The Play That Goes Wrong

In This Program

• From the Artistic Director
• About the Show
• For Our Patrons
• Cast
• Creative Team
• To Go Wrong, Everything Has to Go (REALLY) Right
• Up Next with Cornley Drama
• Thank you for keeping this season from going (completely) wrong…
• Print Edition
• More About Seattle Rep

Dear Friends, 

Welcome to the return of The Play That Goes Wrong! Whether this is your first (or fifth!) time seeing the show, we’re thrilled you’re here to see if the Cornley Drama Society can finally get it right. (Fingers crossed.)

The Play That Goes Wrong is a part of London-based Mischief Theatre’s highly successful slate of “Goes Wrong” plays (and a television show on Amazon Prime), which continue to delight audiences of all ages in London, New York, and around the world. 

This locally made co-production with Oregon’s Portland Center Stage (PCS) features a cast and creative team made up of theater-makers from both cities. After the show played to packed houses and critical acclaim this past fall, our artisans packed up and sent the set, costumes, and props down to Portland, where the show played a sold-out run. Following this Seattle reprise, the show will go on yet again, this time as part of Arizona Theater Company’s upcoming 2026/27 Season.

Part of the show’s success lies in the way it functions as a love letter to the unpredictable and eternally hopeful spirit of live theater. We’re not here to make fun of the well-meaning, theater-loving, ever-intrepid Cornley Drama Society as they strive to make you forget the more than 200 stage mishaps you’re about to see today. Still, as things go wrong during their “opening night” performance of The Murder at Haversham Manor, we can’t help but laugh out loud in shared recognition. The troupe’s unwavering determination to carry on—and their unshakable belief that their luck will somehow turn around—is a hallmark of the human condition. What else can we do but our best when chaos reigns and things don’t go our way? 

The theatrical magic of this play lies not just in its humor, but in the intricate craft required to make the on-stage mayhem seem effortless. It takes precision, timing, trust, and collaboration behind the scenes for everything to go wrong in all the right ways. In that sense, The Play That Goes Wrong is also about our theater community working in harmony. This blend of laughter and optimism (no matter how naïve!) made it an easy choice to bring back to the Bagley Wright Theater—the first full re-mount of a #BuiltBySeattleRep production in our history. 

As part of our upcoming 2026/27 Season, we will be “going wrong” again this winter with Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Don’t miss Cornley’s latest attempt as they tackle the beloved story of Peter Pan as (literally) high-flying mishaps deliver non-stop laughter for the whole family. Because nothing more can go wrong... right? 

I hope to see you at our season starter, a world premiere musical from the producers of Come From Away, Freak The Mighty, beginning July 30. Check out our variety of subscription package offerings to enjoy Freak The Mighty, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and so much more in our 2026/27 Season—visit seattlerep.org/subscribe. There’s something in our new lineup for everyone! 

Until next time, 

Dámaso Rodríguez
Artistic Director

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dámaso Rodríguez   |   MANAGING DIRECTOR Jeffrey Herrmann

By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez

* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd.

The Mischief Production of The Play That Goes Wrong was originally produced on the West End Stage by Kenny Wax & Stage Presence and on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax & Stage Presence

The Play That Goes Wrong is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint. (www.dramatists.com)

2025/26 Season Sponsor

Leslie Lackey

Producing Partners

Gary & Parul Houlahan 
Charlotte Lin & Robert Porter 

Institutional Season Sponsor

June 11–28, 2026 | Bagley Wright Theater

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ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES: We offer select English Open Captioned, Audio Described, ASL-Interpreted, Sensory-Friendly, and mask-required  performances. Find dates here or contact the Box Office for more information.

