includes racial slurs, discussion of racial violence, sexual violence, and death. Water-based haze is utilized.
Antoinette Lafayette Susan Dorsey
Rhys Thurston Matthew Rubenfeld
Beauregard Lafayette David Edward Keen
Rachael Kramer-Lafayette Sarah Elizabeth Spagnuolo
Cassidy Kramer-Lafayette Cordelia Comando
Ainsley Kramer-Lafayette Joey Carlino
Francois Lafayette Harrison Grimm
River Rayner Megan Jeter
Director John Torres
Stage Manager Michelle Osojnak
Fight Choreography Emily Vaeth
Costume Design Wendy Grimm
Lighting Design Nicole Savin
Technical Director Remi Watts
Production Assistance Michelle Savin
Antoinette ‘Toni’ Lafayette Susan Dorsey
Rhys Thurston Matthew Rubenfeld
Beauregard ‘Bo’ Lafayette David Edward Keen
Rachael Kramer-Lafayette Sarah Elizabeth Spagnuolo
Cassidy Kramer-Lafayette Cordelia Comando
Ainsley Kramer-Lafayette Joey Carlino
Francois ‘Franz’ Lafayette Harrison Grimm
River Rayner Megan Jeter
Director John Torres
Stage Manager Michelle Osojnak
Fight Choreography Emily Vaeth
Costume Design Wendy Grimm
Lighting Design Nicole Savin
Technical Director Remi Watts
Production Assistance Michelle Savin
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This performance is taking place on unceded Native land. Long Island has been and still is home to Indigenous communities including the Lenape, the Shinnecock, the Unkechaug, the Montauketts, and the Matinecock, amongst others. You can find out more about Native American history and culture on Long Island at On This Site.
EastLine Theatre
Nicole Savin,
Artistic Director
Paul DeFilippo,
Associate Artistic Director
The EastLine Theatre Board of Directors is: Larry Meneses (President), Nicholas Ciuffo (Vice President), Matt Rosenberg (Treasurer), Nicole Savin (Secretary), Deanna Ibrahim (Member)
The EastLine Theatre Creative Associates are: Anik Alam, Anna Stacy, Aly Kantor, Anjor Khadilkar, Anthony Noto, David Bullen, Deanna Ibrahim, Jill Linden, John Brautigam, Julianna Frasca, Lynn Adler, Matt Rosenberg, Megan Laguna, Melanie Lipton, Michael Devereaux, Michelle Osojnak, Nicole Savin, Paul DeFilippo, Sheilah Barksdale, Taylor Dunn, and Remi Watts.
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Joey Carlino, Cordelia Comando, Susan Dorsey, Harrison Grimm
Megan Jeter, David Edward Keen, Matthew Rubenfeld, Sarah Elizabeth Spagnuolo
Joey Carlino (he/him) A passionate and dedicated 13-year-old performer, Joey is already celebrating his 23rd production on stage. With a love for storytelling and a natural presence in the spotlight, he brings energy, heart, and professionalism to every role he takes on. Whether in musicals or plays, he continues to grow as a young artist, always eager to learn, collaborate, and captivate audiences. He thanks the amazing production team for this opportunity as well as his fellow cast and crew members for being so incredible to work with!
Cordelia Comando (she/her) is so excited to be making her EastLine Theatre debut. She is a singer, musician and actress who has performed in numerous productions on both stage and screen. Some of her favorite roles include Annie (Annie), and Susan (Miracle on 34th Street). She has also appeared on Netflix with John Mulaney, and a Wayfair commercial alongside Kelly Clarkson. She would like to thank the staff of EastLine for giving her this opportunity to perform, and the wonderful cast who she is proud to perform along with. A big thank you to her family for their never ending love and support.
Susan Dorsey (she/her) was last seen on stage in 2019 in EastLine Theatre’s production of Stop Kiss. Past favorite roles include Brooke in Other Desert Cities, Lindsay in Some Girls, Catherine in Proof, and Alexa in As Bees in Honey Drown. She is grateful to John Torres for encouraging her to return to acting, and she thanks this wonderful cast and crew—it’s been a blast.
