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Based on the folk tale by Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth

Adapted by Meghan Covington

Original music composed by Jon Hatch.

Devised by:

Joan Bradford, Sydney Rosenberg, Madeline Hamer, Katerina Wong, Jessica Irons, Jason Landon Marcus, Traci Redmond, Monica Robles, Katie Kopajtic, and Meghan Covington

Performed by:

Joan Bradford, Sydney Rosenberg, Madeleine Hammer, Katerina Wong, Jason Landon Marcus, Traci Redmond

Stage Managers......................Katie Kopajtic and Monica Robles

 

Cover Illusions by Hollis James Hoff. 

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Meet the Artists

 

Joan Bradford (she/her) (performer) is a dancer, choreographer, arts administrator, teaching artist, and facilitator proudly born, raised, and still residing in The Bronx, NY.  Joan holds her BFA in Dance and a minor in Theatre from Long Island University and is currently a fully funded MFA in Dance student at Hunter College. Joan has collaborated with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Alexandra Beller, Alethea Pace, Rivers Edge Theatre Company, MizantyMoves Dance Works, liryan movement, kamrDANCE, JoAnna Mendl Shaw/The Equus Projects Think Tank, Praevado Dance Collective, and Mise en Danse. Joan has completed choreographic residencies with Lost Dog Dance Theatre (UK), Dancing Futures Residency presented through BAAD! & Pepatián, Bronx Council on the Arts SU-CASA Creative Aging Residency, was a Fellow with University Settlement’s Performance Project, and has been a grantee through NYFA's City Artist Corps, Bronx Dance Fund, and the Bronx Cultural Vision Fund. Currently, Joan is performing with Wildlife Theatre at the Bronx Zoo in a RWS and Fred Rogers production, is an artist in residence with Bronx Council on the Arts and Urban Health Plan, and is working with the Bronx House Dancing Divas, a 65+ dance group, gearing up for the NYC Talent is Timeless competition. 

Meghan Covington (playwright/projections) is a NY based actor, playwright, and producer with an affinity for the experimental.  As an actor with over 20 years of experience, Meghan has performed in NY at The Tank, Theater for the New City, The Brick, The Hudson River Museum, and River's Edge Theatre Co. Regionally Meghan has worked on the stages of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co, The Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theatre J, Olney Theatre, and Synetic Theatre in Washington DC, and Firehouse Theatre, Richmond Shakespeare Festival. As a playwright her work has been preformed at The Tank, The Chain, The Equity Theatre Library, Musco Art Center, River's Edge Theatre Co, and Phillipstown Depot Theatre. Published work includes monologues featured in Smith Kraus Best Men's Monologues 2026 and The Covid Monologues. 

Madeleine *Maddie*Hammer (performer) is an actor and (almost) a nurse practitioner. She loves dancing, deep talks, roses and hiking with her partner, J, and dog, Coco. She has appeared in various television shows (CSI: NY, Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men) and theatre around NYC and LA. She's excited to be back onstage after years of nursing school and is making her Westchester debut at River's Edge!

Jon Hatch (composer) is a composer for film, TV, theatre and video games and is known for blending atmospheric sound design with emotionally grounded storytelling. Jon uses a blend of traditional orchestral instrumentation and electronic music elements. Always pushing sonic boundaries while still focused on storytelling.Jon has scored multiple feature films and continues to build a body of work defined by subtlety, texture, and narrative sensitivity. Recent projects include the gritty crime scene thriller film The Scene, the Hawaiian coming of age surfing drama Breaking The Tide, and the horror slasher short Viral. Equally comfortable crafting restrained, drone-like emotional palettes or bold, character-driven motifs, Jon’s music elevates visual storytelling while staying deeply connected to the director’s vision. Based in the New York, he is actively collaborating with filmmakers and creators worldwide while continually seeking projects that push musical and narrative boundaries.

Jessica Irons (collaborator) is an Ossining resident, and sits on the Board of Bethany Arts Community, and is the current president.  She sat on the Board of Ossining MATTERS for 6 years and was president for 2. For 10 years she was the Artistic Director of the award winning , NYC based Andhow ! Theater Company where she fostered new plays from a seed of an idea through to full productions. She directed Off & Off Off Broadway at the Flea, The Ohio, HERE Arts Center, 78th Street Theater Lab, Dixon Place, The Blue Heron Arts Center, The Ontological at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery  New Georges and adobe theatre company.  She was the Associate Artistic Director of adobe theatre company and the Artistic Associate at Adirondack Theater Festival. As an educator she has directed/taught in Newark NJ, Redhook, Brooklyn, for the 52nd Street Project in Manhattan, Allan Stevenson, Fordham University, the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester and elsewhere throughout the tri-state area . Locally, she has directed adults professionally for Rivers Edge Theatre Co.  She was the original therapeutic arts director at Children of Promise, NYC in Bedford Stuyvesant, where she developed and implemented therapeutic art & theater curricula for children of incarcerated parents.  Jessica studied theater at Skidmore College (BA) and Creative Arts Therapy at the New School.