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Ian Bond

Jonathan, Fight Captain

Ian Bond is an actor, fight/intimacy director, and educator. He has performed at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre Company, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and ACT. He has directed fights and intimacy for The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Rep, Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, ArtsWest, The Seagull Project, Taproot Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, and Book-It. Ian is a co-founder of PNW Theatrical Intimacy and a motion capture artist. ianbond.org, @ian.bond.180

Phillip Ray Guevara

Robert & u/s Max, Jonathan

Phillip Ray Guevara is classically trained with a B.F.A. in Acting from Texas State University and an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Washington. He is on faculty and teaches movement at the University of Portland and lives with his beautiful wife and two wonderful children. Regional credits include The Hombres (Artists Repertory Theatre), The Three Musketeers (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Much Ado About Nothing (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), Julius Caesar (Titan Theatre Company), and Native Gardens (Intiman). @philliprayguevara

Darragh Kennan

Dennis

It is always a treat to return to Seattle Rep, where Darragh works upstairs during the day as the Director of Major Gifts. He has worked as an actor and director here in Seattle and nationwide, including ten seasons with American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. He is the proud recipient of Seattle’s Gregory Falls Award for his performance of Hamlet with Seattle Shakespeare Company in 2010. Other favorite portrayals include Sherlock Holmes at Seattle Rep and Ebenezer Scrooge at ACT. Darragh lives on Vashon Island with his amazing wife Jessica and incredible kids, Finn and Máire.

Cassi Q Kohl

Annie

Seattle Rep debut! Cassi extends a huge thank you to the incredible Seattle stage managers who inspired this acting role. You might possibly recognize Cassi (despite the excellent work of hair and makeup teams) from The Last Five Years (ACT), The Little Mermaid (The 5th Avenue Theatre), The Hello Girls (Taproot Theatre Company), or a few fun turns on the Village Theatre stage. When she’s not on stage she can be found biking around town, drinking gluten-free IPAs, and befriending neighborhood cats. Love to her fiancée Amanda for always setting out her favorite breakfast! @thunderdyke

Chris Murray

Max

Chris Murray (he/him) is thrilled to be making his Seattle debut at Seattle Rep! Chris is based in Portland (so based) and has worked at Artists Repertory Theatre on Playboy of the Western World and The Liar, both directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Regional credits: 38th Humana Festival at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville (RIP); Portland Center Stage: Sense and Sensibility, Major Barbara, Astoria: Parts One & Two, The Oregon Trail, Great Expectations, Our Town, Futura, Crossing Mnisose, and Sometimes a Great Notion. Favorite roles include this one you are about to see. Thanks to Jena for the love and dog-shuffling.

Darius Pierce

Chris

Darius (he/him) is thrilled to make his Seattle Rep debut with this show! He is a Portland-based actor and director. He has worked with Portland Center Stage, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Portland Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Fiasco Theater, and others, and is co-founder of Anonymous Theatre Company. TV/Film: Pig, Timmy Failure, “Grimm,” and “Documentary Now!” He thanks his family for their endless support. And thinks you should know he collects turtles. dariuspierce.com

Chip Sherman

Trevor

Last seen at Seattle Rep in The Skin of Our Teeth and Fat Ham. Chip (they/them) is an ACT Core Company member, known along the West Coast as Isis in and out of the Drag Duo LüChi and as one of the founding parents of the kiki ballroom house The Royal House of Noir. Beloved local credits include The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (The Feast); Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Corduroy (Seattle Children’s Theatre); The Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre); A Christmas Carol and Alex and Aris (ACT). @chi.sherman

Ashley Song

Sandra

Ashley Song is making her Seattle Rep debut! She would like to dedicate this production to anyone who could use a little bit more joy in their life. Some recent stage credits include Mother Russia (Profile Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Portland Center Stage), and The Other Place (21ten Theatre). Recent film credits include Empano Gleasium, Appliance of Science, and Song of Summer. Ashley is a workaholic so when she isn’t acting, she’s running her film studio, teaching musical theater to teenagers, and producing documentaries and movies. @ashleysongofficial, @desertislandstudiospdx

Jeb Berrier

Swing (Chris, Trevor, Robert)

Jeb is thrilled to be working for the first time at Seattle Rep! He lives in Portland where he previously worked with Dámaso Rodríguez on Playboy of the Western World and 1984 at Artists Repertory Theatre. Other credits: 21Ten Theatre; The Red Door Project; One Flea Spare, New Rep Theatre; Stones in His Pockets, Open Stage of Harrisburg; Richard III, Telluride Rep; and Nosferatu at the Prithvi Theater Festival in Mumbai, India. TV/Film credits include “Grimm,” “Shrill,” Sometimes I Think About Dying, and A Perfect Day for Caribou. Love to Anne, Web, and Rooney the Pitbull/Chihuahua.

