Overview

Welcome to the corner of Maple & Vine, where every day is 1955.

Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. When they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they decide to forsake cell phones and DoorDash for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. But after moving to this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors – and they themselves – are willing to sacrifice for happiness.

“Piquantly funny, cleverly executed and darkly playful.” – The New York Times

Recommended for ages 16+. Note: For detailed content warnings, click here.

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Ansley Valentine (he/him)
Director

Ansley Valentine is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). Some of his favorite productions include Les Misérables, The Colored Museum, Twelfth Night, The Mountaintop, and many new plays. His work as a director and actor has been seen at The Cleveland Play House, Florida Rep, Indiana Rep, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Studio Arena Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Cardinal Stage, and many other theatres around the country. Ansley is also a graduate of the Arts Midwest Minorities in Arts Administration Fellowship, a program funded by the Ford Foundation to increase minority representation in leadership roles at American not-for-profit organizations. His many awards include a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion. He is a company member at Fonseca Theatre in Indianapolis and Actors’ Reading Collective in the San Francisco Bay Area. He heads the graduate directing program at Indiana University.

Cast

Megan Massie (she/her)
Katha

Megan Massie: At Constellation: Ada and the Engine (Ada Lovelace), Predisposed to Violins (Sgt. Gregson). Regional Theatre: Fifth-Third Bank’s Dracula at Actors Theater of Louisville; Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet at Kentucky Shakespeare; The Seagull at The Schoolhouse Theatre NY; The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Cymbeline at Commonwealth Shakespeare MA; Lawbreakers! (world premiere) and Night of the Living Dead at Stage One Family Theatre. Additional Credits: B.F.A. from West Virginia University.

Jeremy Rafal (he/him)
Ryu

Jeremy Rafal is an alumnus of Jacobs School of Music at IUB and is excited to be back in Bloomington. He is now a New York based multi-hyphenate artist as an actor, musician, writer, director, filmmaker, and educator. Select theater credits include Heart Strings (The Atlantic Theater), Machinal, The Gothic Hour (The Mechanical Theater Co.), I’ll Never Love Again (Bushwick Starr), The King and I (Interlake Theatre), Richard III and King John (American Theater of Actors). He has appeared in several commercials and TV/Film including FBI, Bikini Moon, Exit 15, I’d Kill for You, Dates from Hell, among others. Besides being an artist, Jeremy is also into linguistics, jump roping, and Crossfit with an L1 Trainer Certificate. IG: @thatonepinoyguy

Bobby Ayala Perez (he/him)
Roger/Omar

Bobby Ayala Perez is a multidisciplinary artist and actor whose work spans theatre, film, and visual arts. He was most recently seen at Constellation Stage & Screen in The Play That Goes Wrong. Other credits include Holmes & Watson (Constellation), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (IU Theatre), and The 39 Steps (IU Summer Theatre). As an educator, he has taught at Constellation Stage & Screen and Indiana University, and his visual art has also been exhibited at the Waldron Arts Center. Bobby holds an MFA in Acting from Indiana University and lives in here Bloomington with his partner and their chihuahua. 

Scott Russell (he/him)
Dean

Scott is an actor, director, fight director, and theatre educator based in Indianapolis; he is thrilled to be working with Constellation for the first time! His work has been seen at Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Phoenix Theatre, Actors Theatre of Indiana, IndyShakes, Arkansas Shakespeare, TheatreSquared and more. Always, love to his family.

Christine Zavakos (she/her)
Ellen/Jenna

Christine Zavakos is excited to make her Constellation debut with Maple and Vine. She has traveled the country performing in tours, on cruise ships, and at regional theatres like Pittsburgh CLO, The Rev, Casa Manana, Broadway Palm, and the Human Race Theatre Co. Recent credits: Sue Barker in Natural Affection (American Lives Theatre), Christine Penmark in The Bad Seed (Betty Rage Productions), Woman 2 in Forbidden Broadway (Actors Theatre of Indiana), and Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof (Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre). Up next you can see her flipping her fins in The Little Mermaid (B&B Dinner Theatre) or improvising at Comedy Sportz. Thanks to her family for their continued love and support.

“Maple and Vine” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com