Katie Kopajtic (stage manager) is a mermaid in a human body.. When not on stage or swimming in the Hudson River, she's either revising her sapphic mystery novel, working as a teaching artist, or hustling on behalf of her feature length doc in development, 'Vaguely European'. Say hi on Instagram! @katiekopajtic 

Jason Landon Marcus (performer) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer, lyricist, and screenwriter whose works include The Royal Pyrate, The Bacchae, and Cyclops: A Rock Opera. He co-wrote "Daddy's Milk" for American Horror Story and is currently in pre-production on the feature film Take Us To Your Santa, starring Tiffany Haddish and T. J. Miller. He is also the frontman of MERMAN, an "aquadelic" rock band blending psychedelic rock, mythology, and oceanic folklore.

​Traci Redmond (voice over) is an actor, improviser, and voiceover artist based in the New York area. A frequent collaborator with RETCo and composer Jon Hatch, her recent favorite credits include Hulda in Peek-A-Boo and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RETCo), as well as Annabella, Pamela, and Margaret in The 39 Steps and Sandra in The Play That Goes Wrong (Elmwood Playhouse). She performs throughout New York City and Westchester and leads RETCo’s adult improv jam. Traci trained at the University of Oklahoma and with acclaimed acting coaches in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. A Stage IV colon cancer survivor, she is currently developing a solo show inspired by her experience. www.traciredmond.com.

Monica Robles (Stage Manager) is the co-founder of Tres Brujas Productions where she serves as a producer and stage manager.  Past production credits include work in NYC, Puerto Rico and Edinburgh. During the day, she is a media Partnerships Director at SiriusXM and sits as the chair of their DE&I Board and their Pride ERG, developing partnerships with non-profit organizations such as The Ally Coalition, New Alternatives and Live Out Loud.

Sydney Rosenberg (performer/Nerissa), a Colorado native, began her dance training at the age of four, and continued on to graduate from Marymount Manhattan College where she double majored and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in dance and psychology. While there, Sydney performed works by Annie Doss, Lauren Grant, and Megan Williams. Upon graduation, she began working with Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance where she performed Enjoy Yourself! with the company for Jacob's Pillow On the Road and the O+ Festival. She also performed work by Terk Lewis at the Bryant Park Picnic Performances and with Madi Hicks at the Steps on Broadway Industry Showcase. Currently, Sydney dances with Chutzpah Dance, Claudia Logi Dance, and Rivers Edge Theatre Company, performing various works throughout New York City, New Jersey, and Westchester. 

Katerina *Katie* Wong (performer) is a multidisciplinary movement artist, choreographer, and arts advocate based in Dobbs Ferry. Her choreography has been presented at Lincoln Center, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ODC Theater, Z Space, TJPA’s Salesforce Park, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, and more. Based in San Francisco for over a decade, she performed with more than 15 Bay Area dance companies, was a guest artist with the San Francisco Symphony, and served as a Co-Artistic Director of RAWdance from 2019-2023. Katie is excited to join River’s Edge Theatre Co. for this production and sends a special thanks to her husband, Dennis, for all of his support!

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About River's Edge Theatre Company

River's Edge Theatre Company (RETCo) is a NY State non-profit organization with the mission to reflect the human experience, spark conversation, and inspire social change through performance. RETCo invites theatergoers to step to the outer limits of their comfort zone as they shed light on some of society's most pressing issues. In addition to producing quality, thought provoking performances in Westchester, NY, RETCo also offers classes and workshops that place emphasis on the social emotional benefits of theatre education, allowing students to collaborate and create in a fun and nurturing environment. River's Edge Theatre Company is a NY not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation and donations qualify as a deductible charitable contribution to the extent the law provides.

Make a donation HERE.

Next Onstage:

PEEK-A-BOO

October 15-25

At Bethany Arts Community

By Meghan Covington

Directed by Jessica Irons

Choreographed by Megan Roe

 

River's Edge is bringing its wild and hauntingly provocative Peek-a-Boo back yet again  by popular demand. Inspired by hidden the real Peek-a-Boo flats of Tarrytown NY his immersive show is rife with intimate encounters, voyeuristic thrills, and deeply human performances. This year we have added extra secret scenes to keep you coming back for more...

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Special thanks to these special folks for making this and future productions possible:

Matthew Shifflett

Susan Washington

Eileen Jones

Steve and Joanne Auerbach

Jonny Kendrick

Carol Krinsky

Dana Altneu

Eder Shiga

Laura Mazzeo

Kiko Bourne

Thom Roberts

Penelope Yates

Molly Harrington Canu

Michelle Tomasso Davis

Sophia Haeri

Anu Patel

Diana Fithian

Jessica Irons

David Yarnold

Padraic Driscoll

Darcy Briks

Alexa Rudley

Don Creedon

Ellen Flaks

Lisa Hertz

Michael Goldenberg

Deirdre McEvoy

Anna Triantafillou

Laura McSpedon

H.James Hoff

Fernanda Franco Artwork

Tiffany Hagler-Geard

Melanie Hoopes

Sioux Madden

Keika Bleu

Julia Schonberg

Elizabeth Lynch

Stephanie Marango

Kim Spurlock

Joseph Sexton

Leslie Seery

Kathleen Rhem

Kayli Covington

Bill and Lisa Schonberg

Susan Kangas

Albert Gorn

Dyane Laurin and Pascal Tomecek

Ryan Michael Hayes

And ALL of our donors!

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River's Edge Theatre Co's programing was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. 

River's Edge Theatre Co. is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made
possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive Kenneth W. Jenkins and
the Board of Legislators.

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Special thanks to our sponsors.

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