Ashley Lanyon

Swing (Annie, Sandra, Dennis)

Seattle Rep debut! Since moving to Seattle in 2023, Ashley Lanyon (she/her) has appeared in four productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre, most notably Something’s Afoot, all while completing her M.F.A. in Arts Leadership at Seattle University. Favorite collaborations include productions at Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL), Drury Lane Theatre, Mercury Theater Chicago, and Peninsula Players. Endless thanks to her husband, Harter, for keeping her sane and fed. @ashley.lanyon

Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer

Playwrights

Henry, Henry, and Jonathan met while training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). All core members of Mischief Theatre, they had already worked in comedy together for several years before becoming a writing team. The three’s first piece was The Play That Goes Wrong (Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), which started in the London and Edinburgh Fringe before touring the UK and internationally. Playing since September 2014, the show has become the longest-running comedy in the West End. The show played on Broadway from 2017–2019 and has since been performed in over 20 countries around the world. Other works: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (West End, UK Tour, BBC), Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (BBC), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (West End, UK Tour – Olivier Nomination), "The Goes Wrong Show" (BBC), The Comedy About Spies (now playing on the West End). @mischiefcomedy, mischieftheatre.co.uk

Dámaso Rodríguez

Director

Seattle Rep Artistic Director since July 2023. Select directing credits: Laughs in Spanish, The Skin of Our Teeth (Seattle Rep); The Heiress, The Little Foxes (Pasadena Playhouse); Paradise Lost (Intiman); Romeo & Juliet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Kings (South Coast Repertory); We the Invisibles (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Wolf Play, La Ruta, An Octoroon, Everybody, Tribes, The Humans, Cuba Libre, 1984 (Artists Repertory Theatre); El Huracán (GableStage); Desire Under the Elms, Blithe Spirit, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, The Doctor’s Dilemma (A Noise Within). Upcoming: Directing Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Amadeus in Seattle Rep’s 2026/27 Season. damasorodriguez.com

Tom Buderwitz

Scenic Designer

Tom Buderwitz has designed scenery for Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, The Second City, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Intiman, Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, Antaeus Theatre Company, A Noise Within, and many others. Six LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (31 nominations), three LA Drama Critics Awards, three Emmy Award nominations, and Art Directors Guild Award nominee. Adjunct faculty, USC School of Dramatic Arts. Proud member of USA 829.

Melanie Taylor Burgess

Costume Designer

Melanie Taylor Burgess has designed costumes for over 200 productions for Seattle Rep, Seattle Opera, The 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Intiman, Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and many others. Regionally for Guthrie Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, PlayMakers Repertory Company, and more. Melanie is the recipient of two Gregory Awards for Outstanding Costume Design and several other regional awards. She is a professor of Costume Design at Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University.

Connie Yun

Lighting Designer

Connie (she/her) is delighted to return to Seattle Rep where her work was last seen in Blithe Spirit. Other recent designs include Tosca (Seattle Opera), Dial M for Murder (Village Theatre), P.O.T.U.S. (ACT), The Rake’s Progress (Des Moines Metro Opera), The Elixir of Love (New Orleans Opera), and La Boheme (Opera Colorado). Upcoming productions include An Enemy of the People (ACT), Don Giovanni (Florentine Opera), and La Boheme (Madison Opera). Connie is a member of USA 829 and a mentor with the ETC Fred Foster Mentorship Program. connieyun.com

Rodolfo Ortega

Sound Designer

Rodolfo received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Arizona and his Master’s of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano and composition. He has composed music for Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Romeo & Juliet, The Tenth Muse), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (The Three Musketeers, Romeo & Juliet), Santa Cruz Shakespeare (Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar), Cleveland Playhouse (Native Gardens), and South Coast Repertory (The Monster Builder). At Seattle Rep he has composed and designed sound for Metamorphoses and Laughs in Spanish.

