Spirit

It’s Christmas Eve and a horror film-obsessed child with a fatal disease comes face-to-face with the Grim Reaper and has a few questions before they leave the mortal plane.

Spirit, written and directed by award winning playwright Tony Patryn, makes it debut at the Chain Theatre Summer One Act Festival summer 2025!

Performances:
Sunday July 13th at 2:00 PM
Tuesday July 22nd at 8:00 PM
Wednesday July 30th at 8:30 PM

Written and Directed by:
Tony Patryn

Starring:
Nadine Louise
Tyler Parker
Cassidy O’Sullivan

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Cast & Crew

Tyler Parker (Spirit; he/him) is delighted to return to the (after)life on stage as the titular Spirit. No stranger to spectral roles, he previously appeared as Sir Roderic (a ghostly baronet) in Ruddigore at the International G&S Festival—earning a nomination for Best Male Voice—and as the Beast in Patrynize Productions’ staged version of Over the Garden Wall.

Recent appearances include Count Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music with the Village Light Opera Group and the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with the Blue Hill Troupe.

Offstage, Tyler merges technology and theater by “painting” virtual reality renditions of theatrical spaces. Learn more about this and his other work at btylerparker.com.

He sends love to his wife, Laura, and their daughter, Aurora.

Nadine Louise (Parent; she/her) recent credits include Statelines (The Prime Minister), Not Quite Ready (Stephanie), Half of Me (Mom), Dracula (Van Helsing). Nadine studied at Long Island University under Maria Porter with accompanying training in Porter’s Re-Purposed Suzuki Method, Viewpoints, Chekhov, direction, and design. Nadine works both on stage and screen and is a part of the Rosejoy Theatre Collective. When she’s not working, Nadine enjoys reading, hiking, and a good cup of coffee. www.nadine-louise.com | @theNadineLouise

Cassidy O’Sullivan (Child; she/her) is honored to make her theatrical debut in this production. She began acting at age 11 and has since appeared in background roles for upcoming feature films and starred in several independent projects. Most recently, Cassidy played the lead in an NYU senior thesis film set to premiere at festivals in Fall 2025. A former competitive gymnast and avid softball player, Cassidy is based in the Hudson Valley, NY. She is grateful to the cast, crew, and creative team for their guidance and support.

Rob Mobley (he/him) (Stage Manager) is a New York based actor, singer, and storyteller. Originally from Orlando, FL, he’s contributed creatively to several immersive theatre productions in the City, most notably RED and ZeroSpace, and seeks to explore what more could be done within that art style.

During the pandemic, Rob created Villainology, a podcast serving as a deep dive into some of our favorite personifications of humanity’s darker side, and is elated to bring the show back as one of patrynize productions’ inaugural audio programs.

Rob is a graduate of Shenandoah University with a BFA in Musical Theatre.

Tony Patryn (Writer & Director; he/him) is the President of the Board of Directors for Patrynize Productions and formerly served as Vice President of the board at the Off-Broadway venue Playhouse 46. Additionally, he is the co-creator of The Campy Cabaret, a long-running showcase that has been delighting audiences since 2015. Over the past decade, Tony has written, produced, and directed works featuring the next generation of Broadway talent—many of whom have gone on to star in Hadestown, The Play That Goes Wrong, Wicked, The Color Purple, Almost Famous, Bat Out of Hell, Americano!, and more.

His writing credits include Safe Travels: A Jukebox Jukebox Musical and The Fountain (NY Fringe Award winner, Off-Broadway 2024). OFF-BROADWAY: Mushnik / Ensemble in Drunk Musicals, Bruno in Truffles. REGIONAL: Rocky in Aven’U Boys (Midwest Premiere), Mick Jagger in We Will Rock You (U.S. Premiere), Nick in In My Life (Midwest Premiere), and Orin Scrivello, DDS in Little Shop of Horrors.