Harrison Grimm (he/him) Harry is excited to be making his acting debut as Franz in Appropriate with EastLine Theatre. He is a former MMA competitor and a current mental health provider. He thanks his family and his “daughter” Noodle for their support.
Megan Jeter (she/her) is a little clown who lives in a little house with her cat in Islip, NY. Some say she graduated from NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway, but others say she just learned how to be a good person 🙂 She is so grateful to be working with EastLine and stretching her dramatic muscles for a change, after primarily performing in Commedia Dell’Arte musicals with Soft Brain Theatre Company in NYC for the past 5 years. I owe everything I am to those who encourage my soft brain and warm heart.
David Edward Keen (he/him) Coming to acting via filmmaking and musical composition, David studied composition and violin performance at Purchase College in the 1990s. His mentor, bassist and composer Alvin Brehm, first inspired considering the links between music and cinema. David is a member of the Filmmakers’ Cooperative catalog in NYC. His first acting opportunity was with EastLine Theatre, playing Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in Lucy Prebble’s A Very Expensive Poison. Freelancing as a violinist, David also maintains a teaching studio of violin and composition students.
Matthew Rubenfeld (he/him) is happy to be back at EastLine for the third time. He was last seen in An Enemy of the People (Horster) and Machinal (Prosecutor and others). He thanks his family and his day-ones as well as new friends and everybody who listens to him talk about his little plays. He’s grateful to John, Nicole, Michelle, and his castmates for allowing him to be weird. Ruby loves you.
Sarah Elizabeth Spagnuolo (she/her) is thrilled to be a part of the Appropriate cast! Past theater credits include It’s My Brooklyn, Too! (Del); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Honey); Comedy of Errors (Adrianna). Thank you to my loving and supportive family, my incredible fiancé Harley, and this amazing cast and crew!
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John Torres (he/him) appreciates this opportunity to direct again at EastLine, after Hand to God, Kimberly Akimbo, and a couple of playlets in All in the Timing. Most recently, he served as Artistic Director for several original short play festivals, directing many of them. For The Collective’s Sweat, he was recognized as Best Director (along with Best Play) by BroadwayWorld Long Island. John thanks this cast and crew for their limitless dedication and humbling talent, as well as his wife Lucy, without whom none of this ever happens.
Michelle Osojnak (she/her) is a teacher by day, actor by evening and weekend. Third time’s the charm stage managing for EastLine! You may have seen Michelle starring in some EastLine Summer Theatre productions, most recently Emma and King Lear. Other credits include roles as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Gloria/Nan in Gloria, and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible. She loves this company dearly, extending all her thanks to Nicole for her guidance and support during this process; and thanks to John for trusting her with this responsibility for his poignant and funny production.
Nicole Savin (she/her) EastLine directing credits include: A Very Expensive Poison, Emma, Trouble in Mind, God of Vengeance, Men on Boats, The Truth, Treasure Island, Pride & Prejudice, and Yentl. She holds a BA (Hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London in Drama and Theatre Studies. She is an Associate Director with Theatre of the Gentle Furies, and on the literary team at The Playwrights Realm.
Public funding provided by Suffolk County.
New York Premiere originally produced by
Signature Theatre, New York City
(James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director)
World premiere production in the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL
(Chay Yew, Artistic Director; Chris Mannelli, Interim Managing Director)
Appropriate, recipient of the Sundance Institute Tennessee Williams Award, was developed, in part, at the 2011 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation and at the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort with the Sundance Institute / Time Warner Fellowship Program
Appropriate was developed, in part, at Vineyard Arts Project (Ashley Melone, Founder and Artistic Director)
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“One of the boldest, bravest theatre companies on Long Island,” according to Fire Island News, the nonprofit EastLine Theatre aims to create theatre in unlikely spaces while re-examining the canon, exploring modern plays, and bringing original works to the attention of the community. EastLine is committed to creating opportunities for women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ people.
EastLine Theatre is a proud member of the Huntington Arts Council and the Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York.
With thanks to
Hillary Kass Nussdorf, Rian Romeo, Nicholas & Maureen Savin, Jason Jenkins, and everyone at BACCA