The MAP
presents
EXILES
by James Joyce
directed by Zachary Elkind
ROBERT: Rodd Cyrus*
BERTHA: Layla Khoshnoudi*
RICHARD: Jeffrey Omura*
BEATRICE: Violeta Picayo*
ARCHIE / BRIGID: Mattie Tindall
production stage manager: Rebecca Hanai Malamud
set designer: Cate McCrea
costume designer: Alyssa Korol
lighting designer: Amara Payton McNeil
producer: Spencer Lutvak
press: John Wyszniewski / Everyman Agency
house manager: Viktoria-Isabella King
Exiles is the only play by James Joyce, author of Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Dubliners. In 1904, Joyce and his romantic partner Nora Barnacle left Ireland for mainland Europe, in part due to Joyce’s frustration with Irish censorship of his bold and sexually explicit work. Their children Giorgio and Lucia were born abroad, in Trieste, in 1905 and 1907, but James and Nora were not legally married until 1931. James’s letters to Nora (very NSFW link) provide an erotic and frank picture of an adventurous and exciting relationship. Joyce occasionally returned to Ireland until 1912, when he left for good. Exiles was written while Joyce was trying to get his short-story collection Dubliners published, and premiered as he was beginning work on his masterpiece, Ulysses.
The play deals with questions that haunt us still: Can you have love without possessiveness? What would it mean to be truly free in a relationship? Is it possible to have an affair with your own husband? Written as Ireland was grappling with questions of freedom and self-determination, in the lead-up to the Irish Civil War, the play asks how we can give each other liberty — or fail to.
The play takes place in Dublin,
in the summer of 1912.
Rodd Cyrus * (Robert) recently starred as ‘Harry Houdini’ in Ragtime for Encores! at New York City Center and also played ‘Giuseppe Naccarelli’ in The Light in the Piazza in their previous season. Theater: Mamma Mia! (The Hollywood Bowl), Valor (Guthrie), We Won't Sleep (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), Tomorrow Will Be Sunday (Chautauqua), My Real Mother (Signature Theatre). Television: “Elsbeth” (CBS), “The Equalizer” (CBS). Upcoming Film: Doctor, Doctor; Sleeping Dogs. Cyrus is a graduate of The Juilliard School (MFA) and UCLA (BA). www.roddcyrus.com
Layla Khoshnoudi * (Bertha) Select Theater: Odyssey (The Acting Company); Will You Come With Me? (Play Company); 7 Minutes (Waterwell); Men on Boats (Clubbed Thumb); Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons); Bull in a China Shop (LCT3); Dido of Idaho (Ensemble Studio Theater); Nobody’s Girl (NJ Rep); Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Wyoming (Lesser America); I am Gordafarid (Noor Theater). TV: “Instinct” (CBS); “FBI” (CBS); “All Hail Beth” (BricTV), “My Ex is Trending” (YouTube). Film: Long Nights, Short Mornings; Bad at Birthdays, Nadia Jaan; Androgen; Bookends. MFA in Acting, Brooklyn College. www.laylakhoshnoudi.com
Jeffrey Omura * (Richard) is known for his work onstage in New York with The Public Theater, Playwrights’ Realm, Ma-Yi Theater Company, and National Asian American Theater Company, and around the country with Arena Stage, Weston Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Hartford Stage, and more. Some television credits include “Hawaii Five-0,” “Succession,” “Elementary,” “Limitless,” “The Blacklist,” “Gossip Girl”; “High Maintenance". His voiceover work can be heard in more than 50 films and television shows. He’s a founding member of Fair Wage Onstage and Be An #ArtsHero; and a three-time elected officer of Actors’ Equity’s National Council. He’s a proud graduate of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. www.jeffreyomura.com.
Violeta Picayo * (Beatrice) is a bilingual Cuban-American actor, director, and choreographer. She is a New Georges Associate Artist and member of The Jam, and a company member of The SuperGeographics. Selected credits: The Medium (SITI Company, BAM), War of the Worlds-The Radio Play (SITI Co.) Three Little Girls Down a Well (The Public UTR), Evelyn Brown (La MaMa), Sense and Sensibility (Bedlam), Julius Caesar (Pocket Universe). Violeta has worked regionally at theaters including the American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, The Fisher Center, and City Theatre. Internationally, she has worked in Argentina, Chile, England, Greece, India, and Scotland. Violeta is a proud graduate of the SITI Company Conservatory, the National Theater Institute, and Vassar College. www.violetapicayo.com
Mattie Tindall (Archie / Brigid) is an NYC-based playwright and director with roots in southern Virginia. Selected plays include: ain't that the way love's supposed to be? (Hudson Guild Theater, The Tank, Davidson College), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Hollins University), you + me: an exploration of deceased identities and falling in love in spite of it (Wild Project), The Heroic Tale of George 1 and George 2 (James Clemens Theater, The Square Theater), and i wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart (Hollins University, Glendale Community College). www.mattietindall.com. @immatie
Zachary Elkind (Director) is a director based in New York. From 2019 – 2024, Zack was the Associate Artistic Director of Bedlam, where he directed Mary Stuart, filmed entirely in his Brooklyn walkup apartment. At Bedlam, he also curated the Do More: New Plays series of readings and workshops, through which he commissioned Talene Monahon’s The Good John Proctor for Bedlam’s world premiere production and developed work with Zora Howard, Julian Hornik, Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Stefani Kuo, a.k. payne, Emily Breeze, Madison Fiedler, Renae Simone Jarrett, Sam Hamashima, and Eleanor Burgess. Other recent work: If We Kiss, Richard II (The MAP); Anna Karenina, Hedda Gabler, Sparks Fly Upward (Bedlam); Richard II (Luna Stage); Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables (Ghostlight); Macbeth (NYU Steinhardt). Zack has also worked with Page 73, the New Group, Symphony Space, Heartbeat Opera, BRIC, and Live from Lincoln Center. His feature film adaptation of Three Sisters, filmed in 2024, is currently in post-production. If you have a theater-loving teen in your life, check out ghostlighttheatercamp.com. Say hi at www.zacharyelkind.com.