Brian Danner

Movement & Fight Director

Brian Danner is entering his third decade as a fight choreographer, stunt coordinator, and combat professor. Danner, the owner of Sword Fights Inc., is a multi-award-winning sword fight specialist in Hollywood, having trained Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Madonna, Nathan Fillion, Leslie Odom Jr., Sir Ben Kingsley, and more. He is excited for his first project with Seattle Rep. Credits: Master and Commander, “Castle,” “Modern Family,” The Three Musketeers, Deadpool the Musical Parts 1 and 2, and multiple shows for the Pasadena Playhouse and Furious Theatre Company. swordfightsinc.com

Kate Drummond

Intimacy Consultant

Kate is a Seattle-based director, intimacy choreographer, and teaching artist. She is the co-Artistic Director and founder of Dacha Theatre and a founding member of the PNW Theatrical Intimacy Collective. She’s worked locally with Seattle Rep, The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Rising Star Project, ArtsWest, and the University of Washington School of Drama, among others. Recent intimacy credits: Laughs in Spanish, The Skin of Our Teeth (Seattle Rep); The Seagull (UW); Emma, the Dice Series (Dacha). Associate Member, SDC. M.F.A. in Directing, University of Washington. kate-drummond.com

Erin B. Zatloka

Stage Manager

Erin B. Zatloka (she/her) returns to Seattle Rep after last working on True West and Two Trains Running. Other past productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Union Arts Center); Assassins, The Thin Place, Choir Boy (ACT); Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf – The Musical, Waitress, Annie, Ragtime (The 5th Avenue Theatre). Grateful for the journey. Much love to Greg and Zoey.

Shay Trusty

Assistant Stage Manager

Shay Trusty (they/them) is excited to be back at Seattle Rep, having last stage managed Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again! Select stage management credits include Little Women, The Tempest, How I Learned What I Learned (Seattle Rep); Golden, The Dina Martina Christmas Show (ACT); Sense and Sensibility, Little Shop of Horrors, and Mamma Mia! (Village Theatre). Shay is also the Resident Stage Manager at Tantrum Theater in Athens, OH. Much love to Ben and LC!

Did You Know...? Seattle Rep is one of the few arts organizations in the region to have on-site production shops in the same building as our theaters, rehearsal halls, and administrative offices. Our skilled local artisans come together to create the costumes, props, and scenery—plus design the environmental details like lighting and sound—that bring stunning worlds to life on Seattle Rep’s stages. 

The Play That Goes Wrong is a show that needs not only comedic skill and timing, but virtuosic production design and execution to support the action on stage. The set itself is really another character in the play! With safety at the forefront, designers and artisans are tasked with creating a setting where every object, every wall, every piece of furniture can be used—often in unconventional ways—to communicate increasing chaos and destruction at every turn. Everything on stage needs to go really right in order to go really wrong.

Take a peek behind the curtain at the artisans behind the magic.

Photos by Sayed Alamy

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis & Henry Shields
Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez

NOV 27, 2026 – JAN 3, 2027

BAGLEY WRIGHT THEATER

From the creators of the smash-hit The Play That Goes Wrong, don’t miss Corney Drama’s latest attempt as they tackle the beloved story of Peter Pan. This gloriously escalating catastrophe of missed cues, malfunctioning scenery, and (literally) high-flying mishaps delivers non-stop laughter, ingenius physical comedy, and a perfect holiday outing for the whole family. Because nothing more can go wrong… right?

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On behalf of 4Culture and the people of King County, we thank Seattle Rep for being an essential part of our region’s arts and culture landscape.

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