Alyssa Korol (Costume Designer) is a costume designer, crafts artisan, and wardrobe manager who enjoys creating thought-provoking works to challenge societal expectations and invite new perspectives. She grew up in northern Vermont and is now based in the New York City area. Recent works include Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Annabel Capper Presents, 2024), We (Kevin Ray Works, 2024), and Richard II (The Enemies + Luna Stage, 2022). In her craft, Alyssa values innovative character exploration, complex world building, and lively collaboration, the context for bringing stories to life and making compelling art. Boston University MFA in Costume Design, 2018. (www.alyssakorol.com).
Cate McCrea (Scenic Designer) is a scenographer specializing in collaborative development of new works. Her designs are inspired by and drawn from craft techniques, recycled materials, and archival collections. You can find her at the library or in the littoral zone. Recent work off-Broadway: The Keep Going Songs (LCT3), The Good John Proctor (Bedlam), Corsicana (Playwrights Horizons, co-design with Lee Jellinek). Other work at Harlem Stage, the Kitchen, Danspace Project, the Brick, New Ohio Theatre, the Tank; and with The Acting Company, Little Opera Theatre of New York, and the Drama League. Cate is a New Jersey native and a member of USA 829.
Amara Payton McNeil (Lighting Designer) is a New York-based, Hartford-raised, theatrical lighting designer. She holds a B.A. in Theater from Fordham University and was the 2023 Howell Binkley Fellow. As a visual storyteller, she aims to create an immersive experience for the audience, using vibrant colors and dynamic angles to bring texture to the stage. She enjoys work created for and by the black community and projects that blend performance and culture. Credits include Broadway: Romeo & Juliet (DMC), Stereophonic (Asst. LD), Come From Away 2nd Nat Tour (Asst. LD), The Wiz Pre-Broadway Tour (HBB Fellow), Parade (LD Intern); Regional/Off-Broadway: Icons Gala (LD @ PAC NYC), Fabulation, or… (LD @ The Billie Holiday), Like They Do In The Movies (Assoc. LD at PAC NYC), Teeth (Assoc. LD @ New World Stages), Vegan Chitlins (LD at The Flea ), Hair (Assoc. LD at Two River), The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (ALD at La Jolla Playhouse).
Spencer Lutvak (Producer) is grateful to be producing another show with The Map. Spencer is a Camp Director at Ghostlight Theater Camp, a sleepaway camp for kids ages 9-17; the owner of Budget with Spencer, where he works with individuals on everyday money management and financial literacy; and he previously worked at The Public Theater in both Finance and General Management. He is currently directing She Kills Monsters at Hunter College High School. budgetwithspencer.com
Rebecca Hanai Malamud (Production Stage Manager) originates from Tokyo and is a New York-based stage manager. Credits: If We Kiss (The Map); Arcadia (Bedlam); Tender Rain (Syracuse Stage); Danny, King of the Basement (Syracuse Stage BofA Children's Tour); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Syracuse Stage); Cymbeline (SU Drama); Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (SU Drama); Bright Half Life (SU Drama); The Crucible (SU Drama). Internationally, she has worked with Jermyn Street Theatre in London on Relatively Speaking, Footfalls & Rockaby, and The Tempest. She has a BFA in Stage Management from Syracuse University. @beccamalamud
Everyman Agency is a communications firm promoting complex ideas, mostly in the arts. Founded by John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency builds awareness and provokes action for cultural organizations and individual artists by putting impactful storytelling, strategic thinking, and meaningful relationships at the heart of its work. Clients include Ars Nova, Axis Theatre Company, En Garde Arts, Lucille Lortel Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Rattlestick Theater, Target Margin Theater, and TheaterWorks Hartford, among others. www.everymanagency.com
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*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. This is an Equity approved Showcase.
Performance space for this production was subsidized by the
A.R.T./New York Theatres Rental Subsidy Fund,
a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York).
Leadership support for Exiles from Peter and Lauren Lese.
Special Thanks:
Houghton Hall Arts Community, Materials for the Arts, Rachel Vail & Mitchell Elkind, Alexa Lyons, Sydney Garick, Carl Whipple
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